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AllemannGerman (Swiss) Derived from German Alemanne, originally "member of the Alemanni tribe", this word came to denote "of Germanic descent". It was used to refer to members of the German-speaking population of Switzerland (as opposed to those who spoke one of the Romance languages; compare Welsch).
AllmanEnglish From Norman aleman "German, relating to Germany", ultimately from Late Latin Alemannus "member of the Alemanni tribe". Cognate to French Allemand and Spanish Alemán.
ChirawetsunthonkunThai (Rare) From Thai จิร (chira) meaning "long", เวช (wet) meaning "doctor; physician", สุนทร (sunthon) meaning "beautiful; nice; well", and กุล (kun) meaning "tribe, race, lineage".
HendaiaBasque (Rare) From the name of a commune (Hendaye in French) in southwestern France, of uncertain etymology. Possibly from Basque handi "big, large, great" and ibi "ford" or ibai "river", though this structure would not be grammatically correct... [more]
HõimEstonian Hõim is an Estonian surname meaning "tribe".
HõimreEstonian Hõimre is an Estonian surname derived from "hõim" meaning "tribe" and "kinfolk".
JayawarnaSinhalese From Sanskrit जय (jaya) meaning "victory, conquest" and वर्ण (varṇa) meaning "colour, appearance, form" or "class, tribe, caste".
KinEnglish From a short form of names containing cyne "royal, kingly" or cynn "relations, family, tribe".
LiebrechtGerman From a Germanic personal name formed with liut "people, tribe" and berht "shining, famous".
MalsagovIngush (Russified) Russified form of the Ingush clan name Малсагнаькъан (Malsagnaqan) meaning "tribe of Malsag", from a given name derived from Ingush малх (malkh) meaning "sun, solar" and саг (sag) meaning "person, man".
NachtriebGerman It possibly comes from the German name of a nachtrab, which is a "night bird like the owl". Another possible meaning is "night tribe".
OğuzTurkish From the name of an ancient Turkic people, itself derived from a Turkic word meaning "tribe, clan".
TederichGerman, Swiss, Scandinavian The origin and meaning of the surname Tederich is uncertain. It may be derived from the German word "Teder," which means tender or soft, or a variation of the surname Tiederich, which is a habitational name derived from Tiederen, a place name in Holstein.... [more]
TulenheimoFinnish Meaning "fire's tribe" in Finnish. A famous bearer was Finnish prime minister Antti Tulenheimo (1879-1952), who was born Antti Thulé.