| Yes, my first name is Ben, last name is Dover. It holds so much meaning that it makes me cum. |
 Yes, I am CD 2.0's overlord. |
| Most English Surnames are only from the 14th century so they are not hugely meaningful. Mine can be traced back to the honour roll from the Battle of Hastings 1066 but that is about it. I couldn't care less about my surname other than being traceable to my origin somewhat. |
| idk about you but the closer a girl gets to looking like ronald mcdonald, the more aroused i become. CAV where can we cast our eyes to @PoruMairu who thinks of himself a member of the true church. Helion. |
| Last name is Molenaar or Miller translated directly into English. Here in the Netherlands you automaticly get your father's last name but you can change your last name to your mother's or other relative's by writing a letter to the King. Also, when getting married, the couple may decide wether or not they get each other's last names. Back in the day the woman got the last name of the male, but nowadays you could also choose for it to go the other way around, or not at all. Since gay marriadge is a thing in here for ages. |
| "This signature is under construction." ~Fabuubz |
| Yeah here in my country we also take up the surname of the father automatically. My family's last name(at least on my father's side) was changed when my grandfather migrated from Ukraine, he had to pick a Hungarian-sounding last name.He picked the name of a place that he liked visiting and added the 'of' preposition to it(the Hungarian equivavlent of 'of' anyway). So my family's surname went from Skirka to Mátrai. This was also the case on my mother's side with my Ashkenazi ancestors except they just used a random word instead of the name of a place. Which meant that they went from Gebauer to Gáti, 'gát' means 'dam' in Hungarian by the way.(and the '-i' used in both cases is our version of the 'of' preposition) |
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| Well, us Filipinos have the same surname as our dads, so we got that. Tried searching Google for my surname and the result was a brandy. Pretty cool imo |
| I miss my GIFs of old ass memes. |
| Definitely, Last names are usually family names here. You can differentiate between a real Arab and a filthy Arabized Gaijin by his last name. |
| I inherited my last name from my father, and from my father's father and so on. Apparently, it used to have a different writing ... Which is the same as that of a rather famous corsair, so I do wonder if we're related in any way Lol |
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| Who knows, my father is adopted so I don't think he knows what's the meaning behind our last name, but who knows? I never asked him about about his real parents, no intention to either. |
| Far as I know, my last name doesn't really hold any cultural or historical significance. |
| Being an Indian like the OP, my surname also reveals my religion and caste. Heh. dank shit, like when I was in grade school my parents used to guess religions of all kids by their names and I was like mind=blown but as I grew up, I figured how childish I was. |
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| I just looked it up and mine apparently is a north indian clan or something. |
Iizbakaokay said: Being an Indian like the OP, my surname also reveals my religion and caste. Heh. dank shit, like when I was in grade school my parents used to guess religions of all kids by their names and I was like mind=blown but as I grew up, I figured how childish I was.  lol and one of the reasons why some people advocate banning use of last names to finish of caste system |
| I have no clue what mine even means, just that it comes from my father's side it being a patriarchal society. But I've heard from my mother that her grandmother used to tell her that we had the usual Indian surnames, then the Portuguese came and converted us to Catholics and changed our surnames or something like that. |
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| Alright, I just looked up my last name and apparently its derived from German history. Its also used in my country, but its very uncommon here. It means 'mountainside' or 'slope'. I never knew that lol. And yes, maybe last names here are important too. I have my dad's surname. Women here too usually change their last names to their husbands, but for some reason my mum didn't do that, but still gave me my dad's surname. My mum has an Indian surname I think. And their ancestors are indian, so I dunno. I like my dad's surname more tbh. It sounds better. |
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ashishkaull said: ehh? It doesn't really matter. People are prejudiced against names, names are names. If you're gonna ban last names consider how many similar names will pop up. Even complete names are common in our populated country and you want to make it worse? Radical.Iizbakaokay said: Being an Indian like the OP, my surname also reveals my religion and caste. Heh. dank shit, like when I was in grade school my parents used to guess religions of all kids by their names and I was like mind=blown but as I grew up, I figured how childish I was. lol and one of the reasons why some people advocate banning use of last names to finish of caste system |
| I don't know why people write that they are approachable persons, if you were you wouldn't be on MAL. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extended families or lovers on MAL are a farce. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
Iizbakaokay said: ashishkaull said: ehh? It doesn't really matter. People are prejudiced against names, names are names. If you're gonna ban last names consider how many similar names will pop up. Even complete names are common in our populated country and you want to make it worse? Radical.lol and one of the reasons why some people advocate banning use of last names to finish of caste system Yup ! That is the point why I opened the thread . I wanted to know whether the last names hold any importance in western societies . In India its important since it helps to identify with the clan/lineage though we have a different concept of Gotra which I think is similar to clan . Mayumi said: Alright, I just looked up my last name and apparently its derived from German history. Its also used in my country, but its very uncommon here. It means 'mountainside' or 'slope'. I never knew that lol. And yes, maybe last names here are important too. I have my dad's surname. Women here too usually change their last names to their husbands, but for some reason my mum didn't do that, but still gave me my dad's surname. My mum has an Indian surname I think. And their ancestors are indian, so I dunno. I like my dad's surname more tbh. It sounds better. Yup ! My mother has kept both her and my fathers last name . Hers is "Raina" and Fathers is "Kaul" |
KaulDevaSep 23, 2016 7:01 AM
| My last name was butchered a century and a half ago by Ellis Island. However, it's the same as a relatively well known company back in my home state, so I'm not complaining. It IS hilarious, however, having almost no one being able to guess how to pronounce said name unless they were raised in the same general area. |
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| Well, in my country people have 2 surnames xD I don't have idea where my first surname come from, but I guess it's a toponymic surname, because there is a small town with that name near my city. An my second surname is Sánchez, such a classic lmao |
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| I'm not going to give you my last name, but it traces back to a band of Saxon mercenaries. I feel like a badass :P |
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| In my country one either adds a suffix to one of your ancestor's first name, or to his occupation. At this point there is already family names formed so there is not much changing. You are "born" into your surname and women can change it to their husband's surname when they are married. My brother has the same first name as the "main ancestor" though, so it sounds kind of funny. Imagine "John Johnson" but with an Eastern European name. |
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| I'm chinese and my last name somehow originated from some emperor's name i think? Sometime between the Zhou and Han dynasty. Tried google translating a chinese version of wikipedia and that's what i got anyway. I kind of forgot what my parents told me. The direct translation of my last name means "old man". |
UssesaSep 23, 2016 8:01 PM
| Not really tbh, they are more 'indentifying codes'. |
| Today they say you're crazy, tomorrow they will say you're a genious. |
| My surname means "from [former French province X]" and can be traced back to the Middle Ages, although the spelling has been modified I like it but I wish more Swedes knew how to pronounce it correctly |
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| No, mostly not. I like my last name though. It means 'diamond.' |
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| My surname means "son of X" so it doesn't have some special meaning, and I got it from my father. Most children here have their father's surname, but there are some cases where they take their mother's surname, or both. My nephew has two surnames f.ex, one from his mother and one from his father. |
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| My last name has unknown origins, but I know it's a common Russian last name and could mean "of Pan", like the Greek god of nature. Since my family has a history of magic and ESP, I found it to be fitting. |
| My last name is "Bonanno", which means "happy new year" in sicilian... not really that much of a meaning |
| All I really know about my last name is that it's English and my only known ancestor to come to America did so in 1740 from England. |
"So wave goodbye to the hope we were born with, and say farewell to the chance of surviving this holocaust of love, this age of lost souls, but I'm holding on with both hands and I'm never letting go." |
| I just googled my surname, it's an anglo-saxon name of place in England. In the UK, most people are registered at birth with their paternal surname, although in some cases the mother's maiden name is added too. |
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| I just googled my last name. Apparently, it's derived from an Old French word and it means "He who lives near the woods." I have no idea what that's supposed to mean. Apparently, some of the countries of Origin are: England, France, Scotland and Northern Ireland. I don't even know anyone from those places lol. So yeah, I don't see the significance in my name or how it's tied into my culture since neither of my parents are European. But it's cool, I guess? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ |
| My last name is Smith so it means my ancestors had a boring and generic job considering how common the last name is. A lot of last names are just the name of the career someone had. |
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| My last name is just some stereotypical Chinese name lawl Also come to think of it, why are some users actually saying their last names? |
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| My last name comes from a village in spain. But it's spelled differently in the mexican dialect. I have no idea what it means. And doesn't look like it has any cultural significance. I might change the spelling since just about everyone pronounces it wrong. |
| Outside of identifying myself, it has as much relevance as anything else. You are sometimes known for what you do and sometimes you are known for who you are. |
| Stereotypical Vietnamese last name that everyone butchers. |
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| I have a Spanish nickname with an ñ lol. I don't really like it, I don't really hate it. At least no one gets it wrong when they spell/write it. |
| The only thing I know is that my last name indicates that my family comes from Okinawa. Other than that, I don't even know if the word itself means anything. |
| My last name means Swordsman in Italian apparently. Thoroughbred weeb material ;) |
| Surnames aren't that important here, culturally. My last name is a modern version of an Anglo-Saxon adjective describing someone who was "courageous" or "arrogant." My father told me it is a Scottish surname and we have Scottish roots, but the Scots spell it differently. My mother's last name before she was married is an Anglicized version of a French Huguenot last name. |
| My last name is Su (蘇), means swag. |
| If you're reading this, then you be should banana the one often to effectively die apples through convergence, autism plus unicorns. |
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