Linguistic origin of surnames in your family!

[Shah-Jehan]

Some of the surnames in my family were (I'm not gonna say my own though):
Samardžija
Žabić
Naglić
Serdar
Mihaljević
My paternal grandparents had the same surname, and also my grandfather's parents both had that same surname. They weren't directly related, as far as I know. I know it's originally from Montenegro. There's this story that our ancestors were actually Popović but one of them got into a serious conflict with his family so he left them and started our branch of the family (if I can say it that way), and one part of them came to Bosnia during Ottomans rule. And Popović family was 'part' of the Kuča tribe or something like that. Maybe some members from Balkan know what I'm talking about. Anyway, I don't believe in those stories, since they're just that, stories.

What does Serdar mean in Serbian?

[Kiyant]

Both the surname of my father and my mother are Turkic

[Seraph of the End]

What does Serdar mean in Serbian?

I don't think we have that word in everyday use today. It was a word used for an officer's rank in Dalmatia, that's in Croatia. (People who fought for Republic of Venice against Turks had that rank. That's what I heard at least). Why do you ask?

[Stimpy]

I have my father's name as my middle, and he has his father's, and so forth. We don't have the "son" added to the end, of course. I'd like to continue on with that naming tradition but so far only have daughters.

Here we just add 'daughter' after their fathers name. My moms middle name for example is Larsdotter = Lars daughter.

[Leo Iscariot]

All are of Spanish origin except for one. My grandpa's surname, Perdomo, is the Spanish transliteration of the French surname Prud'homme.

[Peyrol]

All are of Spanish origin except for one. My grandpa's surname, Perdomo, is the Spanish transliteration of the French surname Prud'homme.

It's both the catalan and piemontese translitteration of this surname.

[roro4721]

All my family names are Armenian:

Muradian - ian/yan is equivalent to son. So it's basically Son of Murad. Murad is the Turkish/Arabic word for desire or wish.

Simonian- Simon is just a biblical name.

Mkhitarian- Fully Armenian name. I think my mother once told me Mkhitar is someone who comforts and consoles

Thomassian- Another biblical name.

Avedessian- Fully Armenian. Avedess means good news.

Kasparian- Another biblical/Christian name.

Garabedian- Garabed is just an Armenian name.

These are all the family surnames I can remember, I think I got as far as my great-grandparents.

[Shah-Jehan]

I don't think we have that word in everyday use today. It was a word used for an officer's rank in Dalmatia, that's in Croatia. (People who fought for Republic of Venice against Turks had that rank. That's what I heard at least). Why do you ask?

Interesting, because it is an Indo-Iranian word as well and roughly means Chieftain/leader etc.

[Seraph of the End]

Interesting, because it is an Indo-Iranian word as well and roughly means Chieftain/leader etc.

I didn't know that. It's cool , haha.

[Peyrol]

I didn't know that. It's cool , haha.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serdar_%28Ottoman_rank%29