What is the meaning of your last name?

[I <3 Eeyore]

My married name means short hair in Italian and my maiden name is Greek for green.

 

[ASFCurly]

my last name means a town or house on the most prominent part of a hill

my grandmothers maiden name means Kirche, a church. Gaelic, cearcall, a circle, the primitive places of worship among the Celts were round, a symbol of eternity, and the existence of the Supreme Being, without beginning or end.


couldn't find the others.

 

[browneyes]

My last name wasn't listed on that link either.

But I found it on another website. It said my last name means God's friend or protector.

 

[dizneenut]

Neither my maiden name, or married name are listed on that site.

 

[smileybrat]

my last name is german and means shepherd. if you translate my entire name it means pure morning shepherd. it's always fun to find your roots.

* if you can't find your exact name, try spelling it slightly different. many people changed the spelling to make it more unique.

 

[Jenzebelle]

My maiden name is French for "Christian".
My married name is the name of a town in France.

 

[Robinrs]

Funny, that site claims that my last name doesn't exist in the state where I live?????

I assume, that my last name was the job of the person who had it back then, then gave it to his slave, who would be my ancestor. Doubt very seriously that there were any "Shipman"s in Africa.

 

[Minnesota!]

Wry-mouth, the man whose mouth inclined a little on one side

 

[RUDisney]

My maiden name was made up at Ellis Island because the processor couldn't spell in Polish. I don't know that it meant anything before they changed it, though.

My married name means sparrow in Russian. The highest point in Moscow is called Sparrow Hill. It was pretty cool being there on "our hill."

 

[ratsrule]

My last name means
Pleaser of woman

 

[Bumbles]

Colonel Ratsrule, I didn't realize your last name was Lingus...cool

 

[cinlee3]

Well my married name wasn't there - it is Chek or Hungarian.

But I don't like the meaning of my maiden name - (origin: Fr.) A little fat man with short legs and thighs - that's just not funny

 

[Kteacher]

My grandfather was left on the doorstep of a church in Italy when he was an infant. It was Christmas time, so the nuns gave him a name from a very famous hymn.

 

[CookieGVB]

Did a school project YEARS ago...my last name supposedly means "from the hills" - so I guess we're just all hillbillies from Holland!

 

[honeywolf7]

Married (which I'll keep unless I get married again): Welsh, patronymic derived from the Biblical name John 'gracious gift of Yahveh' or just ' gift of God or Jehovah'
Roger's last name means the same thing since his is Johnson and mine is Johns, but it says his name is English and Scandinavian. It also says it's the second most popular surname in the nation and the most popular African-American surname.
My maiden name means English, originally designated a servant on the estate whose duty was to cultivate the flower and vegetable gardens. (But my dad was adopted by his stepfather.....his biological father's name was something Hungarian that I have no idea of how to spell.)