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Origin of Hal Total Records: 51  Origin of Hal, Meaning of Hal Origin: name is derived from two words -ceorl or churl (meaning free man in a saxon society that ran slaves)and tun (meaning farm)-so de charlton literally meant from the farm of free men. family legend says the charltons came as a mercenary army in their own right with william the conqueror and served as border lords on the english/welsh and english/scottish borders Surnames: Cerleton, Carlton, Chalton, Charlton Submitted by: bill charlton Origin of Hal, Meaning of Hal Origin: The book 'extinct baronets' tells that the name is from hall of the ford' an English origin. I know that George III King of England knighted one of my ancesters (Henry Vaughn as Henry Halford because he was the king's physician. There were 2 Halford lines in England. Surnames: Halford, Hallford, Holford, Hollford Submitted by: Connette Blalock Origin of Hal, Meaning of Hal Origin: Believe to be Scottish, moved to America in early 1800's. Settled in Alabama and Arkansas area. Original name may have been Halcro. Surnames: Halcro, Harcrow Submitted by: Jimmy Carl Harcrow Origin of Hal, Meaning of Hal Origin: The name Hallowell is of english origin Surnames: Hallowell, Halowell Submitted by: Matt Origin of Hal, Meaning of Hal 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 Origin of Hal, Meaning of Hal Origin: The surname MARSHALL appears to be occupational in origin. Research indicates that it can be associated with the English and Germans. The name was carried to England in the great migration following the Norman Conquest - 1066. Earliset record of the name found in England was in Wiltshire - where Goisfridus Marescal lived in 1084. The name means 'One who cares for horses, especially one who treated their diseases; a blacksmith; an official in a king's or a high noble's household having charge of military affairs' Surnames: Marescal, Marschall, Marshal, Marshale, Marshall, Marshell, Maskall, Maskill Submitted by: Jacqueline Woolnough Origin of Hal, Meaning of Hal Origin: most walleys/ whalleys come from Lancashire, England, UK, where there is a village named Whalley, with a famous abbey. There are other concentrations of the name, especially around Staffordshire and Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire also in England. Surnames: Walley, Whalley Submitted by: Graham Walley Origin of Hal, Meaning of Hal Origin: When our family immagrated from norway our last name was hard to pronounce, so they took his fathers name, Halvor, hence came halvorson. Surnames: Halvorson Submitted by: justin halvorson Origin of Hal, Meaning of Hal Origin: I am researching the Chaloupka family line in the US. Please contact me for more information. Surnames: Chaloupka Submitted by: Nicole Chaloupka Origin of Hal, Meaning of Hal Origin: Hallorans (Holloran) in St. Louis, MO Surnames: Halloran Submitted by: Erin Deitrick Origin of Hal, Meaning of Hal Origin: Looking for Nancy M(iranda) Herrin, born 22 May 1844, Pine Grove MI and m. John James Hall 13 Jan 1861 in WI Surnames: Hall Submitted by: Valerie Kuhn Origin of Hal, Meaning of Hal Origin: Looking for Willard Hall, b.29 Aug 1870 Kalamazoo, MI; m. Olga Kauffman 4 Aug 1897 Eau Clair, WI. They had 10 kids Verna, Violet, Vernard, Vuren, Victor, Vervin, Vilas, Eleanor, Mrytle, and Laura all born in Chippewa, WI in early 1900s Surnames: Hall Submitted by: Valerie Origin of Hal, Meaning of Hal Origin: First name, Pennington, married to Kate Magill in 1896(?) Son John Pennington Halsted born 1897. Surnames: Halsted Submitted by: Ann Vogel Origin of Hal, Meaning of Hal Origin: johals' origin found mainly around jandiala in doaba research going on 15 villages of johals detected anybody with more information on johals must pass on Surnames: johal Submitted by: manjitinder singh johal Origin of Hal, Meaning of Hal Origin: Otho Brince Mckelvy, bd: 4/2/1885, Milan, TN father George McKelvy mother Anna Married Katherine Violet Brown Surnames: Mendenhall Submitted by: Hunny Witte Origin of Hal, Meaning of Hal Origin: George Bramhall b.abt. 1834 Warrington.UK Father John Bramhall, Mason. George was a Joiner in Manchester. M. Elizabeth Simkin. nee Slater. Surnames: Bramhall Submitted by: Doreen Origin of Hal, Meaning of Hal Origin: Australia from about 1840, UK before that? Surnames: Greenhalgh Submitted by: Origin of Hal, Meaning of Hal Origin: I am looking for everything about name Chalupsky.(Original one's native country families Chalupsky was Bohemia) Surnames: Chalupsky Submitted by: Evzen Chalupsky Origin of Hal, Meaning of Hal Origin: I am trying yo determine if a link exists between the surname Anhalt, and the surname Aronhalt Surnames: Aronhalt Submitted by: Charles Aronhalt Origin of Hal, Meaning of Hal Origin: Van Hal refers to a location. Several places in The Netherlands and Belgium can be the origin. Examples are Halle near Brussels, Hal near Vught or Halle in Eastern Netherlands. Surnames: Van Hal Submitted by: Mark van Hal Origin of Hal, Meaning of Hal Origin: Panchal is a community which is born Engineers, You can also call them Black Smith. Surnames: Panchal Submitted by: Vipul M. Panchal Origin of Hal, Meaning of Hal Origin: Origin-Dutch Surnames: Godschalx Submitted by: S. Godschalx Origin of Hal, Meaning of Hal Origin: Researching the HALLS family of Ontario, Canada and Devonshire, England Surnames: HALLS Submitted by: Richard Crosbie Origin of Hal, Meaning of Hal Origin: From Lancashire in England. There is a town of Greenhalgh near Garstang and remains of a Greenhalgh Castle. Surnames: Greenhalgh Submitted by: Origin of Hal, Meaning of Hal Origin: "Rose Valley" or "Valley of the Roses" Surnames: Rosenthal Submitted by: Origin of Hal, Meaning of Hal Origin: Halstead English origin means Healthy place Surnames: Halstead Submitted by: glitz Origin of Hal, Meaning of Hal Origin: Brentishall means hall on a steep hill Brent Cletic origin means hilltop Old English origin "burnt" means high place, steep hill Surnames: Brentishall Submitted by: glitz Origin of Hal, Meaning of Hal Origin: Halyburton Scottish origin possibly meaning holy dwelling Surnames: Haliburton, Halliburton, Hallyburton, Halyburtonne Submitted by: glitz Origin of Hal, Meaning of Hal Origin: Halfdansson son of Halfdan Old viking origin means half danish Surnames: Halfdan, halfdansson Submitted by: glitz Origin of Hal, Meaning of Hal Origin: Hallas, John Hallas said his family line were French heugonauts. Fled to Wales/England. French spelling DeHalle. Surnames: Hallas, Hollis, Hallis Submitted by: Hallas Origin of Hal, Meaning of Hal Origin: Choctaw [fast killer or kill em qiuck] Surnames: Ashalintubbi Submitted by: kenny Origin of Hal, Meaning of Hal Origin: SYRIAN Surnames: HALAL Submitted by: Origin of Hal, Meaning of Hal Origin: Khalid or Khaled: Eternal, overlasting, immortal.. Surnames: khaled Submitted by: heloue Origin of Hal, Meaning of Hal Origin: What is the origin of the surname Halstead and does the name change when the Halsted name came from England to New York State. Surnames: Halsted- Halsted - Holstead Submitted by: John Halsted Origin of Hal, Meaning of Hal Origin: The surname has strong connections with Manchester in the North of England where there is an area called Whalley Range Surnames: Whalley Submitted by: Sian Whalley Origin of Hal, Meaning of Hal Origin: Hallgren is Swedish and consists of two words that are put togeher. Two "nature words". "Hall" is the same as the English "hall", but is just as likely to originate from the the word "h?ll" which means some kind of rock. Gren means branch. Surnames: Hallgren Submitted by: Hallgren Origin of Hal, Meaning of Hal Origin: Acording to Beit Tfuzot- a Geneology research foundation in Israel Halpern originates from the city of Heilborn(or Heilbron) in Germany. Surnames: Halpern Submitted by: Yuval Origin of Hal, Meaning of Hal Origin: HALLAM - English Pronounced: HAL-am MEANING: From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning either "at the rocks" or "at the nook" or "dweller at the rocks" in Old English. ORIGIN:The origin of the HALLAM name is very hard to ascertain. Numerous people have investigated the origin, of which I am indebted to (Robert Hallam & Desmond Holden). There is a school of thought that there may be two origins, one from the villages on the outskirts of Ilkeston in Derbyshire and the other from the Yorkshire Sheffield area. There is a possible third - HALAM, northeast of Nottingham, though this is remote. READ more at http://www.hallamfamily.co.uk Surnames: HALLAM Submitted by: David Hallam 2/17/2012 11:13 AM Page 1 of 2

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