The Origin of English SurnamesReaney surveys the origins and history of English surnames. The book is etymological and explanatory, not genealogical, though this aspect has not been ignored. |
Contents
Some much discussed surnames | 9 |
Names of multiple origin | 16 |
Surnames from towns villages and estates | 37 |
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Adam Alice appears atte Bardsley became become Bedfordshire Breton British Surnames Bury Bury St Edmunds called Calvados Cambridgeshire Chaucer christian name common compounds Conquest counties Danelaw denote Dictionary diminutive Domesday Book dweller England English Essex etymology examples family names filius fourteenth century Geoffrey Henry hereditary Hugh John Kent Lancashire land later Lincolnshire lived London maker manor meaning medieval metonymic Middle English modern surnames Nicholas nickname Norfolk Norman Norwich numerous obsolete occasionally occupational occupational-names occurs origin Oxford parish patronymic peasants personal-names pet-form pet-name place-name popular probably pronunciation Ralph rare recorded Richard Robert Roger Scandinavian Seine-Inférieure seller servant Shropshire Simon slang Somerset spelling SRLO SRSf SRSO SRSx SRWo Subsidy Rolls Suffolk surnames derive survives Sussex term thirteenth century Thomas twelfth century variants village villeins Walter Weekley Welsh whilst William Worcestershire Yorkshire