Sorry for the long delay, school has been absolutely out of hand! But the summer arrives a week from now, so hopefully there will be more time to write here. I believe I’ve caught up on my email correspondence recently as well, so if you haven’t received a response from me, please resend your email, just in case technology made emails vanish somewhere along the way.
Onto the names! These follow earlier posts of Government Approved, Part 1 and Government Approved, Part 2. Part 4 still to come!
This week’s category: Names from Nature – animals, plants and anything “from the earth”. I’d consider this the most common category of Latvian surnames. Though if you don’t see your exact name here, don’t panic – the authorities did not recommend diminutive forms, but most often people disregarded that and went with them anyway. So if your surname looks like a name on this list, but ends in -iņš or -ītis instead, it will have that same origin. As before, modern renditions in brackets. If I am not familiar with a name, I’ve made my best guess as to how it would be rendered in modern spelling.
The book divides these names into separate categories, based on animal/plant category, so I will do the same.
| Ahpsis (Āpsis) | Ahsis (Āzis) | Auns (Auns) | Bebris (Bebris) |
| Ehrkschķis (Ērkšķis) | Esis (Ezis) | Kuils (Kuilis) | Kurmis (Kurmis) |
| Lahzis (Lācis) | Luhsis (Lūsis) | Pelle (Pele) | Rohnis (Ronis) |
| Saķķis (Zaķis) | Sirgs (Zirgs) | Stirnis (Stirna) | Wahweris (Vāveris) |
| Wehrsis (Vērsis) | Zauns (Cauns) | Zirksnis (Cirksnis) |
| Appohgs (Apogs) | Ballodis (Balodis) | Dadsitis (Dadzītis) | Dsehrwis (Dzērvis) |
| Dsilnis (Dzilna) | Duķķeris (Dūkuris) | Ehrglis (Ērglis) | Gahrnis (Gārnis) |
| Gaigalis (Gaigala) | Gailis (Gailis) | Irbe (Irbe) | Kauķis (Kauķis) |
| Kimmuls (Kimulis) | Kraukls (Krauklis) | Lehlis (Lēlis) | Meddenis (Mednis) |
| Paipale (Paipala) | Ruhbens (Rubens) | Sihls (Sīlis) | Sohss (Zoss) |
| Stahrks (Stārķis) | Stehrsts (Stērste) | Strasds (Strazds) | Swahpulis (Zvapulis) |
| Swirbulis (Zvirbulis) | Tetteris (Teteris) | Tihteris (Tītars) | Uhpis (Ūpis) |
| Wannags (Vanags) | Zahlis (Cālis) | Zihrulis (Cīrulis) |
| Assers (Asaris) | Grundulis (Grundulis) | Kihsis (Ķīsis) | Lihdegs (Līdaka) |
| Plaudis (Plaudis) | Renģis (Renģis) | Ruhdulis (Rudulis) | Sams (Sams) |
| Sandarts (Zandarts) | Sebris (Sebris) | Silķis (Silķe) | Skaunats (Skaunats) |
| Steepats (Stiepats) | Suttis (Zutis) | Taims (Taimiņš) | Wimbis (Vimba) |
| Bitte (Bite) | Dsirneklis (Zirneklis) | Gleemesis (Gliemezis) | Sissenis (Sisenis) |
| Spihguls (Spīgulis) | Tauriņsch (Tauriņš) | Wehsis (Vēzis) | Zirzens (Circenis) |
| Ahbols (Ābols) | Alksnis (Alksnis) | Apsis (Apse) | Behrse (Bērzis) |
| Eewe (Ieva) | Egle (Egle) | Ehrkschķis (Ērkšķis) | Gohba (Goba) |
| Kahrklis (Kārklis) | Klawa (Kļava) | Leepa (Liepa) | Ohsis (Osis) |
| Ohsols (Ozols) | Pihladsis (Pīlādzis) | Preede (Priede) | Puhpuls (Pūpols) |
| Reekstis (Rieksts) | Lusters (Lusters) | Wihtols (Vītols) | Zehrmauksis (Cērmauksis) |
| Appins (Apinis) | Aschķis (Ašķis) | Baldriņsch (Baldriņš) | Dadsis (Dadzis) |
| Grihslis (Grīslis) | Kahlis (Kālis) | Kahposts (Kāposts) | Ķiploks (Ķiploks) |
| Linnis (Līnis) | Lohkis (Loks) | Lupstagis (Lupstagis) | Maggons (Magone) |
| Meirahns (Meirāns) | Nahtris (Nātre) | Papardis (Paparde) | Rahziņsch (Rāciņš) |
| Rohsis (Roze) | Rutks (Rutks) | Sinnaps (Sinepes) | Sirnis (Zirnis) |
| Steebrs (Stiebrs) | Suhnis (Sūnis) | Swammis (Zvamis) | Waiwariņsch (Vaivariņš) |
| Akmins (Akmens) | Alluhns (Alūns) | Alwa (Alva) | Dselsis (Dzelzis) |
| Kalķis (Kalķis) | Klints (Klints) | Mahls (Māls) | Missiņsch (Misiņš) |
| Sahls (Sāls) | Sehrs (Sērs) | Selts (Zelts) | Smilkts (Smilkts) |
| Sudrabs (Sudrabs) | Sweķis (Sveķis) | Swins (Svins) | Swirgsdis (Zvirgzdis) |
| Tehrauds (Tērauds) | Warsch (Varš) |
hello im looking for any information regarding my mothers name which was muncis and also danielis…….many thanks