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All the family names on the Family Name Table are given in masculine form. To feminize these family names, convert using the following chart.
| Convert These Endings | To This | As Shown in These Examples |
| -es, -is, -on, and -os | -ina | Kourtikes - Kourtikina, Laskaris - Laskarina, Balsamon - Balsomina, Angelos - Angelina, |
| -nos | -ne | Komnenos - Komnene |
| -tes | -tissa | Akropolites - Akropolitissa |
| -as | drop s and add -ina | Doukas - Doukaina |
There are, of course, exceptions to these general rules. Those of which
I am aware include Agallon to Agallonissa, Petraliphas to Petraliphina,
and the co-opted Frankish name Raoul to Raoulaina. Bryennios, with the
unusual -ios ending, is feminized to Bryennissa.
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