Итак, я буду пристрастна.

Алекс:

McLean
Definition: Son of the devotee of St. John, the "l" being the remains of 'gille' meaning servant, lad.
Переводится это криво, так что перевод постить не буду.
Как все прекрасно знают, чисто шотландская фамилия. Обращаясь к штатным маклиноведам, хочу спросить, чья это фамилия, отца или матери?

На сколько позволил мой английский и переводчик гугла, у шотландцев существует как бы привязка имени к клану. Если верить списку здесь, имя Александр имееет связь с кланами Macalister и Macdonald, а мы всё думали, почему он бигмаки точит!

Александр - "мужественный защитник" (гр.), впрочем, это мы все знаем.

Джеймс - The boy's name James \j(a)-mes\, also used as girl's name James, is pronounced jayms. It is of English origin. Variant of Jacob (Hebrew) "he who supplants". Biblical: one of the 12 apostles of Jesus, who possibly was also a cousin of Jesus. The King James Bible is named in reference to James I of England (16th-17th century). Spanish pronunciation of Jaime: (HYE-may), Scottish: (JAY-mee).
James has 12 variant forms: Diego, Jacob, Jago, Jaime, Jamie, Jamison, Jayme, Jaymes, Jem, Jim, Jimmie and Jimmy.

Итак, по шотландски второе имя Алекса звучит как ямиии, что, врочем, не удивительно.

Howie:

The Dorough surname is Scottish and Irish in origin and is a derivative of the Scottish name Darroch. Darroch is a sept of the clan McDonald of the Isles. In 1794 the Lord Lyon King of Arms officially registered "Duncan Darroch of Gourock, chief of this ancient name, the patronymic of which is MacIliriach," showing that Iliriach was the progenitor of this sept. The name has its meaning based in the gaelic Dubh Dara which is "Black Oak". The movement of the family to Ireland is still open to debate. It is my opinion that it occurred as part of the plantation period of the 1660s in Northern Ireland. However there are those who argue that the term Scotch-Irish does not apply to the McDonald Clan because the clan was in Ireland long before the plantations. English land records for the plantations do list "Native Irish" who were given land. Among this list were the MacDonalds. This list also contains Irish with variations of the name Dorough assigned land. The name Dorough in Ireland has long been associated with county Antrim and Down.

В общем, фамилия шотландско-ирладнская, так что клетчатую юбку им с Алексом можно одну на двоих. Однако, прошу обратить внимание, Dorough есть часть (sept - клан) клана правильно, МакДональд (кстати, Ди точит бигмаки?)

имя:

Ховард - The boy's name Howard \ho-ward, howa-rd\ is pronounced HOW-erd. It is of Old English origin, and its meaning is "noble watchman". Occupational name and surname of one of the great houses of English nobility. Millionaire Howard Hughes; sportscaster Howard Cosell.
Howard has 2 variant forms: Howie and Ward.

Dwane - The boy's name Dwain \d-wain\ is a variant of Duane (Irish, Gaelic) and Dwayne (Irish, Gaelic), and the meaning of Dwain is "dark, swarthy".

При этом, согласно тому же списку, имя Howie (не Ховард, а именнно Howie) стоит напротив клана Грэм (Graham)

Ник:

Carter is an English occupational name for the transporter of goods by cart or wagon. From the Anglo-Norman French "caretier," a derivative of Old French "caret" which originally meant "carrier."
Another possible derivation comes from "cairtear," a Gaelic term for tourist or sojourner.

46-я по популярности фамилия в штатах

Имя:

The boy's name Nicolas \n(i)-co-las\ is a variant of Nicholas (Greek), and the meaning of Nicolas is "victorious people".
Тоже очень популярное имя, Ник ваще популярен во всех отношениях.

Gene - греческое имя и означает Well born, изначальная форма Eugene, как вы можете догадаться Женя

В общем, популярный победоносный и с доставкой на дом 

Брай:

фамилия:

Recorded in a number of spellings including Lute, Lutt, Loot, Leutt, Luter, Luther and diminutives Latkins, Lutken, Lutkin, Lutkins, as well as Littrell and Luttrell, this is an English surname, but one possibly of either French or sometimes German, origins. If so it was probably introduced into the British Isles after the famous conquest of England in 1066, with the first explanation being from the word 'luter'. This would have been occupational for a musician who p layed the lute, although it is also possible that the derivation could have come from the personal name 'Luther'. Secondly it could derive from the French word 'loutre' meaning an otter, and possibly a nickname an otter hunter or it may derive from a place called Latrille in Landes, of which the normal spelling of the surname in England is Latreille. Lastly according to the famous Victorian etymologist Canon Charles Bardsley writing in 1880, the name is locational from a place called Luttrell. We have not been able to establish the (former?) existence of any such place, but in the the tax registers known as the Feet of Fines for the county of Essex in the year 1206, we have the recording of Geoffrey de Lutterell. Later recordings include John de Leuter in the city of London in 1292, a spelling which would also suggest that there was once a place called Leuter. Margaret Lutte is recorded at St Michael's Cornhill in 1565, Tristram Littrell who married Elizabeth Mempus (?) at St Dunstans Stepney, on April 23rd 1618, and Antony Lutkins, a christening witness at St Anne Soho, Westminster, on August 4th 1719.

В общем, Брай крут во всех отношениях

Имя:

The boy's name Brian \b-rian\ is pronounced BRY-en. It is of Celtic, Irish and Gaelic origin, and its meaning is "high, noble".

В общем, благородный. И имя кельтское и ирландское и всё такое, короче, привет Алексу и Ховочке.

The boy's name Thomas \th(o)-mas\ is pronounced TAH-mas. It is of Aramaic origin, and its meaning is "twin". Biblical: one of the 12 apostles known as "doubting Thomas" as he has an unusual mixture of pessimism and zealous faith.

Как и ожидалось от религиозной семья Брая.

Кевин:

Такая себе крутая английская фамилия.  A patronymic name meaning "son of Richard." The given name Richard is Germanic in origin, composed of the elements ric = power and hard = hardy, brave, and means "powerful and brave." Example: Richard the Lion Hearted
В общем, Кев ваще крут.

Имя:

The boy's name Kevin \k(e)-vin\ is pronounced KEV-in. It is of Irish and Gaelic origin, and its meaning is "handsome beloved". Saint Kevin (seventh century) founded a monastery that became famous as an educational center.
Тоже слегка ирландское.

The boy's name Scott \s-co-tt\ is pronounced skaht. It is of Old English origin, and its meaning is "from Scotland, a Scotsman". Mainly used in the 20th century.
Да, тоже из Шотландиии.

Ммммм, умееешь выбирать ))

Кстати, по поводу информациии, я надеюсь, кто-нибудь ещё что-нибудь добавит, я имею в виду касательно национальности, в сети мало ресурсов на эту тему, а бросаться своими наблюдениями я бы не хотела, нужны факты.

Виноват, забыл

кстати, как оно переводится?

Ну ты ещё не забывай, что есть всякие там смиты, адамсы, джонсоны и прочеее

Во во, а с виду и не скажешь

Всегда пожалуйста, был рад покопать на благо отечества!

Как и ожидалось, Смит

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mo … ted_States

Кстати, на 74 строчке Ричардсон

да, есть такое, у них что имя, что фамилия, у шотландцев оказывается куча имён на мак начинается, а я думала тока фамилиии