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Hey! I've always wanted to know where my ancestors are from! One of my friend's lasts names is Marchiafava and duh it's italian! I want to know what mine is! It's Knight! Please help! thanks!
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Instead of going to this board to ask your question, you should have gone to the surname board at:
http://surnames.behindthename.com
But I'll help you out anyway. :)
Knight is a British occupational surname meaning "mounted warrior." The surname could also originally have been a nickname for a worker in a knight's household.
There's also a possibility that your surname is Irish, as there also exists the McKnight surname. So, your surname could also be a variant of it. Since the "Mc" means "son of" and "Knight" means "brave", the McKnight surname means "son of the brave."
So, your surname is either British or Irish.
I hope that helps.
Regards,
Lu
http://surnames.behindthename.com
But I'll help you out anyway. :)
Knight is a British occupational surname meaning "mounted warrior." The surname could also originally have been a nickname for a worker in a knight's household.
There's also a possibility that your surname is Irish, as there also exists the McKnight surname. So, your surname could also be a variant of it. Since the "Mc" means "son of" and "Knight" means "brave", the McKnight surname means "son of the brave."
So, your surname is either British or Irish.
I hope that helps.
Regards,
Lu
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Am I reknown?
hey carrie does Ty/ty/ah {Tytyah}pronounced Tyty/yah means the twice born and is Amaru a japanese translation of Uriah
what about Ball/enger does it means phyic panther?
am i reknown?
hey carrie does Ty/ty/ah {Tytyah}pronounced Tyty/yah means the twice born and is Amaru a japanese translation of Uriah
what about Ball/enger does it means phyic panther?
am i reknown?
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Another less likely, but plausible, possibility...
Any chance your family is of German origin? I grew up near a largely German-ethnic US city and there were many examples there of families whose forebears had Anglicized their German names during the First World War.
At the time there was a lot of prejudice against people of "enemy" descent and the easy way to avoid it was often to change your surname to a corresponding English meaning (the German-spawned Brit Royals did this, among others). "Ritter" is one German name that was changed to the equivalent "Knight" for this reason.
Like I said, it's much less likely, but a valid possibility.
- Da.
Any chance your family is of German origin? I grew up near a largely German-ethnic US city and there were many examples there of families whose forebears had Anglicized their German names during the First World War.
At the time there was a lot of prejudice against people of "enemy" descent and the easy way to avoid it was often to change your surname to a corresponding English meaning (the German-spawned Brit Royals did this, among others). "Ritter" is one German name that was changed to the equivalent "Knight" for this reason.
Like I said, it's much less likely, but a valid possibility.
- Da.
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