Bernard (Bernhard) is a French and West Germanic masculine given name. It has West Germanic origin and is also a surname.
Muller is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Novak, Novák, or Nowak, is a surname and masculine given name, derived from the Slavic word for "new", which depending on the exact language and usage, translates as "novice", "new man", "newcomer", or "stranger".
Kwiatkowski is the 15th most common surname in Poland. It comes from place names such as Kwiatków, Kwiatkowo, or Kwiatkowice, which are derived from the Polish word kwiatek ("flower"). Associated with this surname are the Polish noble families bearing the seals of Drogomir, Gryf, Jastrzębiec, Korab, Nałęcz, Nowina, Rola, Strzemię, Wieruszowa, or Własne.
Zbigniew is a Polish masculine given name, originally Zbygniew. This West Slavic name is derived from the Polish elements Zby- and gniew, meaning "anger". Its diminutive forms include Zbyszek and Zbyś. The Czech form of this name is Zbyněk.
Monique is a female given name. It is the French form of the name Monica. The name has enjoyed some popularity in the United States since about 1955, and is less common in other English-speaking countries except for Canada although mostly used by French speakers in Quebec and is rare in the English parts of Canada.
Sergius is a male given name of Ancient Roman origin after the name of the Latin gens Sergia or Sergii of regal and republican ages. It is a common Christian name, in honour of Saint Sergius, or in Kyivan Rus', of Sergius of the Holy Caves, one of saint Fathers of Kyiv (Ukraine), Saint Sergius of Radonezh, and has been the name of four popes. It has given rise to numerous variants, present today mainly in the Romance and Slavic languages. It is not common in English, although the Anglo-French name Sergeant is possibly related to it.
Becker is one of the German-language surnames, along with Bäcker and Baecker, that derive from the root, which refers to baking. The surname began as a name for a baker. In northern Germany, it can also derive from the word Beck for Bach to denote origin.
Fernández is a Spanish patronymic surname meaning "son of Fernando" of Germanic origin. The Germanic name Ferdinand that it derives from means "brave traveler." The Portuguese version of this surname is Fernandes. The Arabized version is Ibn Faranda and it was used by the Mozarabs and Muwallads in Al-Andalus. Fernández was on the list of Officers and Sailors in the First Voyage of Columbus. The name is popular in Spanish speaking countries and former colonies. The Anglicization of this surname is Fernandez.
Clemente is both an Italian, Spanish and Portuguese surname and a given name. Notable people with the surname include:
Marek is a West Slavic masculine given name, the equivalent of Mark in English. It is also the 46th most popular masculine given name in Estonian. Notable people bearing the name Marek include:
Martin may either be a given name or surname. In Scotland, Martin or McMartin is a common surname of Scottish Gaelic origin. Martin is, however, more common as a masculine given name in many languages and cultures. It comes from the Latin name Martinus, which is a late derived form of the name of the Roman god Mars, protective godhead of the Latins and, therefore, god of war. The meaning is usually rendered in reference to the god as "of Mars", or "of war/warlike" ("martial"). Alternatively, it may also be derived from the Proto-Germanic elements "mar", meaning famous and "tank", meaning thought, counsel.
Lech is a Polish masculine given name. Lech was the name of the legendary founder of Poland. Lech also appears as a surname, with 14,289 people having the name in Poland.
Moreno is a Spanish, Filipino, Portuguese, Catalan, French, and occasionally, an Italian surname. It may refer to:
Biondi is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Michalski is a Polish surname. It may refer to:
Cortés, Cortês (Portuguese), Cortès (Catalan) is a surname of Spanish and Portuguese origin, respectively. The surname derived from the Old French corteis or curteis, meaning 'courteous' or 'polite', and is related to the English Curtis.
Bos is a Dutch surname. Meaning "woods" or "forest", the name often is toponymic. Alternatively, the surname sometimes has a patronymic origin, referring to the now rare given name Bos. In 2007, 35,405 people carried the name in the Netherlands, making it the 14th most common surname there. Notable people with named Bos include:
Herrera is a surname of Spanish origin, from the Latin word ferrāria, meaning "iron mine" or "iron works" and also the feminine of Latin ferrārius, "of or pertaining to iron"; or, alternatively, the feminine of Spanish herrero, which also gives the surname Herrero. Variants of the name include Errera, Ferrera and the less common Bherrera. Its equivalent in Portuguese and Galician is Ferreira. Also, because of Spanish naming customs, some people are listed here with their family name as their second-to-last name.
Bal is a surname of Dutch, Indian, Turkish or Polish origin. In Dutch, bal means "ball" and the name sometimes is metonymic, but primarily appears patronymic after a short form of the name Baldwin. In Turkish, bal means "honey", and could have a metonymic occupational origin from e.g. a beekeeper. Polish surname originated in the XVth century with Jan I Bal. His descendants held various titles and offices in south-eastern part of Poland until partitions. Baligród was founded by Piotr II Bal. According to the Universal Electronic System for Registration of the Population in 2002 there were 2016 people with that surname living in Poland. Many Odias also have the surname Bal. Mostly they are the Khandayats in Odisha .In ancient Indian subcontinent mostly the Bal surname Bengalis were the Zamindars of Uruilla, A village in Dhaka.
