What does your Surname literally mean?

[eastsidebagel]

PS: yes I am trying to strum up some street cred. if you don't like it I'll shiv you!

nice one. could only be improved by adding "YOUR MOM!"

You have changed, scherbchen!!
Don't try to hide it!

 

[Dachs]

A place where you put dead people.

 

[eastsidebagel]

A place where you put dead people.

"Friedhof" or something of that kind?

 

[Dachs]

"Friedhof" or something of that kind?

Something like that.

 

[Kal'thzar]

It's from the Old English word for 'stream', rather unexcitingly.

Weir by any chance?

 

[scherbchen]

You have changed, scherbchen!!
Don't try to hide it!

I cannot hide it. I am down with the CFIC,,, wait, the CFCOC... gimme a minute.... the CFCFCF! yeah, you know me!

 

[Thorbal]

Hm... "graveyard" would be a really awesome surname...
Gotta change my name... "George Winston Otto von Graveyard III" !

 

[musekick]

Person who makes ropes or cords.

 

[Dachs]

Hm... "graveyard" would be a really awesome surname...
Gotta change my name... "George Winston Otto von Graveyard III" !

Not "graveyard", just "Graves".

 

[Onionsoilder]

It means noble.

 

[Catharsis]

Weir by any chance?

Actually, no!

 

[TheLastOne36]

My surname translates in Polish to something like 'disagreement' or something.

Strange, yes I know. My ancestors over 1000 years ago were probably making a joke, and the name stuck is my guess.

 

[PlutonianEmpire]

My surname means "cup bearer", meaning there were people in germany around 1500's or so that bore cups/drinks for kings and made sure they weren't poisonous or something like that.

 

[eastsidebagel]

My surname means "cup bearer", meaning there were people in germany around 1500's or so that bore cups/drinks for kings and made sure they weren't poisonous or something like that.

"Schenker" or "Mundschenk"?

 

[Godwynn]

"Schenker"

What would that mean if there is an l in there, as in "Schlencker" or "Schlenker?"

 

[Dachs]

What would that mean if there is an l in there, as in "Schlencker" or "Schlenker?"

Dodge? Mebbe detour.

 

[eastsidebagel]

What would that mean if there is an l in there, as in "Schlencker" or "Schlenker?"

Nothing!
But on another note, "schlank" means slim or delicate.

 

[Annex]

'Simpleton' or something humiliatingly embarrassing like that.

 

[Miles Teg]

Son of Gerald is lame.

Son of the rule of the spear is awesome.

 

[Masada]

I share my last name with a day and with a number of Saints.