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  2. Lists of most common surnames in European countries

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    Names starting with O' and Mac/Mc were originally patronymic. Of the names above, with the exception of Smith and Walsh, all originally began with O' or Mac/Mc but many have lost this prefix over time. Mac/Mc, meaning Son, and Ó, meaning Little (or Descendant), are used by sons born into the family.

  3. Category:Lists of European people - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Lists of European people" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. L.

  4. List of people, clan, and place names in Germanic heroic ...

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    Names in medieval languages Name meaning and/or identification Notes Amals: Middle High German: Amelunge, Old Norse: Aumlungar, Old English: Amulinga in Alfred the Great's translation of Boethius. [1] The Gothic Amal dynasty, to which Theodoric the Great and Ermanaric belonged. Name probably derived from Gothic *amals (bravery, vigor). [1]

  5. List of the most common surnames in Germany - Wikipedia

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    About 13% of the German population today has names of Slavic origin. Many Austrians also have surnames of Slavic origin. Polish names in Germany abound as a result of over 100,000 people (including 130,000 "Ruhrpolen") immigrating westward from the Polish-speaking areas of the German Empire.

  6. List of monarchs by nickname - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 February 2025. This is a list of monarchs (and other royalty and nobility) sorted by nickname. This list is divided into two parts: Cognomens: Also called cognomina. These are names which are appended before or after the person's name, like the epitheton necessarium, or Roman victory titles. Examples ...

  7. List of country-name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    The meaning and origin of name of Latvian people is unclear, however the root lat-/let- is associated with several Baltic hydronyms and might share common origin with the Liet-part of neighbouring Lithuania (Lietuva, see below) and name of Latgalians – one of the Baltic tribes that are considered ancestors of modern Latvian people.

  8. List of Germans - Wikipedia

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    Julius Curtius (1877–1948), Foreign Minister (German People's Party) Matthias Erzberger (1875–1921), Catholic Center party leader; Joschka Fischer (born 1948), Foreign Minister and vice chancellor 1998–2005 (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) Heinrich Karl Fricke (1884–1945), diplomat, businessperson, and spy

  9. List of most popular given names - Wikipedia

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    The most popular given names vary nationally, regionally, and culturally. Lists of widely used given names can consist of those most often bestowed upon infants born within the last year, thus reflecting the current naming trends , or else be composed of the personal names occurring most often within the total population .