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Origin: A small Scottish Clan or family from the Laigh of Moray in North East Scotland. One 18th Century writer thought the name to be derived from 'Brothaigh', (Gaelic) a muddy place or ditch, referring to the Muckle Burn in the Parish of Dyke (Also meaning ditch)where Brodie Castle still stands. Other Scholars say the name comes from the followers of Brude, wartlord of the Northern Picts in C9.
Surnames: Broadie, Brodie, Brody
Submitted by: Brodie

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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: from family records, William J. Carmody was O'Carmody when he left Tipperary.
Surnames: Carmody, O'carmody
Submitted by: Kathleen Carmody Meeks

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Origin: Apparantly it is Nordic in origin; coming from the Norse word for the North Atlantic sea bird or the Puffin Bird which inhabit Lundy Island off the Bristol coast of the UK.
Surnames: Lundie, Lundy
Submitted by: Rebecca Lundy

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Origin: McCreadie', is the original spelling for this surname. It is on a 1120 A.D. census roll in Ayrshire, Scotland, to determine the rate of taxation. McCreadie, (and all it's variants), were a distinguished Donegal family in Ireland, who were hereditary Scribes and Poets to the Kings of Orgiall and were displaced by the intrusion of Scottish families in what was known as the 'Plantation of Ulster', They moved to the norhteast into Scotland and settled at Peirceton in Ayrshire where they also acquired territories near Stranrawer. Many families migrated back to the ancestrial home of Northern Ireland to flee religious persecution. Alot of them were banished from Scotland, to the Colonies, Australia, or to the Carolina's. During the U.S. war for independents, McCreadie allegiances were divided. Some remained American, while others became United Empire Loyalists and moved to Canada.
Surnames: Maccreadie, Maccready, Mccradie, Mccrady, Mccraedie, Mccraedy, Mccreadie, Mccready, Mccreedie, Mccreedy
Submitted by: Tracey(McCrady)Daly

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Origin: I'm posting this in response to the great number of inquiries I deal with about the origin and meaning of Meredith. Firstly, contrary to a lot of information I've seen (including the American Websters dictionary), the name has nothing to do with the sea whatsoever. It does not mean 'Guardian of the Sea', Protector of the Sea or any other such combination. The original spelling was Maredudd - pronounced 'Mredeeth'. That's right - there's no mention of the 'E' following the 'M'. In the Welsh language and in English speaking Wales, the accent and stress is always on the Penultimate syllable, the modern pronunciation is therefore - 'Mer-ed'-ith. The incorrect pronunciation that strikes the name outside of the Welsh borders is the one widely accepted in the U.S. and the rest of Britain, which curiously causes 'Merry' to be a suitable shortening?! To those of us who are Welsh it is grating to the ears to say the least to hear our name so mutilated! Other seemingly unrelated but correct pet or short forms of the name are PRIDDY, PREEDY, PREDDY, BEDO, BEDDOES etc. The final element of the original spelling, 'udd' means 'lord'. The same element is present in the ancient form of Griffith i.e. Gruffudd. The first part of the name has often been
Surnames: Maredudd, Meredith, Meredydd, Meredyth, Merideth
Submitted by: Richard J. Meredith

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Origin: The surname is Dutch. Meaning Green Dyke (Dijk) from the area of Groningen and branching out from there. There are several still in the area residing the towns of Uithuizermeeden, Uithuizen, Oosternieland, and 't Zandt.
Surnames: Groendijk, Groendyk, Groendyke, Groenendijk, Groenendyke
Submitted by: Gayla Artibee

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Origin: Basically the surname McCurdy or MacKirdy has always been linked to the islands of Bute and Arran in the Firth of Clyde in Scotland, and the island of Rathlin and the north coast of Antrim in Ireland. The gaelic form is Muircheartach. Pronounced MUR-KER-TA and MUR-KUR-TI. The name appears to mean 'sea ruler', 'sea director (navigator)' or 'sea rover'.
Surnames: McCurdy, McCurry, McGurdy, Mackirdy, Currie
Submitted by: Marla Fair

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Origin: The probable origin of the name is derived from the need to provide an early-warning system in Holland for their dikes during storms. Citizens were issued hunter horns to sound the alarm over the storm if a breach was iminent. Unfortunately, the care and usefulness of these horns was placed at risk during the off-season and sometimes lost. Therefore a man was made responsible for these horns and he became known as 'Dijkshoorn'.
Surnames: Dykxhoorn, Dijkshoorn, Dijkxhoorn, Dijxhoorn, Dykshoorn, Dijcxhoorn
Submitted by: Jack Dykxhoorn

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Origin: From: Early History of Dyrham House, Dyrham Park, Glos

"The name DYRHAM is generally thought to derive from the Saxon ?deor-hamm? meaning deer enclosure. If so, then Dyrham is amongst the oldest deer parks in the country.

Another derivation is the British ?dwr? meaning water. The numerous springs in the hills form a brook which once ran close by the Stablrs.

Dyrham is first metioned in the Saxon Chronicle of 891 AD. This records that in the year 577, Ceaulin, the king of the West Saxons, and his son Cuthwine killed 3 British kings at Deorrhamm together with many of their followers, thereby capturing 3 important cities ? Cleancester, Cyrenceaster and Bathanceaster. The battle enabled the Saxons to reach the Bristol Channel and cut off the Welsh Britons from their allies in the South West and was therefore was a significant victory. Hinton Hill, a mile from Dyrham, has terraces and earthworks which are thought to be the remains of a Saxon Settlement."

Given the above information, it can be conjectured that the linguistic origins of the surname DERHAM may have led to more than one group of people with the surname who arose separately and unrelated. The Saxons were all over Britain and therefore so was their language. They were prolific on the east coast, which explains the large DER(E)HAM family (more about them later) in the villages of the same name in Norfolk. Regional accents provide for the modern day differences in spelling.

As for DURHAM, the above quote provides for the city in the north of England and also some people with this surname BUT as all we DERHAMS know, even today we can still spell out D-E-R-H-A-M to people and they STILL write it incorrectly! I have found my DERHAM ancestors on censuses as DURHAM, DARHAM and god knows what else.

There are also the 2 villages in Norfolk, England called East and West DEREHAM. The DER(E)HAM family were nobility and landowners in this area for many years - a few hundred. They intermarried with the HOWARDS, the BOLEYNS (aka the BULLENS), the CULPEPPERS, the DANVERS, and the VILLIERS families to name but a few. It is conjectured that when Francis Der(e)ham was executed on December 18th 1541 at Tyburn for having relations with King Henry the 8th's wife Katherine Howard, his (Francis Der(e)ham's) brothers fled Norfolk to the West Country (hence the concentration of Derhams in Somerset even now) and one to Ireland (expl?). Until recently this was just Family Oral History. My good old (!) Dad somehow came into possession of a book that documents the DERHAMS of Norfolk and gives a serious case for the DERHAMS of Somerset being descended from THOMAS, brother of FRANCIS DERHAM. Dad also has the family tree of DERHAMS in Bristol who link to our own line in North Curry. The data he has lines up with the data in the book ... the actual physical proof that links my Somerset and Bristol DERHAMS hasn't yet surfaced but the names in the book and Dad's family tree are almost a perfect match. Watch this space! For those of you also in my line, you will have noticed the intermarriages mentioned above - we might be related to not only headless Francis, but also Katherine Howard, Anne Boleyn, another of Katherine's boyfriend called Thomas Culpepper and Henry VIII by marriage! Away with ye, peasants!

I was once told that DERHAM is a possible translation of the surname FARMER - from which language, I don't know.

There is the French surname DE RHAM and the dutch VAN DER HAM.

I recently found a website (on the DERHAM Links Page) concerning an IRANIAN by whose name was DERHAM. This is the most remarkable information I have come across yet!

There was also a vast estate in Ireland called DERHAM - but it has yet to be proven whether the family that named it was Irish or English (possibly a link back to the brother of Francis Dereham?)

From Phillip Derham:

Of Jutish stock - allegedly from a 9th century Jutish family (headed by Alaric?) in what is now Norfolk.

In the C14 and C15 served the Dukes of Norfolk as major domos

An alternative derivation of the surname is a mis-spelling of the name of a famous (?C8-9th) battle in south west England called "Deoram" or something similar.

Where factual evidence is available, a Derham was the English ambassador to the Papal Court during Charles II's reign, but we have been unable to link him to our family.

My (Phillip) great grandfather, Frederick who was born in England, made and lost money in the 1890s land boom here, and, while he had the money, applied for a grant of a coat of arms. That was granted, but with a different crest to that of the C17 Ambassador, suggesting that my great grandfather was unable to identify a relationship over the 2 centuries. Interestingly, an Irish Derham family also has a similar coat of arms, but instead of one deer's head, their shield has 3 deer's heads and a different crest.
Surnames: Derham, Dyrham, Dereham, Durham, Darham
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Origin: A Jewish Israeli surname meaning "loved by God."
Surnames: Yedidyah, Solomon
Submitted by: Kate Yaffi

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Origin: James McHardy m Janet Cattanach Feb. 12, 1775. Other associated names: Farquarson, Donaldson, Sinclair
Surnames: McHardy
Submitted by: Carol

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Origin: NELLIE GRACE BRADY IAM TRYING TO FIND OUT WHO HER PARENTS WERE.IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT SHE WAS FROM KANSAS,DRUMMRIGHT OKLAHOMA. THE YOU.
Surnames: BRADY
Submitted by: DARLENE BROWN

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Origin: Sigler George Brady, cemetery in ordway colorada where he is buried
Surnames: Brady
Submitted by: George Brady Sigler

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Origin: I was adopted from Carl Benton Kennedy from Alabama. His father who is desesed was named Bill Kennedy and buried in Boloxi Mississippi. I no nothing else about My family.
Surnames: Kennedy
Submitted by: Karen Melinda Kennedy Allday

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Origin: HIGH FLATTS YORKSHIRE ENGLAND
Surnames: Roddy
Submitted by: SHEILA SCHOFIELD

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Origin: Trying to find information on my great-great-grandfather, Richard Purdy of Mineral County, WV, who married Eliza Mathews Mauzy Lacy in 1891. Have been seeking info on his parents etc. with no luck. Thanks for any help you can offer!
Surnames: PURDY
Submitted by: C.J. Cratty

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Origin: John William Sheedy born 12/5/1868, Roscrea Ire. Migrated to Australia. Parents were Patrick Sheedy(b17/3/1834 Roscrea) and Margeret Maher(b 1846 Tipperary)
Surnames: Sheedy
Submitted by: Meagan Walsh

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Origin: Information sought on Joseph and Elizabeth Dyson of Emley area of Yorkshire b about 1680
Surnames: Dyson
Submitted by: Walter_Jakeman

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Origin: Goodyear's of Centre and Clearfield County PA.
Surnames: Goodyear
Submitted by: Scott Goodyear

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Origin: MARY JANE 'POLLY' HEADY born: 2-5-1801 VA; died: 7-20-1845 Wayne Co, IL married: ABRAHAM MARTIN ca: 1823-24 seeking info/relatives/descendants to share info
Surnames: HEADY
Submitted by: Laura L. Horton (Martin)

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Origin: 'O' Grady' meaning 'old tree' if directly translated is actually known to be sometimes konwn as 'Grady' which means beautiful in appearance and heart. It is from the Irish 'Ghraidhiaigh'.
Surnames: O' Grady
Submitted by: Una

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Origin: Stefan Mendyk: He comes from Lw?w.His wife was Franciszka.He had 5 children.
Surnames: Mendyk
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Origin: Kayastha:'Kaya' means The Body and 'stha' means to Live in, ie. Kayastha means those who Live in the body of Brahma.
Specially Chitragupt the main Judge and Accountant for deciding whom should go to Heavenand whom to Hell,is the Father of this branch of Caste.
Surnames: Srivastava, Shrivastava, Srivastav, Shrivastav, Nigam, Asthana, Vidyarthi, Bhatnagar, Ambastha, Rai, Raizada, Raijada, Sinha, Bachchan, Vidhyarthi
Submitted by: Shashwat Srivastava

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Origin: Weldy is from the German Goddess, Weldonna.
She is most known for singing at the Gatherings of Gods.
Surnames: Weldy
Submitted by: Weldy

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Origin: Dyall

means worshipper of God
Surnames: Dyall
Submitted by: glitz

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Origin: Goditha

means Good-wife
Surnames: Goodith, Goody
Submitted by: glitz

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Origin: guam
Surnames: dydasco
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Origin: The Name Purdy started out as an Oath meaning in French "By God" ie, Per Dieu, started in France thru Scotland, Landing in West Virginia in 1779
James Purdy a Shoe maker.
Surnames: Purdy
Submitted by: DWilliam Purdy

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Origin: Ireland
Surnames: Addy
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Origin: Madyun is an arabic last name. Which means obligation to ALLAH "GOD".
Surnames: MADYUN
Submitted by: MADYUN

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Origin: middle east or yemen
Surnames: ziady; ziade; ziadeh
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Origin: Roundy. The name was originally "de Ronde," of Norman-French extraction, and was revamped under English influence into Rounde, Roundey, and Roundy. The earliest forefathers of the Roundy family came to America from Ardennes, France, to the island of Guernsey in the English Channel and from that locality migrated to colonial America during the middle of the sixteen hundreds.
Surnames: Roundy, Rounds, Rounde, Roundey
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