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Re: last name question
My Irish surname book has it as having English origins meaning "physician" which I suspect comes from the common practice of using leeches to bleed people of ills back in the Middle Ages ...
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My Irish surname book has it as having English origins meaning "physician" which I suspect comes from the common practice of using leeches to bleed people of ills back in the Middle Ages ...

Hey thanks a lot. I appreciate you answering. I knew it was English! Lol. Now I know what to tell all my other friends interested in this topic because they all know what their names mean.
thanks again
Benni
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