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Andrews is a patronymic surname of English, Scottish, and Norse origin. [1] At the time of the 1881 British Census, its relative frequency was highest in Dorset (3.6 times the British average), followed by Wiltshire, Huntingdonshire, Worcestershire, Hampshire, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Devon and Somerset.
Andrew was the sixth most popular choice for a male infant in 2004. [47] In 2002 and 2001, Andrew was the seventh most popular baby name in the United States. [48] [49] [50] In the 1980s, Andrew was the 19th most popular choice of baby name in the United States. [51] In the 1970s it was the 31st most popular name. [52]
Danny Andrew (born 1990), English footballer; Gareth Andrew, English cricketer; Gerardine Andrew, Singaporean prostitute and convicted killer; Keith Andrew (1929–2010), English cricketer; Janice Andrew, Australian swimmer; Joe Andrew (born 1960), US politician; John Andrew (born 1993) Irish professional rugby player; John Albion Andrew (1818 ...
Morgan's book was the "inspiration for Friedrich Engels' book", The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State, published in 1884. [13] Engels expanded Morgan's hypothesis that economic factors caused the transformation of primitive community into a class-divided society. [ 14 ]
Others indicated the town or village of a family's origin, sometimes disguised as an ancestor's name as in Ó Creachmhaoil, which prefixes a toponym as though it was the name of a person. As with other culturo-linguistic groups, other types of surnames were often used as well, including trade-names such as MacGhobhainn , Mac a'Ghobhainn or Mac ...
As Saint Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland the surname Anderson, which means Son of Andrew is commonly found throughout most of the country. [2] The Scottish Gaelic derivation of the name is Gilleaindreas which means servant of Andrew. [2]
Often, large dictionaries, such as the Oxford English Dictionary and Webster's, will contain some etymological information, without aspiring to focus on etymology. [1] Etymological dictionaries are the product of research in historical linguistics. For many words in any language, the etymology will be uncertain, disputed, or simply unknown.
Andrew McCulloch's history of Galloway: A Land Apart suggests that their prominence in Wigtownshire pinpoints the family as one of the kindreds who amassed power and land under Roland (or Lochlann), Lord of Galloway, having supported him in the brief civil conflict against his uncle Gille Brichte in the later 12th century. [13]