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Latvian names, like in most European cultures, consist of two main elements: the given name (vārds) followed by family name (uzvārds).During the Soviet occupation (1940–1941; 1944–1991) the practice of giving a middle name (otrais vārds) was discouraged, but since the restoration of independence, Latvian legislation again allows the giving of up to two given names and it has become more ...
It is a Latvian equivalent of the Old Scandinavian name Ivar, one of a group of Old Scandinavian names that first occurred in Courland between the 6th and 10th centuries, which in the more obviously Scandinavian form Ivars is borne by a further 9,900+ Latvians and in 2006 was the ninth most popular man's name. [3]
It should only contain pages that are Latvian-language masculine surnames or lists of Latvian-language masculine surnames, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories). Topics about Latvian-language masculine surnames in general should be placed in relevant topic categories.
Miervaldis is a Latvian masculine given name, borne by some 600 men in Latvia. [1]Miervaldis is one of the relatively few names still in modern use from among the very many Latvian names of indigenous origin either revived from their previous occurrence in the Middle Ages, or invented, during the first Latvian National Awakening in the late 19th century.
Ksenia Solo (born 1987) – Latvian-Canadian actress; Serge Sorokko (born 1954) – art dealer and publisher; Raimonds Staprans (born 1926) – Latvian-American painter; Jānis Šteinhauers (1705–1779) – industrialist, entrepreneur, and civil rights activist; Gotthard Friedrich Stender (1714–1796) – first Latvian grammarian
As a modern name, Indulis is better-known than many Latvian names because of Indulis Emsis, Prime Minister of Latvia in 2004, the first Green head of state in the world. Notable people with the name Indulis include: Indulis Bekmanis (born 1989), Latvian professional road cyclist; Indulis Bērziņš (born 1957), Latvian politician