Kenny LOL ...I can sure relate but can't repeat what I was called...not sure what it meant but I know it wasn't nice.
 
So if my last name was Henley; is that English? Is that good if it is? I know the cops always asked if I was related to Don and if that was my real name lol.

Roughly, it means 'high wood' (kind of appropriate eh?) from Old English 'Hean' (high) + 'Leah' (wood)

jamesg1213
Roughly, it means 'high wood' (kind of appropriate eh?) from Old English 'Hean' (high) + 'Leah' (wood)

That is cool! Thanks James.

"Bouchard: from a Norman personal name, Bou(r)chart, composed of the Germanic elements bourg ‘fort’ + heard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’. Nickname for someone with a big mouth (possibly in either a literal or figurative sense), from French bouche ‘mouth’ + the pejorative suffix -ard."
 
Apparently, the motto is "Do Honor" and I must humbly say that I do indeed honour both possible meanings. ;)
 
Do honor... How Klingon! Love it! :P

 
You can enter your surname on Ancestry here to see its meaning:

• http://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

jamesg1213

kennywtelejazz
cool topic  
Wilson ? ….hhhmm I sure don't know .
I do know this , back East all the Spanish folks in my neighborhood when they saw me coming would say amongst them selfs in hushed vocal tones and whispers…
 
pppsssstt  Este Loco ….
 
Kenny

 
'Wilson' (Son of William) is a very historic and distinguished name Kenny, it goes right back to William The Conqueror.

Hi James thanks   
Well now I'm left here wondering ? my daddies name was Kenny but the milk mans name was William 
 
Kenny

bapu
I was told mine is derived from cup/container. My ancestors in Poland were probably potters.
 
I just changed the first "t" to "s".

Isn't Bapu a name more common in Mumbai?

ampfixer

bapu
I was told mine is derived from cup/container. My ancestors in Poland were probably potters.
 
I just changed the first "t" to "s".

Isn't Bapu a name more common in Mumbai?

He may be talking about "Stupidface" which, I'm guessing, was originally spelled "Ttupidface?" 
 
HTH.

craigb

SteveStrummerUK

• From a geographical feature of the landscape:

Some examples are Bridge, Brooks, Bush, Camp, Fields, Forest, Greenwood, Grove, Hill, Knolles, Lake, Moore, Perry, Stone, Wold, Wood, and Woodruff. Author Margaret Atwood is probably descended from someone who lived “at the wood.”
 

'Tis where mine came from.

Craig Bush ?  that would explain a lot ;)

I met a girl once who believed that all people should change their given name when coming into adulthood to better represent the actual person rather than use a random name that somebody else chose for a baby that was yet to develop any kind of personality. To avoid overly complex names, your name would simply be the three things you most liked, which, she explained, was how she became known as Carmen Cox. " Pleased to meet you, Carmen" I said....."I'm Charlie Beertits"