Origin of Gen

 

Search for another Origin Surname

The Family Facts archive, with its rich historical information, can tell you everything from the lifespan of your ancestors to the very meaning of your last name. Every time you find a fact, we'll tell you what it means.

• Gen Origin and Immigration
  • Top Places of Origin for Gen
    You can find out where the majority of Gen families were living before they immigrated to the U.S. You can learn where to focus your search for foreign records.
  • Ports of Departure for Gen
    You can pinpoint where the majority of Gen families booked passage to the US. You can find out where to start searching for Gen records.
  • Gen Immigration to the US by Year
    You can find out when most of the Gen families immigrated to the United States. You can focus your search to immigration records dating from that era.
• Name History and Origin for Gen
  Naming patterns can help you learn more about your family’s cultural and ethnic background. You might find alternate name spellings which are helpful when searching for family records.
• Gen Surname Distribution
  Helpful, as you can decide where to start searching for Gen records. You can also find out where the majority of Gen families were living during the 19th century.
  • Distribution of Gen Families in the US in 1840
  • Distribution of Gen Families in the US in 1880
  • Distribution of Gen Families in the US in 1920
  • Distribution of Gen Families in England and Wales in 1891

Origin of Gen Total Records: 33  Origin of Gen, Meaning of Gen Origin: je pense que l'origine r?side en Sarre mais j'aimerais en savoir plus Surnames: Ditgen Submitted by: ditgen Origin of Gen, Meaning of Gen Origin: 11. century from bavaria, germany. Surnames: Heerdegen, Herdegen Submitted by: Heerdegen Origin of Gen, Meaning of Gen Origin: Think surname is of Germanic extraction. Surnames: Wagener, Waggoner, Wagner Submitted by: Roy Partick Wagener Origin of Gen, Meaning of Gen Origin: The origin of the Surname Nugent is actually a place or village in France. The French spelling is Nogent. From what I have gathered, thus far, There are two versions of the migration of this French Surname. One Irish version and the other English. The Irish version has it that a man from Nogent France came to Ireland to fight hence De Nugent. The De meaning from was dropped hence the surname Nugent. Surnames: Nugent Submitted by: T.R.F. Nugent Origin of Gen, Meaning of Gen Origin: The surname Etgen is a mutilated form of Ettienne. Ettienne is Steven in french. John Etchen who came from Luxembourg, Belgium in 1838 and setteled in seneca county ohio had 4 sons who each took the name and changed it slightly. His son John Peter who moved to putnam, Co. Ohio changed it to Etgen. Surnames: Etchen, Etchey, Etchgen, Etchie, Etgen, Ettienne Submitted by: tom graham Origin of Gen, Meaning of Gen Origin: Spangenberg is a 'name of origin,' relating to the town of Spangenberg, southeast of Kassel in Central Germany. In the Middle Ages, people started leaving the small villages of their birth and moving to towns. When they arrived in the towns all they were known by was their Chirstian name - Hans, Fritz, Klaus, etc. However, there were a lot of people named Hans and Fritz and Klaus. To differentiate from one another, they took their birth town as their surname. For example, Hans von Spangenberg. The 'von' indicates 'from.' Eventually, the 'von' was dropped from the name. Surnames: Spangenberg, Spangenberger, Von Spangenberg Submitted by: Clayton D. Spangenberg, III Origin of Gen, Meaning of Gen Origin: Augenstein brothers left Germany in 1751, and landed in America. Some changed their name to Eyestone. I have a Complete Genelogy from J.Bruce Eyestone compiled in 1943. Surnames: Eyestone, Augenstein Submitted by: Ray Augenstein Eyestone Origin of Gen, Meaning of Gen Origin: STANLEY& MARYANN PARENTS OF (TWINS) KRISTAN & JACLYN GENZEL Surnames: GENZEL Submitted by: MARYANN GENZEL Origin of Gen, Meaning of Gen Origin: My grandmother is Adeline Mary Tietgens, born October 29, 1908 in Fargo, North Dakota and married to Reinhold Bode on September 2, 1930. I'm researching information on Tietgens ancestors and relatives. Surnames: Tietgens Submitted by: Tim Bode Origin of Gen, Meaning of Gen Origin: Teacher,retired,living since 1974 in Australia,NSW.Born in Uruguay South. Parents Rafael Millot and Sara Castellucci,born in 1901 and 1911 respectively in Uruguay,Montevideo. Surnames: Eagen Submitted by: Graciela Diaz Millot Origin of Gen, Meaning of Gen Origin: Looking for info on the family of Genevieve Rainbolt of Gilbert Iowa Surnames: Genevieve rainbolt Submitted by: elena pappas Origin of Gen, Meaning of Gen Origin: i would like to find out more about the origin of my surname and my ancestors Surnames: Jiggens Submitted by: amy jiggens Origin of Gen, Meaning of Gen Origin: We have the complete geneology for the Van Harlingen of the John Martin Van Harlingen line. He was born in Burlington, N.J. and migrated to Lebanon, Ohio in 1817. He was a medical doctor there until he died at age 93. Surnames: Van Harlingen Submitted by: Victoria V. H. Tappy Origin of Gen, Meaning of Gen Origin: looking for genter's in and around east coast of canada or anyone related Surnames: genter Submitted by: a genter Origin of Gen, Meaning of Gen Origin: John Jacob Zurbriggen Surnames: Zurbriggen Submitted by: Dianna Origin of Gen, Meaning of Gen Origin: Family lived in the Islington area of North London certainly from the 1880's onwards Surnames: Argent Submitted by: Kath Crolla Origin of Gen, Meaning of Gen Origin: A town, or a village near the baltic coast. Formerly part of germany(Pommern) it now belongs to poland. Location: lat:54N long:15E in the area around Koeslin. Surnames: Bodenhagen Submitted by: Holger Bodenhagen Origin of Gen, Meaning of Gen Origin: i have been doing research on the unsual surname for 15 years,have much information and willing to supply it to anybody interested. Surnames: Gentleman Submitted by: stephen gentleman Origin of Gen, Meaning of Gen Origin: Morrison, IL Surnames: Wagenecht Submitted by: Andrea Wagenecht Origin of Gen, Meaning of Gen Origin: Thought to be derived from Tegeingl ,an ancient North Wales kingdom . Surnames: Teggin,Teggen Submitted by: r.teggin Origin of Gen, Meaning of Gen Origin: Gentyl Middle English origin gentil from Old French and Latin gent?lis means to make less sever or intense variation: Gentle Surnames: Gentyl Submitted by: glitz Origin of Gen, Meaning of Gen Origin: beaitiful as a rose, high class Surnames: Gentry Submitted by: Origin of Gen, Meaning of Gen Origin: The surname originates from the village of Bagnall in Staffordshire, UK. How the village got its name and the meaning of the place-name Bagnall can be found on the Bagnall village website, a "Community Council of Staffordshire" approved web site. Surnames: Bagnall, Bagnell, Bignell, Bagnold, Bagnal, Bagenal Submitted by: Stuart A Bagnall Origin of Gen, Meaning of Gen Origin: Origin German Surname Langenbach or Langenbacher Surnames: langenbacher Submitted by: Stephen Origin of Gen, Meaning of Gen Origin: Yantis and it's variants, Gentess Gentiss Yandes, were almost all originally spelled Gentes, but pronounced as beginning with a "Y". After much research with ancient French, it turns out that Gentes had an an alternative spelling at one time, Jantes. Since the Alsace-Lorraine where the family was once owned by France and Germany, it seems likely that it comes from Schweisserdeutch, an Alsatian dialect. The German pronunciation for "J" would be "Y". It is not hard to conceive a middleground for the "G" to be pronounced as a "Y". Gentes was used interchangeably with the word sauvage, as it stems from the latin word gentis, to mean a non-Roman (i.e., Gentium, peoples of the world). Another more familiar derivative is genus, meaning race. Hence, Yantis means savage, or common people Surnames: Yantis Yantes Gentes Gentess Gentiss Yandes Yandess Submitted by: John Yantis Origin of Gen, Meaning of Gen Origin: Feigenbaum: Yiddish, German, Austrian - Name meaning "Fig Tree", a tree associated with trees indigenous to Eretz Yisrael. Surnames: Feigenbaum Submitted by: Rashi Rosenzweig Origin of Gen, Meaning of Gen Origin: Chinese interpretation of Genji: To be able to dual wield, or dual wielding European origin: France? 1400-1500? Surnames: Genge, Genji Submitted by: Eric Genge Origin of Gen, Meaning of Gen Origin: French. Largin is a 19th century variation of Largent. Largent or L'argent meaning money. Surnames: Largent, Largin Submitted by: Origin of Gen, Meaning of Gen Origin: Tree at the end of the wilderness Surnames: Fiegenbaum Submitted by: K. Fiegenbaum Origin of Gen, Meaning of Gen Origin: McGuinnesss/Magennis: From the Irish Gaelic "Mac Aonghusa", meaning "son of Aongus". Aongus was the pre-Celtic god of love, and son of the Dagda, the main deity of of the ancient Irish peoples, who had his residence at the tumulus of Newgrange, at Br? na B?innne, in county Meath, just north of Dublin. The name "Aongus" itself translates as "one choice". Surnames: McGuinness, Magennis, Magennis, Maginnis, Meginnis Submitted by: Anthont McGuinness Origin of Gen, Meaning of Gen Origin: A variation of the name Geneson meaning son of Gene. It has it's roots in the English traditon of taking the father's name and adding son to it to form the surname. The name Gene has it's roots in the biblical Genesis meaning beginning. Surnames: Genson Submitted by: Gerry Genson Origin of Gen, Meaning of Gen Origin: Haagensen - i read: means `large estates`/`landowner`,,name acquired by Viking Kings. Surnames: Haagensen Submitted by: Roli Origin of Gen, Meaning of Gen Origin: The surname Bagenal originates from the village of Bagnall in Staffordshire, England. Surnames: Bagnall, Bagenal, Bagnell, Bagenelle, Bignall, Bignell, Begnal, Bagnal, de Bagenhall, de Bagenholt, de Baginholt Submitted by: Stuart A Bagnall 2/17/2012 8:55 AM Page 1 of 1

Genealogy Books
French Canadian Sources
Hidden Sources
Red Book
Guidebook of American Genealogy

Genealogy Programs
Clooz
Family Tree Maker Version 16
GenSmarts
Passage Express
Telling Stories