Identifying Imaginative Identities – Page 7

Philip Melanchthon | Name Changes

Robert-Scott Bannersglare March 26, 2022 No Comments

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

Robert-Scott Bannersglare March 19, 2022 No Comments

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…

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African Names Brought To America

Robert-Scott Bannersglare March 9, 2022 No Comments

While Africans were given names upon being forcibly brought to America, there were some names which were recorded or stayed with the people for generations. Banneker This was the name…

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Flavius Zeno | Name Changes

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From an Anatolian soldier to a Byzantine emperor.

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Moses Mendelssohn | Name Changes

Robert-Scott Bannersglare January 20, 2022 No Comments

From a Germanized surname, a name change occurred.

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Tokugawa Ieyasu | Name Changes

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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…

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Anaïs Nin | Unique Names

Robert-Scott Bannersglare January 15, 2022 No Comments

Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell (1903-1977) This is her full name. She was born in France to a Catalan father and a Danish mother, both of…

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Daniel Featley | Name Changes

Robert-Scott Bannersglare October 30, 2021 No Comments

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…

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Repnin | Name Changes

Robert-Scott Bannersglare October 26, 2021 No Comments

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…

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U Dhammaloka | Name Changes

Robert-Scott Bannersglare October 24, 2021 No Comments

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…