Something sort of cool...

[KvonNJ]

Hi
My last name is really German, and I've always known what it meant, but never REALLY thought about what it MEANS. My Dad, joyous old pagan that he is, pointed this out for me.
My last name is "von der Heyde." It's a historical corruption of
"von der Heide," meaning "Of the meadow," or, more literally, "Of the heath." Get it? My name is "Karl of the Heath," or, more localized, "Karl the Heathen." And "Karl" is a whole social class of Nordic people.
My Dad rocks.

[Sigurd]

Well, like the ancient Romans said: Nomen est omen.

:)

[XxPinoxX]

That's not fair :( You have a really cool surname. I have one of those trade surnames, Weaver :) Meh, it's not too bad I guess.

[Wolfy]

Lucky :D

I've never been able to find what on earth my surname means (Catherall) :(

[XxPinoxX]

Catherwood :
(origin: Gaelic. Local) A fenny-wood, wet ground, from Cathar, soft, boggy ground; or the fortified place in a wood, from Cathair, Gaelic, a town, a fortified city, a guard, a sentinel.

Cathell
English: unexplained.

That's about as close as I can get, apart from a bloke that sells stuff on ebay with the same surname as you. Sorry :(

grr the internet is useless at times :mad:

[Wolfy]

Ah, thanks! :)
That's more than I've ever been able to find, all I've ever managed to find is that there seems to be a cluster of catheralls about yorkshire... What a splendid thing the internet is :D

[Nikolai]

I think my name came from a trade of my ancestors... 'Clark' maybe worked for someone, being a Clerk, and changed to Clark, oh well, iv searched and searched and searched, but i never found out :(
EDIT: I found a meaning: Definition: Cleric, clerk, or scholar - one who can read and write. Also from the Gaelic "Mac a' Chlerich/Cleireach"; son of the cleric or, sometimes, clerk. During the Middle Ages, the common pronunciation of -er was -ar, so the man who sold items was the marchant, and the man who kept the books was the clark. At the time, the primary members of the literate class were the clergy, which in minor orders were allow to marry and have families. The term clerk eventually (clark) came to designate any literate man.

[texas heathen]

lol My first name Clifton means town by the Cliff its English my last name is Curtis don't know if their is any meaning but I do know that one s is usually English two s's (Curtiss) is usually French and Kurtz is of Germanic origins and was often changed to Curtis here in the states. Ok enough about me :dance:
FFF
Clif AOR

[Sigurd]

Well, I like my surname, Schernthaner, quite a lot. It comes from OHG (or was it MHG? :P) schern , star; and than , lord. (The latter part is still seen in today's English word "thane"). Well, so it's "Starthane"/"Starlord". I believe that I explained in another topic, that this could well point towards astrology and that a former bearer of the name was one who, possibly even religiously, dealt with the stars.

Well...

[Atavus]

my surname is Coates?? lol and the surname from the otherside of my family is cripps which apperntly used to be spelt kripps thats all i know

[Teufelhunden]

Mine is Grimes, but is an offshoot of others. Grimm , Grimr that was linked to Odin , this name was given to gain favor fromt he God. Thought it was cool :)

[SetokolJKH]

my last name is Hofer, hof could be temple or farm anyway its a good common Germon name.

[Nikolai]

my last name is Hofer, hof could be temple or farm anyway its a good common Germon name.
Hahaha, obey the Hoff! (Hasselhof)

[XxPinoxX]

Hahaha, obey the Hoff! (Hasselhof)

I want one of those "Don't hassle the Hoff" T-shirts, they make me chuckle :lol:

[Hengest]

Come on you two, lets see if we can keep just one thread on topic please !! :eviltongu

[XxPinoxX]

Come on you two, lets see if we can keep just one thread on topic please !! :eviltongu

I'm sorry :( I consider my wrists smacked *hangs head in shame*

[Wolfsong]

Mine's Stow which i mentioned on another thread but i thought it was celtic but after reading the real middle earth by Brian Bates found out it was really anglo-saxon meaning sacred place which i thought was cool

[KvonNJ]

"Stow" was also the surname of one of the men who cast the Liberty Bell. Kind of cool.

[warrior_of_woden]

ya mines a trade name as well

[Nikolai]

same here *lengthens message*

[XxPinoxX]

same here *lengthens message*

Hey! we've all been told about doing that. *tuts at lengthening* :p

[Nikolai]

Hey! we've all been told about doing that. *tuts at lengthening* :p
Sorry, i didn't read that till after i posted. Sorry once again.

[XxPinoxX]

Sorry, i didn't read that till after i posted. Sorry once again.

There's no need to apologise to me, I'm not going to come after you with a large stick, well not yet anyway :p

[KvonNJ]

There's no need to apologise to me, I'm not going to come after you with a large stick, well not yet anyway

Oh wow... more flirting...

[XxPinoxX]

There's no need to apologise to me, I'm not going to come after you with a large stick, well not yet anyway

Oh wow... more flirting...


You know something, I'm starting to get sick of this :swinghamm

[KvonNJ]

LOL Take it light, Emily. Maybe the rest of us are just jealous. Well, either that or I'm just an ***. LOL

[XxPinoxX]

LOL Take it light, Emily. Maybe the rest of us are just jealous. Well, either that or I'm just an ***. LOL

Haha, lol :lol: ok then :D I think it may be the latter :p

[Atavus]

according to some questionable sources i found on the internet my surname (Coates) means curly hair. which does make sense me having ridiculous curly hair... but yeh

[Wolfy]

Finally tracked down the meaning of my name!


"(English) Belonging to Catterall (Lancs) anc. Caterall, caterhal / caterhale, = probably Cater's or Cathere's Hall [Old English hall / heall] (rather than the '(Wild) Cat Slope or Corner,' from the Low German cater or kater, a tom-cat, and Old English hal / heal, a slope, a corner)."

Could be worse :D

[BerserkDog]

Mine is Courter. Corrupted from Dutch "Coerten" (Coert's son) in the mid 1600's when my grandfather X 11 came over here with his family on the ship "Der Trouw" (The Faith).

[AndreasBolle]

Surname of Bolle...common name in Berlin, I've been told. Any thoughts?
Thanks

[Stormwind]

My name is 'Clayton'. Meaning from one of the several places named Clayton in England. Also means Settlement or Enclosure.

I suppose that at some point my relatives lived in Clayton, based on where my Clayton parental line comes from I'd imagine its the Clayton in Yorkshire.