Last Name PICKANCESummary/Contribute |
| Meaning | Nickname: Prick-advance, spur forward.We must not be tempted to refer this name to the pikedevant or piked beard. The beard found in the portraits of coutiers in the 16th and 17th centuries, it was not early enough fashion to be immortalized by a patronymic. Prikeavant was the nickname of a harbinger, pursuivant, or herald, from 'prick.' Medieaval English 'prike,' to put spur to horse, and 'avance,' forward, to the front. A herald was one who 'rode to the front.' | |
| Origin | English, Irish |
Longest last namesThe 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten... |
Ukrainian middle namesUkrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information. |
Belarus middle namesBelarus middle names form the same way as Russian ones, in part due to general common history of the Russian and Belarus nationalities, and in part due to very close integration of all nationalities during the Soviet Union times. Follow the |
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