Valentine's Day...

[merithyn]

So it wasn't real for the first couple of centuries? What was it then?

Typically an occupation or a birth place.

Not all last names were occupations or places of birth. Or even the names of their fathers, or descriptions.

All names were made up at some point.

[garbon]

I would hold it open for you, my little Nubian princess.

He's only black in February.  Next month he'll be Filipino or something.

He can be a genderfluid half elf archer if he wants to.

Hey now.

[Ed Anger]

I thought I was being supportive.

[garbon]

I thought I was being supportive.

I'm not Marti.

[Valmy]

Not all last names were occupations or places of birth. Or even the names of their fathers, or descriptions.

All names were made up at some point.

Yeah but all the best ones were.  Like Eric Bloodaxe.  I would definitely have taken his daughter's name.

[merithyn]

Not all last names were occupations or places of birth. Or even the names of their fathers, or descriptions.

All names were made up at some point.

Yeah but all the best ones were.  Like Eric Bloodaxe.  I would definitely have taken his daughter's name.

I found a 13th-century last name from England that was Aldinoch. It means "old enough".

[Jacob]

Not all last names were occupations or places of birth. Or even the names of their fathers, or descriptions.

All names were made up at some point.

Yeah but all the best ones were.  Like Eric Bloodaxe.  I would definitely have taken his daughter's name.

Pretty sure "Bloodaxe" was a byname, not a family name.

[CountDeMoney]

Ed should go by his old Sioux name, Stands With Child With Child.

[Ed Anger]

Ed should go by his old Sioux name, Stands With Child With Child.

[Malthus]

Not all last names were occupations or places of birth. Or even the names of their fathers, or descriptions.

All names were made up at some point.

Yeah but all the best ones were.  Like Eric Bloodaxe.  I would definitely have taken his daughter's name.

If your father in law was nicknamed "Bloodaxe", you'd probably take whatever name he wanted you to take. 

[Valmy]

Pretty sure "Bloodaxe" was a byname, not a family name.

Yeah that was long before family names.  Too bad.  There could be thousands of people in England now with names like 'Oliver Boneless'.

[Valmy]

If your father in law was nicknamed "Bloodaxe", you'd probably take whatever name he wanted you to take. 

Right? 

[Eddie Teach]

If your father in law was nicknamed "Bloodaxe", you'd probably take whatever name he wanted you to take. 

Only if you're a ninny who isn't good enough for his daughter. 

[The Brain]

My favorite Swedish family name is Natt och Dag (Night and Day).