Where does your Surname originate from?

[Jay]

A little surprise when you found out?

yep just a SMALL one nothing big!!

[MC Prussian]

yep just a SMALL one nothing big!!

Happy New Year to you, Jay!

[Jay]

Happy New Year to you, Jay!

Straight back at ya Swiss!!

Lets hope this is your year and you manage to break into the film industry!!

[the_bowman]

Bowman

1. English and Scottish: occupational name for an archer, Middle English bow(e)man, bouman (from Old English boga ‘bow’ + mann ‘man’). This word was distinguished from Bowyer, which denoted a maker or seller of the articles. It is possible that in some cases the surname referred originally to someone who untangled wool with a bow. This process, which originated in Italy, became quite common in England in the 13th century. The vibrating string of a bow was worked into a pile of tangled wool, where its rapid vibrations separated the fibers, while still leaving them sufficiently entwined to produce a fine, soft yarn when spun.

[Thracian]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thracian

Much more historically interesting than my real name.

[Guest]

Heroditus was very disparaging about the Thracians.

[Thracian]

Heroditus was very disparaging about the Thracians.

Yes, but he does sound a bit like a commentator who didn't necessarily go to the matches. But I'm sure he'll have a following.

[Head Honcho]

Clan Borthwick is a Scottish clan and one of the most ancient families in Scotland. It has recently been suggested that the family may have come to Britain with the Romans and Julius Caesar's legions.

[lcfc_jme]

Apparently my surname was first found in Suffolk where the people using it were anciently seated as Lords of the Manor.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: settlers who were recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands.