Rubinsky

Rubinsky
Recorded in over seventy spellings forms including Reuben, Ruhben, Rubin and Rubel, to diminutives and patronymics such as Reubbens, Rubenovic, and Rubinivitz, this is a surname of pre 7th century Hebrew and/or Germanic origins. There is some confusion with the origin, in that it appears to derive from the given name of biblical times 'Reuven', meaning 'behold my son', but it may equally share roots with the German word 'rubin' meaning the ruby, and a derivative of the Latin 'rubeus' - red. There are few straight lines with names, and this is a good example of confused origins. Like many ostensibly Hebrew or Jewish 'names', it probably owes its original use in Europe to the legendary Christian Crusaders of the 12th century, who set out many times under different European rulers to 'free' the Holy Land from the grip of the infidel. In this self appointed task they were manifestly unsuccessful. Nethertheless it became the fashion for soldiers returning from the Crusades, to name their children after biblical figures, or at least people associated with the early Christian church. Most of these names such as Abraham, Isaac and Joseph as examples, were Hebrew, but they became 'christianized' in their early use as surnames, before in many cases, becoming predominently Jewish again after the 16th century! This particular surname was widely used in Germany, Poland, Russia and the Ukraine, but much more rarely in France, Italy and Britain. The earliest examples of the surname recordings in the world are to be found in surviving German charters and registers of the medieval period, and these include: Richter Rubynus of Brunn in 1240, and Nicolas Rubein of Munchen in 1377.Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

Surnames reference. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Holley Rubinsky — is a Canadian novelist and short story writer.The title story of Rubinsky s first book, Rapid Transits and Other Stories (1991), was the winner of the first Journey Prize. She won the National Magazine Award Gold Medal for fiction and was… …   Wikipedia

  • Yuri Rubinsky — Yuri Ivan Rubinsky was a writer, software executive, and well known promoter of the Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML), which was the basis for the now ubiquitous XML. In Canada, he is probably best known as founding co director of the… …   Wikipedia

  • Yuri Rubinsky Memorial Award — The Yuri Rubinsky Memorial Award is a prize that was awarded annually at the International World Wide Web Conference. Yuri Rubinsky, in cooperation with the International WWW Conference Committee, presented the SoftQuad Award for Excellence to… …   Wikipedia

  • SoftQuad Software — is best known for its HoTMetaL HTML editing software. HoTMetaL was one of a series of applications created by SoftQuad for editing, viewing and publishing structured (SGML and XML) content. HoTMetaL was based upon a popular SGML Editor called… …   Wikipedia

  • Douglas Engelbart — Douglas Carl Engelbart ( Doug ) …   Wikipedia

  • CJLY-FM — Infobox Radio station name = CJLY city = Nelson, British Columbia area = branding = Kootenay Co op Radio slogan = airdate = frequency = 93.5 MHz format = community radio power = erp = class = callsign meaning = former callsigns = owner = Kootenay …   Wikipedia

  • Day of the Dead 2: Contagium — DVD cover Directed by Ana Clavell James Dudelson Produced by …   Wikipedia

  • Ted Nelson — Infobox Scientist name = Ted Nelson caption = birth date = 1937 birth place = New York City death date = death place = ethnicity = Norwegian American field = Inventor work institutions = [http://aus.xanadu.com/ted/] [http://www.xanadu.com/] alma… …   Wikipedia

  • Vint Cerf — in Vilnius, September 2010. Born June 23, 1943 …   Wikipedia

  • Coach House Books — is an independent Canadian publishing company located in Toronto, Ontario. Coach House publishes innovative and experimental poetry, fiction, drama and non fiction. The press is particularly interested in writing that pushes at the boundaries of… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

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