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Help[Facts] Re: Family Names
in reply to a message by Caitlin
Anstis is probably an alternative spelling of Anstice, which was indeed a form of Anastasia used in England in the 16th and 17th centuries, according to The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names.
Freidel is probably a pet form of Freyde, a Yiddish name meaning "joy".
I would assume that Galynn was invented by the parents in 1945, either by blending Gay and Lynn or as a feminine form of Galen.
Lisetta is a German form of Lisa, which is itself of course from Elizabeth.
Pickney is probably a misprint for Pinckney, which is a surname prominent in the South which has been used as a given name there. It originally was a Norman French surname indicating one's ancestor came from a place called Picquigny in France, according to Reaney & Wilson's A Dictionary of English Surnames.
Saphrona is undoubtedly just a variation of Sophronia.
Could Aorum merely be the result of bad handwriting trying to reproduce Aaron?
Barthlin is indeed probably a pet form of Bartholomew. Hanks & Hodges' A Dictionary of Surnames gives Barthel as a German form of Bartholomew and Bartolijn as a Flemish form of Bartholomew.
Olen is probably a respelling of Olin, which is a surname which has been turned into a given name in the USA many times. I can't find an origin for Olin on short notice, but here are links to websites for the Olin family. One of them claims the original Olin was from Wales:
http://olinfamilysociety.org/
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/River/7560/olin.html
A Dictionary of English Place-Names by A. D. Mills says that Stukeley in Cambridgeshire goes back to Old English words meaning "woodland clearing with tree stumps."
Veltin is probably a respelling of Velten, which is a form of Valentine used in Germany.
Freidel is probably a pet form of Freyde, a Yiddish name meaning "joy".
I would assume that Galynn was invented by the parents in 1945, either by blending Gay and Lynn or as a feminine form of Galen.
Lisetta is a German form of Lisa, which is itself of course from Elizabeth.
Pickney is probably a misprint for Pinckney, which is a surname prominent in the South which has been used as a given name there. It originally was a Norman French surname indicating one's ancestor came from a place called Picquigny in France, according to Reaney & Wilson's A Dictionary of English Surnames.
Saphrona is undoubtedly just a variation of Sophronia.
Could Aorum merely be the result of bad handwriting trying to reproduce Aaron?
Barthlin is indeed probably a pet form of Bartholomew. Hanks & Hodges' A Dictionary of Surnames gives Barthel as a German form of Bartholomew and Bartolijn as a Flemish form of Bartholomew.
Olen is probably a respelling of Olin, which is a surname which has been turned into a given name in the USA many times. I can't find an origin for Olin on short notice, but here are links to websites for the Olin family. One of them claims the original Olin was from Wales:
http://olinfamilysociety.org/
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/River/7560/olin.html
A Dictionary of English Place-Names by A. D. Mills says that Stukeley in Cambridgeshire goes back to Old English words meaning "woodland clearing with tree stumps."
Veltin is probably a respelling of Velten, which is a form of Valentine used in Germany.
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