surname letters

[HelenZW]

My father never spoke of his family (kinda like "poof" there he is, giggle, giggle). He came to Canada in 1948 and since they didn't know how to spell Petro Chi-boo-la-yuk (how i thought it's pronounced in english letters) they gave him Peter Zybulak
to my post someone answered with this, Zybulak looks normal , but that Chi –boo-la-yuk could be Zybuliuk as well .It will be absolutely clear if you know Ukrainian ( Ц И Б У Л Я К - Ц И Б У Л Ю К ) .

Helen

[bm-21Lemko]

Ц И Б У Л Я К - Ц И Б У Л Ю К

That is tsibulyak and tsibulyuk not Chi –boo-la-yuk=чибуляк

[fedorowich]

Well my grandfathers mother and father's names were Mary and John. That meaning of "from father" is quite interesting, for I had no idea. I am going to ask what their parents names were to see if it may have come from someone earlier. Question, does anybody really trust those family tree sites? They all cost money and I'm wondering if anybody has had any luck?

[Lvivske]

crafty poles, replacing V's with W's and Y's with J's just to throw everyone off

[Serhii]

Fedorovich is an interesting example, not easy one. Hannia gave it’s the only correct spelling in Ukrainian.

The problem is that it can be both surname and patronymic ones. In Ukraine it is very common patronymic name – you can hear it at every corner. But it can be the surname as well – not common but very nice and historical one.

The surname and patronymic have no differences in spelling. We pronounce them differently ( with different stresses). Patronymics – on the first syllable , surname – last but one.

[HelenZW]

Quote:
Ц И Б У Л Я К - Ц И Б У Л Ю К That is tsibulyak and tsibulyuk not Chi –boo-la-yuk=чибуляк

i stand corrected, thanks kindly, yes "Tsi" it is, been so long since i had to use it, i married a "watkin", thru him out but kept the name (giggle, giggle)

[Tempo]

Got a question. Suppose there were a dozen or more families in the same village with the name Fedorovych. How would they distinguish each family name when they addressed each other? This might sound a bit odd, but on the Slovak side of my family, the villagers with the same name did exactly what I described. Just curious