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and in the case of foreign-born Latvian nationals or marriages between Latvian women and foreigners (whence they assume the family name of their husband) the foreign names are modified to conform to the phonetic spelling and to acquire the respective case ending. For example,
333:) only noblemen, free craftsmen or people living in towns had surnames. Therefore, the oldest Latvian surnames usually originate from German or Low German, reflecting the dominance of German as an official language in Latvia till the 19th century. Examples: 297:
etc. After the Christianized Latvians began giving their children Christian first names, such as Marija, Anna, and Pēteris. Lutheran priest Christoph Harder also coined a number of new names from Latvian words for different
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left Latvia, there was a tendency to change the Germanic names back to their Latvian origins or to adopt Latvian versions. In one such example Minister of Interior Kornēlijs Veitmanis became
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This has given rise to at least half a dozen lawsuits over the last couple decades, mostly ethnic Russian Latvian nationals not content with addition of case endings. Other examples include:
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the surnames were documented in 8th soul revision in 1835, while in Latgale serfdom was fully abolished only in 1866. Diminutives were the most common form of family names. Examples:
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was abolished. Head of the family, usually the oldest living male, was required to choose the surname for his entire family. To document the newly adopted surnames in 1826 a special
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In rural regions it historically was common to identify individual by the name of the farmstead they lived in, rather than by a surname. Using surnames became mandatory after
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Grimeķis, Sirkants, Gaiža, Duvkants, Dumpjāts, Treinis, Gribonis, Mēlvaldis, Kantebute, Stegebute, Taites, Angutis, Poja, Krūms, Pitkejānis, Tautenis, Sentots, Cielava, Karīds
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The official records of Latvian names were often variously forcibly assimilated into the foreign culture dominant at times in Latvian lands. For example, local
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Below are the most common ethnic Latvian names in 2006. However taking into account the large Eastern Slavic diaspora (
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The diminutive form is often used to express endearment or when addressing children, for example, addressing
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in its Latvian rendition) makes it as the second most common name in Latvia if all ethnicities are counted.
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in 13th century Latvians commonly gave their children names of objects from natural surroundings, such as
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a Latvian woman contesting her foreign husband's name being transcribed phonetically in her documents (
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has estimated that nowadays around a third of all the Latvian surnames are of German origin.
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Naumova, Karina (2014). "Court proceedings on transcription of personal names".
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legal proceedings by a Latvian couple to allow them to register their child as
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Legal aspects of transcription of personal names in the Latvian language
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was officially called Imant Yanovich Ziedonis (Имант Янович Зиедонис)
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a claim filed with UN HRC by a Latvian national of Russian-Jewish
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Writing of Latvian names always conform to the highly phonetic
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For centuries, one of the most popular Latvian names has been
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descent, used to issue marriage and birth certificates with
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on November 10 coincides with the name day for males named
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and only a few belonging to the 3rd declension ending in
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period of the Latvian national movement and during the
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Latvia is among the European countries that celebrate
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However, some surnames of Latvian origin (like 3427: 530:, in official usage Latvian names were commonly 54:(1940–1941; 1944–1991) the practice of giving a 321:Before the emancipation from serfdom (1817 in 1685: 1115: 630: 286:-owning Baltic vassals have been recorded – 34:cultures, consist of two main elements: the 1250:Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic 1944–1991 549:In the 20th century, in particular, in the 288:Manegints, Radiķis, Tontegode, Tots, Aulis, 211:case) where the plaintiffs were turned down 1692: 1678: 1122: 1108: 1026: 1024: 1003:"Why did Latvians choose German surnames?" 903:"Latvian names are more than just Janis" 896: 894: 1091:Top 100 Latvian Names of Past 100 Years 1021: 949: 926: 67:1st or 2nd declension masculine endings 14: 3428: 900: 341:, farm administrator; akin to Mayor), 125:feminine 4th or 5th declension endings 1673: 1213:Occupation by the Soviet Union (1940) 1103: 997: 995: 901:Jacobs, Timothy (February 28, 2002). 891: 1193:The First Latvian National Awakening 1095:Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia 927:Mawhood, Will (September 23, 2016). 1129: 647:) that make up around one third of 601:) and continues through June 24 or 24: 1068:(in Latvian). 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Latvian female names have the 2340:Democratic Republic of the Congo 1268: 1233:Soviet deportations from Latvia 1058: 1044: 979: 943: 920: 13: 1: 1007:Public Broadcasting of Latvia 884: 597:(name day for females named 555:Ulmanis authoritarian regime 476:and then de-Germanized into 7: 965:Riga Graduate School of Law 605:– name day for males named 568: 162: 10: 3457: 3003:Imperial, royal, and noble 1223:by the Soviet Union (1944) 987:Latvijas vēsture 1290—1500 572: 240:Christianization of Latvia 233: 65:Latvian male names end in 3436:Latvian-language surnames 3410: 3218: 3190: 3087:Imperial, royal and noble 3072: 2983: 2964: 2897: 2786: 2696: 2604: 2522: 2484: 2461: 2378: 2325: 2292: 2207: 2174: 2091: 2080: 1975: 1905: 1786: 1760: 1711: 1638: 1561: 1508: 1499: 1442: 1433: 1332: 1323: 1286: 1277: 1266: 1138: 1052:"Imant Yanovich Ziedonis" 631:Most common Latvian names 229:whose claims were upheld. 1928:Maiden and married names 1337:Administrative divisions 1066:"The most popular names" 989:. 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Index

Latvian surname
European
given name
family name
Soviet occupation
middle name
1st or 2nd declension masculine endings
Ivo
feminine 4th or 5th declension endings
Jānis
Latvian orthography
Gerard Depardieu
Joaquin Phoenix
Donald Trump
Leonid Raihman
Christianization of Latvia
Irbe
partridge
Lācis
bear
Ieva
bird cherry
Ābele
apple tree
fief
virtues
Courland
Vidzeme
Latgale
Ulmanis

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