Surnames usually originated from one of the five following sources: (although the same surname may have multiple meanings from different sources in different places). 1  From the first name of father used with either a suffix or prefix (which differ from country to country) to identify the person as son of. 2  Examples:he use of a surname was originally adopted in order to distinguish two individuals with the same first name, and, at first, these last names were not passed down to the next generation. In Europe, the first surnames were first used about eight hundred years ago.
0. The name Australia is derived from the Latin australis, meaning southern. Legends of an âunknown southern landâ (terra australis incognita) date back to the Roman times and were commonplace in medival geography, but they were not based on any actual knowledge of the continent.he name âAustraliaâ was popularised by the 1814 work A Voyage to Terra Australis by the navigator Matthew Flinders. Despite its title, which reflected the view of the Admiralty, Flinders used the word âAustraliaâ in the book, which was widely read and gave the term general currency.
Asia /asia/ [1 syll.] as a girls' name is pronounced AY-zhah. It is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Asia is sunrise. May also derive from Assyrian asu meaning east. Modern name, usually used in reference to the continent. Also sometimes used as a short form of a name ending with-ia, such as Aspasia.