Author Topic: What does your Surname mean?  (Read 1941 times)

Meaning: Fire and "son of Hugh"
Region of origin: Ireland, Wales
Hell yeah.

Mine comes from a Spanish word that means "frying pan". No joke.
Surname: Speck

German for bacon.

THANK YOU ANCESTORS
cook me



so what does davis mean?

so what does davis mean?
"The Son of David". I guess there was a David in your family tree.

so there's nothing special about my surname? :(

Because I am a superhero cthulu.


(Origin Scottish Locality). A burn, in Scotland, is a small stream, the same as Bourne. Biorn, in the Danish and Swedish, signifies a bear, figuratively, a ferocious, valiant man.
Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import; Arthur, William, M.A.; New York, NY: Sheldon, Blake, Bleeker & CO., 1857.

My name isn't even Irish yet I'm 50%.

Madness.


My surname is Cramer...
Which apparently means Grocer.
Good Job ancestors -_-
This, but spelled "Kraemer"


The forgeted thing is my name is C. Kraemer, and I was called Cosmo a lot as a kid

I have one of the most common last names, with an almost certainly Unique first name.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_(surname)
Interestingly enough I'm black and my last name is smith
Must be a blacksmith!