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ACKLES Anglo-SaxonThe ancient history of the Ackles name begins with the ancient Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name is derived from when the family resided in Eccles which was in both Norfolk and a parish near Manchester.
ASHMAN English, Anglo-SaxonFrom Middle English
Asheman, a byname meaning "pirate, seaman". It can also be made up of English
ash referring to the "ash tree", and
man. In that case, it could refer to someone who lived by ash trees...
[more] BABBIT Anglo-SaxonBabbitt is part of the ancient legacy of the Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. It is a product of when the family lived in Suffolk. The surname refers to a person who came from Babe, which may refer to an area known as the Hundred of Babegh in the county of Suffolk...
[more] BARGY Anglo-SaxonThe surname Bargy was first found in Gloucestershire, where they held a family seat from ancient times.
BAYGENTS Anglo-SaxonThe earliest recorded spelling of the surname was "Besant", "Bezant", or "Beasant", which comes from an old French word "besant", which, in turn, was derived from the Latin term "byzantius aureus". The "byzantius" or "bezant" was a gold coin named after the city of Byzantium (ancient name in BC, later named 'Constantinople' in 330 AD)...
[more] BEEKMAN German, Anglo-SaxonThis name derives from the pre 5th century Olde German and later Anglo-Saxon word "bah" or "baecc". This word describes a stream, or as a name specifically someone who lived or worked by a stream.
BLAGDEN Anglo-SaxonBlagden is a locational surname deriving from any one of the places called Blackden or Blagdon, or Blagden farm in Hempstead, Essex. Blackden in Cheshire, Blagden in Essex and Blagdon in Northumberland share the same meaning and derivation, which is "the dark or black valley", derived from the Old English pre 7th Century "blaec", black, with "denu", valley, while the places called Blagdon in Devon, Dorset and Somerset, recorded as Blakedone in 1242, Blakeson in 1234, and Blachedone in the Domesday Book of 1086 respectively mean "the black hill", derived from the Old English "blaec", black, and "dun", down, hill, mountain...
[more] BODILY Anglo-SaxonA habitational name from the parish of Budleigh, near Exeter in Devon or Baddeley Green in Staffordshire. From the Old English
budda, meaning "beetle" and
leah, meaning "wood" or "clearing", also known as a glade...
[more] BRYER Anglo-SaxonThis unusual surname is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and was originally given either as a topographical name to someone who lived by a briar patch, deriving from the Olde English pre 7th Century "braer, brer", Middle English "brer", prickly thorn-bush, or as a nickname to a prickly individual, "sharp as brere" (Chaucer), from the same word applied in a transferred sense.
BURBIDGE Anglo-SaxonThis interesting name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and is a dialectal variant of the locational surname, deriving from any of the places called "Burbage", in the counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Wiltshire...
[more] BURNELL Anglo-Saxon, Medieval EnglishA name for a person with a brown complexion or dark brown hair. From the Old English
burnel via the French
brunel a diminutive of the French
brun, which means "brown". The suffix
el-- a short form of "little" was added to brun to make
Brunel...
[more] BUX Anglo-SaxonFrom boc, meaning a beach, or beech. Sometimes used as an element of a place name e.g. Buxton, in Derbyshire, Buxhall, in Suffolk, or Buxted in Sussex; variant of "Buck", a deer.
CHILDRESS Anglo-SaxonThe surname Childress may have been a nickname for an orphan, or an occupational name applied to someone who ran an orphanage. Further research showed the name was derived from the Old English word
cildra-hus, which means "children's house" or "orphanage".
COMMANDER Anglo-Saxon, FrenchFrom Middle English
comander,
comandor and
comandour and also from Old French
comandeor, all meaning "commander", "leader" or "ruler". The first recorded use of the name is through a family seat held in Somerset.
COPE Anglo-SaxonEarliest origins of the Cope surname date from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain, for a person who habitually wore a long cloak or cape. The surname Cope is derived from the Old English word cope, which emerged about 1225 and comes from the Old English word cape, which refers to a cloak or cape.
CORPUS Anglo-SaxonIt was a name given to a dark-haired person. In Yorkshire and Suffolk, the surname Corpus is derived from the Old Norse word korpr, which means raven; in Oxfordshire, the surname is derived from the Old French word corp, which has the same meaning.
CRAN Anglo-SaxonThis picturesque name is of Anglo Saxon origin and is a nickname surname given to a tall thin man, or someone with long legs, or some other fancied resemblance to the bird. The derivation is from the old English "cran(uc)", "cron(uc)", "cren(uc)", which means a crane and until the introduction of a separate word in the 14th Century also a heron...
[more] CULBERT Anglo-Saxon, Irish, English, ScottishMeaning and origin are uncertain. Edward MacLysaght (The Surnames of Ireland, 1999, 6th Ed., Irish Academic Press, Dublin, Ireland and Portland, Oregon, USA) states that this surname is of Huguenot (French Protestant) origin, and found mainly in Ireland's northern province of Ulster...
[more] DOWNING Anglo-Saxonfrom 'Dunning', a patronymic meaning 'Son of Dunn', 'Dunn' being a nickname for someone with brown coloring
ENGELBY Anglo-SaxonThe name Engelby has a long Anglo-Saxon heritage, from people of the village of Ingoldsby, Lincolnshire, or from Ingleby, found in Derbyshire, or at Ingleby-Berwick, North Yorkshire.
FISING Anglo-Saxon (Rare), RomanianThis surname specifically comes from a village in Transylvania, Romania named Gergeschdorf, currently named Ungurei in Transylvania, Romania. The surname is a Siebenburgen Saxon or Transylvanian Saxon specific surname...
[more] FOLAND Anglo-Saxon (Archaic)Originally an English name, Foland is actually a variant of the name Fowler (as in bird-catcher). Most migrating to Ireland, other Fowlers/Folands first came to the Americas in 1622; John Fowler....
[more] FRENCH English, Anglo-SaxonEthnic name for someone from France, Middle English
frensche, or in some cases perhaps a nickname for someone who adopted French airs. Variant of Anglo-Norman French
FRAIN.
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.
GOODCHILD Anglo-SaxonA name used from the middle ages around the Anglo-Saxon period. It is also the surname of basketball player Miela Goodchild (DOB Unknown).
HAM English, German, Scottish, Anglo-SaxonAnglo-Saxon meaning the home stead, many places in England. One who came from Hamm in North-Rhine Westphalia, or one who came from Ham in Caithness Scotland's most northerly county. In Scotland this surname devires from the Norse word "Hami", meaning homestead.
LAWFORD Anglo-SaxonThis surname is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is a locational name from any of the various places called Lawford which have as their component elements the Olde English pre 7th Century personal name "
Lealla", cognate with the Old High German "
Lallo", and the Olde English "ford", a ford...
[more] LEVEROCK Anglo-Saxon, EnglishIt goes back those Anglo-Saxon tribes that once ruled over Britain. Such a name was given to a person who was given the nickname
Laverock, which was the Old English word that described a person who was a good singer or someone who had a cheery personality.
MORGADE Anglo-SaxonIt`s a derived from Anglo-Saxon Morgen Or Morgan. Its meaning is morning. It have a second meaning that is a variety or type of oil.
NUTE Anglo-Saxon, EnglishDerived from the given name
CNUTE. Alternatively, it may be of nickname origin, from the Old English word
hnutu, which meant brown, and would have been given to someone with a brown complexion.
ROCKHOLD Anglo-SaxonCame from when the family lived in the village of Rock found in the various locations that existed in Worcestershire, Devon and also in Northumberland.The surname also has topographic origins in that it describes the area where the original bearers lived.
RUGELEY Anglo-SaxonA locational surname whose literal meaning is "woodland clearing on or near a ridge", derived from the Old English
hrycg meaning "ridge" and
leah, meaning "clearing". First recorded as a surname in Staffordshire, England, but refers to a village in Normandy called
Rugles.
SATHER Anglo-SaxonSather is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from the family once having lived in the ancient chapelry of Satterthwaite found near Hawkeshead in Lancashire. This surname was originally derived from the Old English elements soetr meaning shield and pveit meaning pasture...
[more] SKIPWORTH Anglo-Saxonis of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is a locational name from Skipwith in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The placename was recorded as "Schipewic" in the Domesday Book of 1086; as "Scipewiz" in the 1166 Pipe Rolls of the county; and as "Skipwith" in the 1291 Pipe Rolls, and derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century "sceap, scip", sheep, and "wic", outlying settlement; hence, "settlement outside the village where sheep were kept"...
[more] STOGNER Anglo-SaxonThe surname Stogner belongs to the large category of Anglo-Saxon habitation names, which are derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads.
TRAFFORD Anglo-SaxonA habitational surname that originates from villages in Cheshire and Northamptonshire. First recorded as a surname in 1086. ...
[more] WOLLSTONECRAFT Anglo-SaxonWollstonecraft derived originally from the Saxon name of Wulfstan which later developed into Wol(f)stan. The name means wolf stone and is one of a number of names based on Wolf....
[more] WYKES Anglo-SaxonFrom the Old English
wic, roughly meaning "farm." The plural form is a patronymic of which is "son of Wic."...
[more] YARBROUGH Anglo-SaxonThe ancient roots of the Yarbrough family name are in the Anglo-Saxon culture. The name Yarbrough comes from when the family lived in either the parish or the hamlet called Yarborough in the county of Lincolnshire...
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