Celebrate your name question 3
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I know my one. My birthname is Hartung. That is an old latin form for January, the first month of the year. February was Hornung.
My maiden name is Walker. Here's what I know about it:
Definition: Occupational surname for a fuller, or person who walked on damp raw cloth in order to thicken it. Derived from the Middle English "walkcere," meaning "a fuller of cloth," and derived from the Old English "wealcan," to walk or tread.
Surname Origin: English, Scottish
Alternate Surname Spellings: WALLKER, WALKER
Definition: Occupational surname for a fuller, or person who walked on damp raw cloth in order to thicken it. Derived from the Middle English "walkcere," meaning "a fuller of cloth," and derived from the Old English "wealcan," to walk or tread.
Surname Origin: English, Scottish
Alternate Surname Spellings: WALLKER, WALKER
Here is one... http://www.searchforancestors.com/surnames/origin/
My maiden name is Scottish and means red hair and ruddy complexion. LOL
My FIL and Dh have always told me that our last name is polish...but all my searches come up with Jewish (from Ukraine)...don't really know myself.
My maiden name is Scottish and means red hair and ruddy complexion. LOL
My FIL and Dh have always told me that our last name is polish...but all my searches come up with Jewish (from Ukraine)...don't really know myself.
My maiden name was Waddell. Here's what the site said:
Waddell
Scottish: variant of Weddle.
English: topographic name for someone who lived at the hill where woad grew, from Old English wad ‘woad’ + hyll ‘hill’, or a habitational name from a place so named, as for example Woodhill, Wiltshire.
My family heritage is Scottish and Cherokee Indian. My Dad's side of the family hails from Scottland and my Mother's family is Scottish/Cherokee.
Waddell
Scottish: variant of Weddle.
English: topographic name for someone who lived at the hill where woad grew, from Old English wad ‘woad’ + hyll ‘hill’, or a habitational name from a place so named, as for example Woodhill, Wiltshire.
My family heritage is Scottish and Cherokee Indian. My Dad's side of the family hails from Scottland and my Mother's family is Scottish/Cherokee.
Mine means 'the pasture ground of young cattle'.
Man, no wonder I feel like a cow sometimes! Moooooo! :rotflol:
Man, no wonder I feel like a cow sometimes! Moooooo! :rotflol:
For my maiden name~~~
Rainwater
Americanized form of the German family name Reinwasser, possibly a topographic name for someone who lived by a source of fresh water, from Middle High German reine ‘pure’ + wazzer ‘water’.
Rainwater
Americanized form of the German family name Reinwasser, possibly a topographic name for someone who lived by a source of fresh water, from Middle High German reine ‘pure’ + wazzer ‘water’.
mine means:
English (especially Yorkshire) and Scottish: occupational name for a fuller, Middle English walkere, Old English wealcere, an agent derivative of wealcan ‘to walk, tread’. This was the regular term for the occupation during the Middle Ages in western and northern England. Compare Fuller and Tucker. As a Scottish surname it has also been used as a translation of Gaelic
English (especially Yorkshire) and Scottish: occupational name for a fuller, Middle English walkere, Old English wealcere, an agent derivative of wealcan ‘to walk, tread’. This was the regular term for the occupation during the Middle Ages in western and northern England. Compare Fuller and Tucker. As a Scottish surname it has also been used as a translation of Gaelic
Trosiek-It is an americianized version of something much longer. Not many have this name and my parents still can't spell it let alone say it after 5 yrs of marriage and 6 of dating husband. I think my husband said it came from Czech or Slovakia. My madien name Kiser is German. I can't remember what it means but spelled Kaiser means Royalty.