Tornow (family name)
Tornow is a Slavic family name .
Origin and meaning
The name Torno comes from the area near Posen and Gniezno . This was inhabited by Slavs since the 7th century . There the name Tornow or Torno was used as a place name . The name is derived from the Slavic word for thorns or bushes .
distribution
In Germany there are about 2,300 people with the name Tornow, with relative frequency mainly in the east of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and in the north of Brandenburg .
variants
In the course of history, several name derivations followed, which spread over the centuries. For example, the name occurs in the following forms in Russian-speaking countries:
- Torno (Russian торно)
- Tornow, Tornowa
- Tornovsky, Tornovskaya
- Tornai, Tarnai
- Tarnow, Tarna, Tarnaw
Name bearer
- Eugen Tornow (1834–1904), German building contractor and founder
- Ferdinand Robert-Tornow (1812–1875), German lawyer and art collector
- Georgia Tornow (* 1948), German journalist
- Johann Tornow (1610–1662), Brandenburg statesman
- Karl Tornow , pseudonym of Albert Böhme (writer) (1821–1874), German manor owner and writer
- Karl Tornow (1900–1985), German special educator under National Socialism
- Karl Robert-Tornow (1851-1892), Prussian district administrator
- Nikolaus Robert-Tornow (1886–1957), Prussian administrative lawyer and district administrator
- Paul Tornow (1848–1921), German architect, master builder in Metz
- Siegfried Tornow (* 1938), German Slavist
- Thorsten Tornow (* 1963), German writer and translator
- Walter Robert-Tornow (1852–1895), German librarian and translator
See also
literature
- Entry Tornow . In: Duden - family names.