I yanked this off the Broken Arrow Publishing website: ---------------- BREEDLOVE may be a combination of the Old English "brad" = broad, wide + AngloNormanFrench "louve" = she-wolf. The term "louve" was widely used as a flattering nickname for a brave man or warrior, in the context of the fierceness of the she-wolf in protecting her young. Breedlove in that sense would be an English nickname describing the warrior of broad stature. --------------- Tom