That’s Where Common Last Names Come From

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Kristel 4 year s ago

#11 Its friend of horses not lover, details makes the difference.

Hal 4 year s ago

There are many versions of Smith around the world.

Kuznetsov, Panday, Ferraro, Lefevre, Kovac, Changhelk, Smed, etc.

Karonhappuck 4 year s ago

López is "son of Lope".

Matthias 4 year s ago

'Hildebrand' does not come from 'hill' but from 'hell' - meaning 'Höllenbrand' (hell fire)

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Nicole 4 year s ago

Quote: Matthias

Hildebrand

According to dictionary.com ORIGIN OF HILDEBRAND< Old Norse Hildibrandr, equivalent to hildr battle + brandr sword. EIther way bad @$$ though

Lester 4 year s ago

Nicole,

no one likes a smart @$$

Melvina 4 year s ago

#1 it should be mentioned that most smithes crafted nails and horse shoes, not weapons

Marcus 2 year s ago

I heard Clark actually comes from the word “clerk”. You’d be a pretty poor clerk if you weren’t a scribe too.

Fox

This last name comes straight from the animal, the fox. It was given to people who were either particularly clever OR had red hair. The last name ‘Russell’ also comes from people who had red hair.