Lithuanian Ancestry help? Surnames, etc

Gibas wrote:

.. I was wondering if anyone could give me any information on the last name Gibas. If you can, thank you!

janet harris wrote:

Hi again! Are crisavage or krisavage (or is it krisavicius) or Maskelis lithuanian names? My father was lithuanian and I am trying to learn about my lithuanian background. Thank you.

clz wrote:

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I am not 100 percent sure about Krisavicius... or the link between Crisavage/Krisavage and Krisavicius. But it sounds plausible.
All the following are indeed Lithuanian surnames:
Krisevicius (correct spelling Krisevi&#269;ius)
Krizevicius (Krizevi&#269;ius)
Kryzevicius (Kryževi&#269;ius)
Kryzavicius (Kryžavi&#269;ius)
Maskelis
Maskelis may not be exactly of ethnic,'pure' Lithuanian origin but I cannot really say. Anyway, it has typical Lithuanian ending.

LithuanianFamily wrote:

My great great grandfather William Myers (who changed his surname when he came to the U.S., no idea about the original surname) came to America. He met Ursule Zigmanus (Zigmanus is a variant of Zigmantaviczius) on the ship heading to America. I was wondering what Zigmantaviczius meant in Lithuanian. How would I go about researching my Lithuanian ancestry? By the way, my family thinks the surname William Myers changed into Myers was something like Mahores, any surname you would know of that sounds like Mahores? Also, it is likely William changed his first name, do you have a version of William in Lithuania?
Thank you in advance!

Gytaz wrote:

Damn it, bold down't work...
It's Jonas Jareckas.

Kris wrote:

Sveiks Karilai,
Greetings Karilas (when addressing a male by name the ending changes, in your case,-as becomes -ai,
but that's another lesson).
Yes, you are fairly correct in your pronunciation, though I don't think the "t" in the third syllable is necessary:
Rim-dzev-i-chus
Simply rrrroll the "r" and remember the "e" in "dzev" sounds like "a" in "bad," and NOT "e" in "bed."
With so many Lithuanians in England these days (well London anyway) you should be able to find someone to practice with :).
Kris
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Milkus wrote:

I'm from Odessa (Ukraine). What is my surname Milkus mean ? Is it Lithuanian ?

Milkus wrote:

I'm from Odessa (Ukraine). What is my surname Milkus mean ? Is it Lithuanian ?

Brodovich surname wrote:

does anybody knows the origin of this surname, sometimes is spelled Brodovicz, Brodovitz, Brodowich?? tks

Jimmy wrote:

how would you spell the Russian equivalent name Sergey in Lithuanian

Pam S wrote:

Hello. I am searching for a family history in Lithuania. I have gotten stuck at my great grandmother. Her maiden name is (i believe) Sarafronas or Sarapenas. My grandmothers birth certificate is decaying and the copies were hand written and still illegible. I am told my great grandparents were both from lithuania but I am unable to find either of the names I listed in the surname database. I also tried Polish, Russia and Slavic surname databases with no results. Can anyone point me in the correct direction or maybe does anyone know the origin of the above surnames?