New Post
Search
Help
ArchivesA Few Surnames...What Do They Mean
Andranian
Harper
Heimer
Forrester
Coleman
Dorian
Way
Lo
If you could give me the surname meaning for any of these that would help!
Luv from Adelaide
Find Me Other Places!
Edublogs as littlemissadelaide.edublogs.org
Pic Collage as littlemissadelaide
NaNoWriMo and Camp NaNoWriMo as Little_Miss_Adelaide
Google+ as Adelaide Harper
Harper
Heimer
Forrester
Coleman
Dorian
Way
Lo
If you could give me the surname meaning for any of these that would help!
Luv from Adelaide
Find Me Other Places!
Edublogs as littlemissadelaide.edublogs.org
Pic Collage as littlemissadelaide
NaNoWriMo and Camp NaNoWriMo as Little_Miss_Adelaide
Google+ as Adelaide Harper
1
Replies
Heimer from Norse Heimr via Swedish would seem doubtful if it's a German name. Heimer from Heimbercht also seems doubtful, unless a US immigration official arbitrarily changed it, which does not account for its use in Germany. There is probably no single meaning. Three more obvious origins spring to mind though: from OHG Heim+heri (home+army); or from Heim+mari (home+famous), both of which would produce a personal name Heimer; or coined more recently from heim in the sense "village" with the relational suffix -er (as in Berliner, Hamburger), in the same sense as the surname "dorfer".
1
Harper
http://www.ancestry.ca/name-origin?surname=harper
Turns out there's a lot of history behind this surname, as it is pretty common.
Heimer
http://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Heimer
Definitely of Swedish Origin. Means 'home, house'
Forrester
https://coadb.com/surnames/forester-arms.html
This was the best I could find, and the extra 'r' seems to be missing. Sounds like an Irish surname to me - I'll see if I can dig up more info on its meaning
Coleman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleman_(surname)
"denoting a burner of charcoal, or possibly a servant of a person named Cole."
Dorian
http://www.behindthename.com/name/dorian/comments
Greek name! Apparently it means 'from the sea'
Way
http://forebears.io/surnames/way
Struggling with this one, but it's a Middle English name and has something to do with roads.
Lo
https://www.kabalarians.com/Male/lo.htm
Rather spiritual, but seems to be length in description!
Let me know if this helps you out. There's probably a lot more that is out there.
http://www.ancestry.ca/name-origin?surname=harper
Turns out there's a lot of history behind this surname, as it is pretty common.
Heimer
http://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Heimer
Definitely of Swedish Origin. Means 'home, house'
Forrester
https://coadb.com/surnames/forester-arms.html
This was the best I could find, and the extra 'r' seems to be missing. Sounds like an Irish surname to me - I'll see if I can dig up more info on its meaning
Coleman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleman_(surname)
"denoting a burner of charcoal, or possibly a servant of a person named Cole."
Dorian
http://www.behindthename.com/name/dorian/comments
Greek name! Apparently it means 'from the sea'
Way
http://forebears.io/surnames/way
Struggling with this one, but it's a Middle English name and has something to do with roads.
Lo
https://www.kabalarians.com/Male/lo.htm
Rather spiritual, but seems to be length in description!
Let me know if this helps you out. There's probably a lot more that is out there.
1
Heimer is at tinyurl.com/hsr669x, Forrester is at tinyurl.com/jrrtajq, Dorian is a variant of Irish Doran at tinyurl.com/zjjmh9l and Lo is at tinyurl.com/jfb87mb. The others are all listed on this website.
1