The fabian Surname
fabian Name Meaning and History
- English, French, German, Italian (Venetian), Polish, Czech and Slovak (Fabián), and Hungarian (Fábián): from a personal name, Latin Fabianus, a derivative of the Roman family name Fabius. The personal name achieved considerable popularity in Europe in the Middle Ages, having been borne by a 3rd-century pope and saint.
- Americanized or Italianized spelling of Slovenian Fabjan or Fabijan (see 1).
- Jewish: adoption of the non-Jewish surname under the influence of the Yiddish personal name Fayvish.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Hungarian Fabians | Traci Fabian | 13 |
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| Menchero | Lisa Sauerwein | 2 |
| Robert Fabian x 2 - Fabian of the Yard and anr. | Fran Deacon | 1 |
| William J Fabian USS KINGBIRD MSC NORFOLK VA 1960 |
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| FABIAN Robert H Jr 1925-1975 |
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| Carl Fabian - Buffalo, NY | Larry Messer | 3 |
| Hungarian Fabian's | Bonnie Brooks | 42 |
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