my family lives in the US. My grandfather originated from the virgin islands and my grandmother lived in Manhattan NY.
2007-01-16 03:02:57 · 8 answers · asked by Tiffany D 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I don't know anything but this may help
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2007-01-16 03:15:02 · answer #1 · answered by vickymitty 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hi!
This name does not sound Dutch, are you sure it is? I have searched in the telephone directory with the option "entire netherlands" and there isn't even one person with this last name... If I had to try to translate your last name in Dutch it would be like this:
De --> "the"
Graffen --> not a Dutch word, the closest thing to graffen is probably "graf" wich you can translate into "grave". Maybe instead of "graffen" they meant "graven". In that case it's translated into "graves" or "counts" or "to dig" (to dig is very unlikely right?)
Reid --> is also not a Dutch word, but it sounds like "reien" wich means "dancing in circles".
Now that I'm typing this answer I came up with this idea that maybe the name is spelled in very old Dutch? In that case if I look at the translations it could mean: "Dancing in circles around a grave". Sounds a little creepy, but it's just an idea!
But like I said, never heard of such a last name in Netherlands here and it doesn't sound Dutch at all. "De" is definately a Dutch word, but I'm not familiar with the rest and it's also not in my dictionary. I hope you'll get your answer! Good luck!
Lotje
2007-01-17 00:36:40 · answer #2 · answered by Lotje 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
De = of
Graffen = the count's or the counts'
Reid = ?
It refers to a place name in the Netherlands
2007-01-16 03:22:58 · answer #3 · answered by steve_geo1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any chance you could hand out any other personal details? But don't worry, I'm not a cannibal or anything... HONEST!
2007-01-16 03:06:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
my last name is also DEGRAFFENRIED but it is written like DeGraffenried and my parents say that my ancestors were swiss land owners or something which suggests they were nobles
2016-03-20 12:27:01 · answer #5 · answered by Ryan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think you will find a lot of useful info on this site: http://www.degraffenreid.org/pages/1/index.htm
2007-01-17 11:12:37 · answer #6 · answered by Samiya 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do all names necessarily mean something?
2007-01-16 03:05:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
son of graffe and reid.
2007-01-16 03:05:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋