# name origins

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-origins/10087>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 11, 2000, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-origins/10087 "2000-04-11T07:04:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![chief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@chief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chief)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2000, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-origins/10087/1 "2000-04-11T07:04:00Z")

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anyone know a website where i can look for meanings and origins of last names?

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Check out my site:  
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**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2000, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-origins/10087/2 "2000-04-11T07:32:00Z")

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You might try here:  
[http://clanhuston.com/name/name.htm](http://clanhuston.com/name/name.htm)

Alas, my last name isn’t listed.

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**Author:** ![chief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@chief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chief)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2000, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-origins/10087/3 "2000-04-11T07:38:00Z")

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it wasnt on that one, i checked it before i posted. let me know if you find any others  
thanks…

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Check out my site:  
[Chief’s Domain](http://qfg.tierranet.com)

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**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2000, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-origins/10087/4 "2000-04-11T09:16:00Z")

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Hop on over to the Colour Surnames thread that’s been active for the last couple of days. The two links I placed in there are both sites that explain the origins of surnames.

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**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2000, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-origins/10087/5 "2000-04-11T09:42:00Z")

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Try [http://www.genuki.org.uk/index.html](http://www.genuki.org.uk/index.html) it’s quite a big site but if you rootle around you’ll find it.

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**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2000, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-origins/10087/6 "2000-04-11T12:40:00Z")

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For meanings, try [www.babynames.com](http://www.babynames.com)

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