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A lot of last names here are frozen patronyms (e.g. at some point some dude named Hans had kids; now there are lots of people calling themselves his son, Hansen) or place names. I kinda like the place name bit: Just give kids last names to a place they have a connection to. Where they were born or conceived or something.
🎤 My name is chika-chika Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
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Also jobs. Lots of millers, smiths and hunters etc
Ironically no one had the last name of "prostitute" or "harlot"
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The job was named after Joseph Hooker
Sorry, but unfortunately I got interested and followed your link:
To be fair, he could probably have chosen a better place to set up..
I, John Prostitute, am offended by this.
Better than Whorson at least.
Yeah, doesn't seem to be a thing in Norway, but it could probably be revived for the countries that did that. Like Sheryl Copywriter or Ross Youtuber or whatever.
Dragon Rider The Bathroom At The Roller Rink
Conceived? You really want to be named after the motel your daddy did a big cummy in your mommy's pussy?
Are you familiar with the Paris Hilton?
It’s tacky, but let’s be honest, that’s the least tacky thing about her.
I think she gets a pass for the last name seeing as the hotels are named after her family and not the other way around.
Not sure if she was conceived in Paris. I'll ask her next time I'm having a three-way again with her and your mom.
obviously, her family is already named Hilton so GP couldn't have been referring to that
That last sentence is cursed.
If you say so, Ms. Motel 6.
I seem to recall it was pretty common on Reddit (back in the day maybe)
“London”: Not too bad, works ok.
“Climax”: …
“Tallahassee”: Pretty frickin’ awesome as a nickname but not sure formally.
“Syracuse”: I syr-acuse that of sounding dumb.
But regardless, besides all the “Von” or “De” or whatever names I’m willing to bet that modified or old spelling last names based on places are totally a thing that we also just decided to stop doing.
Yeah, like the -berg names (e.g. Stoltenberg), it's likely the family farm if you go far enough back. My family has a name that's an island and the settlement on it. Taking a profile picture next to the town sign that's also our last name is pretty common (for a name of a few hundred people).
“Hi there, Mr. Dumpsterbach.”
You'd end up with lots of people in each area having the same name.
And we do! The most common name in the Netherlands translates to “the Frisian”.
Certainly in the long past your last name was probably derived from the town or area that you lived in. I don't think it would work today.