Here and there we have an Italian appellative, such as Quatiani or Rosetti, but in the main there is a change from the Bassarabs, the Bogdans, and the Radus, to the Ghikas, Cantacuzenes, Brancovanos, and eventually to the Mavrocordatos.
"Roumania Past and Present"
James Samuelson
"Solid St. George," was his appellative by his friends, and his enemies did not grudge him the title.
"The Disowned, Complete"
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Hence appellative words bearing any affinity with the names of the deceased are presently abolished.
"The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies"
Robert Gordon Latham