| Subject: |
Re: Malania |
| Author: |
Anneza (Authenticated as Anneza) |
| Date: |
March 17, 2009 at 10:48:10 PM |
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Malania by mermaidwriter1000 |
Ancestry.com gives two possible origins for the surname Malan:
1. French: nickname from Old French malan(t) ‘sore’, ‘ulcer’ (Latin malandria).
2. Czech and Slovak: nickname for a small man, a derivative of malý (see Maly).
In South Africa we trace it back to French Huguenot and Dutch settlers, not Czech ... and I could readily imagine someone wanting to use the ln Malan as a fn, having a girl, and (probably inspired by Melania or just Melanie, which does indeed have a Greek origin) tweaking the ending to make it look fem. Here we'd say mah LAHN ee ah, since we pronounce the ln as mah LAHN.
Where did you find it?
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- Malania - mermaidwriter1000 Mar 17 2009, 3:49:14 PM
- Re: Malania - Anneza Mar 17 2009, 10:48:10 PM
- Re: Malania - mermaidwriter1000 Mar 19 2009, 9:32:40 AM
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