African Names Brought To America
Robert-Benjamin Patriotsbarrel
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…
Identifying Imaginative Identities
For Assimilation
Hellenic
Identifying Imaginative Identities
Indo-European
Latin
Name Changes
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Flavius Zeno | Name Changes
From an Anatolian soldier to a Byzantine emperor.
Afro-Asiatic
For Assimilation
Germanic
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Indo-European
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Semitic
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Moses Mendelssohn | Name Changes
From a Germanized surname, a name change occurred.
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…
Anaïs Nin | Unique Names
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…
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
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Indo-European
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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…
Named After U.S. Presidents | Unique Names
Andrew Jackson There were well-known politically active people who were named after Andrew Jackson. These included his nephew Andrew Jackson Donelson, and Andrew Jackson Houston, who was the son of…
Afro-Asiatic
Celtic
Identifying Imaginative Identities
Indo-European
Semitic
Unique Names
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Taliesin Jaffe | Unique Names
He is a voice actor and director, most known for his role in the Geek & Sundry show Critical Role. He has creativity in his family, considering how his grandfathers…