Imagine working at a smithy called Smiths run by Joe Smith, who is a Smith. That’s at least as wild.
It’s so on the nose that if you read it in a book you’d roll your eyes and call it lazy writing
That’s actually the origin of several last names like Smith. Carpenter, Miller, Cooper, waller, Fisher, Chandler, Carter, black, and barker are believed to have originated from professions.
That doesn’t really make it any less crazy.
Imagine working at a smithy called Smiths run by Joe Smith, who is a Smith. That’s at least as wild.
It’s so on the nose that if you read it in a book you’d roll your eyes and call it lazy writing
That’s actually the origin of several last names like Smith. Carpenter, Miller, Cooper, waller, Fisher, Chandler, Carter, black, and barker are believed to have originated from professions.