Marrogani's Personal Name List
Afolayan
Means "walks like a wealthy person, walks with confidence" in Yoruba.
Albuquerque
Usage: Portuguese
Pronounced: al-boo-KEHR-ki(European Portuguese) ow-boo-KEKH-kee(Brazilian Portuguese)
From the name of the Spanish town of Alburquerque, near the Portuguese border in the province of Badajoz. It is probably derived from Latin alba quercus meaning "white oak".
Amatore
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: a-ma-TO-reh
Arbeit
From German arbeit meaning "work".
Banerjee
Usage: Bengali
Other Scripts: বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায, ব্যানার্জী(Bengali)
Bellamy
From Old French bel ami meaning "beautiful friend".
Bellini
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: behl-LEE-nee
From Italian bello meaning "beautiful".
Breckenridge
Originally indicated someone from Brackenrig in Lanarkshire, derived from northern Middle English braken meaning "bracken" (via Old Norse brækni) and rigg meaning "ridge" (via Old Norse hryggr).
Castellano
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: kas-teh-YA-no
Chapman
Usage: English
Pronounced: CHAP-mən
Occupational name derived from Old English ceapmann meaning "merchant, trader".
Chevalier
Usage: French
Pronounced: SHU-VA-LYEH
From a nickname derived from French chevalier meaning "knight", from Late Latin caballarius "horseman", Latin caballus "horse".
Cockburn
Originally indicated someone who came from Cockburn, a place in Berwickshire. The place name is derived from Old English cocc "rooster" and burna "stream".
Cortés
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: kor-TEHS
Means "polite, courteous" in Spanish.
Dalgaard
From Old Norse dalr meaning "valley" and garðr meaning "yard, farmstead".
Dufort
Means "from the fort", from French fort "stronghold".
Endicott
Topographic name derived from Old English meaning "from the end cottage".
Ferrero
Regional variant of
Ferrari. It is typical of the area around Turin.
Fischer
Usage: German
Pronounced: FI-shu(German) FISH-ər(English)
Occupational name meaning "fisherman" in German.
Fitzgerald
Means
"son of Gerald" in Anglo-Norman French. It was brought to Ireland with William the Conqueror. A famous bearer was Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996), an American jazz singer.
Gagnon
Derived from old French gagnon "guard dog". The name most likely originated as a nickname for an aggressive or cruel person.
Gully
Usage: English
Pronounced: GUL-ee
Nickname for a big person, from Middle English
golias meaning "giant" (ultimately from
Goliath, the Philistine warrior who was slain by David in the
Old Testament).
Himura
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 緋村(Japanese Kanji) ひむら(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KHEE-MOO-RA
From Japanese
緋 (hi) meaning "scarlet, dark red" and
村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Horowitz
From the German name of Hořovice, a town in the Czech Republic. Its name is derived from Czech hora "mountain".
Janvier
Usage: French
Pronounced: ZHAHN-VYEH
Either from the given name
Janvier or the French word
janvier meaning
"January", perhaps indicating a person who was baptized in that month.
Jarvis
Usage: English
Pronounced: JAHR-vis
Derived from the given name
Gervais.
Kadlec
From Czech tkadlec meaning "weaver".
Kappel
Name for a person who lived near or worked at a chapel, ultimately from Late Latin
cappella, a
diminutive of
cappa "cape", arising from the holy relic of the torn cape of
Saint Martin, which was kept in small churches.
Lapointe
Usage: French
Pronounced: LA-PWEHNT
Means "the point (of a lance)" in French, possibly a nickname for a soldier.
Merlo
Usage: Italian, Spanish
Pronounced: MEHR-lo
Means "blackbird", ultimately from Latin merula. The blackbird is a symbol of a naive person.
Moore 1
Usage: English
Pronounced: MUWR
Originally indicated a person who lived on a moor, from Middle English mor meaning "open land, bog".
Mottershead
From the name of a lost place in Cheshire, derived from the Old English byname Motere meaning "speaker" and heafod meaning "headland".
Mustonen
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: MOOS-to-nehn
Derived from Finnish musta meaning "black".
Östberg
Usage: Swedish
Pronounced: UUST-behry
From Swedish
öst (Old Norse
austr) meaning "east" and
berg meaning "mountain".
Radcliff
Usage: English
Pronounced: RAD-klif
From various place names in England that mean "red cliff" in Old English.
Roncalli
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: rong-KAL-lee
From the names of places like Ronco or Ronchi, quite common in northern Italy, derived from ronco meaning "cleared land, terraced land". It was the surname of Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (1881-1963), the pope John XXIII.
Rothschild
Usage: Jewish
Pronounced: RO-chilt(German)
From Middle High German
rot "red" and
schilt "shield", or Yiddish
רויט (roit) and
שילד (shild). The famous Rothschild family of bankers took their name from a house with a red shield on it.
Schmidt
Usage: German
Pronounced: SHMIT
Occupational name derived from Middle High German
smit "smith, metalworker", a
cognate of
Smith.
Schmitz
Variant of
Schmidt, originating in the Rhine area in western Germany.
Scott
Usage: English, Scottish
Pronounced: SKAHT(American English) SKAWT(British English)
Originally given to a person from Scotland or a person who spoke Scottish Gaelic.
Smith
Usage: English
Pronounced: SMITH
Means "metalworker, blacksmith" from Old English smiþ, related to smitan "to smite, to hit". It is the most common surname in most of the English-speaking world. A famous bearer was the Scottish economist Adam Smith (1723-1790).
Spada
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: SPA-da
Occupational name for an armourer or swordsman, from Italian spada "sword", Latin spatha.
Stoyanov
Usage: Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Стоянов(Bulgarian)
Stuart
Usage: Scottish
Pronounced: STOO-ərt, STYOO-ərt
Toivonen
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: TOI-vo-nehn
Derived from Finnish toivo meaning "hope".
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