Total Records: 150
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Origin: From Bojer, a Celtic tribe - the name 'Bohemia' comes from Bojohemum; 'person from Bavaria' at early formation of surnames, but now all over.
Surnames: Baier, Bayer, Beier, Beyer, Boyer
Submitted by: Barbara V. Smith |
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Origin: My grandfather's father came from Hungary in the 1900's with the name 'Szalay.' To ease pronunciation, it was legally changed to 'Sally
Surnames: Sally, Szalay
Submitted by: Christina McConnaughey |
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Origin: The originator of the name is said to be the father of Brian Boru,(Breoghan) the family traces the origin to the nephew of Brian Boru- born Brian Mac Kennedie, which was an 11th century High King of Ireland. Spelled Cinneide, (or many other spellings, depending on the language or dialect.) The name found earliest in Tipperary,Ireland around 940A.D. It is Gaelic, first known to have settled in Glenomra(Killokennedy) then later in Ormond. Check out the Heritage Corporation, the Hall of Names, the LDS Church, The Irish and or Scottish Clans. History has the surname Kennedy more promenently used it is the same surname, or family. However, the lines of the family changed the spellings for various reasons/purposes.
Surnames: Canady, Caneday, Cannaday, Cannady, Kennedy
Submitted by: Clayton Cannaday |
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Origin: The spelling of Canedy is one of several varients, of the Irish Gaelic, 'Cinneidigh' or 'Cinneide' which are one and the same. My name is Cannaday, my gggrandfather used Canady.... ALL OF WHICH ARE THE SAME NAME... In English the name is spelled Kennedy still the same name... the Library of Congress recognizes 35 spellings with about 125 varients. Depending on the time frame researched, the family may be any number of nationalities. It started in Ireland. The name was changed to fit in with the language of the people, the branch of the family, in your line, lived with. The most accurate research I have discovered was done in Ireland and Scotland, by the Heritage Corp. through the different church parishes, CHECK OUT the LDS Family Centeres located in Ireland. You do not have to be LDS; I am not. Let me know what you find, I would be interested. The family motto (Irish )is:'The Strong Hand Uppermost' (Scottish) is: 'Consider the End'. There are (3) different Translated meanings for the name, 1.Helmeted-head, 2.Ugly-head, 3.Grim-headed. Some people think the description relates to the description of the character of the Chief of the Clan at the time-He was considered a mean person. Others feel that it relates to the coat of arms which isClayton Cannaday
Surnames: Canaday, Canady, Cannady, Cinnedigh, Cinneidigh, Kennedy
Submitted by: Clayton Cannaday |
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Origin: Angela Gernaey from UK told me her family changed the name when they moved to the UK; it was 'Gernaey' when in Belgium; then in the UK, they used 'Gurney' because of simplicity of spelling. She has retained the original.
Surnames: Gernaey, Gernay, Gurney
Submitted by: Corinne G. Doden |
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Origin: Day is an English and Irish name that originates in several forms: as an English variation of David -- a common pet form of the name; as a patronymic name derived from the Middle English given name Daye from Old English d?g = day or the given name D?gberht ; as an Irish patronymic name Anglicized from ? De?ghaidh , meaning 'descendant of De?ghadh ' whose name meant 'good luck.' Daye, Dey, D'Eye, Daykin, Dakin, Deyes, Dayson, Deason, Dayman are other forms of the name.
Surnames: D'eye, Dakin, Day, Daye, Daykin, Dayman, Dayson, Deason, Dey, Deyes
Submitted by: Dale Deason |
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Origin: The Surname of Dayton descended from Ralph Dayton who emigrated to Boston from England in 1639. Upon arrival in America, the the surname changed from the english spelling of Deighton. In turn, it evolved from de Deighton in the area of York, England. The very earliest spelling was Dyktun meaning village or home surrounded by a wall or moat.
Surnames: Dayton, Deighton
Submitted by: Donald Dayton |
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Origin: Families are IRISH from the original spelling of: Grealis Grealish Grayless Gradeless.
Surnames: Gradeless, Grayless, Grealish
Submitted by: Donald E. Gradeless |
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Origin: The name is belived to have originated from the region of Datrmoor in Devon, where one of there hills are known as Tors and one in particular carries the name Hay Tor.
Surnames: Hayter, Haytere, Haytor
Submitted by: Edward George Bazaine Hayter |
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Origin: Belived to have origanated in the north of England. The orig. spelling meaning island, or surrounded by water such as a mote in the town of Eye.
Surnames: Aie, Aye, Ey, Eye
Submitted by: Everett G. Eye |
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Origin: DuBreuil is a derivation from old French Breuil = Marshy woodlands.
Surnames: Dubreuil, Dubrey, Dubray
Submitted by: Jane M Venne |
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Origin: I have recently found out that the origin of the surname 'Hathaway' or 'Hatheway', is from the Forest of Dean in England. The Hatheways of that time period were foresters.
Surnames: Hathaway
Submitted by: Jason Stewart |
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Origin: Name: McGimpsey From Gaelic: MacDiomasaigh, O'Diomasaighe. These names came from the Irish word 'Diomusach' meaning proud, haughty, or arrogant.Origin : IrelandThe name McGimpsey occurred in many references, but from time to time, the surname was said to have been recorded as Dempsey, O'Dempsey, Dempsy, Dempsay, Dempsie, and these changes in spelling frequently occurred with the sept. It was not uncommon for a person to be born with one spelling, married with another, and have yet another at his wake. Dempsey is the English version. McGimpsey is the Irish version.Historians have used books by O'Hart, McLysaght, O'Brien, Woulfe along with baptismals, parish records, and ancient land grants to compile the origin of this family name.Researchers have concluded that the family name McGimpsey was first found in King's County, Ireland. Some have said first in Queen's County, Ireland.The Dempseys were associated with the second century Irish King, Cathair Mor. The Dempsey territory included territory on both sides of the River Barrow in the King's and Queen's Counties. Dermot O'Dempsey died in 1193. He was Chief of the Name, and founded the Cistercian Abbey at Moasterevan.After the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland tJLMcGimsey@aol.comJoe McGimsey
Surnames: Dempsay, Dempsey, Dempsie, Dempsy, McGimpsey, McGimsey, McGimsie, McJimsey, O'Dempsey
Submitted by: Joe McGimsey |
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Origin: England, near London. Great,Great,Great,Great Grandfather born John Layton Sr. 1776, emigrated to America in 1801. Brothers Jacob and Silas. All sons of Silas Layton of England. Silas died on His farm in 1839 at the age of 93.
Surnames: Layton
Submitted by: John Bennett |
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Origin: Norman French. From Hosseia, just outside of Normandy near LaHoussaye in what is now Seine-et-Marne. From the Norman French meaning 'thistle-like'. Now, modern French 'houx' or holly
Surnames: Dehosse, Hossen, Hossey, Houssaye, Hussey
Submitted by: Paul Hosse |
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Origin: Believed to have originated as a place name in Scotland.
Surnames: Lockabay, Lockabie, Lockaby, Lockerby
Submitted by: Perry G. McCrary |
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Origin: There are two common interpratations of the origins of Frazier. 1st that it is of Frissean and means 'strawberry bearer or planter' as noted by the 'fraise' or five petaled strawberry plant, the cinque-foil. 2nd is that Frazier is a derivation of 'de Friselle'. It is Norman French and means 'place of ash trees'. The de Friselle's came to Briton in 1066.
Surnames: Fraisior, Fraser-Fraisior-Frasure-Fraysure, Fraser, Frasure, Fraysure, Frazier
Submitted by: Randy Frazier |
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Origin: This surname in ancient times was spelt Waughte or Wayte, and is derived from the old German 'wahten' which means to keep watch; more commonly used in the sense of 'guard' or 'watchman'. As a noun it denoted a 'minstrel watchman'. This is just an introduction. I have quite a bit more information. If you want to know more, just email me at junglesticks@yahoo.com. Sarah Wayte
Surnames: Wade Etc, Waight, Wait, Waite, Wayde, Wayte
Submitted by: Sarah Wayte |
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Origin: This surname is thought to be derived from the position of 'minstrel-watchman'. These were people who used to walk the streets just before christmas, singing songs and calling the time. The first known Wayte(etc) was Ralf de Waiet, who married Emma, sister of Roger, Earl of Hereford, cousin of William the Conqueror.
Surnames: Wade, Waight, Wait, Waite, Waughte, Wayt, Wayte
Submitted by: Sarah Wayte |
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Origin: Earliest found- Jersey Islands particulary St Clement and Grouville area then to Canada.
Surnames: Ahier, Ayr
Submitted by: Susan Sylke |
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Origin: The orgin of this Surname is a variant spelling of the word Holy Day. This was the war cry of the Annandale Warriors of Scotland in the Strathclyde Briton area. The name means Holy Day or Festival. It was given to a child born on a festival, thus it was called the Holy Day child. Or the many different spellings of the name applied like that of the 15th century, hallidaye. No matter how you spell it, it still means Holy Day.
Surnames: Halidai, Halldae, Halliday, Halloday, Halydaei, Halyday, Holladay, Holliday
Submitted by: Thomas B. Holladay,III |
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Origin: The name is first found in Seussling, Bavaria in 1520. The family is still located in Hirschaid, Nuremberg, and surrounding areas. The family first emigrated to the US living in Baltimore and Buffalo, Ny.
Surnames: Bailein, Bayla, Baylein
Submitted by: Linda Nebrich Beilein |
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Origin: The surname DAYTON is perhaps a weak form of DALTON or more probably a variation of DEIGHTON. The form DALTON is derived from the word 'dale', probably referring to the farm or habitation of the earliest English forbears of the American family of DAYTON. The name DEIGHTON is derived from the Danish and originally meant the dike enclosure of the farm by the dike. Variations of this latter form are DAITON, DATON, DAIGHTON, DAYGHTON, and DIGHTON. In early American records, DRAYTON was sometimes used interchangeably with DAYTON. It is recorded that a family, variously noted as DEIGHTON, DYGHTON, and DEYSON, as early as the thirteenth century resided in the vicinity of the hamlet of Deighton, in the parish of Deighton, in the east riding of Yorkshire. This hamlet is about four and a half miles south east from the present city of York. The early DEIGHTONs appear to have been for generations tenants of a farm on the Manor of Deighton. The Abbott of St. Mary's of York is named as the lord of the manor. The family at that time was of the yeomanry, but the family annals reveal a steady rise in both social and economic position.
Surnames: Daighton, Daiton, Dalton, Daton, Dayghton, Dayton, Dedeighton, Deighton, Dighton
Submitted by: Don Dayton |
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Origin: My homepage traces the origin of the Hannay`s of Sorbie in S/W Scotland (Kirkcudbrightshire)
Surnames: Hanna, Hannah, Hannay
Submitted by: Wayne Hannay |
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Origin: Ian Bheann Neilson (John Bain Mackay-Neilson) was given the nickname Bain to distinguish him from the other John Mackays. Bain is Gaelic for fair or handsome. Born at Creich in 1408 he, along with his mother, moved from there and settled in Olrig, Caithness by 1435.
Surnames: Bain, Baine, Bane, Bayn, Bayne, Bean, Beane
Submitted by: Alan Randle Bayne |
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Origin: The name is English and means 'Dweller in the Hay wood'. One Cuthbert Hayhurst emigrated to the USA in the seventeenth century, but I have no specific information about him.
Surnames: Hayhurst, Heyhurst
Submitted by: Alan Hayhurst |
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Origin: The name Gallion is of French origin and is most probably derived from the Old French word 'galier'. It is of nickname origin and it originally signified 'man of good humor, joker'.
Surnames: Gallion, Gallienne, Galyean, Gaylon, Galyen, Gallyon, Gallien, Gallian
Submitted by: Bill Honnen |
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Origin: I was told the Haners are German, from Germany, as my Great, Great Grandfather's family was.
Surnames: Haner, Hayner
Submitted by: Tirenia DeSmedt |
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Origin: First found in Normandy, France, in the region of Tremblay before Norman conquest. First settlers of this name Corney Trembley in 1764 and Jacques Tremblay settled in Quebec about 1756.
Surnames: Trembley, Tremblay, Tremblai
Submitted by: Tanya hanna |
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Origin: Apparently, it is from the Irish 'craobh' meaning 'branch.' According to the family legend, a particular clan of the O'Neill family carried leafy branches into battle with them, a la 'Birnam Wood to Dunsinane.
Surnames: Cray, Creagh
Submitted by: John Cray |
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Origin: The surname eye is a very old name in different spelling's dating back to at least 67 A.D. I am currently doing research in Civil War Archives, and English Archives there are two towns in England named Eye,and probably more. I haven't gotten into the England Historical Archives yet.
Surnames: Eye, Aye, Aie, Ay, Ey, Iye
Submitted by: Everett G. Eye |
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Origin: Kocaya is an English translation for the Polish name Koczaja. Developed upon immigration to US prior to 1910. Family resided in Carnegie, Pennsylvalnia
Surnames: Kocaya
Submitted by: Stanley Kocaya |
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Origin: Long life, and eternal power.
Surnames: Nayee
Submitted by: Matt Stewart |
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Origin: James (1799-1849) and Sara Hart from Co. Armagh to New Brunswick circa 1830. Seek desc. of sons Michael, James, Thomas.
Surnames: LARGAY
Submitted by: Mary K. Lund |
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Origin: William McConnaughay abt 1800 Burbon KY md Amariah Moore 1820 in Sumner, Tennessee.
Surnames: McConnahay
Submitted by: Dougan Jacobs |
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Origin: William McConnaughay abt 1800 Burbon KY md Amariah Moore 1820 in Sumner, Tennessee.
Surnames: McConnaughay
Submitted by: Dougan Jacobs |
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Origin: William McConnaughhay abt 1800 Burbon KY md Amariah Moore 1820 in Sumner, Tennessee.
Surnames: McConnaughhay
Submitted by: Dougan Jacobs |
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Origin: Researching Keays Family originating on PEI in 1794
Surnames: Keays
Submitted by: Peter Keays |
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