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Pages in category "Surnames of Old English origin" The following 82 pages are in this category, out of 82 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
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.
Meanings are provided where known. See Category:Dutch-language surnames and Category:Surnames of Frisian origin for surnames with their own pages. Baas – The Boss; Bakker – Baker; Beek, van – From the brook; Beekhof – garden brook; Beenhouwer – Butcher; Berg, van der – From the cliff, mountain; Berkenbosch – birch wood, a grove of ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Surnames of British Isles origin. ... Surnames of Old English origin (82 P) T. English toponymic surnames (453 P)
The name is said to have been borne by various families of the surname Kennedy. [34] Uilleachan Willie [67] A diminutive of Uilleam; likewise, En Willie is a diminutive of En William. [68] Uilleam: William [2] SG equivalent of En William. [34] Uisdean, [1] [56] Ùisdean [2] Eugene, [56] Hugh
One example of this process regarding surnames is the surname "Kneebone" which actually derives from the Cornish "Carn Ebwen" or the "tomb", "carn" of "Ebwen". The change must have occurred at a point when the original "k" at the beginning of the English word was still pronounced and thus suggests an early period in which it was anglicised.
Norse invaders ruled much of northern England, in the 9th and 10th centuries, and left English surnames of Norse origin in the area now called the Danelaw. [1] [2]
Pages in category "Surnames of French origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 462 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .