Berisha
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Berisha (plural Berishas)
- A surname.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Berisha is the 22158th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1166 individuals. Berisha is most common among White (97.34%) individuals.
Anagrams[edit]
Albanian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (archaic, obsolete) Berisa, Berissa, Berisina, Berisna, Berrisina, Berrissina, Brissina
- (archaic, obsolete, 14th century) Berishin, Berishtar, Berishofc, Berishtani, Berishane, Berich
- (re-albanized) Berishiç, Berishiq
Etymology[edit]
First historical record of Berisha was found in the archives of the Republic of Ragusa in 1242, attested as Berissa.[1] Attested as Berisa in 1691.[2]
Derived from the name of the Gheg (northern albanian) Berisha tribe and historical tribal reigion. According to Robert Elsie the ancestral father of the Berisha lived around the year 1300.[3]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Berisha m (definite Berisha)
- Historical Gheg/northern albanian tribal name.
- Name of a historical Gheg tribal region; attested as Berixasthorum in 1467 (in a signed contract with the Republic of Venice). Located in the Pukë district in northern Albania; south of the Drin, west of Fierza.[4]
- (patronym) a male surname
- definite nominative singular of Berishë
Derived terms[edit]
- (surname, patronym) Berishaj
Descendants[edit]
- Latin: Berrisius, Berixasthorum
- Serbo-Croatian: Berišić (re-albanized as Berishiç, Berishiq)
References[edit]
- ^ Edith Durham (1928) Some tribal origins, laws and customs of the Balkans, pages 30, 52
- ^ Robert Elsie (2010) Historical Dictionary of Albania, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 48
- ^ Robert Elsie (2015) The Tribes of Albania: History, Society and Culture, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 6
- ^ Robert Elsie (2015) The Tribes of Albania: History, Society and Culture, I.B.Tauris, →ISBN, page 183