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  2. List of irregularly spelled English names - Wikipedia

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    This is a set of lists of English personal and place names having spellings that are counterintuitive to their pronunciation because the spelling does not accord with conventional pronunciation associations. Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages.

  3. Category:English-language surnames - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "English-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 3,354 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  4. List of irregularly spelt places in the United Kingdom

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    This is a sublist of List of irregularly spelled English names. These common suffixes have the following regular pronunciations, which are historic, well established and etymologically consistent. However, they may be counterintuitive, as their pronunciation is inconsistent with the usual phonetics of English. -b(o)rough and -burgh – / b ər ə /

  5. English name - Wikipedia

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    English names are personal names used in, or originating in, England. In England, as elsewhere in the English-speaking world , a complete name usually consists of one or more given names , commonly referred to as first names, and a (most commonly patrilineal , rarely matrilineal ) family name or surname , also referred to as a last name.

  6. Atherton (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Pronunciation / ˈ æ ð ər t ən / ADH ... "British Family Names: their origin and meaning, with lists of Scandinavian, Frisian, Anglo-Saxon and Norman names ...

  7. Category:English families - Wikipedia

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    Simple English; کوردی; Suomi ... (name) Willoughby family; Willson Group; Worthington family; Wyatt family This page was last edited on 9 April 2023, at 17:54 ...

  8. List of family name affixes - Wikipedia

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    -son (English, Swedish, German, Norwegian, Scottish, Icelandic) "son (of)" (sometimes less recognizable, e.g. "Dixon"; in Iceland not part of a family name but the patronymic (sometimes matronymic) last name (by law), where (usually) the fathers's name is always slightly modified and then son added) [citation needed]

  9. Talbot (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Talbot is an English Norman–origin surname.Notable people with the name include: Albert Talbot (1877–1936), Anglican Dean of Sydney; Andre Talbot (born 1978), Canadian football player