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Re: Origin of the surname HOPLA ??? |
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Jim Young (guest, 87.102.116.169) |
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December 11, 2007 at 1:15:49 PM |
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Origin of the surname HOPLA ??? by Hopla, Hoplah |
Thinking that this might be French in origin I posted a query on a French forum. I'll paste the reply I got here as, though it's in French, the explanation "Hopley", the English language references, and the Pembrokeshire ecclesiastical website are self-explanatory.
"Tout indique que Hopla est une variante de Hopley, un toponyme que Bardsley et Harrison décomposent en Hope+leah 'pré, prairie'. Ainsi, on retrouve des Hopley et des Hopla qui ont été baptisés dans la même église à ."
(Respondent identified as "Marc")
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