If You Have One of These Last Names, Your Ancestors Were Warriors

These German surnames were made for war: 15 German last names whose origin and meaning trace back to warriors, mercenaries, and battle words more than 1,000 years old. If you have German ancestry, this journey through medieval records and name etymology reveals the surname meaning hidden inside some of the most common German surnames carried by German American families today. Number 15: Kri... Number 14: Hel... Number 13: Lud... Number 12: Str... Number 11: Söl... Number 10: Sch... Number 9: Deg... Number 8: Kem... Number 7: Stü... Number 6: Hau... Number 5: Wig... Number 4: Gün... Number 3: Hil... Number 2: Sie... Number 1: ??? Tell us where you're listening from and which surname you'd like decoded. Any name, any origin. You were named by history. #GermanSurnames #NameEtymology #GermanAncestry