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Aubert This widespread English, German, French Catalan, Italian, Spanish and Hungarian name was originally derived from a Germanic personal name ALBRECHET, which was composed of the elements ADAL (noble) and BERHT (bright and famous). This was one of the most common Germanic given names, and was borne...

A La Torre This Spanish and French surname of A LA TORRE was a habitation name from Tours in Eure- et-Loire, northern France, originally named TURONES. It was also a topographic name for someone who lived near a tower, usually a defensive fortification or watchtower. The name was rendered in...

Ainge The surname of AINGE was a locational name ‘of the ing’, a meadow, generally one lying near a river. Local names derive from a place name, indicating where the man held land, or the place from which he had come, or where he actually lived.The Norman Conquest in the year of 1066 revolutionized...

Anning The surname of ANNING was a baptismal name ‘the son of Agnes’ a popular feminine name during the 12th to the 16th century. Early records of the name mention Annis Thring, 1606 County Wiltshire. Annese Teswell, 1625 Canterbury. Peter Kinge and Mary Annys were married in London in the...

Allen   The surname of ALLEN was  derived from the gaelic  AILENE – meaning rock.One of our most popular names, said  to come into England with Alan Fergeant, Count  of Brittany, a companion of the Conqueror, and  first Earl of Richmond of the County  of Yorkshire. It was  the name...

Amos This surname AMOS is a baptismal name ‘the son of Amys’ which was derived from the Old French name Aimee. The name was brought to England with the Norman Conqueror in 1066. Many of the early names recorded in medieval documents denote noble families but many also indicate migration...

Atkinson SURNAMES as we know them today were first assumed in Europe from the 11th to the 15th Century. They were not in use in England or in Scotland before the Norman Conquest, and were first found in the Domesday Book. The employment in the use of a second name was a custom that was first introduced...

Barco SURNAMES as we know them today were first assumed in Europe from the 11th to the 15th Century. They were not in use in England or in Scotland before the Norman Conquest, and were first found in the Domesday Book. The employment in the use of a second name was a custom that was first introduced...

Brien BRIEN ranks among the ten commonest names in Ireland, with over half the O’Brien families located in the province of Munster. The sept from which these families descend took its name from Brian Boru (Boroimhe) High King of Ireland in the 10th Century.Subsequently the great O’Briain...

Callies This name CALLIES was derived from the Old French ‘cale’ a maker of head-dresses for women. The name was probably brought to England in the wake of the Norman Conquest of 1066. Early records of the name mention CALLE (without surname) who was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086.In...

Chase The associated coat of arms is recorded in Sir Bernard Burkes General Armory. Ulster King of Arms in 1884. Registered at Much Hadham, Hertfordshire. The surname of CHASE was apparently a metonymic occupational name for a huntsman or rather a nickname for an exceptionally skilled huntsman, originally...

Culkin The surname of CULKIN is a variant of Quilkin. The name was derived from the Gaelic MacUilcin. In Connacht, this name is a branch of the Stauntons of Mayo, now usually called Culkin or Culkeen. Ireland was one of the earliest countries to evolve a system of hereditary surnames: they came into...

Dillon This surname of DILLON arrived in Ireland at the end of the 12th centurywith the Anglo-Norman settlement which accompanied the invasion.These Dillons acquired a vast territory which comprised much of County Westmeath whence they extended westwards into Connacht, branches taking root in County...

Duff  This surname DUFF was  derived from the Gaelic  MacDhubhashith and  is one  of the oldest and most  interesting Gaelic  personal names we possess. Johannes Macdufti appears as a charter witness in Dumfreisshire in the reign of Alexander II, and  Thomas Macdoffy rendered homage in the year...

Fabris The name FABRIS was baptismal ‘the son of Fabian’ an ancient and popular font name. The name is of English, French, Polish, Austrian and Venetian origin, from a given name, rendered in medieval documents in the Latin form FABIANUS) an ancient Roman family name, which achieved some...

Facchini This Italian surname of FACCHINI was originally from the French given name BONIFACE, rendered in medieval documents in the Latin form BONIFATIUS from BONUM (good) and FATUM (fate, destiny). Bonifatius was the name of the Roman military governor of North Africa in 422-32, who was a friend of...

Fernandes This German and French surname was originally from a Spanish personal name composed of the elements FARO (journey, expedition) and NANO (daring and brave). The surname is of comparatively recent origin in German-speaking countries, and in France, for the given name was not introduced from...