Origin | |
---|---|
Word/name | Latvian |
Meaning | "cooper" |
Mucenieks (Old orthography: Mutzeneek; feminine: Muceniece) is a Latvian occupational surname, derived from the Latvian word for "cooper". Individuals with the surname include:
Stepanov (Степанов), female Stepanova is a common Russian and Serbian surname that is derived from the male given name Stepan and literally means Stepan's. Similar surnames are Czech: Štěpánov, Latvian: Stepanovs. Notable people with the surname include:
Lācis is a Latvian surname, derived from the Latvian word for "bear". Individuals with the surname include:
Liepiņš is a Latvian topographic surname, derived from the Latvian word for "linden tree" (liepa). Individuals with the surname include:
Latvian names, like in most European cultures, consist of two main elements: the given name (vārds) followed by family name (uzvārds). During the Soviet occupation the practice of giving a middle name was discouraged, but since the restoration of independence, Latvian legislation again allows the giving of up to two given names and it has become more common to give a middle name to children.
Kalniņš is a native Latvian-language topographic surname, derived from the Latvian word for "hill" (kalns). May also be Russified as Kalnin. Notable people with the surname include:
Pētersons may refer to:
Arājs is a Latvian occupational surname, derived from the Latvian word for "ploughman". Individuals with the surname include:
Vilks is a Latvian surname, derived from the Latvian word for "wolf". Individuals with the surname include:
Adolfs Alunāns was a Latvian actor, director and playwright. For his efforts and hard work in progressing Latvian Dramaturgy he received the title “father of Latvian theater”. In 1968, the Jelgava's Adolf Alunans memorial museum was built.
Zvejnieks is a Latvian occupational surname, derived from the Latvian word for "fisherman". Individuals with the surname include:
ECHO-7 is a wild type member of the echovirus group of viruses. It was formerly approved as a virotherapy medication by the State Agency of Medicines of the Republic of Latvia (2004–19). In March 2019, the distribution in Latvia was stopped by the State Agency of Medicines, after laboratory tests found that the amount of ECHO-7 virus was in much smaller amounts than claimed. On May 31, 2019, the State Agency of Medicines suspended the registration licence of ECHO-7.
The 2015 FIM Sidecarcross World Championship, the 36th edition of the competition, started on 6 April and finished after fifteen events on 20 September 2015.
Aina Muceniece was a Latvian immunologist and founder of practical cancer virotherapy who discovered that an echovirus might be a useful treatment for melanoma.
Balodis is a Latvian surname, derived from the Latvian word for "pigeon". Individuals with the surname include:
Stepanenko is a gender-neutral Ukrainian surname. It may refer to:
Agata Edgarovna Muceniece (Priluchnaya) is a Latvian actress and model, and television presenter.
Kalējs is a Latvian occupational surname, derived from the Latvian word for "blacksmith". Individuals with the surname include:
Petrusewicz is a Polish gender-neutral surname of Eash-Slavic origin. Archaic feminine forms: Petrusewiczowna, Petrusewiczowa. It should be distinguished from the spelling Pietrusiewicz which conforms to the Polish phonology, which is usually a by-name in the noble Polish clan Wysoczański. It is a patronymic surname derived from the East Slavic given name Petrus', a diminutive of Piotr/Petro/Piatro (Peter).
Krauklis is a Latvian language surname from the Latvian word for raven. Notable people with the name include:
Smirnovs is the Latvian-language form of the Russian surname Smirnov. Notable people with the surname include: