Message: "Re: Horowitz" - Behind the Name

Subject:	Re: Horowitz
Author:	Christo (guest)
Date:	April 24, 2005 at 10:40 PM
Reply to:	Horowitz by Sean Foglai

I suppose that it is a Jewish name from East Europe.

In some Slavic languages (Chech, Ukrainian) there is a consonant change G -> H. So, that name might come from the word "gora/hora" meaning "mountain" and might be a translation, e.g., of the German name Bergman.

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Messages in this thread:

Horowitz - Sean Foglai Apr 24 2005, 12:33 PM

Re: Horowitz - Christo Apr 24 2005, 10:40 PM

Re: Horowitz - Sean Foglai Apr 25 2005, 9:32 AM

Re: Horowitz - Jim Young. Apr 26 2005, 3:57 AM

Re: Horowitz - Bethany Horowitz-Murphy May 1 2005, 4:54 PM

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