Aboab Family | Name Changes
Robert-Scott Ynkawen This was the name of a famous Sephardic Jewish family known for its rabbis, scholars, physicians, and merchants. Abraham Aboab Born in Aragon, he would receive a tower in Altea…
Danilo Dostoevsky | Name Changes
Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky was descended from Russian nobility, specifically traced back to a Lithuanian man by the name of Danilo. Danilo Irtishch (fl. 1506) Nothing is known much about…
Kassaboom Family | Name Changes
The earliest Kassaboom (or who would become Kassaboom) can be traced in my ancestry back to a Dutchman named Evertz Karseboom. Karseboom Evertz Karseboom lived a short life in Groll,…
Catarina Zitajonez | Catherine Zeta-Jones’ What-If Name
What if Catherine Zeta-Jones' famous role gave her a new name and identity?
John Avis I Of Portugal | Name Changes
From the Portuguese city and its Military Order
Lamsam Family | Name Changes
The name of the Thai family descended from a Hakka Chinese immigrant.
Philip Melanchthon | Name Changes
This is the name change of a humanist, theologian, and educator. Philipp Schwartzerdt (1497-1507) Melanchthon was born to an armorer, Georg Schwartzerdt, and Barbara Reuter. He was raised in Latin…
Larry King | Name Changes
Lawrence Harvey Zeigler (1933-1959) He was born to Orthodox Jewish parents in Brooklyn, New York. His mother was a garment worker from Lithuania and his father was a restaurant owner…
African Names Brought To America
While Africans were given names upon being forcibly brought to America, there were some names which were recorded or stayed with the people for generations. Banneker This was the name…
Flavius Zeno | Name Changes
From an Anatolian soldier to a Byzantine emperor.