Harlow and Eden as last names?
I asked a question an hour ago about these as first names because I wanted to know how they sounded alone. But I'm planning on using both as last names in a story. Main characters' names are Amelie and Ryan. Do these sound any better as last names, and which should go with which character? Amelie Harlow/Amelie Eden Ryan Harlow/Ryan Eden (neither names should sound too feminine for Ryan, I searched both and they're both real last names)
What are some cool last names that sound like this?
You should make the name symbolic of her character, maybe find a word descriptive of her, translate it into an interesting language and use that. Tetra, Deca (these are just # prefixes I learned in Chem.) Freud (haha), King, Golding, Mercury, Hesse (famous surnames) Tybell, Palid, Cainon, Wellisa, Zidar, Akassa, Suktar, Zecele (http://online-generator.com/index.php) Xavier, Wright, Wise, Fletcher (I like this one), Reese I really recommend the website in the link. Or you can use: http://www.behindthename.com/random/ Hope this helps, Good Luck!!
Is Kroeger a German last name?
Yes, Kroeger or Kröger is a German surname. It’s reasonably common in far Northern Germany, especially the region around Hamburg, but fairly rare farther south.It’s probably a local variant of “Krüger”, a surname that is fairly common throughout Germany, but still somewhat more common in areas where Low German used to be prevalent.“Krüger” or “Kröger” was a Low German word for someone running a pub or similar establishment.
Whose last name should the baby have?
How about the name of the married parents. Children have the Right to be raised by a mother and a father who are committed to one another. Everyone says it is all about the children. Well then be the example. Show the child how it should be yes should be. This is not to be rude to you it is to make a point. The point being if all we do is for the children then prove it. Give them a stable home to grow up in. Show them how to live, love and care for one another. When times are tough adults seat down and work it out. Don't try to be their best friend, they will have friends. Be their parents when they have the tough times! Let them learn from you. All the thumbs down will prove my point.
What are some really cool sounding "city" names?
Jackson is cool. I like Brooklyn, Dakota, Carolina, Savannah and Madison for girls and for boys I like Boston, American 'city' time names even though some are state but you get my drift. Probably many more if I think about it. Other names which aren't assoicated with America are Devon, Roman (Rome) and for girls I like Paris. These aren't city but I think Kenya and India for girls are lovely. Oh yeah Austin is good too. Hope this helped in some way x
What last name is considered more prestigious in Russia?
When you are part of a colonization project, last names that indicate an aristocratic provenance are very prestigious. While common family names like mine (Vorobiev means “Son of sparrow”), derived from animals, birds, trees, first names like Ivanóv or Sídorov, other plain-sounding names like Putin/Gorbachev/Khrushchev/Brezhnev bear marks of simple, dumb peasantry. Not cool.Here’s the thing. Russian aristocracy during the era of Muscovy and Russian Empire were recruited among non-natives. Three sources, mainly:Christianized Turks from the Volga region: Sheremetyev, Godunov, Yusupov, DashkinPoles. Ukrainians, especially during the Time of Troubles and for the rest of the 17th century, often profiled themselves in Muscovy as Poles. Hence, Polish-sounding last names with the —skiy ending (Romodanovskiy, Volynskiy, Odoyevskiy, Glinskiy, Baryatinskiy).Prussians, Scandinavians and many Baltic Germans. Kruzenschtern, Bellingshausen, Bering, Mannerheim, Witte.In the 19th and 20 centuries, Jews brought their share of confusion into this. They lived in the western part of the empire, which is why they often have either Polish-sounding or German-sounding names. Their names also often have Belorussian endings —ich (transcribed as -itz/-its in English) and —an. Also, during the Soviet rule, Jews often adopted cool names derived from Russian adjectives, like Psheníchnyi (“Grain-like”), Chérnyi (“Black”), Zhemchúzhnyi (“Pearl-like”).It’s rather customary among Russian ladies who took their husbands’ foreign-sounding names to retain these after divorce for their impossible coolness. For example, our famous foxy spy Anna Chapman, for all her patriotism, never went back to her insipid maiden one Kúshchyenko.(When I hit the 100,000 followers mark on Quora, I consider changing my name to the much cooler Vorobyévsky. Or even better go for a double one, like the dukes of the old did: Dima Vorobiev-Moskóvskiy.)The painting below shows the construction of St Petersburg in the early 18th century. Peter the Great’s aides are likely the ones with Turkic, Polish, and West-European family names. The mass of workers around them almost certainly have plain-sounding Russian last names like mine or don’t have them at all.
If your last name is different than your spouse's last name, how will you name your children?
Right now, I'm finally qualified to answer this.I kept my maiden name after marriage. There were technical difficulties with my job at the time that rather required my maiden name, and my husband didn't care either way. Besides, we have a sort of a predicament that his last name has some not very nice connotations in Russian, while mine is simply a pain whenever it needs to be spelled, pronounced, or otherwise relayed. And together they are so awkward that hyphenation was out of the question.Then we had a vague agreement that "the boys will get the paternal surname and the girls the maternal one", and left it at that.Our first son received his dad's last name. A simple conventionally Russian name combined nicely with the Russian last name. The second child turned out to be a boy as well, but by then the agreement was entirely forgotten and we didn't expect a horde of children of both genders to distribute our last names in accordance with it anyway; the second boy would be the last one.Now, the second boy received a name that was less popular in Russia and more western-Slavonic. This time, his dad insisted that we gave him my last name because 1) he wasn't too pleased with his own last name and he wasn't sure about continuing it for this reason, 2) he felt that my name deserved to be continued - none of my siblings and cousins managed to pass it on, so this was its last chance, 3) he felt that it combined better with the second boy's name. So, after some debate, my last name it was.Some of our relatives are freaked out by this decision; others are amused.Coincidentally (absolutely so!), the first son's full name is the same as his paternal grandfather's, while the second son's full name is the same as his maternal great-great-uncle's. The former is Russian, the latter was Western Belarusian. So this all fits in nicely. We're curious to see how it pans out and how the kids will take it when they're old enough to judge for themselves. My husband calls it A/B-testing.
From what origin is the last name McKnight?
Both Mc and Mac can be Irish or Scottish. Some Americans think that Mc is Irish - it isn't. However, it is entirely possible that your family is English, as there has been so much movement around these islands for centuries.