#he’s like if Peter Spankoffski was Scottish

[spirngakawening]

Npmd name stuff

Raw notes, can't bother editing

Stephanie (Greek): "crown, wreath"; "that which surrounds"

Lauter (German): clear, pure; honorable

Lautering "is the beer brewing process that separates the mash into clear liquid wort and residual grain" (according to wikipedia)

Lauter can also mean louder, noiser; all, many

Crown Pure

Peter (Greek): stone

Spankoffski (Polish): hhh I spent hours on this and I don't even have a clear answer

-offski = -owski = possessive surname from given name

Like, name/nickname/word > place name > surname

I can't find name meanings/origins for Spankoffski but there are real people with that surname

Could be explained by:

• A change in spelling, because names get altered all the time (similar surnames include Pankowski, Stankowski, Dankowski, Frankowski, Jankowski, Bankowski)

• Deriving from a Polish word that idk – I found spanie (sleeping/sleeping place; maybe Pete had a sleepy ancestor??) – or from a related language (Czech has spánek (sleep/temple) & spánkový (temporal)). Idk. I don't speak these languages

Stone of the Sleeping-place

Richard (Old German): brave ruler (rih + hart; ruler + brave)

Lipschitz (Ashkenazi Jewish): lipa + itz; linden tree + place

Linden trees have a lot of cultural significance (wikipedia)

Brave-ruler Linden-place

Ruth (Hebrew): friend; English word meaning pity/compassion (e.g. in 'ruthless')

Fleming (English): person from Flanders (waterlogged land (i.e. marshes)) – to do with water/flow, also fleeing/flight

Friend Flemish

Grace (English): from Latin gratia; 17th century puritan name

Chasity (English): derives from Chastity (purity, celibacy), Latin castus (cut off, separated, pure), related to chastise

Grace Purity

Maxwell (Scottish): Mack's stream (Mack from Magnus, Latin, meaning great)

Jägerman (German): jäger + mann; hunter man

Great's-well Hunter-man

Additional notes:

Interesting that Grace's and Steph's surnames both relate to Purity - something something neither of them achieve the purity they're expected to

Chastity and castration seem to have the same root... interesting...

Sadly fitting that Ruth's name can mean Pity

Richie's name meaning Brave Ruler,, this is so sad, alexa play the i'm not a loser motif

Max's full name being Maxwell not Maximillian,, he gets to be Great but not the Greatest

Maxwell and Fleming are both habitational names related to water

Fleming is also related to flight or escape...

Pete's surname probably changed from the original at some point. Or I just suck at researching

[the-spaced-out-ace]

I want to give him a hug so bad who could hate a man like him