Origin of Heinz Guderian's last name
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Origin of Heinz Guderian's last name
My dad's been telling me that Heinz Guderian's last name sounds Armenian given that Armenian first names end with -ian. Therefore, I wanted to ask if Guderian's last name is Armenian in origin or not?
Re: Origin of Heinz Guderian's last name
Not at all.is Armenian in origin or not?
It's derived from German: guter Jan (good John).
Re: Origin of Heinz Guderian's last name
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GuderianGuderian is a German surname. Other spellings are Guderjahn and Guderjan. It is present in Greater Poland and Mazovia in the 19th century.