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English
English : French Huguenot name, probably a habitational name from the village of Roncesvalles in Navarra in the Basque country (French name Roncevaux).Philip Rounseville came from Honiton, Devon, England, to Bristol, MA, sometime before 1704.
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English (Bristol)
English (Bristol) : variant spelling of Pullen.
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English (chiefly Bristol)
English (chiefly Bristol) : patronymic from Hiscock.
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French
French : from a pet form of the personal name P(i)erre, French form of Peter.English (Bristol) : variant of Parrott
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English (chiefly Bristol)
English (chiefly Bristol) : status name from the Anglo-Norman French feudal term franchomme ‘free man’ (see Free), composed of the elements franc ‘free’ (see Frank 2) + homme ‘man’ (Latin homo). The spelling has been altered as the result of folk etymological association with the common English place name endings -combe and -ham.
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English (mainly Bristol and Gwent)
English (mainly Bristol and Gwent) : of uncertain origin, apparently a habitational name from some lost or unidentified place deriving its name from Old English seolfor ‘silver’ + þorn ‘thorn bush’.
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English (Bristol and Bath)
English (Bristol and Bath) : unexplained.
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English (chiefly Bristol)
English (chiefly Bristol) : from Middle English clop(pe) ‘lump’, ‘hillock’ (from Old English clopp(a)), applied either as a topographic name or as a nickname for a large and ungainly person.Variant spelling of German Klapp.
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English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Sai in Orne or Say in Indre, perhaps so called from a Gaulish personal name Saius + the Latin locative suffix -acum.English : metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of say, a kind of finely textured cloth, Middle English say (from Old French saie, Latin saga, plural of sagum ‘military cloak’). In some instances the surname may have arisen from a nickname for an habitual wearer of clothes made of this material.Southern French : topographic name from saix ‘rock’ (Latin saxum), or a habitational name from a place named with this word, for example, Say in Loire, Saix in Tarn and Vienne, Le Saix in Hautes-Alpes, or Les Saix in Isère.William Say of Bristol, England, was a member of the Society of Friends who settled in America toward the close of the 17th century. His descendant Thomas Say (1787–1834) of Philadelphia is known as the father of descriptive entomology in America.
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English or Welsh (Bristol and Gwent)
English or Welsh (Bristol and Gwent) : perhaps a variant of Biss.German : from Middle Low German bēse ‘reed’, ‘bulrush’, hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who used reeds in his work, for example a brush maker.Americanized spelling of Biese, a North German variant of 2.
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English : nickname from Middle English pope (derived via Old English from Late Latin papa ‘bishop’, ‘pope’, from Greek pappas ‘father’, in origin a nursery word.) In the early Christian Church, the Latin term was at first used as a title of respect for male clergy of every rank, but in the Western Church it gradually came to be restricted to bishops, and then only to the bishop of Rome; in the Eastern Church it continued to be used of all priests (see Popov, Papas). The nickname would have been used for a vain or pompous man, or for someone who had played the part of the pope in a pageant or play. The surname is also present in Ireland and Scotland.North German : variant of Poppe.Nathaniel Pope, a “marriner†from London and Bristol, England, patented a property on Northern Neck, VA, in 1651 that later became known as “The Cliftsâ€.
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English : nickname for a bald-headed man or someone of cadaverous appearance, from Middle English sc(h)olle, sc(h)ulle ‘skull’ (probably of Scandinavian origin).Nicholas Scull emigrated from Bristol, England, to Philadelphia, PA, with his brother John in 1685. He founded a wealthy Quaker family whose descendants have been prominent in western PA, in law, newspaper publication, and banking.
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English : from a personal name equivalent to Severin.English : topographic name from the river Severn, which flows from Wales through much of western England to the Bristol Channel. The river name is recorded as early as the 2nd century ad in the form Sabrina. This is one of Britain’s most ancient river names; the original meaning is uncertain, but it may have been ‘slow-moving’.
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English (Bristol)
English (Bristol) : from a pet form of the personal name Wilk.Variant of German Wilke.
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English (common in Bristol)
English (common in Bristol) : variant of Gingold, of which the origin is unexplained.Respelling of German Gingel, a common Bavarian surname, derived from a short form of the Germanic personal name Gangulf, composed of the elements gangan ‘to walk or go’ + (w)ulf ‘wolf’.
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English (Bristol, Gwent)
English (Bristol, Gwent) : from Middle English tresor ‘treasure’, ‘wealth’, ‘riches’ (Old French trésor, from Latin thesaurus ‘hoard’), hence a metonymic occupational name for a treasurer or person in charge of financial administration, or an affectionate nickname for a loved or valued person.
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English : variant of Liddiard.Revolutionary soldier William Ledyard was born at Groton, CT, in 1738, a descendant of John Ledyard who sailed from Bristol, England, and settled in CT. The celebrated traveler John Ledyard (1751–89) was William’s nephew and was also born in Groton.
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English (Bristol)
English (Bristol) : variant of Parrott 1.
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English or Welsh (Bristol and Cardiff)
English or Welsh (Bristol and Cardiff) : perhaps a variant of Biss.
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English (Bristol)
English (Bristol) : of uncertain derivation; perhaps a Norman metonymic occupational name for a spinner or a maker of spindles, from Old French fusel ‘spindle’ (Late Latin fusellus, a diminutive of classical Latin fusus).Americanized spelling of German Füssel, a diminutive of Fuss.
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Arabic, Indian, Muslim, Parsi
A Flower
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American, Anglo, Australian, British, Christian, English, Norse, Norwegian
From the Manor; Worker at the Large House or Manor
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Indian, Sikh
God Gift; God
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British, English, Irish
Bright Fame; Royal Bard
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Greek American English
Reap; from Therasia.
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Hindu
Lord Shiva
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Teutonic
Serpentine.
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Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu, Traditional
Spring
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Anglo Saxon Celtic
Messenger.
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German
Variant spelling of German Burk, BURKE means "castle, fort, protection."
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v. t.
To rub hard with something rough, as sand or Bristol brick, especially for the purpose of cleaning; to clean by friction; to make clean or bright; to cleanse from grease, dirt, etc., as articles of dress.
n.
A seaport city in the west of England.