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Pages in category "English-language occupational surnames" The following 198 pages are in this category, out of 198 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "Occupational surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,445 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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A list of "Latin forms of English surnames" is included as an appendix in Andrew Wright's Court Hand Restored, or the Student's Assistant in reading Old Deeds, Charters, Records, etc., [20] published in 9 editions up to 1879.
Surnames of English origin. This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Surnames of British Isles origin . It includes Surnames of British Isles origin that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
Pages in category "English-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 3,381 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Wright is an occupational surname originating in England and Scotland. [1] The term 'Wright' comes from the circa 700 AD Old English word 'wryhta' or 'wyrhta', meaning worker or shaper of wood. Later it became any occupational worker [ 2 ] [ 3 ] (for example, a shipwright is a person who builds ships), and is used as a British family name .
Ward is a surname of either Old English or Old Gaelic origin, common in English-speaking countries. The Old English name derives from an occupational surname for a civil guard/keeper of the watch, or alternately as a topographical surname from the word werd ("marsh"). The Old Irish surname is linguistically unrelated, and derives from Mac an ...