Who wants to know what there last name means?

[Waxing_Gibbous (Peter)]

Try Hexter. I think it means "put down that sheep"!

[seanliddelow (Sean)]

Originally Posted by picklesrules

Tilbury?

Sorry it isnt in there

[seanliddelow (Sean)]

Originally Posted by lacad01

Mine's not Anglo but wife's is Hawken...

Is a variant of the word Henry or hawk. They are found in Kent and Devonshire.

[lacad01 (Adam)]

Originally Posted by Nesti

Jennifer???!!! Wow, lucky man!

ha ha I am indeed a lucky man but not that Hawken

[Neil]

g,day How about Flaherty or O,Flaherty...its irish , but maybe we got in there some where?

[seanliddelow (Sean)]

Originally Posted by Neil

g,day How about Flaherty or O,Flaherty...its irish , but maybe we got in there some where?

It means descendent of Flaithbheartach.

Update: It means bright ruler

[Neil]

That,s interesting,I realise being brief is nessasary here ,maybe you could email me with further info or leads to relevant source, Thanks.

[Chillie (Henry)]

I'm part Pom, part Scottish, Part Irish.

My last name is Blake.

Please, no M.A.S.H. jokes! I've heard them all!

[seanliddelow (Sean)]

Originally Posted by Chillie

I'm part Pom, part Scottish, Part Irish.

My last name is Blake.

Please, no M.A.S.H. jokes! I've heard them all!

Blake is derived from 'Black'. The early Blacks are found in Somerset, Kent, Hertfordshire, Devonshire, Norfolk and Lincolnshire.

[Chillie (Henry)]

Originally Posted by seanliddelow

Blake is derived from 'Black'. The early Blacks are found in Somerset, Kent, Hertfordshire, Devonshire, Norfolk and Lincolnshire.

Thanks for that Sean.

Is there an online version of the book so people can look up names for themselves?

[seanliddelow (Sean)]

Originally Posted by Chillie

Thanks for that Sean.

Is there an online version of the book so people can look up names for themselves?

I dont know if there is an online version but there may be.

[matt]

Watson?

[MrB (Simon)]

Hi Sean, great thread mate.
Please check Williams and Huey.

I think Williams is short for Williamson which means "Son of William", but then where did William come from? lol

Originally Posted by Nesti

Excuse me!!! It's pronounced co-burn thank you.

Here's one classic that is not pronounced differently... Innaloo

Originally Posted by mac

Maybe we should all change our surnames to reflect the occupations (or whatever) that we have now.

Yeah great. Cheers for that.

Simon Retailer

[Craig.a.c (Craig)]

Originally Posted by seanliddelow

Hi fellow IISers

A week ago I went to my local libary and I borrowed a book called
"The Oxford Dictionary of English Surnames". If any one has English ancestry in their last name and they want to know where that name originated from or what it means just post in this thread and I will write back as quickly as I can. The book has 16,000 surnames in it so I may be able to find most.

Sean

Crawford
&
Seaton

[mac (Matt)]

Originally Posted by MrB

Yeah great. Cheers for that.

Simon Retailer

It has a certain 'ring' to it, don't ya think?

[Phil]

Holmes

[seanliddelow (Sean)]

Originally Posted by matt

Watson?

It means "son of Wat". They came from Yorkshire.

[Jabba (Keenan)]

Thomas ?

[seanliddelow (Sean)]

Originally Posted by MrB

Hi Sean, great thread mate.
Please check Williams and Huey.

I think Williams is short for Williamson which means "Son of William", but then where did William come from? lol


Here's one classic that is not pronounced differently... Innaloo



Yeah great. Cheers for that.

Simon Retailer

Yes you are write about the Willliamsons they go as far back as 1360 in the Nottingham area. Williams is the Norman form of "Guillaume".

Huey must be a form of the name 'Hugh'. It isnt in the book.

[seanliddelow (Sean)]

Originally Posted by Craig.a.c

Crawford
&
Seaton

Crawford comes from a town called Crawford in Lanark(?) or Somerset. Or are they thae same town?

Seaton comes from a town called Seaton or "dweller by the plantation or cultivated land".