What's in a name?

[captiva]

www.last-names.net

A site with last names and their meanings

 

[pinkdaisy226]

Originally Posted by captiva

My last name : So named from a town in Northamptonshire, on the river Nen. Gwid-ton, the woody hill.

My middle name is Lorraine, which means "from Lorraine (a place in France)". Very creative.

Chris I tried that link and my last name came up (originally it was Hambleton apparently) but Dillon's last name didn't come up. Weird?

 

[flisssweetpea]

I tried the site as well - it looks like it might be a site predominantly for those families who moved to the US - therefore the surnames are frequently found in the US. The names there seemed to be quite unusual - yet many more common names in the UK didn't appear to be on the list

 

[katspixiedust]

My last name wasn't on the list, nor was the original Polish version of it. When I typed it in there was a boat load of family tree info, but no meaning for Peters. Seems pretty common too. Oh well. My boyfriend's was there though, his is Patrick.

 

[caligirl]

I tyed in my Maiden and married and niether of them came up. Very wierd, Schmidt is a very common last name too