What is the origin of the surname Yalovetzky ?
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Climb your family tree. Parents -> grand parents --> grand grand parents....
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This is a last name. It's origin is Scottish.\nDefinition: 1) One who came from the district of Buchanan, a location near Loch Lomond in Scotland. From the Gaelic elements buth, meaning "house" and chanain, meaning "of the canon." \nDefinition: 2) An anglicization of the German buchenhain, meaning "beech wood."
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Ukranian: Martinovich. \nI found it here:\nhttp://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~alan/family/S-Martyn.html
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Hi :-) ! I thought it was French and an amalgamation of the first name Marie-Louise... maybe too old-fashioned for some, so a new modern name Malou. \n\nBut, apparently I am wrong and it comes from the Cymric branch of the Celtic languages spoken in Brittany (France) and Wales (UK) with the first name "Malo" or its derivatives. The name is celebrated on 15 November. Hope this helped...
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The name itself comes from England.  \n\nIn the United States, the family name is generally attributed to one of the pilgrim passengers of the Mayflower in 1620.  He became a successful merchant in the Cape Cod area and had 11 children.  There is a genealogical society dedicated to him entitled The Pilgrim John Howland Society.  His descendents are now spread throughout the world.
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In Russian, "Sasha" is considered to be the diminutive endearing form of the name "Alexander".  So, if you had a buddy who's name was Alexander, his friends might call him "Sasha".  Kind of like calling someone named "Richard" a "Dick".  ;-P
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From the ridge at end, it appears to be an English surname.  English surnames ( set up in the early Middle Ages) are of 4 types- Father's name (Robertson) , nickname (Jolley or could be a town) or descriptor(Brown), occupation (Baker) and place of residence as in Swatridge.  The Swat part may be a dialect word. It could also be swathe- a track melded into ridge or a swatch  - an English eastern dialect word- meaning a channel between sandbars, but maybe not, you wouldn't want to live there .  One of the things about the place surnames in medieval English is that people must have been living all over the landscape, not just huddled in small agricultural villages.  \nMany surnames that appear in later countries that one emigrated to have been mistranslated by immigration officers at point of landing, and also many names have variants,  Spelling didn't settle down until the late 19th century, though surnames tend to be very conservative and don't change spelling if they are in theri place of origin. \nMaybe someone kows the dialect meaning of Swat?
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Used as a nickname for a native or resident of Indiana.\n\nWord History: We know where Hoosiers come from: Indiana. But where does the name Hoosier come from? That is less easy to answer. The origins of Hoosier are rather obscure, but the most likely possibility is that the term is an alteration of hoozer, an English dialect word recorded in Cumberland, a former county of northwest England, in the late 19th century and used to refer to anything unusually large. The transition between hoozer and Hoosier is not clear. The first recorded instance of Hoosier meaning “Indiana resident” is dated 1826; however, it seems possible that senses of the word recorded later in the Dictionary of Americanisms, including “a big, burly, uncouth specimen or individual; a frontiersman, countryman, rustic,” reflect the kind of use this word had before it settled down in Indiana. As a nickname, Hoosier was but one of a variety of disparaging terms for the inhabitants of particular states arising in the early 19th century. Texans were called Beetheads, for example; Alabamans were Lizards; Nebraskans were Bug-eaters; South Carolinians were Weasels, and Pennsylvanians were Leatherheads. People in Missouri might have had it worst of allthey were called Pukes. Originally, these names were probably taken up by people living in neighboring states, but belittled residents adopted them in a spirit of defiant pride, much as American colonists turned the derisive term Yankee into a moniker for their spirit of rebellion. Today, most of these frontier nicknames have disappeared from the landscape. A few like Okie still exist with much of their original animus. Others survive as nicknames for the sports teams of state universitiesthe North Carolina Tarheels, the Ohio Buckeyes, and so onfighting words only on the playing field or court.
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Here is a good list of Jewish surnames and what biblical name that are derived from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jewish_surnames\n\nI also find it interesting, doesn't mean that I'm racist either. Jewish history and culture are fascinating and teach us valuable lessons.
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Name History and Origin for  Abramowski \nLast Name \nAbramowski\nJewish (from Poland): patronymic from Abram, a reduced form of the personal name Abraham.
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:}\nKlien is a Jewish name
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For me its Lev Yashin who inspired USSR to win 1956 Olympics Gold and European Championships in 1960 \n\nFifa have an award called the Lev Yashin Trophy which is given to the best goalkeeper at each World Cup Finals. \n\n\nMentions also for Banks & Zoff who both won World Cups and despite his crazy antics Fabien Barthez who won World Cup & European Championships with France.
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In many cases last names derived from what people did for a living. Imagine a village where several men named "John" live. In conversation, you might distinguish between one John and all the others by saying "John The Blacksmith", or "John The Baker". Eventually, human nature being what it is, people would drop the "The", and you'd be left with "John Blacksmith" and "John Baker".\n\nAnother way last names came into being was as a method of indicating lineage or parentage. "John MacDonald", in Scotland, used to literally mean "John, son of Donald."
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In 1924, at the convincing of Boston grocery magnate Charles Adams, the National Hockey League decided to expand into the United States. As a long-time hockey hotbed, Boston was a natural choice for the NHL's first American team.\n\nAdams hired Art Ross as general manager. Ross would stay with the team for thirty years, including four separate stints as coach. Adams directed Ross to come up with a nickname that would portray an untamed animal displaying speed, agility, and cunning. Ross came up with "Bruins," after the brown bear. The nickname also went along with the team's colors of brown and gold, which came from Adams' grocery chain, Brookside Stores. The team finished dead last in its inaugural season, but rebounded to finish just a point out of the playoffs a year later.
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Roman Abramovich. Russian.
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There are a couple different ways:\n\nTsaryevna (stress on the "ye") - daughter of the Russian Tsar/Czar\nPrintsessa (stress on the "e") when talking about royalty NOT from Russia\nKnyaginya (stress on the "i") or Knyazhna (stress on the last "a") when talking of the daughter of Russian royalty.