Do You Know What Your Last Name Means?

[Stephen of Borg 2]

Have you discovered what your last name means? Is it named after what one of your ancestors did? If you do know, what does it mean? You don't have to give your last name, but you can if you want.

 

If you don't know what it means, I can look it up for you fast. I'm not promising I will find it, but there's a good chance I can.

 

My last name is Pickren. I did research because I never knew what that name meant. I discovered that Pickren is an ancient English name that was the name of one of the tribes. The name Pickren translated literally means "people on the ridge of the pointed hill"

[Itchygomba69 0]

Pearsol

 

But I know the Spelling was Changed whne my Family came over from the Old country

 

Pearsall /Piersol : (and its variations) refer to a medieval English place called Per's Valley and one who lived there or nearby often became known as Pearsal

[KIMIMELA 1]

Your coat of arms with definition.

 

Hhmm. I'll keep it to myself.

Edited October 2, 2005 by xXTrekkieCaraXx

[He Who Shall Not Be Named 2]

How about Van Roy? It might also be Van Rooy for the same reason as Pearsol's.

[KIMIMELA 1]

How about Van Roy?  It might also be Van Rooy for the same reason as Pearsol's.

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It still means the same thing

[youbroughtheryouRiker 2]

Mine's German, and it mean "mountain man" which in the German culture is equivalent to our "redneck." Yeesh.

[LordOfTheBorg 1]

I do no know. If you guys want you can try to look uo Saint Germaine.

[MANVERU 0]

mine is Kirk

 

 

 

to boldy go where no man has gone before

[APW 0]

Yeah, I know what it means.

 

My family name is English in origin.

I would give the meaning, but that would kind of tell everybody what my last name is....

I'd prefer to keep some online anonymity.

[hangon 3]

Seems my name come's from..Son of ivan...viking's...hmmm that would explain my urge to Rape,Pillage and Plunder :P

Edited October 2, 2005 by hangon

[Yillara Skye 1]

My last name means hill, and is Scandinavian in origin. Though sadly the way it is pronounced gets some odd reactions from people who speak other languages :P 'Cause apparently it means something a whole lot different.

[Capt_Picard 0]

Well my last name is a type of walk, but it needs another 'g' for it to be spelled like that.

[KIMIMELA 1]

Well my last name is a type of walk, but it needs another 'g' for it to be spelled like that.

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Skippin?

[Capt_Picard 0]

No... swagger

[KIMIMELA 1]

No... swagger

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Swagger? That's a type of walk? It's a nice name. Unique.

[Capt_Picard 0]

If you type it into google with two g's you get many things and if you just have one g you will most likely find me somewhere.

[KIMIMELA 1]

Google: swagger:

 

[Capt_Picard 0]

What the???? B) :huh: B)

[Angela 1]

My last name not found.

 

My mum's was

 

Huggett

 

Origin: English

 

Spelling variations include: Huggett, Huggetts, Hugget and others.

 

First found in Yorkshire where they were seated from very early times and were granted lands by Duke William of Normandy, their liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D.

 

Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Peter Huggett settled in Philadelphia in 1737.

[sea trooper 0]

I think I'm going to vomit, Cara

 

As a first name, my family name means A steward. I don't know if it's the same thing in family name form.

[Wishfire 2]

I don't know what my last name means, though it is a very common family name.

 

My last name is Garcia. (I'm not Spanish, I got my last name from my Portuguese grandfather. Not unusual, since Spanish and Portuguese are so similar.) It's basically the same as the English name Smith, though I doubt it has the same meaning.

[Stephen of Borg 2]

here ya go

 

 

Kirk

Scottish and northern English, and Danish: from northern Middle English, Danish kirk ‘church’ (Old Norse kirkja), a topographic name for someone who lived near a church.

 

 

Garcia

Spanish (García) and Portuguese: from a medieval personal name of uncertain origin. It is normally found in medieval records in the Latin form Garsea, and may well be of pre-Roman origin, perhaps akin to Basque (h)artz ‘bear’.

 

 

Smith

English: occupational name for a worker in metal, from Middle English smith (Old English smið, probably a derivative of smitan ‘to strike, hammer’). Metal-working was one of the earliest occupations for which specialist skills were required, and its importance ensured that this term and its equivalents were perhaps the most widespread of all occupational surnames in Europe. Medieval smiths were important not only in making horseshoes, plowshares, and other domestic articles, but above all for their skill in forging swords, other weapons, and armor. This is the most frequent of all American surnames; it has also absorbed, by assimilation and translation, cognates and equivalents from many other languages (for forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988).

[Wishfire 2]

Well, thank you, but I only compared "Garcia" with "Smith" because both names are widely used in their respective cultures. Of course, "Smith" was originally used as a name to describe someone's trade. (AKA, blacksmith.)

[Stephen of Borg 2]

I know, I just thought I'd go ahead and show everyone what that name meant as well since it was brought up and I was already on the website

 

not to mention, that could be someone's name here

[Vulcan_lover 1]

My last name is Russian for son of Valdimir, plus a couple of other random things that have been added over the years as my fathers decided they hated their fathers and wanted to change their last name, but only slightly, also it was changed slightly to make it shorter when my family came over from Russia.......It was "Vladimirovichskia" when I was born.....I'm glad it was shorten!

[Madame Butterfly 0]

My last name is a nick name for a nationality.

 

Whether or not it is the reason why my family has that name, or it is something else, we have yet to discover.

[deagletime 1]

my japanese last name, as is common with 99% of all japanese last names, is a locale where apparently my family/village/tribe lived

 

"Around the bridge"

 

In case your wondering the remaining 1% had names that were royal/aristocratic last names derived from the gods or something like that

[DutchDebbie 0]

Seems my name come's from..Son of ivan...viking's...hmmm that would explain my urge to Rape,Pillage and Plunder :)  :(  :(

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:lol: :) I hope Mandy grows up to be nothing like you hun :(

 

My last name is Van de Berg....which means in english from the Mountain :( strange because we dont have any mountains in holland :(

[KIMIMELA 1]

I think I'm going to vomit, Cara :(

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I typed in Swagger in google and on a webpage the first picture I saw was...that :lol:

[MrPsychic 1]

Mine is Solomon. Origin is Jewish.

 

Meaning: From the Hebrew name Shelomoh which was derived from Hebrew shalom "peace". Solomon was a king of Israel, the son of David, renowned for his wisdom. Supposedly, the Book of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and the Song of Solomon in the Old Testament were written by him.