How do surnames become nicknames?
Um.. well... surnames, are just shortened versions of the real name. Like Jo is Josephine (from the book Little Women) So eventually, that becomes a nickname, because you keep on getting called that a lot. Here you go! Me encanta Harry Potter. :D
How did nicknames become surnames?
Say there were three guys in town. All three were named Tom. If you wanted to call out to one of them, how would you tell the difference? OK, what do we know about them? Let's say one of the is a blacksmith. Another on is the offspring of a man named John. The third is a barrel-maker, which is called a cooper. So now you have more of a way of identifying them: Tom, the blacksmith. Tom, the son of John. Tom, the cooper. Otherwise known as Tom Smith, Tom Johnson, and Tom Cooper. Pretty simple, eh?
Nicknames become surnames?
Don't know what you're talking about.
Surnames that can become nicknames?
many lastnames become first names, we're naming our daughter Shelby and thats originally a last name and if we have a son we will call him Cooper which is also more commonly a lastname..
How did nicknames become surnames?Explain?
There seems to be some confusion here -- names based on geography are NOT generally "nicknames". A nickname would generally be based on some trait or characteristic (or perhaps event) of an individual or family, generally something distinctive, perhaps quite unusual based on character or temperament -- Good, Sly, Justice, Lawless, Pratt (means 'clever') Moody, Nice, Dolittle (lazy person) based on appearance (skin, eyes, hair, clothing),e.g., some of the color names: Black, White, Brown based on some other physical feature: Fairfax (having beautiful long hair) Small, Petit (French for small), Long(fellow), Twigg from a season, may be one the person was born: Winter, Summer activity:known for or good at (NOT same as occupation): Archer, Benbow (=archer) King (from playing role of king in May Day celebration)
Surnames and nicknames?
My name is Caroline :) My close friends call my Caro, and my grandparents call me Cara (as it means "dear" in Italian, as in "my dear granddaughter," etc), but most people just call me Caroline. I *hate* Carol, Carly, and Carrie. Since your story is historical, I think you should use Cara, because Caro, Carly, and Carrie sound too modern (even though Carrie has been used since at least the 1800's, I still think it sounds too modern), and Carol is... unattractive (although Carole spelled like this isn't awful... but I still vote for Cara). For surnames, I always wished that my surname started with a C, I think Caroline sounds good with an alliterative last name. Caroline "Cara" Calloway Caroline "Cara" Cunningham Caroline "Cara" Cresswell Caroline "Cara" Collins Caroline "Cara" Cook Caroline "Cara" Coolidge Caroline "Cara" Crawford Caroline "Cara" Cameron Caroline "Cara" Clement Caroline "Cara" Cross Or Caroline "Cara" McCarthy Caroline "Cara" McCoy Caroline "Cara" McCall Caroline "Cara" St. Croix Caroline "Cara" St. Claire
Can you give five examples of nicknames that became surnames?
Here are a couple links to some articles. Fox, Nice, Armstrong, Stout, Rich.