# Origin of surnames

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-surnames/387921>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 14, 2007, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-surnames/387921 "2007-01-14T09:21:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-surnames/387921/61 "2007-01-19T19:45:29Z")

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My occupation-based surnames would be something like “Researcher” or even cooler “Historian”. But, while I do have probs with folk pronouncing my actual surname, I really don’t think I’m likely to do a deed poll quite yet.

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-surnames/387921/62 "2007-01-19T19:53:24Z")

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You know, maybe it would sound better if we used the Latin or Greek term for our vocation…

What’s latin for “Planner?”

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**Author:** ![Blake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-surnames/387921/63 "2007-01-19T23:47:23Z")

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[QUOTE=Hypno-Toad]  
What’s latin for “Planner?”  
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Forma.

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