Last name choice

[Lingsface]

It always puzzles me who and how the last name Dickinson was first thought of as a good idea…? Who passed this and how is it such a familiar family name.

 

[Addryn]

It always puzzles me who and how the last name Dickinson was first thought of as a good idea…? Who passed this and how is it such a familiar family name.

And how could I not notice this all these years!

 

[Billy ray]

 

[Kram]

David **** - Wikipedia

 

[Mofra]

People used to name themselves after their family profession e.g. Cooper, Carpenter, Smith, etc

I do wonder what the Hancock family did though

 

[mr bagcroft]

It always puzzles me who and how the last name Dickinson was first thought of as a good idea…? Who passed this and how is it such a familiar family name.

lol, maybe you need a hobbie?

 

[Caesar]

Dickinson -> "Son of Dick" -> Dick/Rick -> Richard -> proto-Germanic "Rik-Hardu" ("Strong King")

 

[Mr Sasquatch]

People used to name themselves after their family profession e.g. Cooper, Carpenter, Smith, etc

I do wonder what the Hancock family did though

or the Fitzpatricks

 

[the_interloper]

People used to name themselves after their family profession e.g. Cooper, Carpenter, Smith, etc

I do wonder what the Hancock family did though

There was a pr0n star who went by Jack Hammer, maybe there's something in that

 

[TRP1996]

or the Fitzpatricks

Fitzpatrick would just mean ''son of Patrick,'' I think?

 

[raskolnikov]

Fanny Chmelar

 

[Hamingja]

There is a common Indian name "Gagandeep" which I always have a chuckle at when I come across it at work

 

[akkaps]

There is a common Indian name "Gagandeep" which I always have a chuckle at when I come across it at work

How Punjabi's create their names.