Previous Names of the Day

Pesti   Hungarian
Originally it indicated someone from Pest, one of the towns that were joined to make Budapest.

Rutherford   Scottish
From the name of places in southern Scotland and northern England, derived from Old English hriðer meaning "cattle, ox" and ford meaning "ford, river crossing".

Rademaker   Dutch
From the occupation of rademaker meaning "maker of wheels", from Dutch rad meaning "wheel".

Botterill   English
Probably indicated someone from the town of Les Bottereaux in Normandy, itself derived from Old French bot "toad".

Pittaluga   Italian
Originally a nickname for somebody who steals grapes from vineyards. In the Genoese dialect pittà means "to pick" and uga means "grapes" (uva in Italian).

Watson   English, Scottish
Patronymic derived from the Middle English given name Wat or Watt, a diminutive of the name Walter.

Vilar   Portuguese, Galician, Catalan
Means "hamlet, farm" in Portuguese, Galician and Catalan, from Late Latin villare, a derivative of Latin villa.