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Koshkin is a Russian surname, which means "cat" or cat owner", from the Russian word koshka or "cat". [1] An alternative spelling is Koshkyn, and a name with the same meaning is Kotov. The name Koshkin may refer to: Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Koshkin (born 1941), Russian football player; Aleksandr Koshkyn (1959– 2012), Russian boxer
Katz is a common German and Ashkenazi Jewish surname.. Germans with the last name Katz may originate in the Rhine River region of Germany, where the Katz Castle is located. (The name of the castle does not derive from Katze, "cat", but from Katzenelnbogen, going back to Latin Cattimelibocus, consisting of the ancient Germanic tribal names of the Chatti and Melibokus.)
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The Scottish Gaelic surname for Macpherson is Mac a' Phearsain which means son of the parson. [4] The Celtic church allowed priests to marry and the progenitor of the chiefs of Clan Macpherson is believed to have been a man named Muireach or Murdo Cattenach who was the priest of Kingussie in Badenoch. [2]
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Murgatroyd, a tormal, the cat-like companion of Dr. Calhoun in the Med Service series of science fiction stories by Murray Leinster; Murgatroyd, the pet dog of Ida Lupino's character in Private Hell 36, a 1954 film noir directed by Don Siegel; Murgatroyd, pet rabbit of the eponymous main character in Celia, a 1989 film directed by Ann Turner
Zhuge in Chinese, Jegal in Korean, Gia Cát in Vietnamese or Morokuzu in Japanese is a compound surname in East Asia. It is ranked 314th in Hundred Family Surnames in China. The surname has often been synonymous with wisdom in Chinese culture, due to the fame of Zhuge Liang.
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).