What does your Surname literally mean?

[Tycho Brahe]

In the case of a person, "Le doux" is more "the gente".
"Doux" would mean "soft" for a piece of cloth.

"Dux" is latin for comander. It evolved into "duke" etc.

 

[Tycho Brahe]

That doesn't help brown people like me!!! RASIST!

Didn't help me either.

 

[Angst]

How country stone? My German isn't good.

It's an old bloodline of knights/judges/laternothins. I even have a coat of arms. My current surname derives from Wielandtstein von Vohburg, actually. Wielandtstein is the first castle, the castle of Vohburg being the second.

 

[Steph]

"Dux" is latin for comander. It evolved into "duke" etc.

Thnaks for this very useful piece of knowledge which has nothing to do with the French origin of Ledoux.

 

[Flying Pig]

Unortunaly, le doux is not related to il duce at all.

 

[Tycho Brahe]

Thnaks for this very useful piece of knowledge which has nothing to do with the French origin of Ledoux.

Thank God you don't sound sarcastic.

 

[REDY]

Palivec ~ Fiery

Also name of Czech poet and Czech literal character.

 

[Steph]

Thank God you don't sound sarcastic.

Me? Sarcastic? Never

 

[Flying Pig]

It could have been worse - you could have been le douche.

 

[Squonk]

Mine surname means "Siskin". A siskin is a small bird.
My mother's surname means "a hawk".

 

[Disenfrancised]

Mine literally translates from Anglo-saxon as 'Pleasent Cleavage', though apparently 'cleavage' is refering to a steep-sided valley in this case.

 

[Mirc]

It could have been worse - you could have been le douche.

That would've meant "the shower".

 

[Flying Pig]

Exactly

 

[Traitorfish]

I know - lower-class footsloggers. Ironically fitting. Also, the Household cavalry don't have them, which is even better.

Well, "lower class" is debatable. Men-at-Arms were well-equipped professional soldiers, not just peasant spearmen, fighting as heavy infantry and cavalry, with the Serjeants-at-Arms being comprised of the best of this class. Not quite knights, but not just "footsloggers" in the manner of pikemen or archers.