Do you know what your surname means?

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11280

Message Posted:
24/02/2009 12:02

Back in 1302 the name of my oldest ancestor (in the Dutch city of Delft) was spelled "Doelman" (somewhere someone made an error in a Protestant churchbook and the name is spelled "Doeleman" since). Today "Doelman" in English means (goal)keeper or (goal)tender. But what did it mean in 1302? The first "Doelman" was the warden or manager of the hall where the Delft citizens practised with bow and arrow (and later also with crossbows).



Do you know what your surname means or meant?

jock1



Joined: 06/01/2008
Posts: 3786

Message Posted:
24/02/2009 12:04

yes........................

smithy


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 5301

Message Posted:
24/02/2009 12:13

No But I'm sure with the millions of Smiths out there someone will know for sure.

smithy

simbas



Joined: 16/07/2007
Posts: 5943

Message Posted:
24/02/2009 12:36

My maiden name was Cosgrove . Which i believe means Victorious or Champion . My married name , well ! ?????

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
24/02/2009 13:13

doleman sounds like someone who is collecting loads of goverment giro's,lol.



we did try to trace ours a few years ago, but couldn't get any info, strange but true.

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11280

Message Posted:
24/02/2009 14:31

RE msg 5, fire_starter : (...) doleman sounds like someone who is collecting loads of goverment giro's,lol. (...)



Yeah..., but unfortunately not in Holland... And it's Doeleman and not Doleman... Twice wrong, fire_starter!

pinkchilli


Joined: 30/11/2008
Posts: 689

Message Posted:
24/02/2009 14:38

To the "Goalkeeper".



Any relation to Edwin Van der Saar? He's Dutch and also a goalkeeper.



As far as I know he can't make maps. So maybe not.

cruggs


Joined: 06/04/2008
Posts: 498

Message Posted:
24/02/2009 14:39

hi smithy,i think your name implies that your ancestor's were smiths,as in black-smith or gold-smith i/e a worker of metal,the old forges in by gone times were called smithy's hence the name smith.

have a good afternoon,

The-Wicks


Joined: 27/05/2007
Posts: 2279

Message Posted:
24/02/2009 14:47

My surname Wickenden is of Anglo Saxon origin.It is a locational name from a "lost place" called Wickenden nr Cowden in Kent. The village of Polefield stands on the site of Wickenden, this was first recorded in 1044.

Paul

lulubell


Joined: 18/11/2008
Posts: 595

Message Posted:
24/02/2009 18:28

fontana means fountain in italian, not very exciting..



think i prefer miss fontana to miss fountain though : - )

batterboy58



Joined: 20/04/2008
Posts: 442

Message Posted:
24/02/2009 18:38

My surname is Banks,

The word Banks is actually the plural form of the word bank which a capitalised letter B. The word banks is defined as depository financial institutions, or financial institutions which accept deposits and channel the money into the activity of lending. It also refers to the sloping lands, especially the slopes that are situated beside a body of water, such as a river. It also means supplies or stocks of goods which are held in reserve for use in the future, especially in times of emergency.



Where's my bonus?

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
24/02/2009 20:35

way,way back as for as it went i too started out as a Smith,who travelled up from Peterburgh,to Scotland. one speaking to my late uncle who was proud to be Scotish,had to smile that he we a Smith,that wed a Mcphee.



so Smithy,we may be related sis..x

cooper


Joined: 23/10/2007
Posts: 3386

Message Posted:
24/02/2009 21:05

A Cooper makes Barrels, so i must be a "Barrel of laughs"



Cooper

simbas



Joined: 16/07/2007
Posts: 5943

Message Posted:
24/02/2009 21:15

You're certainly that alright Coop

Take care , Simbas

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
24/02/2009 21:18

oh cooper,am on me back and legs a going again,thanks.x

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
25/02/2009 09:17

hans

i know how you spell it.

it was a joke, sorry you didn't understand!

smithy


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 5301

Message Posted:
25/02/2009 15:31

Hi Cruggs

All I can say is I hope it dates back to the Goldsmiths and not a Blacksmith not very good with a Anvil any more.

Spider who knows with the amount of Smiths out there we could be blood brothers, cheers

smithy

ROBnJO


Joined: 30/06/2008
Posts: 1289

Message Posted:
25/02/2009 16:59

I have spent a whole day researching my surname!!



""The Wistful Hunter Living Beside the Limpid Purple Lakes of Obluvion, twixt the Lush Green Mountain Tops and Deep Snow Filled Valleys of a Land Time Forgot,... but with Good Links to the M4 & Heathrow.""







I think it may have lost something in the translation. ;-(





Rob