The Holy Grail of Surnames

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Hola!

Welcome to yet another edition of the Holy Grail of Names series. If are not familiar with the series or my books then let me introduce myself. My name is McKenna and I write a crap ton of guide books to help people with writing. Check on my profile for more guides for names, face claims and check out my own books as well! Before going into this book I ask that you read this quick disclaimer.

These names are to use to your liking. Whether you want to take a specific name I give in this list or if you're looking at names for inspiration to come up with your own. What you do with the names is completely up to you. My main goal is to help put more originality into books because there are so many damn cliches with the typical basic names and we need to add a wee bit of spice into this pot.

I find names coming up with them myself, using some from random name generators online, finding lists of names and their meanings and that sort of ordeal. An important aspect to note is that there are so many names and one name may mean many different things. A lot of times I write chapters of names based on a certain culture and I try my best to be as accurate as possible. Sometimes I might read the meaning of the name on a site which is wrong or sometimes the name has a lot of different meanings. One name might be a name in many different languages that all mean something different. So there are a lot of time people are like 'no that's not what it means' but in reality yes, it does mean that but from this perspective not from the culture you're expecting or maybe there are different meanings in the same culture. Names are hard, man. Be easy on me. 

Another way last names can work is it may not be a direct translation to what the word actually means. Many times one word could be in another language and translate to a word in English but because it is a last name there might be more to it than that. The name Roche is french for rock but as a last name translates to one by a rocky hill meanwhile hill (colline) is not apart of the last name. Or a name might derive from another name and then added with that meaning of the derived name and takes on a slightly new meaning as well in its new form. Some names are simple but have more of a meaning behind it too. 

I will also put ✰ by a name I really like. This just means this is one of my favourite names and I only include that because I'm a nosy bitch who wants to put in her two cents ;)

But anyways, thank you so much for reading my book and make sure to check out all my others!

- McKenna