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Topic: German last name

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  Name    German  
  Last Name Meaning    Origin of my last name  
  History Last Name    Italian last name  
  Irish last name    Baby german name  

 
 
 Vital Stats
The Brain has inferred the following facts from reading text collected on the topic:
Most admires:Charles de Gaulle,  Helmut Kohl
Appearance:Overweight
Intelligence:Stupid
Personality:Spoilt brat
Politics:Apathetic
Favorite book(s):"American Spelling Book" by Noah Webster
"Mein Kampf" by Adolf Hitler
"The McGuffey Readers" by William Holmes McGuffey
Favorite great leader(s):Adolf Hitler,  Himmler,  Neville Chamberlain
Favorite animal(s):Rottweiler
Likes to wear:Army uniforms,  School uniform
Favorite movie(s):The Great Escape
Favorite destination(s):Germany
Favorite quote(s):"This is the sort of English up with which I will not put." - Winston Churchill
 
 
 Expert Talk
The Brain has selected interesting relevant sentences from the web. It automatically assigned them to some of our fictitious experts based on their personalities.


Borg Svemann,
Woodworker

It seems fitting that Sister Maria Innocentia Hummel’s last name literally translates from German to English as "bumble bee.
Sam Hayden,
Gothic Nightclub Owner

He kept jabbering last night about a German techno outfit by the same name.
Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder

Germans typically shorten a formal name to a "nickname" by >using the last syllable or two to form the nickname.
Shane Kelly,
Bar Tender

I'm looking for the origin of my last name Wetsel, I've been told its german or hession, with possible spellings as wietzel, whitzel, wetzel.
Astrid Schuhmann,
Backpacker

There are unrelated Frenchmen and Germans who have the Goins last name or one of its variant spellings.
My last name is Mueller I know we came from the french german borders.
Marshall changed the spelling of his last name from Lentz to Lence so as to appear more non-German.
David Rosenberg,
Dermatologist

The brand name Stahlwille comes from the German word for steel (stahl) + the last name of our founder (wille), hence Stahlwille.
 
 
 User Talk
Comments from our users:
From:
reinhardt
2004-11-15 00:10:46
what does my last name mean
From:
klein
2004-11-27 14:13:30
From:
gilly9380@yahoo.com
2005-01-19 19:09:27
what does the last name "gilmore" mean and what are its oragins? thank you
From:
Heather Schlarbaum
2005-02-05 13:24:55
What does Schlarbaum mean in German?
From:
herbert reichert
2005-05-03 10:49:16
what does reicert mean?
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