Titel: -in / -din / -lin
Skrivet av: Elisabeth Thorsell skrivet 2008-02-14, 22:53
Hi Pono, one explanation of the names ending in -in or -din or -lin etc. ist that someone went to school a long time ago. At school they were told to get a surname, and often chose a latin name, derived from the home place, like Sandinus, or Schrewelius.
Later in the 1700s it was no longer fashionable with a Latin ending, so they cut it off and got a more French-sounding name, which was popular then. Then others tought it was nice-sounding, and started to make up other names in the same style. Usually they don't mean much.