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  • Germanic

    182 31.82%
  • Celtic

    51 8.92%
  • Romance

    111 19.41%
  • Slavic

    97 16.96%
  • Baltic

    9 1.57%
  • Hellenic

    29 5.07%
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    93 16.26%
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    Anglo-Saxon surname from my father and my mother's maiden name is Anglo-Saxon too.

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    Despite my surname being mostly found in Lower Normandy, France and Canada and the USA and being recognised as a "French" name, other research suggests the following: "from a Germanic female personal name Hrodberga, composed of the elements hrod ‘renown’ + bergo ‘protection’." (Many thanks to my friend Psychonaut for this last piece of research btw! )


    So I guess I vote "Germanic"!

    Cheers!...Hrodberga

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    My father's name is Maltese, so I voted other for that reason, while my mother's name is Anglo-Saxon, deriving from Gloucestershire in England.

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    I've seen various explanations of my surname--none of which have ever satisfied me very much, to be honest.

    When I enter it here:

    http://www.nationaltrustnames.org.uk/

    If I spell it as we do now, here in America, the frequency is much greater in England than in Scotland. But, I know my paternal line came from eastern Scotland (Perthshire) and I also have recently found out that they spelled it with an "a" instead of an "e" in Scotland. When I plug it in that way, it is much more commonly found right there in Scotland.

    As to weather it's Celtic or Germanic, I don't know and I'm not sure if I ever will. Coming from eastern Scotland, perhaps its Pictish.

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    Hellenic surname (Russianized), Jewish name (Russianized as well), Hellenic (Russianized, of course) second name

    All are typically Russian and very old and common.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hors View Post
    Hellenic surname (Russianized), Jewish name (Russianized as well), Hellenic (Russianized, of course) second name

    All are typically Russian and very old and common.
    I guess this would be because of the historic Orthodox links with Greece?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Loki View Post
    I guess this would be because of the historic Orthodox links with Greece?
    And to piggy back on Loki's question, do you mean an Abrahamic as opposed to a Jewish first name perhaps? There's a world of difference there. The former could be 'Chaim' while the latter could be 'Noah' or 'David'.

    Just curious.

    Cheers Hors!...Aemma
    Last edited by Aemma; 02-12-2009 at 09:55 PM. Reason: typo

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    Is John an Abrahamic name, not Jewish? Frankly, I'm not aware of the differentiation between Jewish and Abrahamic names. Maybe the latter are just Biblical names? Anyway, this notion is unknown in regular Russian.

    Btw, people don't use names like David or Noah in Russia, unless they're Jewish. David = Jew.

    Quote Originally Posted by Loki View Post
    I guess this would be because of the historic Orthodox links with Greece?
    Orthodox, yes. But both names are used in Russian for more than 1000 years. One is even pagan and supposedly Scandinavian in intermediate origin.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hors View Post
    Is John an Abrahamic name, not Jewish? Frankly, I'm not aware of the differentiation between Jewish and Abrahamic names. Maybe the latter are just Biblical names? Anyway, this notion is unknown in regular Russian.

    Btw, people don't use names like David or Noah in Russia, unless they're Jewish. David = Jew.
    Well John is not considered a Jewish name per se in North America, nor in most parts of Europe I would gather. For instance the French equivalent of John is Jean and is not considered at all a Jewish name, just a Biblical one. But yes, Abrahamic = Biblical and generally not Jewish per se. David is one such name that is very Biblical but not considered a Jewish one here. Many Christians are/have been baptised with this name here.

    As in my example above, a name like Chaim is considered Jewish but not John or David.

    I was just wondering if there was such a differentiation in Russia or not. Thank you for setting me straight.

    Cheers Hors!...Aemma

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    I know what you're meaning Aemma, but the example of David is not a good one. David is probably THE most common and popular name among Jews.

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