Friday, February 3, 2012

Last name meanings and orgins?

I'm working on a story right now and a major plot point is the meaning of first and last names. I've got an awesome site for first names and *had* one for last names, but the last name site somehow didn't get saved to my favorites. The site I used had "Reyes" as one of the last names, and while I've found a few sites that list that name, none of them list the same meaning as the one I found. Any suggestions for accurate sites would be great. I'd prefer a site where I can enter a word and get search results that include that word in the names meaning.Last name meanings and orgins?
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Here is a sample



Reyes Name Meaning and History

plural variant of Rey.

Castilianized form of the Galician habitational name Reis.





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Rey Name Meaning and History



Spanish and southern French (Occitan): from Spanish and Old French rey 鈥榢ing鈥?(from Latin rex, genitive regis), which could have been applied any of in numerous ways: it may have denoted someone in the service of a king; it may have been from the title of someone in a brotherhood; or a nickname for someone who behaved in a regal fashion or who had earned the title in some contest of skill or by presiding over festivities.



English: variant spelling of Ray 1, cognate with 1.



German: from a short form of a Germanic personal name formed with ragin 鈥榗ounsel鈥?

German: nickname for a leader of dancing or singing, from Middle Low German rei(e) 鈥?line) dance鈥? 鈥?satirical) song鈥?





Reis Name Meaning and History



German: from Middle High German ris 鈥榰ndergrowth鈥? 鈥榖rushwood鈥? a topographic name for someone who lived in an overgrown area, or a habitational name from Reis or Reissen in Bavaria, named with this word.



German: occupational name for a cobbler, Middle High German riuze. Compare Reuss.



German: variant of Reiss 2, or from the Huguenot name Ris.



Altered spelling of German Ries.



Portuguese and Galician: from a short form of dos Reis 鈥?of) the (Three) Kings鈥? a personal name popularly bestowed on someone born on the feast of the Epiphany, which celebrates the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles as represented by the Magi. This is a frequent family name in southern Portugal.



Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a dealer in rice or an ornamental name from German Reis 鈥榬ice鈥?



Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Reis 鈥榯wig鈥? 鈥榖ranch鈥?



Turkish: from reis 鈥榖oss鈥? 鈥榗hief鈥? 鈥榟ead of a business enterprise鈥? A Greek derivative of this is also found as a surname, in the form Reizis.





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Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4Last name meanings and orgins?
go to www.houseofnames.com

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