Source:Arthur, William. Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names

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Source An etymological dictionary of family and Christian names
with an essay on their derivation and import
Author Arthur, William
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Surname Aaron, Abbot, Abdallah, Abel, Abendroth, Abercrombie, Aberdeen, Aberdene, Abernethy, Abernithy, Abney, Abraham, Acheson, Ackart, Ackerman, Ackers, Ackland, Ackman, Acton, Adair, Adams, Adcock, Addison, Adee, Adie, Adkins, Adlam, Adlar, Adrian, Affleck, Agan, Agar, Aglionby, Agneau, Agnew, Aiken, Ainsworth, Aitkin, Aiton, Akeman, Aken, Akers, Akin, Alan, Alanson, Albert, Albrecht, Alcock, Aldaine, Alden, Aldersey, Aldis, Aldjoy, Aldred, Aldridge, Alexander, Alford, Alfort, Alfred, Algar, Allan, Allen, Allendorf, Allgood, Alsop, Alverston, Alverton, Alvin, Alvord, Alwin, Amaker, Ambler, Ambrose, Ambrosebury, Amery, Ames, Amherst, Amhurst, Ammadon, Ampte, Andarton, Anderson, Andrew, Angel, Angevine, Angle, Angus, Annan, Annesley, Ansell, Anselm, Anson, Anstruther, Anthon, Anthony, Appleby, Applegarth, Appleton, Arblaster, Arbuthnot, Archibald, Ardal, Ardgall, Argyle, Arlington, Arlon, Armistead, Armisted, Armitage, Armour, Armstrong, Arnold, Arthur, Artois, Arundel, Ascall, Asgall, Ashburton, Ashby, Ashford, Ashley, Ashton, Askew, Aspinwall, Astley, Aston, Astor, Atherton, Athill, Athol, Athow, Atkins, Attree, Atwater, Atwell, Atwood, Aubrey, Auchinleck, Auchmuty, Audley, Austin, Averill, Avery, Avis, Ayleward, Aylmer, Aylsworth, Ayres, Baba, Babcock, Baber, Bachelor, Backman, Backus, Bacon, Badcock, Badeau, Badgely, Badger, Bagley, Bagot, Bailey, Baillie, Bain, Baine, Baisley, Baits, Baker, Balcombe, Baldwin, Balen, Balfour, Ball, Ballantine, Ballantyne, Ballard, Bancho, Bancroft, Bangs, Bannatyne, Bannerman, Banning, Bannister, Bant, Banta, Banvard, Bar, Barber, Barclay, Barculo, Bard, Bardel, Barhydt, Barker, Barnard, Barnes, Barnet, Barney, Barnum, Barnwell, Baron, Barr, Barras, Barrell, Barret, Barringer, Barron, Barrow, Barry, Barstow, Bartholomew, Bartlett, Barton, Bartul, Barwick, Basford, Basil, Basset, Bateman, Bates, Bath, Bathurst, Baum, Baxter, Beach, Beacher, Beadle, Beakley, Beal, Beatty, Beauchamp, Beaufort, Beaumont, Beauvais, Beck, Becker, Beckett, Beckford, Beckley, Beckman, Beckwith, Bedale, Beddau, Bede, Bedeau, Bedell, Bedford, Beecher, Beers, Begg, Belden, Bell, Bellamont, Bellamy, Bellew, Bellinger, Belmont, Belvidere, Benedict, Benjamin, Bennet, Bennett, Benson, Bent, Bentley, Beorn, Beresford, Berkeley, Bernard, Berry, Bertram, Bertrand, Berwick, Bethune, Betts, Bevan, Beveridge, Beverly, Bewley, Bickersteth, Biddle, Biddulph, Bigalow, Biggar, Biggore, Bigler, Bigod, Bigot, Bigsby, Billings, Bing, Bingham, Binney, Biorn, Birch, Birney, Birnie, Bixby, Blackburn, Blackwood, Blain, Blair, Blaisdale, Blake, Blakeman, Bland, Blaney, Blasedale, Blauvelt, Bleecker, Bleeker, Blin, Bliss, Bliven, Blond, Blood, Bloss, Blound, Blount, Blundell, Blunt, Blyth, Boardman, Bock, Bocock, Bodley, Bodone, Bogart, Bogue, Bolingbroke, Bolster, Bolton, Bonar, Bond, Bonnal, Bonner, Bonney, Bontecou, Boorman, Booth, Boothhurst, Bordoel, Borland, Borrail, Boscawen, Bostwick, Boswell, Bottesford, Bottom, Boucher, Boughton, Bourne, Bouvier, Bovie, Bowen, Bowers, Bowes, Bowles, Bowman, Bowne, Bowyer, Boyd, Boyer, Boynton, Bracy, Bradburn, Bradford, Brady, Bragg, Braine, Braman, Bramhall, Bran, Brand, Brande, Brandon, Brandreth, Bratt, Breck, Breckenridge, Breed, Breese, Brendon, Brenigan, Brennin, Brentwood, Bret, Breton, Brett, Breuilly, Brewer, Brewister, Brewster, Brian, Briant, Briare, Brice, Brick, Bride, Bridge, Bridges, Bridgman, Brienne, Brierly, Briggs, Brighton, Brill, Brimmer, Brinkerhoff, Brion, Brisban, Brisbin, Bristed, Bristol, Bristow, Brittan, Britten, Britton, Brock, Brocklesby, Brodie, Brodt, Brome, Bromfield, Bromley, Bronson, Brooks, Broome, Broomfield, Broster, Brotherson, Brougham, Broughton, Brower, Brown, Brownson, Bruce, Brunner, Brunson, Brux, Bruyere, Bryan, Bryant, Bryce, Bryn, Bryne, Buchan, Buchanan, Bucher, Buck, Buckbee, Buckhout, Buckingham, Buckley, Bucklin, Buckmaster, Buckston, Budd, Buddington, Buel, Bulkeley, Bull, Bullard, Buller, Bullions, Bullock, Bun, Bunnel, Bunting, Bunyan, Burbeck, Burby, Burd, Burden, Burder, Burdett, Burg, Burgess, Burgos, Burgoyne, Burke, Burlase, Burleigh, Burnham, Burns, Burnside, Burr, Burrard, Burrell, Burt, Burtis, Burton, Bushnell, Bushwell, Busk, Buskirk, Bussey, Butler, Butman, Butts, Buxton, Byfield, Bygby, Byington, Byron, Cad, Cade, Cadell, Cader, Cadogan, Cadwallader, Cadwell, Cady, Caeth, Cain, Cairn, Caldecote, Calder, Calderwood, Caldicott, Caldwell, Calhoun, Call, Callaghan, Cam, Cameron, Campbell, Campion, Camus, Can, Cann, Canning, Canon, Capel, Caractacus, Card, Carden, Carew, Carey, Carmichael, Carne, Carnes, Carnigan, Carr, Carson, Carter, Carteret, Cartret, Carwin, Cary, Case, Cass, Cassidy, Cathcart, Catherwood, Cavan, Caw, Caxton, Cay, Cayly, Chadsey, Chadwick, Chaffee, Chalk, Challis, Challoner, Chalmers, Chamber, Champe, Champlain, Champlin, Champney, Chandler, Channing, Chapel, Chapin, Chapman, Charles, Charnock, Chatham, Chatsey, Chatsworth, Chatterton, Chedsey, Cheeseman, Cheever, Cheney, Chesebrough, Chester, Chetham, Chichester, Chickering, Childs, Chilton, Chipman, Chittenden, Cholmondeley, Chubb, Church, Cilly, Claget, Clapp, Clare, Clark, Clauson, Clavering, Clay, Clayton, Cleary, Cleaver, Clement, Clery, Cleveland, Cliff, Clifford, Clifton, Cling, Clingman, Clinton, Closson, Clough, Clowes, Clum, Clute, Coates, Cobb, Cobern, Cochran, Cockburn, Coe, Coeyman, Coffin, Coggeshall, Cogswell, Cohen, Coit, Colbern, Colburn, Colby, Coldicot, Cole, Coleman, Collamore, Colley, Collier, Colline, Collins, Colman, Colquhoun, Colquite, Colquoit, Colson, Colt, Colton, Colver, Colville, Colvin, Colwell, Coly, Comeyn, Comstock, Conant, Conde, Conder, Cone, Conklin, Conn, Connell, Connelly, Connor, Conor, Conrad, Conry, Constable, Contin, Conway, Conyers, Cooey, Cooke, Cookson, Coombs, Coons, Cooper, Coortan, Coote, Copp, Corbet, Corbie, Corbin, Cordlan, Corkin, Cormac, Cornelius, Cornell, Corning, Cornish, Cornwallis, Corrie, Corse, Corson, Corwin, Cory, Costar, Coster, Cotesworth, Cotterell, Cotton, Couldray, Court, Courtenay, Courtlandt, Coven, Coventry, Covert, Cowan, Cowdray, Cowles, Cowley, Cox, Cradock, Craig, Cram, Cramer, Crandell, Cranston, Cranstoun, Crapo, Craven, Crawford, Crayford, Cressy, Crichton, Crigan, Crittenden, Crocker, Crocket, Croft, Crogan, Cromwell, Cronan, Cronkhite, Crosier, Cross, Crosswell, Crothers, Crouch, Crounse, Crowell, Crowther, Cudney, Cudworth, Culbert, Culbertson, Cullen, Culver, Cummings, Cunningham, Cupar, Cure, Curtis, Cusick, Cutter, Cutting, Cuyler, Cyncad, D'Aubigne, D'Oily, Dabney, Dag, Daggett, Dale, Dallas, Dalry, Dalrymple, Dalton, Dalyell, Dalziel, Dan, Dana, Danford, Danforth, Dangan, Danger, Dangerfield, Daniels, Dansereau, Danvers, Darby, Darley, Darling, Darrell, Dart, Darwin, Dauby, Dauche, Dauchy, Dautry, Davenport, Davids, Davis, Daw, Dawes, Dawnay, Dawson, Day, De Cominges, De Graff, De Groot, De Lorme, De Meer, De Wilde, Deacon, Deal, Dealtry, Dearborn, Dearden, Decker, Delafield, Delaflote, Delamater, Delancy, Delauney, Dell, Delmar, Delven, Dempster, Denio, Denis, Denman, Dennis, Denton, Derby, Dering, Dermod, Dermond, Dermot, Deshon, Devenish, Devenpeck, Devereaux, Deville, Devin, Devine, Devlin, Dewees, Dewey, Dewsbury, Dexter, Diarmaid, Dibdin, Dibin, Dick, Dickens, Dickson, Die, Diefendorf, Digby, Dillingham, Dillon, Dimock, Dinsmor, Dinton, Disney, Dix, Dixie, Dobbin, Dobbs, Dobney, Dobson, Dod, Dodd, Dodge, Dolbeer, Dole, Donald, Donell, Donelly, Donkin, Donnach, Donovan, Doran, Dorlan, Dorland, Dorn, Dorr, Dorset, Doty, Douay, Dougall, Doughty, Douglass, Dougrey, Dowell, Downs, Doyle, Drain, Drake, Draper, Drennon, Driscol, Drover, Drummer, Drury, Dryden, Dudley, Duff, Dufield, Dugan, Duman, Dumfries, Dummer, Dumont, Dun, Dunbar, Duncan, Duncansby, Dundas, Dunham, Dunipace, Dunkeld, Dunlevy, Dunlop, Dunn, Dunning, Dunstan, Duppa, Dur, Durant, Durban, Durden, Durgy, Durham, Durkee, Durward, Dustin, Dutcher, Dutton, Dwyre, Dyer, Dyke, Dykeman, Dymock, Dysart, Eager, Eastcote, Eaton, Eberlee, Eberly, Eccles, Eddy, Edgar, Edgecumbe, Ediker, Edmond, Edward, Egan, Egbert, Eggleston, Eiginn, Eldred, Eli, Elias, Ellet, Elliot, Ellis, Elphinstone, Elton, Elwy, Ely, Emerson, Emmet, Ennes, Ennis, Enos, Errick, Erskine, Erwin, Esham, Estley, Ethelbert, Eton, Eure, Eustace, Evans, Evelyn, Everard, Everett, Everly, Everts, Ewell, Eyre, Eytinge, Faal, Faber, Fabian, Facet, Faden, Fagan, Fagg, Fairbairn, Fairfax, Fairholm, Fake, Fales, Falke, Falkland, Falun, Fane, Fanning, Fanshaw, Far, Farman, Farnham, Farquhar, Farquharson, Farraday, Farrar, Fasset, Faucet, Faulkner, Fay, Fearan, Felch, Fell, Felton, Fenshaw, Fenton, Ferdinand, Fergus, Ferguson, Ferrer, Ferrers, Ferris, Ferrol, Fielding, Fife, Fifield, Filey, Filley, Filmore, Filmur, Filo, Finch, Finney, Firman, Firol, Fisk, Fister, Fitzgerald, Fitzgilbert, Fitzhamon, Fitzharding, Fitzhatton, Fitzhenry, Fitzherbert, Fitzhervey, Fitzhugh, Fitzjohn, Fitzmorice, Fitzorme, Fitzparnell, Fitzpatrick, Fitzrandolph, Fitzroy, Fitzswain, Flack, Flaherty, Flanders, Flannagan, Fleming, Fletcher, Flint, Flood, Floyd, Folger, Foljambe, Follet, Folliot, Fonda, Foote, Forbes, Forbisher, Fordham, Forrester, Forster, Forsythe, Fortescue, Fosdyke, Fosgate, Foss, Foster, Fotherby, Fothergill, Fotheringham, Foulis, Fountain, Fowler, Fox, Frame, Francis, Frank, Frankland, Franklin, Fraser, Frederick, Freeman, Freer, Freiot, Fremont, French, Frery, Friar, Frisby, Friskin, Frobisher, Frost, Frothingham, Fry, Fulham, Fulke, Fulkins, Fuller, Fullerton, Fulsom, Furbusher, Hadrian, Innis, Kincadd, Tompkins, Wilcox, Wilkins
Subject History
Publication information
Type Book
Publisher Sheldon, Blakeman & Co
Date issued 1857
Place issued New York, United States
Citation
Arthur, William. An etymological dictionary of family and Christian names: with an essay on their derivation and import. (New York, United States: Sheldon, Blakeman & Co, 1857).
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Contents

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  • Preface
  • An Essay on the Origin and Import of Family Names (page 5)
  • An Etymological Dictionary of Family Names (page 45)
    • Aaron (page 46)
    • Baba (page 59)
    • Cad (page 88)
    • Dabney (page 109)
    • Eager (page 122)
    • Faal (page 126)
    • Gadsby (page 135)
    • Hacker (page 150)
    • Ide (page 166)
    • Jack (page 168)
    • Kaufman (page 170)
    • Lackey (page 177)
    • Maban (page 188)
    • Nab (page 205)
    • Oakes (page 209)
    • Paddock (page 213)
    • Quackenboss (page 221)
    • Radcliff (page 221)
    • Sackville (page 228)
    • Tabor (page 245)
    • Udine (page 253)
    • Vacher (page 254)
    • Wade (page 259)
    • (no X)
    • Yager (page 269)
    • (no Z)
  • Christian Names
    • Names of Men (page 273)
    • Names of Women (page 291)

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