Grcic

Grcic
This interesting surname, with over two hundred spelling forms and recorded in every European country is of Ancient Greek origins. Popular before the Christian era, it derives from "gregorien", a word meaning to be awake or watchful. The name was borne by two fathers of the Orthodox Church. The first being St. Gregory of Nazianzene (circa 325-390) and the second St. Gregory of Nyssa (circa 331-395). However its initial burst of popularity owed most to St. Gregory, The Great, the first Pope of all., 590 - 604 a.d. The famous Crusades of the 11th and 12th century gave it another boost. It was the fashion and practice, for returning warriors from the Holy Land to christen their children with biblical or saintly names, particularly those associated with the early church. This was one of the most popular and the popularity is reflected in the wide range of the surnames. These stretch from Gregory, Grigor, Gligori, and Regorz, to Gruger, Greschke, Grzegorzecki, and Hrinchenko! The earliest of all recordings however are to be found in England, the first country to adopt both hereditary surnames and registers. Examples include John Grigory, in the Assize Rolls of the county of Somerset for the year 1280, and Joachim Gregorii, an attorney, of Magdeburg, Germany, in 1557. The first recorded spelling of the family name anywhere in the world, is believed to be that of Willelmus Gregorii, in the charters known as "The Danelaw" for the county of Lincoln, England, in the year 1143. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

Surnames reference. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Grcic — Grčić Grčić Грчић [[Image:|100px|center|Blason]] [[Image:|100px|center|Drapaeau]] Héraldique Drapeau …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Grčić — Грчић Administration Pays  Serbie …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Grčić — (Грчић) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Ljubovija municipality, in the Mačva District of Central Serbia. In 2002 the village had a population of 334, all of whom were ethnic Serbians. Historical population*1948: 874 *1953: 875 *1961 …   Wikipedia

  • Grcic — ist der Name folgender Personen: Konstantin Grcic (* 1965), deutscher Industriedesigner Tamara Grcic (* 1964), deutsche Künstlerin Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort bezeichnet …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • GRČIĆ — YUGOSLAVIA (see also List of Individuals) 12.1.1918 Ferdinandovac/YU 27.8.1977 Zagreb/YU Josip Grčić completed the engineering school of Zagreb and then graduated as a hydraulic engineer from Technical University, Prague. His first work concerned …   Hydraulicians in Europe 1800-2000

  • Konstantin Grcic — est un designer allemand, né à Munich en 1965. Sommaire 1 Biographie 2 Son œuvre 3 Principales réalisations 4 Notes et références de l article …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Konstantin Grcic — (* 1965 in München) ist ein deutscher Industriedesigner. Er gilt als einer der einflussreichsten zeitgenössischen Designer aus Deutschland. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Auszeichnungen 3 Literatur …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Tamara Grcic — (* 1964 in München) ist eine deutsche Künstlerin, deren Werk aus fotografischen Arbeiten, Filmen, Videos und Installationen besteht. Inhaltsverzeichnis …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Tomislav Grčić — Football player infobox playername = Tomislav Grčić fullname = Tomislav Grčić height = 1.88m nickname = dateofbirth = birth date and age|1986|7|5 cityofbirth = Split, SR Croatia countryofbirth = Yugoslavia currentclub = NK Imotski clubnumber =… …   Wikipedia

  • KGID — Konstantin Grcic (* 1965 in München) ist ein deutscher Industriedesigner. Er gilt als einer der einflussreichsten zeitgenössischen Designer aus Deutschland. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Auszeichnungen 3 Literatur 4 Weblinks …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”