Surnames do, too.

What is this?

Last names aren't necessarily derived from an ancestor's name or locale. They may be derived from something else, or not. Not derived at all.

The asterisk after the translation means that it's accented differently when it's a surname and when it's not.

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Surname

actually means

Kulja

Polenta

Tanko

Thinly

Pužić

Little snail*

Gvozdenac

Steel marble

these were actually balls from bearings, used as marbles

Došljak

Newcomer, immigrant

Šulj

Hemorrhoid

Tkalac

Weaver

Dupljak

Duplicate*

originates from 'duplja' - a hollow, a cavity; 'dupljak' nowadays is an unnecessary double, e.g. entry in a collection, or a duplicate

Prašak

Powder*

Nepergaća

Nowashpants

Pecikoza

Frygoat

Skakavac

Grashopper

Pandur

cop

and indeed there was a police official with this surname