Mitrani
Mitrani is a surname which is used by Jewish people.[1] It is a combination of the Hebrew preposition mi and Trani meaning "from Trani".[2]
It was first adopted by the Italian-origin Sephardic Jews who settled in Wallachia, Romania, coming from Trani, Italy, in the 1700s.[2][3] In a 1961 study the same view is also emphasized adding that it is a well-established way for Jewish people to formulate names based on the places where their ancestors resided.[4] It has a variant, Mitrany.[3] Notable people with the surname are as follows:
- David Mitrany (1888–1975), Romanian-born British scholar and historian
- David Mitrani Arenal (born 1966), Cuban writer
- Luke Mitrani (born 1990), American snowboarder and musician
- Michel Mitrani (1930–1996), French film director and screenwriter
- Noël Mitrani (born 1969), Canadian-born French film director
- Nora Mitrani (1921–1961), Bulgarian writer
- Rachel Mitrani, birth name of Shelley Morrison (1936–2019), American actress
This page lists people with the surname Mitrani.
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References
[edit]- ^ David M. Bunis (1993). "The earliest Judezmo newspapers: Sociolinguistic reflections". Mediterranean Language Review. 6–7: 41.
- ^ a b Patrick Hanks, ed. (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. p. 1-PA599. ISBN 978-0-19-977169-1.
- ^ a b Mihai Alexandrescu (2017). "David Mitrany during the First World War. Some ambiguities in his biography". Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai - Historia. 62 (2): 50.
- ^ Max Markreich (1961). "Notes on Transformation of Place Names by European Jews". Jewish Social Studies. 23 (4): 278,280. JSTOR 4465885.