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[Facts] Re: Meanings of Last names
The surname "Butts" could mean a number of different things:1. One who oversees and gives commands.2. Descendant of Bucco.3. A pet form of names beginning with Burg ("castle"), as Burghard, Burghar, and Burcward.4. Dweller near the archery butts.5. A herald or messenger.6. The most obvious -- and least complimentary -- meaning is "short and stumpy", from the Middle English word "butt", referring to a thick end, stump, or buttock.-- Nanaea
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My last name is so uncommon, i can't find the meaning!
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I really want to find out what the last name 'Buckland' meansThanksBYE
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Can you please help me!!!!
I need to find the meanings to my last name very quickly. My last name is KROUPA. It is a Czech name. Can you please email me if you find the meaning at kroupa33@hotmail.com Thank you so much and God bless.
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What does the last name Inwood mean?
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Additional Meanings of Butts-To hit or push something with the head or horns.-Units of volume equal to two hogsheads, usually the equivalent of 126 U.S. gallons (about 477 liters).-More than one that serves as an object of ridicule or contempt: The were the Butts of their jokes.-Embankments or hollows used as a blind by hunters of wildfowl.-To join or be joined end to end.-Unburned ends, as of cigarettes.-The buttocks; the rear end.
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continued...A few more from Webster:-The base of a plant-A goal or aim (archaic)-Lean upper cut of the pork shoulder-Part of an animal hide consisting of the back and sides
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Anagrammed band-name of "Sandra Waldrop Doolittle" = "Paranoid Worlds Totalled!"
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