Wiktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: harmonic (Noun). a component frequency of the signal of a wave that is an integer multiple of the fundamental frequency. harmonic (Adjective).
The majority, however, come from people who are just beginning to look at their family tree and hope that learning the origin of their last name will give them insight into where their family originally came from. Last names aren't always as simple as they sound, however. Kerry, for example, is an Irish surname.
People developed individual surnames which, over time, became names that were passed down from generation to generation. Surnames usually originated from one of the five following sources: (although the same surname may have multiple meanings from different sources in different places).1  From the first name of father used with either a suffix or prefix (which differ from country to country) to identify the person as son of.2  Examples:hat does my surname mean?. If you have ever asked this question and wondered about the origin of your last name, you will find your surname may answer one of the questions of where your ancestors lived, or what they did for a living, or what was their personality like, or how they looked many hundreds of years ago.