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Selwyn is a given name and surname.. It may have originated from the Middle English personal name Selewyne, and from the Old English personal name Seleƿine, putting together the words sele ("hall") and ƿine ("friend") [1] or "sea friend". [2]
Wolfenden is a surname of Old English origin meaning 'the valley of Wulfhelm' and derives from the location or township of Wolfenden near Newchurch-in-Rossendale, Lancashire. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Other variants include Woolfenden.
Alternatively, Coates is a noble family of English and Scottish origin. [2] The surname Coates, which originally is of Norman background, [3] was first found in Staffordshire where the family are "descended from Sir Richard de Cotes, who was probably son of Thomas de Coates, living in 1157, when the Black Book of the Exchequer was compiled. At ...
Several surnames have multiple spellings; this is sometimes due to unrelated families bearing the same surname. A single surname in either language may have multiple translations in the other. In some English translations of the names, the M(a)c- prefix may be omitted in the English, e.g. Bain vs MacBain, Cowan vs MacCowan, Ritchie vs MacRitchie.
The surname can also be found in England where it is again of patronymic origin, meaning "son of Butt". First found in Middlesex where they were anciently seated, and were granted lands by William the Conqueror, and recorded in the Domesday Book compiled in 1086. An early reference to this surname in 1200 England, William de Butte is listed in ...
Crowe is a surname of Middle English origin. Its Old English origin means 'crow', and was a nickname for someone said to resemble this bird, probably if they had very dark hair. [1] The name is historically most common in the English Counties of Norfolk and Suffolk particularly around the City of Norwich.