ITT: translate your surname to English
Mine is Smith
>>56468221
Hill
>>56468221
Wolf (pl Wilk)
>>56468221
Mel
Matamoros = Moors killer.
Spinning top.
>>56468221
Lots of appletrees
Smith (Ferrer, valencian)
Guy who makes barley
The pure
made of iron
Sardinez. Son of a sardine.
i wish i knew. I have a savoyard name and only 7 people in the world have it, and that's my family
Elias' son
i wish i knew. I have a savoyard name and only 7 people in the world have it, and that's my family who are living in Sweden nowadays
>>56468221
Sources
i don't know, there's like 50 persons in the whole world with my surname, 4 in Argentina and the rest on Spain
>>56469217
waaaiit
>>56469004
>Son of a sardine.
promontory; headland
Marin's
wew.
The one who pays back
Son of Sunday
Creek
>>56469315
Is true, Sardínez is my surname.
But real meaning is "son or Sardinian"
Outlaw
>>56468221
Denmark land
>>56468221
Either Weed or "The guy who owns oxen"
Black Dimas (?)
Miller = Miller
Son of Fernando
Translates to pickaxe from Italian.
>>56468221
Gold lapis lazuli.
brain
Reds
Son of Walter
Converting it into old English.
Sigefolc
Pronounced "Sieg folk" noice.
Barbosa - It means "bearded", but in the feminine, referring to a place, as in a field, or hill, covered with weeds, that make it look as if it has a "beard".
Ferreira - Smith.
Weber Carnavalli
Weeber (german) Carnevali (italian)
Weaver Carnivals
welp
>>56470563
>Brazilian
>neo-Portugal
>barbosa
Valley
beatle
>>56470633
My middle name is Albert as well. So yeah, I'm literally Albert Barbosa.
Cool
>>56470021
Cristina pls go
>>56470633
This is Joaquim Barbosa, who was justice minister here
>>56470672
"Frio"? "Legal"? "Maneiro"? Never seen anyone with a surname like that
Hartman(n)
Lute.
Shortened version of Theodorus.
son of "insert turkish name here"
Forrest (literally the character of 3 trees stacked in a pyramid)--since it's referring to a person it pretty much means strength or longevity.
t. Chink
Smithson
>>56468221
Current
Flame
>>56468457
?
>>56468858
wena manzanares
>>56468966
?
>>56469448
wena domínguez
>>56470021
wena fernandez
>>56470214
wena rojas
>>56468221
>smith
So any generic last name is translated to smith or does your name actually mean smith as in blacksmith
>>56471283
It means Smith as in blacksmith.
>>56471283
By the way Herrera is the spanish "Smith" and "Ferreira" is the portuguese "Smith".
Son of Pavel
The spelling has been changed, but it seems to stem from this. The current name doesn't translate to anything.
>inb4 baneposting
Broken
>>56471442
You don't get to bring friends you know
I really don't know what Barreto translates to.
>>56471632
"Little Turd"
>>56471632
>Barreto
http://www.behindthename.com/name/barreto/submitted
I'm surprised someone would start this thread without linking the Behind The Name website.
Swedish
Sun warrior
Dunno how that came about desu
it can't be
http://circleboard.org/int/index.html
visit us for more epic internatoinal maymees
Literal translation would be like "under the pine tree" or "below the pine tree" or something.
>>56468221
Dinkum.
So when Christopher Columbus got to America how did he confuse it for India? I don't see any shit on the ground anywhere?
Fruit
Also, my grandfather, who invented our surname, was a crossdresser.
Tree
my surname is bös, translated into english it means something like, vicious/wicked/evil/nasty/mean/bad...
just pick one
>>56473375
hey matsushita-senpai
Sword
>>56469948
DESIGNATED
shadow island
plum
i have no idea what my last name means
i think it's finnish or finnoswedish
Hangover or ass cheeks.
>>56476060
影島-san?
pretty cool name
>>56476098
Sjubilayson?
>>56476098
what is it?
my surname ends in -keisu, which means nothing in Finnish
arigato
>>56476114
本貫 釜山 影島
Axe holder or axe clearing.
Stone
>>56476098
If it is finnish I can translate if you want
>>56468221
Gravehill
>>56470563
>>56470658
>>56476098
Tsingisson?
>>56476161
>are memes that important to you?
Yes.
>also can you guess/figure out what my surname would be?
Uppupaţţanamu?
the one who crush things
Dig
Hothead.
Willow rapids
a lot of Finnish names refer to a place like my name
>>56468221
>raven
pretty edgelord
untranslated it is pronounced 'burn' so im double edgelord
Girl's name + hill
Happy or of beautiful spirit.
I'll take it.
>>56478223
Well hello there
>>56468221
Protein
>>56468221
The wise
>>56478258
HELLO
>>56478223
Saramäki?
Hill of Maia
>>56478372
No
my sister's name is sara tho
>>56468221
Krumsvik=curved betrayal
What a weird language
that wisteria
Shepherd. Maybe.
Unfortunate/hopeless/unhappy. No, not a meme, that's what it means, that's how much my ancestors believed in future.
no idea
Olive tree, towers
>>56468221
Something about nails
Mine's Ironwill, after a huge fiasco lead to the change of surname.
Before that it was blueish.
My noble blood? I think it must be the romanian blood flowing in me.
Poor Romanians, why is Pain the only language we are willing to speak?
Small/little
>Shame
My surname is made of two, I think.
Pozzobon = Pozzo + Buono
So it must be something like Good (Water)Well.
It doesn't mean anything, it just a small village in Spain.
>>56468221
John's son
Sokół - Falcon
The one from the Town of Gulls.
Birch stream (roughly)
>>56468221
Mine is "the dwarf" or "the very little man". Luckily I'm not a manlet, otherwise my life would have been hell.
Mine means armed stranger, from a germanic root
Western grove
>>56484187
Tchaikovski, is that you?
my last name is just a german patronymic name, kind of boring
Southerner or from the South
Little Stefan
>>56469454
i think there's something fishy about this post
Tavern
>>56468221
Son of the king.
>>56486927
is this considered witty in sweden?
>>56470563
t. Alberto Barbosa
>>56469077
Tell us i'l try to translate it
>>56469795
Vacher?
>>56487097
"sardin" is pilchard in swedish
Roses
It's Friedrich. The English version of it is Frederick, but really it's a rather distant deviation of "frid ric" which means peaceful ruler.
>>56487097
t. person who had the same pun in mind but was too slow to post it
>>56468221
Honored, or noble one, of noble blood ext, Family was high caste in india.
>>56468221
of Kenn (a village Somerset, England). Anglo-Norman names aren't that interesting.
>>56488054
SOOOOOMEEEERSET MENTIONED
Also I posted my surname up there somewhere, but my mum's maiden name means Australian (convit)
>tfw you have a shitty surname that doesn't mean anything
>>56488142
I've heard that most Normans who settled in Somerset were mostly Bretons and Flemish. I'll just wait for DNA results to come in to find out (assuming no one in my patrilineal side was cucked).
Colorfull (Šarenac)
"Of Dusen". (My last name is Van Dusen, it's Dutch.)
>>56468221
Bearpark
>>56468221
Flying eagle
Snow woods
Doesn't really make any sense, probably something about donuts.
in the upper house
>>56468221
Of stone
of the woods (dubois)
Land Helmet
>>56487197
No, the name comes from occitan.
>>56470697
I've seen a legal before
>>56488992
>Kamenov
>>56468819
jajajaja http://apellidos.dechile.net/?Matamoros
Phillips
"selfpraising"
>>56469255
tell me
How do I translate 'Lechner" into english?
>>56488429
Don't know about genetics and the like but we're a lot more similar looking to Welsh and Cornish folks than Midlands, London or northerners.
>>56489718
I know a grill who has a surname that only survievs in her family. There are about 16 people named like that.
>>56489826
Seems like Somerset is split between the Devon genetic cluster and the general English genetic cluster.
Assumption (of Virgin Mary into heaven)
And Goennering, but i have no idea what it means. I was told it came from Luxembourg, so if anyone knows what it means pls halp
stone court.
>>56468221
>tfw your last name is a fucking tree
Rabbit is my surname, it's cute.
the middle name can't be translated tho.
>handsome and elegant
Who else here /doesn'tliveuptotheirfamilyname/?
>>56468221
house by the shore
aurelian brigrantes
>>56468221
"of/from the valley"
>>56468221
Gonzalson (??)
>>56490808
son of Gonzalo
Every single spanish surname ended in -ez means "son of"
Gonzalez - Gonzalo
Alvarez - Alvaro
Ramirez - Ramiro
Ordoñez - Ordoño
Fernandez - Fernando
But i still have no fucking clue where Gutierrez comes from
>>56491236
yeah but there's no Gonzalo equivalent in english
>>56491324
or equivalent to any of those
>no fucking clue where Gutierrez comes from
here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guti%C3%A9rrez
>>56491324
Maybe it's son of a guy with a Gothic name everyone has forgot. Gutier does sounds like Göte.
>>56491386
Gutierre huh? Sounds Catalonian. Cool! Thank you
Flowers (Flores)
hard edge
it can't be translated since it's a four letter word without any sense
Butler.
>>56491622
Tell us at leats. Now im corious
>>56491539
Spanish or Portuguese origin?
>>56491688
sorry but it's very uncommon (like 40 people with my surname in the whole country), so I'm afraid of doxxing, but I can say it starts with V
>>56491930
All doxxing does is knowing you posted on a surname thread on /int/. Stop being a fag and post it
Literally it's "reds", "gingers" is probably what they meant originally, we don't really have a common word like "ginger" for them, just "red haired" usually.
t. not ginger
Thirteen :-D
>>56468221
Hewed
>>56492006
giving my surname would be the same of giving all of you my identity, since it's uncommon and you would find it very easily, that's the reason
>>56492110
No one gives a fuck about you bro we're just curious about a surname since mine is also of italian origin and very uncommon
>>56468221
My surname is browne, it means brown
Leixous (Portugal), my ancestor was a fisherman of the merchant fleet, he gave his 4 sons different last names from among the ports he visited around the world, I'm the descendant of one line, less than 10 of us with this name still exist with 6 of them being dead ends.
>>56492345
Niiiiice bro that's rare. You have the name of the Leixões port in nothern Portugal?
>>56492418
Yes, though "scandified", it's obviously not that name outright.
If I said what it was you'd find me within a minute.
What does the surname Gann mean?
>>56492514
Shiiiiiiiiiiiit bro that rare as fuck spread your seed to keep it alive
Did your ancestor made a coat of arms for that family name? That's very commen in Portugal, to make CoAs for family names
>>56492619
>spread your seed to keep it alive
I'm a fag, another is a childless known celebrity in poorway, 3 are children keeping it as a middle name and 2 are just outright old betas.
Only 2 remain, now children, to keep the line. They'll inherit everything I own with a nice fund when I die 2bh.
>>56492110
cmon bro just tell me does your name start with F? and means a bird in certain latin languages?
>>56492783
>They'll inherit everything I own with a nice fund when I die 2bh.
That's very nice of you actually. If you have a CoAs tell me I'd love to see it since I'm very into Portuguese heraldy and I could send you a broided patch of it (its my hobby)
>>56492345
How far back does that go?
I have some mediterranean ancestor over a 100 years ago who fucked a slut. My grandmother has brown eyes and some darker skin tone but the rest of my family (and I have a lot of cousins) are all blonde and blue eyed. It's true what they say, the genes will wash out. So, have faith.
>>56468221
rate my full name
>>56493275
Thorlin
Thor – lin (frigg)
I think, but i'm not sure
Grovestream.
>>56468221
Lion.
>>56468221
Neil's son
>>56468221
De La Torre = Of The Tower
>>56468221
>Granell
I have no idea what my surname means, send help
The one who knocks
fucking literally
>>56468966
joe the lion?
>>56493558
Country of Origin?
>>56493613
Great grandparents - Spain
Grandparents - Puerto Rico
Thunderous
>>56481436
One day may you reclaim your kingdom, Blueish Ironwill.
>>56468221
Interpritor/translator
>>56493613
>>56493687
>>56493558
after doing some quick research, it's more likely that my ancestors lived in a locality named Torres. the last name meaning "from torres"
Can't be translated outright, but it originates as "son of Norbert".
Davy's son.
So bad ass much kill
>>56468221
>Rincón = Corner
gatekeeper
>tfw Mingrelian
The first part of my surname can be translated as "pig" as well as "fist"
I prefer the second one 2bh
>>56478641
Du kan ikke lure meg nordmann
Middle trail
Son of the Wolf cub
I don't even know what it means in Dutch.
>>56494005
post it
Son of Jóhannes
>>56493331
Roman Sokolov?
>>56494043
It's pretty rare, so I'm too paranoid to post it.
>>56468221
Evil.
>>56494346
Dude you're not that special m8.
Fucking post your last name. This is not /b/ and we're not in the early 2000's, no one is gonna send pizzas to your house
>>56493831
There many many towns named Towers or Something Towers in the Iberian Peninsula so you're fucked I think
Spaniards, how would you translate Garcia?
>>56494560
kek a sensible nigger, now that's rare lol
>>56494719
:/
think ancestry.com is worth it?
>>56494560
I guess you're right. My surname is Vredenburg.
Oakshore
>>56494845
>Vredenburg
habitational name from a place called Vredenburg in Gelderland, Netherlands.from a Germanic personal name, composed of the elements frithu ‘peace’ + burg ‘stronghold’.
How to translate Emiliano? I think it's italian, that surname belongs to my dad family.
>>56468221
Safety/security
>>56495168
>heta Säkerthet i efternamn
Hur mobbad var du i skolan 1-10 anon?
>>56494921
Are you 100% British or mixed
>>56489818
according to wikipedia it's a variant of Lehner, meaning land-holder
Stone guardian. It's like a 12 year old made it desu
>>56468221
son of the devotee of patrick
Never bothered to look up but apparently it means mountain in literal sense.
>>56494836
nah m8 just try talking with old people in your family and ask them from which part of spain they were from
>>56495469
>tfw not holding any land
Grove
>>56495533
Pretty dope tbqh, Norbro.
>>56496031
thanks Finnbro, grove is a name too, I guess.
>>56495533
You come from a long line of folk who diligently guarded the stones of the land, ever vigilant, steadfast, and most importantly.... rock steady.
>>56496348
I'm apparently descended from some finnish chieftan way down the line.
Place near the ocean where caring women / aunties dwell
Or
The bog near the sea
