#Balkan origin
- Arvinte — A Romanian surname or archaic masculine given name, derived through phonetic evolution from the Greek name 'Arvanitis', originally used as an ethnonym to designate a person of Albanian origin or a mercenary from the Balkan regions. Within the onomastic structure of Moldavia and Wallachia, the term stabilized over centuries as an independent proper name, being also associated in popular culture with humorous folklore characters, such as 'Arvinte and the goatee', symbolizing a stubborn or short-sighted person.