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Sàlàkọ́ or Salako audio ⓘ is a Nigerin male given name and surname of Yoruba origin. It means "Hang a white cloth (of Ọbàtálá). [1]" They are usually from devotees of Ọbàtálá, the deity of creation and creativity.
Afrikaans-language surnames ... Albanian-language surnames (179 P) Amharic-language names (73 P) Arabic-language ... Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Humanist names, assumed by Renaissance humanists, were largely Latinised names, though in some cases (e.g. Melanchthon) they invoked Ancient Greek. Latinisation in humanist names may consist of translation from vernacular European languages, sometimes involving a playful element of punning. Such names could be a cover for humble social origins. [2]
Others indicated the town or village of a family's origin, sometimes disguised as an ancestor's name as in Ó Creachmhaoil, which prefixes a toponym as though it was the name of a person. As with other culturo-linguistic groups, other types of surnames were often used as well, including trade-names such as MacGhobhainn , Mac a'Ghobhainn or Mac ...
British Sign Language – Sign Language, Breetish Sign Leid, Iaith Arwyddion Prydain, Cànan Soidhnidh Bhreatainn, Teanga Chomharthaíochta na Breataine Signed in: the United Kingdom; Buginese – ᨅᨔ ᨕᨘᨁᨗ Spoken in: South Sulawesi, Republic of Indonesia; Buhid – ᝊᝓᝑᝒᝇ. Spoken in: Mindoro, Philippines
Lellouche is a North-African surname; a variant form of Lellouch, Lelouch, Alloush, Allouch and Allouche. It is derived from the early Afroasiatic-Semitic family, where it is seen in the Berber and Arabian Peninsula Arabic cultures as el allouch (alush), meaning "the lamb". It is most-often used to signify a young male lamb, and remains a ...
Barragán, or Barragan in English-speaking countries, is a Spanish surname of Galician origins, from where they went to Extremadura, Spain, and even into Alentejo and Estremadura, in Portugal, where the surname was changed into Barragano, Barregano, Barregão, Barregoso, Barregosa (feminine), Varregoso, Varregosa (feminine).
The surname of Sargent in the various ways in which it is spelled is said to have come from the Latin phrase, "servientes armorum" (men discharging a military service) and therefore, soldiers ("Serjens d'Armes"); and "Serjiant of the Law" [Serjeant-at-law] ("Serviens ad Legem") was also a term in very early use.