Do You Know Where Your Surname Comes From

[Mike]

If you are interested, I found the site below many years ago,
I liked it, because it said that my surname means "Great".

The Internet Surname Database

Mike.

 

[Murrmurr]

I think mine (Murr) originated in Ireland, but some sources say Scotland Scot-Irish.

Your link says it's Germanic.

 

[chic]

My real life surname? Yes, I do know its history and I'm disappointed because it isn't grandeoise enough.

 

[Murrmurr]

My real life surname? Yes, I do know its history and I'm disappointed because it isn't grandeoise enough.

I'm a bit disappointed myself. The website says my last name means "sour," and in some regions, "very sour."

 

[Mike]

I can't believe that, Murrmurr.

Mike.

 

[Pepper]

Yes. My maiden is obvious; it's a word & a symbol; my married I researched; traced to England near London and has a coat of arms.

 

[Lewkat]

It was from the Irish Gaelic as well as the Danish which I guess is how it wound up in Norway as well. It's fairly common in many countries for a variety of reasons.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Here’s what it said about mine

Sorry but we have no research on this name.​

There are many surnames in the world and we can't research them all :-(

 

[chic]

I'm a bit disappointed myself. The website says my last name means "sour," and in some regions, "very sour."

No. Just look in the mirror.

 

[JustBonee]

My maiden name (Dad's family) isn't in that database ?? .. a common Italian surname.
.... but they are from Southern Italy, and I do have ancestry records.

My married surname, of the last 60 years, is there though.

 

[Pepper]

My maiden name (Dad's family) isn't in that database ?? .. a common Italian surname.
.... but they are from Southern Italy, and I do have ancestry records.

My married surname, of the last 60 years, is there though.

Both sides of DIL's family from 'the boot.'

 

[Beezer]

It says my surname is derived from horse thieves, drunkards and carousers of loose women.

Sounds about right.

 

[OldFeller]

My surname is not in the all knowing database.

But my father was told by a pharmacist, who noticed the name on a prescription, that our name is from the Alsace-Lorraine region of France.
That was back in the 1950s when a pharmacist knew stuff. LOL

My mother's parents were from Abruzzi in Italy.

 

[Naturally]

Norman-French origins ... but they obviously didn't know how to spell it back then
"Was originally a nickname for someone with a good head of hair" ... and NOooo my surname isn't Towhead

 

[Pepper]

Cowlick? @Naturally

 

[Supernatural]

That one has my married name but not my maiden name. The former I've known since we got married.

Maiden name had an interesting story which I found within Genealogy websites. So, I'm familiar with the history. Due to adoption papers for one relative being stuck within the law of "Don't Tell". I've never found the original surname of paternal grandmother. I gave up after 6 years from her passing.

Thanks for the link!

 

[Gary O']

Do You Know Where Your Surname Comes From​

Yeah

The O' means son of
Irish

 

[Naturally]

Cowlick? @Naturally

Well, interestingly ... or not LOL, from a verb meaning to bristle or stand up ... so there's that

 

[Myrtle]

I know where my name comes from and it is not at all a common name like the site says. Most people react to it with what? spelling? wow? Glad I don't carry that around.

 

[Jace]

neither maiden or married there:-\ :-\

 

[Don M.]

I have a fairly rare surname. It appears that when my ancestors entered the US at Ellis Island, 100+ years ago, the authorities misspelled their name on the paperwork, and that spelling has been passed down to all of us since.

 

[Beezer]

What if the tradition in your family is to take the groom's surname...and his surname is Lipshitz?

 

[C50]

Mine means " nobel ruler", surprisingly that actually fits, though I alway refer to myself as a reluctant leader.

 

[debodun]

Yep, the east central coastal area of Scotland. Did some research on it years ago. Found out most of my ancestors were highwaymen and and military deserters. I even found my family crest - looks like a chess knight.

 

[Gaer]

Gaer: Don't know much about it, except it's Irish/Welsh/Scottish.
I KNEW IT! I was told my whole life I was the purest Norwegian
that ever was and i KNEW there was a little "ornery" mixed in!
Not till I got Ancestry.com did I find out the truth of things!
haha! I LOVE being Welsh/Irish! This explains a lot!