Re: INFO: Ranick and Vujnovic

Here the 2 listings closest to Gomirje of 40 listings from Primorje-Gorski Kotar county from Croatia online phone books

01.RANIC BOGDAN Musulini, Ranici 41 (+385) 51 878 229
39.RANIC RADE Musulini, Ranici 37A (+385) 51 878 297

And 581 listings in that same county there are 4 VUJNOVIC listings for Gomirje.

01.VUJNOVIC DUSAN Gomirje, Jove Mamule 33 (+385) 51 878 352
02.VUJNOVIC JOVAN Gomirje, Djurici 7 (+385) 51 878 130
03.VUJNOVIC JOVO Gomirje, Jove Stojanovic-Brice 5 (+385) 51 878 133
04.VUJNOVIC ZARKO Gomirje, Jove Mamule 31 (+385) 51 878 131

Yes, the IC ending in Serb and also Croat is a diminutive form thought by most to mean son of.Surname categories are of several categories, and were taken by the common folk around 1200-1400 in Croatia and surrounding regions, they are as follows:

1)Patronymic - after a male surname, exp Ivanic=son of John, Markovic=son of Marko, Franic=son of Frane, etc.

2)Matronymic - although rarer than patronymic do exist, exp Katic, son of Kata, Maric=son of Mara, Jerinic=on of Jera, Jelic=son of Jela

3)Place or geographic names, contrary to popular belief when a village or place has the same name as a family it is usually the family that took on the name of the village.When family names were taken many times it was to satisfy the edict of a government for tax and military conscription purposes.Exp would be Luketic Selo were many US Luketic(h) families are from, or Salopek Selo where many US Salopek families are fromSelo means village.

4)occupational- exp Kovac=smith, Kovacavic=son of smith, Mlinar=miller, Klobucar=hat maker, Topolovic=son of cannon maker, etc.

5)From nature, exp Vuk=wolf, Vukic=son of wolf, Javor=maple, Hren=horse raddish, Hrenic son of, Bucar=pumpkin, Sokol=Falcon, etc.

6) From physical characteristics or personality traits- exp Grub=rude, Grubic son of, Grbavac=hunchback, etc.

7)From Turkish words (most likely taken on by local non-Turkish locals during time of Turkish occupation of Croatia) Haramija=Turkish soldier, Dizdar=government official, Skendar=Turkish official in Albania, Poturica=one who converted to Islam, Bakale=shop keeper, Amidzic=son of uncle,etc.

RANIC is perhaps from the words Rano=early, Rana=wound, ranarik=surgeon.However I know of no male given name Ran, perhaps Danica does.VUJNOVIC is perhaps from the word vuna=wool.Perhaps a occupational category.

I find no surname RAHNH

Have you looked at Ellis Island online for your ancestors?You can view the original ship manifest there, which will give some detailed info.There are a couple of Dragica VUJNOVIC arr in US one going to bro. in Pittsburgh.

http://home.pacbell.net/spmorse/ellis/ellis.htmlhttp://home.pacbell.net/spmorse/ellis/ellis.html

http://www.croatia-in-english.com/rj/index.htmlhttp://www.croatia-in-english.com/rj/index.html

Robert Jerin