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Look up less or -less in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Less or LESS may refer to: less (Unix), a Unix utility program Less (style sheet language),
Less
1985 novel by Bret Easton Ellis
Less than Zero is the debut novel of Bret Easton Ellis, published in 1985. It was his first published effort, released when he was a 21-year-old student
Less_than_Zero_(novel)
Christian saint and one of the Twelve Apostles
James the Less (Ancient Greek: Ἰάκωβος ὁ μικρός Iakōbos ho mikros) is a figure of early Christianity. He is also called "the Minor", "the Little", "the
James_the_Less
Mathematical symbol for "less than"
The less-than sign is a mathematical symbol that denotes an inequality between two values. The widely adopted form of two equal-length strokes connecting
Less-than_sign
British novelist (1919–2013)
Lessing (née Tayler; 22 October 1919 – 17 November 2013) was a Rhodesian-British author and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007. Lessing was
Doris_Lessing
Rationality-focused community blog
LessWrong (also written Less Wrong) is a community blog and forum associated with the rationalist community. Discussion topics include cognitive biases
LessWrong
1987 American drama film
Less than Zero is a 1987 American drama film directed by Marek Kanievska, loosely based on the 1985 novel by Bret Easton Ellis. The film stars Andrew McCarthy
Less_than_Zero_(film)
2017 satirical novel by Andrew Sean Greer
Less is a 2017 satirical novel by American author Andrew Sean Greer. The plot follows writer Arthur Less as he travels the world on a literary tour to
Less_(novel)
2015 film by Tarsem
Self/less is a 2015 American science fiction action thriller film directed by Tarsem Singh, produced by Ram Bergman and James D. Stern and written by Alex
Self/less
Topics referred to by the same term
payless in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pay Less, PayLess, Pay-Less, or Payless may refer to: Pay Less Drug Store, founded by Lorenzo L Skaggs in Rochester
Pay_Less
British workhouse conditions
Less eligibility was a British government policy passed into law in the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834. It stated that conditions in workhouses had to be
Less_eligibility
Design principle
Less is more is a principle found in several traditions. Its basic meaning is to keep things simple, similar to the concept of minimalism. Its use in architecture
Less_is_more
Topics referred to by the same term
The Road Less Traveled, or simply Road Less Traveled, may refer to: The Road Less Traveled (George Strait album), 2001 The Road Less Travelled (Graeme
The_Road_Less_Traveled
2020 comedy podcast
SmartLess is a podcast hosted by the American actors Jason Bateman and Sean Hayes, and Canadian actor Will Arnett. Its first episode was released on July
SmartLess
2026 song by Olivia Rodrigo
"Less" (stylized in all lowercase) is a song by American singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo from her third studio album, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So
Less_(song)
1964 studio album by Charlie Louvin
Less and Less (more completely Less and Less & I Don't Love You Anymore) is the debut album by American country music singer Charlie Louvin, released in
Less_and_Less
2014 film
Homme Less is a 2014 documentary on fashion photographer and former model Mark Reay. The film was the feature debut of director Thomas Wirthenson, a former
Homme_Less
Terminal pager
less is a terminal pager program on Unix, Windows, and Unix-like systems used to view (but not change) the contents of a text file one screen at a time
Less_(Unix)
Topics referred to by the same term
Less than Zero may refer to: Less than Zero (novel), a 1985 novel by Bret Easton Ellis Less than Zero (film), a 1987 film directed by Marek Kanievska
Less_than_Zero
Cohort born from 1997 to 2012
behaved and less hedonistic" than previous generations. They have fewer teenage pregnancies, consume less alcohol (but not necessarily less of other psychoactive
Generation_Z
United States Navy admiral (1937–2026)
Anthony Albert Less (August 31, 1937 – October 13, 2026) was an American vice admiral in the United States Navy. He was Commander Naval Air Force, U.S
Anthony_A._Less
1999 film by Zhang Yimou
Not One Less is a 1999 drama film by Chinese director Zhang Yimou, adapted from Shi Xiangsheng's 1997 story A Sun in the Sky (Chinese: 天上有个太阳; pinyin:
Not_One_Less
Surname list
Lessing is a German surname of Slavic origin. The original Sorbian form, Lěsnik, means either "forest dweller" or "woodman", lěs meaning "wood forest"
Lessing
Israeli police officer (1916–1987)
Avner Werner Less (18 December 1916 – 7 January 1987) was a German-born Israeli police officer, best known for interrogating former German SS officer Adolf
Avner_Less
Australian clothing store chain
Best & Less is an Australian retailer of clothing and household linens. As of October 2022, Best & Less has 182 stores as well as an online platform. Best
Best_&_Less
Topics referred to by the same term
Less may refer to: Say Less (album), 2017 album by Roy Woods "Say Less", the title track "Say Less" (Ashanti song), 2017 single by Ashanti "Say Less"
Say_Less
American punk band
Less Than Jake is an American ska punk band from Gainesville, Florida, formed in 1992. The band consists of Chris DeMakes (guitars, vocals), Roger Lima
Less_Than_Jake
Dynamic stylesheet language
Less (Leaner Style Sheets; sometimes stylized as LESS) is a dynamic preprocessor style sheet language that can be compiled into Cascading Style Sheets
Less_(style_sheet_language)
2011 film by Ruben Fleischer
30 Minutes or Less (stylized onscreen as 30:Minutes or Less) is a 2011 American action comedy film directed by Ruben Fleischer, starring Jesse Eisenberg
30_Minutes_or_Less
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up lessness in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lessness or Lesnes may refer to: Lessness Heath, a district in the London Borough of Bexley Little
Lessness
Vehicle operated with reduced or no human input on public roads
revealed that autonomous vehicle detection systems were generally five percent less effective at recognizing darker-skinned individuals. This accuracy gap persisted
Self-driving_car
Grammatical usage debate
Fewer versus less is a debate in English grammar about the appropriate use of these two determiners. Linguistic prescriptivists usually say that fewer
Fewer_versus_less
Means by which a person dies by suicide
may be preventable by removing the means. Making common suicide methods less accessible leads to an overall reduction in the number of suicides. Method-specific
Suicide_methods
7th episode of the 1st season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
"Q-Less" is the seventh episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (DS9), and aired February
Q-Less
German Enlightenment writer (1729–1781)
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (/ˈlɛsɪŋ/; German: [ˈɡɔthɔlt ˈeːfʁa.ɪm ˈlɛsɪŋ] ; 22 January 1729 – 15 February 1781) was a German philosopher, dramatist, publicist
Gotthold_Ephraim_Lessing
American television sitcom (2002–2006)
Less than Perfect is an American television sitcom created by Terri Minsky and starring Sara Rue and Sherri Shepherd which originally aired on ABC from
Less_than_Perfect
Canadian TV series or program
Less Than Kosher is Canadian comedy web series, which premiered in 2023 on Highball TV. The series stars Shaina Silver-Baird as Viv, a self-professed "bad
Less_Than_Kosher
American TV series or program
The Look for Less is a television show airing on the Style Network. Previously hosted by Survivor: The Australian Outback contestant Elisabeth Hasselbeck
The_Look_for_Less
2005 single by Kaiser Chiefs
"Everyday I Love You Less and Less" is a song by English indie rock band Kaiser Chiefs. It is the opening track on their first album, Employment (2005)
Everyday I Love You Less and Less
Everyday_I_Love_You_Less_and_Less
but also vast slum communities. This leads to official census data being less accurate in representing the actual number of residents in a given area.
List_of_largest_cities
American no-frills grocery store chain owned by Kroger
Food 4 Less is the name of several grocery store chains, the largest of which is currently owned by Kroger. It is a no-frills grocery store where the customers
Food_4_Less
1997 romantic black comedy film
A Life Less Ordinary is a 1997 British romantic black comedy fantasy film directed by Danny Boyle, written by John Hodge, and starring Ewan McGregor, Cameron
A_Life_Less_Ordinary
American post-hardcore band
Far-Less was a five-piece post-hardcore band originally from Marion, Virginia, with members from Marion and other surrounding areas, including Pulaski
Far-Less
2026 single by Joji
"Love You Less" (stylised in all caps) is a song by Japanese-Australian singer-songwriter Joji, released as the fourth single from his fourth studio album
Love_You_Less
Amount of freight in shipping
Less-than-truckload shipping or less than load (LTL) is the transportation of freight amounts as small as one parcel and as large as a full truckload.
Less-than-truckload_shipping
2000 studio album by Krezip
Nothing Less is the first album by Krezip. It debuted at #1 in both the Netherlands and Belgium. All songs written by Jacqueline Govaert except where noted
Nothing_Less
Weapon less likely to kill a target
weapons, less-lethal weapons, less-than-lethal weapons, non-deadly weapons, compliance weapons, or pain-inducing weapons are weapons intended to be less likely
Non-lethal_weapon
American television game show
25 Words or Less is an American television game show. It is based on the board game of the same name. Two teams, each consisting of a celebrity and a contestant
25_Words_or_Less
1st episode of the 5th season of The Wire
"More with Less" is the first episode of the fifth season of the HBO original series The Wire. The episode was written by David Simon from a story by David
More_with_Less
American instrumentalist and vocalist
Less Bells is the stage name of Julie Carpenter, a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist. She moved to Joshua Tree, California from Los Angeles, California
Less_Bells
2026 single by Jennie
"Less Than a Lover" is a song by South Korean singer and rapper Jennie. It was released through Odd Atelier and Columbia Records on July 24, 2026, as the
Less_Than_a_Lover
Narn, Centauri, Minbari and Vorlons; and several dozen less powerful ones. A number of the less powerful races make up the League of Non-Aligned Worlds
List_of_Babylon_5_characters
Countries that exhibit the lowest indicators of socioeconomic development
over three years. As of 2024[update], a country must have GNI per capita less than US$1,088 to be included on the list, and over $1,306 to graduate from
Least_developed_countries
1986 essay collection by Joseph Brodsky
Less Than One: Selected Essays is a collection of literary and autobiographical essays by the Russian poet and Nobel Prize-winning author Joseph Brodsky
Less_Than_One
Type of sexual assault involving sexual intercourse without consent
Victims are often traumatized and may develop post-traumatic stress disorder. Less commonly, rape can also result in serious injuries, and also carries the
Rape
1968 single by Elvis Presley
"A Little Less Conversation" is a 1968 song recorded by American singer Elvis Presley, written by Mac Davis and Billy Strange and published by Gladys Music
A_Little_Less_Conversation
This is a list of significant dust storms. The prevalent months for a National Weather Service dust storm warning to be issued for a dust storm originating
List_of_dust_storms
Canadian model (born 1965)
photographer Steven Meisel, as well as for the phrase: "We don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day." Evangelista's modelling career began in 1984, when she
Linda_Evangelista
Female adult human
Additional common characteristics are less facial and body hair, a higher body fat composition, shorter stature, and less muscle mass. Women are at greater
Woman
American soccer player (born 1998)
Madison Abigail Less (born April 27, 1998) is an American professional soccer player, who plays as a goalkeeper for Fatih Karagümrük S.K. in the Turkish
Madison_Less
Slovenian philosopher (born 1949)
more provocative than insightful. In a very negative review of Žižek's book Less than Nothing, John Gray attacked Žižek for his celebrations of violence,
Slavoj_Žižek
Mathematical relation making a non-equal comparison
size. The main types of inequality are less than and greater than (denoted by < and >, respectively the less-than and greater-than signs). There are
Inequality_(mathematics)
Plan for the construction of an object or system
architectural and engineering drawings, circuit diagrams, sewing patterns, and less tangible artefacts such as business process models. People who produce designs
Design
Species of mammal
The tailless tenrec (Tenrec ecaudatus), also known as the common tenrec, is a species of mammal in the family Tenrecidae. It is the only member of the
Tailless_tenrec
Release with one to three tracks
Store, only accepts as singles releases with three tracks or fewer that are less than ten minutes each (with longer releases being classified as EPs or albums)
Single_(music)
American gridiron football player (born 1959)
Less Browne (born December 7, 1959) is an American former professional football defensive back who played in the United States Football League (USFL) and
Less_Browne
Cohort born from 1981 to 1996
the 2010s were less inclined to have sex compared to their predecessors when they were the same age. Millennials in the West are less likely to be religious
Millennials
2001 film by K. Raghavendra Rao
Aamdani Atthanni Kharcha Rupaiya (lit. 'Income is 50 paise and expenses are a whole rupee'; cont. Expenses are greater than wages) sometimes abbreviated
Aamdani Atthanni Kharcha Rupaiya
Aamdani_Atthanni_Kharcha_Rupaiya
Poetry collection by Philip Larkin
The Less Deceived, first published in 1955, was Philip Larkin's first mature collection of poetry, having been preceded by the derivative North Ship (1945)
The_Less_Deceived
Nation with a relatively low living standard
A developing country is a country with a less-developed industrial base and a lower Human Development Index (HDI) relative to developed countries. However
Developing_country
Publisher of travel guidebooks
such as Globe Trekker, Lonely Planet Six Degrees and Lonely Planet: Roads Less Travelled. Toby Amies and Asha Gill (both British TV presenters) took part
Lonely_Planet
Energy collected from renewable resources
pollute much less than fossil fuels. Renewables also cause much less air pollution than fossil fuels, improving public health, and are less noisy. The International
Renewable_energy
2020 book by Kyle Chayka
The Longing for Less: Living with Minimalism is a nonfiction book by American writer Kyle Chayka that explores the concept of minimalism. It was published
The_Longing_for_Less
Topics referred to by the same term
up less is more in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Less is more is a principle in design and architecture. Less is more may also refer to: Less-is-more
Less_is_more_(disambiguation)
Solo word game played with letter dice
Q-Less is a single-player word puzzle game in which the player rolls 12 dice and uses the resulting letters to form connected words in a crossword-style
Q-Less_(game)
Highway designed for high-speed, regulated traffic flow
although this term can also refer to a class of highways with somewhat less isolation from other traffic. In countries following the Vienna Convention
Controlled-access_highway
than half of the total population. The 25 least populous states contain less than one-sixth of the total population. California, the most populous state
List of U.S. states and territories by population
List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_population
and 16 to engage in acts with those less than ten years older and those less than 15 to engage in acts with those less than four years older. A 17-year-old
Age of consent in the United States
Age_of_consent_in_the_United_States
Condition of not having enough sleep
between 9 and 11 hours. Acute sleep deprivation occurs when a person sleeps less than usual or does not sleep at all for a short period, typically lasting
Sleep_deprivation
American rock band
Less Love is an American rock band formed in 2006, in Oklahoma City, by Sky McCullough and Billy Gro. The band released their debut single in 2008 which
Less_Love
German industrial designer
functionalist school of industrial design. His unobtrusive approach and belief in "less, but better" (German: Weniger, aber besser) design has influenced the practice
Dieter_Rams
American actress (born 1965)
businesswoman. Gertz has performed in the films Crossroads, Quicksilver (both 1986), Less than Zero (1987), The Lost Boys (1987), and Twister (1996). On television
Jami_Gertz
2015 single by Tame Impala
"The Less I Know the Better" is a song released by the Australian music project Tame Impala on 29 November 2015 as the fourth and final single from their
The_Less_I_Know_the_Better
Result of carry-less multiplication
The carry-less product of two binary numbers is the result of carry-less multiplication of these numbers. This operation conceptually works like long multiplication
Carry-less_product
Former Australian discount supermarket chain
Food For Less was an Australian discount supermarket chain owned by Woolworths Group. It was established in Queensland, where a discount food barn chain
Food_For_Less
American professional wrestler (born 1975)
October 2, 2007. Amy Dumas. Lita: A Less Traveled R.O.A.D – The Reality of Amy Dumas, 73. Amy Dumas. Lita: A Less Traveled R.O.A.D – The Reality of Amy
Lita_(wrestler)
Type of textile
also contain unseparated husk parts. The fabric is coarser than muslin, but less coarse and thick than canvas or denim. It is still very cheap owing to its
Calico
Conscious event, perception or practical knowledge
holds that imagination is distinguished from perception and memory by being less vivid and clear. The will-dependence view, on the other hand, centers on
Experience
Type of health care for the terminally ill
six months or less. Hospice care under the Medicare Hospice Benefit requires documentation from two physicians estimating a person has less than six months
Hospice
Device that vaporizes a liquid nicotine solution for inhalation
is less harmful than smoking, but still has health risks, particularly for those with asthma. Limited evidence indicates that e-cigarettes are less addictive
Electronic_cigarette
Music duo composed of Steven Tyler and Joe Perry
The Toxic Twins is a nickname given to lead singer Steven Tyler and lead guitarist Joe Perry of American hard rock band Aerosmith. They were given that
Toxic_Twins
Mathematical symbols (+ and −)
extended to many other meanings, more or less analogous. Plus and minus are Latin terms meaning 'more' and 'less', respectively. The forms + and − are used
Plus_and_minus_signs
Circular component rotating on an axle
rise to the early Bronze Age. This implies the passage of several wheel-less millennia even after the invention of agriculture and of pottery, during
Wheel
2022 studio album by Psyclon Nine
Less to Heaven is the seventh studio album by the American band Psyclon Nine. It was officially released through Metropolis Records on August 19, 2022
Less_to_Heaven
Incident when a vehicle collides with another object
basis, but casualty figures from such incidents attract less media attention than other, less frequent types of tragedy. The commonly used term car accident
Traffic_collision
Cognitive bias
The less-is-better effect is a cognitive bias that causes people to favor a lesser option when it is presented separately, but to prefer the better option
Less-is-better_effect
Attacking player position in association football
to three forwards. For example, the common 4–2–3–1 includes one forward. Less conventional formations may include more than three forwards, or sometimes
Forward (association football)
Forward_(association_football)
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up less than three or less than threes in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Less than 3 may refer to: <3, an emoticon meaning love or heart, see List
Less_than_3
Topics referred to by the same term
Father Knows Less may refer to: "Father Knows Less" (Boy Meets World), an episode of Boy Meets World "Father Knows Less" (Parker Lewis Can't Lose), an
Father_Knows_Less
2005 book by Stephen Fry
The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within is a book by author, actor, comedian, and director Stephen Fry about writing poetry. Fry covers metre
The_Ode_Less_Travelled
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LESS
LESS
Surname or Lastname
Probably a shortened form of an unidentified Jewish surname.English
Probably a shortened form of an unidentified Jewish surname.English : variant of Lass 3.
Surname or Lastname
North German variant of Laas 2.Jewish (Ashkenazic)
North German variant of Laas 2.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : unexplained.English : nickname from Middle English lesse, lasse ‘smaller’ (from Old English lǣssa ‘less’), perhaps also used in the sense ‘younger’.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : nickname for an unfortunate person, from Old French malheure ‘unhappy’, ‘unlucky’. The etymology from maloret ‘ill-omened’ (Latin male ‘badly’ + auguratus) is less likely for the surname that has actually survived, although it does lie behind other medieval Norman surnames of this form, now defunct.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a pet form of the personal name Mary (Marie) or possibly sometimes from a pet form of the much less common male personal name Mark 1.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : patronymic from the Yiddish personal name Marke, a variant of Mark.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Matter.English : probably a metonymic occupational name for a mattress maker or seller, from Middle English, Old French materas, or less likely for a maker of crossbow bolts, spears, and lances, from the Middle English homonym materas.Dutch : variant of Matter 2.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English god dai ‘good day’, possibly applied as a nickname for someone who frequently used this greeting.English : from a Middle English female personal name Godeve, Old English GÅdgifu, composed of the elements gÅd ‘good’ or god ‘god’ + gifu ‘gift’. This name has perhaps absorbed a less common name with the second element gūð ‘battle’.English : nickname for a widow or an independent woman, from Middle English goodwife ‘mistress of a house’, from Old English gÅd ‘good’ + wÄ«f ‘woman’. Compare Goodman 1.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the numerous places so called, which split more or less evenly into two groups with different etymologies. One set (with examples in Berkshire, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Somerset, and Wiltshire) is named from the Old English weak dative hēan (originally used after a preposition and article) of hēah ‘high’ + Old English tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. The other (with examples in Cambridgeshire, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Northamptonshire, Shropshire, Somerset, Suffolk, and Wiltshire) has Old English hīwan ‘household’, ‘monastery’. Compare Hine as the first element.
Surname or Lastname
English (Norfolk)
English (Norfolk) : variant of Leslie.
Surname or Lastname
Swedish (Hägg)
Swedish (Hägg) : ornamental name from hägg ‘bird cherry’ (Prunus padus). This is one of the surnames drawn from the vocabulary of nature and adopted more or less arbitrarily in the 19th century.English : from Old Norse Hagi, which has been identified as a byname from hagr ‘deft’, ‘dextrous’, although it could equally well be a habitational name meaning ‘the enclosure’, see Hagen.South German : variant of Haack.
Female
English
Feminine pet form of Scottish unisex Leslie, LESSIE means "garden of hollies."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Old Norse personal name EirÃkr, composed of the elements eir ‘mercy’, ‘peace’ + rÃk ‘power’. The addition in English of an inorganic H- to names beginning with a vowel is a relatively common phenomenon. It is possible that this name may have swallowed up a less common Germanic personal name with the first element heri, hari ‘army’.Dutch : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements heri, hari ‘army’ + rÄ«c ‘power’, or from an assimilated form of Henrick, a Dutch form of Henry.Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEirc ‘descendant of Erc’, a personal name meaning ‘speckled’, ‘dark red’, or ‘salmon’. There was a saint of this name. The surname is born by families in Munster and Ulster, where it has usually been changed to Harkin.The English poet Robert Herrick (1591-1674) was from a prosperous family of goldsmiths, who had a long association with the city of Leicester. There is a family tradition that they were of Scandinavian origin, descended from Eric the Forester, who settled in the city in the 11th century. The initial aspirate came into the name in the late 16th cedntury; the name of the poet's great-grandfather is recorded in the corporation books of the city of Leicester in 1511 as Thomas Ericke.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a Latinist, a clerk who wrote documents in Latin, from Anglo-Norman French latinier, latim(m)ier. Latin was more or less the universal language of official documents in the Middle Ages, displaced only gradually by the vernacular—in England, by Anglo-Norman French at first, and eventually by English.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Miner.German : nickname, meaning ‘small(er)’, from Latin minor ‘less’, ‘smaller’.French : nickname meaning ‘younger’, from the same word as in 2.
Surname or Lastname
Scottish
Scottish : habitational name from a place in Berwickshire (Borders), named with Welsh gor ‘spacious’ + din ‘fort’.English (of Norman origin) and French : habitational name from Gourdon in Saône-et-Loire, so called from the Gallo-Roman personal name Gordus + the locative suffix -o, -Ånis.Irish : adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Mag Mhuirneacháin, a patronymic from the personal name Muirneachán, a diminutive of muirneach ‘beloved’.Jewish (from Lithuania) : probably a habitational name from the Belorussian city of Grodno. It goes back at least to 1657. Various suggestions, more or less fanciful, have been put forward as to its origin. There is a family tradition among some bearers that they are descended from a son of a Duke of Gordon, who converted to Judaism in the 18th century, but the Jewish surname was in existence long before the 18th century; others claim descent from earlier Scottish converts, but this is implausible.Spanish and Galician Gordón, and Basque : habitational name from a place called Gordon (Basque) or Gordón (Spanish, Galician), of which there are examples in Salamanca, Galicia, and Basque Country.Spanish : possibly in some instances from an augmentative of the nickname Gordo (see Gordillo).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : German : from the personal name Keno, derivative of Konrad.German : patronymic from the Frisian personal name Keno; alternatively, but less likely, from a derivation of the old Nordic root gan ‘spell’, ‘magic’, which was used in personal names.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a grinder of grain, i.e. a miller, Middle English, Old English grindere, an agent noun from Old English grindan ‘to grind’. Less often it may have referred to someone who ground blades to keep their sharpness or who ground pigments, spices, and medicinal herbs to powder.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Nottinghamshire)
English (chiefly Nottinghamshire) : nickname from the personal name Herod (Greek HÄ“rÅdÄ“s, apparently derived from hÄ“rÅs ‘hero’), borne by the king of Judea (died ad 4) who at the time of the birth of Christ ordered that all male children in Bethlehem should be slaughtered (Matthew 2: 16–18). In medieval mystery plays Herod was portrayed as a blustering tyrant, and the name was therefore given to someone one who had played the part, or who had an overbearing temper.English : variant of Harold (1 or 2).Greek : shortened form of Herodiadis, a patronymic from the classical personal name HÄ“rodiÅn. This was the name of a relative of St. Paul and an early Bishop of Patras, venerated in the Orthodox Church. HÄ“rodÄ“s ‘Herod’ is also found in Greek as a nickname for a violent man, but this is less likely to be the source of the surname.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English hals ‘neck’ (Old English h(e)als). This was a nickname for a man with a long neck or for a conspicuous sufferer from goiter (a common affliction in medieval times).English (Devon) : topographic name denoting someone living on a neck of land (from Middle English atte halse ‘at the neck’), or a habitational name from either of two places in Devon and Somerset named Halse, from this word. To a lesser extent Halse in Northamptonshire, named from Old English hals + hÅh ‘ridge’, may also have contributed to the surname.Norwegian : habitational name from any of three farmsteads in the county of Møre og Romsdal. The farmsteads are so named from the Old Norse dative singular of hals ‘neck’, referring to a neck of land, or a ridge between two valleys.
Surname or Lastname
Scottish
Scottish : habitational name from a barony in Aberdeenshire, which is first recorded c.1180 in the form Lesslyn, of obscure origin.English : possibly from a double diminutive of the personal name Lece (see Leece), thus Lecelin.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a person considered prodigious in some way, from Middle English, Old French merveille ‘miracle’ (Latin mirabilia, originally neuter plural of the adjective mirabilis ‘admirable’, ‘amazing’). The nickname was no doubt sometimes given with mocking intent.English : habitational name, from places called Merville. The one in Nord is named from Old French mendre ‘smaller’, ‘lesser’ (Latin minor) + ville ‘settlement’; that in Calvados seems to have as its first element a Germanic personal name, probably a short form of a compound name with the first element mari, meri ‘famous’.
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