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Re: Hazanavicius
The -vicius ending tells us that the name comes from Lithuania, though it's just a version of the Slavic patronymic ending. Hazan is probably Jewish, the Hebrew for "cantor", he (always HE) who does the fancy singing in the synagogue. Fascinating name! It must be very rare. I'd love to know the history of a family that had this name.
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