Surnames

Ricardo is the Spanish and Portuguese cognate of the name Richard. It derived from Proto-Germanic *rīks 'king, ruler' + *harduz 'hard, brave'. It may be a given name, or a surname.

Adolf (also spelt Adolph or Adolphe, Adolfo, and when Latinised Adolphus) is a given name with German origins.

Lessing is a German surname of Slavic origin. The original Sorbian form, Lěsnik, means either "forest dweller" or "woodman", lěs meaning "wood forest".

Arabic male given name

Markov (Bulgarian, ), Markova, and Markoff are common surnames used in Russia and Bulgaria. Notable people with the name include:

Fischer is a German occupational surname, meaning fisherman. The name Fischer is the fourth most common German surname. The English version is Fisher.

Bulgakov () is a Russian surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Yegorov, also Egorov (), or Yegorova (feminine; Егорова), is a Russian last name that is derived from the male given name Yegor and literally means ''Yegor's''. It may refer to:

male given name (عبدالله)

Friedman, Friedmann, and Freedman are surnames of German origin, and from the 17th century were also adopted by Ashkenazi Jews (see Jewish surnames). It is the 9th most common surname in Israel (8th among Jews) and most common exclusively Ashkenazi name. Notable people with these surnames include:

Liu (; or ) is an East Asian surname. pinyin: in Mandarin Chinese, in Cantonese. It is the family name of the Han dynasty emperors. The character originally meant 'battle axe', but is now used only as a surname. It is listed 252nd in the classic text Hundred Family Surnames. Today, it is the 4th most common surname in mainland China as well as one of the most common surnames in the world.

Leonov (masculine, ) or Leonova (feminine, ) is a Russian surname. Notable people with the surname include:

The Afrīdī ( Aprīdai, plur. Aprīdī; ) are a Pashtun tribe present mostly in tribal areas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

male given name

Nguyễn (; sometimes abbreviated as Ng̃) is the most common surname among Vietnamese people. Outside of Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without diacritics as Nguyen. By some estimates 30 to 39 percent of Vietnamese people bear this surname.

Lebedev (), or Lebedeva (feminine; Ле́бедева) is a common Russian family name derived from the word лебедь (lebed, meaning "swan"). Its Ukrainian equivalent is Lebedyev, Belarusian: Lebedzew. Notable persons with the surname include:

Solovyov, Solovyev, Soloviov, Solovjev, or Soloviev (Russian: Соловьёв) is a Russian masculine surname, its feminine forms are Solovyova, Solovyeva, Soloviova, Solovjeva or Solovieva. It derives from the first name or nickname Solovei (соловей), which also means nightingale in Russian. The surname may refer to the following people:

Khawaja () is an honorific title used across the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia and Central Asia, particularly towards Sufi teachers.

family name

Tymoshenko (), Timoshenko (), or Tsimashenka/Cimašenka () is a surname of Ukrainian origin. It derives from the Christian name Timothy, and its Ukrainian derivatives, Tymofiy or Tymish. The surname, Tymoshenko, was created by adding the Ukrainian patronymic suffix, -enko, meaning someone of Tymish, usually the son of Tymish.

male given name

Fabricius (, ) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Tikhonov (; masculine) and Tikhonova (; feminine) are Russian surnames derived from the male given name Tikhon, the Russian form of the Greek name Τύχων (Latin form: Tycho), and literally means 'Tikhon's'. Notable people with the name include:

family name

Schmid () is a German surname that is a cognate of "Smith", an occupational surname for a blacksmith. The spelling is more common in Switzerland than Schmidt or Schmitt. Notable people with the surname include:

Leonard or Leo is a common English surname and a masculine given name.

Chinese family name (陳 / 陈)

The House of Rákóczi (older spelling Rákóczy) was a Hungarian noble family in the Kingdom of Hungary between the 13th century and 18th century. Their name is also spelled Rákoci (in Slovakia), Rakoczi and Rakoczy in some foreign sources. The family was named after Rákóc (Rakovec, now Rakovec nad Ondavou, Slovakia).

male given name

Schröder (Schroeder) is a German surname often associated with the Schröder family. Notable people with the surname include:

family name (Яковлев)

Vlasov or Vlasoff (; masculine) is a common Russian surname formed from the first name Vlas or from the Greek Βλάσιος (Blaise) meaning simple. There is also a version that the family name can come from the Slavonic vlas meaning hair. According to some versions the surname correlates to the Slavonic god Veles. The feminine form of the surname is Vlasova (). The surname is shared by: Aleksandr Vlasov (disambiguation) Andrey Vlasov (1901–1946), Russian general of Red Army who later collaborated with Nazis by leading the Russian Liberation Army against the Soviet Union Andrey Vlasov (footballer,

Clemens is a Late Latin, German, and Dutch masculine given name and a surname, meaning "merciful".

Nagy () is a common Hungarian surname, meaning 'big'.

Köhler is a German occupational surname literally meaning "charcoal burner". Kohler and Koehler are English transliterations of the surname.

Ahmad () is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world, since it is one of the well-known names of Prophet Muhammad. Other English spellings of the name include Ahmed, Ahmmad. It is also used as a surname.

Filip () is a masculine given name and a surname, cognate to Philip.

family name

Serov () is a Russian masculine surname, its feminine counterpart is Serova. Notable people with the surname include: Aleksander Serov (born 1954), Ukrainian-born Russian popular singer Alexander Serov (1820–1871), Russian composer and music critic Alexander Serov (cyclist) (born 1982), Russian road and track racing cyclist Anatoly Serov (1910–1939), Soviet fighter pilot Anna Lidia Vega Serova (born 1968), Cuban writer Daria Serova (born 1982), Russian freestyle skier Irina Serova (born 1966), Austrian-Soviet badminton player Ivan Serov (1905–1990), head of the KGB in 1954–

Fyodorov or Fedorov (, masculine) and Fyodorova or Fedorova (Фёдорова, feminine) is a common Russian last name that is derived from the given name Fyodor and literally means ''Fyodor's''. It is transliterated in Polish as Fiodorow (masculine) and Fiodorowa (feminine), in Belarusian as Fiodaraŭ, and in Estonian Fjodorov. In Ukrainian it is always spelled as "Fedorov" (Федоров), because the Ukrainian alphabet does not have "ё". Another Ukrainian variant is Fedoriv.

family name

Maurer is a German surname, translating in English to "bricklayer" or "wall builder." Notable people with the surname include:

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Chinese family name (黃/黄)

Mustafa () is one of the names of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the name means "chosen, selected, appointed, preferred", used as an Arabic given name and surname. Mustafa is a common name in Muslim-majority countries.

Silvia () is a female given name of Latin origin, with a male equivalent Silvio and English-language cognate Sylvia. The name originates from the Latin word for forest, Silva, and its meaning is "spirit of the wood"; the mythological god of the forest was associated with the figure of Silvanus. Silvia is also a surname.

Chinese family name (趙 / 赵)

Grabowski is a Polish surname with forms in various languages (Grabovsky, Grabauskas, Hraboŭski, or Hrabovskyi). The Belarusian and Ukrainian variants are generally transcribed beginning with an 'h' but may also be written with a 'g'. It is also found in German surnames from the Silesia region of old Prussia.

female given name

Sorokin (), or Sorokina (feminine; Соро́кина), is a common Russian surname, derived from the Russian word soroka (сорока, or magpie). Those bearing it include the following:

Ernst is both a surname and a given name, the German, Dutch, and Scandinavian form of Ernest. Notable people with the name include:

Kowalski (; feminine: Kowalska, plural: Kowalscy) is the second most common surname in Poland (140,471 people in 2009). Kowalski surname is derived from the word kowal, meaning "[[Blacksmith|[black]smith]]".

thumb|Elias on Mount Horeb, as depicted in a Greek Orthodox [[icon.]] Elias ( ; ) is the hellenized version for the name of Elijah (; ; , or ), a prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel in the 9th century BC, mentioned in several holy books. Due to Elias' role in the scriptures and to many later associated traditions, the name is used as a personal name in numerous languages.

Neto is a surname which may refer to:

Orozco is a surname of Spanish/Basque origin. Notable people with the surname include:

Kovalyov (), often written as Kovalev, or its feminine variant Kovalyova, Kovaleva (), is a common Russian surname, an equivalent of the English surname Smithson (derived from the Ukrainian word koval' (), which means "blacksmith"). Due to the ambiguous status of the Cyrillic letter yo, the surname may be written with the Cyrillic letter ye (/) instead, though literate Russian speakers always pronounce it yo.

family name

Lustig is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Orellana may refer to:

Gruber is a German surname from Austria and Bavaria, referring to a person from a geological depression, mine, or pit. It may refer to: