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What Your Last Name Means
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Күн бұрынIn This video, we discuss the meaning and origins behind many Western surnames.
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@Chris_0803 5 жыл бұрын
Really bummed my surname wasn't on here. Oh well, the mystery lives on. -Chris Horsecock
@user_16309 5 жыл бұрын
Chris_0803 I laughed when I read this. Thanks.
@dmcgee3 5 жыл бұрын
It’s always morbidly ironic when people’s last name relates to their manner of death. This was brought up recently when that girl fell (lived but barely) from a 6th floor balcony trying to take a yoga picture. Her last name was terrazas or in English, terraces. Anyways stay safe out there Mr Horsecock!
@Thebes 5 жыл бұрын
Lucien Karst Well, it was thought to have happen before. I really shouldn’t contribute anything to this.
@chrishansen456 5 жыл бұрын
@@ripno2672 I knew a feller, named Mr. Hands. Died to some horsecock.
@sethleoric2598 5 жыл бұрын
@@dmcgee3 WAIT MY NAME LITERALLY SPELLS OUT DIES MOST WITHOUT THE T AWWW SHHHHHIIIII
@ethan9204 4 жыл бұрын
Simpson: Son of simp
@theoldcavalier7451 4 жыл бұрын
Yes.
@kingdomofvinland8827 4 жыл бұрын
What dose the name Preuninger mean?
@nonamea9177 4 жыл бұрын
indeed
@deidrem.simpson4119 4 жыл бұрын
Simpson is actually son of Simon or son of Simeon. They're both Hebrew and mean "one who hears."
@6stringgunner511 4 жыл бұрын
Dohh!!!!!😂
@rainyfriday6175 9 ай бұрын
In my culture there’s only 18 last names, often called the 18 clans. It came from our origin myth, wherein the world was flooded but a pair of brother and sister were saved by floating in a giant drum. Afterwards, the brother knew they had to repopulate the world, but the sister was reluctant, being siblings and all, so they agreed to roll 2 stones off of two mountaintops, and if the stone rolled down and came to rest on each other, they would repopulate the world. At night, the brother sneaked off and found the two stones and placed them next to each other at the bottom of the mountains, and so, the sister agreed they would repopulate the world. However, when the baby was born, it was a mass of flesh with no limbs or features. The sister took this as a sign that they had affronted their god and sliced the flesh up into 18 pieces and strewn them about their yard and house. The next morning, from each piece of flesh had sprung up a child. Each one was named after where the flesh had fallen, so my surname, Xiong, comes from the Hmong word “xyoob,” which means bamboo, since our flesh landed in a nearby bamboo garden. As far as origin myths go, I think it’s okay. It has a flood, incest, and baby mutilation. What more can you ask for?
@pokemata1035 9 ай бұрын
Damn what badass culture is that from? (it sounds Chinese so might be Tibet, Mongolian, or from the Xinjiang region, but I am not that good at this stuff.)
@DarkKnightDueler 9 ай бұрын
That is a hell of a culture. You gotta love humans, huh?
@satohime 9 ай бұрын
@@pokemata1035 i'm guessing hmong as they said in the comment, pretty close, they're an ethnic group that's partially in china but also across southeast asia ex. vietnam and laos
@fnh123 9 ай бұрын
Lol, a fellow Hmong!
@exb940 9 ай бұрын
@@fnh123ong. Hiiii.
@oldgringo2001 2 жыл бұрын
My favorite surname yarn is about a Soviet Spy sent to contact a sleeper agent in a tiny town in Wales. All this KGB man knows that he has to find a man named "David Jones". But he rapidly finds out that maybe half the townspeople are named Jones and many of them are David Jones. Moreover, this is a village where a lot of people speak only Welsh. Eventually he finds a few English-speaking Welshman in the village to help him. And they all agree it is "Jones the Spy you''ll be wanting'"
@St.Linguini_of_Pesto 2 жыл бұрын
@Thomas Sewell that seems to be a popular & common first + last combination. David Bowie's real name was _David Jones;_ allegedly he went by David Bowie because he didn't want people to confuse him with _Davy Jones_ from The Monkees. I also went to high school with a Dave Jones (he drove a kickass Mustang).
@Mer1912 Жыл бұрын
@@St.Linguini_of_Pesto that is correct. It was because there was already a “David Jones” - maybe one more - popular at the time of Bowie’s rise
@user-lp9pq3xx8c Жыл бұрын
We’re there any pilgrims from Wales
@LS-dp2gs 10 ай бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@hatface240 9 ай бұрын
My last name is welsh crazy
@Evalynder 4 жыл бұрын
My dad is from England, and didn't have a middle name, so when he immigrated to America, he just crossed out the middle name field. However, they interpreted that as "X" giving him the awesome middle name "X"
@ssjwes 4 жыл бұрын
nice!
@FourByteBurger 4 жыл бұрын
Imma call your dad Mr. X
@WCM1945 4 жыл бұрын
In the US Navy, if you didn't have a middle name, you put in the initials NMI for "no middle initial". That's how it appeared on far too many dog tags.
@FourByteBurger 4 жыл бұрын
@@WCM1945 oh wow lol,sounds like it woulda been a pain when collecting tags after a battle
@hitroy1054 4 жыл бұрын
Was his first name “Racer”
@quinncurcio4977 5 жыл бұрын
My surname meant “short person” in 14th century Italian. Which is fitting because most of us today are like 5’4
@sirwannabeguy4886 5 жыл бұрын
Manlet
@zkittlezthabanditt604 5 жыл бұрын
Lol, that's actually pretty cool
@quinncurcio4977 5 жыл бұрын
Zachary Tyler Vaccarezza I looked it up
@Zebwyn 5 жыл бұрын
Wipe Wipe my last name means “beautiful place”
@quinncurcio4977 5 жыл бұрын
Fronkled Floops that’s pretty cool
@lancerevell5979 2 жыл бұрын
My father's family name, Revell, came over with the French during the Norman Conquest. Some men were knights, sheriffs, etc. My mother's mother's family, the Wiltshires, derived from ancient Saxons living in what became County Wiltshire in England, home of Stonehenge and The White Horse chalk figure. Mom's father's name, Zachary, came from Germany. My late sister did geneological research, and both Dad's and Mom's families have connections by marriage to several historic figures. Fascinating stuff!
@patriciajrs46 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, it is. I don't truly know the accuracy of the information listed on a website for my family tree. According to it, I am related to Charlemagne, Pepin the Short, and a saint, St. Bagga. It all sounds lovely. Fascinating.
@worlds_top Жыл бұрын
Here is the most commoin surnames from your country kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n9d_drCb3q_Qdp8.html
@eveoakley6270 Жыл бұрын
I have studied my family tree for years now. You will find that most people’s surnames have similar historic connections. No one is unique, we are all the same.
@eveoakley6270 Жыл бұрын
@@patriciajrs46 95% of the population of the modern world are descended from the seed of Charlemagne, you would only be unique if you weren’t. I have Studied my family tree for years and can also trace my ancestors from Charlemagne, William The Conqueror, Pepin, Bagga, The Bruce’s etc. we are all really one and the same.it is all very fascinating in the beginning then when you realise that most of us are the same it becomes rather boring.
@patriciajrs46 Жыл бұрын
@@eveoakley6270 Thank you. I'm sure that last statement is true enough, but it still interests me to try and find out my nearer relatives, the greats and great greats. I don't know any of them on my dad's side.
@marcussegrest5708 9 ай бұрын
After decades of research into our family history and the origins of our surname, my father discovered many interesting clues as to where we came from and what the family name means. Segrest, as we spell it today, turns out to have many different annunciations and is spelled many different ways. Siegrist, Secrest, Siechrist, and yes, Seacrest. And the most common question I am asked upon introducing myself to a stranger is, “Are you related to Ryan?” Probably is the answer I usually give. It’s a fascinating journey down the genealogy path. Until, inevitably you reach the end only to learn that someone waaaaay back in your family’s history had the mundane task of ringing the towns tower bell to indicate what time it is. That’s right, Segrest means, “ The bell ringer.” Just damn.
@christianbh 4 жыл бұрын
If we did this today a lot of people would be called something like “Jane Unemployed”
@BudMasta 4 жыл бұрын
Jane InstagramThot
@davidpurina3821 4 жыл бұрын
Unemployment is at a historical all time low right now soooo,
@BudMasta 4 жыл бұрын
@@davidpurina3821 if you're going to pretend like these people don't exist I would bet money you let your girl get blacked on the weekend.
@alejandroe3616 4 жыл бұрын
@@BudMastajane thoticus
@iheadbuttwindows 4 жыл бұрын
Jason Influencer
@thekingoffist3610 5 жыл бұрын
My surname is "German", it may be a hint but I'm not entirely sure...
@thekingoffist3610 5 жыл бұрын
@W L On their defense, we all were, millions of years ago.
@sergpie 5 жыл бұрын
Old French; “germain”, ca. 13th century, meaning like one’s own or born of the same parents. Possible root; latin, “germen”, meaning sprout or sapling or bud.
@thekingoffist3610 5 жыл бұрын
@@sergpie Thanks, that's cool to know, thing is I'm Italian and it is "Tedesco" and it literally means "German", you know, the ones from Germany. Also, if it means anything, it's a common surname here in Central Italy, in the zones of Lazio, Campania, Aquila, Marche, Umbria and Molise. My theory is that it has either something to do with the Lombards who also got here or it's a surname like Da Vinci's one, meaning that it was given to Germans who moved in Italy during the Middle Ages and onward.
@danielhopkins296 5 жыл бұрын
Megesthenes, quoted by Arrian, calls the Indian ascetics "GRAMANA" a rendering of Sanskrit SRAMANA. See the identification of the GOTHS as being Indian ascetics in the book THE ORIGIN OF PAGAN IDOLATRY
@thekingoffist3610 5 жыл бұрын
@W L Thanks. It's a poor attempt at "Latinizing" my full name, from someone who hardly knows Latin (Me, if you were wondering).
@gaz0463 2 жыл бұрын
I was told my second name, Ellensworth, is an old English name that came about when, around the 12th century, a woman named Ellen built a house for herself and then built a house for each one of her children and later her grandchildren when they married on land she would acquire around her original property to build on. The large number of houses she built and owned along with the land she had acquired became known as Ellen’s Wealth and eventually Ellensworth. We even have a Cote Of Arms which I know nothing about the meaning of the design and symbols. Some of our family left England and went to the mid west of America and also Virginia where the name still exists but sometimes in a slightly different form like Ellingsworth or Ellinsworth.
@judeross3875 2 жыл бұрын
An amazing lady as an ancestor thank you so much for sharing xx
@jimmythe-gent 9 ай бұрын
That’s really cool
@eyeZitsme 9 ай бұрын
Interesting.
@tobyhouston9939 9 ай бұрын
I think there is a variant of it being Ellington or ellin(g)s towns that ive heard about. That awesome to find what that means
@FloridaMugwump 2 жыл бұрын
Your last name is just the tiniest branch of your family tree. If you go back just 5 generations, you have 32 last names (unless you have a lot of crossing, lol) contributing to your history. Go back 10 generations and you have 1024 last names contributing to your heritage. And your last name went from father to son without a DNa test. Some people are quite surprised when they get a dna test.
@flylerdurden1999 9 ай бұрын
That's BS I've traced my geneology back to William the conqueror and had only 2 last names You don't have a clue what you're talking about
@FloridaMugwump 9 ай бұрын
@@flylerdurden1999 I don't think you understood my point at all. My name is Welch. My mother's maiden name is cluff, so just one generation back there are two last names contributing to my dns. My grandmother's were Cheney and Redmond, so two generations back there are four last names. I only have about 1/4 of the DNA of my paternal grandmother, for example. Next generation there are four great grandmothers, so now 8 last name. It doubles for each generation I'm not talking about the number of names needed to reach a particular person in history. If it falls on a mostly male line. My paternal grandmother is a direct male line back to the Cheney that married Hannah Dustin's daughter about 1700. So Welch, Cheney, Dustin, I got there with three names. (Hannah Dustin was famous in colonial days for scalping ten indians in one night)
@flylerdurden1999 9 ай бұрын
@@FloridaMugwump i understood but you're wrong
@flylerdurden1999 9 ай бұрын
@@FloridaMugwump you'r mother's and grandmothers names don't matter. You're confused kick rocks You're twisting facts and that makes you a liar
@FloridaMugwump 9 ай бұрын
@@flylerdurden1999 About what? That you are so inbred that you only had two last names going back to William the Conqueror? I was trying to be nice.
@wjf0ne 5 жыл бұрын
I knew a man who had the family name of Brown, but he was so boring he changed it to Beige.
@craigcrawford6595 5 жыл бұрын
ROTFLMAO Classic! !!
@eliegbert8121 5 жыл бұрын
LINDYBEIGE
@evacslived5028 5 жыл бұрын
William Ferguson *lindybeige enters the chat*
@wjf0ne 5 жыл бұрын
@@evacslived5028 I love his video clips, even though he is slightly bonkers.
@timomastosalo 5 жыл бұрын
Next generation picks Bronze, Maroon, Tan etc.
@theone9930 5 жыл бұрын
When your last name is Cook, and your parents are the best cooks in the neighborhood.
@cadenr06 5 жыл бұрын
Would it be cookpot or potcook if you cooked weed?
@sossololpipi9633 5 жыл бұрын
@@cadenr06 it would just be "Pot" as said in Québec
@nick.hl0344 5 жыл бұрын
@literally Hitler omg it's literally hitler!
@KrazyKolaMan 5 жыл бұрын
Too many cooks
@aliceakosota797 5 жыл бұрын
Last Cook I ran into was a Doctor
@CreativeWarrior- 2 жыл бұрын
The artwork in this video is STUNNING! You have great taste, sir!
@PrincessPink433 Жыл бұрын
My last name is Johnson so I waited patiently for it to show up and was not disappointed! I Googled my first name to find the meaning of that but my dad was always curious about where our last name originated because he couldn’t find it in his family tree. I can’t wait to share this information with him and hopefully it’ll put his curiosity to rest. It certainly did for me. Very interesting video!
@flylerdurden1999 9 ай бұрын
Great last name you should be very proud 👍 My last name means murderous heathen 😂 . I came from Vikings and American Indians 🤔
@elysienne8475 4 жыл бұрын
My last name is Neighbor Glad to know my ancestors lived next to someone 😂
@DustDevilJones 4 жыл бұрын
Ha, good one
@anonymousobrian1155 4 жыл бұрын
And I Oop---
@zeldaxninja3214 4 жыл бұрын
😂😂
@admiralmu4353 4 жыл бұрын
I know someone whose last name is Loner xD
@elysienne8475 4 жыл бұрын
@@admiralmu4353 XD
@lolakitano1229 4 жыл бұрын
I'm french, polish descent, and my last name means "someone who plays bagpipe really bad" or "someone who make a lot of useless noises"
@yaboimatteo7706 4 жыл бұрын
😂
@victorcampbell1868 4 жыл бұрын
Kitano ,Mmmmm sounds more Japanese than polish
@khenudae1158 4 жыл бұрын
Lola Kitano lmfao your ancestors trolled the shit out of you
@lolakitano1229 4 жыл бұрын
@@khenudae1158 I'm making noise music nowdays so it turn out pretty right !
@roberto8187 4 жыл бұрын
Is it true though?
@CSingleton1995 9 ай бұрын
My last name is Singleton. Crazy story! Sangle is a place in Sussex Britain, that was constantly sacked by raiders until the Roman's set up an outpost there in 800 ad. The Roman's abandoned the place eventually. and 200 years later, some Celts set up camp there and got decimated and scattered by the same raiders that the romans had fought for decades. Later, the Saxons found the ruins, set up camp, and with the lead of Alfred the great (from Sussex), the kingdoms of Britain banded together as the U.K. and fought the raiders off the continent! This set the U.K. in stone as a force not to be reckoned with, and Sangle became a little town that exists to this day. The Saxons in Sangle took the names Singleton, Singletary, Sangleton, and others, but they all translate to the likes of "town built on ruins" or "farm in the burned path". It's really cool!!!
@Eugene-fw2tp Жыл бұрын
This video is a jewel of it's kind. It is really humorous the way it is scripted. Serious, but just plain funny how the flow of description is layout. I can't describe my intent of this post accurately, but it is really cool. I love it. Rock on!!
@123brown1 5 жыл бұрын
“Brown means brown” That really clears it up... thanks 🤦🏼♂️
@taiyibureau9963 5 жыл бұрын
It's more like "Braun means brown" ;) which are almost identical in their pronounciation
@pointlessopinion611 5 жыл бұрын
Ikr he could of at least lied to us and said it was from kicking ppls shit in...........Just BROWN?
@hglundahl 5 жыл бұрын
Meanwhile, I suspect "White" could mean coal merchant.
@3X0SK3L3TON 5 жыл бұрын
its quite common for african americans to have surnames that is based on color (e.g. black, white, green, red, brown)
@timomastosalo 5 жыл бұрын
@@3X0SK3L3TON Red? Btw. - the colour family names existed already in UK.
@Tomas-ml9nv 5 жыл бұрын
my surname means claimant which was first mentioned 710 years ago. After they claimed some land.
@MichaelJackson78100 5 жыл бұрын
My surname is literally the same as an important member in persecution of Jesus Christ. I get a lot of shit over that lol
@elhombredeoro955 5 жыл бұрын
My surname 'Pérez' means son of Pero or Pedro (Peter)
@SoxExcalibur 5 жыл бұрын
@@MichaelJackson78100 whats your surname? iscariot? lol
@SoxExcalibur 5 жыл бұрын
@@MichaelJackson78100 oh
@crqf2010ruler 5 жыл бұрын
Nice
@kainfox9140 9 ай бұрын
I'm actually baffled you managed to sneak mine in there at the end. Learned lots!
@erikgriffith8857 9 ай бұрын
I wanted to state my awe and appreciation with the sheer quantity, variety, and rarity of the accompanying visuals in the video. Nicely done!
@eddierollinson1440 4 жыл бұрын
My mates name is Viagra and he's a straight up kinda guy.
@betternamepending7483 4 жыл бұрын
God damnit
@yaboimatteo7706 4 жыл бұрын
Barrssss, that was hard
@m.s.patten 4 жыл бұрын
Eddie Son of Rollin
@RicketyQuickity 4 жыл бұрын
My friends surname is virgin
@royyark2896 4 жыл бұрын
M
@koibubbles3302 4 жыл бұрын
Then: William the smith? Now: Will Smith?
@willieard9095 4 жыл бұрын
His names Willard not William
@dainn0668 4 жыл бұрын
@@willieard9095 how do you know ?
@willieard9095 4 жыл бұрын
look it up
@ekimaulthar2044 4 жыл бұрын
@@willieard9095 then he was crowned "Prince Willard 'the Fresh', Heir Sovereign to Bel Air".
@ce666isa3 4 жыл бұрын
What an entanglement
@KingOfStopMotion 8 күн бұрын
My last name, King, is decended from MacGregor as once the MacGregor clan (Scottish clan) lost a battle with their opponents, the last name MacGregor was outlawed and, due to the MacGregor's royal blood, my ancestors chose King. Thought yall would see that as interesting
@bonniehoke-scedrov4906 2 жыл бұрын
This is my first time enjoying your KZfaq channel. Great content! Looking forward to hearing more from you! Your video was so informative. Thank you so much!
@ilcondottierocartografo6770 4 жыл бұрын
Me: I'm looking for Harry. Man: Harry? Please specify. Me: Harry Potter, the guy who does the pottery. Man: ah yes
@doop4wow540 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks you made me laughed
@williambrown1095 4 жыл бұрын
That's exactly what it means. His family sells pot. I mean POTS. really. {actually someone who throws pots. not nearly as funny.}
@johneosmaniii3915 3 жыл бұрын
Ahh, so Harry Potter, would be from a “Hairy” Potter?
@ddrumma872 3 жыл бұрын
@@johneosmaniii3915 "longhaired dude smoking weed" would be a weird name...
@aramisortsbottcher8201 3 жыл бұрын
@@ddrumma872 XD
@mina7572 5 жыл бұрын
What does it mean if your last name is "crapshoveler" ? Asking for a friend...
@thetruthhurts7808 5 жыл бұрын
Your ancestors...i mean your friend's ancestors were politicians.
@danielryan9076 5 жыл бұрын
You're "friend" is a metal head with bad breath....
@darthXreven 5 жыл бұрын
I would say your family/friend had a relative who shoveled or hauled sh**t for a living..... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f8t0orVo3KnKmWw.html
@DZ-1987 5 жыл бұрын
Means you're from a line of soldiers renowned for working the latrine.
@JohnDoe-hy2op 5 жыл бұрын
Richard Puller. Hahaha
@adlwilliams 7 ай бұрын
"My last names Baker, my family was known for baking. How bout you?" "My last names Miller, my family worked at the mill. How about you?" "My last names Fisher, my family liked to fish a lot. How bout you?" "....My last names Dickinson"
@ThomasKent1346 2 жыл бұрын
My mother's surname was McIntyre. "McIntyre, McEntire, MacIntyre, McAteer, and McIntire are Scottish and Irish surnames derived from the Gaelic Mac an t-Saoir literally meaning "Son of the Craftsman or Mason", but more commonly cited as "son of the Carpenter." It is common in Ulster and the highlands of Scotland, found in Ireland mostly in counties ..." My surname is Kent. "Kent Name Meaning English: habitational name for someone from Kent, an ancient Celtic name. The surname is also frequent in Scotland and Ireland. In Irrerwick in East Lothian English vassals were settled in the middle of the 12th century and in Meath in Ireland in the 13th century."
@Corey_Brandt 4 жыл бұрын
When he started going through the German names I felt like he was naming everyone in my town Lol
@twoface3629 4 жыл бұрын
hello hans
@dagobertduck4557 4 жыл бұрын
Lmao im curaçaoan and have a German surname
@magisterhpp 4 жыл бұрын
Markle = Merkel
@LeighJFP 4 жыл бұрын
I’m scared of Germans
@DanielPembrink 4 жыл бұрын
@@LeighJFP but you have kryptonite right?
@zeeriver 4 жыл бұрын
My surname means blacksmith. *skyrim music intensifies*
@victorcampbell1868 4 жыл бұрын
Hahahahahahaha, yes, I love skyrim
@hiboomer1191 4 жыл бұрын
Mines son of Martin
@victorcampbell1868 4 жыл бұрын
@@hiboomer1191 "Martinez " means son of Martin
@hiboomer1191 4 жыл бұрын
@@victorcampbell1868 true. you got my name
@awsomedude12345678 4 жыл бұрын
@@victorcampbell1868 mine is just "Martin"
@lauralovell9473 Жыл бұрын
I've always been fascinated by this subject. Great job!
@JohnnyManu40 9 ай бұрын
Speaking of William the Conqueror. Some of his bloodline still lives on, just via some different names. Common among the oldest families I have found out over the past years looking into my own heritage. Sometimes it's for sensible reasons. Other times it's literally just because languages changed due to new rulers, etc.
@ismelljello 5 жыл бұрын
15:02 “Bird is not a very common last name in English” Laughs in Boston Celtics
@tygrkhat4087 5 жыл бұрын
Also the woman basketball player Sue Bird, and I know of three NFL players; George aka Butch, Gill and Jarius Byrd. And the 20th Century American explorer, Adm. Richard Byrd.
@nicholeocornes543 4 жыл бұрын
I know people with the last name bird and they are French very nice spiritual people.
@nbmiguel 4 жыл бұрын
Peppa pig's voice actor is called Harley Bird😂
@XI_XXII_MMXVII 4 жыл бұрын
As a Laker Fan, I find this funny.
@chickentenders9765 4 жыл бұрын
Finally someone with the same last name
@gunarsmiezis9321 5 жыл бұрын
My surname is easily understandable since it is just 100 years old. It literally means Peaceful and was adopted by my fathers fathers side of the family when they deserted the red army.
@jumbo4billion 5 жыл бұрын
Brave move deserting the red army. Beautiful name.
@gunarsmiezis9321 5 жыл бұрын
@@jumbo4billion After plenty dead brothers and masacares of civilians. When my family members returned to there homeland and saw that even here the situation was truning for the worst they realized they where the bad guys and desided to not leave there home to to fight in the civil war. We are actualy a warior famaily having fought in every war that has involved our homeland for as long as we remember. But that baranch of the family where burned out for the century and did not particapate in WW2. We are not peaceful that is pointed out by all our friends and people who know us. We train all our men to be soldiers all tho we never join the army or advocate for war. We merely want to live in peace and know that if you want peace you must be ready for war.
@OnlyBadVibes935 5 жыл бұрын
Russia would like to know your location
@raivo_4447 5 жыл бұрын
🇱🇻
@gunarsmiezis9321 5 жыл бұрын
@@raivo_4447 Nekad neatklāj no kurienes mana tauta ir.
@dicksargent3582 9 ай бұрын
Eisenhower refers to a specific part of the blacksmiths trade with a meaning far more than the general term ironworker. The direct translation is Iron hewer meaning carver of iron. Eisenhowers carver and forged figures such as animals from iron.
@kimberlysamuel474 2 жыл бұрын
My father's people came from Norway, their last name is Ockwig, and I know it's been through a few different spelling changes. In the earliest census here in the US, he described himself as an immigrant farmer from central Norway, spelling the name as I spelled out. All I know is it's related to warriors, berserkers in particular. Without speaking old Norse, I can't access records over there. My adoptive father was of strong German descent. Gramentz was his surname. In some old letters back in the like of my father's people, Aakvig seems to be the way a few letters spell Ockwig. Strong history of soldiers and farmers on both sides. Any ideas?
@taligent9888 5 жыл бұрын
I heard of a man who legally changed his Name to 'Playstation 2'
@bonnieblance4433 5 жыл бұрын
Pfff Fr? XD
@hangingjontron818 5 жыл бұрын
ill change my name to sans undertale then
@silentkaisei 5 жыл бұрын
@@hangingjontron818 I will first
@Harberino 5 жыл бұрын
I like the numbers 16 and 17 no
@thanosguy576 5 жыл бұрын
That's true
@lordnarasimha2500 5 жыл бұрын
My last name is Walker. I come from a family of paraplegics.
@williamwilson836 5 жыл бұрын
Ouch
@El_Presidente_5337 5 жыл бұрын
( o.o) Boi
@user-rx6km2de4m 5 жыл бұрын
Or zombies
@littyfam5136 5 жыл бұрын
Last name is Goodman. I come from a family of traitors
@yan.368 5 жыл бұрын
LittyFam // my last name means "spokesman" in gaelic i hate speaking in front of people
@DonPedroman Жыл бұрын
The 2 surname thing in spanish is truly fascinating, traditioanlly people had the kind of surnames such of ocupation or patronimic and most people added multiple other surnames and descriptors (specially nobility), then in the 19th century, Mexico became the first spanish speaking country to legally require people to have two surnames in civilian registries, and the practice spreaded to other spanish speking countries, and even the concept of surname dates only to 1505, so before that people wre not required to have anything
@tacob69 2 жыл бұрын
I have read a couple things but Cox is from Coxswain I believe.I guess someone was a boat steerer in my English family tree.
@tallen7029 3 жыл бұрын
My ex wife has no middle name, when we ended our marriage, she asked if she could keep my last name. We ended on good terms and are still good friends today, but even if we had not I would have said yes as I was honored by her request.
@LadyRenegade77 3 жыл бұрын
That's awesome of you. My ex freaked out because I forgot to change my last name on Facebook. Of course he didn't give me a divorce for 23 years so it's not like I should have been in a hurry. (I changed it the same day he brought it up cause I'm not a jerk)
@salvadorv3delgadillo115 3 жыл бұрын
T O . < @@LadyRenegade77 > . YOU CAN ALL WAYS USE MY MIDDLE NAME < DELGADILLO > SALVADOR < V 3 > DELGADILLO. NOVEMBER 2 3 - 2 0 2 0
@ghanvedsingh8946 3 жыл бұрын
Your name sounds like alien
@lorainejones41 3 жыл бұрын
I kept my ex husbands last name because my first name is hard for people to spell so most people can spell my last name. 😂 My first name is misspelled now but I just went with it. 😫
@mrduckyplayz4093 3 жыл бұрын
ayy that’s my first name
@sarcasticduck1215 5 жыл бұрын
Me before vid : yes my weird last name will be explained After vid : no explanation
@codyayo6158 5 жыл бұрын
How you think i feel 😂 Ayo aint got much to work with
@ethan1747 5 жыл бұрын
The one who lays with fish.
@B355Y 5 жыл бұрын
Anglo variation of Scottish surname, meaning white/pale + hero/warrior
@user-ec9mi9kz6o 5 жыл бұрын
That shits my first name dog
@sethr2b966 5 жыл бұрын
Any ideas what artoebi(R2B) means?
@user-nc2kz2mn5v Жыл бұрын
Fascinating...thank you.
@BlackieNuff Жыл бұрын
I've had a fascination with names and their meanings, so I found this really enlightening and very cool. I didn't hear my surname though - well, not specifically ; there WAS mention of the category (part of my surname), so I may have to play that back and see if I missed something.
@pflh2391 3 жыл бұрын
if this is applied in today's world we will have names like streamer, tuber, and memer. lmao
@kevinortiz2597 3 жыл бұрын
Jake Memer weirdly sounds like a real name 💀
@LylaMoos2012 3 жыл бұрын
Troller
@josephperkins4080 3 жыл бұрын
@@kevinortiz2597 actually you are right it does
@hayo_hru 3 жыл бұрын
@@kevinortiz2597 I read that name and instantly came up with the whole Memer family Jake Memer’s parents definitely are named David Memer and April Memer (née Streamer), he has an older brother named Timothy Memer, an older sister named Miranda Memer, and a younger sister named Taylah Memer. They also have April’s mother, Eleanor Streamer, living with them, as April refuses to put her in a home.
@badgermoon9229 3 жыл бұрын
And Bonger
@primedecanus5301 5 жыл бұрын
My last name is Soltero. Anyone who knows Spanish would see the issue.
@NITOPSMOVE 5 жыл бұрын
A gentleman's name ;)
@Joshua-hz3cl 5 жыл бұрын
Sol=sun, tero is a type of bird. So sunbird?
@NITOPSMOVE 5 жыл бұрын
@@Joshua-hz3cl Literally translated, means single.
@Joshua-hz3cl 5 жыл бұрын
@@NITOPSMOVE I was looking at Latin Spanish origins. Lol
@NITOPSMOVE 5 жыл бұрын
@@Joshua-hz3cl I'm from Spain lol I think our Spanish is a bit different.
@stevenrussell5340 2 жыл бұрын
My surname is "Russell", my direct lineage is from England and the Duke of Bedford is a direct family line of mine. I have a book on the Duke of Bedford, and the Duke at the time is a mirror image of my Dad when he was in his 30's. The Clan Russell is a family with claimed origins in Normandy. It has ancestral ties to the English Dukes of Bedford, and has numerous descendants in Great Britain and America.
@philiphamel8504 9 ай бұрын
My last name is Hamel, and my father's father's family is from France (As far back as I can tell anyway) it means essentially "farmer" or "Homesteader". If we go further back though, it could also be in reference to the German town of Hamlin.
@aadarshbalireddy2939 5 жыл бұрын
Fun fact, LeBron is a last name that means "The Brown". So LeBron James means "The Brown James"
@southwest9389 5 жыл бұрын
James Brown
@maymay5600 5 жыл бұрын
isn't french as well?
@jane6536 5 жыл бұрын
Well, atleast it's legit
@joachimdartson7313 5 жыл бұрын
I've got a buddy named La Rue. Less than excited when I told him it meant "the road' . Lol
@edgarconception9487 5 жыл бұрын
LeBron is also a latin name ..which is very popular in latin America..French and Spain also.
@Benjamin-uv7op 5 жыл бұрын
Really angry my name wasnt on here. Maybe next time. - Benjamin Dicksalad
@LizardYup 5 жыл бұрын
Hahahaha
@Pro-dd4dv 5 жыл бұрын
U eat healthy salad :D
@seanpalmes4502 4 жыл бұрын
A healthy Dicksalad
@Botassiumm 4 жыл бұрын
Lmfao
@matthewbates9629 4 жыл бұрын
Yummy yummy
@kenwalz7231 2 жыл бұрын
I always wondered where and when last names came to be. Thanks for posting!
@dontaylor7315 2 жыл бұрын
It was just a passing mention but he should've known William the Conqueror is a name made up by historians after the fact. The actual person called himself William the Bastard.
@pureaidswithmemes8053 5 жыл бұрын
*has the name Slovak* "Hmm, wonder what that means..."
@pierresihite8854 5 жыл бұрын
its cleary slovenian
@73288 5 жыл бұрын
@@pierresihite8854 Just wanted to say slovakian but you were first
@eagle1532 5 жыл бұрын
It means shit thrower, your great great great great great granpappy most likely worked in the sanitation industry
@spartanrisk 5 жыл бұрын
It means you're slow at cleaning with a vacuum. Slovac or Slovak. Origins: Alien
@roddo1955 5 жыл бұрын
@@spartanrisk shit. You beat me to it. The Slow vacuumers were persecuted by the Hoovers and the Dysons during the Vac-wars of Carpet and Rug.
@iluv2sleep 4 жыл бұрын
my last name is 'Shaw' so either its an abbreviation on 'Shawn the sheep' or my ancestors just liked agreeing to things
@spider-manfan117 4 жыл бұрын
A_ Mistake My last name is also Shaw :). Our name is for a house in the woods surrounded by wolfs
@gregoryshaw8617 4 жыл бұрын
A_ Mistake it means “ of the wolf “
@gregoryshaw8617 4 жыл бұрын
LOL,, but I agree with spider man fan,,
@iluv2sleep 4 жыл бұрын
Patrick W I’ve never heard such a horrible joke in my life 👏 👏 👏
@kingofthejungle3833 4 жыл бұрын
nah they lived on the beach
@notably5233 Жыл бұрын
My surname is “Edwards”, it means “prosperous knight” Badass name lol
@abelramirez7320 2 жыл бұрын
I will never forget how amazed I was when I found out my last name had origins within a Germanic tribe. Side note, I love asking people where their ancestry is. Most people don't know, myself included. I know my grandfather has a grandmother from Spain. That's about all I have. My grandparents are from Mexico.
@maximmamykin4018 4 жыл бұрын
My surname literally means lazy wanderer who avoided working
@ajayavsm7476 4 жыл бұрын
Unemployed?
@victorcampbell1868 4 жыл бұрын
Mamykin?
@ChrisMontgomery-xtrmagamr 4 жыл бұрын
So a liberal/Democrat
@freetruth9762 3 жыл бұрын
Sibling?
@bluehayze8890 3 жыл бұрын
😅😂😂😂
@ldblokland463 5 жыл бұрын
It means, someone from a former municipality in South Holland
@BayOfWulf 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for telling me
@michaeledmunds7056 9 ай бұрын
My surname apparently comes from old English "Ead" meaning riches or prosperity, and "Mund" meaning protector. Combined with a given name of an archangel, and naturally you can see that I am, in fact, the main character.
@patriciajrs46 2 жыл бұрын
This an informative, delightful video. Thank you. I was Rogers.
@blackchicken2243 3 жыл бұрын
So a Simpson is a son of a simp? How the hell is that even possible
@debrapaulino918 3 жыл бұрын
It might be shortened from Simpleson ... Sim ple sonne [French] ... Sim plais ... figure out what Sim is from. Maybe the name of town or village. Where does it predominate? Originate? Could be English or Norman. What does sim mean in middle ages languages? Sim Zim Cim ... you never know. Simp les sonne ... I think you really have something extraordinary hiding.
@ddrumma872 3 жыл бұрын
@Gia Kiệt Nguyễn That's "Simson", which was actually a pretty cool Eastgerman scooter (Schwalbe)
@aramisortsbottcher8201 3 жыл бұрын
Lol
@elifyuksel5684 3 жыл бұрын
Hahah lmao
@aramisortsbottcher8201 3 жыл бұрын
@@ddrumma872 But I guess it's right, look at Sam(p)son. Also it is not hard to misspell Sims as Simps.
@thanosguy576 5 жыл бұрын
3:08 that explains the crazy barber from flap jack
@kitt3h 5 жыл бұрын
@Thanos Guy doctor barber lol
@michaelcap9550 4 жыл бұрын
Theodoric of York form Saturday Night Live.
@zevvez_ 4 жыл бұрын
Surgery.....
@Charles-gj9hn 6 ай бұрын
A good lesson and beautiful artworks.
@dp5475 2 жыл бұрын
The selected paintings in this were fantastic
@sonata7204 5 жыл бұрын
My surname is *Prostitute* I wonder what my family did?
@scrumpton296 5 жыл бұрын
And I thought a wool trader was bad...
@fbihorse 5 жыл бұрын
Probably education or something
@El_Presidente_5337 5 жыл бұрын
My family name means something like "not jew". My mom worked with somone from the middle east and he laughed his ass of because it's an insult to jews there xD Edit: Here's hows it's written in hebrew: גוי You spell it "goi" but our family name is "Goy" I like to imagine that my ancestors were crusaiders which lived in the holy land and later on settelet to prussia (teutonic knights). Eventually the people from Prussia also settled Silesia which is where both of parts of my family lived although my mother and father met in Baden-Württemberg (South west Germany).
@m4sherman926 5 жыл бұрын
El Presidente my dads last name so my last name is Awad which is someone who makes an Arab instrument I forgot the name of.
@jodiejustice9264 5 жыл бұрын
El Presidente My last name is the English version of that
@thatwouldbeillogical 4 жыл бұрын
I am just imagining hundreds of years in the future when the "million" family tries to look up their family history and they find out their surname was from the early 21st century and it was just a pun some guy thought was amusing.`
@maidhcdemoinbhiol6017 4 жыл бұрын
Funny you should say that, it actually wouldn't be the first time it's happened in European history. When Napoleon was in the Netherlands in the early 19th century he made many people there take sirnames; many of them took on comical sirnames or ones with serious innuendo.
@duquedofunchal8586 8 ай бұрын
Well i can tell you for sure my surname is an inspiration off a greek word that was used in ancient greek times Basìlio (in greek basileus meaning 'cheif or king') than later on the greeks who lived in italy as they became kind of romanized or latinized they changed it in Italian to Basìlio than it begun to become popular in spanish and portuguese communities some people i know irl thought i was italian my dad even said their were some people from greece who thought he was greek bc of his surname and so on you get the point so yeah i got a really old surname
@hulitonuras4177 Жыл бұрын
Very informative. Good job.
@wendychavez5348 3 жыл бұрын
When my sister came back from Spain, she could quote our family names back to about the 10th generation. I never learned.
@shaunmcdaniels2460 3 жыл бұрын
This may be kind of in left field but.... I wonder if it would have to do with a person that used horses in battle to load and shoot maybe a trebuchet, catapult, or heavy cross bows??? Like cocking a mechanism that’s very heavy using a horse or oxen??????
@gregorytaylor3146 3 жыл бұрын
Very cool. I have a friend in Madrid who was delighted that her family is associated with Higher Education in the U.S.
@freddavidson1031 3 жыл бұрын
Fred. Peaceful Ruler Davidson Son Of David
@aramisortsbottcher8201 3 жыл бұрын
@@freddavidson1031 But Fred only is the short form.
@martyleland7268 3 жыл бұрын
Using deductive logic here. Chava is a shortened nickname of Salvadore in spanish. In the video the suffix "ez" means "son of." Could be that Chavez equals "Son of Salvadore?" IDK, I still like Shaun's idea.
@andrewvishnefske1222 4 жыл бұрын
Watching a video to learn about your last name, but knowing it's not on here. *sad European noises*
@stefan6347 4 жыл бұрын
*sad Southeast Asian noises*
@farenvyld 4 жыл бұрын
@@stefan6347 *sad Mediterreanean noises*
@Scottocaster6668 4 жыл бұрын
-we then take it upon ourselves to make our own origin. Mine is not mentioned either.
@danielled108 4 жыл бұрын
Sad African noises
@waifubreaks1572 4 жыл бұрын
Sad Spanish Noises
@shawngutierrez1566 9 ай бұрын
I have Hispanic and Irish family. This touched on both of those not directly but enough.
@janicereadymartcher7696 Жыл бұрын
Apart from the Sunderland and Hull area, are there any more Readymartcher family out there? Has anybody got back further than 1830?
@RaverFlav 3 жыл бұрын
It's really fun to get into the genealogy of surnames. My last name is DesRoches. Which traces back to the early medieval ages around 900 A.D. spelled as "des Roches" in Normandy. Meaning quite literally, of the rocks
@petermorin442 3 жыл бұрын
Could be " the Boulders " as well Les Roches translates into The rocks But for me Rocks are Usually on the smaller side So the word BOULDER seems a better choice ...
@RaverFlav 3 жыл бұрын
@@petermorin442 well there's also the translations of Des Rocheuses which is of the mountains, but as far as I've learned, the literal variation of des Roches was of the rocks
@ddrumma872 3 жыл бұрын
same with "Craig", though it's without the "of the..." but i gues in the Gaelic language it's different. Meaning is the same
@MrSnead-vp1ll 3 жыл бұрын
Truly interesting meaning (s). Would be really interesting to verify the exact area your family came from. Mine is so boring. Its Webb, and I understand it at one point was Weaver, or Webber. I have no idea.
@LC-df3jl 2 жыл бұрын
My family name is Roach which is the same, I have searched and found we have a castle which is basically by the sea near rocks. My family have a love for the sea and land. We fish and Dive for seafood very often and hunt and gather explains the coat of arms and the name meaning ;)
@dajordanator 3 жыл бұрын
One of my ancestors was up to some shit if he was called "swindle"
@julianzielinski1993 3 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@Sam-xr8ne 3 жыл бұрын
😆😆
@choosewisely3629 3 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@yolamontalvan9502 3 жыл бұрын
According to the video, Trump had an ancestor who was a felon, a racketeer, a conman? Now it makes sense.
@squiddyft.insecurities3549 3 жыл бұрын
@@yolamontalvan9502 im sure you had an ancestor that was a felon so your point doesn’t really add up
@OfficialDenzy 2 жыл бұрын
My last name is literally "Seljuk" which is a dynasty who ruled the Seljuk Empire lol.
@ChrisLondon-hy2oj 9 күн бұрын
I had to laugh at the example. I am a London and my ancestor from England back in the 1600's was John London
@nechastivi3187 5 жыл бұрын
My surname is typical Serbian, no translation, but surname of my neighbors is Sarengaca, or translated to English "Colorful underwear".
@michaelmijovic8867 5 жыл бұрын
does my surname have a translation lmao?
@irenehampson3209 5 жыл бұрын
:)) That's one surname I'm going to remember all my life, Nikolay! 😂👍
@kiiii33333 5 жыл бұрын
You got your surname from the name of the ancestor who started your family tree. So if your surname is Perić, your family is started by a man named Pera.
@kohls9891 5 жыл бұрын
I’m going down to the village to eat mc Donald
@adamon5577 5 жыл бұрын
you going to eat Donald's son
@failedsocialexperiment2382 4 жыл бұрын
That sounds illegal
@SirPugMan 4 жыл бұрын
SovietBear the last name MacDonald or McDonald is a Scottish last name. It is the name of one of the strongest clans of Scotland.
@madero-jb5ri 4 жыл бұрын
@@SirPugMan was their commander a burger king?
@SirPugMan 4 жыл бұрын
robert20351 The Scottish and Irish spoke a similar language. Their similar language is under an umbrella we call Gaelic. Mac or Mc (different spellings, same meanings), can be Irish and Scottish, but more so Scottish. Irish names tend to have O’ as their name
@stevechapman9235 2 жыл бұрын
My last name is Chapman. What I was told once,Chapman originated from the Israelites and the last name was Sheepman and they raised sheep. Then they moved to the sea and stated building ships. The last name now became Shipman. From they they move to Kentucky. Which the last name changed to Chapman. Don't know if this is true, but it was an interesting conversation.
@scooter59wyo61 2 жыл бұрын
The popular English surname Chapman most commonly originated as an occupational name for a businessman, trader, or merchant. Chapman derives from the Old High German choufman or koufman, which became the Old English céapmann a compound of ceap, meaning "to barter, bargain, or deal," plus mann, which means "man." It was often, but not always, used as a name for an itinerant merchant.
@applegal3058 Жыл бұрын
Well...I don't know what my dad's family surname was. My ancestor jumped ship with his two brothers and changed their name so the British Navy couldn't find them and hang them for abandoning ship. One stayed in Newfoundland, one went to Nova Scotia, and one to Boston. My surname is a town in England. I'm guessing they were from that area? My mom's ancestor also jumped ship, but we know his previous surname.
@edguitarstanleyeisen6179 4 жыл бұрын
Clinton?:" People who got caught lying a lot" Dickinson:"Son of a gun"
@MuvaLaNegra 3 жыл бұрын
LMAO 🤣🤣🤣
@thelad5 4 жыл бұрын
I’m Korean, and my last name means “Forest”.
@netajithevar296 4 жыл бұрын
What does Kim mean?
@Trilogy528Airsoft 4 жыл бұрын
Netaji Thevar Kim means gold. I ended up having to do a project for my English class about it and found out that way
@netajithevar296 4 жыл бұрын
@@Trilogy528Airsoft Thanks!
@victorcampbell1868 4 жыл бұрын
Interesting
@ellyyoon2208 4 жыл бұрын
I think your last name is Lim
@matthewcopeland9509 9 ай бұрын
My last name is Copeland and now I understand more about it, thank you. Also because of this video I came back to update from research, I have a lot of family members that I have never met.
@johnguill6129 9 ай бұрын
I have always been interested in the origin of my last name, Guill. No one in my family seem to know. Thanks to a volume of books about Virginians of the American Revolution, I know that my surname has been here a few hundreds years and still maintains its pronunciation (Gwill). Thanks to the internet I've learned that it is most likely French, and might be connected to the southeast province of France, where there is a river named Le Guil. Beyond that, little is known.
@genwunnergreen2100 5 жыл бұрын
My family changed their surname when they came to the US to avoid anti-Irish discrimination, so my last name is of Scottish origin.
@Fire_2000 5 жыл бұрын
Mine did the same because of anti Russian bias
@Septiccatgaming 5 жыл бұрын
When was it?
@Fire_2000 5 жыл бұрын
@@Septiccatgaming they left because ww1 and tzar Nicholas's treatment on poor farmers
@crashsyndicate6445 5 жыл бұрын
Fire_2000 cool, mine too!
@thecelticcrone7927 5 жыл бұрын
Genwunner Green My Ancestors did the same.
@Fireoflearning 5 жыл бұрын
First
@WorldofAoEcraft 5 жыл бұрын
Second
@mm-ez6xn 5 жыл бұрын
@@WorldofAoEcraft third
@JV-nc3mq 5 жыл бұрын
What does Vines mean
@RaccoonNation 5 жыл бұрын
*Hilarious* ... my last name is a fun one...Kuehn... and my German family members living in Hawaii were accused of being spies and blamed for Pearl Harbor 😬😿
@8tonystark8 5 жыл бұрын
Who's first Dies of thirst
@maureennewman905 10 ай бұрын
My surname is Boyle , I have Irish grandparents from Donegal who moved to Scotland .
@yst-denis7486 2 жыл бұрын
Oufff, this is great stuff on an absolutely interesting subject. I have to watch it a few times b4 go further. 😀 Sir, you are assembling culture. 👍
@salamilid3520 5 жыл бұрын
My last name means "To save up money" but still i have nothing in my wallet.
@zraw49 5 жыл бұрын
Hate to break it to you but oso is Spanish for bear. Garcia is Spanish equivalent of Gerald
@davitxenko 5 жыл бұрын
Well, García has actually a Basque origin (It has become one of the most common surnames in the hispanic world). Its original form was presumely "Gartzia" a deformation of "Hartzia", which could be translated as "son of bear". "Hartz" in Basque means bear.
@916619jg 5 жыл бұрын
+1 Danny
@slipwaykitsune 5 жыл бұрын
Not related to the convo but I love your profile pic!
@timomastosalo 5 жыл бұрын
@@davitxenko What is the word for coarse, like a harsh surface in Basque - is it anyway close to hartz (bear)? I'm asking this because in Finnish bear is karhu, and the most likely older form is *karshu. It doesn't take many sound changes to get karshu and hartz from the same source. I also think the the Finnish word karhu (
@jakegarza2671 5 жыл бұрын
What about garza? Is that just a modification of Garcia?
@mupetier 2 жыл бұрын
This was really interesting. Thank you
@ColonelMarcellus 18 күн бұрын
Also a surname may have been mispronounced and mis-spelled at one point and it stuck. Corruptions of names were sometimes done on purpose.
@ryangatien6615 3 жыл бұрын
Honestly it's a running joke in my family that we don't know how to pronounce our name, every generation said it different.
@beautifulbeaner 3 жыл бұрын
Same with mine, my fathers last name is Kubala Coo-Ball-Laa But for some reason some people would pronounce it Q-Ball-A or some other different way
@ryangatien6615 3 жыл бұрын
@@beautifulbeaner we've settled on Gate - in, but my father went to canada some years ago and was told It was pronounced gass - shon. It's hilarious, really
@boltzy_ 3 жыл бұрын
@@ryangatien6615 Gatien is actually of Canadian and French origin and is a baptismal name. Probably formed from the last name Saint Gatianus. The most likely pronounciation is Gate-ee-an
@boltzy_ 3 жыл бұрын
@@beautifulbeaner As for Kubala its either Polish or Slovak and is pronounced as Koo-Ball-Ah. I hope this helps u guys a bit more haha cheers!
@ryangatien6615 3 жыл бұрын
@@boltzy_ Hey, thanks a lot pal! :)
@carlhorsman7179 3 жыл бұрын
My last name is Horsman no surprise my ancestors worked with horses.I ended up working with horses before I was aware of this funny how I was almost drawn to it..
@chuckmagee8212 3 жыл бұрын
my girlfriend's name is Horstman (German) T is silent
@michaelferrier5086 3 жыл бұрын
Me as well: Farrier lol
@adamhawn2523 3 жыл бұрын
Are you related to Bojack?
@niklass.8699 3 жыл бұрын
My name can be literally translated to Shepard
@d.s3980 3 жыл бұрын
My boyfriend’s surname is Hunter and he is good at hunting lmao
@Hoffman-Creations 2 жыл бұрын
My old surname used to be based off of a doctor being leachman. My new last name is going to be LNU, because when police look it up it stands for “last name unknown” it’s also reflected that way in police databases.
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