The most common patronymics are ‘son’ and ‘dottir’. These surnames take the name of the father and attach either ‘son’ or ‘dottir’ as a suffix. For example, if a man called David had a son called Edward, he would be called Edward Davidson. Dottir was used by many Norse co...
List of the most popular authors from Spain, listed alphabetically with photos when available. For centuries authors have been among the world's most ...
Common Irish first names. Irish Names - From Ancient to Modern Meanings and origins of first names. Irish Names and Surnames A scholarly work on Irish names by the Rev. Patrick Woulfe, first published in1921. The book includes more than 3,500 surname entries that provide the origin and mean...
This note uses the United States Census Bureau database of the 1,000 most frequent surnames from the US census of 2000. It discusses briefly the meaning and origin of the notion of surname. It provides a table of the 25 most frequent surnames in the US from the 2000 census data, ...
One of the singers named Marie, she is a solo artist as well as a member of the duo Donny & Marie. ”Paper Roses” and “Meet Me in Montana” are among her most popular songs. Another of the famous people with the first name Marie is Marie Antoinette. She was the Queen of France...
Actually wikipedia has a list of most common given names too. Just for curiosity I stripped out the duplicates: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_given_name 1 麗 Lì Pretty, Graceful 2 偉 Wěi Big, Great 3 芳 Fāng Fragrance, Virtue ...
It’s a fun demonstration of Soundex, but that’s all. a.•March 14, 2007 11:28 AM Only the most common names appear to be on the list. So Maria, Mary etc are in nofly first names. Too bad if the last name also happens to be Smith or Lopez if the real database would be ...
James is one of the classic Anglo-Saxon names, a stalwart through the ages that is more popular—and yes, stylish—than ever today. It recently came out Number 1 in a poll of America's favorite boys' baby names, and is the most common male name, counting people of all ages, in the...
The most unfortunate surnames You know you're a Southern English ponce when... by Rob Macintosh/ inLifestyle 1 Overview In a country where making sweeping generalisations is a habit ingrained in its citizens, it’s not surprising that the entire UK populace was at one time divided into "no...
an important part of our identity (身份). Parents rack their brains when naming their children, hoping to give them a name that is meaningful and reflects their child’s personality. Recently,Great British Maglisted some of the strangest last names in the UK. Let’s look at three of them...