Surname lookup - for anyone who's bored

TrueLoveIn2008 Posted: Apr 23, 2009 03:11 PM

Surname lookup - for anyone who's bored

Meaning of your last name

I thought this was interesting, to see what your last name means and where it's from, etc.

anneandchris Posted: Apr 23, 2009 03:15 PM

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There is no meaning for either of my last names.

TrueLoveIn2008 Posted: Apr 23, 2009 03:19 PM

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I looked up my maiden name, my sister's married name, my grandmother's maiden name - none are coming up! Sorry! My new name comes up - interesting.

GinaZ Posted: Apr 23, 2009 03:22 PM

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my maiden name wasn't recognized.

GinaZ Posted: Apr 23, 2009 03:26 PM

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Posted by TrueLoveIn2008

I looked up my maiden name, my sister's married name, my grandmother's maiden name - none are coming up! Sorry! My new name comes up - interesting.

my new name comes up too. Its more common so I see why.

RadiantBride Posted: Apr 23, 2009 03:30 PM

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Both my maiden and new name came up. (But they are really popular names).

Mici n KC Posted: Apr 23, 2009 03:52 PM

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My maiden name doesn't, but in Italian it means 'you knock' lol

My mom's maiden name pops up. This is the first sentence - This ancient Scottish name has its origins in a Gaelic nickname 'Caimbeul', meaning 'wry (or crooked) mouth', from 'dam', bent or crooked, and 'beul', mouth.

My married name comes up but that wasn't the original spelling of it. Someone in DH's father's line dropped the 'e' off the end of it.

catsgirl Posted: Apr 23, 2009 04:01 PM

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my maiden name did not come up, my married name did, it is common.

futuremrsfab Posted: Apr 23, 2009 04:15 PM

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neither of my names come up- but my maiden name mean potent/powerful & my married last name means sun god(dess)

eta- the guys in our auto group call me mrs.sun goddess so thats where I got it from

Mrs. Bernabe Posted: Apr 23, 2009 04:28 PM

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Surname: Martinez
This famous name is a development of the Roman 'Martinus', a personal name derived from 'Mars', the God of war. The spelling here is Spanish, the name in England being normally Martin but also found as the Huguenot Martineau from Poitou, France. Martinez the name is recorded heraldically in Castille, Milan and Sicily. The Coat of Arms for Castille being, 'A green tree an a gold field, within a border of red with knight spurs in Gold'. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Martinez di Castille which was dated 1580, Madrid, Spain during the reign of King Philip II of Spain, 1528 - 1598 Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to 'develop' often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

MSeed Posted: Apr 23, 2009 04:33 PM

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Neither of my names came up. My maiden name means sea villager. I know that from geneology sites.

RisiLeigh Posted: Apr 23, 2009 07:57 PM

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My maiden name isn't there, but my married name is. Interesting stuff.

RockysGirl Posted: Apr 23, 2009 08:09 PM

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I'm all about the meaning of names! That's why I think it's gonna be super hard to name my children when the time comes. It can't just sound pretty, it's gotta have a good meaning to it as well.

Thanks for this link, I never even considered the meaning of a lastname, but that's pretty interesting too!

jtgarsik Posted: Apr 23, 2009 08:38 PM

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neither one of mine came up either! prob. 'cause both dh & i's great grandparents had their names changed to be americanized when they came over on the boat!