What does your last name mean?

Especially if it's a foreign language. We can all guess what "smith" or "cooke" would be derived from, but what about those of us without profoundly English identities?

You don't even have to post your last name if you don't want to, just a translation.

Mine is Gaelic in origin, and happens to mean "helmet head" or "ugly head". Supposedly because my ancestors were some of the first to wear metal helmets into battle against the Vikings.

To publish or put out.

To show disdain for authority, apparently.

But I aint saying the name.  (It's not hard to find me online)

Mine doesn't mean anything

Mine has three possible origins: Irish, English, or Polish Jew. I'll let you guess to which nationality I belong (hint: it's the least obvious of the three). If I said what it means, well, that would give away what the name is...

Mine means esteemed one

 I'm not sure what my last name means. But the name on my mom's side (Eklof) means Oak leaf.

"Elens" doesn't really mean anything.  It was "Elenzkof" back when my ancestors were living in Austria and Luxembourg.  I don't know if that means anything, though.

According to the Googles, mine doesn't really mean anything.

partridge hunter or so i'm told

I have no idea

Mine was just an Irish clan.

It means hard worker.

Mine in german is "hanalt" or old hands my mothers maiden name means bell smith

Beautiful creek... weh...

Mine means "blessed" apparently.

My last name means strong affection or attraction toward a noun.

My last name is "love"

'sarwar' means 'the leader'

My current last name is the result of a mis-spelling, but the name it came from means either a falconer or cape maker.

Richards is english I guess.
It can also mean dicks....heh.

Andersson translated would be "son of Andrew" or some variation.
Suponitsky has something to do with soup, I would assume. Then again, I'm usually wrong.

I'm not sure what my last name means.

My last name means rejoice

:/

Mine doesn't mean anything... Well I don't think it does.

My last name is Slovenian, and is derived from the word Bursa, which is a type of mold that grows on wine.

"The One".......

go figure

Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of fruit, from an agent derivative of German Frucht ‘fruit’, Yiddish frukht.

Mine is derived from a Bengali word meaning "pure"

"mine is a type of gun that spread over a wide area lol"

"Just_Insane said:

"mine is a type of gun that spread over a wide area lol"

come on...someone guess what it is!!!!!!"

My last name translates to "of the Saints".

lol mine's a mispronunciation in immigration :D

"Just_Insane said:

"Just_Insane said:

"mine is a type of gun that spread over a wide area lol"

come on...someone guess what it is!!!!!!"

Shotgun? Shogun?
"

"Shawn said:

"Just_Insane said:

"Just_Insane said:

"mine is a type of gun that spread over a wide area lol"

come on...someone guess what it is!!!!!!"

Shotgun? Shogun?
"

no.....think of like....hmmmm.....like something a superhero or a mad scientist would have....
"

I know it has something to do with the Sarswat Brahmin. But that's it.

"Just_Insane said:

"Shawn said:

"Just_Insane said:

"Just_Insane said:

"mine is a type of gun that spread over a wide area lol"

come on...someone guess what it is!!!!!!"

Shotgun? Shogun?
"

no.....think of like....hmmmm.....like something a superhero or a mad scientist would have....
"

Ray gun? Ray?
"

My last name is "LaFleur", which is french for "the flower"......yeeeeeaaaaahhhh.....: |

I have no idea, maybe I should look it up.

TC is your name Kennedy by any chance?

*copies from surnamedb.com*
Surname: Goodger
This interesting and unusual name is a late development of the early Medieval English surname perhaps more familiar as "Goodyear" or "Goodyer". The surname is a good example of that medieval group of names originating in a commonly used phrase, often beginning with the element "good", in Middle English "gode", from the Old English pre 7th Century "god", which was taken up as a byname or nickname and thence eventually a surname, because of the habitual use of the phrase by someone. Other examples are Goodsir, Gooday, Goodby, Goodchap and Gooden, respectively from use of the pharases "Good sir", "Good day", "God be with you", "Good ch(e)ap" (a trader's call), and "Good evening" (God give you good even).

Nothing apparently (google didn't find any matches >.>)

Mine doesn't really mean anything :(

I wonder what Brad's name means. lol!

my last name means limp

My last name has been distorted so many times I don't know what it means, all I know is that it was changed from a Polish or Austrian name to an Irish sounding name since my ancestors on my dad's side came to America during the first World War.  My Mother's maiden name means "of the woodlands" though.

According to the interwebs:

The name is variant of burn house. It is a topographic name for someone who lived by a stream or streams.

"Mine doesn't really mean anything :(

I wonder what Brad's name means. lol!
"

I looked it up and there's nothing.