What does your Surname literally mean?

[Dachs]

How do you know my name?!?!?!

Don't worry, I'm not anonymous to everybody on CFC either.

 

[HannibalBarka]

Mine means Son of Hernando.

that would be bin-Hernando or Hernandosen than
Mine means Little-wolf in arabic

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Worshiping wine <--- Bacchus ?

I'm not sure actually. Bacchus was the Roman equivalent, but I mean Dionysos. Not sure if it's the same bloke under a different name.

 

[Masada]

Don't worry, I'm not anonymous to everybody on CFC either.

Nope. But Dachs is nicer on the ear

 

[Bigfoot3814]

So have you got the same name as a certain famous composer?

For the first name that'd be a yes. Although I'd sooner associate that with a certain science guy, or a certain Jell-O pudding spokesman.

 

[Chieftess]

Goose Herder.

In a way, I think I'm still doing that... you silly geese!

 

[Grisu]

Then delete it again? ;-)

Are you sure about the school thing? It seems quite far fetched for me. The first thing that came to my mind was "Ueli" which is a Swiss First name. But knowing that Old German, this name could mean anything ;-) For example the Ho(ch) could come froma verb meaning forest cleaning. (I actually don't know).

yeah, it's a fairly common name (not too common, though) in Switzerland. My first guess would have been the first name U(e)li as well, which is short for Ulrich.

As for me, my name apparently stems from the profession widemer (lat. dotarius) who was manager of tracts of land given to them by the church or a cloister...or something like that

 

[emzie]

Then delete it again? ;-)

Are you sure about the school thing? It seems quite far fetched for me. The first thing that came to my mind was "Ueli" which is a Swiss First name. But knowing that Old German, this name could mean anything ;-) For example the Ho(ch) could come froma verb meaning forest cleaning. (I actually don't know).

No, I'm not! My German teacher in high school is who came up with it first. It sounded plausible.

 

[Steph]

My last name is David (yes, I'm sure).

I highly suspect it comes from a first name.

 

[Rossiya]

My last name is David (yes, I'm sure).

I highly suspect it comes from a first name.

Are you Jewish?

 

[flyingchicken]

My last name is David (yes, I'm sure).

I highly suspect it comes from a first name.

Pronounced "Dah-VID" like in Spanish?

 

[Rossiya]

Pronounced "Dah-VID" like in Spanish?

Why would a French name be pronounced like a Spanish one???

 

[Steph]

Are you Jewish?

That's a funny question... Because in fact my maternal grand mother was jewish (I suppose, she never spoke about that), but that's not where my surname come from.

Why would a French name be pronounced like a Spanish one???

Because the Spanish copied the French one.

Yes, it's pronounced Dah-VID

 

[Dachs]

Why would a French name be pronounced like a Spanish one???

I hear some guy named Jacques-Louis had a similar name that's pronounced that exact same way.

 

[Steph]

I hear some guy named Jacques-Louis had a similar name that's pronounced that exact same way.

Jacques-Louis? That sounds suspiciously French

 

[Dachs]

Jacques-Louis? That sounds suspiciously French

Yeah I hear he was pretty good at doodling

 

[eddfire3]

Mine's Ledoux, which I believe means The Soft? French people can correct me if I am mistaken. In any case, it sounds pretty cool but the meaning is fairly lame. I don't want to be the soft...

 

[oagersnap]

My last name means "the narrow end of a field".

 

[Steph]

Mine's Ledoux, which I believe means The Soft? French people can correct me if I am mistaken. In any case, it sounds pretty cool but the meaning is fairly lame. I don't want to be the soft...

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

 

[Rossiya]

My last name means "the narrow end of a field".

Dieschmelleendevoneinesfelds?