2007-05-20 14:26:52 · 9 answers · asked by Billy M 1 in Social Science ➔ Anthropology
It's part of their last name and refers to "son of" just as Mac... in Scotland, Van in Netherlands, etc.
2007-05-20 14:29:48 · answer #1 · answered by just browsin 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's part of their last name.
2007-05-20 21:29:19 · answer #2 · answered by fla_dan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think its considered part of the last name, like Mc or Mac in Scottish or Irish names.
2007-05-20 21:29:53 · answer #3 · answered by jxt299 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Von" means "from" or "of" in German, to indicate birthplace or origin. So John Von Neuberg originally meant John from Neuberg. Nowdays, it's part of the last name.
2007-05-20 21:33:32 · answer #4 · answered by DinDjinn 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
last name
2007-05-24 04:02:29 · answer #5 · answered by annabelle p 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that's part of their last name. "Vaughn" might be a middle name though..depends on the person and the name.
2007-05-20 21:29:43 · answer #6 · answered by somewherein72 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Von is German, and means "from"--it is part of the last name, as, for example, Von Goethe--meaning from "Goethe" :))
2007-05-20 21:32:23 · answer #7 · answered by drakke1 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is like the Van in dutch names it means "from" or the "De" in french names which means of,the De prefix though denotes nobility.
2007-05-20 22:15:33 · answer #8 · answered by rusalka 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It counts as part of their last name. (It means "from" in German. Otto von Bismark = Otto from Bismark.)
2007-05-20 21:29:07 · answer #9 · answered by Underground Man 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋