Identifying Imaginative Identities

Ron Moody | Name Changes

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From Anglicization, a name change occurred.

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Chuan Ratanarak | Name Change

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His name meant "a Buddhism Gem's cure."

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Aboab Family | Name Changes

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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…

After Placenames Balto-Slavic Identifying Imaginative Identities Name Changes

Danilo Dostoevsky | Name Changes

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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…

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Kassaboom Family | Name Changes

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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,…

Celtic Identifying Imaginative Identities Indo-European What-If Names

Catarina Zitajonez | Catherine Zeta-Jones\’ What-If Name

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What if Catherine Zeta-Jones\' famous role gave her a new name and identity?

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John Avis I Of Portugal | Name Changes

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From the Portuguese city and its Military Order

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Lamsam Family | Name Changes

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The name of the Thai family descended from a Hakka Chinese immigrant.

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Philip Melanchthon | Name Changes

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This is the name change of a humanist, theologian, and educator. Philipp Schwartzerdt (1497-1507) Melanchthon was born to an armorer, Georg Schwartzerdt, and Barbara Reuter. He was raised in Latin…

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Larry King | Name Changes

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Lawrence Harvey Zeigler (1933-1959) He was born to Orthodox Jewish parents in Brooklyn, New York. His mother was a garment worker from Lithuania and his father was a restaurant owner…