I certainly don’t know what my last name means, but I was wondering how one can figure that by trying to derive where it’s from.
My last name is Núñez and I know my ancestors are from Spain but they sailed over into Puerto Rico.
I’m not sure how this helps at all…but if anyone could help me figure my last name’s meaning or give me some tips on how to do it myself , I’d be grateful!

And for the fun of it , post what your first or last name means if you know it and what it’s derived from. =]

For example:
My name is Carter.
[i went to a baby name site]

Gender:
Boy [but in this situation i’m a girl so it’s rare i suppose.]

Origin:
English

Meaning:
Transporter of materials

Pronunciation:
(KAR ter)

Form of:
Itself

In English, a “carter” is someone who carries materials in a cart. Carter is a common English surname, though it has recently gained popularity as boys’ first name in English-speaking countries. As a surname, famous bearers include US President Jimmy Carter, actress Helena Bonham Carter and singer Aaron Carter. Carter Braxton signed the US Declaration of Independence. Carter Woodson was the African American historian who founded Black History Month.

Carter is in the Top 10 most popular names of the US states of Iowa, North Dakota and South Dakota, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.

The combination of my first name and middle name can be translated as “Wrath of god”

….I am not kidding

Mel simply means ‘honeysweet’ :P whether that is true or not, it’s another story! heh.

I’ve been told (but never has it been confirmed) that Graham means “From the gray house” and Bouvier means “herd of cows” so that makes me “A herd of cows from the gray house.” :P

“Burton” is an Old English name, and means “wall of a fort or village.” It is a very common name in Wales and England.

Hey Mel, “mel” means honey in Portuguese, so it is true, at least here!

Now about my name:
Vanessa is the scientific name of a type of butterflies, so people usually say that Vanessa means butterfly, but it is not that it has this meaning in some language.
When Jonathan Swift wrote the poem Cadenus and Vanessa to his friend (who was called Esther), the name started being used for girls.

well, mine is a big story and i am proud of it, abdul halim = the humble servant of the Almighty Allah(jehovah), my last name is hafez which means (the one who memorizes the whole holy quran) , my grandfather memorized the whole holy quran and it is an honor in the mulsim society to be a descendent of a memorizer, and it is more honor if you memorize it yourself. therefore i can tell you that i am from a noble holy muslim family.

The kanji (chinese character) for my name Nao is “exact” or “earnest”.
When you put together the character for my mother’s name and my name, it creates a word “SUNAO” which means “truth, honesty”.

My surname means “Bamboo field”, so I guess I’m a “honest child living in a bamboo field” :)

Ooh hey Vanessa, that’s really interesting! hehe, so imma sweeeeeet kid! (where’s the ants?) ;)

Naoさん, good to be honest and earnest! (Definitely respected! ;) ) Yes it’s one paper down and 2 to go! (:

Mine means crack of dawn. I have to tell you, I was subject to hours of agony in school just because of that phrase!

I prefer to use the term: light of day, glistening onto the golden sands of the beach, whilst gently gliding across the cool ocean waves on a midsummers day.

But no….everybody remembers crack of dawn. :D

(I’m changing my name to Abdul or Mel) ;)

hahaha pick Mel! ;) Short & sweeeeeeeet (literally), you won’t be subjected to hours of agony!
I guarantee you. (Basically cause none of my friends have actually bothered to find out the meaning of my name so…technically I’m safe!)

But Dawn’s a sweet name really! (:

Dante means obstinate and/or enduring.

obstinate |ˈäbstənit|
adjective
stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so.

endure |enˈd(y)oŏr|
verb
1 [ trans. ] suffer (something painful or difficult) patiently

Mrs Carter ! Was your post edited twice ???

Núñez = son of Núño
Núño = ninth < from the latin NONIUS derivation of NONUS “ninth” contracted form of NOVENUS “ninth”. The name may be explained for a baby born in full day (at noon) because it was a good token. The PARCAE in Rome are the three goddesses of destiny : NONA “ninth” gives birth like BHRAMA in India, DECIMA “tenth” sustains life like VISHNU and MORTA “dead” kills like ŚIVA.
In latin NONIUS would be “devoted to NONA the goddess of birth”.

Lewis means Fame and War…. I’m not sure I’m happy with that =(

Arky means Master of the Horse…. haha~

Marged is a Welsh name which means ‘pearl’.

Evgeny goes from greek and means a noble:)

>_< sorry i thought i had posted the topic in the wrong place so i posted in another forum thread genre thingy _;;;
but thankyou for helping me to figure out what my last name means and where it is from! =D what’s your name mean Mr. Patrick. =3

My names are explained with my profile. It’s sometimes difficult to know one’s names meaning but I think it is satisfactory because it’s a kind of discovery of oneself. Nonetheless I do not think that a name gives a special nature to a man. It’s a mere identity ticket. Especially when you know that you can not choose your name. I think a modern society should give the natural right to choose one’s name, let’s say, when you are mature. Something like the right to vote or to drive a car.

In Mexico is very common to have two names, mine are: María Noemi

María means bitter
Noemi means sweet

Guess you can say I am bittersweet! 100% Ying Yan! :p

Norman Copeland

Norman means ‘man of the north’ which I guess is appropriate since I live in Canada :o) and Copeland means ‘bought land’
Not too exciting but thats what it is!

My two sons are Canaan and Emmaus, both geographical names from the bible. Emmaus was just born a few days ago!

To the person who said people should choose their own name.

In theory, that sounds like a good idea. However, how exactly do you define someone as mature? By age or mentality? Surely by that means there is some people who could reach 30 and never be mature.

Giving children names is a must do, and if people hate their names, they can always get it changed.

On that note though, I have a few chinese friends in University. What I found out was, the Chinese like to try fit in, because coming to Scotland they feel very alienated. Therefore they choose names to try and make it easier for us.

An example. I met a girl who went by the alias “Nancy”, I thought about it, and thought maybe she had western relatives. Turns out her real name was Xiao Zhou but she wanted a name people could pronounce. She was also surprised I pronounced her name correctly first time. :D

Christina Laila Osman

Christina means “peaceful like the dove”.
Laila means “born at night” or “moonlight”.
Osman means “Ottoman” in Arabic…. like the Ottoman rulers Osman I and Osman II and so on.

I guess my name means “Peaceful night child of the Ottomans” That sounds funny.

My first name means “strong”. My last name means “hazelnut”. So I guess I am a strong nut. Lol.

My first Name:
Gender: Female
Origin: Greek
Meaning: Crown

Sims Surname Origin
A contraction of Simeon or Simon, the son of Sim.

So I’m the crowned DAUGHTER of Sim! :)

Stephanie ! You forgot to precise that SHIMON is an Hebrew or Aramaic name meaning “listening” = “obedient” : Arabic ASMA ! Listen !
Hebrew SHEMA ! Listen !