Surname conventions and laws vary around the world. This article gives an overview of surnames around the world.
Pauli is a surname and also a Finnish masculine given name and may refer to:
Reynold is an English masculine given name that comes from an Old High German personal name made up of the element "ragin" and "wald". It is a cognate of Rögnvaldr, which is also a source of the name Ronald. The Normans brought the name to England. Related names include: "Reginald" (English), "Reginaldo" (Italian), "Rinaldo" (Italian), "Reinaldo", "Reinhold" (German), "Reino" (Finnish), "Reynol", "Reinout" (Dutch), "Renaud" (French), "Reynaldo" (Spanish), and "Reynaud" (French). Reynold is a much less common surname than its derivative Reynolds; people with the surname "Reynold" include:
Irfan is an Arabic/Persian male given name, meaning "knowledge", "awareness", "learning", and "wisdom".
Haydar, also spelt Hajdar, Hayder, Heidar, Haider, Heydar, Haidr, and other variants, is an Arabic male given name, also used as a surname, meaning "lion".
Sami, also Samy or Sammy, is a given name and surname of different origins and meanings, most prevalent in the Arab world and Scandinavia.
In Finland, a person must have a surname and at least one given name with up to three given names permitted. Surnames are inherited either patrilineally or matrilineally, while given names are usually chosen by a person's parents. Finnish names come from a variety of dissimilar traditions that were consolidated only in the early 20th century. The first national act on names came into force in 1921, and it made surnames mandatory. Between 1930 and 1985, the Western Finnish tradition whereby a married woman took her husband's surname was mandatory. Previously in Eastern Finland, this was not necessarily the case. On 1 January 2019, the reformed Act on Forenames and Surnames came into force.
Onni is a male name of Finnish origin meaning "happiness, luck." It was the sixth most popular name for boys in Finland in 2007.
A Turkish name consists of an ad or an isim and a soyadı or soyisim (surname). Turkish names exist in a "full name" format. While there is only one soyadı (surname) in the full name there may be more than one ad. Married women may carry both their maiden and husband's surnames. The soyadı is written as the last element of the full name, after all given names.
Cahit is a Turkish given name for males. It is also used as a surname It is the Turkish form of the Arabic word Jahid, which means "effort, strive" or "endeavour" and stems from the Arabic verb jahada "to do effort to get something - be laborious; be perseverant; be sedulous; be serious". Notable people named Cahit include:
Tala is a female name that can be found in various ethnic groups. Many people share this name, but its meaning and background varies depending on the culture and language. Tala is also Samoan male name.
Tola is a given name and surname. The given name is a variant of Toni. Notable people who use this name include the following:
Köse is a Turkish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Seppä is a Finnish surname meaning "smith". Notable people with the surname include:
Atiq or Ateeq is a male Arabic given name, the name appears in the Quran several times. It means "old" or "ancient," and the name is widely used in Muslim countries.
Helin is a surname and also a given name. Helin is a Kurdish female given name which means "bird's nest". Helin is occasionally used by Turks as a female given name due to its resemblance to Helen/Helene.
Granit may refer to the following people:
Pehlivan or Pahlevan derives from Iranian language word meaning noble, wrestler, hero or champion and it is a loan word in many Asiatic languages as well as middle eastern languages including Turkish surname originally given to wrestlers. The name of Feyli (Pehli) Kurds is also deriving from the same root word. The word consist of two Iranic (Aryen) word "pehli" or "pahli" and "van, wan". While peh, pah is root word for hero "van" or "wan" is a suffix similar as in "er, or" in soldier, warrior, wrestler, shopper.
Tähti is a Finnish surname and Estonian feminine given name meaning "star". Notable people with the name include:
