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In regard to the question posed in the main text, \\\"Why does someone get named Brown? Because they had brown hair?\\\" Well, yes. Brown, Bruni, Rufus, many surnames like that are traceable to hair colors. Usually starting out as \\\"the Brown\\\" (to distinguish him from someone of the same name who might be blonde).
My family happens to have a rather... extreme version of this in play. Our name is \\\"Schroeck\\\", pronounced \\\"shrek\\\" -- yes, like [[{{Shrek}} the movie]]. In fact, it is the \\\'\\\'same word\\\'\\\' as the ogre\\\'s name: a German (and Yiddish) word for \\\"horror\\\" or \\\"terror\\\". It\\\'s a great name for an ogre, but all we can figure is that someone far back in our family tree was a very, very unpleasant person.
My family happens to have a rather... extreme version of this in play. Our name is \\\"Schroeck\\\", pronounced \\\"shrek\\\" -- yes, like [[{{Shrek}} the movie]]. In fact, it is the \\\'\\\'same word\\\'\\\' as the ogre\\\'s name: a German (and Yiddish) word for \\\"horror\\\" or \\\"terror\\\". It\\\'s a great name for an ogre, but all we can figure is that someone far back in our family tree was a very, very unpleasant person.
