Gailītis

Family name
Gailītis
Origin
Word/nameLatvian
Meaning"rooster"
Region of originLatvia
Other names
Variant form(s)Gailis

Gailītis (feminine: Gailīte) is a Latvian masculine surname, a diminutive of the word gailis, meaning "rooster/cockerel".[1]

Individuals with the surname include:

  • Alfrēds Gailītis [lv] (1900–1980), Latvian politician
  • Guntis Gailītis [lv] (bon 1949), Latvian theatre director
  • Jānis Gailītis (born 1985), Latvian basketball player and coach
  • Kārlis Gailītis (1936–1992), Latvian Lutheran archbishop
  • Markuss Gailītis [lv] (1882–1942), Latvian politician
  • Pauls Gailītis [lv] (1869—1943), Latvian Lutheran clergyman, politician and public figure

References

  1. ^ Jansone, Ilga (2012). "Uzvārdu rašanās un nostiprināšanās Ērģemes evaņģēliski luteriskajā draudzē". Baltistica: Baltų kalbotyros žurnalas. 47 (1): 129. doi:10.15388/baltistica.47.1.2134. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
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Family names derived from the word "rooster"
Germanic
  • West Germanic: De Haan, Haan, Hahn, Hahne, Hahnemann
Romance
  • French: Le Coq, Lecoq, Lecocq
  • Iberian: Gallo, Galo
  • Italian: Gallo
Slavic
  • Kohout, Kohut, Kocot, Kokot, Petukhov, Piven
Other
  • Baltic: Gailis,Gailītis, Gaidys
  • Estonian: Kukk
  • Finnish: Kukko
  • Hungarian: Kakas
Surname list
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