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Yan Origin and Immigration
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Origin: After nearly a century of family research, the origin of the Yancey family and the Yancey name itself, for the most part, still lie in obscurity. The history of the Yancey family has been traced back to the early 1700's to the colony of Virginia where branches of the family were living in the counties of New Kent, Hanover, Louisa, Spotsylvania and Culpeper. Where did these families come from? When and how did they immigrate to America? How did the name itself originate? These are questions that have eluded Yancey researchers for decades, most of the answers to which still lie undiscovered. What follows is not the discussion of any recent major discovery concerning the origin of the family, but a general summary of the various theories and traditions concerning the history of the family as well as some rather general information concerning life in Virginia during the 17th century. This is given to help the reader develop some general insight as to who our early Yancey ancestors were, and what life may have been like for them in the early Virginia Colony.
Surnames: Nanney, Nanny, Yance, Yaney, Yanney, Yonce, Yoncey, Yoncy, Yance, Yancey, Yancy
Submitted by: admin J Yancey
Origin of Yan, Meaning of Yan
Origin: While I have heard a story similar to that above, I have never heard that meaning. I have heard that the name Yandell was a derivative of a word that meant steep.
I paid thirty dollars for this but I am not convinced that this is accurate. It basically says that Yandell is a derivative of Johnson. The woman I bought this from had two other name origins for Yandell but this is the oldest known. The second one she showed me was for the English or Welsh derivative that came latter. I myself am a descendant from the Welsh Yandell?s. I may purchase it later if I cannot find the it myself on the net. I have also found two different coat of arms than the one described below as well.
Surnames in Germany vary greatly due to regional variations. Most German surnames belong to some form of local derivation. Kinship names are more often adopted from given names as opposed to baptismal names of saints and popular figures. In eastern parts of Germany names were influenced greatly from neighboring countries.
The surname Yandell appears to be a variant of the German surname Handel which is of family origin. Surnames, also designated as family names, or alternatively a last name were added to a given, or baptismal name. This name was in many cases inherited and held collectively by members foremost being the father. In this case the name means ?the son of Hans? i.e. the German and Swedish form of John which is Hebrew origin meaning ?God is gracious?. The popularity of the given name was influenced by the fact that this was the name of one of the twelve apostles and a writer of the Gospel of John.
The earliest recorded references to the surname of Handel or a variant appear to be found in German documents from at least the 16th century when Simon Haindl was mentioned in Steyr records in 1597.
The arms described below were granted to the Handel family of Bavaria in 1579 and are recorded in the ?Armorial General? produced by JB Rietstap which was first published in 1884 and describes the armorial bearings of the noble families of Europe.
Blazon of Arms: Or, a bull?s head affrontee sable. The tincture or depicts gold or yellow and indicates the bearer was generous, alternatively it indicates elevation of the mind.
Crest: Two banners gules, each charged with a fess argent, crossed in saltired and attached to a to a tournament lance or.
Surnames: Yandell, Handel
Submitted by: Justin Yandell
Origin of Yan, Meaning of Yan
Origin: John and Jane (Colley) MANSELL came to Ontario, Canada, from Yorkshire in the early 1800's
Surnames: Bunyan
Submitted by: Sue
Origin of Yan, Meaning of Yan
Origin: Looking for family of Gordon Samuel Bryant. He had brothers Raymond and Thomas...maybe more. He was a railroad engineer.
Surnames: Bryant
Submitted by: Julie
Origin of Yan, Meaning of Yan
Origin: Trying to connect ancestors of Jacob Bryan of Edgecombe Co., NC with possibly Absolom or John Bryan of Chatham Co, NC. Progeny settled in Lawrence Co., Tennessee
Surnames: Bryan
Submitted by: puah
Origin of Yan, Meaning of Yan
Origin: am starting to research my family details father's name -RYAN mother's name -McAleer -born Dungannon(?) Any details welcome Thanks
Surnames: Ryan
Submitted by: Pete Ryan
Origin of Yan, Meaning of Yan
Origin: Anna - Czechoslovakia, NJ, parents unknown, raised in an orphanage with a sister. Married Paul Sharik, one daughter, Joan.
Surnames: Yanik
Submitted by: Debbie Chinique
Origin of Yan, Meaning of Yan
Origin: The family name YAN is a popular Cantonese, a Chinese dialect mostly used in Hong Kong, translation. Yan means Distingush.
Surnames: YAN
Submitted by: Edward Hanway Yan
Origin of Yan, Meaning of Yan
Origin: kara means black, petyan -- stone. But I am not very sure.
Surnames: karapetyan
Submitted by: Konstantin Karapetyan
Origin of Yan, Meaning of Yan
Origin: Though this had been much debated, it appears to mean "FALLING STAR"or "the comet that will kill us all". The first syllable can be likened to the words "wan", "wane" or "yang", the first par is a negative drive. And dell is akin to "tell" ""stelle" or "devil". It is not surprising that the tribe consisted of looters, marauders, pillagers, rapists and murders. The name doesn't refer to their fall necesarrily, but to the 'stars' or light around them as well.
Surnames: Yandell
Submitted by: Wilton Yandell
Origin of Yan, Meaning of Yan
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 Yan, Meaning of Yan
Origin: son of John
Surnames: yanez
Submitted by: Stephanie
Origin: Bryant. It was originally O'Bryant but due to some circumstances we had to change our name to Bryant. These circumstances are that other irish clans decided to try and take our land. To make a long story short basically the O'Bryant clan killed all the people who tried to steal our land. Eventually we were run out of Ireland, Scotland, and England because the other clans would not leave us alone. So that is why there are Bryant's and O'Bryant's all over the UK.
Surnames: bryant
Submitted by: nicholas bryant
Origin of Yan, Meaning of Yan
Origin: Yantis; From the French Gentes and Alsatian dialect Jantes, meaning savage, or common peoples.
Surnames: Yantis
Submitted by: John Yantis
Origin of Yan, Meaning of Yan
Origin: Bayani means "hero" it is a pure filipino language that came from the Philippines.
Surnames: Bayani
Submitted by: Juzt
Origin of Yan, Meaning of Yan
Origin: western live mostly in china
Surnames: YANG
Submitted by:
Origin of Yan, Meaning of Yan
Origin: (Moravia) Czechoslovakian immigrated to NJ, USA.
Surnames: Yanik
Submitted by: John
Origin of Yan, Meaning of Yan
Origin: Karapetyan is the surname version of the Armenian name Karapet, which is a classical word for "leader"
Surnames: Karapetyan, Karapetian
Submitted by: Karo Karapetyan
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