surnames / peculiar names

Arslan is a Turkic and Persian^[9] masculine given name and surnameused mainly from Southeastern Europe and the Mediterranean to Siberia and Western China, which is translated as lion.^[12] The names Arıslan ^[tt][13][5] and Aslan are other variants of the form Arslan.
- A royal family or dynasty in a monarchy is generally considered to not be a "political family," although the later descendants of a royal family have played political roles in a republic (such as the Arslan family of Lebanon would be.
- The Heroic Legend of Arslan (Japanese: アルスラーン戦記, Hepburn: Arusurān Senki, lit. Arslan War Record(s)) is a Japanese fantasy novel series written by Yoshiki Tanaka. It was first published in 1986 and ended in 2017 with sixteen novels and one side story in the official guidebook Arslan Senki Dokuhon.

Bort is an English name meaning "fortified."^[1] It is also an eastern Ashkenazic surname that refers to a man with a remarkable beard. It originates from the Yiddish word "bord" and the German "Bart," which both mean "beard." It may also originate from the Polish word "borta," a loanword from the German "borte" meaning "braid" or "galloon."


As a surname, Ching may refer to:

• Ching, a Cantonese romanization of the Chinese surname Cheng
• Ching, Chng or Ch'ng, a Minnan romanization of the Chinese surname Zhuang
• Ching, an English surname originating from Devon and Cornwall.

Denys is both a form of the given name Denis and a patronymic surname. Amongst others, it is a transliteration of the common Ukrainian name Денис. Closely related forms are Denijs and Dénys. 

Djalal
- e.g. dino patti djalal, fcpi, indonesia

Dwight - From an English surname which was derived from the medieval feminine name Diot, a diminutive of Dionysia, the feminine form of DIONYSIUS



Galler is a surname of German and Anglo-Norman French origin and a common name of Jewish families in Poland, Israel, and the United States. It is estimated that fewer than 4,000 individuals have this name worldwide.^[1] The name is also found as Galier, Gallier, Galor, Galer, and Gal-Or. It may also be a Russian language rendering of the surname Haller. 


Hoy (Irish: Ó hEochaidh) is an Irish surname. Other surnames developed from "Ó hEochaidh" include: McKeogh, Kehoe, Hoey, Haughey, Haugh and Hough. Hoy is sometimes considered to be a variant of Haughey, and it is very common in Ulster. The first recording of the surname in Ireland is of one Elizabeth, daughter of Leuise and Martha Hoy, on February 8, 1646 at Holy Trinity (Christchurch), Cork.

Jha is a surname native to India and Nepal. 


Khalil or Khaleel (Arabic: خليل) means friend and is a common male first name in the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia and among Muslims in South Asia and as such is also a common surname. The female counterpart of this name is Khalila or Khaleela.The Turkish language equivalent is Halil. The following names can be interpreted as Khalil:

• Arabic: Khalil, Khaleel, Halil, Khelil (Ar: خليل)
• Azerbaijani: Xəlil
• Kurdish: Xelîl
• Turkish: Halil
• Bengali: Kholil (খলিল), Khalil (খালিল), Khaleel (খালীল)

levine
- https://www.quora.com/Is-the-last-name-Levine-pronounced-la-veen-or-lee-vine

Nur (also spelled Noor, Nor, or Nour, Arabic: نور‎: Nūr IPA: [nuːr]) is a common Arabic unisex name meaning light ,The Divine Light.^[1] An-Nur, meaning "the light" in Arabic. It can also be feminized at Nura or Noora. In Norse mythology Nór was the name of the founder king of Norway.In Dutch and Flemish Noor can be a form of Eleonore cognate to the English name Eleanor, the first bearer of which was Eleanor of Aquitaine and is probably Occitan in origin. Noor is also an Estonian language surname, meaning "young".

- people

• Princess Noor Pahlavi of Iran
• Noor Al-Hussein (Arabic: نور الحسين‎; born Lisa Najeeb Halaby on August 23, 1951)^[1] is the Queen Dowager of Jordan as the widow of King Hussein. 

nguyen
- https://www.quora.com/How-are-names-like-Ng-and-Nguyen-pronounced More or less as they’re spelled: [ŋ] and [ŋwǐˀən]/[ŋwĩəŋ] in the IPA; the latter could perhaps be rendered in English spelling as Ngwee-un. 

Oei 
- wong eg

•  Oei Ėk-Tjhong 黃奕聰

O or Oh is a romanization of a number of East Asian surnames. It is most commonly found in Korea.O also spelled Oh (Hangul: 오) is the Korean form of the Chinese surname Wu (Hanja: 吳). The character 吳 is phonetically pronounced "Oh" in Korean, but "Wu" in Mandarin Chinese, however the historic origin of the surname is the same. The name originates from the ancient state of Wu in present-day province of Jiangsu. Wu (吳, 오, "Oh" or "O" romanization) is the sixth name listed in the Song Dynasty classic Hundred Family Surnames. In the 13th century BC, the state of Zhou (which will later become the Zhou Dynasty) was ruled by Tai Wang (King Tai of Zhou). His surname was originally Ji (姬). He had three sons: Taibo, Zhongyong, and Jili. King Tai of Zhou favored the youngest son, Jili to inherit the reins of power, therefore Taibo and his brother Zhongyong voluntarily left Zhou with a group of followers and headed southeast where they established the state of Wu. Taibo and Zhongyong's descendants eventually adopted Wu (吳) as their surname.^[1][2] The state of Wu, which later claimed to be a kingdom of its own, was best known for its military prowess as Sun Tzu, the author of the famed book The Art of War, was the country's general serving under King Helü of Wu. King Helu is considered to be one of the Five Hegemons of China during the Spring and Autumn period.

ohr
- from Middle High German ær, or ‘ear’, hence a nickname for someone with remarkable, for example prominent, ears. (Öhr) from a Low German (Frisian) personal name.
https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=ohr
- Bruce Genesoke Ohr (born March 16, 1962) is a United States Department of Justice official. A former associate deputy attorney general and former director of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF),^[1] as of February 2018 Ohr was working in the Justice Department's Criminal Division. He is an expert on transnational organized crime and has spent most of his career overseeing gang- and racketeering-related prosecutions, including Russian organized crime. Ohr was little-known until 2018, when he became a subject of conservative conspiracy theories^[5][6][7] and Republican scrutiny^[8] over his purported involvement in starting the probe on Russian interference in the 2016 election. He was criticized by President Donald Trump, who accused Ohr of abusing his access to sensitive information.

• see also scmp report on him on 2sep18

Owen is an anglicized variant of the Welsh personal name Owain. Originally a patronymic, Owen became a fixed surname in Wales beginning with the reign of Henry VIII.^[1] It is a cognate with the Irish name Eógan.^[2] Etymologists consider it to originate from Eugenemeaning noble-born. Owain (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈoːwain]) is a name of Welsh origin. variously written in Old Welsh as Ougein, Eugein, Euguen, Iguein, Ou(u)ein, Eug(u)ein, Yuein, and in Middle Welsh as Ewein, Owein, and Ywein. Other variants of the name Owain include Ewein, Iguein, Owein, Ouein, Ywen, Ywein, Ywain, Yuein, and Yvain. Owain has also been Latinized as "Oenus".  Osborn Bergin proposed that the name is cognate with Old Irish Ugaine, Augaine, and suggested that the Irish name could be a British loan.^[1] Linguist Kenneth H. Jacksonproposed that the name is a derivation of the Latin Eugenius,^[2] (which was more recently accepted by T.J. Morgan).^[3] Julius Pokorny favored a purely Celtic origin, from Brittonic *Ouo-genios/*Owi-genjos, "Born of Sheep", "Sheep kin"^[4][5] Linguists Holger Pedersen and Henry Lewis (who earlier linked the name to Gaulish *Esugenos),^[6] determined that both Jackson's and Pokorny's etymologies were phonologically impossible.Éogan or Eógan is an early Irish male name, which also has the hypocoristic and diminutiveforms Eóganán, Eóghainin, Eóghain and Eóghainn. In more modern forms of Irish it is written as Eóghan or Eoghan (/'oːəun/).

In Scottish Gaelic the name is Eòghann or Eòghan. All of the above are often anglicised as Ewen or, less often, Owen. The name is generally considered cognate with the Greek and Latin name Eugenes, meaning "noble born". The Corpus Inscriptionum Insularum Celticarum derives Eógan from the Primitive Irish*Iwagenas,^[2] while others such as Tomás Ua Concheanainn (Mion-chomhradh, 1903) have stated that Eóghan equates to Owain and Eugene,^[1] and Dr Rachel Bromwich has commented^[3] that Eoghan is a derivation of the Latin Eugenius. In the Irish language, the phoneme Eo- is a rarely-used component found in some Old Irishplace-names associated with yew trees.^[5] Eoghan has also come to mean Well Born based on the Latinized form of Eugenius. The name corresponds to the Welsh Owain, often spelt Owen in English;^[1][4] as well to Ewen, Ewan and Euan. The most likely and widely accepted origin of Owen (Old Welsh and OwainOld Irish Eogan) is from Latin Eugenius.宇文（yǔ wén）为复姓，炎帝神农氏后裔。主要来源中国辽东，为南单于之后。魏晋时，北方鲜卑族宇文氏部落，自称宇文姓。东晋时，宇文氏进驻中原，称宇文国，以宇文为姓，称宇文氏。宇文姓早期活动在西北地区，南北朝时期逐步南下内迁。唐代时，他们入地为籍，遍及中原各地。宋后宇文氏已不常见。如今在河北、陕西、山西、北京、浙江、四川、台湾等地有少量分布。

Plunkett, a surname often associated with Ireland, possibly of Norse or Norman origin, may be spelled Plunkett, Plunket, Plunkit, Plunkitt, Plonkit, Plonkitt, Plonket, Plonkett, or Plunceid. 

Rhea was first used as a surname among the descendants of the ancient Scottish people known as the Picts. It was a name for a prosperous person. The Gaelic form of the surname Rhea is Mac Rath, which literally means son of grace or son of prosperity. The surname Rhea was first found in Inverness-shire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Nis) divided between the present day Scottish Council Areas of Highland and Western Isles, and consisting of a large northern mainland area and various island areas off the west coast, the shire was anciently both a Pictish and Norwegian stronghold, but their ancient history is often clouded with conjecture. It appears certain that they lived before the 14th century at Clunes, to the west of Inverness in the territories of the Fraser Clan. Consequently the family has always been friendly towards that Clan. From about 1400, they moved to the location with which they are readily associated, Kintail.

- note the singer with this surname getting popular in china china daily 19sep18

suek
- Suek, Che Hin 薛志軒

• 中大印刷（00055）薛濟傑、薛志軒等四人退任董事，薛嘉麟任主席http://www.hkprinters.org/news/news.asp?sub_id=2315
• obit singtao 11sep18 a17

• Suek, Christopher Chai Kit 薛濟傑 (1952 - )
• Suek, Ernie Ka Lun 薛嘉麟 (1978 - )
• Suek, Larry Chai Hong 薛濟匡 (1961 - )
• Suek, Ringo Chai Sze (1963 - )

Taraja is a girl's name of African, Kiswahili origin that means "hope".



Tjonnie G. F. LI 黎冠峰 (http://www.phy.cuhk.edu.hk/people/tjonnie.html)
- grew up in silversum, netherlands


Widjaja 
- wong eg

• Eka Tjipta Widjaja  黃奕聰, founder of sinar mas group

http://www.italoamericano.org/story/2018-1-9/italian-last-names

names ending with u
- https://www.quora.com/Why-dont-European-names-ever-end-in-U Other Quorans here gave you examples of Romanian names, but you also have Sardinian names, Catalan names, Finnish names and maybe even Sami and Estonian names that end in U

long places names
-  https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-hardest-names-to-pronounce

europe
- most common surnames by country https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-most-common-Slavic-surname

dubious
- 男子伍辛斯基（Frank Wucinski）當天與女兒安娜布爾（Annabel）接受美國一個電視節目訪問，透露他們二月四日從武漢回國後，在加州一個空軍基地隔離，直至同月二十日，兩度接受病毒檢測均顯示沒有染疫。不過，伍辛斯基受訪期間不斷咳嗽，連說話都有困難，他於是拿取女兒手上的樽裝水飲，但飲後直接歸還給女兒。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20200302/00180_003.html

- 加拿大多倫多黑人女子科欽斯基——帕奎特（Regis Korochinski-Paquet），早前在警員入屋後，從家中露台離奇墮樓身亡，引發多地出現反種族主義示威。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/news/20200603/00176_008.html