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Re: Bulgarian Surname Database
Posted by: Stoil Stoilov Date: October 04, 1999 at 04:11:51
In Reply to: Re: Bulgarian Surname Database by hadjiev, christina of 747

The sir name Hadjiev is used in Bulgaria and means that the father or grandfather and so on in the past have been on a pilgrimage as a christians to Ierusalim. After the return they receive a name like Ivan Hadjipenchev or some times even the whole familie was call Hadjievi to show that some of their famous parents was hadjia- a man been to pilgrimage.

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