What does it mean when you have a certain last name from a certain country? Does it mean your ancestors were from that place?
2006-07-29 07:14:15 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Community Service
My first name is Slavic origin means HOPEFUL, and my last name has two meanings, ONE WHO TRIUMPHS, and the second is Celtic/ Gaelic FAITHFUL, it depends on which language you pick to translate the name!
Not necessarily true that your ancestor did came from that place, but it is possible. Considering that these days people marries from outside of their clan, so to speak, and some people do change their name, for so many reason. Who knows! sometimes the person themselves are unaware of the fact that their name has been changed.
2006-07-30 06:46:11 · answer #1 · answered by Sierra Leone 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Well my maiden name is Long, (English) it was changed from Lang, it's (German). My married names are Stricker (which is a rope maker) and Clarke is someone who can read or worked as a clerk. (The e was added in the 1950's by a family member)
Then there are other family names like Brewer, someone who worked in a brewery, Rhodes, which is a clearing of land, Van Ness- Spit of Land, Usually the names with the "ton" at the end of that meant a settlement of some kind.
2006-07-29 09:40:16 · answer #2 · answered by JBWPLGCSE 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well mines Rush- but I'm never in a hurry . He HeHe!! Sorry- I think that last names used to be like what you did for a living or where you were from . But then some people immigrated to the States and changed their names a little to Americanise them. My great grandfathers last name was Shultz, he immigrated from Ireland, but they changed it the Shutt when they got here.
2006-07-29 07:22:02 · answer #3 · answered by messijessi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My last name I don't really know.but I think my last name is from a large group of family in this place,and they were seperated or something and anyone who had the last name Antoine was considered family to another who had the last name but I don't really know,But my first name means HoneyBee it's Melissa!!!!!
2006-07-29 10:31:24 · answer #4 · answered by Lissa305 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My maiden name is a part in the tail section of a german aircraft
Not really the mmeaning as the part wasnamed after the ancestor that invented it. Married name is a form of kettle.
2006-07-29 07:20:29 · answer #5 · answered by suequek 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, sort of. My last name is German but the same name is found in Switzerland, Denmark and Holland
2006-07-29 07:18:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think in most cases it can. My last name is German, but my ancestors were from Holland.
2006-07-29 09:11:21 · answer #7 · answered by mandy531 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My last name was taken from one of the family's estates. It means "valiant".
2006-07-29 11:35:28 · answer #8 · answered by vladbath 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jali Jali Jali Jali tu Mujhse Jali Jali...
Hoye Hoye Hoye Jali Jali
2006-07-29 07:18:20 · answer #9 · answered by miles_free320 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think it is, but don't quote me on that.
i don't know what my last name means, i know it's spanish though.
2006-07-29 07:57:39 · answer #10 · answered by Alexis Samira 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋