Girl names that go well with the last name Leon?
Pretty much anything goes with the surname Leon! Francesca Leon. Gianna Leon. Stephanie Leon. Harriet Leon. Vivienne Leon. Faith Leon. Sophia Leon. Hope Leon. Bethany Leon. Grace Leon. Jessica Leon. Chloe Leon. Samantha Leon. Juliet Leon. Phoebe Leon. Freya Leon. Charlotte Leon. Amelia Leon. Eleanor Leon. Madeleine Leon. Hope I helped ;) xx
What is the origin of the last name "DeLeon"?
Here is a link for all your surname origin needs. I had to put a space between "de" and "leon" to find "de Leon, though: de leon Spanish (De León): habitational name, variant of León, with the preposition de (see Leon). French (Deléon): patronymic from Léon (see Lyon 2). Leon Spanish (León): habitational name from León, a city in northwestern Spain, named with Latin legio, genitive legionis ‘legion’, a division of the Roman army. In Roman times the city was the garrison of the 7th Legion, known as the Legio Gemina. The city’s name became reduced from Legion(em) to Leon(em), and in this form developed an unetymological association with the word for ‘lion’, Spanish león. Spanish: from the personal name León, from Greek leon ‘lion’ (see Lyon 2). Leon is also found as a Greek family name. Spanish: nickname for a fierce or brave warrior, from león ‘lion’. French (Léon) and English: variant of Lyon You should repeat my steps. I'm going to stop copying here; there are several links in the last paragraph I copied. I want you to have some of the fun of discovery.
How do you pronounce the surname Delon?
Dell-Own
Where does the last name Leon origin from?
Leon Name Meaning and History 1. Spanish (León): habitational name from León, a city in northwestern Spain, named with Latin legio, genitive legionis ‘legion’, a division of the Roman army. In Roman times the city was the garrison of the 7th Legion, known as the Legio Gemina. The city’s name became reduced from Legion(em) to Leon(em), and in this form developed an unetymological association with the word for ‘lion’, Spanish león. 2. Spanish: from the personal name León, from Greek leon ‘lion’ (see Lyon 2). Leon is also found as a Greek family name. 3. Spanish: nickname for a fierce or brave warrior, from león ‘lion’. 4. French (Léon) and English: variant of Lyon. Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4 http://www.ancestry.com/facts/leon-famil... Also see: http://www.houseofnames.com/Leon-family-... Leon Surname Sometimes confused with the surname 'Leonard', this surname is in fact quite different. It is Spanish but could be said to be of Roman origins, in that it derives from the city of Leon in North West Spain, named after a 'legion'. In the times of the Roman occupation of Spain upto the year 410 a.d., this place was the headquarters of the 7th Legio Gemina, the modern spelling being simply a short form of these elements. In some cases the surname may derive from the French city of Lyon, also occupied by the Roman army, and whilst this is quite possible, it is not a proven source of the surname. The early examples of the surname recording suggest that nameholders were people of estates and property, the preposition 'de' being used in most parts of northern Europe in the medieval period and later, as a mark of status. Examples of the surname recording taken from authentic church registers include Mateo Leon at San Nicholas de Bari, Valladolid, Spain, on September 29th 1698, Richard Leon, on October 8th 1973 at San Francisco, California, and Frank Leon, at Colton, San Bernardino, California, on July 10th 1911. The coat of arms granted in Spain, has the distinctive blazon of a silver field, charged with a red lion rampant. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Pedro de Leon, which was dated April 5th 1580, at Santa Maria Magdalena, Valladolid, Spain, during the reign of King Philip 11 of Spain, Emperor of Mexico, 1556 - 1598. http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Leon#ix...
Is Dillon a surname of Jewish origin?
I will chime in if I may simply to second Pat Ryan's excellent answer. Dillon is an Irish surname of considerable distinction. One of the leaders of the Young Ireland movement in the 1840s was John Blake Dillon. Another John Dillon was the last leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party at Westminster and his son, James Dillon, was leader of the Fine Gael party in the 1950s/60s.As Pat suggests, the "Norman" invasion that brought your presumed ancestor Henry De Leon to Ireland in the 12th century involved many individuals who were not actually Norman in origin. The first wave of invaders in 1169 were led by the half-Welsh/half-Norman ancestors of the Fitzgerald and Barry families; their forces included a substantial contingent from Flanders (Flemings, also "down the coast" from Normandy); and the king Henry II himself was an Angevin, not a Norman. There is nothing odd, therefore, in finding a Breton like Henry De Leon in the mix. The dukes of Normandy had long coveted and meddled in Brittany and indeed Henry II had conquered it outright in order to provide a dukedom for his son Geoffrey. Of course, as Pat also notes, it is possible that Dillon is a variant spelling of an Ashkenazi Jewish name. I know Jewish Gordons in New York and a Montague in Philadelphia, although those surnames are typically seen as Scottish in the UK and Ireland.
Is the surname Goretzka of German origin?
The spelling Górecki (Goretzki in a germanized spelling) is a common name in Germany, but originally it’s a Polish name.* Gorecka (Goretzka) is the female variant - in Polish (I think in all Slavic languages/countries, but I’m not sure), there is a gender-specific name ending for men and women that Germanic languages lack.If you refer to the German football player Leon Goretzka from Bochum, he is probably a descendant of Polish (incl. Kashubian and Masurian) immigrants into the Ruhrgebiet, the industrial powerhouse of Germany in the 19th century. Then hundreds of thousands of people from Silesia, Kashubia and Masuria migrated into the Ruhrgebiet to work in the coal mines. About two third of them re-migrated in 1918 when Poland became an own country again, the remaining became more and more German, often changing their name or its spelling. (My second girlfriend for example came from a family Scherschemski - German spelling, I don’t know the original Polish spelling - what they changed into Schemske. That is still a Western Slavic name, but seemingly sounded German to them.)One center of polish immigration was Bochum, where Goretzka was born. His recent club Schalke 04 (in Gelsenkirchen) once was even called “Polackenverein”, what was pejorative for “club of Poles”. When Schalke became the German football champion for the first time in 1934, three quarters of the team were of Polish (incl. Masurian & Kashubian) descent.I don’t know why Leon Goretzka has the female ending in his name, I can just speculate that when the family name was “officially germanized”, a female ancestor went to the register office and told the clerks their female name, or she was a single mother, so the name was correct for her and she wasn’t aware that according to German name rules her male descendants would bear a female name till the end of time. However that be, in Germany it is not linked with any gender and nobody would care.*Perhaps you know the Polish classical composer Henryk Górecki. His 3rd Symphony from 1976, a commission work for the German broadcast Südwestfunk, also called “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs”, made him famous in the 90’s:
What are some Jewish surnames?
Cohen/Kohen/Kagan/Kohn/KahnLevi/Levy/Lewy/Lowe/Lewis/Lewien/Lewyn/Haleva/Halioua/Halewa/HaleviMaimonTibbonDjaenKalderonHaleva/Halioua/Halewa/HaleviSaensBenvenisteLopes/LopezHenriquesDeniaMonzoniDerridaZaragossiAlvesPereira/PereyraPerez/PeretzEstebes/EstevezSaltiel/ShealtielDayyan/DayanAbravanel/AbarbanelBerdugo/VerdugoDa SilvaOliveiraal-ConstantiniPintoCarvalhoPortoAlmosnino/El MozninoTeixeiraNabarroDannon/DanonPerierGindiCharlapPardoDelmedigo/DalmedicoCoaresCardosoCoelhoDwekShimonFonsecaMachadoNegronRamiresSassoonRussoEzrattiMalchaAlazraquiSarfatiMoraisWazanaChriqiNietoPrettoFernandesRippaBaez/VaezVacaGodinaSaadia/SaidViegaSaFerreiraMizrahiAbulafiaAbudarhamCarvajal/CarbajalMorgadoCoronelCorte RealVilla RealUzielFaroDiyes/DiazBarrosde CastroEspinoza/SpinozaShushaniMendozaVillegasHassanSolomonSeixasHadadDinis/DinisMusaphiaPalache/PalaggiVargasNunesNabarroMunozibn YahyaIacchiaSosa/da SousaOvadiaCottoLabattonLaniadode LeonBenamozeghBenjuijuiCordoveroCoriatCurielAmarCampantonAboabDuranAlfasiPapoMigesCespedesMendesModiglianiCanettiBenacerrafCassin/KassinTannoujiHarocheAbenyeazBenavides/BenabidesTrevino/Trebinode SobremonteGomes/GomezSalvadorMariposaAmarilloYesurunSafran/ZafraniZakkaiSegoviaLaFitteMezquitaZacutoFaurCordoba/CordovaToledanoShamah/ShammaGans/GanzLagardo/LeGardeShacharAbadiZagiCalatayudCid/Cidelo/Cidique/Siddiqide Milao/MilanMorteiraNarbonaNounoual-SijilmasaOsorioPacificoAmericoPeixotoPhillipsRosalesRosaXimenes/JimenezZamoraZunigaHarlow/Charlow/KharlovHarlaf/Harlap/HarlipJacobs
Is Toledano a Sephardic surname?
Usually, yes.Many Sephardic Jews took as Surnames when they left Spain, place-names related to the cities or regions they left; de Madrid; deCordova, Cartagena, Del Castillo, deLeon, etc.Someone with the surname Toledano is likely but not necessarily descended from a Sephardic family that once lived in or near Toledo.