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Not to mention variations on spelling! Tailor->Taylor, Cook->Cooke, Fisher->Phisher. [Name] of [Father/Town/Clan] were also all common. "John of Connor" (John
by Nadya 11y ago
Not to mention variations on spelling! Tailor->Taylor, Cook->Cooke, Fisher->Phisher.
[Name] of [Father/Town/Clan] were also all common.
"John of Connor" (John, fathered by Connor)
German: Hans von Duisburg (Hans from the city of Duisburg)
(Feudal) Japanese: 藤原 鎌足 (Fujiwara of the Kamatari clan)
Then, as mentioned by another user, some names were given based on characteristics or parents' wishes of the future.
Russian: Неулыба (One who does not smile)
Or even the location of where your family lived ("place names"):
Japanese (again): 田中 (center/middle field), 中村 (center of village), 山本 (base of the mountain).
- sdrothrock 11y ago> (Feudal) Japanese: 藤原 鎌足 (Fujiwara of the Kamatari clan) Another neat thing about Japanese surnames is that you can typically tell which families were retainers etc. for the Fujiwara by the presence of the character 藤 (the "Fuji" in Fujiwara, often read "toh" in other names) in names like the very common 佐藤 (Satoh).