Behind the Name: krisjanisliepins's Personal Name List

Aalto

Usage: Finnish

Pronounced: AHL-to

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From Finnish aalto meaning "wave". A famous bearer was Finnish architect Alvar Aalto (1898-1976).

Aiello

Usage: Italian

Rating: 75% based on 2 votes

From various place names in Italy, such as Aiello del Friuli, Aiello del Sabato and others. They are derived from Latin agellus meaning "little field".

Albero

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: AL-beh-ro

Rating: 75% based on 2 votes

From Italian albero meaning "tree", ultimately from Latin arbor, referring to someone who lived in the woods or worked as a woodcutter.

Albini

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: al-BEE-nee

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Means "son of Albino".

Amato

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: a-MA-to

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From the given name Amato.

Aquino

Usage: Italian, Spanish

Pronounced: a-KWEE-no(Italian) a-KEE-no(Spanish)

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From the name of an Italian town near Rome, derived from Latin aqua meaning "water", the home town of the 13th-century saint Thomas Aquinas. In Italy the surname is derived directly from the town's name. As a Spanish-language surname, it was sometimes bestowed by missionaries in honour of the saint as they evangelized in Spanish colonies.

Arenas

Usage: Spanish

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From various Spanish place names, which are derived from Spanish arena meaning "sand".

Armani

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: ar-MA-nee

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Means "son of Ermanno".

Baggio

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: BAD-jo

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Originally denoted a person from the Italian town of Baggio (now part of Milan). It is probably derived from Latin Badalocum meaning "watch place".

Baldini

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: bal-DEE-nee

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Derived from the given name Baldino, a diminutive of Baldo.

Barone

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: ba-RO-neh

Rating: 75% based on 2 votes

Italian cognate of Baron.

Bartolomei

Usage: Italian

Rating: 55% based on 2 votes

Derived from the given name Bartolomeo.

Basile

Usage: Italian, French

Pronounced: ba-ZEE-leh(Italian) BA-ZEEL(French)

Rating: 60% based on 2 votes

From the given name Basilio or Basile.

Bellini

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: behl-LEE-nee

Rating: 85% based on 2 votes

From Italian bello meaning "beautiful".

Belmonte

Usage: Spanish, Italian

Rating: 60% based on 2 votes

From various place names in Italy and Spain meaning "beautiful mountain".

Bianchi

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: BYAN-kee

Rating: 40% based on 1 vote

From Italian bianco meaning "white", originally given to a person who was white-haired or extremely pale.

Bianco

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: BYAN-ko

Rating: 90% based on 1 vote

Variant of Bianchi.

Biondi

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: BYON-dee

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Means "fair-haired, blond" in Italian. This name was borne by the American swimmer Matt Biondi (1965-).

Biondo

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: BYON-do

Rating: 80% based on 1 vote

Variant of Biondi.

Borgia

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: BAWR-ja

Rating: 90% based on 1 vote

Italian form of Borja. This was the name of an Italian noble family who were influential during the Renaissance period.

Cassidy

Usage: Irish

Rating: 100% based on 1 vote

From Irish Ó Caiside meaning "descendant of Caiside". Caiside is a given name meaning "curly haired".

Eek

Usage: Estonian

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Possibly a corruption of Estonian leek, meaning "flame" or "blaze". Or perhaps a corruption of the Swedish word ek "oak" (see Ek).

Harjo

Usage: Creek

Rating: 90% based on 1 vote

From Creek Ha'chō meaning "crazy brave; recklessly brave".

Harjo

Usage: Estonian

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Harjo is an Estonia surname, a variation of "Harju"; from Harju County.

Laine

Usage: Finnish, Estonian

Pronounced: LIE-neh

Rating: 80% based on 1 vote

Means "wave" in Finnish and Estonian.

Medici

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: Med-eh-chee

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Patronymic or plural form of Medico. Medici is the family name of one of Italy's most powerful families.

O'Byrne

Usage: Irish

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Anglicized form of Irish Ó Broin meaning "descendant of Bran 1".

Ó Caiside

Usage: Irish

Pronounced: O KA-shə-dyə

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Irish Gaelic form of Cassidy.