Romanian last names are among the most historically layered surnames in Europe. They draw from ancient Dacian roots, Roman Latin colonization, Slavic neighbors, Ottoman-era borrowings, and the Orthodox Christian tradition that shaped Romanian identity for centuries. If you are researching your ancestry, building a fictional character with Romanian heritage, or simply fascinated by the culture, these names carry the weight of real history.<\/p>\n
The naming patterns in Romania are distinctive: occupational names, nature names, patronymics ending in -escu<\/strong> or -eanu<\/strong>and place-based names that tie families to specific regions. Vlad the Impaler, the historical figure behind Dracula, lived in the 15th century, and many of the surnames below were already in use in that era. That context alone makes Romanian last names extraordinary.<\/p>\n The suffix -escu<\/strong> is the defining marker of Romanian surnames. It functions like the Latin -escu<\/em> meaning “of” or “belonging to,” and it attaches to a father’s name or an ancestor’s name to create a family name. These surnames are immediately recognizable as Romanian anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Derived from Ion<\/em>the Romanian form of John (from Hebrew Yohanan<\/em>meaning “God is gracious”). Ionescu essentially means “son of Ion” and is one of the most common Romanian last names in existence. Playwright Eugene Ionesco, the absurdist theater giant, carried a variant spelling of this name.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From pop<\/em> or pop\u0103<\/em>meaning “priest,” this surname means “son of the priest” and signals an ancestor who was a clergyman in the Orthodox tradition. It is one of the top surnames in Romania and appears throughout historical records from the medieval period onward.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Derived from Gheorghe<\/em>the Romanian form of George, itself from Greek Georgios<\/em> meaning “farmer” or “earth-worker.” A solidly classical Romanian surname carried by politicians, academics, and artists across several centuries.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From Dumitru<\/em>the Romanian form of Demetrius, rooted in Greek Demeter<\/em>the goddess of grain and harvest. The surname suggests descent from a man named Dumitru and has deep Orthodox resonance since Saint Demetrius is a major figure in the Eastern Church calendar.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From Petre<\/em> or Petru<\/em>the Romanian forms of Peter, from Latin and Greek Petros<\/em> meaning “rock” or “stone.” Petrescu is a classic and widespread Romanian surname, common across Wallachia and Moldavia.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Derived from Marin<\/em>which traces to Latin marinus<\/em> meaning “of the sea.” Marinescu is particularly common in southern Romania, near the Black Sea coast, where the maritime association felt natural.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From Flore<\/em> or Florea<\/em>rooted in Latin flos\/floris<\/em> meaning “flower.” Florescu is an elegant surname that connects directly to Romania’s Latin heritage. It was also the name of a notable Romanian noble family active during the Dracula era.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From Andrei<\/em>the Romanian form of Andrew, from Greek Andreas<\/em> meaning “manly” or “strong.” A solid patronymic surname with both Greek and Christian apostolic roots.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Derived from Mane<\/em> or Manu<\/em>a diminutive form of Emanuel (from Hebrew, meaning “God is with us”). Manescu is less common than Ionescu or Popescu but well-documented in Romanian records.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From Niculae<\/em> or Nicolae<\/em>the Romanian form of Nicholas, from Greek Nikolaos<\/em> meaning “victory of the people.” A prominent Romanian surname associated with several historical figures.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Derived from Costea<\/em> or Costin<\/em>itself a Romanian diminutive of Constantin, the Latin name meaning “steadfast” or “constant.” A surname that echoes the enormous influence of Constantine the Great on Romanian Christian culture.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From Radu<\/em>a traditional Romanian masculine name of Slavic origin meaning “glad” or “happy.” Radulescu is a historically significant surname; members of the Radulescu family appear in Wallachian court records from the 15th and 16th centuries.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The suffix -eanu<\/strong> (sometimes written -anu<\/strong>) typically indicates geographic origin, meaning “one from” a particular place or region. These Romanian last names are effectively ancestral address markers, telling you where a family line came from.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Means “one from Moldavia,” the northeastern historical principality of Romania. Moldoveanu is also the name of the highest peak in the Carpathian Mountains, making it a name with both geographic and national resonance.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From Ardeal<\/em>the Romanian name for Transylvania. A surname marking Transylvanian origin, which connects directly to the region associated with vampire folklore and the historical Vlad Dracula.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From Oltenia<\/em>a historical region in southwestern Romania along the Olt River. The Olt River name itself may derive from ancient Dacian or Thracian roots, making this surname one with genuinely pre-Roman echoes.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From Vrancea<\/em>a region in eastern Romania known for seismic activity and deep forest landscapes. A distinctive surname tied to a very specific corner of Romanian geography.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From Muntenia<\/em>the historical region that includes Wallachia, the principality ruled by Vlad the Impaler. The root is munte<\/em>meaning “mountain,” from Latin mons<\/em>. A surname that literally places a family in the heartland of Dracula’s Romania.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From Bucovina<\/em>a region historically shared between Romania and Ukraine, famous for its painted Orthodox monasteries. The name comes from the Slavic word for “beech forest,” and the surname marks descent from that culturally rich border region.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From Dobrogea<\/em>the coastal region between the Danube and the Black Sea. This area was among the first parts of modern Romania to be Romanized under the Roman Empire, giving Dobrogeanu ancient Latin-era associations.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Romania’s geography is dramatic: Carpathian peaks, the Danube Delta, dense forests, and open plains. It is no surprise that nature vocabulary fed directly into Romanian last names, producing surnames that feel grounded and earthy.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From p\u0103dure<\/em>meaning “forest,” with the -eanu<\/em> suffix meaning “one from the forest.” A surname that evokes the deep Carpathian woodland that defined medieval Romanian life and remains central to Romanian identity.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From c\u00e2mp<\/em>meaning “field” or “plain,” from Latin campus<\/em>. C\u00e2mpeanu marks ancestry from the open plains of Wallachia or Moldavia, in contrast to mountain surnames.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From deal<\/em>meaning “hill,” from Latin de<\/em> + vallum<\/em>. A topographic surname for families who lived on or near a hillside. Simple, direct, and genuinely old.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From Romanian lung<\/em>meaning “long” or “tall,” derived from Latin longus<\/em>. Originally a descriptive nickname for a tall ancestor, Lungu became a fixed hereditary surname across multiple Romanian regions.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A diminutive form tied to Stan<\/em>itself a short form of Stanislav (Slavic, meaning “one who achieves glory”), but also used as a standalone nature-adjacent personal name that became hereditary. Stancu is well-attested in Wallachian records.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From Romanian ro\u0219u<\/em>meaning “red,” from Latin russus<\/em>. A color-based descriptive surname, likely referring to red hair or a ruddy complexion in an ancestor. One of Romania’s classic hereditary descriptors.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From Romanian alb<\/em>meaning “white,” from Latin albus<\/em>. A color surname parallel to Rosu, probably referring to fair coloring. Albu is a clean, short surname with a direct Latin etymology.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From Romanian negru<\/em>meaning “black,” from Latin niger<\/em>. Like Albu and Rosu, Negru is a descriptive color surname. Its most famous historical echo is Radu Negru, a semi-legendary figure credited with founding Wallachia.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From Romanian voinic<\/em>meaning “brave” or “strong young man,” with Slavic roots. A surname that reads as an ancestral honor title, the kind given to warriors and soldiers in medieval Wallachian and Moldavian courts.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From Romanian brad<\/em>meaning “fir tree” or “spruce,” one of the defining trees of the Carpathians. Bradu is a tree name used as both a first name and a surname, rooted in the landscape of highland Romania.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Like surnames across Europe, many Romanian last names record what an ancestor did for a living. These occupational names are often among the oldest traceable surnames, appearing in tax records, guild documents, and court registers from the 14th century onward.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From cojoc<\/em>a type of sheepskin coat traditional to Romanian peasant culture. Cojocaru means “maker or seller of sheepskin coats,” a vital trade in the cold Carpathian winters. This is one of the most common occupational surnames in Romania.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From fier<\/em>meaning “iron,” from Latin ferrum<\/em>. Fieraru means “blacksmith” or “ironworker,” a universal occupational surname type that in Romania takes a distinctly Latin-root form.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From croi<\/em>meaning “to cut” (fabric), from which croitor<\/em> means “tailor.” Croitoru is the hereditary form, meaning “the tailor’s family.” A clean occupational surname common in urban Romanian records.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From moar\u0103<\/em>meaning “mill,” so Moraru means “miller.” The Latin root is mola<\/em>. Millers were economically important in medieval Romanian villages, and Moraru appears frequently in historical documents.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From Greek didaskalos<\/em> via Romanian dasc\u0103l<\/em>meaning “teacher” or “cantor” in an Orthodox church context. Dasc\u0103lu marks an ancestor who was either a schoolteacher or a liturgical singer, both respected village roles.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Directly from Romanian pop\u0103<\/em>meaning “Orthodox priest.” Unlike Popescu (son of a priest), Popa itself designates the priest, suggesting the surname was assigned directly to a clergyman or his household. Extremely common across all Romanian regions.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From buc\u0103tar<\/em>meaning “cook,” from a root related to the kitchen (buc\u0103t\u0103rie<\/em>). Buc\u0103taru marks an ancestor employed in a noble household or monastery kitchen, which in medieval Romania was a specialized and respected position.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From vac\u0103<\/em>meaning “cow,” so V\u0103caru means “cowherd.” An agricultural occupational surname common in the pastoral regions of Moldavia and Wallachia.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From c\u0103lug\u0103r<\/em>meaning “monk,” from Greek kalogeros<\/em> (“good elder”). C\u0103lug\u0103ru suggests an ancestor associated with a monastery, either a monk himself or a family settled near monastic land.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Dacians were the ancient people of the Carpathian region before Roman conquest in 106 AD. Their language left traces in Romanian vocabulary and, some scholars argue, in personal names that persisted through the Roman and medieval periods. These Romanian last names have the strongest claim to pre-Latin, indigenous roots.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From the Dacian king Decebalus, whose name may mean “brave” or “powerful” in the Dacian language. Decebal is used as both a given name and a surname in Romania today, functioning as a direct national heritage marker. It is one of the few names that can genuinely be traced to the pre-Roman Dacian world.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The name of the greatest Dacian king, who unified the Dacian tribes in the 1st century BC. Burebista is occasionally used as a surname in Romania, functioning as a deliberate heritage statement. The etymology is uncertain but Dacian in origin.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From Zamolxis<\/em>the supreme deity of the Dacians. Used as a surname by Romanian families seeking to honor pre-Christian, pre-Roman Dacian spiritual identity. Rare, but real and documented in modern Romanian records.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Possibly connected to the ancient Dacian settlement name Brebi<\/em> and the Romanian word breb<\/em>meaning “beaver,” which itself may be of Dacian origin. Brebanu is a regional surname from the Carpathian foothills.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From cotoaf\u0103<\/em> or co\u021bofan<\/em>meaning “magpie,” a word whose exact origin is debated but is considered by some linguists to be a Dacian substrate word. Cotofan is a genuine Romanian surname with possible pre-Latin roots.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The 15th century, the era of Vlad III Dracula, produced a documented layer of Romanian surname history. These names appear in Wallachian and Transylvanian chronicles, land deeds, and correspondence from that period. They are not merely old-sounding; they are genuinely attested in the historical record around that time.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From drac<\/em>meaning “dragon” or “devil,” via the Order of the Dragon (Ordinul Dragonului<\/em>) to which Vlad II belonged, earning the epithet Dracul<\/em>. His son Vlad III was called Dracula<\/em>meaning “son of Dracul.” Used as a surname in Romanian records and internationally recognized as the most famous Romanian surname in history.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The dynastic surname of the ruling house of Wallachia from the 14th century. Basarab is possibly of Cuman or Turkic origin, meaning “lord” or “ruler,” absorbed into Romanian noble nomenclature. Vlad Dracula was of the Basarab line. Still used as a surname in Romania today.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The surname of Iancu de Hunedoara (John Hunyadi), the great Transylvanian military commander and regent of Hungary who was both rival and ally to the Wallachian princes. Of Hungarian origin, Hunyadi is nonetheless deeply woven into Romanian medieval history and used as a surname in Romania.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Latin surname of Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary, who imprisoned Vlad Dracula for over a decade. Corvinus<\/em> means “of the raven,” from Latin corvus<\/em>. Used as a Romanian surname by families claiming connection to the Corvinus legacy.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The ruling dynasty of medieval Moldavia. Musat (also spelled Musatin) was the name of the family that produced several of Moldavia’s greatest rulers in the 14th and 15th centuries, including Stephen the Great. A genuine medieval Romanian dynastic surname.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From Vlad<\/em>the Slavic name meaning “ruler” or “prince,” with the -escu<\/em> patronymic suffix. Vladescu means “son of Vlad” and connects directly to the era when Vlad was a common Wallachian princely name. Historically attested and still in use.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A Romanian form derived from Daniel<\/em> (Hebrew, “God is my judge”), used as both a given name and a hereditary surname in Moldavian records from the 15th century onward. D\u0103nil\u0103 appears in chronicles from Stephen the Great’s court.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From Slavic bogdan<\/em>meaning “given by God.” Bogdan was a name of multiple Moldavian princes, and it became a hereditary surname across both Moldavia and Wallachia. A name sitting right at the intersection of Slavic influence and Romanian dynastic history.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From a Slavic root related to “peace” or “world.” Mircea the Elder was the grandfather of Vlad Dracula and one of Wallachia’s greatest rulers. Mircea is used as both a given name and a surname in Romania, carrying explicit Wallachian royal lineage associations.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From Br\u00e2ncoveni<\/em>a place name in Oltenia. Constantin Br\u00e2ncoveanu was the Prince of Wallachia from 1688 to 1714, executed by the Ottomans for refusing to convert to Islam. His surname became one of Romania’s most revered, associated with both martyrdom and cultural patronage.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Romania shares long borders with Slavic nations, and centuries of cultural exchange left Slavic vocabulary embedded in Romanian. Many Romanian last names have Slavic etymological roots even though they are entirely Romanian in character and usage.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A short form of Slavic Stanislav<\/em>meaning “one who achieves glory.” Stan is used as both a first name and a standalone hereditary surname across Romania, particularly in Wallachia. Brief, strong, and historically well-documented.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From Slavic dobr<\/em>meaning “good.” Dobre is a simple, positive-meaning surname that became widespread in Romanian-speaking regions influenced by South Slavic languages. Common in Oltenia and Muntenia.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From a South Slavic root related to stojko<\/em>a diminutive meaning something like “steadfast one.” Stoica is a well-established Romanian surname with medieval attestations in Wallachian records, used by both noble families and commoners.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A Romanian name of Slavic origin, possibly related to a root meaning “wind” or derived from a personal name. Vintil\u0103 was used as a given name by Wallachian princes and became a hereditary surname. It appears in 15th-century court documents.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From a Slavic-influenced Romanian personal name related to negru<\/em> (black) or to the Slavic name Neagoe<\/em>. Neagu is attested as both a given name and surname in medieval Wallachian records, including those from the Dracula era.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From Slavic drago<\/em> (dear, precious) and mir<\/em> (peace, world). A compound Slavic name that became thoroughly Romanian in use. Dragomir appears in chronicles of both Wallachia and Moldavia from the 14th century onward.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A Romanian form of a Slavic name, possibly related to vojin<\/em> meaning “warrior.” Voicu is attested as the name of Iancu de Hunedoara’s father, giving it direct 15th-century historical grounding. Used as both a given name and surname.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From Slavic roots meaning “glad” or “joyful.” Radu was an extremely common Wallachian princely name (several princes bore it, including Radu the Handsome, Vlad Dracula’s own brother) and it functions as a hereditary surname across Romania today.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For roughly four centuries, the Romanian principalities paid tribute to the Ottoman Empire. That relationship left traces in Romanian vocabulary, culture, and some surnames, particularly in Wallachia and Moldavia where Ottoman administrative influence was strongest.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From turc<\/em>meaning “Turk,” with the patronymic -escu<\/em> suffix. Turcescu likely designated a family with Ottoman Turkish ancestry or long contact with Turkish-speaking communities. A historically honest marker of the Ottoman era.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From t\u0103tar<\/em>meaning “Tatar,” referring to Tatar-speaking peoples from the steppes north of the Black Sea who frequently raided and interacted with the Romanian principalities. An ethnically descriptive surname that documents the turbulent medieval borderland.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From grec<\/em>meaning “Greek,” with the -escu<\/em> suffix. Greek merchants, clergy, and Phanariot nobles were enormously influential in Romanian principalities, particularly from the 17th century. Grecescu marks families of Greek origin or Greek-speaking heritage.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From s\u00e2rb<\/em>meaning “Serb.” A large Serbian refugee population settled in Wallachia and Oltenia during the 15th century, fleeing Ottoman expansion after the fall of Serbia. S\u00e2rbu is a historically grounded ethnic marker from that migration wave.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you are building a fictional Romanian character, the suffix is your most powerful tool. An -escu<\/strong> ending reads as Wallachian or pan-Romanian. an -eanu<\/strong> ending places the character in a specific region. A single-word nature or color surname like Rosu or Albu feels older and more peasant-rooted. A dynastic name like Basarab or Brancoveanu signals nobility.<\/p>\n For genealogical research, Romanian last names became hereditary relatively late compared to Western Europe. Many families only adopted fixed surnames in the 18th and 19th centuries under Austro-Hungarian pressure in Transylvania or under Phanariote administrative reforms in Wallachia and Moldavia. So if your ancestor came from a Romanian village, their surname might be only six or seven generations old.<\/p>\n Spelling is another practical consideration. Romanian uses several characters with diacritics: the cedilla-s (\u0219<\/em>), the cedilla-t (\u021b<\/em>), the breve-a (\u0103<\/em>), and the circumflex-a and circumflex-i (\u00e2<\/em>\u00ee<\/em>). Immigration records often stripped these, so D\u0103nil\u0103 became Danila, V\u0103caru became Vacaru, and so on. If you are tracing family history, search both the diacritic and non-diacritic versions.<\/p>\n Finally, regional distribution matters. If your family came from Transylvania, expect Hungarian-influenced spellings and surname patterns alongside Romanian ones. Moldavian surnames often show heavier Slavic influence. Wallachian surnames, the ones most directly tied to the Dracula era, tend toward the classic -escu<\/em> form and the Slavic-Romanian personal name base that characterized the medieval princely culture of that region.<\/p>\n Romanian last names are not just identifiers. They are compressed histories: of Roman colonization, Dacian survival, Slavic migration, Orthodox faith, Ottoman pressure, and the fierce local identity that kept Romanian culture intact through all of it. Whatever your reason for exploring them, you are reading centuries of survival in a few syllables.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Romanian last names are among the most historically layered surnames in Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"lfe_reviewer":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,168],"class_list":["post-475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-baby-name-lists","tag-baby-name-lists","tag-romanian-last-names"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ponly.com\/names\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ponly.com\/names\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ponly.com\/names\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ponly.com\/names\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ponly.com\/names\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=475"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ponly.com\/names\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":476,"href":"https:\/\/ponly.com\/names\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475\/revisions\/476"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ponly.com\/names\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ponly.com\/names\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ponly.com\/names\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ponly.com\/names\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}The -escu Surnames: Romania’s Most Iconic Patronymic Form<\/h2>\n
Ionescu<\/h3>\n
Popescu<\/h3>\n
Georgescu<\/h3>\n
Dumitrescu<\/h3>\n
Petrescu<\/h3>\n
Marinescu<\/h3>\n
Florescu<\/h3>\n
Andreescu<\/h3>\n
Manescu<\/h3>\n
Niculescu<\/h3>\n
Costescu<\/h3>\n
Radulescu<\/h3>\n
The -eanu Surnames: Regional Identity and Belonging<\/h2>\n
Moldoveanu<\/h3>\n
Ardeanu<\/h3>\n
Olteanu<\/h3>\n
Vranceanu<\/h3>\n
Munteneau<\/h3>\n
Bucovinean<\/h3>\n
Dobrogeanu<\/h3>\n
Nature and Landscape Surnames<\/h2>\n
P\u0103dureanu<\/h3>\n
C\u00e2mpeanu<\/h3>\n
Dealul<\/h3>\n
Lungu<\/h3>\n
Stancu<\/h3>\n
Rosu<\/h3>\n
Albu<\/h3>\n
Negru<\/h3>\n
Voinea<\/h3>\n
Bradu<\/h3>\n
Occupational Surnames<\/h2>\n
Cojocaru<\/h3>\n
Fieraru<\/h3>\n
Croitoru<\/h3>\n
Moraru<\/h3>\n
Dasc\u0103lu<\/h3>\n
Popa<\/h3>\n
Buc\u0103taru<\/h3>\n
V\u0103caru<\/h3>\n
C\u0103lug\u0103ru<\/h3>\n
Dacian and Pre-Roman Root Surnames<\/h2>\n
Decebal<\/h3>\n
Burebista<\/h3>\n
Zamolxe<\/h3>\n
Brebanu<\/h3>\n
Cotofan<\/h3>\n
Surnames From the Dracula Era: Medieval Wallachia and Transylvania<\/h2>\n
Dracula<\/h3>\n
Basarab<\/h3>\n
Hunyadi<\/h3>\n
Corvinus<\/h3>\n
Musat<\/h3>\n
Vladescu<\/h3>\n
D\u0103nil\u0103<\/h3>\n
Bogdan<\/h3>\n
Mircea<\/h3>\n
Brancoveanu<\/h3>\n
Slavic-Influenced Romanian Surnames<\/h2>\n
Stan<\/h3>\n
Dobre<\/h3>\n
Stoica<\/h3>\n
Vintil\u0103<\/h3>\n
Neagu<\/h3>\n
Dragomir<\/h3>\n
Voicu<\/h3>\n
Radu<\/h3>\n
Surnames From Ottoman-Era Contact<\/h2>\n
Turcescu<\/h3>\n
T\u0103taru<\/h3>\n
Grecescu<\/h3>\n
S\u00e2rbu<\/h3>\n
How to Choose a Romanian Last Name for Characters or Research<\/h2>\n