I wonder why Edit: interesting, this seems to be mainly an English phenomenon, a lot of examples but they are all from other languages. The exception being Biggs, although I’ve never met a Biggs.
I wonder why Edit: interesting, this seems to be mainly an English phenomenon, a lot of examples but they are all from other languages. The exception being Biggs, although I’ve never met a Biggs.
the surname Homan is sometimes derived from old German “hoh mann” which is literally “tall man” (hoh is related to high)