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ArchivesRe: Any surname meaning "jeweller"?
in reply to a message by Jim Young
Yes,
Italian is Orefice.
German is Schmuck...
Anyone else see a pattern; I feel like I am the only one that sees how "jewler" or "gold smith" as a sur-name in English, brought over from another ethnicity, has an English equivalent that means something terrible. Sorry but it is a bit personal, with a name that also means "Dick" and the Italian version of the "gold smith" sur-name, it has been following me all my life in the worst way; you could say has influenced me irreparable...
Anyone know any others?
Italian is Orefice.
German is Schmuck...
Anyone else see a pattern; I feel like I am the only one that sees how "jewler" or "gold smith" as a sur-name in English, brought over from another ethnicity, has an English equivalent that means something terrible. Sorry but it is a bit personal, with a name that also means "Dick" and the Italian version of the "gold smith" sur-name, it has been following me all my life in the worst way; you could say has influenced me irreparable...
Anyone know any others?
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