Behind the Name: History Submitted Surnames

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CELSIUSSwedish (Archaic), History
Latinized form of Högen "the mound" (Latin: celsus), the name of a vicarage in Ovanåker parish, Sweden. Celsius is a unit of measurement for temperature named for Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701–1744).

FITZEMPRESSHistory, Anglo-Norman
Means "son of the empress" in Anglo-Norman French. The three sons of Empress Matilda were known as Henry FitzEmpress (King Henry II of England), Geoffrey FitzEmpress, Count of Nantes, and William FitzEmpress, Count of Poitou.

GOEBBELSGerman, History
Originally an occupational name for a brewer. Paul Joseph Goebbels was a German politician and Reich Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945.

HIMMLERGerman, History
Derived from German Himmel "heaven, sky". This was a topographic name for someone living at a high altitude. ... [more]

HITLERGerman (Austrian), History
Variant of HIEDLER.

QUANDTGerman, History
From Middle Low German quant "prankster, joker". ... [more]

RITSCHELGerman, History
Derived from Old High German hruod "fame". This was the maiden name of Magda Goebbels who was the wife of Paul Joseph Goebbels. Her husband was Nazi Germany's propaganda minister between the years 1933 and 1945... [more]

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