# New Occupational Surnames

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-occupational-surnames/320707>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 8, 2005, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-occupational-surnames/320707 "2005-09-08T20:32:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-occupational-surnames/320707/21 "2005-09-09T05:35:37Z")

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> [@Lumpy](#):
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> I’ve seen “Laser” as a surname, but I wonder if the name derives from some obscure word predating the laser beam.

Probably a variant of ‘Lasser’. Come on guys, you know there’s a thing called Google? 😉

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-occupational-surnames/320707/22 "2005-09-09T05:41:00Z")

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Well I now have a sudden inclination to change my name to **Friedo Codemonkey**.

Which is good, because last week I was sure I was going to change it to **Crazy Joe Davola**. I just like the way it sounds. **Joe Davola**. It’s got rhythm. Plus the “ **Crazy** ” at the beginning gives it real class.

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