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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.
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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;
This name seems to originate from a time when ordinary people were still not using surnames in the modern way. A native Cornishman who had left Cornwall for another part of Britain or Ireland was given the name "Cornish", i.e. the Cornishman. In "A Dictionary of British Surnames", P.H. Reaney (1976), the following entries and dates are to be ...
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 ...
For ease of use, the [i] in front of the last name, and the ending _ve, were dropped. If the last name ends in [a], then removing the [j] would give the name of the patriarch or the place, as in, Grudaj - j = Gruda (place in MM). Otherwise, removing the whole ending [aj] yields the name of founder or place of origin, as in Lekaj - aj = Lek(ë).
This is an incomplete list of some Breton people of note and of some notable individuals born in Brittany, alphabetically within categories. Brittany ( Breizh in Breton) is a Celtic nation of northwestern France and has contributed famous names to all walks of life.
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