Message: "Re: Estonian (?) surname KIVIMAGI"

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[Surname] Re: Estonian (?) surname KIVIMAGI

by Sean Foglai (guest)

12/28/2006, 6:50 PM

It certainly looks like a name formed by two words, so I looked each syllable up independently. Judging from what I found on two different sites, 'Kivi' means stone ...http://online.ectaco.co.uk/main.jsp?do=e-services-dictionaries-word_translate1&status=translate&lang1=45&lang2=en&source_id=5590188
And 'Magi' means mountain ...http://www.esis.ee/ist2000/einst/culture/people.htm (you'll need to search down a bit on this page)/

- Jim Young (guest)

12/29/2006, 2:33 AM

I second that. Magi on its own ("mountain") is a very commoon Estonian name. I believe there's an umlaut over the A.

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