List_of_family_name_affixes

List of family name affixes

List of family name affixes

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Family name affixes are a clue for surname etymology and can sometimes determine the ethnic origin of a person. This is a partial list of affixes.

Prefixes

Arabic


Armenian

Berber

Dutch

  • 's – (Dutch), contraction of des genitive case of definite article de ("the"). Is never capitalized. Example: 'sGravesande, 'sHertogenbosch. In geographical names a hyphen is added:'s-Hertogenbosch.
  • 't – (Dutch), contraction of neuter definite article het ("the"). Is never capitalized. Example: 't Hoen.
  • ter – (Dutch) "at the"[citation needed]
  • van – (Dutch) "of", "from"
  • van de, van den, van der, van het, van 't – (Dutch) "of the", "from the"

German

  • von – (German) "of", "from"; a sign of nobility.
  • zu - (German) "at"; a sign of nobility, sometimes in the combination von und zu

Hebrew

Italian

Romanian

Welsh

Other

Suffixes

See also

References

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