the etymology and history of surnames
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the etymology and history of surnames
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| Albescu |
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Usage: Romanian
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| Means "white" from the Romanian alb. |
| Albu |
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Usage: Romanian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the Romanian alb meaning "white". |
| Alexandrescu |
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Usage: Romanian
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| Means "son of Alexandru". |
| Anghelescu |
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Usage: Romanian
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| Means "son of Anghel" a male given name meaning "angel". |
| Antonescu |
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Usage: Romanian
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| Patronymic surname meaning "son of Anton". |
| Ardelean |
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Usage: Romanian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the region in Romania called Ardeal. |
| Bălan |
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Usage: Romanian
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| Means "blond". |
| Cojocaru |
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Usage: Romanian
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| Means "winter coat" in Romanian. |
| Constantin |
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Usage: Romanian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the first name Constantin. Ranked 9th in Romania. |
| Constantinescu |
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Usage: Romanian
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| Means "son of Constantin". |
| Dalca |
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Usage: Romanian
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| From the Romanian dalca, meaning "lightning". |
| Dumitrescu |
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Usage: Romanian
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| Means "son of Dumitru". |
| Dumitru |
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Usage: Romanian
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| Derived from the given name Dumitru. |
| Funar |
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Usage: Romanian
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| Romanian surname meaning "rope maker". |
| Gabor |
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Usage: Romanian
Extra: Statistics |
| Meaning unknown. Possibly from the Romanian gabor, which is a working class of gypsies. |
| Grigorescu |
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Usage: Romanian
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| Means "son of Grigore" in Romanian. |
| Iliescu |
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Usage: Romanian
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| Means "son of Ilie". |
| Ionesco |
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Usage: Romanian
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| Variant of Ionescu. French-Romanian playwright Eugčne Ionesco is a famous bearer of this surname. |
| Ionescu |
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Usage: Romanian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Ion" in Romanian. |
| Lungu |
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Usage: Romanian
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| Romanian cognate of Long. |
| Lupei |
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Usage: Romanian
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| From the Romanian lup, which means "wolf". |
| Negrescu |
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Usage: Romanian
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| A patronymic derived from Romanian negru "black". It means "son of the black-haired person". |
| Nicolescu |
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Usage: Romanian
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| Means "son of Nicolae" in Romanian. |
| Petran |
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Usage: Romanian
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| From the Romanian first name Petru. |
| Petrescu |
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Usage: Romanian
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| Means "son of Petre" in Romanian. |
| Popescu |
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Usage: Romanian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of the priest" from the Slavic word pop. |
| Sala |
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Usage: Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Romanian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "worker at a manor house" from the Old French salle. |
| Serban |
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Usage: Romanian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "a Serb" in Romanian. |
| Ungur |
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Usage: Romanian
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| Romanian form of Ungaro. |
| Văduva |
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Usage: Romanian
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| From the Romanian văduvă meaning "the widow". |
| Vasile |
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Usage: Romanian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the given name Vasile. |
| Vasilescu |
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Usage: Romanian
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| Means "son of Vasile". |
| Vladimirescu |
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Usage: Romanian
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| Means "son of Vladimir". |
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