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Mateusz: A similar thing happened to me. Before I got married, my last name was Campbell. When I was in school, I decided that it probably derived from something like "campo" and "bello" and so my last name meant "beautiful country." I knew my name was Scottish, and maybe the Romans had some Latinizing effect on the language. But then I grew up and kept reading, and realized that my name actually means "crooked mouth," and specifically is a term to describe "harelip". I know that's a weird word in English--see if you can get a translation. Fabulous, no?
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