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Gyrre:

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--- Quote from: Gyrre on 23 Apr 2017, 19:08 ---So, 'Birchhoffer' (sp?) would probably be someone who tends to an arboretum. Gotcha.

I've got an ex who's last name was Voellmecke. Any idea what that one means?


Not sure if I butchered 'Birchhoffer'. It was the name of one of my teachers in 6th grade, and he told us it meant something akin to "house of trees".

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Voellmecke is a surname stemming from the diminutive of the given name Volmer/Volmar or Volkmar.

Volkmar in turn is an Old-high-German name meaning "Famous amongst the people" - Volk=folc=people and mar/Mari= famous.

Those Old-high-German names are always something like "Bonecrusher the feared, bane of his enemies" (my own middle name, Elmar, comes from Eigilmar, which means "famous sword"), apparently nobody back then called themselves "Hubert, cleaner of linen".

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Ha! And the nearest they could figure out was that it might have something to do with birds! XD
We're still friends, soshe'll be thrilled when I tell her.

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