Behind the Name: Su24's Personal Name List

Wolfe

Usage: English

Pronounced: WUWLF

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Variant of Wolf.

Volitis

Usage: Lithuanian

Pronounced: Vo-li-tis

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Vávra

Usage: Czech, Slovak

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Derived from the given name Vávra, a diminutive of Vavřinec.

Van der Venne

Usage: Dutch

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Variant of Van der Veen.

Vance

Usage: English

Pronounced: VANS

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Indicated a dweller by a fen, from Old English fenn meaning "fen, marsh".

Vadas

Usage: Hungarian

Pronounced: VAW-dawsh

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From Hungarian vad meaning "wild", either a nickname or an occupational name for a hunter of wild game.

Uccello

Usage: Italian

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Means "bird" in Italian, either a nickname for a person who resembled a bird or an occupational name for a birdcatcher.

Tiryaki

Usage: Turkish

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Possibly from a nickname meaning "addict, opium user" in Turkish.

Shapiro

Usage: Jewish

Other Scripts: שׁפּירא(Hebrew)

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Means "pretty, lovely" in Hebrew, from Aramaic.

Orlov

Usage: Russian

Other Scripts: Орлов(Russian)

Pronounced: ur-LOF

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Derived from Russian орёл (oryol) meaning "eagle".

Morgenstern

Usage: German, Jewish

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Ornamental name meaning "morning star" in German.

Li 2

Usage: Chinese

Other Scripts: 黎(Chinese)

Pronounced: LEE

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From Chinese 黎 (lí) meaning "black".

Lebedev

Usage: Russian

Other Scripts: Лебедев(Russian)

Pronounced: LYEH-byi-dyif

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From Russian лебедь (lebed) meaning "swan".

Hyde

Usage: English

Pronounced: HIED

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From Middle English hide, a unit of land, approximately the size necessary to support a household.

Heffernan

Usage: Irish

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From Irish Ó hIfearnáin meaning "descendant of Ifearnán". The byname Ifearnán means "little demon".

Haugen

Usage: Norwegian

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Means "hill" in Norwegian, referring to a person who lived on a hilltop.

Faulkner

Usage: English, Scottish

Pronounced: FAWK-nər(English)

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Occupational name meaning "keeper of falcons", from Middle English and Scots faulcon, from Late Latin falco, of Germanic origin.

Demir

Usage: Turkish

Pronounced: deh-MEER

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Means "iron" in Turkish, originally referring to an ironworker.

Aslan

Usage: Turkish

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From the given name Aslan.

Apostolov

Usage: Bulgarian, Macedonian

Other Scripts: Апостолов(Bulgarian, Macedonian)

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Means "son of Apostol".

Amos

Usage: Jewish

Other Scripts: עָמוֹס(Hebrew)

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From the given name Amos.

Almássy

Usage: Hungarian

Pronounced: AWL-mash-shee

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Means "from the apple orchard", derived from Hungarian alma meaning "apple".

Alfaro

Usage: Spanish

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Originally denoted someone who was from the city of Alfaro in La Rioja, Spain. It is possibly derived from Arabic meaning "the watchtower".

Adler

Usage: German, Jewish

Pronounced: AD-lu(German) AD-lər(English)

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Means "eagle" in German.

Acosta

Usage: Spanish

Pronounced: a-KOS-ta

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Spanish form of Da Costa (from a misdivision of the surname).