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Hernández is a widespread Spanish patronymic surname that became common around the 15th century. It means son of Hernán, Hernando, or Fernando, the Spanish version of the Germanic Ferdinand. Fernández is also a common variant of the name. Hernandes and Fernandes are their Portuguese equivalents.
Bukhari (surname) Bukhari ( Persian: بُخاری ), also spelled as Bokhari, Bukhary or Bukhori, is a common surname in South Asia and in the Muslim world, meaning "from Bukhara " (a Persian speaking-majority city in today's Uzbekistan). Its Arabic version is al-Bukhari (Arabic: البخاري )
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A surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several given names and surnames are possible in the full name.
Gilmore (surname) Gilmore and Gillmore are surnames with several origins and meanings. The name can be of Irish, in particular from Ulster, [ 1] and Scottish Highland origin, Anglicised from the Gaelic Mac Gille Mhoire ( Scottish Gaelic ), Mac Giolla Mhuire ( Ulster Irish Gaelic ). [ 2] The name was a patronymic name meaning "servant of ( the ...
Cavendish (surname) Cavendish ( / ˈkævəndɪʃ / KAV-ən-dish) is an English surname, deriving from a place name in Suffolk. Etymologically, it is believed to derive from Old English Cafa/Cafna, a personal byname from caf 'bold, daring', plus edisc 'enclosure; enclosed pasture'. [ 1][ 2][ 3] Spelling has varied considerably over time; the ...
In 1881, 10446 people in Great Britain had the name, which was widespread in England, with a cluster in the Midlands. Meanwhile, Irish bearers of the name around the middle of the nineteenth century clustered in Cork. [3] As a surname, Haynes is the 249th most common surname in Great Britain with 33,812 bearers.
For ease of use, the [i] in front of the last name, and the ending _ve, were dropped. If the last name ends in [a], then removing the [j] would give the name of the patriarch or the place, as in, Grudaj - j = Gruda (place in MM). Otherwise, removing the whole ending [aj] yields the name of founder or place of origin, as in Lekaj - aj = Lek(ë).