New format of Surname Saturday here on Discovering Latvian Roots – if you want surname meanings, go check out the Facebook and Twitter pages, here on the blog it will be a summary of what’s new on the Latvian Surname Project, as funded by my supporters on Patreon!

New this week!

Parishes added – Panemune, RudzÄ“ti, Zebrene

Names added – Akmeņgrauzis, Apaļais, Apinis, ApinÄ«tis, BÄ“rtulsons, Cālis, Cimdiņš, Ezerstarpis, Gabals, GrÄ«nhofs, Jaundālderis, Jaunpetrovičs, LaukbraucÄ“js, Lielzeltiņš, Mežjānis, Petrovičs, Plācenis, SÄ“jÄ“js, StārÄ·is, Valdmanis, Vasaraudzis

… and over 50 other names have been updated to reflect their presence in more parishes!

The Surname Project currently includes 1368 surnames from 489 parishes, towns and cities. Many parishes only have a few names listed so far, but I’m working every day to add more for each parish!