Message: "Origin of a Name"

Origin of a Name

by Pyrrhus Emery Coal

1/25/2012, 10:11 AM

I've been putting together a list of "unusual" names that I see around various towns, on TV, and from various Ancestors of mine. The only problems are that I don't know anything about these names. I've tried looking them up on here, but couldn't find them :/ so I come to this Board in hopes of finding help.

I'm asking for the Ethnic Background, Gender, Meaning, and how to Pronounce the names. If you can give more information than I have asked for, that would be marvelous, thank you :)

Zallerbach (a road near Saint Louis, Missouri)
Quivira (female Ancestors surname)
Rancour (Ancestors surname)
Werneke (Ancestors surname)
Benassi (Ancestors surname)
Nayarkas (Ancestors surname)
Seifker (Ancestors surname)
Zumbehl (a road near Saint Louis, Missouri)
Vujic (surname to a younger singer in Australia)
Kachru (don't remember where I got this one from, sorry)
Vidgen (surname to a younger singer in Sweden, I believe)
Savaii (it was the latest Red Tribe in Survivor)
Rohr (don't remember where I got this one from either)

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- Julianne Zumbehl (guest)

12/5/2023, 2:23 PM

I am a Zumbehl and yes it is German and the correct pronunciation sounds like some-bell.😉

- mcts (guest)

2/1/2012, 11:21 PM

I just had to comment. I live very close to Zumbehl. :) I don't know the exact meaning because I can't find it, but I am guessing that it and Zallerbach are German. Many of the streets around St Louis and St Charles Counties have Germanic origins.

- clevelandkentevans +1

1/25/2012, 12:42 PM

As all of these except maybe Kachru and Savaii are surnames, you really should be posting this question at the surnames board:

http://surnames.behindthename.com/

- তন্ময় ভট্টাচার্য্য (guest)

1/25/2012, 4:16 PM

Kachru is a north Indian surname. Offhand, I do not know the origins, nor the linguistic affiliation: my friend with that last name originated in Kashmir if I remember correctly.

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