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Lawrence is an English, Scottish and Irish surname. It is derived from Middle English or old French given name Laurence; itself derived from Latin Laurentius. The Oxford dictionary of family names of Britain lists Laurence and McLaren as variants.
The surname Giles or Gyles comes from the given name Giles. Bearers of this surname derive from the original followers of St Giles. They became a prominent family in the north-east of England in the mid 20th Century following their purchase of St Giles' Church and subsequently the founding of Gilesgate as a suburb of Durham.
This surname is written with a character meaning "dawn" ().According to traditional sources including Fengsu Tongyi, Yuanhe Xingzuan, Xingshi Kaolüe (姓氏考略), and the surnames/clans section (氏族略) of the Tongzhi encyclopedia, both this surname and another written with a character also meaning "dawn" (朝; Zhāo) originated from personal names of people during the Spring and Autumn ...
The Chinese character used to write this surname means "return". It does not appear in Hundred Family Surnames.Sources published during the Song dynasty, including the Guangyun dictionary, Xingjie, [6] the section "Given Names Used as Surnames" (以名為氏) in the Tongzhi encyclopedia, and Gujin Xingshi Shu Bianzheng [], state three origins for this surname: [7] [8]
The surname Hayden has several origins. In some cases it is a form of O'Hayden, which is derived from the Irish Ó hÉideáin and Ó hÉidín.These latter surnames mean "descendant of Éideán" and "descendant of Éidín", respectively; the Irish personal names Éideán and Éidín are likely derived from the Irish éideadh, which means "clothes", "armour".
Cole / k oʊ l / is a surname of English origin, and is also now used as a given name.It is of Middle English origin, and its meaning is "swarthy, coal-black, charcoal". It is also an Americanized spelling of the German name "Kohl", of the Dutch name "Kool", and of the Scottish and Irish name "McCool".
Sutter family, a Canadian family that is one of the most famous in the National Hockey League . Brent Sutter (born 1962), NHL player for the New York Islanders and Chicago Blackhawks
McCoy is a common surname of unrelated Scottish and Irish origin. It was anglicized into the Scottish name from the Irish McGee and McHugh surnames in Irish Mac Aodha. [2] It is an Anglicisation of its Irish form Mac Aodha, meaning son of Aodh (a name of a deity [3] in Irish mythology and an Irish word for "fire" [4]).