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The origin of certain last names is fascinating
Posted on 9/11/25 at 11:18 pm
Posted on 9/11/25 at 11:18 pm
Take the name Singletary for example. Why are there no Double, Triple, or Quadrupletarys? Where did this name come from? What does Singletary mean?
This is a thought provoking inquiry that I think should lighten up the solemn mood that has presided over this board for quite some time. What are other names whose origins you are curious about?
This is a thought provoking inquiry that I think should lighten up the solemn mood that has presided over this board for quite some time. What are other names whose origins you are curious about?
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Posted on 9/11/25 at 11:20 pm to lsudave1
Great...Vowel...Shift
Posted on 9/11/25 at 11:20 pm to lsudave1
Posted on 9/11/25 at 11:20 pm to lsudave1
Dickinson...but I'm not sure I really wanna know that ones origin.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 11:20 pm to lsudave1
Posted on 9/11/25 at 11:22 pm to lsudave1
I'm more interested in the British Royal Family having no surname.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 11:27 pm to SallysHuman
They think they’re above it. Bloody prats, that lot.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 11:28 pm to SallysHuman
Windsor-Mountbatten
Posted on 9/11/25 at 11:28 pm to SallysHuman
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I'm more interested in the British Royal Family having no surname.
They were Hanovers until it became inexpedient during WWI.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 11:30 pm to FightinTigersDammit
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Windsor-Mountbatten
It's available as a surname... but they aren't required to actually have one. Based on my limited googling of the matter.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 11:30 pm to SallysHuman
I thought that's the one they settled on a few years back.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 11:33 pm to Jim Rockford
One of the high-ranking officers in the Royal Navy was named Battenburg.
When the war started, the family changed it to Mountbatten.
When the war started, the family changed it to Mountbatten.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 11:36 pm to SallysHuman
Back in the 1980s, there was a Scottish racing driver, who was the son of the Earl of Dumfries. He called himself Johnny Dumfries. His title was the Marquess of Bute.
Now, he's the Earl of Dumfries, and calls himself John Bute.
No idea why.
Now, he's the Earl of Dumfries, and calls himself John Bute.
No idea why.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 11:38 pm to FightinTigersDammit
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Back in the 1980s, there was a Scottish racing driver, who was the son of the Earl of Dumfries. He called himself Johnny Dumfries. His title was the Marquess of Bute. Now, he's the Earl of Dumfries, and calls himself John Bute. No idea why.
I will never understand their ways. Neat anecdote- never knew it.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 11:39 pm to SallysHuman
You probably weren't paying much attention to F1 racing.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 11:39 pm to lsudave1
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What are other names whose origins you are curious about?
Are all Thibodaux’s from Thibodaux?
Posted on 9/11/25 at 11:41 pm to S
Tom is from Thibodeau
Posted on 9/11/25 at 11:42 pm to S
I knew a Bordelon from Bordelonville
Posted on 9/11/25 at 11:42 pm to FightinTigersDammit
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You probably weren't paying much attention to F1 racing.
No. I'm glad you were though and had something neat to share. I love interesting tidbits like that!
Posted on 9/11/25 at 11:43 pm to FightinTigersDammit
I think they’re all from down that road.
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