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Does Addison and MacAdams mean the same thing? Why would the same culture(Scottish) have two surnames with the same meaning? Am I missing something?
-Seda*
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-Seda*
"WOOHOO! Hey I have to tell y'all something. I went to Sea World for the first time yesterday. It rocked! I got to kiss a whale! And it kissed me back!"-Kelly Clarkson
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Obviously it does. This is at lueast, what the Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press says:
http://www.ancestry.com/search/SurnamePage.aspx?sourcecode=13304&html=b&fn=&ln=Addison&submit.x=0&submit.y=0
http://www.ancestry.com/search/SurnamePage.aspx?ln=McAdams&fn=&sourcecode=13304&html=b
Well, you will find a lot of different surnames with the same meaning in one culture:
From the same word: Koller and Kähler (coal burner)
From different words meaning the same: Fiedler and Geiger (Fiddler)
In the case of Addison I think it's the Nickname Addie that created the variant.
Could this be an explanation?
http://www.ancestry.com/search/SurnamePage.aspx?sourcecode=13304&html=b&fn=&ln=Addison&submit.x=0&submit.y=0
http://www.ancestry.com/search/SurnamePage.aspx?ln=McAdams&fn=&sourcecode=13304&html=b
Well, you will find a lot of different surnames with the same meaning in one culture:
From the same word: Koller and Kähler (coal burner)
From different words meaning the same: Fiedler and Geiger (Fiddler)
In the case of Addison I think it's the Nickname Addie that created the variant.
Could this be an explanation?
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I guess...thanks...
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*Aphrodite* (aka Hattie)
"You may feel self conscious...or not like the way you look, but it's just a girl moment. You're beautiful because there is no one like you. -You're unique!"-Kelly Clarkson
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