Norman
names are used in Normandy in northeastern France and on the British Channel Islands.
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ACE English, Norman, Medieval FrenchThe surname Ace's origin is from a Norman and Old French personal name, Ace, Asse, from Germanic Frankish origin Azzo, Atso, a pet form of personal names containing adal ‘noble’ as a first element.
BACON English, French, NormanAn occupational surname for someone who sold pork, from Middle English and Old French
bacun or
bacon, meaning 'bacon', which is ultimately of Germanic origin. Can also be derived from the Germanic given names
Baco,
Bacco, or
Bahho, from the root
bag-, meaning 'to fight'...
[more] BUNCE NormanMeaning "good" person in old french. Also means "bain"(exeptionaly tall) in old english
CAMPION Norman, FrenchEnglish (of Norman origin) and French: status name for a professional champion (see
CHAMPION,
KEMP), from the Norman French form
campion.
CARTIER French, NormanOriginal Norman French form of
CARTER. A notable bearer was Breton-French explorer Jacques Cartier (1491-1557), who is known for discovering the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
CAVE Norman, French, EnglishA name of various possible origins. As a Norman French name Cave can mean "bald" from
cauf or it can mean "worker in a wine cellar" or "one who dwelt in or near a cave". As an English name Cave refers to a Yorkshire river whose fast current inspired the name meaning "swift".
DAUGHTRY English, NormanEnglish (of Norman origin) habitational name, with fused French preposition d(e), for someone from Hauterive in Orne, France, named from Old French
haute rive ‘high bank’ (Latin
alta ripa).
FRINK Anglo-Saxon, NormanIt was a name given to a person who was referred to as being free or generous. The surname was originally derived from the Old French franc, which meant "liberal, generous." ... The surname also has origins from the Norman official title, the frank which also means free.
GAINES English, Norman, WelshEnglish (of Norman origin): nickname for a crafty or ingenious person, from a reduced form of Old French
engaine ‘ingenuity’, ‘trickery’ (Latin
ingenium ‘native wit’). The word was also used in a concrete sense of a stratagem or device, particularly a trap....
[more] GAY English, NormanHabitational name from places in Normandy called Gaye, from an early proprietor bearing a Germanic personal name cognate with Wade.
GERMAN English, Norman, German, Jewish, GreekFrom Old French
germain meaning "German". This sometimes denoted an actual immigrant from Germany, but was also used to refer to a person who had trade or other connections with German-speaking lands...
[more] GREELEY English, NormanEnglish (of Norman origin): nickname for someone with a pock-marked face, from Old Northern French
greslé ‘pitted’, ‘scarred’ (from
gresle ‘hailstone’, of Germanic origin).
HERBARTH German, NormanReferences Old Norse Deity "Odin" being one of the "Son's of Odin". Remember that the Geats became the Ostrogoths through the Denmark pass--referenced in Beowulf. Or, it means "Warrior of the Bearded One", perhaps a King...
[more] HURRELL English, NormanEnglish (of Norman origin) from a derivative of Old French
hurer ‘to bristle or ruffle’, ‘to stand on end’ (see
Huron).
LEGAULT Norman (French)From the French "le Gaul," meaning simply "the Gaul." Gaul refers to the northern part of modern-day France.
MANSELL English (Canadian), NormanOf Norman origin, a habitational or regional name from Old French
mansel ‘inhabitant of Le Mans or the surrounding area of Maine’. The place was originally named in Latin (ad) Ceromannos, from the name of the Gaulish tribe living there, the Ceromanni...
[more] MASEY English, Scottish, French, NormanEnglish and Scottish (of Norman origin) and French: habitational name from any of various places in northern France which get their names from the Gallo-Roman personal name
MACCIUS + the locative suffix
-acum....
[more] PEEVEY Norman, EnglishMeans "a place with a fine view". Composed of the Old French roots
beu, which means "fair" and "lovely", and
voir, which means "to see".
PRUDHOMME French, English, Norman, Medieval FrenchFrench (Prud’homme) and English (of Norman origin): nickname from Old French prud’homme ‘wise’, ‘sensible man’, a cliché term of approbation from the chivalric romances. It is a compound of Old French proz, prod ‘good’, with the vowel influenced by crossing with prudent ‘wise’ + homme ‘man’...
[more] TALBOT English, NormanDisputed origin, but likely from a Germanic given name composed of the elements
tal "to destroy" and
bod "message". In this form the name is also found in France, taken there apparently by English immigrants; the usual French form is
TALBERT.
TALLANT English (British, ?), Norman, IrishEnglish (of Norman origin) occupational name for a tailor or nickname for a good swordsman, from
taillant ‘cutting’, present participle of Old French
tailler ‘to cut’ (Late Latin
taliare, from
talea ‘(plant) cutting’)...
[more] TALLON English, Irish, Norman, FrenchEnglish and Irish (of Norman origin), and French from a Germanic personal name derived from
tal ‘destroy’, either as a short form of a compound name with this first element (compare
TALBOT) or as an independent byname...
[more] TURNEY English, NormanHabitational name from places in France called Tournai, Tournay, or Tourny. All named with the pre-Roman personal name
TURNUS and the locative suffix
-acum.
VERDIER French, Norman, EnglishOccupational name for a forester. Derived from Old French
verdier (from Late Latin
viridarius, a derivative of
viridis "green"). Also an occupational name for someone working in a garden or orchard, or a topographic name for someone living near one...
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