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Origin of Le Total Records: 674  Origin of Le, Meaning of Le Origin: Crumpler is an occupational name for the Old English cromphet ? a flat, thin cake which was often fried on a griddle. In Medieval England, the Cromplers or Crumplers made and sold these 'crompled cakes'. They were favorite items at county fairs, market days, and festivals, similar to our doughnuts today. Tea and crumpets are a favorite afternoon snack in England and Scotland even today. Surnames: Crumpler Submitted by: Richard Pickett Origin of Le, Meaning of Le Origin: History and Territory of Clann O'Hanlon: originally the Ua'h-Anluain sept. Surnames: HANLON, O'HANLON, Hanlan, Hanlen, Hanlin, Hanlyn, Handlon, Handlen, Handlan, Handlyn, Hanlin Submitted by: Annemarie Bruinsma Hanlon Origin of Le, Meaning of Le Origin: Prior to the 19th Century the name seems to have been most prevalent on the East coast of England especially in Northumberland/Durham and Norfolk. Surnames: Softley, Softly Submitted by: Rosemary Cave Origin of Le, Meaning of Le Origin: Well, my last name is Grelle, and this seems to be a derivative of that. Grelle is, I beleive, Italian. Surnames: Grele Submitted by: Grelle Origin of Le, Meaning of Le Origin: To further on an early explaination that 'Shipley' means 'a meadow for sheep' it comes from two parts : Sheep and Lea... A sheep is obviously a sheep, and a 'lea' is the Scottish and/or Irish word for 'meadow.' This surname originated with the shepards of Scotland, and they seemed to have migrated to England, and thus the name now has an English descent pattern attached to it!! :) Surnames: Shipley Submitted by: Angela Mia Shipley Origin of Le, Meaning of Le Origin: Gilmour 1133-56 Black (Cu); Richard Gilemor 1228 FFHu; Gillechad Gillamor 1304 Black. Ir, Gael Gille Moire'servant of (the Virgin) Mary'. William de Gyllingmor 13th Guisb (Y) From Gillamoor (NRYorks).Black is the individual who compiled the book. Cu. stands for Cumberland . Y stands for Yorkshire FFHu stands for French Huguenot. Ir. is Irish. I have also found Gallimore listed as meaning 'dweller at or near the foreigner's moore. Surnames: Gallimore, Gilemor, Gillmor, Gillmore, Gilmer, Gilmore, Gilmour Submitted by: Anna Gallimore Williams Origin of Le, Meaning of Le Origin: I believe that the surname Fulton has a meaning of a tree near a town. It is mainly of Irish and Scottish origin, with a high concentration of this name coming from Glasgow on Scotland. The Fulton name is associated with much creativity, with many involved in artistic and practical skills, but medicine is also a common profession. Surnames: Fullerton, Fulton Submitted by: anon Origin of Le, Meaning of Le Origin: I have traced Tinkapaugh to 1600 Germany when it was Dinckelbach. It means little foot. Surnames: Dinckelbach, Tinkapaugh, Tinklepaugh Submitted by: Bernadette Tinklepaugh-Boozel Origin of Le, Meaning of Le Origin: The name Shipley means 'pasture for sheep', or ' a clearing in the woods for sheep'. Surnames: Shipley Submitted by: Bill and Valerie Shipley Origin of Le, Meaning of Le 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 Le, Meaning of Le Origin: I was told by a george selley in england that the name selley in england is from devon and cornwall. he also says that the name originated from 2 brothers that were saddle makers and in french is pronounced salliea. spelled sellier or sellere meaning saddlemaker. so he says they came to uk with william the conqueror. there are other selley people from germany-no relation they are selle and add a y. george selleys job was govt. workers genealogy. Surnames: Celly, Sealie, Sealy, Seeley, Seely, Selley, Zully Submitted by: bill selley Origin of Le, Meaning of Le Origin: The surname came from the middle counties of Ireland. It is one of the oldest surnames in Ireland dating back to the old Irish kings. Depending where you are in Ireland it can mean the fisher folk, the most dependable or the ones who leave a mess behind. It is a very common name in both the middle and northern counties. Surnames: Coigley, O'coigley, O'quigley, Quigley, Quigleye Submitted by: Bob Quigley Origin of Le, Meaning of Le Origin: 1. 'one who came from Huddleston', a park township in the parish of sherburn, west riding in Yorkshire. 2.'Huda',Hun', originally denoted ' a fence or encloseure'which became 'enclosure round a house, a homestead,village of town. the earliest record of this surname is from 1200,Richard de Hudelsdun is recorded in the 'Curia Regis Rolls' of yorkshire . william Hudleston was residing in Yorkshire in 1379. in 1587 William Hudleston is mentioned in the 'lancashire Wills at Richmand. the marriage of John Huddleston and Elizabeth Holy is registered in St. James Clerkenwell in 1711 Surnames: Hiddleston Submitted by: brenda bishop Origin of Le, Meaning of Le Origin: 1. 'one who came from Huddleston',a park township in the parish of sherburn, west riding in Yorkshire. 2.'Huda',Hun', originally denoted ' a fence or encloseure'which became 'enclosure round a house, a homestead,village of town. the earliest record of this surname is from 1200,Richard de Hudelsdun is recorded in the 'Curia Regis Rolls' of yorkshire . william Hudleston was residing in Yorkshire in 1379. in 1587 William Hudleston is mentioned in the 'lancashire Wills at Richmand. the marriage of John Huddleston and Elizabeth Holy is registered in St. James Clerkenwell in 1711 Surnames: Hudderston, Huddleson, Huddleston, Huddlestone, Hudlestone, Hussleson Submitted by: brenda bishop Origin of Le, Meaning of Le Origin: The English surname Filer is occupational in origin, deriving from the name of the profession of the initial bearer, thus affording him a suitable means of identity in his local community. In this instance we have a derivation of the Old French term 'fileu', denoting a spinner from the term 'file' (thread), or a derivative of the Middle English 'filen' (to file), denoting one who filed, or made smooth, or polished, or perhaps even a maker of files. Among the early written references to the name or a variant form we read of John le Filur in the Subsidy Rolls for Worchestershire in the year 1275, along with that of John le FYLER in the same Rolls for the county of Bedfordshire in 1309. Surnames: Filer, Filers, Fyler, Fylers Submitted by: Carolyn Filer Origin of Le, Meaning of Le Origin: I was told by a relative that our family's name was originally 'Schelle', and our people were originally from Switzerland. They moved on to Germany, and finally to the United States, in search of religious freedom. The name was anglicized to Shelly. Surnames: Schelle, Shelley Submitted by: Carrie Shelly Origin of Le, Meaning of Le Origin: One meaning of the name is an area of bent grass. Surnames: Bentley, Bently Submitted by: Charles John Bentley Origin of Le, Meaning of Le Origin: neville means new villa or town--french Surnames: Neville Submitted by: charles neville Origin of Le, Meaning of Le Origin: twistle' is the ancient name for the area around the banks of a river. In North America it would be called a 'Coulee' The family originates in the township of Entwistle, ancient parish of Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, England, and dates back to the middle 1200's. It is a very common name in the Bolton-Bury area of present-day greater Manchester. There are many 'Twistle' names in Lancashire, England, including Birtwistle, Oswaldtwistle and Extwistle. Surnames: Entwhistle, Entwisle, Entwistle, Enwysell Submitted by: D.J. Entwistle Stutter Origin of Le, Meaning of Le Origin: (1675-1740) John LaVelle came to America with his brother Edward Circa 1700 from France. After settling in Virginia the name was changed to Leavell due to problems in spelling and pronouncing the name. Surnames: Leavell Submitted by: Daun Origin of Le, Meaning of Le Origin: It originates from the Orkney islands in the Scottish region of the UK it is probably Scandanavian in origin Surnames: Linklater, Linkletter Submitted by: Dave Origin of Le, Meaning of Le Origin: I have made a copy of the England and Wales Birth, Marr and Death indexes for the 3 surnames above and am the registered member with the Guild of One Name Studies. The earliest Fall on my tree - before parish registers, were in the region of Fawsley Northamptonshire UK - originally spelt Fallesley. There is a small waterfall. Surnames: Fall, Falle, Falls Submitted by: David Fall Origin of Le, Meaning of Le Origin: There was a gentelman from England that was given som property and that property became known Worsley England. He was known as the Earl of Worsley.This is info I have received several years ago from someone in England, however, I can not recall that name at this time. All of my fathers family came from that area in England. Surnames: Worsley Submitted by: Dean Worsley Origin of Le, Meaning of Le Origin: The Leach family are the decendants of the McLeach family of Scotland. Three brothers McLeach came to this country from the Highlands of Scotland 350 years ago, and settled in Cold Run Mass. The name was changed, on petition to Parliament, from McLeach to Leach. This was in about 1760- 125 years after they arrived here. Surnames: Leach, Leache Submitted by: Deanna Origin of Le, Meaning of Le Origin: My Zeller name came from Ziefen Switzerland, Canton Basel-land Surnames: Zeller Submitted by: Denise Jordan Origin of Le, Meaning of Le Origin: German Surnames: Duda, Luck, Lueck, Bohmann, Ebert, Pfeiffer, Howard, Shetler, Schettler, Shettler, Stephens Submitted by: dianna Origin of Le, Meaning of Le Origin: Families are IRISH from the original spelling of: Grealis Grealish Grayless Gradeless. Surnames: Gradeless, Grayless, Grealish Submitted by: Donald E. Gradeless Origin of Le, Meaning of Le Origin: Parsley, according to my research is either a place name(saxon: Parr's leah, or Parr's grove), or a variant on Pashley, Paisley, Paslow, or Presley. The English name seems to be from northern England and southern Scotland, however, its also rumored to be Irish. There is also a group of Parsleys from Norway, but I have no knowledge if the two are connected. In the United States, Parsley is most often found in the southeast, around Tennessee, Virginia and Arkansas. The earliest American reference I found to the name was a death certificate from Virginia dated c.1720 Surnames: Paisley, Parsley, Pashley, Paslow, Presley Submitted by: Donald Parsley Origin of Le, Meaning of Le Origin: Bauer-lein means peasant farmer, flax.Surnames were required to identify individuals for tax purposes sometime around the years1300-1400 and are identified in church recordsaccording to my reference (Howard Barnhart). He wrote a booklet on Andreas Byerly(Bauerlein) in April, 1991. Surnames: Bauerlein, Beyerly, Bierle, Bierly, Byerly Submitted by: dorothy srembo Origin of Le, Meaning of Le Origin: Lehrer is a German word meaning teacher. Therefore, the origin must have been occupational. I have traced the family back as far as the seventeenth century (Rhineland , Germany). Lehrer became Lair on 9 July 1799 when Catherine Lehrer signed her last will and testament in Rockingham County, Virginia in the presence of three witnesses. This Anglicizes the German Lehrer to Lair. Surnames: Lair, Lehrer Submitted by: Dr. Robert E. Lair, Jr. Origin of Le, Meaning of Le Origin: English, most likely descended from the Normans around 1100. Surnames: Matinglee, Matingley, Mattingley, Mattingly Submitted by: E. Mattingly Origin of Le, Meaning of Le Origin: Hickenloopers first came to America from Mittleschlechtbach, Germany in October 1754. The ship 'Peggy' on which Andreas Heckenleib arrived in this country sailed from Rotterdam, Holland, thus many think the name is Dutch. I have been told the name means 'hedge-hopper/thief.' I understand there are still Heckenliables in Germany today. Some Heckenliables ventured through eastern Europe and Russia first, before coming to America. When they arrived they called themselves Heckenlively. Surnames: Heckenlaible, Heckenleib, Heckenlively, Hickenlooper, Hickenloover Submitted by: Emily Dikis Origin of Le, Meaning of Le Origin: Originally irish, immigrated to Australia around the 1850's. Surnames: Killen Submitted by: Emma Killen Origin of Le, Meaning of Le Origin: We have traced the name back to the 1700's in Oola Parish, County Limerick, Ireland. Could have originated in Ireland with sinking of Spanish Main. However, no documentation. Thomas Sarsfield and wife, Winnifred McGrath settled in Henry Ill in 1850 with their seven surviving children from Ireland through Port of New Orleans and were farmers. Surnames: Rail, Real, Reale, Reel Submitted by: Francis Galvin Real, Jr Origin of Le, Meaning of Le Origin: LYTLE is from Dumfrieshire, Scotland. Surnames: Liddle, Lightle, Litel, Little, Lytel, Lytle Submitted by: Geraldine Lytle Martinez Origin of Le, Meaning of Le Origin: Translated it means 'the meat' or 'the beef'. I was told by Canadians I have met that it is prominant in Nova Scotia. As it turns out, my own roots are in Quebec and Nova Scotia! (These people I met did not know this at the time.) Which leads me to believe there is some truth here. I hope this helps! Surnames: Leboeuf Submitted by: Heidi LeBoeuf-Mahoney Origin of Le, Meaning of Le Origin: English :occupational name for medieval court official, from Middle English bedele (Old English bydel, reinforced by Old French bedel). The word is of Germanic origin, and akin to the Old English b?odan to bid, command and to the Old High German bodo, messenger. (See BOTHA).In the Middle Ages a beadle in England and France was a junior official of a court of justice, responsible for acting as an usher in a court, carrying the mace in processions in front of a justice, delivering official notices, making proclamations (as a sort of town crier), and so on. By Shakespeare's day a beadle was a sort of village constable, appointed by the parish to keep order. Surnames: Beadel, Beadell, Beadle, Bed, Beddall, Beddell, Bedeau, Bedel, Bedell, Bedle, Beedle, Biddell, Biddle, Bittel, Buddell, Buddle, B?ttle, Pedel Submitted by: Ian Beadle Origin of Le, Meaning of Le Origin: Of french/canadian origin Surnames: Ledoux, Leduc, Leduke Submitted by: JacQue Howard 2/17/2012 2:36 AM Page 1 of 18

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