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Heineken (surname)
Heineken is a patronymic surname meaning "son of little Hein" (Henry (given name), Henry). at the Meertens Institute database of surnames in the Netherlands. Notable people with the surname include: * Agnes Heineken (1872–1954), German politician * Carl Heinrich von Heineken (1707–1791), German art historian * Christian Heinrich Heineken (1721–1725), German child prodigy * Gerard Adriaan Heineken (1841–1893), founder of the brewing company Heineken * Freddy Heineken (1923–2002), former president of the brewing company Heineken * Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken (1954) Dutch businesswoman, heiress of the family that founded the brewing company Heineken * Karl Heineken (died 1830), German physician and ornithologist * Marie Heineken (1844–1930), Dutch painter < ...
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Patronymic Surname
A patronymic surname is a surname originated from the given name of the father or a patrilineal ancestor. Different cultures have different ways of producing patronymic surnames. For example, early patronymic Welsh surnames were the result of the Anglicizing of the historical Welsh naming system, which sometimes had included references to several generations: e.g., Llywelyn ap Gruffydd ap Morgan (Llywelyn son of Gruffydd son of Morgan), and which gave rise to the quip, "as long as a Welshman's pedigree." As an example of Anglicization, the name Llywelyn ap Gruffydd was turned into Llywelyn Gruffydds; i.e., the "ap" meaning "son of" was replaced by the genitive suffix "-s", but there are other cases like "ap Evan" being turned into "Bevan". Some Welsh surnames, such as John or Howell, did not acquire the suffix "-s." In some other cases the suffix was affixed to the surname much later, in the 18th or 19th century. Likewise, in some cases the "ap" coalesced into the name in some fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |