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My family name is "Nihsen", which means...well, not much considering it was changed when they came through Ellis Island. I have heard that the original was either "Nissen" or "Nißen", depending on which member of the family you talk to.

But I don't know what any of them really mean. So I'm asking you all for help. Give me an idea - real or faked - as to what the name means.

By the way, a prize may or may not go to my favorite answer. And it's for a reason...

The word God spoke when he created the universe. The end.

It means nothing, when your ancestor was asked for a name to put on the form, he sneezed.

It means "welder" or "one who welds" or more generically "one who makes two things form a single thing"

For the record, Nissen and Nissen are the same. Modern German writing tries to sort-of replace the eszet (that letter I can't be bothered to make on my French keyboard ) with double-s. Many germans still use it, but in typing it's perfectly acceptable to replace it with two esses.

That said, -sen usually translates to -son in names (Jefferson, Jameson), so...."son of Nick". Apperently his prom night was a long time ago.

One who is akin to Nih, the wisened bullfrog of legend.

San to the honourable clan of ninjas known as the Knights who say Nih.

Dang it, I have a cool origin to my family name. But I don't want to give it out.

My last name is Miller.

I dare you to misinterpret that.

So your family walks around slowly?

Hmmm... well, first of all I don't know your parentage, Dave ol' boy, but it could have something to do with Nilssen (Danish) or Nilsson (Swedish/Norwegian); essentially a surname meaning "son of Nils". If you have ancestors hailing from Slesvig-Holstein in Northern Germany, Nihsen could very well be a version of Nilssen.

But that's just a shot in the dark.

If I recall correctly, Nihsen means Man-Thong.



I yanked this straight out of a Halforums folder from 2009.

Well, I just looked up the meaning of my surname, Nevarez. It's apparently a variant of Nevares, which is a parish in northern Spain. Can any Spaniards here help me out, is Nevares the name of an actual city, or is that just the name for the general area?

Wallace. I am braveheart


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My last name is derived from a fish...

My surname is the name of the forested farm my great-grandfather purchased.

The reason I am asking is because when I set up Nihsen.com I tried to have it as a repository for my relatives and genealogy. Well, the genealogy didn't work out because the software I was using caused me nothing but fits. In fact, I have to use 3 programs - one to enter the information, one to port it into a specific file format and the third to actually make the page.

So I have an idea about Nihsen.com but it requires me to have a reason for anyone to go there, hence a bullshit thing to set the name Nihsen onto. Since my family won't go there.

My name derives from a Faery.

My last name is Scottish and means "plain or field".

My maiden name is French. It means "brave people". It's also the name of the King of Navarre in Dante's Inferno, though I have seen it spelled differently depending on the translation.

sixpackshaker said:

My name derives from a Faery.

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Tinkerbell?

North_Ranger said:

Tinkerbell?

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I don't think she was around 800 years ago.

or

My name literally means low to the ground.

Funny because I'm 6'3".

sixpackshaker said:

I don't think she was around 800 years ago.

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Maybe she is older than she looks?

I always though Nishen meant he who is Turbo


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Nihsen sounds like the german word for sneeze.

LordRendar said:

Nihsen sounds like the german word for sneeze.

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Nice! Actually, it's "Niesen" (I think you already knew that!), but it's damned close.

Pick a Steam game.

Cities xl 2012 or Tropico 4.

Weee I won something,awesome. Since I already got Tropico 4,I'll pick Cities xl. I love Building games.

Nihsen: advisor, one who advises. Derives from the Latin 'nihil' which means "I am somewhat in doubt"

History has not left records whether the name is due to people who are doubtful seeking aid from the advisor, or the advisor himself or herself often modestly indicating that their advice is no better than any other advice one might receive by concluding the advice with "I am somewhat in doubt."

I was pretty upset when I learned my family's penises wasn't their namesake. My name literally just means son of John. Well, son of Jonn, as Jonnson got changed to Johnson after my Icelandic relatives immigrated.

Mine, Terry, apparently is old Germanic for "People's Ruler." However, my father was adopted, I believe my genetic paternal last name would have been "Fargo."

klew said:

It means nothing, when your ancestor was asked for a name to put on the form, he sneezed.

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LordRendar said:

Nihsen sounds like the german word for sneeze.

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Dave said:

Nice! Actually, it's "Niesen" (I think you already knew that!), but it's damned close.

Pick a Steam game.

Cities xl 2012 or Tropico 4.

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So was it the sneeze joke that sealed it?

klew said:

So was it the sneeze joke that sealed it?

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I thought the same thing when I saw that, then decided I wasn't going to make a stink about it on someone else'ss behalf...But yeah.

D'oh! I missed that! So Klew....you get a copy of Tropico.

Anyone want to trade for Tropico?