Does anyone know a good site to look up what my last name means, thanks very much/not genebase or ancestry.com

Question

it seems like alot of them just want to sell you something

Answer 1

I have used this site for the very same reason...

http://www.ancestry.com

Answer 2

Have a look at this site its brilliant.

http://www.surnamedb.com/

Answer 3

Try http://wiki.name.com/en/WELCOME

The surname list is kind of small, but what they do have is good.  Maybe yours will be there!