Smyrna times., 1871-10-11
M SC e I/um e ems
Curious Surnames,

r,;ato 10" laS II happened that so many inannro.
picate Surhames have come into usp and ba;no
I 'iO''ouS' "hy are they not discarded and
suoS!ltGted for them The last nnostor
- more GlnlGult to answer than the first Tbo
nan clVlllzed state Of society in which soma 20
muse names originated was satisfied win 49,,
ma1eI m;I,1 whleh sufficiently designated the ind;.
1i' anu custom confirmed its use. A large
i,;a'5 1on VI surnameS, as is we'll known. ori.
ec,or;o,;n - 'ie occupations, the personal char
iio'icS' &c, OF men, and also from tba;r ro-
a'iohs to localities and to other mon Th,e
yonn; me smith, Thomas, the miller, william
' one Cecntef' or arrow maker, became in the
WI: oi IH3Re John Smith, Thomas Miller and
lLIiam tlccher. Clym of the ClifF and H"no "',o
1e Ge huplbus or Des Roches were chanred ;nto
EGlement Clough and Hugh Roche or Ro.,nb
Na'neS which were derived from peculiar marLS
mao!tS or characteristics of the individual were
re'aineo Oy the descendants, although there
was was .o trace OF such mark, habit or Character.
fnS ~ 10y Te perceived In them. In this wav we
TaIIbon sue" names names as Gotobed, Sheepshanks,
a"noog, D0ohttle, BOuncer, Jumper Hngs'
nesh. Slaughter Death, Hufy, and otbors r.
crlptIVe OF individual pecuarities. Rnt Tho
"Gnoer Is that they should have been 50 retain
;f "nen N IL Is SO easy to assume others. Rnt
II II theSe English names are somewh # odd VII
Tue pecuharty In which they originated has
ceased to exist, some German names arc n,o"o
~ nus hI0pstOck means "whipping stick >
ogel Won von taIkenstein :" bird of the falcon
al eT'H' \. Dulenburg castle of OWLS" Manteuff
"a ,iSh nan devli, HuSchenbett lump into
tebp, g. bo;, Scnwelnbraten = roast pork" Hagelaps
of Iatl hs StlIGSen y 1 goose, Sauchrer instructor
Zerd . black EARTH" Fink Won F;nten1to;n m"aa
inch of the fnchs rock" Snechbncbnr
torrents OF hog grease" Schwalzerd The.
lng classical scholar changed his German
patronymlc into Its Greek equivalent. Meanc.
thon. Gutenberg, or good mountain wos
wei substituted by the inventor of nr;nt;nn
Ior MS original name, Gansefeiscb Won SorgaSS
LOCK, or goose flesh of the coverings of sor.
0qch names asthese rival those of our West.
eTn Indians, who rejoice in appeatives such a.
Man-a AFRAID ot-hls horses, Powder-face. Buffa.
10. 10 GOOD Little Raven, Snake in tbe-grass
;: L;IEH:r-tall' 0potted-tall, and the like. Some
i5unllar pu nomenclature was found in the Slave.
russian family of Wiski Won Wiskowsk; or
monkey from tie monkey Gag. who an'I; =
ea 70 the predecessor of the present Emnarnr
OF germany Tor leave to change IT. hut tho iat
Ter would only allow them to cnntr,ct i -
W lHKo"skl (monkey cage.) This was moro
than he would do for Fink Won Finkrnstein
wh" also wanted to change his name. but was
9ruiny admonlshed to be content with II. and
- 40 as much honor to it as his ancestors had
uohe' 1he Latin races have their peculiar
suInaheS also The Italians haye the singular
ipltoi naplt o. putting them in the plural, as Picco.
little men" Albacini, small white na"uS0ms msn s
Buonini, " good little men," Brunni, brown
men. The Spaniards have their Albuoner.
que or White oak, and Aquaviva, living
water They are, however, fond of roman.
TIC names such as oanta Cruz de Monte Col |
0rado holy cross of the coiored mountain y
gan Martyr de E>partero, holy MARTYR of the
proom pr corn; Leon de Vadepenas, lion of
Tue valley OF penalties. This magniloouent
nomenclature dates back to the remotest anti.
quI'y, "hen man was called by his real or sun |
posed attributes, or after his Office or emnlov- |
ment Absalom means lord of neana nnp''"' y
Striklngly unsuitable name for one who rebel. |
Ied against his own father. Belsbazzar and |
NNeouchadnezzar are said by Cruden, in his
Concordance, to signify respectively g Master
vi the treasure and sorrow of judgement I" |
whlch' however, seems to be an error tho
names apparently, being IA compound oftha A.
syrian words BeL god, shah, ruler, and Tar.
an emperor, Bel shah-tzar, l. e., " the divine
mighty emperor! and OF Ne, no Juhod. king:
ne Dut tEdr, the Emperor; -buhod ne tar
!, e., there Is no ruler but the Emperor y
Readers of Scripture are familiar win tbis
system OF using short sentences or expressions
Tor the names Of individual; it prevails
throughout the sacred writings. II seems to
nave been prevalent everywhere. Tins. in
anglo Saxon, Humphrey meant "Protection
,i the Home, Herbert glory of the army"
n narm"duke "a mighty NOBLE" Theodore
powerful among the people" In ancient
Dr!,a1n' Gad|allader meant =" a battle-arranr
'r, Griffith having great faith" Mered;tb
nr0tpOfnr 1 | ,
yea, )" Winitred win peace" Madoo "hene.
lcent, Arthur mobile" The old German
lames are very significant of the mode of Gfe
'f the people Thus AdoIph means :" nohie !
volt !" or hero, Arnold "strong as an eagIe :"
Hubert bright in spirit" Egbert The
word brightness, Emmerick "powerfnl and
lch' Everard strong as a wild boar" Lam {
'ert lllustrlo9s with landed possessions" c
1uhwlg or Louis bold warrior" Roger "fa- t
nous with the spear" Rowland fame of the '
and' and OSmond protection of God ="
he same rule applies to the names of women :
= = az !a' lageS, though many of them are mere
ol tlons of masculine names. as Cornel;ns .
jornella Henry, Henrietta George, Georg;' q
"a, but some of them have a very marked Q
no masculine meaning, as Gertrude. "a .
pear maiden" DOrothea, "tbe pift of Cod +" .
,assandra, {" she who infames with love- !;
'nselda, II the stone heroine" Beatrice. max !;
lg happy, Melicent, work strength. Rosa @
lond. " horse protection" The dame Prie- q
lla is not popular, because it signifies some
hat old. " Ida and Zenobi are condiments.
!, to the sex, for they signify God ike and ,
having life from Jupiter"
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