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Literal Presidential Surnames
Can you name the US President with the literal meaning of his surname?
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Some of these are obvious, you need to notice the ethnic origin on others, some you'll have to get by trial and error just knowing the presidents.
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literal meaning
Presidential surname
origin of name
Faithful Fellow
English
Son of Rock
English/Welsh
Uglyhead
Irish
Rosefield
Dutch
Tile Maker
English
Ironworker or Smith
German
Pool
Gaelic
Very Famous (ironically!)
Old English
Tailor
English
Son of Might
Germanic
Three-sided Land
English
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Presidential surname
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(from the) Lake Colony
Welsh-Latin
Little King
Irish
(son of) White Warrior
Scots Gaelic
Brushwood
Old English
Elder (as in grandparent)
Scottish
Cliff Lane
English
River Mouth
Gaelic
(son of) People's Victory
Greek
Carrier
Norman French
Twisted or Bent
Luo
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