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{{breadcrumb | link1=[[Samoa Genealogy|Samoa]] | link2= | link3= | link4= | link5=[[Samoa Naming Customs|Naming Customs]] }} {| |- |style="width:100px"| [[File:Dark_thin_font_green_pin_Version_4.png|75px]] | '''Understanding customs used in surnames and given names can help you identify your ancestors in records. Learn to recognize name variations and see clues in names.''' |} ==Online Resources== *[https://kidadl.com/articles/samoan-last-names-with-meanings-and-history '''The 100 Samoan Last Names With Meanings And History'''] *[https://www.momjunction.com/articles/pacific-islander-baby-names_00400744/#PacificIslanderBabyNames1 '''Samoan Baby Names'''] *[https://forebears.io/samoa/surnames '''Most Common Last Names In Samoa'''] *[http://www.americanlastnames.us/last-names/Samoan/A/A-0.html '''Samoan Last Names'''] *[https://www.worldlastnames.com/samoan-last-names/ '''Best Samoan Last Names and Meanings'''] *[https://www.familysearch.org/en/surname '''FamilySearch's surname experience'''] - enter your last name to find its meaning and origin ==Given Names== The meaning of a given name is important when naming a child in the Samoan community: :personal traits: Malosi (strong), Umi (tall), Vave (fast), Faiaivale (foolish) :religious: Toefuata’igaoletalalelei (restoration of the Gospel) :events: Dodiana (this name was created to commemorate Dodi Fayed and Princess Diana's death) :objects: Tala (dollar) :animals: Maile (dog) :descriptive: Leilani (heavenly flower) :traditional: Pua’a’elo (this was the name of a Samoan high chief)<ref>"Samoan culture", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoan_culture#Names, accessed 8 March 2021.</ref> ==Naming Customs== Samoan names are often part of the Matai title system. Here are several resources: *[https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Samoa_Nobility Nobility] - This is a FamilySearch Wiki article on nobility and how that factors into people's Matai names *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fa%27amatai#Naming_convention Naming Conventions in Samoa] -- Wikipedia section of Fa'amatai (the chiefly system of Samoa) *[https://www.ancestry.com/boards/localities.oceania.samoa.general/1320.2/mb.ashx Trying to Understand Matai Titles/Surnames] -- a message board article at Ancestry.com *[https://www.citypopulation.de/AmSamoa.html Names of villages in American Samoa] -- some of these village names may be used in the Matai titles *[http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-TuvAcco-t1-body1-d26.html An account of Samoan History up to 1918] -- contains a lot of matai title name history ==References== <references/> [[Category:Germany]] [[Category:Naming Customs]]