Berisha

English

Etymology

From Albanian Berisha.

Proper noun

Berisha (plural Berishas)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Berisha is the 22158^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1166 individuals. Berisha is most common among White (97.34%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Abshier, Abshire, bareish, bearish

Albanian

Alternative forms

• (archaic, obsolete) Berisa, Berissa, Berisina, Berisna, Berrisina, Berrissina, Brissina
• (archaic, obsolete, 14th century) Berishin, Berishtar, Berishofc, Berishtani, Berishane, Berich
• (re-albanized) Berishiç, Berishiq

Etymology

First historical record of Berisha was found in the archives of the Republic of Ragusa in 1242, attested as Berissa. Attested as Berisa in 1691.

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [beɾiʃa] (Standard)
• IPA^(key): [beɹiʃa] (Gheg)

Proper noun

Berisha m (definite Berisha)

1. Historical Gheg/northern albanian tribal name.
2. 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.
3. (patronym) a male surname
4. definite nominative singular of Berishë

Derived terms

• (surname, patronym) Berishaj

Descendants

• Latin: Berrisius, Berixasthorum
• Serbo-Croatian: Berišić (re-albanized as Berishiç, Berishiq)