Surnames

[aftershavedave]

isn't that a jewish name? the only people i've met with your surname were, at least....

forget that, absolute twaddle on my part

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Hawker: I'm either the descend of a keeper of birds of prey or a door-to-door salesman. I prefer to believe the former but the latter is probably true.

 

[Cian]

Surname means 'Black' in Irish, same origins as the English surname - refers to hair colour of some ancestors.

 

[surrey jim]

mine is of cornish origin, my family being from the moors

 

[Man of Harveys]

forget that, absolute twaddle on my part

Possibly but I dunno - bearing in mind that the Franks (the tribe) were as much in what is now Germany as what is now France - one man's Charlemagne being another man's Karl der Grosse, for example - it makes sense that the name was also used by the likes of diarist Anne, for example - who originally came from Frank-furt.

 

[Dave the OAP]

My surname Wilcock is originally Anglo Saxon derived from Wilhelm ( resolver or protector) and cock/cox meaning affectionate or "son of"

The first Wilcock family was found in Leicestershire - Lords of the Manor of Knassington, before the Norman Conquest.

You can call me "my leash"

 

[Deportivo Seagull]

My surname is a derivative of Scoville which was a village in Normandy prior to William the C. going on manoeuvres. After filling in Harold he moved the inhabitants of Scoville to the Isle of Weight (the heartless bastard), where my great great great grandfather originated from.

So alas I'm French scum ......

 

[Lord Bracknell]

I am a mis-spelt suburb of Nottingham, which is pronounced differently anyway.

The family originated in the East Midlands and were never Lords of any Manor. Generations back, they were mostly Frame Work Knitters, in the Hinckley area, where the industry was first established.

My great great great grandfather's half-brother had NINETEEN children - so it became quite a common name in the area.

 

[Man of Harveys]

Mine's a very attractive valley in Norway which I visited a while back. I'm told that Viking migrants tended to use the names of where they came from. I'm not THAT into raping and pillaging these days, just deploying a very occasional pint of Rohypnol top.

 

[Jello]

According to Google my surname is of Anglo-Saxon origin and is a locational surname deriving from either of the places called "*******", in Suffolk, West Yorkshire or in Shropshire.

Very dull

 

[pasty]

Search your surname

http://www.searchforancestors.com/surnames/origin/

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Our family surname is quite easy to trace even though it's nearly 1000 years old.

The surname is O'Loughlin but the title is 'O'Loughlin of the Burren'.

We are fortunate that we know exactly the chap from whom the name started in around 940AD because he became the head of the clan and the name spread on from him.

We know this because thanks to those dedicated little monks who put the Annals of the 4 Masters together its documented in there.

Pays to be a blue blood

 

[Franks Wild Years]

My surname is the name of the village my family originated from in Hungary. Luckily it's not the name of the village where they moved to as that is Bugyi which in Hungarian means panties. :-0

 

[mr sheen]

I am a mis-spelt suburb of Nottingham, which is pronounced differently anyway.

The family originated in the East Midlands and were never Lords of any Manor. Generations back, they were mostly Frame Work Knitters, in the Hinckley area, where the industry was first established.

My great great great grandfather's half-brother had NINETEEN children - so it became quite a common name in the area.

As a former resident, I can state with some authority that it's not so much a suburb as a crime and drugs ridden inner city ghetto hellhole

 

[The Large One]

One of two possibilities.

One is a derivation of a town in Herfordshire.

The other is someone who sells goods or produce.

I prefer the latter.

 

[Barnet Seagull]

 

[Taybha]

Mines a town in italy apparently hitler had his 1st man on man experience there with a bavarian midget

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

Search your surname

http://www.searchforancestors.com/surnames/origin/

Ha! doesn't have mine.

 

[Bars Mar]

One of two possibilities.

One is a derivation of a town in Herfordshire.

The other is someone who sells goods or produce.

I prefer the latter.

I Always Thought Your Surname Was "Alan" Which Doesn't Mean Either Of Those Two Things.

 

[Alfred the greatx]

Ha! doesn't have mine.

Doesn't have mine either, it says try using a different last name!

How can you have 2 last names?