Aptonym: You can't make a window without a Sill

Updated 8-6-2011at 7:22pm

Aptonym is the term for a surname that matches a profession. The favorite Seattle example is the dentist named Dr. Carey (carie is a term for dental decay). A workman named Workman and a banker named Banker would be aptonyms, but a workman named Banker and a banker named Workman would not.

The Everett HeraldNet.com has a story on Kevin Sill of Shoreline, who owns Skyline Windows, Inc. in Shoreline. Skyline Windows is located at 17240 Ronald Place North, Shoreline, WA 98133, on the red brick road that curves behind the Aurora Rents property on its way to Top Foods.

(you did get it, didn't you? window sill? - sorry, just checking)

Here's the HeraldNet story with a photo of Kevin Sill.

"Aptonym: Kevin Sill, window shop owner 

"By Theresa Goffredo, Herald Writer 

"Q: How did your name direct your career path?

"A: It really didn't. It was serendipitous, really. I was out of high school and was a busboy, and I told my girlfriend, who is now my wife, I mentioned I needed to find a better job, and she said one of her high school friends' dad has a window shop and he needs help, and he hired me on the spot. That was in 1976."