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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).
The surname Wang has a Goguryeo origin and was the royal surname of Goryeo dynasty which was founded by Wang Geon. It is said that when Goryeo fell, many changed their surname to Jeon (全) / Jeon (田) / Ok (玉) to avoid severe persecution from the succeeding Joseon dynasty. The Kaesong Wang lineage traces its ancestry to the Goryeo rulers.
The name Rodrigo is the Spanish form of the German name Roderich, meaning "rich in fame", from the Gothic elements "hrod" (fame or glory) and "ric" (rich). It was the name of Roderic, the last Visigothic King before the Muslim conquest, and the subject of many legends. The surname Rodríguez could have originated in the 9th century when ...
Twohig is a modern variant surname and Anglicisation of the pre 10th century Gaelic ‘O’Tuathaigh’ meaning ‘descendant of the chief’ who ruled over the ‘Tuath’ or tribal territory. The first recorded spelling of this name is that of Teag O’Tuathaigh in the Annals of the Four Masters, in 1447. Church register recordings of Twohig ...
Many modern Jewish surnames are toponyms, names derived from place names. There are general names like Deutsch, Frank, Franco, Frankel, and more localized ones from almost every European country. The Netherlands has contributed Leuwarden, Neumegen, Limburg, van Thal, and various other vans, as van Ryn ( Rhine ), etc.
As a Chinese surname, Yeo is a spelling of the pronunciation in different varieties of Chinese of a number of distinct surnames, listed below by their pronunciation in Mandarin Chinese: [1] Yáng (traditional Chinese: 楊; simplified Chinese: 杨), spelled Yeo or Yeoh based on its Hokkien pronunciation (Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Iûⁿ).
Jones. Jones is a surname of Welsh and English origin meaning "son of John". The surname is common in Wales. It evolved from variations of traditionally Welsh names: Ieuan, Iowan, Ioan, Iwan, or even Siôn (note how the letter 'J' was originally being pronounced as 'i', akin to how J is pronounced in the Latin alphabet).
List of Korean surnames. This is a list of Korean surnames, in hangul alphabetical order. The most common Korean surname (particularly in South Korea) is Kim ( 김 ), followed by Lee ( 이) and Park ( 박 ). These three surnames are held by around half of the ethnic Korean population. This article uses the most recent South Korean statistics ...
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