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2. Onomastics - Wikipedia

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   An alethonym ('true name') or an orthonym ('real name') is the proper name of the object in question, the object of onomastic study. Scholars studying onomastics are called onomasticians. Onomastics has applications in data mining, with applications such as named-entity recognition, or recognition of the origin of names.

3. Anderson (surname) - Wikipedia

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   Anderson is a surname deriving from a patronymic meaning "son of Ander/Andrew" (itself derived from the Greek name "Andreas", meaning "man" or "manly").. In Scotland, the name first appeared in records of the 14th century as "Fitz Andreu" (meaning son of Andrew), and developed in various forms by the Scottish Gaelic patronymic of "MacGhilleAndrais" which means "servant of St. Andrew".

4. Buckley (surname) - Wikipedia

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   Buckley is a surname originating from either Ireland or England where it is particularly common, as well as Canada and the United States.. Some sources outline an Irish origin, [1] whereas others outline an Old English origin.

5. Reynolds (surname) - Wikipedia

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   In Ireland, the Reynolds surname originates from Muintir Eolais, the primary Conmaicne sept of south County Leitrim.. Throughout Ireland's rich history, the Reynolds family name was a prominent one, and even today County Leitrim is the principal stronghold of the name, nearly half the people in Ireland so called hailing from that area.

6. Fowler (surname) - Wikipedia

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   Its origin is the Old English fugelere, an occupational name for a bird-catcher or hunter of wild birds. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Old English fugel or fugol means "bird" and has evolved into the modern word fowl .

7. Hayes (surname) - Wikipedia

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   In Scotland, Hayes is a Scoto-Norman surname, a direct translation of the Normans' locational surname "de la Haye", meaning "of La Haye", La Haye ("the hedge") being the name of several towns on the Cotentin peninsula of Normandy, France. The first Norman namebearer to arrive in Scotland was William II de la Haye in the time of the Norman invasion.