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Copland (surname)
Copland is a surname. It is sometimes the anglicized form of the Yiddish surname Kaplan. Notable people with the surname include: *Aaron Copland (1900-1990), American composer * Calaigh Copland (born 1987), Canadian-born Ghanaian footballer *David Copland (1842 – 1920) Scottish-born Australian politician * Denise Copland (born 1952), New Zealand artist *Douglas Copland (1894 – 1971), Australian academic & economist *Ernie Copland (1924-1971), Scottish footballer * Geoffrey Malcolm Copland (active 1992-2007), British physicist & vice-chancellor *Henry Copland (c. 1710–1754), British furniture designer and ornamentalist * Jackie Copland (born 1947), Scottish footballer * James Copland (1834-1902), New Zealand Presbyterian minister *John de Coupland, also John Copland (died 1363), a knight *Kay Copland (active 2010), Scottish sport shooter *Marc Copland (born 1948), American jazz pianist and saxophonist *Patrick Copland (1749-1822) joint founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglicisation Of Names
The anglicisation of personal names is the change of non-English-language personal names to spellings nearer English sounds, or substitution of equivalent or similar English personal names in the place of non-English personal names. Anglicisation of personal names Classical, Medieval and Renaissance figures A small number of figures, mainly very well-known classical and religious writers, appear under English names—or more typically under Latin names, in English texts. This practice became prevalent as early as in English-language translations of the New Testament, where translators typically renamed figures such as Yeshu and Simon bar-Jonah as Jesus and Peter, and treated most of the other figures in the New Testament similarly. In contrast, translations of the Old Testament traditionally use the original names, more or less faithfully transliterated from the original Hebrew. Transatlantic explorers such as Zuan Chabotto and Cristoforo Colombo became popularly known as Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |