Awesome!Gaderael said:
That's the closest I have ever been to an actual definition, like, ever.
Virtual cookie for you!
The origin of your surname?
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That's the closest I have ever been to an actual definition, like, ever.
Virtual cookie for you!
Green. Not as interesting as I thought.
Of the original of the House of Greene we have no certain information, but it is apparent they assumed their Name and Arms from an allusion to their principal and beloved lordship, which was Buckton, or the Town of Bucks, in the county of Northampton, being in the Hundred of Spelho, a place memorable for the excellency of its soil and situation and a spacious and delightful green upon which, at the desire of the Lords, was yearly held and exercised a Fair with particular and extraordinary privilege. Hence they were called "Greene" or "of the Greene."
Of the original of the House of Greene we have no certain information, but it is apparent they assumed their Name and Arms from an allusion to their principal and beloved lordship, which was Buckton, or the Town of Bucks, in the county of Northampton, being in the Hundred of Spelho, a place memorable for the excellency of its soil and situation and a spacious and delightful green upon which, at the desire of the Lords, was yearly held and exercised a Fair with particular and extraordinary privilege. Hence they were called "Greene" or "of the Greene."
According to a story my dad once told me the name Burke is an Irish word meaning Strangle.... Yeah
Brinton
A simple bastardization of Britain and my family's lineage has been traced back to some of the original colonists who came over before the US was a country. I'm also a loose cousin to Nixon & I'm loosely related to this guy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_B._McClellan
A great family tradition of failure.
A simple bastardization of Britain and my family's lineage has been traced back to some of the original colonists who came over before the US was a country. I'm also a loose cousin to Nixon & I'm loosely related to this guy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_B._McClellan
A great family tradition of failure.
mine means crossbow shotters (Ballesteros) and it comes from spain when soldiers used to be named after the position they were in war. they used to guad the royal's weapons.
I have a primarily Irish/French ancestry, but an English last name. It means, according to the bookmark, "Shearer of Sheep"
I'm cool. Oh yeah.
I'm cool. Oh yeah.
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My name translates from Gaelic as "raven".
Also, I'm apparently descended from Cathair Mor, who was king of Ireland around 200 AD.
Excellent.
Also, I'm apparently descended from Cathair Mor, who was king of Ireland around 200 AD.
Excellent.
Mine's Miljkovich(The "J" is silent, so the first part is pronounced like "milk"). It's a basic Serbian last name, but was originally spelled "Miljkovic" when my grandparents came to America after WWII. They added the "H" at the end so people would stop mispronouncing it so much(They still do, just not as bad). And I think that besides my name just plain looking cool, it's nice to be able to say that I share a common ancestry with Niko Bellic. That kind of thing is always good for conversation.
INteresting story actually, my last name being "Lives", people like to (painfully annoying) point out out that it has actual MEANING. But the story behind it is that wasn't actually always my last name. My great grandfather had to change it or my great grandmother wouldn't marry him out of embarresment. So he shortened it.
"Liveshitz"
to "Lives"
Try makin a joke out of THAT.
"Liveshitz"
to "Lives"
Try makin a joke out of THAT.
von der Heyde, I believe it's Dutch. Royalty and all that.
My grandfather has an image of our coat of arms somewhere, but I don't. /:
My grandfather has an image of our coat of arms somewhere, but I don't. /:
My last name is very distinctive. Pretty much everyone in the US who has it is descended from a man who emigrated from Ulster, Ireland to the United States in the late 1700s. Everyone, that is, but my family. My grandfather came over from Ireland as a young man, with his brother, whose son was the only person with my name that I have ever met outside of my own family. It's strange to think that, despite the rarity of my name (in Ireland too) that I'm no more related to other people with my name than any person of Irish descent. Oh, here's a fun fact - there are more people of Irish descent in the US than there are in Ireland.
All I know is that my name comes from the Saint Francis of Assisi. And I got it from my Portuguese great grandparents who immigrated to America and wanted to make up a more American name for themselves.
Mine is Brett. It means I'm a Bretton from Brittany in France apparently...
...it also means Americans and New Zealanders get jealous and use it as first name instead of a surname...
...it also means Americans and New Zealanders get jealous and use it as first name instead of a surname...
