Last Name SAYNORSummary/Contribute |
| Meaning | Nickname: The senior, i.e. the older of two or more persons, generally of the same personal name. The mode of expression is as early as the 13th and 14th centuries, and is very commonly found in the Yorkshire Poll Tax, 1379. The cause is simple. John was so popular that not only father and son. but two and three brothers would often bear the name. | |
| Origin | English, Irish |
Russian middle namesAs with many things that are 'Russian,' neither child nor his parents has much choice in picking the name. It is purely patronymic and generally predefined at the time when the child is born or even rather conceived. The name is derived from the child's father's first... |
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