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English (Dorset)
English (Dorset) : variant of Swire.
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English (Dorset)
English (Dorset) : variant of Pouncey.
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English (Hampshire, Dorset, and Wiltshire)
English (Hampshire, Dorset, and Wiltshire) : unexplained. According to MacLysaght this name, which is also found in Ireland, is akin to Usher (compare Lusher).Probably an Americanized spelling of German Lüsch (see Lusch).
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English : regional name from the county of Dorset, named from Old English Dorn, an early name of Dorchester (of British origin, from durn ‘fist’, probably referring to fist-sized pebbles) + sǣte ‘dwellers’.
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English (mainly Dorset)
English (mainly Dorset) : occupational name for a locksmith, from an agent derivative of Middle English, Old English loc ‘lock’, ‘fastening’ (see Lock, and compare Locker).
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English (mainly Dorset and Hampshire)
English (mainly Dorset and Hampshire) : unexplained; perhaps a variant of Curley.
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English (Dorset)
English (Dorset) : probably a habitational name from either of the places mentioned at Hairfield, or from Harvel near Rochester, Kent, named with Old English heorot ‘hart’, ‘stag’ + feld ‘open country’.
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English (Dorset)
English (Dorset) : variant spelling of Sugar.
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English (Dorset)
English (Dorset) : of uncertain origin; perhaps a variant of Pocket(t), from a diminutive of Anglo-Norman French poque ‘small pouch’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of purses and pouches or a nickname. Alternatively it could be from a diminutive of Middle English pouk(e) ‘evil spirit’, ‘puck’, ‘goblin’.
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English (Hampshire, Dorset)
English (Hampshire, Dorset) : occupational name for a cowherd, from Old French vachier.
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English (Hampshire, Dorset, and Wiltshire)
English (Hampshire, Dorset, and Wiltshire) : topographic name for someone who lived at the top of a hill or on a piece of raised ground, from Middle English heyt ‘summit’, ‘height’ + the agent suffix -er.
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English (Dorset and Somerset)
English (Dorset and Somerset) : unexplained.Dutch : patronymic from a short form of the personal name Julianus (see Julian).
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English (Dorset)
English (Dorset) : habitational name from an unidentified place, possibly Ansford in Somerset, which is recorded in Domesday Book as Almundesford, from the genitive case of the Old English personal name Ealhmund (composed of the elements ealh ‘temple’ + mund ‘protection’) + Old English ford ‘ford’.
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English (Devon and Dorset)
English (Devon and Dorset) : patronymic from Tom, a short form of the personal name Thomas.
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English (Hampshire and Dorset)
English (Hampshire and Dorset) : habitational name, possibly from Michen Hall in Godalming, Surrey.
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English (Dorset)
English (Dorset) : unexplained. This name is frequent in Nova Scotia.
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English (Dorset)
English (Dorset) : habitational name, probably from Wool Bridge in East Stoke, Dorset.
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English (Dorset) : unexplained.
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English (Somerset, Dorset, and Hampshire)
English (Somerset, Dorset, and Hampshire) : unexplained.In some instances probably an altered spelling of French Dominé (see Domine).
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English (Dorset)
English (Dorset) : unexplained.See Diffee.
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Polish
Polish form of German Gertrude, GERTRUDA means "spear strength."
Female
Greek
Feminine form of Greek Ptolemy, PTOLEMA means "aggressive, warlike."
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Anglo Saxon English
Dwells by the pond.
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Tamil
Indumukhi | இஂதà¯à®®à¯à®•ீ
With moonlike face
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Finnish, German, Greek, Japanese, Swedish
Stone; Rock
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Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi
Brilliant
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English
English : habitational name from Wansley in Devon, named with the Old English personal name Want + lēah ‘woodland clearing’, or from Hutton Wandesley in North Yorkshire, named with an unattested Old English personal name (Wand or Wandel) + lēah. The latter seems the more likely source, the surname having been concentrated in Lancashire in the late 19th century. Today there are few if any bearers of the surname in the U.K.
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Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Mythological, Sanskrit, Telugu
Lord Shiva
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Biblical Greek Hebrew
The praised one.
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Greek Spanish
Gift from Artemis. Of Artemis, the Greek counterpart of the Roman goddess Diana. 4th Century...
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