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Origin: The surname Legge can be traced back to ancient Rome. The gens Atia was a powerful scribal family in Rome. From it descended the Traversari family taking its name from a castle biult in 476 A.D. by Teodoro, the prefect of Ravenna who was the founder of the family. Around the 1100's the Traversari family became powerful lawyers,senators and judges. Because of this,their name was changed to Traversari dalla Legge meaning Traversari of the Law due to their involvement in law. There name was eventullaly shortened to da Legge in Ravenna and other parts of Italy and England, and da Lezze in Venice. All were eventually shortened to Legge.
Surnames: Legg, Legge
Submitted by: Richard Legge
Origin of Egg, Meaning of Egg
Origin: From the areas of Arundel, Chichester and Portsmouth in the southeast of England
Surnames: leggett
Submitted by: John Fogden
Origin of Egg, Meaning of Egg
Origin: Information sought on Clegg family headed by Thomas Clegg b 1827 in Rochdale, Lancs, Wife Martha
Surnames: Clegg
Submitted by: Walter_Jakeman
Origin of Egg, Meaning of Egg
Origin: Family property of the female descendents of the Counts of Zutphen, Gelre and Kleef. Husbands took the name of the property when they married the owner after 1500.
Surnames: Eggink, Stukkers, Nannes, Ettikhoven,De Blaauw
Submitted by: Daniel Eggink
Origin of Egg, Meaning of Egg
Origin: Thought to be derived from Tegeingl ,an ancient North Wales kingdom .
Surnames: Teggin,Teggen
Submitted by: r.teggin
Origin of Egg, Meaning of Egg
Origin: Gregg, meaning Children of the Mist. One of many derivatives taken from the name MacGregor of Scotland. Others in this line are Gregg, Greg, Grigg, Grig, Greer, Grier, Gragg, and so on.
Surnames: Gregg
Submitted by: ZMG
Origin of Egg, Meaning of Egg
Origin: Derived from Sagar (from a.s. saga, meaning saw). Occuational; a sawyer.
Surnames: Sagar; Sager; Seger; Saggar; Sagger; Segger; Sigger; Sicker; Secker; Sigher
Submitted by: Michael Saggers
Origin of Egg, Meaning of Egg
Origin: Reggin is a derivative of the Irish 'O'Regan' meaning 'little king.'
Surnames: Reggin
Submitted by: Reg Volk
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