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[Surname] Re: Sinister Surnames
Death is an English surname apparently, though I've only encountered it in the fancy form De'Ath, which I take to be an attempt to make the name less sinister.
There's also a surname Deadman, which is a corrupt form of the place-name Debenham.
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Sinister Surnames  ·  fablesbyaesop  ·  11/17/2005, 2:36 PM
Malatesta sounds sinister to me  ·  Ylva  ·  11/18/2005, 7:21 PM
Re: Sinister Surnames  ·  Menke  ·  11/18/2005, 4:03 AM
Re: Sinister Surnames  ·  Sagani  ·  11/19/2005, 7:58 AM
Re: Sinister Surnames  ·  Jim Young  ·  11/19/2005, 1:39 PM