My last name Azeri or Armenian??

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Re: My last name Azeri or Armenian??

Yeah I think it is Azeri as well although I did see that Wikipedia says the word "Ayrum" possibly comes from "Hayhurum" and if you look you will notice that an "H" is taken off at the beginning and the "hu" which seperates "Hay" from "Rum" is also taken off. And that same articles states that "Hay" means Armenian in Armenian and "Rum" means Greek in Armenian. So could this possibly mean that my last name's meaning is "Armenian and Greek" or something like that due to the presence of Byzantine Greeks in the area at that time?

Also, that same grandfather of mine that is born in Baku, his paternal grandfather was born in Astrachan, Russia. And his maternal family were Azeri Kurds. That's a bit a background info.

Yep, the Hayrum hypothesis could be true. In any case, what's important is that we've established the region that this -le toponomic suffix was stuck to to build your last name.