Who wants to know what there last name means? - Page 5

seanliddelow (Sean) · #81 04-11-2009, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by rat156

I'd take a vague guess at what Thomson means...

Possibly son of Thomas?

Am I right?

Though of course it's not an English surname at all, that would be Thompson, silly English, have to pee on everything.

Cheers
Stuart

Yes you are rigt about "the son of tom".
It appears to be Scottish.

alan meehan (Alan) · #82 05-11-2009, 07:19 AM

Meehan

troypiggo (Troy) · #83 05-11-2009, 07:22 AM

Piggins - I think it means "tall, dark, handsome one" but if you could just confirm that for me... oh, wait... that was what Troy means. Could you check Piggins again?

seanliddelow (Sean) · #84 05-11-2009, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by alan meehan

Meehan

Sorry, isnt in there

seanliddelow (Sean) · #85 05-11-2009, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by troypiggo

Piggins - I think it means "tall, dark, handsome one" but if you could just confirm that for me... oh, wait... that was what Troy means. Could you check Piggins again?

Piggins isnt in there but "pigg" seems to mean pig.

troypiggo (Troy) · #86 05-11-2009, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by seanliddelow

Piggins isnt in there but "pigg" seems to mean pig.

Huh. What'd'ya know - all those primary school bullies were right... haha. No surprises there. Lol. Don't tell my wife. I'm trying to convince her to get her surname changed over to mine. Haha.

Paddy (Patrick) · #87 05-11-2009, 11:36 AM

Thanks for a great thread Sean - quite fascinating reading! Has it got Kavanagh?

telemarker (Keith) · #88 05-11-2009, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by renormalised

Ah, a familiar family name

Anyone here who can trace their ancestry back to the Earls and Barons Mortimer??

Here's some info on them...

Earls of March

History of the Mortimer Family

I think our family might but not definite. Tell you what, a bloody bunch they were and rather scheming to boot. I would be the black sheep of the family if these qualities are cherrished!

So, that name is familiar you say - how so? Know anything of your roots.

renormalised (Carl) · #89 05-11-2009, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by telemarker

I think our family might but not definite. Tell you what, a bloody bunch they were and rather scheming to boot. I would be the black sheep of the family if these qualities are cherrished!

So, that name is familiar you say - how so? Know anything of your roots.

How so?? Sir Edmund Mortimer (the 3rd Earl of March) and Phillipa Plantagenet (the Duke of Clarence, Lionel of Antwerp's daughter) are my 20th G-Grandparents

. My 19th Great Grandmother is their eldest child, Lady Elizabeth de Mortimer (married to Henry "Harry Hotspur" Percy). Elizabeth was also married to Sir Thomas Camoys, and I'm also related to their children as well.

I know quite a lot about my ancestry and who I'm related to

seanliddelow (Sean) · #90 05-11-2009, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Paddy

Thanks for a great thread Sean - quite fascinating reading! Has it got Kavanagh?

No sorry

Paddy (Patrick) · #91 06-11-2009, 08:24 AM

Must be too Irish. Thanks for looking.

Rainingstar (Lorraine) · #92 06-11-2009, 08:29 AM

Stern and Glanville ?

Thanks

seanliddelow (Sean) · #93 06-11-2009, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Rainingstar

Stern and Glanville ?

Thanks

Stern- Means "severe, strict; uncompromising" (No Kidding)
Glanville- From Glanville in Norfolk

TrevorW · #94 06-11-2009, 11:42 AM

I know where my name comes from our motto reads

"Non Nobis tantum nati"

FredSnerd (Claude) · #95 06-11-2009, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by TrevorW

I know where my name comes from out motto reads

"Non Nobis tantum nati"

U gonna translate for we ignorant folk

TrevorW · #96 06-11-2009, 12:28 PM

"we are not born for ourselves alone"

renormalised (Carl) · #97 06-11-2009, 01:27 PM

Try these ones....Riley, Armitage, Chandler, Maude, Beaumont, Whitwell, Bradshaw, Buckley, Bishop, Nettleton, Tempest, Clifford

Rainingstar (Lorraine) · #98 06-11-2009, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by seanliddelow

Stern- Means "severe, strict; uncompromising" (No Kidding)
Glanville- From Glanville in Norfolk

Thanks for that,most interesting, I used to work for a dentist who always said"Stern by name and stern by nature", but it's not in the least true.

Lorraine

AdrianF (Adrian) · #99 06-11-2009, 03:29 PM

I have a good idea where I come from many moons ago. From France and my surname is a "*******isation" of the French word for keeper of the dogs. My predecessors were keepers of King Louis the 16ths wolf hounds.
Apparently.

Adrian

seanliddelow (Sean) · #**100** 06-11-2009, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by renormalised

Try these ones....Riley, Armitage, Chandler, Maude, Beaumont, Whitwell, Bradshaw, Buckley, Bishop, Nettleton, Tempest, Clifford

Ok, time for a hand panadol

Riley- Is from Riley in Devon or High Riley in Lancashire. It also means 'Dweller at the rye clearing'.
Armitage- Is originated from 'Hermitage'. From Armitage in Staffordshire.
Chandler- Means "Maker or seller of candles".
Maude- Is a form of the name 'Matilda'.
Beaumont- From Beaumont-Le-Roger in Eure (France?).
Whitwell- From Whitwell (Many Areas).
Bradshaw- From Bradshaw in Derby and Lancaster
Buckley- From Buckley in Devon, Sussex and Warwickshire.
Bishop- Means 'Bishop' or one playing as a Bishop.
Nettleton- "Dweller where the nettles grow".
Tempest- "A volent storm".
Clifford- "Dweller at the Ford by the steep bank".