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Unit of time
The galactic year, also known as a cosmic year, is the duration of time required for the Sun to orbit once around the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. One
Galactic_year
Unit of time based on Earth's orbit
length is about 25,700 years. The Galactic year is the time it takes Earth's Solar System to revolve once around the Galactic Center. It comprises roughly
Year
Awareness and education day for the movement of the Solar System
around the Galactic Center. One galactic tick is only about 0.00000077 percent (1/[360 × 60 × 60 × 100]) of a full galactic year. The Galactic Tick Day
Galactic_Tick_Day
Comic book series published by Dark Horse Comics, 1999-2005
Woodring Pencils: Robert Teranishi Colors: Christopher Chuckry 14 pages Galactic Year: 33 BBY Preceded by: A Summer's Dream Followed by: Incident at Horn
Star_Wars_Tales
Measurement unit for time
unit) is a unit of time defined as 1024 μs for use in engineering. The galactic year, based on the rotation of the galaxy and usually measured in million
Unit_of_time
Space tourism company
Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. is a British-American spaceflight company founded by Richard Branson and the Virgin Group conglomerate, which retains an
Virgin_Galactic
Star at the centre of the Solar System
central subject of astronomical research since antiquity. The Sun orbits the Galactic Center at a distance of 24,000 to 28,000 light-years. Its mean distance
Sun
Units that are not part of a coherent system
throughout their lives. The galactic year, GY, is the time it takes the Solar System to revolve once around the galactic core, approximately 250 million
List of non-coherent units of measurement
List_of_non-coherent_units_of_measurement
Rotational center of the Milky Way galaxy
The Galactic Center is the barycenter of the Milky Way and a corresponding point on the rotational axis of the galaxy. Its central massive object is a
Galactic_Center
Galaxy containing the Solar System
is located at a radius of about 27,000 light-years (8.3 kpc) from the Galactic Center, on the inner edge of the Orion Arm, one of the spiral-shaped concentrations
Milky_Way
stellar astronomy Related Substellar object Brown dwarf Desert Sub Planet Galactic year Galaxy Guest Gravity Intergalactic Neutron star merger Planet-hosting
List_of_brightest_stars
American jam band
Galactic is an American funk band from New Orleans, Louisiana. Formed in 1994 as an octet (under the name Galactic Prophylactic) and including singer Chris
Galactic
Planetary system consisting of the Sun and objects orbiting it
every 240 million years. This revolution is known as the Solar System's galactic year. The solar apex, the direction of the Sun's path through interstellar
Solar_System
Hypothetical class of star that develops from a red dwarf
stellar astronomy Related Substellar object Brown dwarf Desert Sub Planet Galactic year Galaxy Guest Gravity Intergalactic Neutron star merger Planet-hosting
Blue_dwarf_(red-dwarf_stage)
Series of sci-fi novels by Yoshiki Tanaka
Legend of the Galactic Heroes (Japanese: 銀河英雄伝説, Hepburn: Ginga Eiyū Densetsu), sometimes abbreviated as LOTGH, LOGH, LGH or Gin'eiden (銀英伝) in Japanese
Legend_of_the_Galactic_Heroes
Dim, low mass stars on the main sequence
placed upon the structures within the Milky Way, such as the Galactic halo and Galactic disk. All observed red dwarfs contain "metals", defined in astronomy
Red_dwarf
Omnibus: Wild Space Volume 2. Story and Art: Aaron McBride 13 pages Galactic Year: 16 BBY Preceded by: The Value of Proper Intelligence to Any Successful
Star_Wars:_Visionaries
Hypothetical early-universe star with a black hole core
A thin pre-galactic disk also surrounds the quasi-star, in which the star feeds it at rates from 2×10−3 to a few of tens of M☉ per year. The black hole
Quasi-star
Topics referred to by the same term
absorbed radiation Giga-year, 1,000,000,000 years (non-SI) Galactic year, the time it takes for the Solar System to orbit the Galactic Center Gabon Airlines
Gy
Theoretical stellar remnant
Surveys". In the Third Stromlo Symposium: The Galactic Halo. 165: 362. Bibcode:1999ASPC..165..362A. "12 Billion-year-old white-dwarf stars only 100 light-years
Black_dwarf
Heterogeneous class of stars with unusual spectra
for them would not be created until 1962 in the "fourth" catalogue of galactic Wolf–Rayet stars. The first three catalogues were not specifically lists
Wolf–Rayet_star
Line dividing one calendar day from the next
According to the clock, the first areas to experience a new day and a New Year are islands that use UTC+14:00. These include portions of the Republic of
International_Date_Line
2020 video game
Deep Rock Galactic is a cooperative first-person shooter video game developed by Danish studio Ghost Ship Games and published by Coffee Stain Publishing
Deep_Rock_Galactic
Fictional state in the Star Wars franchise
The Galactic Empire, also known simply as the Empire, is a fictional autocracy featured in the Star Wars franchise. Introduced in the 1977 film Star Wars
Galactic_Empire
Fictional state in the Star Wars universe
The Galactic Republic, commonly known as The Republic, is a fictional state in the Star Wars universe that predates the formation of the Galactic Empire
Galactic_Republic
2003 video game
Galactic Civilizations is a turn-based strategy video game developed by Stardock and released in March 2003. The game is a remake of an OS/2 series of
Galactic_Civilizations
Celestial coordinate system in spherical coordinates, with the Sun as its center
The galactic coordinate system (GCS) is a celestial coordinate system in spherical coordinates, with the Sun as its center, the primary direction aligned
Galactic_coordinate_system
Type of neutron star with beams of radiation
(IPTA). The pulses from Millisecond Pulsars (MSPs) are used as a system of galactic clocks. Disturbances in the clocks will be measurable at Earth. A disturbance
Pulsar
neighboring G-Cloud, which contains the stars Alpha Centauri and Altair. In the galactic context, the Local Bubble is a small part of the Orion Arm, which contains
List_of_nearest_stars
Hypothesized alternative to a black hole
stellar astronomy Related Substellar object Brown dwarf Desert Sub Planet Galactic year Galaxy Guest Gravity Intergalactic Neutron star merger Planet-hosting
Gravastar
Event wherein the Sun is obscured by the Moon
other hand, means occurring every year or once a year. The word also has a Latin ancestor: 'annus', which means year. "Transit of Venus, Sun–Earth Day
Solar_eclipse
Sun, and the Sun orbits the Milky Way in about 230 million years (a galactic year). As many of the objects listed below have some of the most extreme
List of Solar System objects by greatest aphelion
List_of_Solar_System_objects_by_greatest_aphelion
general Active galactic nucleus Galactic bulge Galactic disc Galactic habitable zone Galactic halo Dark matter halo Galactic corona Galactic magnetic fields
Outline_of_galaxies
Device to measure the passage of time
scale International Commission on Stratigraphy Astronomical chronology Galactic year Nuclear timescale Precession Sidereal time Other units of time Instant
Hourglass
names/comments" column, "NameExoWorlds [year]" denotes that the name was approved by the IAU as a consequence of that year's NameExoWorlds campaign. Biblical
List_of_proper_names_of_stars
Outermost layer of a star's atmosphere
stellar astronomy Related Substellar object Brown dwarf Desert Sub Planet Galactic year Galaxy Guest Gravity Intergalactic Neutron star merger Planet-hosting
Stellar_corona
Stellar classification
stellar astronomy Related Substellar object Brown dwarf Desert Sub Planet Galactic year Galaxy Guest Gravity Intergalactic Neutron star merger Planet-hosting
K-type_main-sequence_star
Series of comics
66 cm tall, yet he is the most renowned and powerful Jedi Master in all galactic history. Known for his mastery of the force, lightsaber combat skills,
Star_Wars:_Jedi
One of four circular sectors of the Milky Way galaxy
In stellar cartography, a galactic quadrant, or quadrant of the Galaxy, is a major region of space encompassing a portion of a galaxy. The Milky Way Galaxy
Galactic_quadrant
Light from the stars
interstellar dust grains whose long axes tend to be oriented perpendicular to the galactic magnetic field. According to the Davis–Greenstein mechanism, the grains
Starlight
System of stars and interstellar matter
another galaxy, producing stars at an unusual rate, or having an active galactic nucleus. It is estimated that there are between 200 billion (2×1011) and
Galaxy
Stellar classification
245K. doi:10.1086/191373. ISSN 0067-0049. Mullen, Leslie (18 May 2001). "Galactic Habitable Zones". Astrobiology Magazine. Archived from the original on
G-type_main-sequence_star
Star of relatively small size and low luminosity
stellar astronomy Related Substellar object Brown dwarf Desert Sub Planet Galactic year Galaxy Guest Gravity Intergalactic Neutron star merger Planet-hosting
Dwarf_star
Japanese animated short series
Milky Subway: The Galactic Limited Express (Japanese: 銀河特急 ミルキー☆サブウェイ, Hepburn: Ginga Tokkyū: Mirukī Sabuwei; stylized as Milky☆Subway) is a Japanese animated
Milky Subway: The Galactic Limited Express
Milky_Subway:_The_Galactic_Limited_Express
Light emitted by the Sun
with longer cycles, such as the proposed 88 year (Gleisberg cycle), 208 year (DeVries cycle) and 1,000 year (Eddy cycle). The solar constant is a measure
Sunlight
Study of the movement of stars
gravitational encounters of binary stars with the supermassive black hole at the Galactic Center. Stellar kinematics is related to but distinct from the subject
Stellar_kinematics
Astronomical category of stars
stellar astronomy Related Substellar object Brown dwarf Desert Sub Planet Galactic year Galaxy Guest Gravity Intergalactic Neutron star merger Planet-hosting
Iron_star
Distance that light travels in one year
not a unit of time. The light-year is most often used when expressing distances to stars and other distances on a galactic scale, especially in non-specialist
Light-year
Star's outer shell from which light is radiated
stellar astronomy Related Substellar object Brown dwarf Desert Sub Planet Galactic year Galaxy Guest Gravity Intergalactic Neutron star merger Planet-hosting
Photosphere
Hypothetical compact star
stellar astronomy Related Substellar object Brown dwarf Desert Sub Planet Galactic year Galaxy Guest Gravity Intergalactic Neutron star merger Planet-hosting
Q_star
Gas and dust surrounding a newly formed star
stellar astronomy Related Substellar object Brown dwarf Desert Sub Planet Galactic year Galaxy Guest Gravity Intergalactic Neutron star merger Planet-hosting
Protoplanetary_disk
Large self-illuminated object in space
in galactic discs. Stars can be much closer to each other in the centres of galaxies and in globular clusters, or much farther apart in galactic halos
Star
Collapsed core of a massive star
WeiKang (August 1, 2022). "PSR J0952−0607: The Fastest and Heaviest Known Galactic Neutron Star". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 934 (2): L17. arXiv:2207
Neutron_star
Stars with a supergiant luminosity class with a spectral type of K or M
mainly to individual objects, but it may become useful for analysis of galactic structure and discovery of otherwise obscured red supergiant stars. Surface
Red_supergiant
Type of neutron star with a strong magnetic field
valuable tool for studying the ionized interstellar medium toward the Galactic Center. In 2018, the temporary result of the merger of two neutron stars
Magnetar
Solar System to complete one revolution around the Galactic Center, the galactic year, is in the range of 220–250 million years. Since its formation, the
Formation and evolution of the Solar System
Formation_and_evolution_of_the_Solar_System
Parameters characterizing properties of our galaxy
{\displaystyle R_{0}} are the rotational velocity and distance to the Galactic Center, respectively, measured at the position of the Sun, and v and r
Oort_constants
within 450–500 light-years List of brightest stars List of brightest stars by year List of most luminous stars List of most massive stars List of largest known
Lists_of_stars
Hypothetical star heated by dark-matter annihilation
stellar astronomy Related Substellar object Brown dwarf Desert Sub Planet Galactic year Galaxy Guest Gravity Intergalactic Neutron star merger Planet-hosting
Dark_star_(dark_matter)
Structure formed by diffuse material in orbital motion around a massive central body
angular momentum in a forming star to reionizing the universe (in active galactic nuclei), but their origin is still not well understood. More unsolved problems
Accretion_disk
Type of emission nebula created by dying red giants
concentrated in the galactic plane, probably produced by relatively young massive progenitor stars; and bipolars in the galactic bulge appear to prefer
Planetary_nebula
Flow of gas ejected from the upper atmosphere of a star
ray Cosmic wind Planetary wind Colliding-wind binary Pulsar wind nebula Galactic superwind Superwind Planetary nebula Asymptotic giant branch Lamers, Henny
Stellar_wind
Hypothetical astronomical object
stellar astronomy Related Substellar object Brown dwarf Desert Sub Planet Galactic year Galaxy Guest Gravity Intergalactic Neutron star merger Planet-hosting
Planck_star
precession – CNO cycle – Eclipse cycle – Eclipse – Full moon cycle – Galactic year – Great Year – Lunar phase – Mesoamerican calendars – Metonic cycle – Milankovitch
List_of_cycles
Region of a galaxy in which life might most likely develop
astrophysics, the galactic habitable zone is the region of a galaxy in which life is most likely to develop. The concept of a galactic habitable zone analyzes
Galactic_habitable_zone
Comparison of a wide range of frequencies
cycle (about every 400 million years) 10−16 100 aHz ~137.8 aHz Once per galactic year (about every 230 million years) 10−15 1 femtohertz (fHz) ~3 fHz Sound
Orders of magnitude (frequency)
Orders_of_magnitude_(frequency)
Supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way
(/ˈsædʒ ˈeɪ stɑːr/ SADGE-AY-star), is the supermassive black hole at the Galactic Center of the Milky Way. Viewed from Earth, it is located near the border
Sagittarius_A*
Classification of stars based on spectral properties
Morrell, N. I.; Barbá, R. H.; Walborn, N. R.; et al. (March 2014). "The Galactic O-Star Spectroscopic Survey (GOSSS). II. Bright Southern Stars". The Astrophysical
Stellar_classification
This is a list of episodes for the series Legend of the Galactic Heroes. In-universe dates are given in the Universal Calendar (U.C.) used in the Free
List of Legend of the Galactic Heroes episodes
List_of_Legend_of_the_Galactic_Heroes_episodes
Eschatological beliefs about the year
250-million-year orbit of the galactic center cause it to regularly pass through the galactic plane. When the Sun's orbit takes it outside the galactic plane
2012_phenomenon
Chinese aerospace company
Galactic Energy (Chinese: 星河动力) is a Chinese private space launch enterprise flying the Ceres-1 and developing the Pallas-1 and Ceres-2 orbital rockets
Galactic_Energy
Stellar classification
hand, less massive stars live longer and thus are found throughout the galactic disc, including in between the spiral arms. Stellar associations are groups
O-type_star
stellar astronomy Related Substellar object Brown dwarf Desert Sub Planet Galactic year Galaxy Guest Gravity Intergalactic Neutron star merger Planet-hosting
List of star systems within 20–25 light-years
List_of_star_systems_within_20–25_light-years
Type of large cool star
stellar astronomy Related Substellar object Brown dwarf Desert Sub Planet Galactic year Galaxy Guest Gravity Intergalactic Neutron star merger Planet-hosting
Red_giant
stellar astronomy Related Substellar object Brown dwarf Desert Sub Planet Galactic year Galaxy Guest Gravity Intergalactic Neutron star merger Planet-hosting
List of stars with resolved images
List_of_stars_with_resolved_images
Antiguan and Barbudan spacewomen
works." Galactic 02 Galactic 01 Antigua and Barbuda Antigua Recreation Ground Antigua Barbuda Oliver Daemen Walcott, Escher (2023-07-18). "80-Year-Old Man
Keisha Schahaff and Anastatia Mayers
Keisha_Schahaff_and_Anastatia_Mayers
Measure of a civilization's evolution
energy, such as through the use of a Dyson sphere. A Type III civilization (galactic) is able to capture all the energy emitted by its galaxy, and every object
Kardashev_scale
Small number of stars that orbit each other
into stable multiple stars, which in the process may eject components as galactic high-velocity stars. They are named after the multiple star system known
Star_system
Pattern of stars recognized on Earth's night sky
in the band of the Milky Way which marks the galactic equator, and are in the direction of the Galactic Center. The Winter Triangle is visible in the
Asterism_(astronomy)
Blue star with strong helium lines
SN 2012Z in the spiral galaxy NGC 1309 is similar to the progenitor of the Galactic helium nova V445 Puppis, suggesting that SN 2012Z was the explosion of
Helium_star
Topics referred to by the same term
Cosmic year may refer to: Galactic year, the estimated time it takes the Sun to orbit around the Milky Way Cosmic Calendar, a theorized scale of the life
Cosmic_year
Visible star that is nearly aligned with Earth's axis of rotation
it was several degrees away from the celestial pole; Gemma Frisius in the year 1547 determined this distance as 3°8'. In his book Cosmographicus Liber of
Pole_star
English business magnate (born 1950)
from 2015 to 2018. In 2004, he founded the space tourism company Virgin Galactic, based at Mojave Air and Space Port in California, United States, noted
Richard_Branson
B-type star with emission lines
stellar astronomy Related Substellar object Brown dwarf Desert Sub Planet Galactic year Galaxy Guest Gravity Intergalactic Neutron star merger Planet-hosting
Be_star
Star types predicted by theory
stellar astronomy Related Substellar object Brown dwarf Desert Sub Planet Galactic year Galaxy Guest Gravity Intergalactic Neutron star merger Planet-hosting
Hypothetical_star
Main sequence star that is more luminous and bluer than expected
sequence stars. Field blue stragglers can however be identified in the Galactic halo, since all surviving main sequence stars are low mass. Several explanations
Blue_straggler
Brightest star in the constellation Leo
years, comparable to the Sun's orbital period around the Milky Way (galactic year). It is estimated to have a mass of roughly 60 MJ (0.06 M☉), an effective
Regulus
List of the hottest known stars
Retrieved 2021-05-28. Sander, A.; Hamann, W. -R.; Todt, H. (2012). "The Galactic WC stars". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 540: A144. arXiv:1201.6354. Bibcode:2012A&A
List_of_hottest_stars
"CAPERS-LRD-z9: A Gas-enshrouded Little Red Dot Hosting a Broad-line Active Galactic Nucleus at z = 9.288". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 989 (1): L7.
List of the most distant astronomical objects
List_of_the_most_distant_astronomical_objects
stellar astronomy Related Substellar object Brown dwarf Desert Sub Planet Galactic year Galaxy Guest Gravity Intergalactic Neutron star merger Planet-hosting
List_of_most_distant_stars
Hypothetical type of neutron star
stellar astronomy Related Substellar object Brown dwarf Desert Sub Planet Galactic year Galaxy Guest Gravity Intergalactic Neutron star merger Planet-hosting
Blitzar
Hypothetical object that potentially explains accelerating universal expansion
Bibcode:2003IJMPA..18.3587C. doi:10.1142/S0217751X03016380. S2CID 119456781. MPIE Galactic Center Research George Chapline (28 March 2005). "Black holes 'do not exist'"
Dark-energy_star
Central region of the Sun
stellar astronomy Related Substellar object Brown dwarf Desert Sub Planet Galactic year Galaxy Guest Gravity Intergalactic Neutron star merger Planet-hosting
Solar_core
Early stage in the process of star formation
stellar astronomy Related Substellar object Brown dwarf Desert Sub Planet Galactic year Galaxy Guest Gravity Intergalactic Neutron star merger Planet-hosting
Protostar
Substellar object
spectral signature, this object was determined to belong to the ~8-million-year-old TW Hydrae association, and the mass of the secondary was determined to
Brown_dwarf
Fictional universe created by Isaac Asimov
nearly 25,000 years, created through the gradual fusion of the Robot, Galactic Empire, and Foundation book series written by American author Isaac Asimov
Foundation_universe
Creation of chemical elements within stars
stellar astronomy Related Substellar object Brown dwarf Desert Sub Planet Galactic year Galaxy Guest Gravity Intergalactic Neutron star merger Planet-hosting
Stellar_nucleosynthesis
Black hole formed by a collapsed star
of gas) that falls into the black hole. The large distances above the galactic plane achieved by some binaries are the result of black hole natal kicks
Stellar_black_hole
Stellar core remnant
work in 1983. The limiting mass is now called the Chandrasekhar limit. Galactic models suggest the Milky Way galaxy currently contains about ten billion
White_dwarf
Set of non-stellar objects in orbit around a star
microlensing to measure the relative frequency of planets in the galactic bulge versus the galactic disk. So far, the indications are that planets are more common
Planetary_system
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Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Middle English Hocedei, Hokedey ‘Hock-day’, the second Tuesday after Easter. This was formerly a time at which rents and dues were paid, and from the 14th century it was a popular festival. The name possibly denoted someone born at this time of year.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly southern England and South Wales) and Irish
English (mainly southern England and South Wales) and Irish : from the Old English personal name Hearding, originally a patronymic from Hard 1. The surname was first taken to Ireland in the 15th century, and more families of the name settled there 200 years later in Tipperary and surrounding counties.North German and Dutch : patronymic from a short form of any of the various Germanic compound personal names beginning with hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’.Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865–1923), the 29th president of the U.S., was born on a farm in OH, of English and Scottish stock on his father’s side. Early American bearers of this very common name include Joseph Harding who died at Plymouth in 1633. His great-great grandson Seth was a naval officer during the American Revolution.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Cumbria (Westmorland). The place name is recorded in Domesday Book as Lupetun, and probably derives from an Old English personal name Hluppa (of uncertain origin) + Old English tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.The name was brought to America by John Lupton, who sailed from Gravesend, England, on the Primrose in 1635, and is recorded in VA three years later. On 24 October 1635 Davie Lupton set off on the Constance bound for VA, but there is no record of his arrival in the New World. A Christopher Lupton is recorded in Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY, c.1635, and a large number of Luptons in NC descend from him. An American family of the name settled in the area of Winchester, VA, in the mid18th century; they can be traced back to Martin Lupton, who was married in 1630 in the parish of Rothwell, Yorkshire, England.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places, for example in Devon, Dorset, Essex, Kent, and Warwickshire, so named from Old English lang, long ‘long’ + dūn ‘hill’.Samuel Langdon, Harvard College president in 1774–80, was born in Boston, MA, in 1723 but lived out his years in Hampton Falls, NH. Three of his children left descendants. His grandfather Philip (b. 1646) had came from Braunton in Devon, England, and was married in Andover, Essex Co., MA, in 1684, according to family historians.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name from Old French guyour ‘guide’ (see Guy 2).Americanized spelling of German Geyer.Swiss German : from a contraction of the expression gut Jahr (‘good year’) which as a greeting in rural Switzerland meant ‘I wish you a good harvest this year’.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : variant of Marchand.John Marchant (c.1600–c.1668) was in Newport, RI, before 1638. In that year he moved to Braintree, MA, then to Watertown, MA (1642), and finally to Yarmouth, MA (1648). His descendants included many sea captains and other prominent people.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly Lancashire)
English (mainly Lancashire) : patronymic from the medieval personal name Higgin, a pet form of Hick.The Higginson family of New England, which includes several prominent 17th and 18th century ministers and merchants, first appeared in America in 1629 with the Rev. Francis Higginson of Claybrooke, Leicestershire, England. He was a Puritan divine who emigrated to Salem, MA in that year.
Girl/Female
Australian, Biblical
White; The Color of Milk
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a swineherd or shepherd, from Middle English hog(ge) ‘hog’, ‘swine’ or hogg ‘yearling sheep’ + herd, hard ‘herdsman’, but see also Hogarth.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Yearby in Cleveland (formerly in North Yorkshire), which Ekwall derives from Old Scandinavian Efribýr ‘upper village or homestead’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Joslin.The Josselyn name appears in Black Point (now Scarborough, ME) before 1638, when the author John Josselyn came to visit his brother Henry, who was for many years a principal representative in eastern New England of the interests of the Mason and Gorges heirs, which were endangered by the Massachusetts Bay colony’s expansion into Maine. Their father was Sir Thomas Josselyn, of Torrell’s Hall in Willingale, Essex, England.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant form of Goodyear.German : altered form of the South German and Swiss family name Gutjahr, nickname from a New Year’s greeting, ‘Good year’.
Surname or Lastname
English (also found in Wales)
English (also found in Wales) : patronymic from the Middle English personal name Jenk, a back-formation from Jenkin with the removal of the supposed Anglo-Norman French diminutive suffix -in.Joseph Jenks (1602–83), the descendant of an old Welsh family, was born in England and traveled to Saugus, near Lynn, MA, in 1642 to assist in the development of America’s first iron works. His son, Joseph Jenckes (sic), followed in 1650, founded Pawtucket, RI, and raised four sons who held places of respect and distinction in RI, including one who served as governor for five years.
Girl/Female
Greek
White as milk. In mythology Pygmalion fell in love with the statue Galatia and Aphrodite brought...
Biblical
white; the color of milk
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Kent and Sussex)
English (chiefly Kent and Sussex) : occupational name for a designer or engineer, from a Middle English reduced form of Old French engineor ‘contriver’ (a derivative of engaigne ‘cunning’, ‘ingenuity’, ‘stratagem’, ‘device’). Engineers in the Middle Ages were primarily designers and builders of military machines, although in peacetime they might turn their hands to architecture and other more pacific functions.German : from the Latin personal name Januarius (see January 1). Jänner is a South German word for ‘January’, and so it is possible that this is one of the surnames acquired from words denoting months of the year, for example by converts who had been baptized in that month, people who were born or baptized in that month, or people whose taxes were due in January.
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEidhin ‘descendant of Eidhin’, a personal name or byname of uncertain origin. It may be a derivative of eidhean ‘ivy’, or it may represent an altered form of the place name Aidhne. The principal family of this name is descended from Guaire of Aidhne, King of Connacht. From the 7th century for over a thousand years they were chiefs of a territory in County Galway.English : patronymic from Hine.Americanized spelling of German Heins or Heinz.
Surname or Lastname
North German
North German : occupational name for a peddler (see Haack 1).North German : topographic name for someone who lived by a hedge (see Heck 2).North German : perhaps also a topographic name from hach, hack ‘dirty, boggy water’.Frisian, Dutch, and North German : from a Frisian personal name, Hake.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name from Yiddish hak ‘axe’.English : variant of Hake 1.George Hack (c. 1623–c. 1665) was born in Cologne, Germany, of a Schleswig-Holstein family, and emigrated to New Amsterdam where he practiced medicine and entered the VA tobacco trade. Colony records show that he and his wife, Anna, were formally made naturalized citizens of VA in 1658. He had two daughters, neither of whom married, and two sons: George Nicholas Hack, the founder of the Norfolk branch of the family; and Peter, for many years a member of the VA House of Burgesses, the founder of the Maryland branch. Hack’s descendants eventually changed the spelling of the name to Heck.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Lovell, derived from Anglo-Norman French lou ‘wolf’ + the diminutive suffix -el.Lowell is the surname of one of America’s most distinguished New England families, which have been prominent for over 200 years. Its founder, John Lowell (1743–1802), was a legislator and judge. The city of Lowell, MA was named in honor of his son Francis Cabot Lowell (1775–1817), a textile manufacturer.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained. Probably of Anglo-Norman French origin; it is said to be from a place called Malbanc.Peter Malbone, born in 1633, married Sarah Godfrey in Norfolk Co., VA. The name Mallabone has been in Warwickshire, England, for over 400 years.
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