Surnames: A Selected List of References
about Personal Names:
Surnames by Country
General
1. Hanks, Patrick.
A dictionary of surnames / Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges ;
special consultant for Jewish names, David L. Gold. -- Oxford
[England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1988. -- liv, 826
p.
CS2385.H27 1988
Bibliography: p. li-lii.
Etymologies of names from the world over.
Ethnic and cultural
2. Kaganoff, Benzion C.
A dictionary of Jewish names and their history / Benzion C.
Kaganoff. -- New York : Schocken Books, 1977. -- xiii, 250 p.
CS3010.K28
Bibliography: p. [212]-213.
Includes an essay with etymologies.
3. Peters, Victor.
Mennonitische Namen = Mennonite names / Victor Peters, Jack
Thiessen. -- Marburg : N.G. Elwert, 1987. -- 247 p. : ill.,
ports. -- (Schriftenreihe der Kommission fur Ostdeutsche
Volkskunde in der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Volkskunde e.V. ;
Bd. 37)
CS2389.P47 1987
Bibliography: p. 217-218.
Lists names of descendants of Swiss Anabaptists who
migrated to southern Poland, Slovakia, and Ukraine. Text is in
German and English.
4. Stichting Nederlands Joods Familiearchief.
Nederlands Joods familiearchief. -- Amsterdam : Scheltema &
Holkema ; Polak & Van Gennep, 1967. -- 1 v. (loose-leaf).
CS3010.S79
[Dutch Jewish Family Archive].
Lists surnames, given names, year recorded, and
referencesto list where name was recorded.
Africa, Asia, and the Middle East
Algeria
5. Parzymies, Anna.
Anthroponymie algérienne : noms de famille modernes
d'origine turque / Anna Parzymies. -- Varsovie : Editions
scientifiques de Pologne, 1985. -- 126 p. -- (Prace
orientalistyczne, 0079-4783 ; t. 31)
CS3040.P37 1985
[Algerian Personal Naming].
Bibliography: p. [117]-121.
Concerns names of modern families of Turkish origin and
Algerian personal names. Also included are some Arabic
characters, Turkish original forms, a discussion of the personal
name system in Algeria, and a linguistic commentary.
Armenia
6. United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Armenian personal names. -- [Washington : The Agency], 1965.
-- 50 p.
CS2980.U5
Lists common Armenian surnames and first names in Armenian
characters, transliterated into Roman and Cyrillic characters.
Transliteration tables are included.
China
7. Ch'ên, Ch'êng-chih.
A standard romanized dictionary of Chinese and Japanese
popular surnames / compiled by K. H. Chen. -- Hanover, N.H. :
Oriental Society, 1972. -- 681 p. -- (Oriental publications)
CS2990.C465
8. United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Chinese personal names. -- [Washington : The Agency] 1961.
-- vii, 65 leaves.
CS2990.U5
Chinese characters are transliterated into Roman and
cyrillic characters.
Japan
9. Gillis, I.V. (Irvin Van Gorder), 1875-1948.
Japanese surnames / compiled by I.V. Gillis and Pai
Ping-chi. -- Peking : [Printed by Hwa hsing press], 1939. --
[413] p.
CS3000.G5
Reproduced in Ann Arbor, Mich. lithoprinted by Edwards
brothers inc in 1944.
Japanese characters with Roman letter transliteration.
10. O'Neill, P. G. (Patrick Geoffrey), 1924-.
Japanese names : a comprehensive index by characters and
readings / P.G. O'Neill. -- 1st ed. -- New York : John
Weatherhill, 1972. -- xvi, 359 p.
CS3000.O53 1972
Explains Japanese names by number of strokes and
Romanization of characters to reading surnames. The author also
discusses place names, names by era, and literary names. Test is
in English and Japanese.
Korea
11. United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Korean personal names. -- [Washington : The Agency], 1962.
-- vi, 46 leaves.
CS3012.U5
South Africa
12. Rosenthal, Eric.
South African surnames. -- Cape Town : H. Timmins, 1965. --
262 p.
CS3080.S6 R6
Bibliography: p. 261-262.
Discusses commonest names, some famous names, etymology,
and countries of origin of European surnames.
Vietnam
13. United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Vietnamese personal names. -- [Washington : The Agency],
1961. -- vii, 36 leaves.
CS3050.V5 U5
Bibliography: leaves 35-36.
Includes family, middle, given, and additional names.
Europe, Eastern
Albania
14. United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Albanian personal names. -- [Washington : The Agency], 1966.
-- viii, 29 p.
CS2930.U5
Bulgaria
15. Makedonski, Angel Michael.
Bulgarische Familiennamen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
einschliesslich Berlin (West) / Angel Michael Makedonski. --
Neuried : Hieronymus, 1987. -- [xxiv], 242 p. --
(Typoskript-Edition Hieronymus. Slavische Sprachen und
Literaturen ; Bd. 13)
CS2860.B8 M35 1987
[Bulgarian Family Names in the Federal Republic of
Germany, including West Berlin].
Bibliography: p. [iii]-[xxi].
Presents etymologies and sources in Roman, Cyrillic and
Greek characters.
16. United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Bulgarian personal names. -- [Washington : The Agency],
1964. -- 46 p.
CS2860.B8 U5
Czechoslovakia
17. United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Czech personal names. -- [Washington : The Agency], 1964. --
vii leavees, 47 p. : map.
CS2860.C9 U5
Includes feminine and masculine endings for surnames.
18. United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Slovak personal names. -- [Washington : The Agency], 1964.
-- vii leaves, 51 p. : map.
CS2860.S53 U5
Estonia
19. United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Estonian personal names. -- [Washington : The Agency], 1965.
-- vii leaves., 65 p.
CS2860.E8 U5
Includes Cyrillic and Roman lettering of surnames.
Hungary
20. United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Hungarian personal names. -- [Washington : The Agency],
1961. -- vii, 31 leaves.
CS2910.U5
Lithuania
21. United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Lithuanian personal names. -- [Washington : The Agency,
196-]. -- 36 p.
CS2880.U5
Names in Cyrillic and Roman letters.
Poland
22. United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Polish personal names. -- [Washington : The Agency], 1962.
-- vii, 60 leaves.
CS2840.U5
Romania
23. Iordan, Iorgu, 1888-.
Dictionar al numelor de familie românesti / Iorgu Iordan. --
Bucuresti : Editura Stiintifica si Enciclopedica, 1983. -- 502 p.
CS2735.I67 1983
Translated title: Dictionary of Romanian Families.
Bibliography: p. 7.
24. United States.
Rumanian personal names. -- [Washington] : 1961. -- vii, 20
leaves.
CS2735.U5
Russia
25. Benson, Morton.
Dictionary of Russian personal names, with a guide to stress
and morphology / compiled by Morton Benson. -- [2d ed., rev.]. --
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [1967]. -- v,
175 p. -- (University of Pennsylvania studies in East European
languages and literatures)
CS2811.B4 1967
Bibliography: p. 173-175.
Includes an explanation of inflection of names in Russian.
26. Comprehensive listing of Russian surnames with transliterated
English forms. -- [s.l. : s.n.], 1971. -- 2 v.
CS2815.C65
Supplements Russian Personal Names, published 1968,
entered under United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Contents: pt. 1. Russian Cyrillic alphabetical order.
Transliteration of Russian language into English by the
Central Intelligence Agency.
27. Deatherage, Melvin E.
Soviet surnames : a handbook. -- [Oberammergau? Ger.], 1962.
-- 333 leaves.
CS2815.D4
28. Unbegaun, Boris Ottokar, 1898-1973.
Russian surnames / [by] B. O. Unbegaun. -- Oxford :
Clarendon Press, 1972. -- xviii, 529 p.
PG2576.U5
Bibliography: p. [415]-424.
Etymology of names in the Russian language.
29. United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Russian personal names.-- [Washington], 1968. -- vii, 161 p.
CS2375.R9 U5
Serbia and Croatia
30. United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Serbo-Croatian personal names. -- [Washington], 1962. --
vii, 32 leaves.
CS2850.U5
Slovenia
31. United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Slovenian personal names. -- [Washington], 1962. -- v, 14
leaves.
CS2860.S55 U5
Ukraine
32. Bogdan, F.
Dictionary of Ukrainian surnames in Canada / by] F. Bogdan.
-- Winnipeg : Onomastic Commission of UVAN and Canadian Institute
of Onomastic Sciences, 1974. -- 50, 354 p. -- (Onomastica, no.47)
CS2860.U4 B63
Includes bibliographies.
Can be compared to similar names in Australia.
33. Radion, Stepan.
Dictionary of Ukrainian surnames in Australia / S. Radion.
-- Melbourne : Academia Scientiarum Mohylo-Mazepiana Ukrainensis
: Obtainable at Umman, 1981. -- xix, 176 p.
CS2860.U4 R32 1981
Summary in Ukrainian.
Bibliography: p. 168.
Australian written sources which document use of Ukrainian
names. Roman and Cyrillic characters.
Europe, Western
Austria
34. Finsterwalder, Karl.
Tiroler Namenkunde : Sprach- u. Kulturgeschichte v.
Personen-, Familien- u. Hofnamen : mit einem Namenlexikon / Karl
Finsterwalder. -- Innsbruck. : Inst. f. Deutsche Philologie d.
Univ. Innsbruck, 1978. -- xxxv, 566 p. -- (Innsbrucker Beitrage
zur Kulturwissenschaft : Germanistische Reihe ; Bd. 4)
PF5356.F5
[Tirolian name research].
Bibliography: p. xvii-xxx.
35. Hornung, Maria, 1920-.
Lexikon österreichischer Familiennamen / Maria Hornung. --
1. Aufl. -- St. Pölten : Niedersterreichisches Pressehaus, 1989.
-- 141 p.
CS2545.H67 1989
[Dictionary of austrian family names].
Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-140).
Includes personal names in Germany.
36. Neumann, Johann.
Tschechische Familiennamen in Wien : eine namenkundl.
Dokumentation / bearb. u. zsgest. v. Johann Neumann : 15.690
Familiennamen, interpretiert bzw. ubers. v. berufenen Slawisten
Haufigkeitszahl u. Quellennachweis bei jedem Namen. -- 3.,
wesentl. erw. Aufl. -- Wien : Holzhausen, 1977. -- 288 p.
CS2830.Z9 V45 1977
[Czech family names in Vienna (Austria)].
Bibliography: p. [287]-288.
15,690 Czech personal names Research documents frequency
and source of names. This work interprets and translates each
name and helps German speakers to pronounce Czech names.
Belgium
37. Carnoy, Albert Joseph, 1878-.
Origines des noms de familles en Belgique. -- Louvain : Éditions
Universitas, 1953. -- 408 p.
CS2940.B4 C3
[Origins of family names in Belgium].
38. Vroonen, Eugène.
Les noms de famille de Belgique : essai d'anthroponymie
belge. -- Bruxelles : C. Dessart., [1957]. -- 2 v.
CS2940.B4 V7
[Family names of Belgium]
Vol. 2 has title: Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de
famille de Belgique.
Etymological dictionary in an essay format.
France
39. Beaucarnot, Jean Louis.
Les noms de famille et leurs secrets / Jean-Louis
Beaucarnot. -- Paris : R. Laffont, c1988. -- 355 p.
CS2695.B394 1988
[Family names and their secrets].
Bibliography: p. 305-307.
40. Cellard, Jacques.
Trésors des noms de familles / par Jacques Cellard ;
illustrations de Roland Sabatier. -- Paris : Belin, c1983. -- 335
p. : ill. -- ("Le Français retrouvé", 0291-7521 ; 8)
CS2695.C45 1983
[Treasures of family names].
Illustrated, etymologies.
41. Chapuy, Paul.
Origine des noms patronymiques français (donnant
l'étymologie de 10,000 noms de famille) suivi d'une tude sur les
noms de famille basques. -- Paris : Dorbon-aˆiné, [1934]. -- 350
p., 1 leaf.
CS2695 .C5
[Origin of French family names].
"Bibliographie": p. [5]-6.
42. Compan, André.
Étude d'anthroponymie provençale : les noms de personne dans
le comté de Nice aux XIIIe, XIVe et XVe siècles / André Compan.
-- Lille : Atelier Reproduction des thèses, Universite Lille III
; Paris : diffusion, H. Champion, 1976. -- 2 v. (vi, 829 p.).
CS2695.C65 1976
[Study of Provencal human naming].
Thesis--Universit de Paris IV: Paris-Sorbonne, 1975.
Bibliography: p. 593-602.
Locations, bearers, and medieval dates.
43. Dauzat, Albert, 1877-1955.
Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de famille et prénoms de
France / par Albert Dauzat. -- Ed. rev. et augm. / par
Marie-Therese Morlet. -- Paris : Larousse, c1980. -- xxii, [3],
624 p. -- (Dictionnaire de poche de la langue francaise)
CS2691.D3 1980
[Etymological dictionary of family names and given names
of France].
Bibliography: p. [xxv].
44. Dauzat, Albert, 1877-1955.
Les noms de famille de France : trait d'anthroponymie
francaise / Albert Dauzat. -- 3. d. rev. et complétée / par M.
T. Morlet. -- Paris : Gungaud, 1977. -- ii, 471 p. : ill.
CS2695.D3 1977
[Family names of France].
Reprint of the 1949 ed. published by Payot, Paris; with
updated bibliography.
Bibliography: p. [402]-417.
Treatise on personal naming.
45. Divanach, Marcel.
5000 [i.e. Cinq mille] patronymes bretons franciss / Marcel
Divanach. -- Brest : ditions du Vieux meunier breton, 1975. --
127 p.
CS2398.D58
[5000 Breton-French surnames].
46. Gourvil, Francis.
Noms de famille bretons d'origine toponymique. -- Quimper :
Societe archeologique du Finistere, 1970. -- xlviii, 330 p.
CS2398.G63
[Breton family names originating in the names of places].
Bibliography: p. xlv-xlviii.
Germany
47. Bahlow, Hans, 1900-.
Deutsches Namenlexikon : Familien- und Vornamen nach
Ursprung und Sinn Erklart. -- Munchen : Keysersche
Verlagsbuchhandlung, [1967]. -- 588 p.
CS2541.B3
[German name dictionary].
Keysers Nachschlagewerke.
48. Bahlow, Hans, 1900-.
Niederdeutsches Namenbuch. -- [Walluf bei Wiesbaden] : M.
Sandig. [c1972]. -- 572 p.
CS2545.B33
[Lower German name book].
Bibliography: p. 557-560.
49. Brechenmacher, Josef Karlmann, 1877-1960.
Etymologisches Wrterbuch der deutschen Familiennamen. --
2., von Grund auf neugearb. Aufl. der "Deutschen Sippennamen"
(Bde. 5-9 der Sippenbucherei). -- Limburg a.d. Lahn : C. A.
Starke-Verlag, [between 1961 and 1969, c1957]. -- 2 v. : port.
CS2545.B73
[Etymological dictionary of German family names].
Bibliography: v. 1, p. [xix]-xxxvii.
Contents: 1. Bd. A-J. -- 2. Bd. K-Z.
50. Familiennamenbuch / herausgegeben von Horst Naumann ;
[Autoren,Volkmar Hellfritzsch... et al.]. -- 1. Aufl. -- Leipzig:
Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig, c1987. -- 328 p.
CS2545.F36 1987
[Family name book].
Bibliography: p. [326]-328.
51. Gottschald, Max.
Deutsche Namenkunde : unsere Familiennamen / Max Gottschald.
-- 5., verb. Aufl. / mit einer Einfuhrung in die
Familiennamenkunde von Rudolf Schutzeichel. -- Berlin ; New York
: de Gruyter, 1982. -- 667 p.
CS2545.G6 1982
Includes index. [German name research : our family names].
Bibliography: p. 557-634.
Includes introduction to the study of family names.
52. Heintze, Albert, 1831-1906.
Die deutschen Familiennamen : Geschichtlich, geographisch,
sprachlich / [Von] Heintze [und] Cascorbi. (Hrsg. von Paul
Cascorbi. -- 7., sehr verb. und verm. Aufl. Reprografischer
Nachdruck der Ausg. Halle 1933.). -- Hildesheim : G. Olms, 1967.
-- xiv, 536 p.
CS2545.H4 1967
[German family names]
Reprint of 1933 edition. History, geography, and
linguistics of names.
Bibliography: p. [ix]-xi.
53. Maas, Herbert, 1928-.
Von Abel bis Zwicknagel : Lexikon deutscher Familiennamen /
Herbert Maas. -- Originalausg. -- Munchen : Deutscher Taschenbuch
Verlag, 1964. -- 189, [2] p.
CS2545.M33 1964
[From Abel to Zwicknagel].
Bibliography: p. [191].
Gives locations of surnames and their meanings.
54. Seibicke, Wilfried.
Die Personennamen im Deutschen / von Wilfried Seibicke. --
Berlin New York. -- 227 p 18 cm.de Gruyter. -- -- (Sammlung
Gschen)
CS2541.S45 1982
[Personal names among the Germans].
Bibliography: p. [214]-222.
55. United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
German personal names. -- [Washington] : 1961. -- vii, 34
leaves.
CS2545.U5
Greece
56. United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Greek personal names. -- [Washington] : 1962. -- v l., 45 p.
CS2920.U5
Bibliography: leaf 45.
Italy
57. Bongioanni, Angelo.
Nomi e cognomi : saggio di ricerche etimologiche e storiche
/ [di] Angelo Bongioanni. -- Sala Bolognese : A. Forni, 1979. --
x, 268 p.
CS2711.B66 1979
[Names and surnames] Reprint. Originally published: Torino
: F.lli Bocca, 1928.
Bibliography: p. [266]-268.
Etymologies and an index of surnames.
58. De Felice, Emidio, 1918-.
Cognomi d'Italia : origine, etimologia, storia, diffusione e
frequenza di circa 15 mila cognomi / Emidio De Felice. -- Milano
: A. Mondadori, c1978-. -- v. <1 >. -- (I Libri di Epoca)
CS2715.D39 1978
[Surnames of Italy].
Contents: v. 1. Aba-D'Urso.
Location, significance, and etymology.
59. De Felice, Emidio, 1918-
Dizionario dei cognomi italiani / Emidio De Felice. -- 1.
ed. Oscar studio Mondadori. -- Milano : A. Mondadori, 1978. --
351 p. -- (Gli Oscar studio ; 59)
CS2715.F44
[Dictionary of Italian surnames].
Includes bibliographical references.
60. De Felice, Emidio, 1918-
I cognomi italiani : rilevamenti quantitativi dagli elenchi
telefonici : informazioni socioeconomiche e culturali,
onomastiche e linguistiche / [di] Emidio De Felice. -- Bologna :
Il mulino, 1981. -- viii, 400 p., [6] p. of plates : ill. --
(Studi e ricerche ; 115)
CS2715.D4
[Italian surnames].
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Describes frequency of name by region and community.
61. Fucilla, Joseph Guerin, 1897-
Our Italian surnames. -- Evanston, Ill. : Chandler's inc.,
1949. -- xi, 299 p.
CS2715.F8
Bibliography: p. 244-254.
Reprinted in Baltimore by Genealogical Pub. Co. in 1987.
62. Rohlfs, Gerhard. 1892-
Soprannomi siciliani / Gerhard Rohlfs. -- Palermo : Centro
di studi filologici e linguistici siciliani, 1984. -- 142 p. --
(Lessici siciliani ; 2)
CS2719.S53 R65 1984
[Sicilian nicknames].
Bibliography: p. [11]-14.
Netherlands
63. Akademie van Wetenschappen, Amsterdam. Commissie voor Naamkunde.
Nederlands repertorium van familienamen. -- Assen : Van
Gorcum, 1963-. -- 11 v.
CS2525.A4
[Netherlands stock of names].
Contents: Contents: v. 1. Drenthe -- v. 2. Firesland -- v.
3. Groningen -- v. 4. Utrecht -- v. 5. Zeeland v. 6. Overijsel --
v. 7. Amsterdam -- v. 8. Gelderland -- v. 9. s'Gravenhage -- v.
10. Rotterdam -- v. 11. Noord Brabant.
Material is arranged by province, by town, then by
surname. Frequency of surnames is also given.
64. The Origins of names and their effect on genealogical research in
The Netherlands / the Genealogical Department of The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. -- Salt Lake City,
Utah : The Dept., c1978. -- 19 p. : ill. -- (Series C / the
Genealogical Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-Day Saints ; no. 28 (1978)
CS814.O75 1978
Bibliography: p. 19.
65. Plank, A.N.W. van der.
Het namenboek : de herkomst van onze voornamen en de hiervan
afgeleide achternamen / A.N.W. van der Plank. -- Bussum : Romen,
c1979. -- xxvi, 332, [1] p.
CS2521.P58
[The name book].
Bibliography: p. [333].
66. Winkler, Johan, 1840-1916.
De Nederlandsche geslachtsnamen in oorsprong, geschiedenis,
en beteekenis. -- Zaltbommel : Europese Bibliotheek, [1971]. --
x, 637 p.
CS2525.W5 1971
[Dutch lineage names in origin, history, and meaning.
Portugal
67. Basic Portuguese paleography / the Genealogical Department of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. -- English ed. --
Salt Lake City, Utah : The Department, 1978. -- 41 p. : facsims.
-- (Series H / the Genealogical Department of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-Day Saints ; no. 20)
Z115.P8 B37 1978
Bibliography: p. 41.
68. Guérios, Rosário Farâni Mansur, 1907-
Dicionário etimolgico de nomes e sobrenomes / [Rosrio
Farni Mansur Gurios]. -- 3a. ed., rev. e aum. -- Sao Paulo :
Editora Ave Maria, 1981. -- 267 p.
CS2761.G8 1981
[Etymological dictionary of names and surnames].
Bibliography: p. [261]-267.
Proper names in Portuguese.
69. Vasconcellos, J. Leite de (Jos Leite), 1858-1941.
Antroponimia portuguesa : tratado comparativo da origem,
significacao, classificacao, e vida do conjunto dos nomes
proprios, sobrenomes, e apelidos, usados por ns desde a
idademdia at hoje. -- Lisboa : Imprensa nacional, 1928. -- xix,
659, [1] p.
CS2761.L4 Microfilm 75106 CS
[Portuguese study of personal naming].
"Bibliografia": p. [595]-615.
Comparative treatise on the origin, significance, and
classification of proper names, surnames, and appelations.
Spain
70. Godoy Alcntara, Jos, d. 1875.
Ensayo histrico etimolgico filolgico sobre los apellidos
castellanos / Jos Godoy Alcntara. -- 2a reimpresin. --
Barcelona : El Albir, 1980. -- 4 leaves, 280 p. -- (Biblioteca de
filologa hispnica. Onomstica y toponimia ; no. 1)
CS2741.G7 1980
[Historic, etymological, philological essay on Castillian
names]
Reprint. Originally published in Madrid by M. Rivadeneyra,
in 1871.
Includes bibliographical references.
Foreign, religious, geographical, and historical names.
71. Gorden, Raymond L., 1919-
Spanish personal names as barriers to communication between
Latin Americans and North Americans / by Raymond L. Gorden. --
Yellow Springs, Ohio : Antioch College, 1968. -- viii leaves, 142
p.
CS2741.G76
Includes bibliographical references.
Collected Spanish personal names in Latin America for the
U.S. Department of Education. Cultural patterns are examined as
are full names, nombre completos, alphabetization of Spanish
names and the most popular names in Latin America.
72. Maduell, Charles R.
The romance of Spanish surnames. -- [New Orleans?: s.n.],
1967. -- xiii, 221 p.
CS2745.M3
73. Michelena, Luis.
Apellidos vascos. -- 3. ed. aum. y corr. -- San Sebastin :
Txertoa, [1973]. -- 250 p., 1 leaf.
CS2940.B37 M52 1973
[Basque names].
Etymologies, ancient numbers, medieval numbers, names,
dictionary of names.
74. Mogrobejo, Endika.
Diccionario etimolgico de apellidos vascos / por Endika
Mogrobejo = Euskal abizenen itzerrozko hiztegia / Mogrobejo'tar
Endikak. -- Bilbao : E. Mogrobejo Zabala, [1982?]. -- 246 p. :
ill.
CS2940.B37 M64 1982
[Etymological dictionary of Basque names].
Bibliography: p. 241-243.
75. Moll, Francesc de B. (Francesc do Borja), 1903-
Els llinatges catalans (Catalunya, Paîs Valenci, Illes
Balears) : assaig de divulgaci lingustica / Francesc de B.
Moll. -- 2a ed. molt augmentada. -- Mallorca : Moll, 1982. -- 387
p. -- (Els Treballs i els dies ; 23)
CS2770.C3 M6 1982
[Catalonian names (Catalonia, Region of Valencia, Balearic
Islands)].
Bibliography: p. [11]-14.
76. Morton, William E.
U.S. Bureau of the Census list of Spanish surnames / rev. as
of October 20, 1967 by William E. Morton. -- [s.l. : s.n.], 1968
(Portland : University of Oregon Medical School). -- iii, 96 p.
CS2745.M67
Includes bibliographical references.
Spanish personal names in the USA are listed with a brief
discussion and a plain list of surnames.
77. Oyhamburu, Philippe.
Euskal deituren hiztegia / Philippe Oyhamburu. --
Ossas-Suhare : Hitzak, [1991-1992]. -- 3 v. (2372 p.)
CS2940.B37 O94 1991
[Dictionary of Basque patronymics].
Includes bibliographical references, v. 1, p. 44-45.
Contents: 1. [A-D] -- 2. [E-L] -- 3. [M-Z].
In French, Spanish, and Basque. A detailed essay is
accompanied by etymologies.
78. Santos, Richard G.
Origin of Spanish names : cmo te llamas y por que te llamas
as / by Richard G. Santos. -- [San Antonio? Tex.] : R.G. Santos,
c1981. -- iii, 87 p. : ill.
CS2741.S33
79. Tibón, Gutierre, 1905-
Diccionario etimológico comparado de los apellidos
españoles, hispanoamericanos y filipinos / Gutierre Tibn. -- 1.
ed. -- México : Editorial Diana, 1988. -- xxii, 433 p.
CS2747.T53 1988
[Comparative etymological dictionary of Spanish, Latin
American and Filipino surnames].
Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-272).
Indexes 43,000 names.
80. Tibón, Gutierre, 1905-
Onomstica hispanoamericana; ndice de siete mil nombres y
apellidos castellanos, vascos, rabes, judos, italianos,
indoamericanos, etc. y un ndice toponmico. -- 1. ed. en
español. -- México : Unin Tipogrfica Editorial Hispano
Americana, [1961]. -- 360 p. : ill.
CS2745.T5
[Hispanic American name study : index of 6,000 Castillian,
Basque, Arabic, Jewish, Italian, Amerindian names and surnames,
etc., and a place name index].
Switzerland
81. Familiennamenbuch der Schweiz = Répertoire des noms de
famillesuisses = Register of Swiss surnames / bearbeitet im
Auftrag der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft fur Familienforschung
von der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Schweizer Familiennamen, Emil und
Clothilde Meier ... [et. al.]. -- 3., verb. und korrigierte
Aufl. -- Zurich : Schulthess, c1989. -- 3 v. (xxx, 2082 p.).
CS2625.F34 1989
German, English, French, Italian, and Romansh. [Family name book
of Switzerland].
Contents: Contents: v. 1. Aab to Gorsky -- v. 2. Gort to
Ritter -- v. 3. Ritter to Zysset.
Lists the canton, community, and the year or century when
family members became citizens.
Turkey
82. United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Turkish personal names. -- [Washington], 1961. -- v 1., 22p.
CS3040.U5
Bibliography: p. 21-22.
Discusses modern Turkish names, spelling, and
pronunciationas well as the reform of Turkish surnames in 1935.
Great Britain and Ireland
General
83. Ewen, C. (Cecil L'Estrange), 1877-
A guide to the origin of British surnames. -- London : J.
Gifford, limited, [1938]. -- 206 p.
CS2505.E78
Reprinted in Detroit by Gale Research Co. in 1969.
84. Ewen, C. (Cecil L'Estrange), 1877-
A history of surnames of the British Isles : a concise
account of their origin, evolution, etymology, and legal status.
-- London : K. Paul, Trench, Trubner, ltd., 1931. -- xx, 508 p.
CS2505.E8 Microfilm 10010 CS
Reprinted in Detroit by Gale Research Co. in 1968.
Discusses the origin, evolution, etymology, and legal
status of names.
85. Guppy, H.B. (Henry Brougham), 1854-1926.
Homes of family names in Great Britain \ by Henry Brougham
Guppy. -- London : Harrison and sons, 1890. -- lxv, [1], 601 p. :
map.
CS2505.G85 Microfilm 21758 CS
LC copy replaced by microfilm.
Reprinted in Baltimore by Genealogicap Pub. Co. in 1968.
86. Harrison, Henry, d. 1921.
Surnames of the United Kingdom : a concise etymological
dictionary / by Henry Harrison ... assisted by Gya Pulling. --
London : The Eaton press, 1912-1918. -- 2 v.
CS2505.H3 Microfilm 8899 CS
Reprinted in Baltimore by Genealogical Pub. Co. in 1969.
A concise etymological dictionary.
87. Reaney, Percy H. (Percy Hide), 1880-1968.
A dictionary of English surnames / by P.H. Reaney. -- 3rd
ed. with corrections and additions / by R.M. Wilson. Originally
published in 1958. -- London ; New York : Routledge, 1991. --
lxx, 508 p.
CS2505.R39 1991
Rev. ed. of: A Dictionary of British Surnames. 2nd ed.
1976, which is now available in LH&G and MRR.
England
88. Addison, William Wilkinson, Sir, 1905-
Understanding English surnames / [by] Sir William Addison.
-- London : Batsford, 1978. -- 176 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.,
facsims.
CS2505.A3
Bibliography: p. [161]-163.
89. Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine), 1834-1924.
Family names and their story / by S. Baring-Gould. --
Detroit : Omnigraphics, 1990. -- 431 p.
CS2501.B35 1990
Reprint. Originally published in London by Seeley in 1910.
Includes bibliographical references.
90. Cottle, Basil.
The Penguin dictionary of surnames / [by] Basil Cottle. --
2nd ed. -- London : Allen Lane, 1978. -- 444 p. -- (Penguin
reference books)
CS2505.C67 1978
Bibliography: p. 443-444.
91. Dolan, J. R.
English ancestral names : the evolution of the surname from
medieval occupations / [by] J. R. Dolan. -- [1st ed.]. -- New
York : C.N. Potter; distributed by Crown Publishers,[1972]. --
xvi, 381 p.
CS2505.D65 1972
Bibliography: p. 363-365.
92. Matthews, C.M. (Constance Mary), 1908-
English surnames / [by] C.M. Matthews. -- London :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, [1966]. -- 359 p.
CS2505.M3
Bibliography: p. 313-316.
93. McKinley, R.A. (Richard Alexander).
Norfolk and Suffolk surnames in the Middle Ages / by Richard
McKinley ; with a foreword by Alan Everitt. -- London :
Phillimore, 1975. -- xiii, 175 p. -- (English surnames series ;
2)
CS2509.N6 M29
Includes bibliographical references and index.
94. McKinley, R.A. (Richard Alexander).
Norfolk surnames in the sixteenth century, by R. A.
McKinley. -- Leicester : Leicester U.P., 1969. -- 60 p. : 3 maps.
-- (Department of English Local History. Occasional papers,
second series ; no. 2)
CS2509.N6 M3 1969
95. McKinley, R.A. (Richard Alexander).
The surnames of Lancashire / by Richard McKinley. -- London
: Leopard's Head Press, 1981. -- xiii, 501 p. -- (English
surnames series ; 4)
CS2509.L3 M34 1981
Includes bibliographical references and index.
96. McKinley, R.A. (Richard Alexander).
The surnames of Oxfordshire / by Richard McKinley ; with a
foreword by Marc Fitch. -- London : Leopard's Head Press, 1977.
-- xi, 311. -- (English surnames series ; 3)
CS2509.O93 M38 1977
Includes bibliographical references and index.
97. Reaney, Percy H. (Percy Hide), 1880-1968.
The origin of English surnames / by P.H. Reaney. -- New York
: Barnes & Noble, [1967]. -- xix, 415 p.
CS2505.R4
Bibliography: p. xvii-xix.
98. Redmonds, George, 1935-
Yorkshire, West Riding / with a foreword by Sir Anthony
Wagner. -- Chichester : Phillimore, 1973. -- xiv, 314 p., [2]
fold. p. of plates. : maps. -- (English surnames series ; 1)
CS2509.Y67 R4
Based on the author's thesis, Leicester, 1970.
Bibliography: p. 270-277.
Personal names in West Yorkshire.
99. Weekley, Ernest, 1865-1954.
Surnames / by Ernest Weekley. -- London : J. Murray, 1916.
-- xxii, 364p.
CS2505.W5 1974
Bibliography: p. xvi-xx.
Reprinted in Folcroft, Pa. by Folcroft Library Editions in
1974.
100.White, George Pawley.
A handbook of Cornish surnames / compiled by G. Pawley
White; foreword by A. L. Rowse. -- Camborne (Chy'nelyn, Tregenna
La., Camborne, Cornwall) : G. P. White, 1972. -- 70 p.
CS2405.W47
Bibliography: p. 70.
Ireland
101.Bell, Robert, 1953-.
The book of Ulster surnames / Robert Bell. -- Belfast : St.
Paul, Minn. : Blackstaff Press, 1988. -- 285 p.
CS2415.B45 1988
Bibliography: p. 258-259.
102.De Breffny, Brian.
Irish family names : arms, origins, and locations / Brian de
Breffny. -- Dublin : Gill and Macmillan, 1982. -- 192 p. : ill.
CS2415.D43 1982
Bibliography: p. 191.
103.Mac Giolla Domhnaigh, Padraig.
Some Ulster surnames / by Padraig Mac Giolla Domhnaigh. --
[New ed.] / with foreword by Edward McLysaght. -- Baile Atha
Cliath [Dublin] : Cldhanna Teo., [1974?]. -- 64 p.
CS2419.U37 M3 1975
First ed. published in 1923 under title: Some anglicised
surnames in Ireland.
104.Matheson, Robert Edwin, Sir, 1845-1926.
Special report on surnames in Ireland. -- Dublin : Printed
for H. M. Stationery off., by A. Thom & co., (limited), 1894. --
73, [1] p., incl. tables.
CS2415.M3 Microfilm 19836 CS
Gives frequency, varieties of, and synonyms of individual
surnames in the counties of Ireland, based on the 1891 census.
Isle of Man
105.Moore, Arthur William, 1853-1909.
The surnames & place-names of the Isle of Man. -- London, E.
Stock, 1890. -- xiv, 372 p.
(CS2421.M5) Microfilm 8897 CS
Scotland
106.Anderson, William, 1805-1866.
Genealogy and surnames:. -- Edinburgh : W. Ritchie, 1865. --
viii, 174 p. ill.
(CS2385.A5) Microfilm 8896 CS
107.Black, George Fraser, 1866-1948.
The surnames of Scotland : their origin, meaning, and
history. -- New York : The New York Public Library, 1946. --
lxxi, [1], 838 p. : front. (port.).
CS2435.B55
Includes glossary of obsolete or uncommon Scots words.
108.Dorward, David Philip.
Scottish surnames / [by] David Dorward ; illustrated by John
Mackay. -- Edinburgh : Blackwood, 1978. -- ix, 70 p. : ill. --
(Scottish connection)
CS2435.D67
109.Lamb, Gregor.
Orkney surnames / Gregor Lamb. -- Edinburgh : P. Harris,
1981, c1980. -- 128 p. : ill.
CS2439.O75 L34 1981
Bibliography: p. 125.
Wales
110.Morgan, T.J.
Welsh surnames / by T.J. Morgan and Prys Morgan. -- Cardiff
: University of Wales Press, 1985. -- 211 p. : ill.
CS2445.M67 1985
Bibliography: p. [206]-211.
North America
Canada
111.Dionne, N.E. (Narcisse Eutrope) 1848-1917.
Les Canadiens-Franc(1,39)is. -- Québec : Garneau, 1914. -- 2
p. leaves., [vii]-xxxiii, 611 p.
CS2700.D5
[The French Canadians].
Traces origins of families emigrating from France, Spain,
and Switzerland to settle Canada from the foundtion of Quebec to
recent times.
112.Seary, E.R.
Family names of the island of Newfoundland / by E. R. Seary,
with the assistance of Sheila M. P. Lynch. -- St. John's :
Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1977, 1978 printing. --
lxxvii, 541 p.
CS2509.N48 S4
United States
113.Hook, J.N. (Julius Nicholas), 1913-
The book of names / J.N. Hook. -- New York : F. Watts, 1983.
-- 288 p.
CS2481.H66 1983
Personal and geographic names in the USA.
114.Hook, J.N. (Julius Nicholas), 1913-
Family names : how our surnames came to America /J.N. Hook.
-- New York : Macmillan ; London : Collier Macmillan, c1982. --
388 p.
CS2487.H66 1982
Bibliography: p. 363-365.
Includes anecdotes and etymology.
115.Jones, George Fenwick, 1916-.
German-American names / George F. Jones. -- Baltimore, Md. :
Genealogical Pub. Co., c1990. -- 268 p. : ill.
CS2487.J66 1990
This dictionary of brief explanations is preceeded by a
fifty-nine page essay.
116.Maissen, Augustin.
L'americanisaziun dils nums de schlatteina, romontschs e
grischuns / Augustin Maissen. -- [Grischun, Switzerland] :
Ediziuns della Revista retoromontscha, 1965. -- 19 p. -- (Studia
rætoromanica = Studis retoromontschs = Raeto-Romance studies)
CS2770.R34 M35 1965
[The Americanization of Raetic (Romansh, German, Italian)
family names of Canton Graubunden, Switzerland].
Summary in English.
"Separat/reprint: Igl Ischi, vol. 49, 1963"--Cover p. 2.
Bibliography: p. 19.
117.Smith, Elsdon Coles, 1903-
American surnames / [by] Elsdon C. Smith. -- [1st ed.]. --
Philadelphia : Chilton Book Co., [1969]. -- xx, 370 p.
CS2485.S63
Bibliography: p. 327-329.
Personal names in the USA.
139.
Smith, Elsdon Coles, 1903-
Dictionary of American family names. -- [1st ed.]. -- New
York : Harper, [1956]. -- xxxiv, 244 p.
CS2481.S55
Published in 1972 under title: New dictionary of American
family names.
Lists 20,000 U.S. personal names with nationality and
definition.
140.
West, Robert Cooper, 1913-
An atlas of Louisiana surnames of French and Spanish origin
/ Robert C. West. -- Baton Rouge : Geoscience Publications,
Louisiana State University, 1986. -- ix, 217 p. : maps.
E184.F8 W46 1986
Bibliography: p. 196-204.
141.
Woods, Richard Donovon.
Spanish surnames in the southwestern United States : a
dictionary / Richard D. Woods, Grace Alvarez-Altman. -- Boston :
G. K. Hall, c1978. -- xv, 154 p. -- (A reference publication in
Latin American studies)
CS2745.W66
Bibliography: p. 153-154.
A dictionary with definitions, locations, and history,
which includes Portuguese names.
Scandinavia
Denmark
142.
Fortegnelse over forbeholdte navne. -- [Copenhagen] :
Justitsministeriet, 1980. -- 391 p.
CS2575.F67 1980
[Register of approved names].
Plain alphabetical list of surnames in Denmark.
143.
Knudsen, Gunnar.
Danmarks gamle personnavne / udg. af Gunnar Knudsen og
Marius Kristensen, under medvirkning af Rikard Hornby. --
Kobenhavn :I kommission hos G.E.C. Gad, 1936-1964. -- 2 v. in 4.
CS2573.K5
[Denmark's old personal names].
Contents: Contents: 1. Fornavne -- 2. Tilnavne.
Gives year of appearance, bearer, location, and etymology.
Vol. 2 is about Danish surnames.
144.
Kristiansen, Kristian, 1953-
Danske ogenavne / Kristian Kristiansen. -- Kobenhavn :
Lademann, [1984]. -- 80 p. : ill.
CS2577.K75 1984
[Danish personal names].
Bibliography: p. 79.
Includes nicknames.
Finland
145.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Finnish personal names. -- [Washington], 1963. -- v, 38
leaves.
CS2900.U5
Norway
146.
Flom, George Tobias, 1871-1960.
Norwegian surnames. -- [Menasha, Wis., 1918]. -- 16 p.
CS2597.F6
A short essay in English on Norwegian surnames.
147.
Moss, Astrid.
2000 [i. e. To tusen] nye slektsnavn. -- Kongsvinger :
Gl(1,35)mdal papirindustri, 1947. -- 61 p.
CS2597.M6
[2,000 new family names].
Alphabetical list of Norwegian surnames.
Sweden
148.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Swedish personal names. -- [Washington], 1967. -- v l., 46p.
CS2605.U5
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