Clanname may refer to: Chinese clanname (Chinese: 氏; pinyin: shì), one of two types of ancient Chinese surnames distinct from the ancestral name (姓,...
surname and shi may refer either the clan or maiden name. The two terms may also be used together as xingshi for family names or surnames. Most Chinese surnames...
ancient-era clannames called Uji-na (氏名) or Honsei (本姓). The Imperial clan – descended from Amaterasu. Its emperors and clan members have no clanname but had...
name, which remains the same throughout their lives. While clan organization remained important among the Mongols into the 17th century, clannames were...
community Clanname (disambiguation), applied differently in several cultures Family Name (film), a 2006 Russian-Kazakh drama film Family Name (horse),...
Scottish clan members believed themselves to descend from a common ancestor, the founder of the clan, after whom the clan is named. The clan chief (ceannard...
The Abe clan (安倍氏, Abe-shi) was one of the oldest of the major Japanese clans (uji); and the clan retained its prominence during the Sengoku period and...
Clan Mackenzie (Scottish Gaelic: Clann Choinnich [ˈkʰl̪ˠãũn̪ˠ ˈxɤɲɪç]) is a Scottish clan, traditionally associated with Kintail and lands in Ross-shire...
her the Lordship of Loch Awe. Because of this, the early clanname was Clan O'Duine. The name was later styled Clann Diarmaid based on a fancied connection...
did not carry the clanname (in favour of a dharma name). The Minamoto is the ancestor and parent clan of many notable descendant clans, some of which are...
Thekiso in the Sotho–Tswana languages, is the name of clan or family. A literal meaning of "Leboko" is the plural of Maboko which literally translates...
Chinese names. Traditionally, Manchus were called only by their given names in daily life although each belonged to a clan with its own clanname (Manchu:...
family name. For example, the Jeonju Yi clan is identified by the city Jeonju and family name Yi. Korean clans are used to distinguish clans that happen...
Scottish clan (from Scottish Gaelic clann, literally 'children', more broadly 'kindred') is a kinship group among the Scottish people. Clans give a sense...
power from the Oda clan following Oda Nobunaga's death in 1582. As the virtual ruler of most of Japan, Hideyoshi received the new clanname "Toyotomi" in 1585...
A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, a clan may claim descent from a founding...
Wade-Giles: nara hala, Chinese: 納喇氏, 納蘭氏 or 那拉氏) is a clanname shared by a number of royal Manchu clans, sometimes also transliterated as Nalan or Nalland...
1067. He built a castle at Lesselyn, from which the clanname derives. From 1457 the Clan Chief of Clan Leslie also held the position of Earl of Rothes....
given names, regional, or ethnic family/clannames or patronymics or matronymics–is a matter of parents' choice when registering the child's name. Even...
for Kamatari and his descendants. In time, Fujiwara became known as a clanname. The Fujiwara dominated the Japanese politics of the Heian period (794–1185)...
Basimba Clan group name you automatically know where they are from. The Basimba people clannaming is a cultural science perfected by the Clan thousands...
Clan Gregor, also known as Clan MacGregor, is a Highland Scottish clan that claims an origin in the early 9th century. The clan's most famous member is...
Clan MacIver or Clan MacIvor, also known as Clan Iver, is a Scottish clan recognised by the Lord Lyon King of Arms. The clan, however, does not have a...
the first name and Smith is the surname. Surnames in the West generally indicate that the individual belongs to a family, a tribe, or a clan, although...