Behind the Name: Message: "Nye, Hage, Watson."

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Subject:	Nye, Hage, Watson.
Author:	Jim Young (guest, 87.102.2.63)
Date:	January 2, 2007 at 11:32:21 AM
Reply to:	Re: Kent by Nick

Nye: English place name, e.g., Nye in Somerset. According to Reaney it's from the Middle English, atten eye, meaning "at the piece of low lying land".
Hage: could it be Haigh or Hague? Both from a minor Yorkshire place name, or names. Cognate with the modern word hedge, though it might mean a fence.
Or could it be Haig? A Scottish surname said to be from Cap la Hague, Normandy, France. The Hague in that name means the same as the last.
Watson means son of Wat, short for Walter. A Northern English and Scottish surname.

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Messages in this thread:

Kent - Nick Dec 30 2006, 10:45:02 PM
- Slightly OT - Lillian Jan 1 2007, 1:11:16 PM
- Re: Kent - Jim Young Dec 31 2006, 3:29:12 AM
  - Re: Kent - Nick Dec 31 2006, 7:28:03 PM
    - Re: Kent - Jim Young Jan 1 2007, 3:00:50 AM
      - Re: Kent - Nick Jan 1 2007, 7:04:52 PM
        
        Nye, Hage, Watson. - Jim Young Jan 2 2007, 11:32:21 AM
        
        Re: Nye, Hage, Watson. - Nick Jan 2 2007, 2:22:46 PM

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