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If many surnames came from people's professions, does that mean that one of his ancestors was simply considered to be... good enough?
by CrampusDestrus 3y ago
If many surnames came from people's professions, does that mean that one of his ancestors was simply considered to be... good enough?
- rcxdude 3y agoThat is actually the most likely explaination for the origins of the name (basically as a nickname)
- TeMPOraL 3y agoI'm still wondering how such surnames come to be. In Poland, it feels like some 25%+ of surnames are nicknames / descriptors of a person that aren't just naming someone's occupation. A fraction of them is weird or even derogatory. My own surname literally means "a bad roof", and that's actually on the tame side compared to surnames of some people I know, or know of.