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  2. Old English Origin Surnames - Behind the Name

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    This is a list of surnames in which the origin is Old English. Old English was the West Germanic language spoken by the Anglo-Saxons who inhabited ancient England.

  3. English Surnames - Behind the Name

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    From the name of various English towns, derived from Old English æppel "apple" and Old Norse býr "farm, settlement". Appleton English. From the name of several English towns, meaning "orchard" in Old English (a compound of æppel "apple" and tun "enclosure, yard"). Apted English.

  4. Old English Origin Surnames (page 2) - Behind the Name

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    This is a list of surnames in which the origin is Old English. Old English was the West Germanic language spoken by the Anglo-Saxons who inhabited ancient England. From the names of various places in England, which are derived from Old English horh "dirt, mud" and tun "enclosure, yard, town".

  5. Anglo-Saxon Submitted Surnames - Behind the Name

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    The ancient roots of the Yarbrough family name are in the Anglo-Saxon culture. The name Yarbrough comes from when the family lived in either the parish or the hamlet called Yarborough in the county of Lincolnshire... [more] 10 results. Apply this search to the main name collection.

  6. Medieval English Submitted Surnames - Behind the Name

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    The surname Herndon was first found in Bedfordshire (Old English: Bedanfordscir), located in Southeast-central England, formerly part of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia, where they held a family seat from ancient times...

  7. Surnames with 1 Syllable - Behind the Name

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    This is a list of surnames in which the number of syllables is 1. From Old English æsc meaning "ash tree", indicating a person who lived near ash trees. Derived from Aust, an archaic diminutive of August. Topographic name for someone who lived by a stream, from Middle High German bach meaning "stream".

  8. English Surnames (page 2) - Behind the Name

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    From the name of multiple towns in England. The town's name is derived from the masculine given name Ella (a short form of Old English names beginning with the elements ælf meaning "elf" or eald meaning "old") combined with tun meaning "enclosure, town".

  9. Old Irish Origin Surnames - Behind the Name

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    This is a list of surnames in which the origin is Old Irish. Old Irish was the form of the Irish language spoken up to the 10th century.

  10. Old Welsh Origin Surnames - Behind the Name

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    Ellis English, Welsh. Derived from the given name Elijah, or sometimes Elisedd. Glynn Welsh, Cornish. Topographic name for someone who lived in a valley, from Welsh glyn and Cornish glin, or a habitational name from a place named with this word.

  11. Old High German Origin Surnames - Behind the Name

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    This is a list of surnames in which the origin is Old High German. Old High German was a West Germanic language spoken in southern Germany.