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what does your surname mean?

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Scouser from Leicester

Scouser from Leicester Report 24 Aug 2007 22:24

Just had a look it's a good site so I checked my name and this is what come up.


(Locality). From a French province of that name. Magne, great, large, rich, powerful, the same as magnus in Latin.

Heather

Heather Report 24 Aug 2007 22:20

Mine too.

Names tend to fall into three categories

Occupations

Places

Descriptions (character or physical)

Mine is a place one!

Sprack

Sprack Report 24 Aug 2007 22:18

They cant find mine its too rare lol.
Jenny

Suzanne

Suzanne Report 24 Aug 2007 22:14

will look at it now,sounds fun.x

Sue

Sue Report 24 Aug 2007 21:34

Found a good site about surname meanings and origins www.surnamedb.com.