A History of Surnames

Pinterest Origin: Japanese Meaning: Kaneko is a Japanese surname meaning "gold child" with the kanji  金子. Kaneko can also be used as a given name for girls.

Pinterest Origin: Old Norse, Yiddish, Welsh Meaning: Guild is a surname that possibly came about as a nickname for someone who played an important role in a medieval guild, which comes from Old Norse gildi (payment, guild), though it could also possibly be the Scottish form of another surname, Gould, a variant of Gold meaning"gold" from Yiddish. Guild could also be the Anglicized form of Welsh surname Gwyllt meaning "wild".