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This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Surnames of British Isles origin. It includes Surnames of British Isles origin that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
Pages in category "English-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 3,347 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A list of "Latin forms of English surnames" is included as an appendix in Andrew Wright's Court Hand Restored, or the Student's Assistant in reading Old Deeds, Charters, Records, etc., [20] published in 9 editions up to 1879.
Explore the origins of surnames with roots in Old English on this comprehensive Wikipedia category page.
For convenience, all surnames should be included in this category. This includes all surnames that can also be found in the subcategories. Look up Category:Surnames in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Articles in this category are concerned with surnames (last names in Western cultures, but family names in general), especially articles ...
One example of this process regarding surnames is the surname "Kneebone" which actually derives from the Cornish "Carn Ebwen" or the "tomb", "carn" of "Ebwen". The change must have occurred at a point when the original "k" at the beginning of the English word was still pronounced and thus suggests an early period in which it was anglicised.
Pages in category "English toponymic surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 452 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Not all surnames that begin with the prefix Mac-are truly derived from patronyms. Forms of the surnames MacBeth and MacRae are derived from the Gaelic personal names Mac-bethad and Mac-raith. The prefix in such cases means "pupil", "devotee", "disciple". [32] (Other examples can be found under the section Occupational Surnames).