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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 .
Surnames of English origin. 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.
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 ...
Surnames of Old English origin (81 P) C. Celtic-language surnames (7 C, 12 P) E. Eliot family (3 C, 1 P) Surnames of English origin (3 C, 718 P) I.
A. Abercromby family (26 P) Acton family (17 P) Aitken family (1 C, 21 P) Alexander family (British aristocracy) (31 P) Allsopp family (1 C, 9 P) Annesley family (36 P) Anson family (35 P) Arbuthnot family (66 P)
Fitz. Fitz (pronounced "fits") was a patronymic indicator used in Anglo-Norman England to help distinguish individuals by identifying their immediate predecessors. Meaning "son of", it would precede the father's forename, or less commonly a title held by the father. In rare cases, it formed part of a matronymic to associate the bearer with a ...
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.