names and surnames
121Siggee — This is an unusual English surname. It derives from the Norse Viking personal name Sigegor , and translating as victory spear , which seems appropriate for invaders! The origin is pre 7th century when the first of these invasions took place, and… …
122Babinski — This unusual surname, recorded in 19th Century Registers of Germany and Poland under the variant spellings Babinska and Babski, is ultimately of Russian origin, and is either a metronymic from Baba , Grandmother (originally a nursery word), or… …
123Benjamin — When the Christian soldiers, known as The Crusaders returned home from their many attempts in the 12th century to free the Holy Land, and specifically Jerusalem, from the infidels, they took to naming their male off spring with Hebrew names.… …
124Collingridge — The prefix Colling appears in a number of English place names and subsequent surnames. These names include Collingbourne in Wiltshire, Collingham in Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire, Collingridge, apparently a lost medieval village whose site is not …
125Lazar — This is an important European surname, although one of biblical origins. Originally only recorded as a Christian surname, it is one of a major group of such originally Hebrew names which include Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Thomas, Michael and many …
126Lazare — This is an important European surname, although one of biblical origins. Originally only recorded as a Christian surname, it is one of a major group of such originally Hebrew names which include Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Thomas, Michael and many …
127Lazarus — This is an important European surname, although one of biblical origins. Originally only recorded as a Christian surname, it is one of a major group of such originally Hebrew names which include Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Thomas, Michael and many …
128Petrovsky — Of all the surnames which derive from the saints and disciples of the Christian church, Petros meaning The rock has provided the world with the greatest number of both given names and the later medieval surnames. In their different spellings… …
