the etymology and history of surnames
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| I'Anson |
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Usage: English
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| Variant of Janson. |
| Ibáñez |
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Usage: Spanish
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Ibán", Ibán is a variant of Juan. |
| Ibarra |
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Usage: Spanish, Basque
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| Derived from the Basque place name Ibarra which, in turn, is derived from Basque ibar "a meadow". |
| Ibbot |
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Usage: English
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| Variant of Ibbott. |
| Ibbott |
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Usage: English
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| Ibbott is a matronymic derived from the old feminine name Ibota, which in turn was derived from Isabel, the oldest form of Elizabeth to be introduced into England. |
| Ibsen |
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Usage: Danish
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| Means "son of Ib". |
| Idoni |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "fit, suitable" from the Latin word idoneus. |
| Ignácz |
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Usage: Hungarian
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| Derived from the given name Ignác. |
| Ignatiev |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Ignati", Ignati being an archaic Bulgarian form of Ignatius. |
| Ignatov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Ignat", Ignat being the Bulgarian form of Ignatius. |
| Ihejirika |
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Usage: African
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| Means "the one that I have is greater" in Igbo. |
| Ikin |
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Usage: English
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| Derived from a diminutive of the medieval given name Ida. |
| Ilic |
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Usage: Serbian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Ilija". |
| Iliescu |
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Usage: Romanian
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| Means "son of Ilie". |
| Iliev |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Iliya". |
| Illés |
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Usage: Hungarian
Extra: Statistics |
| A patronymic surname derived from the first name Illés. |
| Ingersleben |
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Usage: German
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| Means "Ingersleben, Germany", which meant "Inge's village". |
| Ingersson |
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Usage: Swedish
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| Variant of Ingesson. |
| Ingesson |
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Usage: Swedish
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| Means "son of Inge". |
| Ingham |
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Usage: English
Extra: Statistics |
| From an English place name meaning "Inga's homestead". |
| Ingolfsson |
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Usage: Icelandic
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| Means"son of Ingolfr", Ingolfr is the origin of the name Ingolf. |
| Ingram |
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Usage: English
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the Germanic name Engelram. Engelram meant "Angle raven" from Engel, the name of a Germanic tribe known in English as the Angles, combined with hramn "raven". |
| Iñíguez |
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Usage: Spanish
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Inigo" in Spanish. |
| Innocenti |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From a nickname meaning "innocent" in Italian. |
| Inoue |
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Usage: Japanese
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "above the well" from Japanese i "well", no "of", ue "top". |
| Ioannidis |
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Usage: Greek
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Ioannis" in Greek. |
| Ionesco |
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Usage: Romanian
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| Variant of Ionescu. French-Romanian playwright Eugène Ionesco is a famous bearer of this surname. |
| Ionescu |
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Usage: Romanian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Ion" in Romanian. |
| Iordanou |
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Usage: Greek
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| Means "son of Jordan" in Greek. |
| Irving |
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Usage: English, Scottish
Extra: Statistics |
| Originally derived from a Scottish place name (near Dumfries, Scotland) meaning "green water". |
| Isaacson |
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Usage: English
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Isaac". |
| Isaev |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Isay". |
| Ito |
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Usage: Japanese
Extra: Statistics |
| From i meaning "this" and to meaning "wisteria", the latter syllable indicating a connection to the Fujiwara ("wisteria field") clan. |
| Iturburua |
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Usage: Basque
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| It means "by the fountain" in Basque. |
| Ivankov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of little Ivan". |
| Ivanov |
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Usage: Russian, Bulgarian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Ivan" in Russian and Bulgarian. |
| Ivanovic |
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Usage: Croatian
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| Means "son of Ivan" in Croatian. |
| Ivers |
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Usage: English, Irish
Extra: Statistics |
| From the first name Iver, a variant of Ivor. It means "archer". The Gaelic spelling of this name is Iomhair. |
| Ivov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Ivo". |
| Iyer |
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Usage: Indian
Extra: Statistics |
| Refers to a person belonging to the Iyer subcaste of the larger Brahmin caste. The Iyer subcaste is traditionally devoted to the God Vishnu. |
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