[Surname] Re: needing to know history
in reply to a message by ziriax/ziriaxe
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