| ALEXANDER, ANDERSON (?), ANDERSON, ARCHER, ARMSTRONG, ASHLEY, BAILEY, BENNETT, BENT, BERKEL, BIRD, BRAVO, BROOKS, BROWN, CARTER, CHAN, CLARKE, CROOKS, CRUMP, DARLINGTON , DENNISUR, DIAS, DRAGGON, DRUMMOND, EDWARDS, ELLIOTT, GOLDBOURNE, GORDON, GRAY, GREEN , GREENFIELD, HARRIS, HEHOLT , HIGGINS, HUGHES , HYLTON, JACQUES , JAMES, JENKINS , JOHNSON, JONES , KELLY, LAWRENCE , LODGE, LYONS , MARTIN, MCALPIN , MCDONALD, MCKENZIE, MILLS, MITCHELL, MORGAN, NICHOLSON, NOEL, PERCIVAL, PERKINS, PHILLIPS, POWELL, RATTRAY, REILLY, RICHARDS, ROBERTS, ROSE, ROWE , SAMY, SMALL, SMITH , SNIPES, SOUTHWELL, SPOONER , STAPLETON, THOMAS, UNIDENTIFIED, UNKNOWN, VASSELL, WALKER, WHITFIELD, WILLIAMS, WILSON |
| So what exactly is a SURNAME and why in heavens wonderland did people start to use them? |
| Find out more at Broken Arrow Publishing's History of Surnames. They also offer a listing of surnames with their various meanings and histories. |
| And CHRISTIAN NAMES... How did they come into being? Click here to find out about the significance of Christian names and the history of various names. |
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Trivia Time! Did you know that. . . ? |
| "Anderson: is the ninth most common surname in America, and owes that position to the popularity of the name Andrew in England, Scotland, and Scandinavian countries. Andrew (man) was the first of the disciples called by Jesus, and was a revered name due to its church influences through medieval times. St. Andrew is the patron saint of both Scotland and Russia and many given names were chosen to honor the saint. Patronymic surnames are names used to describe a man by using his father's name. In Norway the name takes the form Andresen, Anders , and Enders ; the Swedes in American eliminated the extra -S- they normally include to become Anderson. It was Andersson and Anderssen before they emigrated. The French form is Andre , with an accent mark above the ending letter. Andrews is largely found in Scotland, along with McAndrew -- the prefix Mc being another patronymic designation -- which is also found in Ireland. In Italy, the name is D'Andrea , in Poland it is Andrzejewski , in the Ukraine it is Andrijenko , and in Czechoslovakia, Andrew takes the form of Ondrus . " (from Broken Arrow Publishing's "Surname: What's in a Name?") | |
Great Places to find out More about Names |
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Wondering what to name the new baby? - Check out the Baby Name Center, a large database of names from almost every country in the world. |
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Want to find other pages with your surname? Check out the Surname Springboard which has a huge listing of existing geneology websites listed by surname. |
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Click here for links to Surnames from around the world, information on coat of arms, historical research centers and more. |
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