Do you know about meanings/origins for these surnames?

Question

I'm looking for information you have personally

or free websites (that don't require me to look for genealogies, become a member, etc.) where I can find out about the names below.



Scheele

Morin

Higgs

Henry


Shaughnessy


Herbig


Neiman


Thank you.

Answer 1

Of the names, the following are Irish-Shaughnessy, Neiman and Morin. Scottish and of Clan Donald (MacDonalds) Henry. The rest are German. Clan Donald is the largest of the Highland Clans and is pretty active, you can find out more at http://www.clandonald.usa.org. The Irish names can be checked out through a local Irish Heritage group. I am not sure which clan or county they would be associated with, but they do have tartans associated with them and some do have Clan Associations. I am uncertain as to what kingdom or region the German names come from.

Answer 2

The name Scheele is a variant of Shell, Scheele is a very rare first name and a very rare surname.

The name Morin is a variant of Maureen, Morin is a very rare female first name and a popular surname.

No results found for the name "higgs".

The boy's name Henry is pronounced HEN-ree. It is of Old German origin, and its meaning is "estate ruler". Norman name that is a favored royal name (for eight kings) of England and France. The second son of the current Prince of Wales is named Henry. Henri is a French form; Heinrich is German; Henryk is Polish. Explorer Henry Hudson; actor Henry Fonda; author Henry James; poet Henry James; poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; artists Henri Matisse, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri Rousseau; playwright Henrik Ibsen; singer Enrique Iglesias.

No results found for the name "shaughnessy". You may want to try the similar-sounding name Shanessa.

No results found for the name "herbig". You may want to try the similar names Herbie, Harbin, Herb and Herrik.

The girl's name Neiman is of Hebrew origin, and its meaning is "a melody".

Answer 3

Scheele, Herbig and Neiman could be of German origin:
Scheele, as well as similar names such as Scheel (name of a President of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1974 to 1979) or even Schiller are related to the modern German verb "schielen" ('to be cross-eyed') and refer to an ancestor with this particular look.
A lot of Scheels/Scheeles are listed here:
http://genforum.genealogy.com/scheel/
Here's an article about the name (only in German):
http://wiki.genealogy.net/wiki/Scheel(e)_(Familienname)

The surnames Herbich, Herbig, Harbig are derived from the Old German first name Herwig (Old High German "heri" = 'army' + "wig" = 'fight').

Neiman is a variant spelling of Neuman/ Neumann ('Newman').

Here's a webpage with a number of Neimans mentioned as ancestors of a German family:
http://freenet-homepage.de/AndreasMeininger/AHNEN.htm
And here is a list of baptisms includiung a number of Neimans from the end of the 16th century (East Prussia):
http://www.ermland-info.de/Taufen/buchstabe_n.htm