Last name origin & meaning: From the Biblical Hebrew personal name meaning ‘given by God’.
This was borne by a minor prophet in the Bible (2 Samuel 7: 2). It is
found as both a Jewish and Gentile surname in Europe. In South India
it is used as a given name among Christians, and in the U.S. it has
come to be used as a family name among South Indian Christians. This name appears in the following lists:
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