View Full Version : What Does Your Last Name Mean?
Mista Hollywood
04-30-2007, 02:14 PM
Well i recently discovered that my last name means someone that saws. I thought it would be kinda cool to see what other peoples last names mean
m2daRizzle
04-30-2007, 02:30 PM
mine means I like it alot! in some african language, maybe swahili? And I know its origins are french but I dont think it has a meaning in french other than its a name.
Jayhawks13
04-30-2007, 03:14 PM
my last name is actually an english word. boring, i know
UVAlaxer432
04-30-2007, 03:31 PM
Mine means "Those who battle"
ashurnibitashpi
04-30-2007, 03:34 PM
mine means "fat grocer".
it kinda sucks.
WAC_Shoremen
04-30-2007, 03:36 PM
My ancestors were English, and since my last name is Knight, I bet there was a knight somewhere...
JellyUK
04-30-2007, 04:08 PM
Mine means a scottish person who steals sheep from welsh people.
I thought it was quite a funny image...
abomb
04-30-2007, 04:38 PM
"crowned with laurel"... whatever the **** that means.
laxmann1993
04-30-2007, 04:41 PM
Man. My last name is Mann, German for man. Pretty nifty, eh.
atacklax
04-30-2007, 05:48 PM
Something to do with fat or oil in Italian.
JazzyJake
04-30-2007, 05:59 PM
lmao some pretty great ones
mine means some jerk at ellis island couldn't spell in romanian therefore the rest of your family will have 2 first names......
i'm Jake Steve lol
Dy3h@rD
04-30-2007, 06:00 PM
wow mine is terrible compared to these its DiStefano or Of Steven in italian.
shoebag2000
04-30-2007, 06:03 PM
Murphy, which means "descendent of sea warrior". Pretty badass.
tomtom
04-30-2007, 06:05 PM
Mine means tailor or cutter.
chsattack22
04-30-2007, 06:08 PM
mine is a derivative of italian word "palla"
someone who makes cannon balls, nickname of a person who plays ball games
my first name means "god as salvation"
j-goalie
04-30-2007, 06:19 PM
mine means wolf
dta06
04-30-2007, 06:24 PM
Mine has 3 meanings translated. "put away", "Covered", or "protected"
laxboy10000
04-30-2007, 06:26 PM
deer is what my last name means....awesome...right?
we were prob deer hunters
HCrum05
04-30-2007, 06:29 PM
I have no idea....but I do know my dad's family originated from Scottish Highlanders and my mom's family originated from Norwegian Vikings. Pretty beastly if you ask me.
sam.karcher
04-30-2007, 06:34 PM
according to Altavista, my name in German (Karcher) is 'more karcher.' haha.
matt25
04-30-2007, 06:34 PM
cuckoo, old man, egg, grain, seed Yep weird Italian meaning.....
the next 'one'
04-30-2007, 06:40 PM
mine means 'fortified water meadow town'. wow thats horrible.
my first name means 'healer'.
anyone know my real name?
ctl4lax
04-30-2007, 06:52 PM
My name is a wetland, or bog. Exciting, I know.
CoUgArLAX18
04-30-2007, 06:59 PM
Mine means Blackberry in Spanish. It's Mora.
GatorPole
04-30-2007, 07:02 PM
My last name means "broad clearing in the wood". My first name means "young creature".
Pretty pathetic.
Jordan798
04-30-2007, 08:09 PM
Last name means "Lover man" in german
my friends means goat farmer in german
st.joslax10
04-30-2007, 08:13 PM
mines english but im a mut but my name is old as hell, it was in the doomsday book in england. for you historians, it was the first consensus of people around during the time, 1,000 ad and it was old then. its a historical name, it has its roots in germany. we were mercanaries for the crown to help them beat back the irish and all the other colonies under the crown.
st.joslax10
04-30-2007, 08:17 PM
"crowned with laurel"... whatever the **** that means.
its irish buddy. it means when irish soldiers put little peices of sprigs on their ear during battle. its pretty b.a. if you understand that. type in sons of erin in yahoo images and youll see what i mean.
Falconsmikevick
04-30-2007, 08:24 PM
mine means "He will enlarge"
ColtsLax
04-30-2007, 08:37 PM
mine depends on the country
Polish-keeper of the Dead
German-Digger of Death
James
04-30-2007, 08:42 PM
Awesome to the tenth degree.
sta lacrosse
04-30-2007, 08:55 PM
ummmm mine means well i think some french guy made it up and said i guess that sounds cool. kus seriously no one in my family knows what my last name means except its french
Kazaam23
04-30-2007, 09:03 PM
a man who has been freed, i presume. its freedman
Orange
04-30-2007, 09:05 PM
Polish-keeper of the Dead
German-Digger of Death
American - Toucher of Butts
I don't know what mine means.
GoBucks
04-30-2007, 09:23 PM
My last name is Jones- it means "son of Jon" or "gift of God".
It's the most common last name in Wales.
nd_lacrosse
04-30-2007, 09:38 PM
mine means "living water" in italian
and i guess my first name is hebrew? it means "gift from god". so i dont mind im pretty well set with it.
Formerlaxdemon
04-30-2007, 09:53 PM
My last name means "Of the Church." I am a wacky combination of German and Dutch out of the Duchy of Gelderland.
chsattack22
04-30-2007, 10:00 PM
lastnamedictionary.com i think is the website that i used to look mine up. just search google for last name meanings
RARunner91
05-01-2007, 05:08 PM
my last name means "from fire" in french
czechinthepipes
05-01-2007, 05:21 PM
How are you guys finding out what you last name means? I've tried to find out but I couldn't figure out how to find out. Help?
CSlax06
05-01-2007, 05:37 PM
''Son of a twin"
Man Im dissapointed.
laxgoalieguy123
05-01-2007, 10:05 PM
mines boring....mine means from cork ireland......
I don't know, I do know that Park is Krap backwards. haha
XxlacrossexX
05-01-2007, 11:34 PM
my first name means "God is my Judge" in hebrew. Dont know about my last name.
RottingMind13
05-02-2007, 12:00 AM
mine means 'fortified water meadow town'. wow thats horrible.
my first name means 'healer'.
anyone know my real name?
I know your name Mr. Hamburg.
Also supposedly my name has the meaning of Golden Warrior or something along those lines.
benjamming18
05-02-2007, 06:08 AM
Mine's english, but my grandfather changed his name to it when he got out of college, so its not our family name or anything
washjeff
05-02-2007, 07:51 AM
a personal name composed of Celtic elements meaning ‘man’ + ‘prosperity’....that's my description offline
lieblax
05-19-2007, 08:54 PM
mine is Liebler so I'd assume in German it means lover or something...
pretty hardcore if i do say so myself
-HSKR-
05-20-2007, 08:56 AM
Mine is rock in French. I like it.
Attackalltheway
05-20-2007, 10:32 AM
Mine means "strong tree" in german
Laxmaniac712
05-20-2007, 11:06 AM
In my S.S. class my teacher brought in a book bout it. My first name means works with tiles. Tyler. Last name is Kearns. Not sure what that means tho
Lacrosse4life31
05-20-2007, 11:26 AM
mine means bunny in german... hehe kinda sweet, i was born in austria and now i live in america so Haas, (my last name) is a dialect of German-- meaning its slang for bunny! Häschen is rabbit in german, Haas is short for it.
Laxer1241
05-20-2007, 11:33 AM
mine is stone mason in french, but is known more by the water company Perrier. Perrier isnt how I spell it though because its "americanzied"
OwlsLax2
05-20-2007, 11:35 AM
Brave, Strong, and Cocky.
hornetlax
05-20-2007, 11:59 AM
oh yeah, goat farmer
bringthewood
05-20-2007, 12:03 PM
Sanchez means "Son of Sancho" or "Son of a Saint"
sweet_ceX
05-20-2007, 12:14 PM
In ancient castillano it means 'street'
laxmandudeguy
05-21-2007, 06:18 PM
haha im a famous nobleman in Gaelic
attackman56
05-21-2007, 06:28 PM
you know you guys r pretty much giving ot ur last names.not a very good idea if u ask me .somebody might find u :guns:
Laxking31
05-21-2007, 07:36 PM
My first name means " litlle village". Im not sure what my last name means. My great grandpas name was Berenzowski. Then he moved to america and shorted it.