Given name & surname
Moldovan
Moldovan is a surname from Old French, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in English and Romanian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Moldovan comes from Old French, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old French -ain, from Latin -ānus, from Proto-Italic *-ānos, from Proto-Italic *-nos, from Proto-Indo-European *-nós.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Moldovan’s family of names
In Greek usage, Moldovan as a surname is a transliteration of Μολδοβάν.
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Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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