surnameVariant

P16885
predicate

Indicates that one surname is an alternative spelling, form, or variation of another surname.

All labels observed (23)

Label Occurrences
familyNameVariant 47
surnameVariant canonical 46
isOriginalSurnameOf 15

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: surnameVariant
Generated description
Indicates that one surname is an alternative spelling, form, or variation of another surname.

Sample triples (157)

Subject Object
Delano family de Lannoy
Delano family Delano
Overholt family Oberholtzer
Chalhoub Omar Sharif via predicate surface "isOriginalSurnameOf"
Montagu family Montague via predicate surface "familyNameVariant"
Montagu family Montacute via predicate surface "familyNameVariant"
Bronck family The Bronx
surface form: Bronx
Bonaparte Bonaparte via predicate surface "originalSurnameForm" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Buonaparte
Muir Moore via predicate surface "variantOrRelatedSurname"
Muir Mure via predicate surface "variantOrRelatedSurname"
Muir Muirhead via predicate surface "variantOrRelatedSurname"
Philippe de Lannoy Delano
Philippe de Lannoy De La Noye
Clan MacNeil Mac Néill via predicate surface "surnameForm"
Rothkowitz Mark Rothko via predicate surface "isOriginalSurnameOf"
House of Churchill Spencer-Churchill via predicate surface "familyNameVariant"
Henri Nestlé Nestlé via predicate surface "originalSurnameSpelling"
Clan Graham Graeme
Clan Graham Græme
Abraham Rycken Riker via predicate surface "familyNameVariant"
Beloselsky-Belozersky family Belosselsky-Belozersky via predicate surface "relatedFamilyNameVariant"
Gim Man-il Kim via predicate surface "familyNameVariant"
Kwan Guan via predicate surface "isVariantOfSurname"
Kwan Kwan via predicate surface "isVariantOfSurname" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Gwan
Kwan Kwan via predicate surface "isVariantOfSurname" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kuan
Wellesley family Wesley via predicate surface "hasVariantSurname"
Baron Castletown (Fitzpatrick family) Fitzpatrick (surname) via predicate surface "linkedFamilyNameVariant"
surface form: Fitzpatrick
Baron Castletown (Fitzpatrick family) Mac Giolla Phádraig via predicate surface "linkedFamilyNameVariant"
Custis
surface form: Custis family
Arlington House plantation
surface form: Parke Custis
Peschkowsky Mike Nichols via predicate surface "isOriginalSurnameOf"
Ng Wu via predicate surface "isVariantOfSurname"
Fritchie
surface form: Barbara Frietchie
Fritchie via predicate surface "familyNameVariant" self-linksurface differs
Heimberger Eddie Albert via predicate surface "isOriginalSurnameOf"
Clan MacRae MacRae
surface form: Macrae
Clan MacRae MacRath
Clan MacRae McRae
Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne Bowes-Lyon via predicate surface "familyNameVariant"
de Beauharnais Beauharnais family via predicate surface "familyNameVariant"
surface form: Beauharnais
House of Zúñiga Zúñiga via predicate surface "familyNameVariant"
House of Zúñiga Zuniga via predicate surface "familyNameVariant"
Barry family Barry via predicate surface "familyNameVariant"
surface form: de Barry
Barry family Barrymore via predicate surface "familyNameVariant"
George Cooke Cook via predicate surface "hasSpellingVariantOfSurname"
Kerr family Kerr via predicate surface "surnameForm"
Kerr family Ker via predicate surface "surnameForm"
Howard Clarke Clark via predicate surface "hasSpellingVariantOfSurname"
Groß
surface form: George Grosz
Groß via predicate surface "familyNameVariant" self-linksurface differs
House of Boleyn Bullen
Leutz
surface form: Emanuel Leutze
Leutz via predicate surface "alternativeSpellingOfFamilyName" self-linksurface differs
Siler family Seiler via predicate surface "hasVariantSurname"