They're patronymic surnames. That is, they're last names originating from the name of the father. Different cultures have different way of producing patronymic surnames :
name elements that mean son of:
-son: English, Swedish, German, Norwegian, Icelandic
Ap- : Welsh
Bar - /Ben - : Hebrew
Bin - : Arabic
Fitz- /Mc : Irish
Mac- : Scottish
-es : Portuguese
-ez: Spanish
-icz: Polish
-ides/-idas: Greek
-sen/-zen: Danish, Dutch, low German
name element that mean grandson of:
O' : Irish
Nothing, it is purely an English word, there is equivalent "last name" + "son" notation in French names like there is for instance for "Jansen" or "Johannson" names in some Scandinavian countries, because the form "son of" cannot be shortened as a " 's son " suffix as in English, and we also tend to refer to families by their last name, not by the first name of the father. So, no "FilsdeJacques" (Jack's son) in French.
No, "filho" is not a common last name in Brazil. It is a common suffix used in Portuguese names to indicate "son" or "junior" after the father's given name.
"Lucas" is a French first name, but first names have sometimes turned last names, so it's possible.Using first names as last names is the closest thing to the "Peterson" or "Petersen" equivalent for French, since we don't have this "son of Peter" notation.
If my memory serves, they would often introduce themselves as ___ son of ___. It could go past that in certain situations, I'm not completely sure. Anyway if that were the case a they would have no need for one. One must wonder why we DO have last names tho...
"¿Cuáles son formales y cuáles son informales?" is a question in Spanish meaning "Which ones are formal and which ones are informal?" It is used to inquire about the level of formality of something, such as names, greetings, or requests.
Son or dottir is added to the end of Icelandic names....son for males and dottir for females.
The names of the names? What's that supposed to mean?
Son of god!!
the "O" in Irish means son of as in O'Brien is son of Brien
Yes. It most likely comes from Svensson and had been changed when/if your ancestors moved to another country. the W sounds like V in swedish and most swedish names end in sson, danish last names end in sen and norwegian in son or ssen.
Serbian last names ending in "-ić" are patronymic in nature, indicating the family's descent from a male ancestor. It is a common suffix in Serbian surnames, such as Petrović or Jovanović. The "-ić" ending means "son of," similar to the "-son" in Scandinavian names.
It means 'son' in Scottish Gaelic.McNeil is MacNéill (son of Niall).
Icelandic No it is hispanic. Alejandro is the Spanish form of Alexander. Icelanders have patronyms not family names and so all Icelandic last names end in -son (for men) or -dottir (for women) preceded by their father's first name.
It was common for Romans to have last names, but not Jews. Jewish men were commonly known as the son of ('bar') their father.
Mc and Mac in surnames mean "son of".
Only some Irish names have Mc in them. Where you do see it, it means "son of". So McCarthy would mean son of Carthy.
no if they have different last names johnny depp can't be deuise's son, duuuh