Written by: Lithuanian Roots Editorial Team
Posted on: October 19, 2026
Lithuanian Surnames Abroad and Modern Name Spelling Rules
A Lithuanian name does two journeys. The first is the emigrant’s, from a village register to a ship, a census page and a parish book in a new country. The second is the descendant’s, back from an American or Australian spelling to a document that…
Written by: Lithuanian Roots Editorial Team
Posted on: October 19, 2026
Lithuanian Surname Spellings: Polish, Russian and German Forms
The surname you have been searching for may not exist in the records. Not because your ancestors were not there, but because the clerk who wrote them down spoke Polish, Russian or German and wrote what he understood. Lithuanian surname spelling in old records is…
Written by: Lithuanian Roots Editorial Team
Posted on: October 19, 2026
Lithuanian Given Names in Latin, Polish and Russian Records
Your great-grandfather was called Jonas at home. In the baptism book he may be Joannes, Jan or Янъ, depending on the year and the priest. Lithuanian given names change faces from record to record, and unlike surnames, they change in a fairly predictable way. This…
Written by: Lithuanian Roots Editorial Team
Posted on: October 19, 2026
Men’s and Women’s Lithuanian Surnames: How to Find the Family Name
Open a Lithuanian baptism or marriage record and you may find a mother, a father and a daughter who appear to share no surname at all. They do share one. The family name has three forms, and a woman’s form changes with her life. Reading…
Written by: Lithuanian Roots Editorial Team
Posted on: October 19, 2026
Lithuanian Surnames: Endings, Origins and What They Tell You
A Lithuanian surname is not a single fixed label the way an English one is. The same family can appear as Antanaitis in one record and Antanavičius in another, a mother can carry a different ending from her sons, and a clerk’s language can rewrite…