what does your last name mean?

[MetalGrasshopper]

Re: what does your last name mean?

No Info

[1trussell]

Re: what does your last name mean?

"Russell"
English, Scottish, and Irish: from Rousel, a common Anglo-Norman French nickname for someone with red hair, a diminutive of Rouse with the hypocoristic suffix -el.

[RacerX]

Re: what does your last name mean?

No info on mine on that page, however it means
"From the area of Düsseldorf"

[Lev]

Re: what does your last name mean?

yeah mines obviously not gonna be on there.. but it translates into something like "soldier from kin"

[blindmuddy]

Re: what does your last name mean?

Westfall, someone from Westfalia in Germany

[Carbuff]

Re: what does your last name mean?

I dont understand what it says about mine but I now know that noone in South Dakota or Alaska has my last name. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[Jacksonfan]

Re: what does your last name mean?

Last Name: Rose

English, Scottish, French, and German: from the name of the flower, Middle English, Old French, Middle High German rose (Latin rosa), in various applications. In part it is a topographic name for someone who lived at a place where wild roses grew, or a habitational name for someone living at a house bearing the sign of the rose. It is also found, especially in Europe, as a nickname for a man with a ‘rosy’ complexion. As an American surname, this name has absorbed cognates and similar-sounding names from other European languages.
English: variant of Royce.

[HeWhoIs]

Re: what does your last name mean?

No info on mine. I was told that Grzebien translates to "comb" from polish.

[thetroy]

Re: what does your last name mean?

Brown. It's a color.

[toejam]

Re: what does your last name mean?

No info on my last name, Tamborra. I wonder if it has something to do with tampons. [img]/images/graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[halfmoonbay]

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'Gift of God' apparently. How nice.

[kennslp]

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Last Name: Pestaina (I had to use the non-americanized version: Pestana)

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Portuguese and Spanish (Pestaña): from Portuguese pestana, Spanish pestaña ‘eyelash’, also in the Middle Ages ‘eyebrow’, hence a nickname for someone who had long eyelashes or bushy eyebrows.


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My Ancestors on my paternal side are from Madeira, Portugal, so that makes sense....And yes...everyone in my family has long eyelashes!!

-Kenn

[Freehill]

Re: what does your last name mean?

Well that site is way off, my last name isn't German in origin. This site has a better explanation of its origins and what it meant originally.