Tokugawa Ieyasu | Name Changes
Robert-Benjamin Bannersglare
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…
Name Changes
Daniel Featley | Name Changes
I did some ancestry research, and it turns out that I am a descendant of Daniel Featley. Richard Fairclough (1582-?) He was born in Charleton-uopon-Otmoor, Oxfordshire to the cook of…
After Nicknames And Pseudonyms
Balto-Slavic
Identifying Imaginative Identities
Indo-European
Name Changes
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Repnin | Name Changes
Prince Ivan “Repnin” Mikhailovich Obolensky This Russian family name originated with a member of the Obolensky royal family. Prince Ivan was given the nickname Repnyna, which is Russian for “bad…
U Dhammaloka | Name Changes
Laurence Carroll (1856-1884) He was born in Dublin, Ireland. He would work as a migrant worker throughout the Atlantic Ocean, including the United States. Dhammaloka eventually found his way to…
Afro-Asiatic
After Calque Translation
For Assimilation
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Semitic
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Avraham Even-Shosham | Name Changes
Avraham Rosenstein (1906-1925) He was born in Minsk, Belarus. His father ran a Jewish school which he attended prior to entering a yeshiva. While he emigrated to Palestine, his father…
For Assimilation
For Better Pronunciation
Germanic
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Indo-European
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Jack Roy | Name Changes
It's time his name got a little respect
Bantu
For Reclamation
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Niger-Congo
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Leon Kengo wa Dondo | Name Changes
Leon Lubicz (1935-1971) He was born to a Polish Jewish father and a Rwandan Tutsi mother in the Belgian Congo–what would become the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Leon Kengo…
Afro-Asiatic
For Reclamation
Identifying Imaginative Identities
Name Changes
Niger-Congo
Semitic
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Abdulalim A. Shabazz | Name Changes
Lonnie Cross (1927-?) He was born in Bessemer, Alabama. He earned an A.B. in Math and a P.A. in Chemistry at Lincoln University. Then, he earned an M.S. in Mathematics…
Afro-Asiatic
For Reclamation
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Name Changes
Semitic
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Yusuf Lateef | Name Changes
For religious significance
After Nicknames And Pseudonyms
Germanic
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Indo-European
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Evan Hunter | Name Changes
Originally after the schools he attended--supposedly.