• What does your last name mean?
    123 replies, posted
Imbrasas, no idea what it means, can't find any information on it.
I have no idea what it means.
Can any German or German speakers out there tell me if there's a difference between "meier" and "meyer"? Because before my family came to America in the 20s, our name was spelled Kammermeyer instead of Kammermeier.
My last name is bielsa, it's spainish but i don't know what it means. Can someone find out for me?
[img]http://guitaristmaximus.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/fender-guitars.jpg[/img] :smug:
Fröman, Frö is seed in swedish (As in .. plant seed I guess) So Seedman I guess. Fuck. Me.
Green. :confused:
[QUOTE=dan5247;25685120]My last name is bielsa, it's spainish but i don't know what it means. Can someone find out for me?[/QUOTE] Bielsa? I never heard about that name, and I live in Spain.
[QUOTE=alex-is-epic;25670260]Fry. 100% American.[/QUOTE] not surprising, considering americans fry everything.
[QUOTE=Jorori;25685510]Bielsa? I never heard about that name, and I live in Spain.[/QUOTE] Its Cuban
[QUOTE=Torfaldur;25685533]not surprising, considering americans fry everything.[/QUOTE] You know you love our chicken wings. Don't deny it.
Elliott Was some scottish clan ):
[QUOTE=Partyprime;25685190]Fröman, Frö is seed in swedish (As in .. plant seed I guess)[/QUOTE] Name your kid Gordon. Hilarity ensues
Blomqvist is directly translated to Flowerbranch.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;25684140]Can any German or German speakers out there tell me if there's a difference between "meier" and "meyer"? Because before my family came to America in the 20s, our name was spelled Kammermeyer instead of Kammermeier.[/QUOTE] I looked up both "Kammermeyer" and "meyer" in my Collins dictionary but I couldn't find anything. Perhaps it's an obsolete word that is no longer used or maybe the name of a town. Just my guess, of course. [editline]27th October 2010[/editline] Wait just found this : [quote][B]Definition:[/B] From the Middle High German word "meiger," meaning "higher or superior," often used for stewards of landholders or great farmers or leaseholders - today a Meier is a dairy farmer. Meier and Meyer are used more often in Northern Germany, while Maier and Mayer are found more frequently in Southern Germany.[/quote]So the original meaning is now outdated, from the look of it. Source: [URL]http://genealogy.about.com/library/surnames/m/bl_name-MEYER.htm[/URL]
Weatherell. A grassy steep valley. Pothead Irish ancestors.
[QUOTE=Aasokeo;25686641]I looked up both "Kammermeyer" and "meyer" in my Collins dictionary but I couldn't find anything. Perhaps it's an obsolete word that is no longer used or maybe the name of a town. Just my guess, of course. [editline]27th October 2010[/editline] Wait just found this : So the original meaning is now outdated, from the look of it. Source: [URL]http://genealogy.about.com/library/surnames/m/bl_name-MEYER.htm[/URL][/QUOTE] So I guess I'm descendant of some lesser nobility then. Or some upper class peasant haha
Skog, it means forest in swedish.
Lolmaugh. Figure that shit out.
Simpson = Son of Simon
Weaver. What the FUCK, or you could say I make the best dictionaries.
Mann, because i am the man!........ and Jewish. it was some long Russian/German thing, like mannvinki or something like that, but was shorted when my ancestors moved to America around WWII times.
Dias, is days in Portugese. Dias is a common Portugese last name. It's also common to see Diaz but if it has a "z" at the end the person probably has some Hispanic roots.
Bump, because this is a pretty interesting thread.
Daniel A. Hemblahem. Means hemblahem.
[QUOTE=Spetzaz;25718557]Daniel A. Hemblahem. Means hemblahem.[/QUOTE] Makes more sense than my last name.
Elaborate.
My last name is Farmer. That makes no sense at all.
[QUOTE=Onyx3173;25718606]My last name is Farmer. That makes no sense at all.[/QUOTE] [I] English: occupational name from Middle English, Old French ferm(i)er (Late Latin firmarius). The term denoted in the first instance a tax farmer, one who undertook the collection of taxes, revenues, and imposts, paying a fixed (Latin firmus) sum for the proceeds, and only secondarily someone who rented land for the purpose of cultivation; it was not applied to an owner of cultivated land before the 17th century. [/I] Not what I thought it was. :v:
Yeah, it's actually kinda odd isn't it? So by name meanings, I am: Man who collects taxes. Apparently. (Not including middle name cause I've never bothered looking up the meaning.)
Sorry, you need to Log In to post a reply to this thread.