Ramanauskas
Ramanauskas is the masculine form of a Lithuanian family name. Its feminine forms are: Ramanauskienė (married woman or widow) and Ramanauskaitė (unmarried woman). It is a Lithuanized form of the Polish surname Romanowski. Other Slavic equivalents: Romanovsky/Romanovskiy (Russian), (Belarusian). All are toponymic surnames derived from any of locations named Romanów, Romany, or Romanowo,[1] the latter names literally meaning "belonging to Roman."
The surname may refer to:
- Adam Ramanauskas (born 1980), Australian footballer
- Adolfas Ramanauskas (1918–1957), Lithuanian anti-Soviet partisan
- (born 1970), Lithuanian entertainer
- Johnny Ramensky (1905–1972), born Jonas Ramanauskas, Scottish career criminal
See also[]
- All pages with titles containing Ramanauskas
- All pages with titles containing Ramanauskiene
- All pages with titles containing Ramanauskaite
References[]
- ^ Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, 2013
Categories:
- Surnames
- Lithuanian-language surnames
- Toponymic surnames