Message: "Greek/Turkish names"

Greek/Turkish names

by Bill Paradise (guest)

8/27/2016, 6:56 PM

In a 1916 ship's manifest my Great Grandmother's name is spelled ASSIVERISSA. Can you suggest what this is supposed to be, or mean?

- Sabertooth

8/29/2016, 12:56 AM

ASSIVERISSA...?

Not a complete answer, but her |-ISSA| ending is likely a feminine suffix related to the modern English suffix |-ESS|.

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