A History of Surnames

Pinterest Origin: Irish Meaning: Shaughnessy comes from  O'Shaughnessy  meaning "descendant of Shaughnessy", a name of uncertain meaning though I've seen it as possibly being related to Gaelic  seachnach meaning "elusive". Variants : O'Shaughnessy

Pinterest Origin: Greek, Old English, Germanic Meaning: Sanders was originally a patrynomic surname meaning "son of Sander", originally given to someone who's father was named Sander or Alexander "defender of men" or "defending man". Sanders could also be derived from a place name in English, a village called Sanderstad , meaning "house on a sandy land". It's also an occupational surname referring to someone who worked with sand either for agriculture or construction. It comes from the Germanic word for sand. Variants : Saunders Sanderson Sandar Sandars

Pinterest Origin: Slavic Meaning: Slovak is a surname referring to someone who came from the country of Slovakia or had Slovakian ancestry, though it originally referred to anyone who was Slavic It's derived from Proto-Slavic slovo meaning "word, speech" from Proto-Indo-European root *kleu ( hearing, to hear). Variants : Slov ák