Sachs is a German surname, meaning "man from Saxony". Sachs is a common surname among Ashkenazi Jews from Saxony, in the United States sometimes adopted in the variant Zaks, supposedly in reference to the Hebrew phrase Zera Kodesh Shemo (ZaKS), literally "his name is Holy Seed," a quotation from Isaiah 6:13.
Wolfowitz is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Ferraris is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Petrou is a Greek surname. People with this surname include:
Hanratty is a surname, and may refer to:
Strain is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
You is the pinyin romanization of several Chinese family names including 尤 Yóu, 游 Yóu, 㳺 Yóu, 犹 Yóu, 由 Yóu, 右 Yòu, 幽 Yōu, etc. Among these names, 尤 Yóu and 游 Yóu are relatively common. 尤 Yóu is the 19th surname in Hundred Family Surnames.
Marchesini is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
McCary is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Petrowski is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Feaver is a surname. It is an English surname of Norman French origin, and is an anglicisation of Lefebvre, meaning "smith". Notable people with the surname include:
Towey is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Vukovich is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Tighe is an Irish surname, derived from the Old Gaelic Mac Tighe, which originated in Galway, or O Taidhg. Notable persons with that name include:
Fogg is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Klingbeil is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Kováčik or Kovacik is a surname, a diminutive form of Kováč. Notable people with the surname include:
Pawelek or Pawełek is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Quinn is an Anglicised form of the Irish Ó Coinn or Mac Cuinn. The latter surname means "descendant of Conn". The surname Quinn is also rendered Ó Cuinn or Mac Cuinn in Irish. The surname is borne by several unrelated families in Ireland, especially in the northern province of Ulster and also the counties of Clare, Longford, and Mayo. According to the historian C. Thomas Cairney, the O'Quins were part of the Conmaicne Rein tribe in Ireland who came from the Erainn tribe who were the second wave of Celts to settle in Ireland from about 500 and 100 BC. The most notable family of the name are that of Thomond, a Dalcassian sept, who derive their surname from Niall Ó Cuinn who was slain at the Battle of Clontarf in 1014. This family was formerly represented by the Earls of Dunraven. Another family is that seated in Annaly, who were related to the O'Farrell lords of Longford. Another Quinn family was seated at An Chraobh, County Tyrone and they were related to the O'Neill Kings of Tír Eoghain and for whom they acted as Hereditary Quartermasters. Other families include one seated in Antrim; one seated in Raphoe; and one called Clann Cuain, seated near Castlebar. In the seventeenth century, the surname Quinn was common in Waterford. In 1890, the surname was numerous in Dublin, Tyrone, Antrim, and Roscommon. Quinn is one of the twenty most common surnames in Ireland. the surname Quinn is sometimes associated with Catholics, while Quin is associated with Protestants.
Ravelo is a surname and given name of Spanish origin, originating as a habitational surname. Notable people with the surname or given name include:
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