Ravioli's Personal Name List
Adler
Usage: German, Jewish
Pronounced: AD-lu(German) AD-lər(English)
Means "eagle" in German.
Amsel 2
Means "blackbird" in German.
Argyris
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Αργύρης(Greek)
Pronounced: ar-YEE-rees
Means "silver" in Greek.
Armbruster
Means "crossbow maker" from German armbrust "crossbow". The word armbrust was originally from Latin arcuballista meaning "bow ballista", but was modified under the influence of German arm "arm" and brust "breast".
Bähr
From Middle High German bër "bear" or ber "boar". This was originally a nickname for a strong or brave person.
Baumgartner
Occupational name for a person who worked or lived at an orchard, from German Baumgarten "orchard" (derived from Baum "tree" and Garten "garden").
Bergfalk
Derived from Swedish
berg meaning "mountain" and
falk (Old Norse
falki) meaning "falcon".
Bloodworth
Originally indicated someone from the town of Blidworth in Nottinghamshire, which was derived from the Old English byname Blīþa (meaning "happy, blithe") combined with worð "enclosure".
Falk
Usage: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, German
From Old Norse falki or Old High German falco meaning "falcon".
Falkenrath
Derived from Middle High German falke "falcon" and rat "counsel, advice".
Fay 1
Usage: French, English
Pronounced: FAY(English)
Referred to a person who came from various places named Fay or Faye in northern France, derived from Old French fau "beech tree", from Latin fagus.
Floros
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Φλώρος(Greek)
Pronounced: FLO-ros
From Greek
φλώρος (floros) meaning
"greenfinch", derived from classical Greek
χλωρός (chloros) meaning "green".
Geiger
Means "fiddle player" in German, derived from Old High German giga "fiddle".
Gully
Usage: English
Pronounced: GUL-ee
Nickname for a big person, from Middle English
golias meaning "giant" (ultimately from
Goliath, the Philistine warrior who was slain by David in the
Old Testament).
Kearney
From the Irish name Ó Ceithearnaigh meaning "descendant of Ceithearnach", a given name meaning "warrior".
Lovecraft
Usage: English
Pronounced: LUV-kraft
An English surname coming from the Old English
lufu, meaning "love, desire", and
cæft, meaning "strength, skill".
A well-known bearer of this surname is author H. P. Lovecraft.
Metaxas
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Μεταξάς(Greek)
Derived from Greek
μέταξα (metaxa) meaning
"silk", referring to a silk merchant or another occupation dealing with silk.
Nightingale
Usage: English (American)
Petit
Usage: French, Catalan, English
Pronounced: PU-TEE(French) pə-TEET(Catalan)
Means "small, little" derived from Old French and Catalan petit. It was perhaps used for a short, small person or to denote the younger of two individuals.
Poe
From a medieval nickname for a vain or flamboyantly dressed person (from Old Norse pá "peacock"). American author and poet Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was a famous bearer.
Proulx
Derived from Old French preu meaning "valiant, brave".
Sonnen
Means "sun" from Middle High German sunne. It probably denoted someone of cheerful temperament or a person who lived in a sunny area.
Sorge
Means "worry, care, anxiety" in German, from Old High German sorga.
Travers
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: TRAV-ərz(English)
From an English and French place name that described a person who lived near a bridge or ford, or occasionally as an occupational name for the collector of tolls at such a location. The place name is derived from Old French traverser (which comes from Late Latin transversare), which means "to cross".
Vogel
Usage: German, Dutch
Pronounced: FO-gəl(German)
From Old High German and Old Dutch fogal meaning "bird". It was originally an occupational name for a bird catcher, or a nickname for a person who liked to sing.
Zimmermann
Usage: German, Jewish
Pronounced: TSI-mu-man(German)
From the German word for "carpenter", derived from Middle High German zimber "timber, wood" and mann "man".
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