[Surname] Enos
Searching for the meaning ond origin of my wifes last name Enos.
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Well, ancestry.com does mention, inter alia, a Portuguese surname, from the biblical name, as explained by Atarah D. above.
Variant of Enosh.
ENOSH
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: אֱנוֹשׁ (Hebrew)
Pronounced: EE-nahsh [key]
Means "human being" in Hebrew. He was a son of Seth and a grandson of Adam in the genealogies in Genesis in the Old Testament.
ENOSH
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: אֱנוֹשׁ (Hebrew)
Pronounced: EE-nahsh [key]
Means "human being" in Hebrew. He was a son of Seth and a grandson of Adam in the genealogies in Genesis in the Old Testament.
I thought this might be from the Irish surname Ennis, itself a variant of Hennessey, but ancestry.com has other ideas -
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/Fact.aspx?fid=10&ln=Enos
I didn't now this site would replicate Hebrew script. I wonder what others it will take.
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/Fact.aspx?fid=10&ln=Enos
I didn't now this site would replicate Hebrew script. I wonder what others it will take.
My wife swears it's Portuguese.
French and Portuguese: from the Biblical name Enos (see Enoch).
French and Portuguese: from the Biblical name Enos (see Enoch).