last names

rockpants

My last name is too rare. I've never found a meaning for it. I asked my Grandmother if she knew, and she had no idea. Namespedia.com labels it an "unknown thematic". Whatever the hell that is.

GreenTeaDisease

rockpants wrote:

My last name is too rare. I've never found a meaning for it. I asked my Grandmother if she knew, and she had no idea. Namespedia.com labels it an "unknown thematic". Whatever the hell that is.

what language is it from?

Wobbie

Ours used to be Von WitzLaben, but my great-grandfather changed it during WW I, cuz it wasn't too cool to be German at the time. But, man, what a bitchin' name . It's something much more generic, these days.

rockpants

GreenTeaDisease wrote:

what language is it from?

Punjabi. It's possibly used in Hindi, too, but I'm not sure.

acoustic guy

My last name means "Hunter" in Greman.
It also is a popular drink at the bar. Usually shots.
Do ya know it?

acoustic guy

Solat13 wrote:

I have no idea what my real last name is. When my great grandfather came over from Sicily, he was an orphan and spoke no English. The Irish immigration guy processing him couldn't understand what he was saying cut short his name and so I have one of the few Italian last names with only 4 letters.

My grandmothers parents are from Sicily also.
I am 1/2 Siclian and 1/2 German. Hence the temper. LOL

acoustic guy

rockpants wrote:

Punjabi. It's possibly used in Hindi, too, but I'm not sure.

I love a girl with a tight Punjabi!
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Sorry ladies no disrespect but I had to do it.
I crack myself up. LMFAO!

rockpants

acoustic guy wrote:

I love a girl with a tight Punjabi!
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Sorry ladies no disrespect but I had to do it.
I crack myself up. LMFAO!

I realize what you're trying to do, but you failed miserably. Thus, the lesson you should learn here is, "Never try."

failedpersephone

acoustic guy wrote:

My last name means "Hunter" in Greman.
It also is a popular drink at the bar. Usually shots.
Do ya know it?

Tequila??

Wobbie

rockpants wrote:

Punjabi. It's possibly used in Hindi, too, but I'm not sure.

Apu Nahasapeemapetilon

Brain of J.Lo

dunkman wrote:

thats fucking awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lol

Now I understand why the PM was entitled "i'm sorry"

Take a deep breath, cuz.

I'll see you at the next family reunion. I'll bring the potato salad...and of course, a bunch of guns.

GreenTeaDisease

acoustic guy wrote:

My grandmothers parents are from Sicily also.
I am 1/2 Siclian and 1/2 German. Hence the temper. LOL

another sicilian...1/4 (also my grandmother)
overall, 1/2 Italian, almost half irish, 1/16 native american (one great great grandmother that was neither irish not italian).

AmentsChick

LongRd. wrote:

that happens a lot.
they butchered my name.

Yup, it did (and still does) happen alot. Happened to my grandmother's maiden name as well.

prism

my last name is also very rare. it's Dutch though it was anglicized to the current spelling 200+ years ago. i have no idea what it means, cause i've looked up both spellings in Dutch and pretty much every other european language and found nada. the weird thing is when most people look at it they just assume that it's Italian, and they'll try to pronounce it with an Italian accent...lol

though I'm fairly certain that the meaning translates to: "we have a fucked-up sense of humor and love the fact that this name will make the coming generations curse us for the teasing they'll get and the fact that no one will ever be able to correctly pronounce it"