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Format that is used for the elimination round of a sports tournament
series was used as the CFL's playoff format prior to 1973), while the four Western teams played a single-elimination playoff over the same timeframe. The
Playoff_format
Elimination tournament in the National Basketball Association
Officially considered separate from the NBA playoffs, the NBA play-in tournament uses a modified Page playoff format in which the seventh- and eighth-place
NBA_playoffs
Elimination tournament in the National Hockey League
needed. Eight teams in each conference qualify for the playoffs. In the playoff series format instituted in 2014, the first, second, and third place teams
Stanley_Cup_playoffs
US National Football League playoff games
the playoff seeding is determined by a set of tie-breaking rules. The names of the first two playoff rounds date back to the postseason format that was
NFL_playoffs
Playoff format
The Page playoff system is a playoff format. It is used in top level competitions in softball, curling, Australian rules football and the Indian Premier
Page_playoff_system
Means of breaking a tie in a golf tournament
tournament on one bad swing in sudden death. The aggregate playoff is the oldest playoff format in strokeplay tournaments, with the lowest cumulative score
Playoff_(golf)
Annual postseason elimination tournament of Major League Soccer
February 22, 2023. "MLS announces new playoff format for 2019 season". December 17, 2018. "MLS overhauls playoff format, alters league schedule". December
MLS_Cup_playoffs
League championship competition after the regular season
a single-elimination system or one of several other different playoff formats. Playoff, in regard to international fixtures, is to qualify or progress
Playoffs
Ice hockey playoffs
four-round, 16 team playoff format before the 2020 Dallas Stars broke the record during the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs under the expanded format. The top four
1987_Stanley_Cup_playoffs
NHL postseason tournament
The 2026 Stanley Cup playoffs was the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) for the 2025–26 season. The playoffs began on April 18, 2026
2026_Stanley_Cup_playoffs
NHL postseason tournament
The 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs was the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) for the 2023–24 season. The playoffs began on April 20, 2024
2024_Stanley_Cup_playoffs
Sports season
Overtime/shootout loss The AHL will continue to use the same playoff format used since 2022. The playoff field will include the top six finishers in the eight-team
2025–26_AHL_season
American Hockey League postseason tournament
Calder Cup finals. The AHL will continue to use the same playoff format used since 2022. The playoff field will include the top six finishers in the eight-team
2026_Calder_Cup_playoffs
American ice hockey postseason
The 2026 Kelly Cup playoffs for the ECHL hockey league started on April 23, 2026, following the conclusion of the 2025–26 ECHL regular season. The top
2026_Kelly_Cup_playoffs
The Stanley Cup is a trophy awarded annually to the playoff champion club of the National Hockey League (NHL). It was donated by the Governor General
List_of_Stanley_Cup_champions
2021 NHL Postseason Tournament
returned to the traditional 16-team playoff format with all series being best-of-seven, after using a 24-team format in 2020 due to the regular season being
2021_Stanley_Cup_playoffs
Championship series of the Women's National Basketball Association
switched to a best-of-seven series with a 2–2–1–1–1 format similar to the NBA Finals. The WNBA's playoff format has changed several times in the league's history
WNBA_Finals
2022 playoff tournament of the National Hockey League
standard 16-team playoff format from 2014–2019 that was used before the COVID-19 pandemic was reinstated. The Florida Panthers made the playoffs as the Presidents'
2022_Stanley_Cup_playoffs
Sports season
their playoff format disbanding the Championship Weekend to move to a regular playoff format with the top 4 teams in each conference making the playoffs. The
2026_CEBL_season
North American basketball tournament
World. Under the NBA's regular playoff format, the eight teams with the most wins in each conference qualified for the playoffs. The seedings were based on
2020_NBA_playoffs
Ice hockey league in North America
The Board of Governors also elected to change the playoff format such that all rounds of the playoffs are now best of seven series. For 2012–13, the Conference
ECHL
Playoff tournament in American college football
I FBS football season under a four-team format. The CFP Board of Managers voted in 2023 to expand the playoff to 12 teams beginning in 2024, an arrangement
College_Football_Playoff
1960, with each winning all eight Stanley Cup playoff games. The National Hockey League's playoff format, and determining which teams advanced to the Stanley
List of Stanley Cup Final sweeps
List_of_Stanley_Cup_Final_sweeps
Golf tournament held in the United States
two-hole aggregate playoff format in 2018; if the playoff ends tied, sudden death will commence. Through 2025, the two-hole format has yet to be used
U.S._Open_(golf)
Topics referred to by the same term
represent women photographers Playoff format, type of competition in sports and games to determine an overall champion Radio format, the overall content broadcast
Format
Hockey games with no winner
Sunday curfew in Toronto. Original Six team List of NHL playoff series "Stanley Cup Playoff Formats: 1917 to date". NHL.com. Archived from the original on
NHL_playoff_ties
Notable comebacks in playoff series in sports
"MLB's postseason format, explained". MLB.com. Retrieved June 24, 2024. "Playoff format". NHL. "How do the NBA playoffs work? NBA playoffs explained". April
List of teams that have overcome 3–0 series deficits
List_of_teams_that_have_overcome_3–0_series_deficits
conference finals since the current playoff format was instituted. The top eight teams in each conference qualified for the playoffs. The top three seeds in each
2010_Stanley_Cup_playoffs
Playoffs with the Tampa Bay Lightning winning against the Calgary Flames
proceeded to the Stanley Cup Final. The format was identical to the one introduced for the 1999 playoffs. These playoffs marked the first time the Nashville
2004_Stanley_Cup_playoffs
Postseason tournament
expansion to the current 16-team, four-round playoff format, which was first implemented in the 1984 playoffs, while the Sixers avoided the first round by
1983_NBA_playoffs
Hockey playoffs in 1980
as expansion franchises, and thus the playoffs were also expanded from 12 to 16 teams. The expanded playoff format allowed two of those former WHA clubs
1980_Stanley_Cup_playoffs
Elimination tournament
final two teams who will play in the WNBA Finals. In the current format of the WNBA playoffs, the top eight teams in the regular season – regardless of conference
WNBA_playoffs
2023 edition of the MLS playoffs
third MLS Cup title after defeating Los Angeles FC 2–1. The playoffs featured a new format from previous years with an expanded field of 18 teams—the top
2023_MLS_Cup_playoffs
National Hockey League championship series
has changed its playoff format several times since 1927, and thus the final round has not always pitted conference or division playoff champions against
Stanley_Cup_Final
Sports competition
Calgary Flames, for most games played (26) in one playoff year under a sixteen team playoff format (later matched by the 2014–15 Tampa Bay Lightning and
2014_Stanley_Cup_playoffs
Championship tournament following the Major League Baseball regular season
new playoff system would begin within two years; the change was ultimately put into place in 2012. The format employed a one-game wild-card playoff. Under
Major League Baseball postseason
Major_League_Baseball_postseason
Sports season
Overtime/shootout loss The AHL will continue to use the same playoff format used since 2022. The playoff field will include the top six finishers in the eight-team
2024–25_AHL_season
Basketball tournament
the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Lakers winning two of the first three meetings. In the 16-team playoff format, this is the
1989_NBA_playoffs
Second level of domestic club rugby union in France
through 5th then played in a direct playoff format to fight for the 2nd promotion slot. During the 2004–05 season a playoff occurred in the Pro D2, however
Pro_D2
2020 NHL Postseason Tournament
commissioner Gary Bettman confirmed that the league was going to use a 24-team playoff format to finish the season, conducted in two or more host cities as "hubs"
2020_Stanley_Cup_playoffs
64th season of the British Columbia Hockey League
regular season record. Pursuant to the new playoff format, the top four teams in each division advanced to the playoffs. The matchups in the first round were
2025–26_BCHL_season
Postseason tournament
by Stan Van Gundy to lose a first round playoff series. For the first time since the current NBA Playoff format was introduced in 2003, no first-round
2011_NBA_playoffs
2019 NHL postseason tournament
Bay Lightning for playing the most playoff games (26) in a four-round playoff format. The record for most playoff games was subsequently broken by the
2019_Stanley_Cup_playoffs
NHL postseason tournament
The 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs was the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) for the 2024–25 season. The playoffs began on April 19, 2025
2025_Stanley_Cup_playoffs
Sports tournament format
Championship formats differ only in the number of games contested—the Premiership playoff uses one-off matches, while all matches in the Championship playoff were
Shaughnessy_playoff_system
adopted a new playoff format in which the four teams with the best regular-season records from each of the four divisions secured playoff berths. The following
1982_Stanley_Cup_playoffs
Basketball competition
Reed became the first player to be named NBA Finals MVP twice. The playoff format was modified, as only the divisional champions qualified automatically;
1973_NBA_playoffs
playoff format, first used in 1982, which saw the top four teams in each division qualify for the playoffs. A similar version of this playoff format would
1993_Stanley_Cup_playoffs
Elimination tournament in the Professional Women's Hockey League
the Walter Cup. The playoffs consist of two rounds: the semifinals and the PWHL Finals. All series are played in a best-of-five format with a 2–2–1 home
Walter_Cup_playoffs
Postseason tournament
first round. With a 4th seed in the playoffs, the Wizards had their highest seed under a 16–team playoff format. This was the first time, in a best–of–7
2017_NBA_playoffs
Annual baseball tournament
the junior college baseball national champions. The NJCAA baseball playoff format for reaching the JUCO World Series is generally the same for all divisions
JUCO_World_Series
Series of races to determine the yearly champion
2026, the Playoffs would go back to being called "The Chase" as part of a format revamp. The publicly stated purpose for the NASCAR playoff system was
NASCAR_Chase
Professional soccer league in the United States and Canada
the MLS Cup playoffs in October and November, which concludes with the MLS Cup championship match in early December. The playoff format includes a pair
Major_League_Soccer
conference-oriented playoff format, emulating the NBA's seeding format in use then. The top eight teams in each conference qualified for the playoffs. The top two
1994_Stanley_Cup_playoffs
One of two conferences in the National Hockey League
normal 2–2–1–1–1 format, with the higher seeded team having the option of starting play at home or on the road. A new playoff format was introduced as
Western_Conference_(NHL)
Postseason tournament
division winners from 1977–1983 (albeit in a four-round playoff format). the 1967 NBA playoffs featured an eight-team tournament with no first-round byes
1966_NBA_playoffs
American Hockey League postseason tournament
Calder Cup finals. The AHL will continue to use the same playoff format used since 2022. The playoff field will include the top six finishers in the eight-team
2025_Calder_Cup_playoffs
Sports season
Overtime/shootout loss The AHL will continue to use the same playoff format used in the previous playoffs. The playoff field will include the top six finishers in the
2023–24_AHL_season
One of two conferences in the National Hockey League (NHL)
the playoffs in this format, while the Buffalo Sabres only missed twice. In the Patrick Division, the Washington Capitals only missed the playoffs once
Eastern_Conference_(NHL)
Professional soccer league season
injury, are also being implemented. The playoff structure was reduced from five to four teams, returning to the format used in 2022. The CPL's total player
2026 Canadian Premier League season
2026_Canadian_Premier_League_season
North American basketball tournament
play-in games, was a four-team playoff in each conference for the No. 7 to No. 10 seeds in each conference. In this format, the No. 7 and No. 8 teams need
2021_NBA_playoffs
Non-qualifier place in a tournament
1968–1974 and 1982–1993 playoffs (top four finishers from each division) are not true wild card formats. When a wild card playoff format is used, the number
Wild_card_(sports)
NHL postseason tournament
The 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs was the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) for the 2022–23 season. The playoffs began on April 17, 2023
2023_Stanley_Cup_playoffs
ECHL playoff championship trophy
both won. The Kelly Cup playoffs is an elimination tournament, consisting of four rounds of a best-of-seven series. The format has changed often throughout
Kelly_Cup
Postseason tournament
dominating fashion, finishing 12–2 in the playoffs with a postseason average point differential of 14.5. The playoff format kept the number of teams qualifying
1971_NBA_playoffs
European basketball postseason play
series of two teams each, to be played in a best-of-five format. The winners of each of the playoffs series advanced to the Final Four, which will determine
2026_EuroLeague_Playoffs
Playoff tournament of the NHL
playoff games (26) in a postseason (later matched by the 2019 St. Louis Blues), all four currently hold the record under a four-round playoff format.
2015_Stanley_Cup_playoffs
2021 ice hockey championship series
divisional-based postseason format was held, featuring intra-divisional matchups in the first two rounds. The four divisional playoff champions were then re-seeded
2021_Stanley_Cup_Final
National Hockey League trophy
Conference playoff champions (1981–1993), and the Western Conference playoff champions (1993–2020, 2022–present). Due to a modified playoff format held in
Clarence_S._Campbell_Bowl
changed from a 2–2–1–1–1 format to a 2–3–2 format this season, with the sites for games five and six switched. This was the 19th playoff series between these
1984_Stanley_Cup_playoffs
Eastern and Western championship series of the NBA
played in 1949, the league's third season. The first two seasons used a playoffs format where Eastern and Western division teams would face each other before
NBA_conference_finals
the champion became the winner of the annual playoff. The NHL continued the split-season and playoff format upon the winding up of the NHA organization
List_of_NHL_seasons
Annual golf tournament
Championship from August to May. The playoff format was sudden-death through 2013, lately starting at the par-3 17th hole. The format was changed to a three-hole
The_Players_Championship
List A cricket championship in India
Cricket in India and is contested by state and city teams in a league and playoff format. Along with the inter-zonal Deodhar Trophy, it forms the top level of
Vijay_Hazare_Trophy
Ice hockey award
points in an 82-game regular season. The playoff format has changed over the years. See Stanley Cup playoffs for more information. Only 48 games were
Presidents'_Trophy
Annual post-season college football game
1982, earlier rounds have been held in late November. The playoffs expanded to a 16-team format in 1986, requiring four postseason victories to win the
NCAA Division I Football Championship
NCAA_Division_I_Football_Championship
receive 10 bonus points altogether. In 2004 NASCAR introduced a new playoff format, but still using the old points scoring scheme. In 2004, 1st place was
List of NASCAR points scoring systems
List_of_NASCAR_points_scoring_systems
British road racing superbike competition
championship. The playoff format is similar to the 2007-10 NASCAR Playoff format used in their premiership, based on a six-rider format, but offering bonus
British Superbike Championship
British_Superbike_Championship
European basketball championship
Basketball Company's EuroLeague competition, in its inaugural year, used a playoff format, with the two professional teams from Bologna (Virtus and Fortitudo)
EuroLeague_Final_Four
History of American football championships
the one-game-playoff format except when division tie-breakers were needed. In its final season, 1969, the AFL adopted a four-team playoff to determine
History of the NFL championship
History_of_the_NFL_championship
National Hockey League trophy
Conference playoff champions (1981–1993), and the Eastern Conference playoff champions (1993–2020, 2021–present). Due to a modified playoff format held in
Prince_of_Wales_Trophy
Second conference of the 2025–26 PBA season
seed playoff was scrapped, and is instead replaced by tiebreakers. The playoff format is as follows: Quarterfinals: Before this change, 1 and 2 have twice
2026_PBA_Commissioner's_Cup
North American professional baseball league
return to its previous playoff format. From this point until its merger with the Frontier League, the league awarded playoff spots to the teams with
Can–Am_League
Four prestigious annual tournaments in professional golf
implement a two-hole aggregate playoff format. A sudden-death playoff would follow if the players were still tied after the two playoff holes. This change also
Men's major golf championships
Men's_major_golf_championships
is the final game of a best-of-seven series in the NBA playoffs. Based on the playoffs format arrangement,[a] it is played in the venue of the team holding
List_of_NBA_game_sevens
German basketball postseason
The 2026 BBL Playoffs will be the concluding postseason of the 2025–26 Basketball Bundesliga season. The playoffs will start on 12 May and end on 21 June
2026_BBL_Playoffs
Italian football league season
Latina. A new playoff format changes the number of playoff participants from four (third through sixth place) to a variable-size playoff including up to
2013–14_Serie_B
Women's National Basketball Association franchise based in Chicago, Illinois
its playoff format such that teams were seeded for the playoffs regardless of conference. In the 2016 season, the WNBA changed its playoff format such
Chicago_Sky
Nickname for Cincinnati Reds baseball teams during the 1970s
but did not make the postseason because of Bowie Kuhn's split-season playoff format due to the player's strike. The nickname was introduced in a July 4
Big_Red_Machine
Annual soccer tournament
February 27, 2023. "MLS announces new playoff format for 2019 season". December 17, 2018. "MLS overhauls playoff format, alters league schedule". December
MLS_Cup
Collegiate summer baseball league
The league also reverted to a 40-game season with a change of playoff formatting. Playoffs begin immediately following the regular season and continue into
Valley_Baseball_League
Professional league in North America
conference alignment, qualify for the playoffs. Since 2022, the playoffs have been held in a standard knockout format, with the quarterfinals consisting
Women's National Basketball Association
Women's_National_Basketball_Association
Championship series of the 2024 WNBA season
Board of Governors formalized a new playoff system that would structure the 2022 playoffs onward. The new playoff format scraps the single-elimination games
2024_WNBA_Finals
Sports season
pandemic, the 2022 Calder Cup playoffs format was completely revamped from the previous version format of the 2019 playoffs by expanding from 16 teams to
2021–22_AHL_season
Junior ice hockey league
February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024. "BCHL announces Alberta playoff format and BC postseason refresher". bchl.ca. British Columbia Hockey League
British Columbia Hockey League
British_Columbia_Hockey_League
T20 cricket league played in Delhi, India
Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. The tournament follows a round-robin and playoff format, featuring a total of eight teams, including two new additions: Outer
Delhi_Premier_League_T20
62nd NBA season
highest winning percentage of any non-playoff team in NBA history since the switch to the eight-team playoff format, beating out the 2000–01 Houston Rockets
2007–08_NBA_season
2022 ice hockey championship series
return to its usual two conference alignment and reinstate its standard playoff format that was used from 2014–2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic. The Final
2022_Stanley_Cup_Final
American ice hockey postseason
The 2025 Kelly Cup playoffs of the ECHL hockey league began on April 16, 2025, following the conclusion of the 2024–25 ECHL regular season and ended on
2025_Kelly_Cup_playoffs
Canadian Football League season
also be the first season to feature new field dimensions and a new playoff format. According to the new collective bargaining agreement, the 2027 salary
2027_CFL_season
PLAYOFF FORMAT
PLAYOFF FORMAT
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Old English personal name TÄta, possibly a short form of various compound names with the obscure first element tÄt, or else a nursery formation. This surname is common and widespread in Britain; the chief area of concentration is northeastern England, followed by northern Ireland.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for someone who constructed or repaired roofs, from an agent derivative of Middle English roof (Old English hrÅf). In the Middle Ages roofs might be thatched with reeds or straw, or covered with tiles, slates, or wooden shingles.German and English : nickname for an unscrupulous individual, from Middle Low German rÅver ‘pirate’, ‘robber’, Middle English rover. The English verb rove ‘to wander’ is probably a back-formation from this, and is not attested before the 16th century, so it is unlikely to lie behind any examples of the surname.German : variant of Röver (see Roever).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived in a stretch of open country by a wood, or (as a later formation) someone who lived near a field by a wood, from Middle English wode ‘wood’ (Old English wudu) + feld ‘open country’, later with the modern meaning ‘field’.Scottish : habitational name from Woodfield, a place near Annan in Dumfriesshire. A certain Roger Wodyfelde is recorded as holding land in Dumfries in 1365.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the New Testament Greek personal name Timotheos, from Greek timē ‘honor’ + theos ‘God’. This was the name of a companion of St. Paul who, according to tradition, was stoned to death for denouncing the worship of Diana in Ephesus. This was not in general use in England as a given name until Tudor times, so, insofar as it is an English surname at all, it is a late formation (e.g. in Wales, where surnames came into use only relatively recently). In America it also represents an adoption of the English given name in place of a cognate in Greek (Timotheou, Timotheopoulos) or any of various other European languages.Irish : adoption of the English personal name as an equivalent of Tumulty.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for an amiable person, also perhaps sometimes given in an ironical sense, from Middle English luvelich, loveli (Old English luflic). During the main period of surname formation the word was used in an active sense, ‘loving’, ‘kind’, ‘affectionate’, as well as the passive ‘lovable’, ‘worthy of love’. The meaning ‘attractive’, ‘beautiful’ is not clearly attested before the 14th century, and remained rare throughout the Middle Ages.New England Americanized form of French Lavallée (see Lavallee) or a similar name.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the medieval female personal name Malin, a diminutive of Mall.French and Dutch : from the Germanic personal name Madalin, a short form of compound names with the initial element madal ‘council’.Serbian : patronymic from maly, Serbian mali ‘small’; compare Maly.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : metronymic from the Yiddish female personal name Male (a back-formation from Malka as if it contained the Slavic diminutive suffix -ke) + the Slavic metronymic suffix -in.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : habitational name from Malin, a place in Ukraine.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name from Middle English haw, haugh ‘enclosure’ (Old English haga), or a habitational name from a place named with this word such as The Haw in Tirley, Gloucestershire. Compare Haugh 2.English : from a Middle English personal name, probably a back-formation from Hawkin, (see Hawkins).Scottish : habitational name from an unidentified place in lowland Scotland.
Surname or Lastname
English, Welsh, German, etc.
English, Welsh, German, etc. : ultimately from the Hebrew personal name yÅÌ£hÄnÄn ‘Jehovah has favored (me with a son)’ or ‘may Jehovah favor (this child)’. This personal name was adopted into Latin (via Greek) as Johannes, and has enjoyed enormous popularity in Europe throughout the Christian era, being given in honor of St. John the Baptist, precursor of Christ, and of St. John the Evangelist, author of the fourth gospel, as well as others of the nearly one thousand other Christian saints of the name. Some of the principal forms of the personal name in other European languages are Welsh Ieuan, Evan, Siôn, and Ioan; Scottish Ia(i)n; Irish Séan; German Johann, Johannes, Hans; Dutch Jan; French Jean; Italian Giovanni, Gianni, Ianni; Spanish Juan; Portuguese João; Greek IÅannÄ“s (vernacular Yannis); Czech Jan; Russian Ivan. Polish has surnames both from the western Slavic form Jan and from the eastern Slavic form Iwan. There were a number of different forms of the name in Middle English, including Jan(e), a male name (see Jane); Jen (see Jenkin); Jon(e) (see Jones); and Han(n) (see Hann). There were also various Middle English feminine versions of this name (e.g. Joan, Jehan), and some of these were indistinguishable from masculine forms. The distinction on grounds of gender between John and Joan was not firmly established in English until the 17th century. It was even later that Jean and Jane were specialized as specifically feminine names in English; bearers of these surnames and their derivatives are more likely to derive them from a male ancestor than a female. As a surname in the British Isles, John is particularly frequent in Wales, where it is a late formation representing Welsh Siôn rather than the older form Ieuan (which gave rise to the surname Evan). As an American family name this form has absorbed various cognates from continental European languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988.)
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a Middle English personal name, which originated as a short form of any of various Old English personal names beginning with Cyne- ‘royal’.German : nickname for someone with a prominent chin, from Middle High German kinne ‘chin’, or from an Old High German personal name formed with the element kuoni ‘bold’ or chunni ‘race’, ‘people’. Compare Konrad.Norwegian : habitational name from any of several farmsteads named Kinn, from Old Norse kinn ‘chin’ with reference to the land formation.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Loveless. The spelling is apparently the result of folk etymology, which understood the word as a nickname for a dandy fond of lace. The modern sense of this word is, however, not attested until the 16th century and at the time of surname formation it meant only ‘cord’ or ‘shoelace’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a dyer of cloth, Middle English dyer (from Old English dēag ‘dye’; the verb is a back-formation from the agent noun). This surname also occurs in Scotland, but Lister is a more common equivalent there.Irish (Counties Sligo and Roscommon) : usually a short form of MacDyer, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Duibhir ‘son of Duibhir’, a short form of a personal name composed of the elements dubh ‘dark’, ‘black’ + odhar ‘sallow’, ‘tawny’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a powerfully built man or someone of violent emotions, from the Middle English adjective rank (Old English ranc ‘proud’, ‘rebellious’).English : from a medieval personal name, a back-formation from the diminutive Rankin.South German : variant of Rang 2.German : nickname either for an agile person, from Middle High German ranc ‘quick turn’, or in some instances for someone who was tall and thin, from Low German rank. In some cases the surname may have been from a personal name formed with this element.Czech : from a pet form of a personal name, which could be either Slavic Ranožir or Germanic Randolf (see Randolph).Swedish and Danish : nickname from rank ‘erect’, ‘upright’, ‘straight’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a merry person or an early riser, from Middle English lavero(c)k, lark (Old English lÄwerce). It was perhaps also a metonymic occupational name for someone who netted the birds and sold them for the cooking pot.English : from a medieval personal name, a byform of Lawrence, derived by back-formation from Larkin.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a silk merchant, from Middle English selk(e), silk(e) ‘silk’.English : from a medieval personal name, a back-formation from Silkin (see Sill).Irish (Galway) : Anglicized form (part translation) of Gaelic Ó SÃoda (see Sheedy).Americanized form (translation) of German and Jewish Seide or Seid.
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.
Surname or Lastname
English (Northumberland and Durham)
English (Northumberland and Durham) : unexplained; just possibly a late formation from the plant name, although tulips were not introduced into western Europe until the 16th century.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly Gloucestershire), Dutch, and German (also Türk)
English (mainly Gloucestershire), Dutch, and German (also Türk) : from Middle English, Old French turc, Middle High and Low German Turc ‘Turk’, from Turkish türk. In theory this could be an ethnic name but, both in England and northwest Europe, it is generally a nickname for a person with black hair and a swarthy complexion or a cruel, rowdy, or unruly person. The Dutch and German surname also represents a house name, derived from the use of a picture of a Turk as a house sign. It is also found as a nickname for someone who had taken part in the wars against the Turks.English : from a medieval personal name, a back-formation from Turkel, misanalyzed as containing the Old French diminutive suffix -el.Scottish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Tuirc, a patronymic from the byname Torc ‘boar’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ethnic name denoting someone from Turkey or anywhere in the Ottoman Empire, or a nickname for someone thought to resemble a Turk.Americanized form of the Greek ethnic name Tourkos ‘Turk’. See also Turco.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : status name or occupational name from Middle English, Old French maresc(h)al ‘marshal’. The term is of Germanic origin (compare Old High German marah ‘horse’, ‘mare’ + scalc ‘servant’). Originally it denoted a man who looked after horses, but by the heyday of medieval surname formation it denoted on the one hand one of the most important servants in a great household (in the royal household a high official of state, one with military responsibilities), and on the other a humble shoeing smith or farrier. It was also an occupational name for a medieval court officer responsible for the custody of prisoners. An even wider range of meanings is found in some other languages: compare for example Polish Marszałek (see Marszalek). The surname is also borne by Jews, presumably as an Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.As the fourth chief justice of the U.S., John Marshall (1755–1835) was the principal architect in consolidating and defining the powers of the Supreme Court. He was a descendant of John Marshall of Ireland, who settled in Culpeper Co., VA, sometime before 1655.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English diche, dike ‘dike’, ‘earthwork’ + man ‘man’, hence an occupational name for a ditch digger or a topographic name for someone who lived by a ditch or dike. See also Dyke.English : occupational name meaning ‘servant (Middle English man) of Dick’.Dutch : elaborated form of Dyck.Americanized spelling of German Dickmann.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : nickname meaning ‘fat man’, a noun formation from Dick 2.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from an agent derivative of Old English gangan ‘to walk’, hence possibly a nickname for someone with a peculiar gait; by the period of surname formation, however, the word had acquired the sense ‘go-between’ and it is likely that this meaning lies behind the surname in some instances.German (usually Gänger) : variant of Gengler.
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Assamese, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu
Lord of the Sea
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American, Australian, Latin
Light
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Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Victory of God
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English
English : habitational name from an unidentified place.
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English (Kent) of uncertain derivation
English (Kent) of uncertain derivation : of uncertain derivation: it could be a topographic name for someone living in an area planted with bushes, French bussière, or a habitational name from any of various minor places in Essex, perhaps named with this word.English (Kent) of uncertain derivation : alternatively it may be a nickname for a heavy drinker, from an agent derivative of Middle English bouse(n) ‘to drink’, ‘to booze’ (from Middle Dutch bÅ«sen) or Middle English bous, boos ‘intoxicating drink’ (from Middle Dutch bÅ«se).English (Kent) of uncertain derivation : lastly, it could be an occupational name for a stockman, from a derivative of Middle English bos(e), buse ‘stall for livestock’, ‘cowstall’, ‘manger’ (from Old English bÅs).
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Gujarati, Hindu, Indian
Miracle
Male
Hindi/Indian
(जय) Hindi name derived from the Sanskrit word jaya, JAY means "victory." Compare with another form of Jay.
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Indian
Happy, Joyful, Cheerful, Glad, Delighted
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American, British, English
Loyal
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Indian, Sanskrit
Celestial
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Concerned in the development and formation of blood vessels and blood corpuscles; as, the vasoformative cells.
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Abnormal formation of flesh.
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The act or process of vaporizing, or the state of being converted into vapor; the artificial formation of vapor; specifically, the conversion of water into steam, as in a steam boiler.
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The Triassic formation.
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Mineral deposits and rock masses designated with reference to their origin; as, the siliceous formation about geysers; alluvial formations; marine formations.
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An artificial passage or archway for conducting canals or railroads under elevated ground, for the formation of roads under rivers or canals, and the construction of sewers, drains, and the like.
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A group of beds of the same age or period; as, the Eocene formation.
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A supposed collection of particles of very subtile matter, endowed with a rapid rotary motion around an axis which was also the axis of a sun or a planet. Descartes attempted to account for the formation of the universe, and the movements of the bodies composing it, by a theory of vortices.
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Formation into, or multiplication of, vacuoles.
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The formation and utterance of vocal sounds.
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The formation situated between the Permian and Lias, and so named by the Germans, because consisting of three series of strata, which are called in German the Bunter sandstein, Muschelkalk, and Keuper.
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Specifically, a small body of cavalry, light horse, or dragoons, consisting usually of about sixty men, commanded by a captain; the unit of formation of cavalry, corresponding to the company in infantry. Formerly, also, a company of horse artillery; a battery.
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Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic; as, the formative arts.
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Serving to form; derivative; not radical; as, a termination merely formative.
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The manner in which a thing is formed; structure; construction; conformation; form; as, the peculiar formation of the heart.
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Any fossil cephalopod shell of the genus Scaphites, belonging to the Ammonite family and having a chambered boat-shaped shell. Scaphites are found in the Cretaceous formation.
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Capable of growth and development; germinal; as, living or formative matter.
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One of the subdivisions into which the Upper Cretaceous formation of Europe is divided.