German Surnames Novels & Stories

“Have you made up your mind on who and who is going?” “Aside from the two of us and Jason, there is Darrow, Wulfrun, Hallec, Tiana, and two other gammas; Ariston and Berion.” “What of last names?” “Can we all use Wulfblood?” “Hell, no! That’s literally telling people who you are.” Xavier sighed. “That’s my and Isabelle’s surname though. Our people use compound names as surnames. And trust me, ours is the less obvious.”

“They were lovely. Chaotic, but lovely.” “what about your siblings?” “Yeah since I have eleven brothers,” he said, pride evident in his voice. I whistled “That’s… a lot of princes.” “German royalty,” he shrugged mentally. “We believed in securing the family line.” “Names?” I prompted, genuinely curious now. “Let’s see… there was Friedrich, Wilhelm, Maximilian, Heinrich, August, Lukas, Johannes, Ulrich, Conrad, Otto, and little Uwe.” His mental voice grew softer. “They were all mischievous devils. Always getting the servants into trouble.”

Stop that ridiculous thought! We head for Mother Gerald's grave. Adalia Schmitz I reread the name. Still, I can't pronounce the last part. The name is complicated. Just try the name Rananta. It's not difficult. "Is that a German name?" "Yes." "Then, your name doesn't use that too?" Gerald's last name, like most names, was not as complicated as his mother. "No. I'm taking vater's name." "Your Vater doesn't use a complicated name, too?" You know my mouth can't be controlled. I closed my mouth. Hopefully, Gerald wouldn't be offended. I didn't mean to mock their names.

✦✦✦ INDEX FOR GERMAN AND OTHER WORDS THAT WERE MENTIONED: Weser River—Second longest river in Northern Germany Gero—means 'spear' Verfluchte Hunde—cursed dogs/damned dogs Teotuburg Forest—a forest in Germany Baldur—means 'prince/lord' Volker—means 'people's army' Germanic tribe/warrior—Ancient German people Cherusci, Marsi, Chatti, Bructeri—Germanic tribes Roman Legions/soldiers—Roman Empire’s army, composed of 5,000-6,000 soldiers in one legion

I suspected that a few months ago (before I met Ivan), had I been in the same situation, I probably would have drooled a little but now, nothing. "Good morning, Mr.Hoff, "everyone said excitedly, that is, except Alice and I. "Good morning class." His voice was deep and laced with a light accent. Some sort of Baltic accent. It was weird because the surname 'Hoff' was not at all Baltic : it was of German origin meaning 'court'. I had done my fair share of research on various things, one of which was common surnames and their origins. I loved to research things.