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Pages in category "Breton-language surnames" The following 68 pages are in this category, out of 68 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Abgrall; B.
Most of the names on this list are typical examples of surnames that were adopted when modern surnames were introduced in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the romantic spirit, they refer to natural features: virta 'river', koski 'rapids', mäki 'hill', järvi 'lake', saari 'island' — often with the suffix -nen added after the model ...
Pages in category "Surnames of Breton origin" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Abgrall;
The Breton language is a very important part of Breton identity. Breton itself is one of the Brittonic languages and is closely related to Cornish and more distantly to Welsh . [ 29 ]
The surname Duff is also sometimes a short form of Duffin (when of Gaelic origin), and MacElduff (from Mac Giolla Duibh), and Duffy (a name with multiple origins). [1] The Gaelic dubh ("black", "dark") is a word-element which forms a part of several Gaelic names. [1] Le Duff is the gallicized variant of the Breton surname An Du which means The ...
In the Cornish language, ultimately a language linked to Welsh and Breton, the prefix 'map' may have been used, as in Welsh, to indicate the relationship of father to son, this later becoming "ap" (as in NW Breton area, Leon dialect, Breton WP) and then finally the "p" alone being prefixed to the name, e.g. (m)ap Richard becoming "Pri(t)chard ...
Le Guen is Breton surname, the word comes from gwenn, meaning white or blessed (figurative meaning) in Breton. Notable people with the surname include: Gilles Le Guen (born 1955), French jihadist; Jacques Le Guen (born 1958), member of the National Assembly of France; Jean-Marie Le Guen (born 1953), member of the National Assembly of France
Breton-language surnames (68 P) Bulgarian-language surnames (312 P) Burmese-language surnames (11 P) ... This list may not reflect recent changes. T. Tarafdar