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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.
A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one letter, while the black squares are used to ...
Newman is a surname of Germanic Anglo-Saxon origins. Newman is the modern English form of the name used in Great Britain and among people of British ancestry around the world (as is 'Numan') , while Neumann (with variant spellings) is used in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, and to some degree in Netherlands and Belgium. [1]
A rebus made up solely of letters (such as "CU" for "See you") is known as a gramogram, grammagram, or letteral word. This concept is sometimes extended to include numbers (as in "Q8" for "Kuwait", or "8" for "ate"). [3] Rebuses are sometimes used in crossword puzzles, with multiple letters or a symbol fitting into a single square. [4]
Neumann (pronounced ⓘ) is a German surname, with its origins in the pre-7th-century (Old English) word neowe meaning "new", with mann, meaning man. [1] The English form of the name is Newman . Von Neumann is a variant of the name, and alternative spellings include Neuman , Naumann(s) , Nauman , Neiman , [ 2 ] and Nyeman .
The name Rodger is of Old German origin and is likely derived from the Germanic name Hrodger meaning "famous spear", composed of the elements hruod "fame" and ger "spear". [ 2 ] In England, the name Rodger could’ve derived from the pre-7th century Old English name Hrothgar , which means 'fame spear' ("hroð" fame or renown, "gari" spear), the ...
First/given/forename, middle, and last/family/surname with John Fitzgerald Kennedy as example. This shows a structure typical for Anglophonic cultures (and some others). Other cultures use other structures for full names. A surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family.
Cornell is an English name derived from a shortened form of Cornwall, Cornwell or Cornhill, [1] and a Dutch Surname, which derives from the Latin Cornelius. Sometimes the name is an Americanized form of the Czech Kornel, or the German and Swedish Kornell.