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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla
I believe that it means 'person who' does something.

Could it be like the "-son" in Swedish names? Literally, "son of ..."

20,936 posted on 08/24/2002 7:50:04 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Could it be like the "-son" in Swedish names?

Don't think so. I believe that my name means 'person who lives on land with stumps on it', which is I guess either a lazy farmer or a frontiersman. I prefer to think it is the latter.

20,945 posted on 08/24/2002 7:56:37 PM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla
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