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14-09-2006, 05:04 PM
Anyone here have a dog related surname? Bet it doesn't beat mine!
Before I was married my surname was Woof!Not Wolfe, or Woolfe, but Woof.
There aren't many of us around but probably more common than you think.
Its great fun at the vets, etc but the best moment was when I bought some raffle tickets at Crufts and they asked what name they were in.
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14-09-2006, 05:14 PM
Originally Posted by beckyc 
Its great fun at the vets, etc but the best moment was when I bought some raffle tickets at Crufts and they asked what name they were in.
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14-09-2006, 05:56 PM
Originally Posted by beckyc
Before I was married my surname was Woof!
Not Wolfe, or Woolfe, but Woof.
There aren't many of us around but probably more common than you think.
Its great fun at the vets, etc but the best moment was when I bought some raffle tickets at Crufts and they asked what name they were in.
Hi Becky I agree Woof is a most unusual surname. Mine is not dog related at all. But when my O/H and I stayed at the Old Swan Hotel in Harrogate in July one of the receptionists who came from the Black Forrest Area of Germany had the surname "woof" and it was really funny because we had the two young dogs with us and she was absolutely tereified of dogs and whenever we came through reception with the boys she would flee to the very back of the reception area.
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14-09-2006, 07:36 PM
not dog related thou
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14-09-2006, 11:39 PM
Originally Posted by beckyc
Before I was married my surname was Woof!
Not Wolfe, or Woolfe, but Woof.
There aren't many of us around but probably more common than you think.
Its great fun at the vets, etc but the best moment was when I bought some raffle tickets at Crufts and they asked what name they were in.
And I thought Heslop was bad! :smt043
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14-09-2006, 11:53 PM
Found heslop however: heslop
English (northeastern England and Scotland): variant of Hyslop.
Hyslop
Scottish and northern English: habitational name from an unidentified place in northern England, perhaps so called from Old English hæsel (or the Old Norse equivalent hesli) ‘hazel’ + hop ‘enclosed valley’.
I can tell you though, that in 1891, the top five occupations for the surname "woof" were:
1. Farmer
2. Store Keeper
3. House Keeper
4. Draughtsman
5. Carpenter
Heslop, for the records:
1. Farmer
2. Coal Miner
3. Keeping House
4. Labourer
5. Blacksmith Helper
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15-09-2006, 03:54 PM
Originally Posted by GSDLover
Woof isn't even listed in my usual name haunts!
Found heslop however: heslop
English (northeastern England and Scotland): variant of Hyslop.
Hyslop
Scottish and northern English: habitational name from an unidentified place in northern England, perhaps so called from Old English hæsel (or the Old Norse equivalent hesli) ‘hazel’ + hop ‘enclosed valley’.
I can tell you though, that in 1891, the top five occupations for the surname "woof" were:
1. Farmer
2. Store Keeper
3. House Keeper
4. Draughtsman
5. Carpenter
Heslop, for the records:
1. Farmer
2. Coal Miner
3. Keeping House
4. Labourer
5. Blacksmith Helper
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15-09-2006, 04:43 PM
Its supposed to be a Yorkshire weaving name, there is a warp and a weft but apparently also a woof!
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