It's fair to say that all family names at some point in their lineage
and language conveyed meaning. To speakers of the English language many
surnames continue to carry meaning. The words "foreman", "grant",
"march" and "ball" are both common proper names
and proper common names. In addition, certain surnames carry meaning
if considered in their homophonous form, for example: Spitz = spits, Moore
= more, and Whittier = wittier.
Each of the 200 names in this lexicon stands as a surname first and
then doubles as a verb, noun or other part of speech. These "double
duty" surnames make the word following redundant, and therefore expendable.
Each sentence is crafted in a way that alludes to the identity of the well-known
person. Check
them out!
For a greater challenge, you can
guess the names.