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Help[Surname] needing to know history
my family is pretty much deceised me and my twin are trying to find out the origin and the history of the name. if anyone could help my brother and i would be very thankful
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I can't find these spellings in my reference books, but it seems likely that this is an Americanized spelling of Zieriacks, a German surname that comes from the given named Cyriacus. St. Cyriacus was the name of a child martyr in Tarsus around 304 AD.
You can find the derivation of Cyriacus here:
http://www.behindthename.com/name/cyriacus
You can find the derivation of Cyriacus here:
http://www.behindthename.com/name/cyriacus
This message was edited 1/12/2010, 8:15 AM
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