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Surname Origins
Just done a quick survey of the first 3 of my sons tree , (16 surnames)) 2 are patr0nymics, 1 is a nickname, 3 are occupational and 10 are place names, (only 1 being a towm place name, the rest are natural place names, anyone ever looked at their names this way?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I'll try to do it in my head, let me see. Mine I have no idea, that one I have no idea, that one sounds like a flower, or maybe they were really naughty in medieval times, that one I don't know, That one I don't know but is certainly Scottish, that one I don't ... mmmm .... seem to be getting a repeating pattern here :-)
sorry I know whay you mean,
there are 5 types of surname, patronymics, named for the father eg John, Johnson, Roberts, etc
Place names have 2 kinds, named for a town, country or county, London, France, Lancashire,
then general place names, Wood, Ford, Clough. Then there are iccupational names, Hawkes, Smith, Cooper, then nicknames, Redhead, Broardhead, Bigfoot.
the last type is matronymic but we leave those to the scandanaivians
there are 5 types of surname, patronymics, named for the father eg John, Johnson, Roberts, etc
Place names have 2 kinds, named for a town, country or county, London, France, Lancashire,
then general place names, Wood, Ford, Clough. Then there are iccupational names, Hawkes, Smith, Cooper, then nicknames, Redhead, Broardhead, Bigfoot.
the last type is matronymic but we leave those to the scandanaivians
My maiden name was derived from a very famous Lord whose country seat funnily enough is very close to where I now live.
My married name is not British and is uncommon even in it's country of origin. Certainly not a trade or a profession or patronymic. Perhaps it started as a nickname!! We will never know.
My married name is not British and is uncommon even in it's country of origin. Certainly not a trade or a profession or patronymic. Perhaps it started as a nickname!! We will never know.