Ibelin Family | Name Change
Robert-Scott Bannersglare
After an Arab city with an important castle, a name change occurred.
After Placenames
Konoe Motozane | Name Change
From a road in Kyoto, a name change occurred.
Kujō Kanezane | Name Change
After a road from a Fujiwara-built house, a name change occurred.
After Placenames
For Assimilation
For Better Pronunciation
Name Changes
Semitic
Where To Find Languages
Aboab Family | Name Changes
This was the name of a famous Sephardic Jewish family known for its rabbis, scholars, physicians, and merchants. Abraham Aboab Born in Aragon, he would receive a tower in Altea…
Danilo Dostoevsky | Name Changes
Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky was descended from Russian nobility, specifically traced back to a Lithuanian man by the name of Danilo. Danilo Irtishch (fl. 1506) Nothing is known much about…
Kassaboom Family | Name Changes
The earliest Kassaboom (or who would become Kassaboom) can be traced in my ancestry back to a Dutchman named Evertz Karseboom. Karseboom Evertz Karseboom lived a short life in Groll,…
John Avis I Of Portugal | Name Changes
From the Portuguese city and its Military Order
Tokugawa Ieyasu | Name Changes
Matsudaira Takechiyo (1542-1562) Tokugawa was born into the Matsudaira clan. He was given the name Takechiyo, which became temporary. His parents were teenagers, with his father Hirotade marrying a second…
Afro-Asiatic
After Placenames
Identifying Imaginative Identities
Name Changes
Semitic
Sleeping Languages
Where To Find Languages
Eliezer Ben-Yehuda | Name Changes
What better inclusion into the QB Name Change series than a language revivalist? Eliezer Lieb Perlman He was born to a Rabbi in a village called Luzki in what is…
Afro-Asiatic
After Placenames
For Reclamation
For Religion
Identifying Imaginative Identities
Name Changes
Semitic
Where To Find Languages
Ben-Ammi Ben-Israel | Name Changes
The name behind this leader showcases a life of dedication to one\'s own religion.