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Natasha said on February 18, 2012
My mother has Persian and Armenian from her dads side. My father was pure English and had a bit of Irish in him. I’m 80% English, 5% Scottish, 5% Irish, 5% Armenian, and 5% Persian.
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Halima būæwer said on February 18, 2012
My first name halima is Turkish and Arabic which means gentle and um not either one of those races which is odd and my middle name Simone is french and I’m not sure on what it means ….and my last name būæwer or bauman is Jewish and northern German which means neighbor or something
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Isaac Kassis said on February 18, 2012
My name Isaac is Hebrew for “He laughs.” It is biblical. My last name Kassis means “Minister” in Arabic.
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briana said on February 16, 2012
I’m really mixed but I have an italian middle name and I’m not italian. My first name is Irish but idk what it means and idk what my last name is. Briana teasley
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Babsi said on February 16, 2012
Barbara comes from the Greek word barbaros (barbarian). It means foriegn. It is more commonly used in Germany, Chile, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia.
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Babsi said on February 16, 2012
My surname Goodman comes from the Anglo-Saxon spelling Guethmund. Gueth means battle and Mund means protection. The Olde English of Goodman comes from God meaning good and Man meaning head of. There are several spellings of Goodman with the oldest deriving from Germany, which is spelled Guttmann.
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Jaime Lozano said on February 9, 2012
I’m Mexican . My last name is Lozano . I’m not sure what the country of origin is but I think it means luxurious
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Aleah said on January 29, 2012
My first name is aleah and my last name is stewart
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nia said on January 29, 2012
my name is nia it means Lustrous,Goal,Radiance,Brightness,and Purpose in Gaelic,Welsh and Swahili
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LaQuandra said on January 28, 2012
My last name is Leverett. Does anyone have an idea what’s the origin?
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Babsi said on February 16, 2012
It comes from England.
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Pamela Melody said on January 25, 2012
First Name: Pamela
Middle Name: Melody
Both my first and middle names are Greek. Put them together and they mean ‘Honey Song’.
I don’t have a trace of Greek blood in me, by the way. My mom just loved Greek names.
Just for the record, I’m not sharing my last name for privacy reasons.
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michael harris said on January 19, 2012
where do think batise come from i dont know if it spanish french or italian what do you think
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Angel Syrene said on January 21, 2012
french
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michael harris said on January 19, 2012
my great grand mom last name was batise
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DannyÒle said on January 8, 2012
Viramontes Is My Last Name. I’ve Never In My Life Have Meet A Person With That Last Name. Some Online Sources Say That It’s From Spain. My Parents Are Mexican. Would That Mean Im The Mix Of Both…
Vira – idk what means, Montes- mountains = viramontes
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Celine Cavazos said on January 5, 2012
Hey, well first I would appreciate if some of you could help with my families distant orgins(race, ethnicity, etc.) Well am Mexican american. But my parents were born in Mexico. My mom’s maiden surname was Tirado. My dad’s surname is Cavazos. My mom is from Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico. My dad is from Monterrey, Mexico. My grandparents(mom’s side) surnames were Tirado and Lizarraga. My other grandparents(dad’s sidd) surnames invluded Garcia, Torres, and Gumaro. So with that can anybody help with our families original orgons as I see Mexico seems to be diverse.
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Celine Cavazos said on January 6, 2012
Oh yeah another surname for my grandparents(moms side) is the surname Rendon.
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Christian said on January 10, 2012
Well Lizarraga sounds 100% Basque (the Basques are a people who live in norther Spain and France, and they are very very different from Spanish people)
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shayla said on January 2, 2012
shayla means fairy palace, its origin is gaelic and i do have some europian ansestors further up my family tree
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Angel Syrene said on January 1, 2012
it’s Jew 100%
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melissa said on December 28, 2011
Does anyone know the origin of last name merida?
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Tuana said on December 29, 2011
It must be spanish or mexican.
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Tuana said on December 26, 2011
Tuana means raindrop & it’s of Turkish Origin.
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David said on December 24, 2011
My last name is Cathers. It’s of Scottish origin, although my ancestors came from Ireland :/. My ancestry is really confusing! lol
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Christian said on December 24, 2011
My lastname is Kovacs, originally Kovàcs, and I got it from my Hungarian granpa, and my lastname is the second most common in Hungary, in english it means Smith. I also have Estonian, Ukrainian, Chinese, Armenian and Catalan/Mexican in me, and I speak Spanish at home with my mom, even if my Mexican is only 1/4… But Im an American, and I love being what I am…. Be proud of your ancestry and of being an American!!!!
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Christian said on December 24, 2011
Ah and my Hungarian ancestry and lastname and because I speak some Hungarian, this fact created some problems with the father of my girlfriend, because his parents were Slovaks, and he said that he hates Hungarians because we hungarians stole slovak lands in 1940, and so we had a big discussion because I said that slovaks stole to Hungarians…. well now Im steel with that girl, but I always try to not see his father…. crazy things…
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jessica said on December 24, 2011
my last name is oranday what does it mean
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Christian said on December 24, 2011
It sounds Hungarian to me.
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ashley said on December 22, 2011
My moms maiden name is Suero. She told me it was an only last name , only her family had it ? Help?
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Tanja said on December 22, 2011
My moms last name was Golc. Im from Slovenia. Does anyone knows from where this last name comes?
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Aleah said on December 21, 2011
So my first name is Aleah and my last name is Stewart my dad has light brown hair and he is pale well my mom has mixed hair colors but her natural hair color is blonde and she is also pale. I have slanted eye’s and I have olive skin color.
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Aleah said on December 21, 2011
Im a quarter American and Brazilian my last name is Stewart
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Aleah said on December 21, 2011
Im sorry I mean my first name is Aleah and my last name is Stewart
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elizabeth said on December 19, 2011
my last name is Winn. where does that come from.
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Martyn Glynwyn Griffith said on December 20, 2011
Could Winn be a descendent of the Welsh surname WYN (Gwyn = White/fair, but you drop the G in both middle names and surnames). Winn could be the Anglicised version of any variation – Wynn/Wynne/Winne.
My username is actually my middle name which in turn were the two middle names of my maternal grandfather ‘Owen Glyn Wyn Jones’.
Wyn is a VERY popular middle name (my father and his sister, paternal grandfather and his brother, my own brother and sister and maternal cousin all have the middle name WYN, like I said – VERY popular)
It is also a popular as a the suffix part of name ie boys names Elwyn and Carwyn, although it changes to WEN for female names such as Bronwen and Olwen.
I hope this is not too much useless information
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Rafael Rodriguez said on December 19, 2011
My name is Rafael Rodriguez neri. From what I know neri is an italian surname.. Rodriguez too Iborn in think. Both my parents were born in mexico. My mother is light complected with a tint of red in her hair. My dad is dark complected, which is wat I inherited from him.
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Christian said on December 24, 2011
Yes Neri is Italian, while Rodriguez is Spanish
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margie said on December 16, 2011
I am black but my last name is English
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yahnik holloman said on December 18, 2011
probly because your ancestors were slaves and inherited their owners name lol, im some black too but my family’s name changed by marriage to a slave owner’s name. im 14 so u should probly look it up i learned this in school lol
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Veshal Govil said on December 21, 2011
I am brown and my name is East Indian. It means the great one. Veshal
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Mallory Desulme said on December 15, 2011
desulme is my last name what does it mean.?
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Amanda said on December 14, 2011
My name is somewhat boring. My name meaning is worthy of love.
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An\'Twan said on December 13, 2011
An’Twan orgin french boys name meaning praise worthy priceless
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Kentish94 said on December 11, 2011
The surname Millen(the enlish type not scottish) is most likely occupational in origin. It is metonymic, meaning that it refers to an object related to the proffesion. Millen comes from the french word “moulin”, meaning “a mill”. The first bearer of the name probably worked in a mill, but it is also possible that the name was taken on by some who lived near a mill.
http://gbnames.publicprofiler.org/Map.aspx?name=MILLEN&year=1881&altyear=1998&country=GB&type=name
http://www.britishsurnames.co.uk/surnames/MILLEN/1881census
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Austin Bautista said on December 11, 2011
Austin means reverence. My parents did give me a Japanese name also. 石丸 Ishimaru (round stone) 康貴 Yasutaka (precious peace)
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ethnicon Site Admin said on December 11, 2011
Nice first name, are you half Japanese?
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Laura Umanskii said on February 20, 2012
I’m Japanese too! (:
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