# Names question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-question/178424>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 30, 2003, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-question/178424 "2003-05-30T01:46:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-question/178424/1 "2003-05-30T01:46:18Z")

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I’ve recently encountered three brothers who have what my associates seem to think is a German last name, but none of us have ever encountered their first names before: Khib, Karras and Greigh (pronounced grey). Anybody know the cultural origin of these names?

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**Author:** ![Apollon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47774/32.png) [@Apollon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollon)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-question/178424/2 "2003-05-30T01:54:08Z")

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None of them sound German to me.  
Khib could be Arab, Jewish or even Russian though, while Karras strikes me as Greek.  
Greigh sounds Anglo-saxon in my non-English ears.

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**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-question/178424/3 "2003-05-30T02:01:06Z")

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We thought Greek possibly for Karras.