What Your Last Name Means

In This video, we discuss the meaning and origins behind many Western surnames.
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[@Chris_0803]

Really bummed my surname wasn't on here. Oh well, the mystery lives on. -Chris Horsecock

[@user_16309]

Chris_0803 I laughed when I read this. Thanks.

[@dmcgee3]

It’s always morbidly ironic when people’s last name relates to their manner of death. This was brought up recently when that girl fell (lived but barely) from a 6th floor balcony trying to take a yoga picture. Her last name was terrazas or in English, terraces. Anyways stay safe out there Mr Horsecock!

[@Thebes]

Lucien Karst Well, it was thought to have happen before. I really shouldn’t contribute anything to this.

[@chrishansen456]

@@ripno2672 I knew a feller, named Mr. Hands. Died to some horsecock.

[@sethleoric2598]

@@dmcgee3 WAIT MY NAME LITERALLY SPELLS OUT DIES MOST WITHOUT THE T AWWW SHHHHHIIIII

[@ethan9204]

Simpson: Son of simp

[@theoldcavalier7451]

Yes.

[@kingdomofvinland8827]

What dose the name Preuninger mean?

[@nonamea9177]

indeed

[@deidrem.simpson4119]

Simpson is actually son of Simon or son of Simeon. They're both Hebrew and mean "one who hears."

[@6stringgunner511]

Dohh!!!!!😂

[@rainyfriday6175]

In my culture there’s only 18 last names, often called the 18 clans. It came from our origin myth, wherein the world was flooded but a pair of brother and sister were saved by floating in a giant drum. Afterwards, the brother knew they had to repopulate the world, but the sister was reluctant, being siblings and all, so they agreed to roll 2 stones off of two mountaintops, and if the stone rolled down and came to rest on each other, they would repopulate the world. At night, the brother sneaked off and found the two stones and placed them next to each other at the bottom of the mountains, and so, the sister agreed they would repopulate the world. However, when the baby was born, it was a mass of flesh with no limbs or features. The sister took this as a sign that they had affronted their god and sliced the flesh up into 18 pieces and strewn them about their yard and house. The next morning, from each piece of flesh had sprung up a child. Each one was named after where the flesh had fallen, so my surname, Xiong, comes from the Hmong word “xyoob,” which means bamboo, since our flesh landed in a nearby bamboo garden. As far as origin myths go, I think it’s okay. It has a flood, incest, and baby mutilation. What more can you ask for?

[@pokemata1035]

Damn what badass culture is that from? (it sounds Chinese so might be Tibet, Mongolian, or from the Xinjiang region, but I am not that good at this stuff.)

[@DarkKnightDueler]

That is a hell of a culture. You gotta love humans, huh?

[@satohime]

@@pokemata1035 i'm guessing hmong as they said in the comment, pretty close, they're an ethnic group that's partially in china but also across southeast asia ex. vietnam and laos

[@fnh123]

Lol, a fellow Hmong!

[@exb940]

@@fnh123ong. Hiiii.

[@oldgringo2001]

My favorite surname yarn is about a Soviet Spy sent to contact a sleeper agent in a tiny town in Wales. All this KGB man knows that he has to find a man named "David Jones". But he rapidly finds out that maybe half the townspeople are named Jones and many of them are David Jones. Moreover, this is a village where a lot of people speak only Welsh. Eventually he finds a few English-speaking Welshman in the village to help him. And they all agree it is "Jones the Spy you''ll be wanting'"

[@St.Linguini_of_Pesto]

@Thomas Sewell that seems to be a popular & common first + last combination. David Bowie's real name was _David Jones;_ allegedly he went by David Bowie because he didn't want people to confuse him with _Davy Jones_ from The Monkees. I also went to high school with a Dave Jones (he drove a kickass Mustang).

[@Mer1912]

@@St.Linguini_of_Pesto that is correct. It was because there was already a “David Jones” - maybe one more - popular at the time of Bowie’s rise

[@user-lp9pq3xx8c]

We’re there any pilgrims from Wales

[@LS-dp2gs]

🤣🤣🤣

[@hatface240]

My last name is welsh crazy

[@Evalynder]

My dad is from England, and didn't have a middle name, so when he immigrated to America, he just crossed out the middle name field. However, they interpreted that as "X" giving him the awesome middle name "X"

[@ssjwes]

nice!

[@FourByteBurger]

Imma call your dad Mr. X

[@WCM1945]

In the US Navy, if you didn't have a middle name, you put in the initials NMI for "no middle initial". That's how it appeared on far too many dog tags.

[@FourByteBurger]

@@WCM1945 oh wow lol,sounds like it woulda been a pain when collecting tags after a battle

[@hitroy1054]

Was his first name “Racer”

[@thekingoffist3610]

My surname is "German", it may be a hint but I'm not entirely sure...

[@thekingoffist3610]

@W L On their defense, we all were, millions of years ago.

[@sergpie]

Old French; “germain”, ca. 13th century, meaning like one’s own or born of the same parents. Possible root; latin, “germen”, meaning sprout or sapling or bud.

[@thekingoffist3610]

@@sergpie Thanks, that's cool to know, thing is I'm Italian and it is "Tedesco" and it literally means "German", you know, the ones from Germany. Also, if it means anything, it's a common surname here in Central Italy, in the zones of Lazio, Campania, Aquila, Marche, Umbria and Molise. My theory is that it has either something to do with the Lombards who also got here or it's a surname like Da Vinci's one, meaning that it was given to Germans who moved in Italy during the Middle Ages and onward.

[@danielhopkins296]

Megesthenes, quoted by Arrian, calls the Indian ascetics "GRAMANA" a rendering of Sanskrit SRAMANA. See the identification of the GOTHS as being Indian ascetics in the book THE ORIGIN OF PAGAN IDOLATRY

[@thekingoffist3610]

@W L Thanks. It's a poor attempt at "Latinizing" my full name, from someone who hardly knows Latin (Me, if you were wondering).

[@lancerevell5979]

My father's family name, Revell, came over with the French during the Norman Conquest. Some men were knights, sheriffs, etc. My mother's mother's family, the Wiltshires, derived from ancient Saxons living in what became County Wiltshire in England, home of Stonehenge and The White Horse chalk figure. Mom's father's name, Zachary, came from Germany. My late sister did geneological research, and both Dad's and Mom's families have connections by marriage to several historic figures. Fascinating stuff!

[@patriciajrs46]

Yes, it is. I don't truly know the accuracy of the information listed on a website for my family tree. According to it, I am related to Charlemagne, Pepin the Short, and a saint, St. Bagga. It all sounds lovely. Fascinating.

[@worlds_top]

Here is the most commoin surnames from your country kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6KydICgrq6ffM0

[@eveoakley6270]

I have studied my family tree for years now. You will find that most people’s surnames have similar historic connections. No one is unique, we are all the same.

[@eveoakley6270]

@@patriciajrs46 95% of the population of the modern world are descended from the seed of Charlemagne, you would only be unique if you weren’t. I have Studied my family tree for years and can also trace my ancestors from Charlemagne, William The Conqueror, Pepin, Bagga, The Bruce’s etc. we are all really one and the same.it is all very fascinating in the beginning then when you realise that most of us are the same it becomes rather boring.

[@patriciajrs46]

@@eveoakley6270 Thank you. I'm sure that last statement is true enough, but it still interests me to try and find out my nearer relatives, the greats and great greats. I don't know any of them on my dad's side.

[@marcussegrest5708]

After decades of research into our family history and the origins of our surname, my father discovered many interesting clues as to where we came from and what the family name means. Segrest, as we spell it today, turns out to have many different annunciations and is spelled many different ways. Siegrist, Secrest, Siechrist, and yes, Seacrest. And the most common question I am asked upon introducing myself to a stranger is, “Are you related to Ryan?” Probably is the answer I usually give. It’s a fascinating journey down the genealogy path. Until, inevitably you reach the end only to learn that someone waaaaay back in your family’s history had the mundane task of ringing the towns tower bell to indicate what time it is. That’s right, Segrest means, “ The bell ringer.” Just damn.

[@quinncurcio4977]

My surname meant “short person” in 14th century Italian. Which is fitting because most of us today are like 5’4

[@sirwannabeguy4886]

Manlet

[@zkittlezthabanditt604]

Lol, that's actually pretty cool

[@quinncurcio4977]

Zachary Tyler Vaccarezza I looked it up

[@Zebwyn]

Wipe Wipe my last name means “beautiful place”

[@quinncurcio4977]

Fronkled Floops that’s pretty cool

[@123brown1]

“Brown means brown” That really clears it up... thanks 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@taiyibureau9963]

It's more like "Braun means brown" ;) which are almost identical in their pronounciation

[@pointlessopinion611]

Ikr he could of at least lied to us and said it was from kicking ppls shit in...........Just BROWN?

[@hglundahl]

Meanwhile, I suspect "White" could mean coal merchant.

[@3X0SK3L3TON]

its quite common for african americans to have surnames that is based on color (e.g. black, white, green, red, brown)

[@timomastosalo]

@@3X0SK3L3TON Red? Btw. - the colour family names existed already in UK.

[@gaz0463]

I was told my second name, Ellensworth, is an old English name that came about when, around the 12th century, a woman named Ellen built a house for herself and then built a house for each one of her children and later her grandchildren when they married on land she would acquire around her original property to build on. The large number of houses she built and owned along with the land she had acquired became known as Ellen’s Wealth and eventually Ellensworth. We even have a Cote Of Arms which I know nothing about the meaning of the design and symbols. Some of our family left England and went to the mid west of America and also Virginia where the name still exists but sometimes in a slightly different form like Ellingsworth or Ellinsworth.

[@judeross3875]

An amazing lady as an ancestor thank you so much for sharing xx

[@jimmythe-gent]

That’s really cool

[@eyeZitsme]

Interesting.

[@tobyhouston9939]

I think there is a variant of it being Ellington or ellin(g)s towns that ive heard about. That awesome to find what that means

[@CreativeWarrior-]

The artwork in this video is STUNNING! You have great taste, sir!

[@elysienne8475]

My last name is Neighbor Glad to know my ancestors lived next to someone 😂

[@DustDevilJones]

Ha, good one

[@anonymousobrian1155]

And I Oop---

[@zeldaxninja3214]

😂😂

[@admiralmu4353]

I know someone whose last name is Loner xD

[@elysienne8475]

@@admiralmu4353 XD

[@christianbh]

If we did this today a lot of people would be called something like “Jane Unemployed”

[@BudMasta]

Jane InstagramThot

[@davidpurina3821]

Unemployment is at a historical all time low right now soooo,

[@BudMasta]

@@davidpurina3821 if you're going to pretend like these people don't exist I would bet money you let your girl get blacked on the weekend.

[@alejandroe3616]

@@BudMastajane thoticus

[@iheadbuttwindows]

Jason Influencer

[@Eugene-fw2tp]

This video is a jewel of it's kind. It is really humorous the way it is scripted. Serious, but just plain funny how the flow of description is layout. I can't describe my intent of this post accurately, but it is really cool. I love it. Rock on!!

[@erikgriffith8857]

I wanted to state my awe and appreciation with the sheer quantity, variety, and rarity of the accompanying visuals in the video. Nicely done!

[@wjf0ne]

I knew a man who had the family name of Brown, but he was so boring he changed it to Beige.

[@craigcrawford6595]

ROTFLMAO Classic! !!

[@eliegbert8121]

LINDYBEIGE

[@evacslived5028]

William Ferguson *lindybeige enters the chat*

[@wjf0ne]

@@evacslived5028 I love his video clips, even though he is slightly bonkers.

[@timomastosalo]

Next generation picks Bronze, Maroon, Tan etc.

[@theone9930]

When your last name is Cook, and your parents are the best cooks in the neighborhood.

[@cadenr06]

Would it be cookpot or potcook if you cooked weed?

[@sossololpipi9633]

@@cadenr06 it would just be "Pot" as said in Québec

[@nick.hl0344]

@literally Hitler omg it's literally hitler!

[@KrazyKolaMan]

Too many cooks

[@aliceakosota797]

Last Cook I ran into was a Doctor

[@siseley1]

Our surname is a shortened up one from the Russian. Citronovich, or "Son of Citron", since Citron is a citrus fruit, it was thought that perhaps ancestors came from Flemish, or French. Grandmothers Maiden name, Woshewoski, seems like Polish, and they had emigrated from the border of Poland/Ukraine. When arriving in the U.S. in the early 19117's, it was shortened to just Citron by the clerks at the Ellis Island facility

[@leewright7623]

Thoughtful insights! Thanx for sharing mate 👍

[@Ralampos]

19117s ? Damned time travelers!

[@pygmyrhino8049]

My last name is Akimov

[@bonniehoke-scedrov4906]

This is my first time enjoying your KZbin channel. Great content! Looking forward to hearing more from you! Your video was so informative. Thank you so much!

[@lolakitano1229]

I'm french, polish descent, and my last name means "someone who plays bagpipe really bad" or "someone who make a lot of useless noises"

[@yaboimatteo7706]

😂

[@victorcampbell1868]

Kitano ,Mmmmm sounds more Japanese than polish

[@khenudae1158]

Lola Kitano lmfao your ancestors trolled the shit out of you

[@lolakitano1229]

@@khenudae1158 I'm making noise music nowdays so it turn out pretty right !

[@roberto8187]

Is it true though?

[@koibubbles3302]

Then: William the smith? Now: Will Smith?

[@willieard9095]

His names Willard not William

[@dainn0668]

@@willieard9095 how do you know ?

[@willieard9095]

look it up

[@ekimaulthar2044]

@@willieard9095 then he was crowned "Prince Willard 'the Fresh', Heir Sovereign to Bel Air".

[@ce666isa3]

What an entanglement

[@lauralovell9473]

I've always been fascinated by this subject. Great job!

[@FloridaMugwump]

Your last name is just the tiniest branch of your family tree. If you go back just 5 generations, you have 32 last names (unless you have a lot of crossing, lol) contributing to your history. Go back 10 generations and you have 1024 last names contributing to your heritage. And your last name went from father to son without a DNa test. Some people are quite surprised when they get a dna test.

[@flylerdurden1999]

That's BS I've traced my geneology back to William the conqueror and had only 2 last names You don't have a clue what you're talking about

[@FloridaMugwump]

@@flylerdurden1999 I don't think you understood my point at all. My name is Welch. My mother's maiden name is cluff, so just one generation back there are two last names contributing to my dns. My grandmother's were Cheney and Redmond, so two generations back there are four last names. I only have about 1/4 of the DNA of my paternal grandmother, for example. Next generation there are four great grandmothers, so now 8 last name. It doubles for each generation I'm not talking about the number of names needed to reach a particular person in history. If it falls on a mostly male line. My paternal grandmother is a direct male line back to the Cheney that married Hannah Dustin's daughter about 1700. So Welch, Cheney, Dustin, I got there with three names. (Hannah Dustin was famous in colonial days for scalping ten indians in one night)

[@flylerdurden1999]

@@FloridaMugwump i understood but you're wrong

[@flylerdurden1999]

@@FloridaMugwump you'r mother's and grandmothers names don't matter. You're confused kick rocks You're twisting facts and that makes you a liar

[@FloridaMugwump]

@@flylerdurden1999 About what? That you are so inbred that you only had two last names going back to William the Conqueror? I was trying to be nice.

[@ilcondottierocartografo6770]

Me: I'm looking for Harry. Man: Harry? Please specify. Me: Harry Potter, the guy who does the pottery. Man: ah yes

[@doop4wow540]

Thanks you made me laughed

[@williambrown1095]

That's exactly what it means. His family sells pot. I mean POTS. really. {actually someone who throws pots. not nearly as funny.}

[@johneosmaniii3915]

Ahh, so Harry Potter, would be from a “Hairy” Potter?

[@ddrumma872]

@@johneosmaniii3915 "longhaired dude smoking weed" would be a weird name...

[@aramisortsbottcher8201]

@@ddrumma872 XD

[@eddierollinson1440]

My mates name is Viagra and he's a straight up kinda guy.

[@betternamepending7483]

God damnit

[@yaboimatteo7706]

Barrssss, that was hard

[@m.s.patten]

Eddie Son of Rollin

[@RicketyQuickity]

My friends surname is virgin

[@royyark2896]

M

[@PrincessPink433]

My last name is Johnson so I waited patiently for it to show up and was not disappointed! I Googled my first name to find the meaning of that but my dad was always curious about where our last name originated because he couldn’t find it in his family tree. I can’t wait to share this information with him and hopefully it’ll put his curiosity to rest. It certainly did for me. Very interesting video!

[@flylerdurden1999]

Great last name you should be very proud 👍 My last name means murderous heathen 😂 . I came from Vikings and American Indians 🤔

[@mupetier]

This was really interesting. Thank you

[@Tomas-ml9nv]

my surname means claimant which was first mentioned 710 years ago. After they claimed some land.

[@MichaelJackson78100]

My surname is literally the same as an important member in persecution of Jesus Christ. I get a lot of shit over that lol

[@elhombredeoro955]

My surname 'Pérez' means son of Pero or Pedro (Peter)

[@SoxExcalibur]

@@MichaelJackson78100 whats your surname? iscariot? lol

[@SoxExcalibur]

@@MichaelJackson78100 oh

[@crqf2010ruler]

Nice

[@taligent9888]

I heard of a man who legally changed his Name to 'Playstation 2'

[@bonnieblance4433]

Pfff Fr? XD

[@hangingjontron818]

ill change my name to sans undertale then

[@silentkaisei]

@@hangingjontron818 I will first

[@Harberino]

I like the numbers 16 and 17 no

[@thanosguy576]

That's true

[@hulitonuras4177]

Very informative. Good job.

[@kainfox9140]

I'm actually baffled you managed to sneak mine in there at the end. Learned lots!

[@1Madlycat]

When he started going through the German names I felt like he was naming everyone in my town Lol

[@twoface3629]

hello hans

[@dagobertduck4557]

Lmao im curaçaoan and have a German surname

[@magisterhpp]

Markle = Merkel

[@LeighJFP]

I’m scared of Germans

[@DanielPembrink]

@@LeighJFP but you have kryptonite right?

[@lordnarasimha2500]

My last name is Walker. I come from a family of paraplegics.

[@williamwilson836]

Ouch

[@El_Presidente_5337]

( o.o) Boi

[@user-rx6km2de4m]

Or zombies

[@littyfam5136]

Last name is Goodman. I come from a family of traitors

[@yan.368]

LittyFam // my last name means "spokesman" in gaelic i hate speaking in front of people

[@kenwalz7231]

I always wondered where and when last names came to be. Thanks for posting!

[@Charles-gj9hn]

A good lesson and beautiful artworks.

[@ismelljello]

15:02 “Bird is not a very common last name in English” Laughs in Boston Celtics

[@tygrkhat4087]

Also the woman basketball player Sue Bird, and I know of three NFL players; George aka Butch, Gill and Jarius Byrd. And the 20th Century American explorer, Adm. Richard Byrd.

[@nicholeocornes543]

I know people with the last name bird and they are French very nice spiritual people.

[@nbmiguel]

Peppa pig's voice actor is called Harley Bird😂

[@XI_XXII_MMXVII]

As a Laker Fan, I find this funny.

[@chickentenders9765]

Finally someone with the same last name

[@gunarsmiezis9321]

My surname is easily understandable since it is just 100 years old. It literally means Peaceful and was adopted by my fathers fathers side of the family when they deserted the red army.

[@johntaylor8463]

Brave move deserting the red army. Beautiful name.

[@gunarsmiezis9321]

@@johntaylor8463 After plenty dead brothers and masacares of civilians. When my family members returned to there homeland and saw that even here the situation was truning for the worst they realized they where the bad guys and desided to not leave there home to to fight in the civil war. We are actualy a warior famaily having fought in every war that has involved our homeland for as long as we remember. But that baranch of the family where burned out for the century and did not particapate in WW2. We are not peaceful that is pointed out by all our friends and people who know us. We train all our men to be soldiers all tho we never join the army or advocate for war. We merely want to live in peace and know that if you want peace you must be ready for war.

[@OnlyBadVibes935]

Russia would like to know your location

[@raivo_4447]

🇱🇻

[@gunarsmiezis9321]

@@raivo_4447 Nekad neatklāj no kurienes mana tauta ir.

[@user-nc2kz2mn5v]

Fascinating...thank you.

[@reymagea1]

Informative. TY!!

[@zeeriver]

My surname means blacksmith. *skyrim music intensifies*

[@victorcampbell1868]

Hahahahahahaha, yes, I love skyrim

[@hiboomer1191]

Mines son of Martin

[@victorcampbell1868]

@@hiboomer1191 "Martinez " means son of Martin

[@hiboomer1191]

@@victorcampbell1868 true. you got my name

[@awsomedude12345678]

@@victorcampbell1868 mine is just "Martin"

[@sarcasticduck1215]

Me before vid : yes my weird last name will be explained After vid : no explanation

[@codyayo6158]

How you think i feel 😂 Ayo aint got much to work with

[@ethan1747]

The one who lays with fish.

[@B355Y]

Anglo variation of Scottish surname, meaning white/pale + hero/warrior

[@user-ec9mi9kz6o]

That shits my first name dog

[@sethr2b966]

Any ideas what artoebi(R2B) means?

[@dp5475]

The selected paintings in this were fantastic

[@Huntertainment1]

Cool video. Thank you.

[@mina7572]

What does it mean if your last name is "crapshoveler" ? Asking for a friend...

[@thetruthhurts7808]

Your ancestors...i mean your friend's ancestors were politicians.

[@danielryan9076]

You're "friend" is a metal head with bad breath....

[@darthXreven]

I would say your family/friend had a relative who shoveled or hauled sh**t for a living..... kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5anoIVtrKiZn5o

[@DZ-1987]

Means you're from a line of soldiers renowned for working the latrine.

[@JohnDoe-hy2op]

Richard Puller. Hahaha

[@iluv2sleep]

my last name is 'Shaw' so either its an abbreviation on 'Shawn the sheep' or my ancestors just liked agreeing to things

[@spider-manfan117]

A_ Mistake My last name is also Shaw :). Our name is for a house in the woods surrounded by wolfs

[@gregoryshaw8617]

A_ Mistake it means “ of the wolf “

[@gregoryshaw8617]

LOL,, but I agree with spider man fan,,

[@iluv2sleep]

Patrick W I’ve never heard such a horrible joke in my life 👏 👏 👏

[@kingofthejungle3833]

nah they lived on the beach

[@BlackieNuff]

I've had a fascination with names and their meanings, so I found this really enlightening and very cool. I didn't hear my surname though - well, not specifically ; there WAS mention of the category (part of my surname), so I may have to play that back and see if I missed something.

[@pamelaflowersmile]

Very interesting, thank you. :)

[@nechastivi3187]

My surname is typical Serbian, no translation, but surname of my neighbors is Sarengaca, or translated to English "Colorful underwear".

[@michaelmijovic8867]

does my surname have a translation lmao?

[@irenehampson3209]

:)) That's one surname I'm going to remember all my life, Nikolay! 😂👍

[@kiiii33333]

You got your surname from the name of the ancestor who started your family tree. So if your surname is Perić, your family is started by a man named Pera.

[@ldblokland463]

It means, someone from a former municipality in South Holland

[@BayOfWulf]

Thanks for telling me

[@yst-denis7486]

Oufff, this is great stuff on an absolutely interesting subject. I have to watch it a few times b4 go further. 😀 Sir, you are assembling culture. 👍

[@patriciajrs46]

This an informative, delightful video. Thank you. I was Rogers.

[@primedecanus5301]

My last name is Soltero. Anyone who knows Spanish would see the issue.

[@NITOPSMOVE]

A gentleman's name ;)

[@Joshua-hz3cl]

Sol=sun, tero is a type of bird. So sunbird?

[@NITOPSMOVE]

@@Joshua-hz3cl Literally translated, means single.

[@Joshua-hz3cl]

@@NITOPSMOVE I was looking at Latin Spanish origins. Lol

[@NITOPSMOVE]

@@Joshua-hz3cl I'm from Spain lol I think our Spanish is a bit different.

[@pureaidswithmemes8053]

*has the name Slovak* "Hmm, wonder what that means..."

[@pierresihite8854]

its cleary slovenian

[@73288]

@@pierresihite8854 Just wanted to say slovakian but you were first

[@eagle1532]

It means shit thrower, your great great great great great granpappy most likely worked in the sanitation industry

[@spartanrisk]

It means you're slow at cleaning with a vacuum. Slovac or Slovak. Origins: Alien

[@roddo1955]

@@spartanrisk shit. You beat me to it. The Slow vacuumers were persecuted by the Hoovers and the Dysons during the Vac-wars of Carpet and Rug.

[@balletworkout1]

Very interesting!

[@CSingleton1995]

My last name is Singleton. Crazy story! Sangle is a place in Sussex Britain, that was constantly sacked by raiders until the Roman's set up an outpost there in 800 ad. The Roman's abandoned the place eventually. and 200 years later, some Celts set up camp there and got decimated and scattered by the same raiders that the romans had fought for decades. Later, the Saxons found the ruins, set up camp, and with the lead of Alfred the great (from Sussex), the kingdoms of Britain banded together as the U.K. and fought the raiders off the continent! This set the U.K. in stone as a force not to be reckoned with, and Sangle became a little town that exists to this day. The Saxons in Sangle took the names Singleton, Singletary, Sangleton, and others, but they all translate to the likes of "town built on ruins" or "farm in the burned path". It's really cool!!!

[@pflh2391]

if this is applied in today's world we will have names like streamer, tuber, and memer. lmao

[@kevinortiz2597]

Jake Memer weirdly sounds like a real name 💀

[@LylaMoos2012]

Troller

[@josephperkins4080]

@@kevinortiz2597 actually you are right it does

[@hayo_hru]

@@kevinortiz2597 I read that name and instantly came up with the whole Memer family Jake Memer’s parents definitely are named David Memer and April Memer (née Streamer), he has an older brother named Timothy Memer, an older sister named Miranda Memer, and a younger sister named Taylah Memer. They also have April’s mother, Eleanor Streamer, living with them, as April refuses to put her in a home.

[@badgermoon9229]

And Bonger

[@maximmamykin4018]

My surname literally means lazy wanderer who avoided working

[@ajayavsm7476]

Unemployed?

[@victorcampbell1868]

Mamykin?

[@ChrisMontgomery-xtrmagamr]

So a liberal/Democrat

[@freetruth9762]

Sibling?

[@bluehayze8890]

😅😂😂😂

[@crackerjack9320]

Great vid! Please consider a similar vid for eastern Europe and/or Slavs

[@winstonfisher9684]

Informative.

[@Benjamin-uv7op]

Really angry my name wasnt on here. Maybe next time. - Benjamin Dicksalad

[@LizardYup]

Hahahaha

[@Pro-dd4dv]

U eat healthy salad :D

[@seanpalmes4502]

A healthy Dicksalad

[@Botassiumm]

Lmfao

[@matthewbates9629]

Yummy yummy

[@tallen7029]

My ex wife has no middle name, when we ended our marriage, she asked if she could keep my last name. We ended on good terms and are still good friends today, but even if we had not I would have said yes as I was honored by her request.

[@LadyRenegade77]

That's awesome of you. My ex freaked out because I forgot to change my last name on Facebook. Of course he didn't give me a divorce for 23 years so it's not like I should have been in a hurry. (I changed it the same day he brought it up cause I'm not a jerk)

[@salvadorv3delgadillo115]

T O . < @@LadyRenegade77 > . YOU CAN ALL WAYS USE MY MIDDLE NAME < DELGADILLO > SALVADOR < V 3 > DELGADILLO. NOVEMBER 2 3 - 2 0 2 0

[@ghanvedsingh8946]

Your name sounds like alien

[@lorainejones41]

I kept my ex husbands last name because my first name is hard for people to spell so most people can spell my last name. 😂 My first name is misspelled now but I just went with it. 😫

[@mrduckyplayz4093]

ayy that’s my first name

[@johnnycashh7148]

Awesome 👌

[@kurtisbrooks1699]

Make this a series. Do more.

[@thanosguy576]

3:08 that explains the crazy barber from flap jack

[@kitt3h]

@Thanos Guy doctor barber lol

[@michaelcap9550]

Theodoric of York form Saturday Night Live.

[@zevvez_]

Surgery.....

[@thatwouldbeillogical]

I am just imagining hundreds of years in the future when the "million" family tries to look up their family history and they find out their surname was from the early 21st century and it was just a pun some guy thought was amusing.`

[@maidhcdemoinbhiol6017]

Funny you should say that, it actually wouldn't be the first time it's happened in European history. When Napoleon was in the Netherlands in the early 19th century he made many people there take sirnames; many of them took on comical sirnames or ones with serious innuendo.

[@kimberlysamuel474]

My father's people came from Norway, their last name is Ockwig, and I know it's been through a few different spelling changes. In the earliest census here in the US, he described himself as an immigrant farmer from central Norway, spelling the name as I spelled out. All I know is it's related to warriors, berserkers in particular. Without speaking old Norse, I can't access records over there. My adoptive father was of strong German descent. Gramentz was his surname. In some old letters back in the like of my father's people, Aakvig seems to be the way a few letters spell Ockwig. Strong history of soldiers and farmers on both sides. Any ideas?

[@bobbystanley8580]

Incredibly interesting!!!!!

[@carlhorsman7179]

My last name is Horsman no surprise my ancestors worked with horses.I ended up working with horses before I was aware of this funny how I was almost drawn to it..

[@chuckmagee8212]

my girlfriend's name is Horstman (German) T is silent

[@michaelferrier5086]

Me as well: Farrier lol

[@adamhawn2523]

Are you related to Bojack?

[@niklass.8699]

My name can be literally translated to Shepard

[@d.williams3980]

My boyfriend’s surname is Hunter and he is good at hunting lmao

[@aadarshbalireddy2939]

Fun fact, LeBron is a last name that means "The Brown". So LeBron James means "The Brown James"

[@southwest9389]

James Brown

[@maymay5600]

isn't french as well?

[@jane6536]

Well, atleast it's legit

[@joachimdartson7313]

I've got a buddy named La Rue. Less than excited when I told him it meant "the road' . Lol

[@edgarconception9487]

LeBron is also a latin name ..which is very popular in latin America..French and Spain also.

[@TomCat13461]

My mother's surname was McIntyre. "McIntyre, McEntire, MacIntyre, McAteer, and McIntire are Scottish and Irish surnames derived from the Gaelic Mac an t-Saoir literally meaning "Son of the Craftsman or Mason", but more commonly cited as "son of the Carpenter." It is common in Ulster and the highlands of Scotland, found in Ireland mostly in counties ..." My surname is Kent. "Kent Name Meaning English: habitational name for someone from Kent, an ancient Celtic name. The surname is also frequent in Scotland and Ireland. In Irrerwick in East Lothian English vassals were settled in the middle of the 12th century and in Meath in Ireland in the 13th century."

[@shawngutierrez1566]

I have Hispanic and Irish family. This touched on both of those not directly but enough.

[@wendychavez5348]

When my sister came back from Spain, she could quote our family names back to about the 10th generation. I never learned.

[@shaunmcdaniels2460]

This may be kind of in left field but.... I wonder if it would have to do with a person that used horses in battle to load and shoot maybe a trebuchet, catapult, or heavy cross bows??? Like cocking a mechanism that’s very heavy using a horse or oxen??????

[@gregorytaylor3146]

Very cool. I have a friend in Madrid who was delighted that her family is associated with Higher Education in the U.S.

[@freddavidson1031]

Fred. Peaceful Ruler Davidson Son Of David

[@aramisortsbottcher8201]

@@freddavidson1031 But Fred only is the short form.

[@martyleland7268]

Using deductive logic here. Chava is a shortened nickname of Salvadore in spanish. In the video the suffix "ez" means "son of." Could be that Chavez equals "Son of Salvadore?" IDK, I still like Shaun's idea.

[@kohls9891]

I’m going down to the village to eat mc Donald

[@adamon5577]

you going to eat Donald's son

[@failedsocialexperiment2382]

That sounds illegal

[@SirPugMan]

SovietBear the last name MacDonald or McDonald is a Scottish last name. It is the name of one of the strongest clans of Scotland.

[@madero-jb5ri]

​@@SirPugMan was their commander a burger king?

[@SirPugMan]

robert20351 The Scottish and Irish spoke a similar language. Their similar language is under an umbrella we call Gaelic. Mac or Mc (different spellings, same meanings), can be Irish and Scottish, but more so Scottish. Irish names tend to have O’ as their name

[@DonPedroman]

The 2 surname thing in spanish is truly fascinating, traditioanlly people had the kind of surnames such of ocupation or patronimic and most people added multiple other surnames and descriptors (specially nobility), then in the 19th century, Mexico became the first spanish speaking country to legally require people to have two surnames in civilian registries, and the practice spreaded to other spanish speking countries, and even the concept of surname dates only to 1505, so before that people wre not required to have anything

[@janicereadymartcher7696]

Apart from the Sunderland and Hull area, are there any more Readymartcher family out there? Has anybody got back further than 1830?

[@sonata7204]

My surname is *Prostitute* I wonder what my family did?

[@scrumpton296]

And I thought a wool trader was bad...

[@fbihorse]

Probably education or something

[@El_Presidente_5337]

My family name means something like "not jew". My mom worked with somone from the middle east and he laughed his ass of because it's an insult to jews there xD Edit: Here's hows it's written in hebrew: גוי You spell it "goi" but our family name is "Goy" I like to imagine that my ancestors were crusaiders which lived in the holy land and later on settelet to prussia (teutonic knights). Eventually the people from Prussia also settled Silesia which is where both of parts of my family lived although my mother and father met in Baden-Württemberg (South west Germany).

[@m4sherman926]

El Presidente my dads last name so my last name is Awad which is someone who makes an Arab instrument I forgot the name of.

[@jodiejustice9264]

El Presidente My last name is the English version of that

[@dajordanator]

One of my ancestors was up to some shit if he was called "swindle"

[@julianzielinski1993]

😂😂😂

[@Sam-xr8ne]

😆😆

[@choosewisely3629]

😂😂😂😂

[@yolamontalvan9502]

According to the video, Trump had an ancestor who was a felon, a racketeer, a conman? Now it makes sense.

[@squiddyft.insecurities3549]

@@yolamontalvan9502 im sure you had an ancestor that was a felon so your point doesn’t really add up

[@leemason5953]

2yrs late but still a really good video👍👍

[@mitrahispana4119]

In Spanish too! Zapatero is a shoemaker. Herrera is like a blacksmith, being Ferrari in Italian (from “ferrum” meaning iron)

[@zraw49]

Hate to break it to you but oso is Spanish for bear. Garcia is Spanish equivalent of Gerald

[@sanderskovly7641]

Originates from latin Ursu, I would presume

[@davitxenko]

Well, García has actually a Basque origin (It has become one of the most common surnames in the hispanic world). Its original form was presumely "Gartzia" a deformation of "Hartzia", which could be translated as "son of bear". "Hartz" in Basque means bear.

[@916619jg]

+1 Danny

[@slipwaykitsune]

Not related to the convo but I love your profile pic!

[@timomastosalo]

@@davitxenko What is the word for coarse, like a harsh surface in Basque - is it anyway close to hartz (bear)? I'm asking this because in Finnish bear is karhu, and the most likely older form is *karshu. It doesn't take many sound changes to get karshu and hartz from the same source. I also think the the Finnish word karhu (

[@blackchicken2243]

So a Simpson is a son of a simp? How the hell is that even possible

[@debrapaulino918]

It might be shortened from Simpleson ... Sim ple sonne [French] ... Sim plais ... figure out what Sim is from. Maybe the name of town or village. Where does it predominate? Originate? Could be English or Norman. What does sim mean in middle ages languages? Sim Zim Cim ... you never know. Simp les sonne ... I think you really have something extraordinary hiding.

[@justanormalstarseed]

That's Son of Simon

[@ddrumma872]

@@justanormalstarseed That's "Simson", which was actually a pretty cool Eastgerman scooter (Schwalbe)

[@aramisortsbottcher8201]

Lol

[@elifyuksel5684]

Hahah lmao

[@Zmantime]

Thank you

[@dicksargent3582]

Eisenhower refers to a specific part of the blacksmiths trade with a meaning far more than the general term ironworker. The direct translation is Iron hewer meaning carver of iron. Eisenhowers carver and forged figures such as animals from iron.

[@fandomsgaloreiloveit]

My name means Winner in French, my ancestors were winners! Why did I miss that gene...

[@louisg6296]

So your surname is "vigneron"?

[@fandomsgaloreiloveit]

@@louisg6296 No, Gagnier.

[@louisg6296]

@@fandomsgaloreiloveit I'm french and I don't know that word, maybe it's old french idk

[@louisg6296]

@@fandomsgaloreiloveit oh sorry I completely misunderstood, I understood that "winner" is someone who make wine... In your case "gagnier" is close to the French word "gagner" who mean the verb "win"

[@fandomsgaloreiloveit]

@@louisg6296 's ok

[@xxRellekxx]

My last name means Winemaker in German. Proud to know were a family of medieval high functioning alchoholics, not just modern ones. Zom Wohl!

[@ninototo1]

Zum Wohl*

[@lukastheprussian4465]

Zum Wohl, Herr Weinmacher

[@dekkard4982]

My last name means "noble man" in german. So im guessing a long time ago my family was very wealthy and powerful.

[@xxRellekxx]

@@dekkard4982 Sweet. So in the coming corperate backed neo-feudal hellhole society we'll all be in, Ill make the hooch, you can shake down the serfs for rent.

[@mariobadia4553]

My last name means Abbey, so I'm guessing my ancestors lived near a bunch of monks or nuns.

[@matthewcopeland9509]

My last name is Copeland and now I understand more about it, thank you. Also because of this video I came back to update from research, I have a lot of family members that I have never met.

[@coltonkamper3693]

Any idea where the last name Kamper derives from? It's obviously German and has been American-ized but ive always wondered and don't think the websites from Googling are very reliable.

[@genwunnergreen2100]

My family changed their surname when they came to the US to avoid anti-Irish discrimination, so my last name is of Scottish origin.

[@Fire_2000]

Mine did the same because of anti Russian bias

[@Septiccatgaming]

When was it?

[@Fire_2000]

@@Septiccatgaming they left because ww1 and tzar Nicholas's treatment on poor farmers

[@crashsyndicate6445]

Fire_2000 cool, mine too!

[@thecelticcrone7927]

Genwunner Green My Ancestors did the same.

[@thelad5]

I’m Korean, and my last name means “Forest”.

[@netajithevar296]

What does Kim mean?

[@Trilogy528Airsoft]

Netaji Thevar Kim means gold. I ended up having to do a project for my English class about it and found out that way

[@netajithevar296]

@@Trilogy528Airsoft Thanks!

[@victorcampbell1868]

Interesting

[@ellyyoon2208]

I think your last name is Lim

[@user-kh7xe5ut9n]

I simply can't figure out how the name of Linkletter came about. The family as far back as we have information is from one of the island's in the north of Scotland. But can't find anything more about the origin, perhaps from the Vikings as this is one place that they had invaded and had settled into that part of the country. But I don't know anything about Viking name's! Maybe you can find out something from your website?

[@tacob69]

I have read a couple things but Cox is from Coxswain I believe.I guess someone was a boat steerer in my English family tree.

[@RaverFlav]

It's really fun to get into the genealogy of surnames. My last name is DesRoches. Which traces back to the early medieval ages around 900 A.D. spelled as "des Roches" in Normandy. Meaning quite literally, of the rocks

[@petermorin442]

Could be " the Boulders " as well Les Roches translates into The rocks But for me Rocks are Usually on the smaller side So the word BOULDER seems a better choice ...

[@RaverFlav]

@@petermorin442 well there's also the translations of Des Rocheuses which is of the mountains, but as far as I've learned, the literal variation of des Roches was of the rocks

[@ddrumma872]

same with "Craig", though it's without the "of the..." but i gues in the Gaelic language it's different. Meaning is the same

[@MrSnead-vp1ll]

Truly interesting meaning (s). Would be really interesting to verify the exact area your family came from. Mine is so boring. Its Webb, and I understand it at one point was Weaver, or Webber. I have no idea.

[@LC-df3jl]

My family name is Roach which is the same, I have searched and found we have a castle which is basically by the sea near rocks. My family have a love for the sea and land. We fish and Dive for seafood very often and hunt and gather explains the coat of arms and the name meaning ;)

[@andrewvishnefske1222]

Watching a video to learn about your last name, but knowing it's not on here. *sad European noises*

[@stefan6347]

*sad Southeast Asian noises*

[@farenvyld]

@@stefan6347 *sad Mediterreanean noises*

[@Scottocaster6668]

-we then take it upon ourselves to make our own origin. Mine is not mentioned either.

[@danielled108]

Sad African noises

[@waifubreaks1572]

Sad Spanish Noises

[@Diddiwehy]

Im from Norway and my last name is a old ass farmplace with a proto-germanic form for a «short landstrip» which makes sense since the farm is on a short landstrip between the sea and a lake. Bore also means a big wave formed close to rivers during low ride, which again makes sense since we have a own beach called «Borestranda» where that exactly happends.

[@HeyaHoyah]

Gonzalez is "Warrior Elf" and "Son of Gonzalo" apparently. I used to not think my name was significant but decide to look and was pleasantly surprised

[@Tina-if1ku]

My last name is Marquette pronounced “mar-ket”. I think it kinda of obvious that one of my ancestors worked in a market

[@jameswood231]

Also, a very notable city in Northern Michigan.

[@NverKnown]

It makes a lot of sense in English, but not in French since market (marché) is pronounced "mar-chay". From what I gather it actually comes from people having Marc as a Christian name and using it to differentiate themselves from other people with the same given name and surname as them. It somehow transformed from Marc to Marquette along the way. The Michigan town is most likely named after Jacques Marquette a Jesuit priest and explorer (Wikipedia says he founded the first European settlement in Michigan).

[@aramisortsbottcher8201]

@@NverKnown Maybe someone called "market" emigrated to France and the the name changed. And later sombody came back to England.

[@lucasmoderno2401]

My last name is Moderno, Moderno means "modern" in portuguese and i dont know the origin :(

[@leekronforst4589]

Here in Wisconsin if one can't pronounce your name they are probably not born here because it's a popular street name and the name of a University.

[@crowsister1]

My great great grandfather's faimly were Cherokee who hid in the mountains of North Carolina during the Trail of Tears. After the civil war the government decided native children needed to go to school. My great grandfather didn't have a last name, he had a clan name. Story goes the teacher told him he had to have one to just pick one. General Robert E Lee was very popular he chose Leeson Lee's. Son.

[@pixelatra_]

Ayy! Cherokee Ancestors gang!

[@maxinemcclurd1288]

My grandparents were Cherokee and Scots Irish and had taken European last names and taken the "oath" so they remained behind in GA.One of my great ,great uncles had the 1st name of Hija and that's not European for sure.

[@gingernightmare9152]

Where did you find your ancestor? I've been gone as far back as great great grandmother and grandfather. So many records don't exist past 1860 for rural Southern states.

[@leviethan4804]

@@pixelatra_ gang gang

[@pegs1659]

@@gingernightmare9152 I lucked out. I found my family all the way back to 1590 when my great something grandfather was born in Wales. Edward Ellis I started with obituaries. I found my grandmother's fathers obit and started from that. Find a grave is a good site.

[@JohnnyManu40]

Speaking of William the Conqueror. Some of his bloodline still lives on, just via some different names. Common among the oldest families I have found out over the past years looking into my own heritage. Sometimes it's for sensible reasons. Other times it's literally just because languages changed due to new rulers, etc.