Do you have a cool surname?

John Doe1 · 01-09-2011 03:46PM #1

Mine is Gillespie, its scottish and pretty common where i live in donegal. It means druidic bard and bishop and i sorta like it.

blaze1 · 01-09-2011 03:50PM

Yes I do

biko · 01-09-2011 03:51PM

I don't know, is boko cool?

chin_grin · 01-09-2011 03:52PM

I'd like to think it cool. But what's cool is subjective to the person. So, no.

orourkeda · 01-09-2011 03:52PM

No

_feedback_ · 01-09-2011 03:53PM

Not really a cool surname - but I heard a guy on the radio the other evening. He was Doctor Harry Barry! I couldn't take the guy seriously.

sunflower27 · 01-09-2011 03:53PM

Yeah, I think I do. It is Danish, from my dad's side and I have not met anyone in Ireland with the same surname

Asphyxia · 01-09-2011 03:53PM

I have American cousins that are Gillespie

I love my surname

:D Originated around Mayo and Sligo and managed to work its way down to the South East

I think my surname rocks

fontanalis · 01-09-2011 03:54PM

John Doe1 wrote: »

Mine is Gillespie, its scottish and pretty common where i live in donegal. It means druidic bard and bishop and i sorta like it.

I thought it meant servant of the bishop. The pre fix gil or mul usually means servant/follower. I think Gillespie is irish (originated in Donegal acording to wiki), altough there is a Scottish variant.

py2006 · 01-09-2011 03:54PM

Wow, you would wanna be a fool to reveal your surname on Boards!! Especially here in AH!

foxyboxer · 01-09-2011 03:54PM

Tugwell.

LeeHoffmann · 01-09-2011 03:54PM

I will when I marry my OH. He has a 'famous person name' (both first name and surname) and I will have the same name (again both first name and surname) as that famous person's wife. That's kind of cool.