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Michael Gover (1913–1987), English actor Paul Gover (born 1968), English cricketer Roy Henry Gover (1929–2003), British painter and composer Robert Gover (1929–2015)
Gover
Keith Gover has been, since 2009, the Archdeacon of Southland, one of four Archdeaconries in the Anglican Diocese of Dunedin which serves a portion of
Keith_Gover
English cricketer
Alfred Richard Gover MBE (29 February 1908 – 7 October 2001) was an English Test cricketer. He was the mainstay of the Surrey bowling attack during the
Alf_Gover
English actor (1913–1987)
Michael Ole Phillipson Gover (31 August 1913 – 2 May 1987) was an English actor best known for his portrayal of Arthur Russell in the BBC television series
Michael_Gover
American film actress
Mildred Gover (1905–1947) was an American actress. Gover acted on stage for a decade before she began working in films in 1935. Her stage credits included
Mildred_Gover
British film director (1908–1970)
Victor M. Gover (1908–1970) was a British film director. The Curse of the Wraydons (1946) King of the Underworld (1952) Murder at Scotland Yard (1952)
Victor_M._Gover
School in Oxford, England
H. R. Lynam ("Joc") 1942–1965 R. K. Ingram ("Inky") 1965–1989 M. W. A. Gover ("Guv") 1972–1989 (head of day pupils, co-headmaster with "Inky") N. P.
Dragon_School
Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs
Kevin Gover (born February 16, 1955) is currently the Under Secretary for Museums and Culture at the Smithsonian. He had served from 2007 until January
Kevin_Gover
DC Comics supervillain
and was created by writer John Broome and artist Irwin Hasen. The Victor Gover incarnation of Sportsmaster first appeared in Manhunter #17 (September 1989)
Sportsmaster
British cross-country skier (born 1932)
Maurice Gover (born 2 May 1932) is a British cross-country skier. He competed in the men's 15 kilometre event at the 1956 Winter Olympics. Evans, Hilary;
Maurice_Gover
New Zealand mathematician
Ashwin Rod Gover is a New Zealand mathematician and a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand. He is currently employed as a Professor of Pure Mathematics
A._Rod_Gover
Australian novelist
Janet Gover (b. Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian writer of over a dozen romance novels and more than 20 short stories since 2002. Her work has won
Janet_Gover
Israeli electrical engineer
Avraham (Avi) Gover (Hebrew: אברהם גובר; born: 6 July 1945) is an Israeli professor of Electrical Engineering in the Physical Electronics Department of
Avraham_Gover
American novelist
Robert Gover (November 2, 1929 – January 12, 2015) was an American journalist who became a best-selling novelist at age 30. His first novel, One Hundred
Robert_Gover
English cricketer (born 1968)
Paul Nicholas Gover (born 12 March 1968) is a former English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman who played for the Hampshire Cricket Board. He was
Paul_Gover
Gover Jaspes Le Buen (29 January 1639 - 16 June 1712) was born in Maastricht, Netherlands he is known as a revolutionary fighter during the Franco-Dutch
Gover_Le_Buen
Australian field hockey player
Blake Govers (born 6 July 1996) is an Australian field hockey player who plays as a forward for the NSW Pride in the Hockey One League and the Australian
Blake_Govers
American football player and coach (1907–1998)
Grover Conner “Ox” Emerson (December 18, 1907 – November 26, 1998) was an American football player. Born and raised in rural East Texas, Emerson played
Ox_Emerson
Canadian politician
Aubrey Trent Gover (born June 30, 1959) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Bonavista South in the Newfoundland and Labrador
Aubrey_Gover
Former, unrecognized rump state of the Khmer Rouge
The Provisional Government of National Union and National Salvation of Cambodia (PGNUNSC) was an internationally unrecognised and ostensibly provisional
Khmer Rouge unrecognized government
Khmer_Rouge_unrecognized_government
Electoral division of Cornwall in the UK
St Austell Gover is an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom and returns one member to sit on Cornwall Council. The current Councillor
St Austell Gover (electoral division)
St_Austell_Gover_(electoral_division)
British folklorist in India
Charles Edward Gover (1835–1872) was a British folklorist in Madras (present-day Chennai), India. He was one of the earliest translators of the Tirukkural
Charles_E._Gover
2024 film by Ariel Vromen
exercise with much more on its mind than you might suspect." Jeremy K. Gover of the Untitled Film Project Podcast said, "Remove the historical context
1992_(film)
Australian field hockey player (born 1988)
Kieran Govers (born 9 February 1988) is an Australian field hockey player. He plays field hockey professionally in Germany. He plays for the NSW Waratahs
Kieran_Govers
Timber-span viaducts in England
(50°20′33″N 4°48′49″W / 50.342598°N 4.813685°W / 50.342598; -4.813685 (Gover)) A Class A viaduct 95 feet (29 m) high and 690 feet (210 m) long on 10
Cornwall_Railway_viaducts
2025 German-British-Luxembourgish animated film
humour and enjoyably quirky character design" in her review. Jeremy K. Gover of the Untitled Film Project Podcast called it "this generation's Halloween
Stitch_Head
2024 American comedy fantasy film
familial touches merges ambitious set pieces with tender scenes. Jeremy K. Gover of the Untitled Film Project wrote that "Belle is a revelation and carries
Sketch_(2024_film)
International field hockey competition
Ephraums Jacob Anderson Joshua Beltz Edward Ockenden (C) Jacob Whetton Blake Govers Dylan Martin Joshua Simmonds Timothy Howard Aran Zalewski (C) Flynn Ogilvie
2021 Men's Trans-Tasman Hockey Series
2021_Men's_Trans-Tasman_Hockey_Series
Local service district / designated place in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Glovers Harbour (/ˈɡloʊ.vərz/ GLOH-verz), formerly known as Thimble Tickle(s), is an unincorporated community and harbour in the Canadian province of Newfoundland
Glovers Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador
Glovers_Harbour,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador
1940 American film
Chief Thunderbird, Corey's Indian Valet Billy Dawson as Tommy "Tom" Mildred Gover as Lettie, Pat's maid Margaret Hayes as Chorus girl Mildred Coles as Chorus
Ladies_Must_Live_(1940_film)
Index measuring how much each country contributes to the planet and the human race
itself, were developed by Simon Anholt. The Index was built by Dr. Robert Govers with support from several other organisations. The top three countries in
Good_Country_Index
British painter and composer
Roy Henry Gover (1929–2003) was a British painter and composer that was born in London in 1929. He emigrated to the United States (San Francisco Bay Area)
Roy_Henry_Gover
Field hockey team
Sharma India Forwards Johan Bjorkman Sweden Florian Fuchs Germany Kieran Govers Australia Robbert Kemperman Netherlands Roshan Minz India Danish Mujtaba
Dabang_Mumbai
Museum in Washington, DC
Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian. Kevin Gover was the director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the
National Museum of the American Indian
National_Museum_of_the_American_Indian
Comic book miniseries crossover
Gotham City, he interviews Victor Gover, a former Suicide Squad operative mourning his wife's recent death. Gover reveals that his team had been sent
Deadpool/Batman and Batman/Deadpool
Deadpool/Batman_and_Batman/Deadpool
English cricketer
come up against an irresistible first-innings spell of bowling from Alf Gover, who finished with 8-34 (his career best) as Worcestershire were skittled
Philip_Thorp
Historic kingdom in Sub-Roman Britain
from greater Dumnonia to Armorica at the end of the Roman occupation. J.B. Gover wrote in 1931 that by the middle of the seventh century Devon was a sparsely
Dumnonia
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016
Schofield reported to Ofcom over paedophile list". The Daily Telegraph. Gover, Dominic (22 November 2012). "Lord McAlpine Wins £125,000 from ITV for Philip
David_Cameron
goals per match. 4 goals Tim Greenwood 3 goals Aiden Dooley 2 goals Scott Govers James Knee Jake Staines Stephen Atkinson 1 goal Xavier Harrington Daniel
2024 Men's Oceania Indoor World Cup qualifier
2024_Men's_Oceania_Indoor_World_Cup_qualifier
Field hockey tournament
Ephraums Johan Durst (GK) Joshua Beltz Eddie Ockenden (C) Jacob Whetton Blake Govers Jayden Atkinson Tim Howard Aran Zalewski (C) Benjamin Rennie (GK) Ky Willott
2023_Men's_Oceania_Cup
1958 British TV drama series
Kate Cameron, Andrée Melly, Diana Day, Sylvia Davies, David Cole, Aithna Gover, Noel Howlett, Burnell Tucker [fr] and Anne Iddon. Unlike many BBC series
Little_Women_(1958_TV_series)
Country in Central Africa
disaster in Cuba led to the head of the Spanish negotiating team, Pedro Gover y Tovar, committing suicide on the voyage home on 21 October 1901. Iradier
Equatorial_Guinea
English football club
Netley Founded 1901 Ground Romsey Town F.C. Chairman Jay Morgan Manager Matt Gover League Hampshire Premier League Senior Division Home colours Away colours
A.F.C._Netley
Australian mathematician
Michael Eastwood Scientific career Fields Differential Geometry Doctoral advisor Robert C. Gunning Doctoral students A. Rod Gover
Michael_Eastwood
have many examples, such as The Folk Tales of South India (by Charles E. Gover) and Clarinda (1915, by A. Madhaviah). Films ridiculing or insulting Tamil
Portrayal of Tamil Brahmins in popular media
Portrayal_of_Tamil_Brahmins_in_popular_media
Hamlet in Nottinghamshire, England
Bassetlaw district in Nottinghamshire, England. It is to the north of Worksop. Gover, John Eric Bruce; Mawer, Allen; Stenton, Frank Merry (1940). The Place-names
Costhorpe
1799 painting by Jacques-Louis David
2006, p. 131. Halliday 2006, pp. 202, 211. Lajer-Burcharth 1999, p. 132. Gover 1999, p. 149. Bordes 2005, p. 11. Lajer-Burcharth, Ewa (1991). "David's
The Intervention of the Sabine Women
The_Intervention_of_the_Sabine_Women
American mixed martial arts fighter (born 1992)
Middleweight and mainland debut on July 29, 2017, at PFL Everett against Jon Gover. He won the bout via first-round TKO. Soriano faced Rafael Celestino on
Punahele_Soriano
Painting by Jan Mostaert
scholar Marie-José Govers. She claimed the figure represented Saint Maurice, a Roman soldier who by tradition came from Thebes. Govers was to publish her
Portrait_of_an_African_Man
Motor vehicle
Mazda Bongo. Gover, Paul (24 December 1985). "Ford sportscar to oust Telstar". The Canberra Times. p. 8. Retrieved 26 July 2016. Gover, Paul (2 November
Ford_Telstar
British hereditary peer
The Independent. 3 February 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016. Dominic Gover, "Lord Lucan TV Drama Condemned by Aristocrat's Daughter". 4 November 2013
George Bingham, 8th Earl of Lucan
George_Bingham,_8th_Earl_of_Lucan
Contagious disease caused by SARS-CoV-2
Coronavirus(2019-nCoV) Situation Report – 22" (PDF). WHO. 11 February 2020. Gover AR, Harper SB, Langton L (July 2020). "Anti-Asian Hate Crime During the
COVID-19
Kervella (FRA) Radek Pospíchal/Marek Cepek (CZE) 2012 Solkan Dmitriy Azanov/Egor Gover (RUS) Aaron Jüttner/Piet Lennart Wagner (GER) Aleksei Popov/Vadim Voinalovich (RUS)
List of European Junior Canoe Slalom Championships medalists
List_of_European_Junior_Canoe_Slalom_Championships_medalists
English nature reserve on Dartmoor in Devon, England
Rainforests of Britain. London: William Collins. ISBN 978-0-00-852795-2. Gover, J. E. B.; Mawer, A.; Stenton, F. M. (1931–32). The Place-Names of Devon
Wistman's_Wood
Electoral division of Cornwall in the UK
Landrake St Agnes St Austell Bethel and Holmbush St Austell Central and Gover St Austell Poltair and Mount Charles St Blazey St Cleer and Menheniot St
Lanivet, Blisland and Bodmin St Lawrence (electoral division)
Lanivet,_Blisland_and_Bodmin_St_Lawrence_(electoral_division)
Canadian politician
unsuccessfully for a seat in the Newfoundland assembly in 1989, losing to Aubrey Gover; he was elected in 1993 and was reelected in 1996, 1999 and 2003. He was
Roger_Fitzgerald
Sixteenth century English botanist
three sons and two daughters; and in 1591 to Dorothy, daughter of John Gover of Somerton, Somerset, by whom he had two sons and a daughter. Lyte was
Henry_Lyte_(botanist)
Chemical compound
6-phosphogluconolactonase. Enzyme 1.1.1.49 at KEGG Pathway Database. Kotaka M, Gover S, Vandeputte-Rutten L, Au SW, Lam VM, Adams MJ (May 2005). "Structural
6-Phosphogluconolactone
1971 film directed by Stanley Kubrick
Dr Brodsky Paul Farrell as tramp Clive Francis as Joe the Lodger Michael Gover as prison governor Miriam Karlin as "Catlady" Weathers James Marcus as Georgie
A_Clockwork_Orange_(film)
Danish philosopher and theologian (1813–1855)
otherwise, month and year, or just year is given. Kierkegaard 1938. Conway & Gover 2002, p. 25. Kierkegaard 1992, p. 247. Kierkegaard 1938, p. 354. Garff 2005
Søren_Kierkegaard
1953 British film by Victor M. Gover
by Victor M. Gover and starring Tod Slaughter, Patrick Barr and Tucker McGuire. It was written by John Gilling and is a sequel to Gover's King of the Underworld
Murder_at_Scotland_Yard
Former medieval manor in Middlesex, England
to King George III, for either £21,000 or, possibly, £28,000. J. E. B. Gover, 1922, The Place Names of Middlesex, London, Longmans, p. 22. Girling, Brian;
Eia
1952 British film by Victor M. Gover
King of the Underworld is a 1952 British crime film directed by Victor M. Gover and starring Tod Slaughter, Patrick Barr and Tucker McGuire. It was written
King of the Underworld (1952 film)
King_of_the_Underworld_(1952_film)
Church in Winchester, England
was taken down in March 1840, rebuilt to designs by the architect William Gover of Winchester, and reopened on 21 July 1842, when it was consecrated by
St Maurice's Church, Winchester
St_Maurice's_Church,_Winchester
Descendants of Jacob in the Abrahamic religions
'Hebrews'". Times of Israel. Behar, Doron M.; Saag, Lauri; Karmin, Monika; Gover, Meir G.; Wexler, Jeffrey D.; Sanchez, Luisa Fernanda; Greenspan, Elliott;
Twelve_Tribes_of_Israel
1937 film by King Vidor
Stephen's office clerk Harlan Briggs as Mr. Beamer, Stephen's boss Mildred Gover as Agnes, Stella's first maid George Meeker as Spencer Chandler, a well-known
Stella_Dallas_(1937_film)
of prejudice, discrimination, ethnic cleansing, and persecution. Kevin Gover (Pawnee Nation), the director of the National Museum of the American Indian
Native American–Jewish relations
Native_American–Jewish_relations
American politician (1935–2025)
Affairs In office 2001–2003 President George W. Bush Preceded by Kevin Gover Succeeded by David W. Anderson Oklahoma Secretary of Transportation In office
Neal_McCaleb
Collection of 87 ancient Greek hymns
Ricciardelli 2008, pp. 341–342. Hopman-Govers, p. 37; Lebreton, p. 204. Hopman-Govers, p. 37. Fayant 2013, para. 18. Hopman-Govers, p. 37, citing Guthrie 1930,
Orphic_Hymns
Canadian politician (1939–2019)
South In office 1972–1989 Preceded by Rossy Barbour Succeeded by Aubrey Gover Personal details Born James Charles Morgan (1939-10-31)October 31, 1939
Jim Morgan (Canadian politician)
Jim_Morgan_(Canadian_politician)
Electoral division of Cornwall in the UK
Landrake St Agnes St Austell Bethel and Holmbush St Austell Central and Gover St Austell Poltair and Mount Charles St Blazey St Cleer and Menheniot St
Fowey, Tywardreath and Par (electoral division)
Fowey,_Tywardreath_and_Par_(electoral_division)
UK youth cricket and disability sports charity
including Ann Barrington, Anne Subba Row, Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Marjorie Gover, Judith Chalmers, Betty Surridge and Joan Morecambe. The Lady Taverners
Lord's_Taverners
Street in the East End of London, England
18 – Gover Maw and Stenton – Cambridge University Press – p150-7 – 1942 The Place Names of Middlesex – English Place name Society – Vol 18 – Gover Maw
Cable_Street
Indoor hockey tournament
Backhus Jake Staines (C) Jett Leong Benjamin Rennie (GK) Mitchell Pace Scott Govers Tim Deavin Connor Tuddenham Namibia David Strauss (C, GK) Richter van Rooyen
2025_Men's_Nkosi_Cup
Record label
Artists with June Appal include Buell Kazee, Morgan Sexton, Lee Sexton, Carla Gover, and Nimrod Workman. June Appal distributes compilation recordings taken
June_Appal_Recordings
1972 British TV series or programme
Penelope Betteredge Madhav Sharma as Indian Bell McCallum as Nancy Michael Gover as Superintendent Seegrave Philip Ray as Dr. Candy Roy Macready as Tomlinson
The Moonstone (1972 TV series)
The_Moonstone_(1972_TV_series)
US Animator The Jungle Book One Hundred and One Dalmatians May 2 Michael Gover 73 UK Actor A Clockwork Orange Superman 4 Paul Groesse 81 US Art Director
1987_in_film
Field hockey tournament in The Hague, Netherlands
Gonzalo Peillat 7 goals Chris Ciriello 6 goals Andy Hayward 5 goals Kieran Govers Tom Boon Tanguy Cosyns Akashdeep Singh 4 goals Christopher Zeller Jeroen
2014_Men's_Hockey_World_Cup
Hamlet in Cornwall, England
ISBN 978-0-319-23287-3. Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of Great Britain; Bodmin and Launceston, sheet 186. 1961. Gover, J. E. B., The Place-Names of Cornwall, 1948 v t e
Pantersbridge
goals Harmanpreet Singh Gareth Furlong 8 goals Phil Roper 7 goals Blake Govers 6 goals Nathan Ephraums Jeremy Hayward 5 goals Jacob Anderson Tom Wickham
Hockey at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament
Hockey_at_the_2022_Commonwealth_Games_–_Men's_tournament
Tamil poet and philosopher
heaped on Valluvar and his work by the early Europeans in colonial India. Gover, for example, praised it as "Tamil Homer, The Ten Commandments, and Dante
Thiruvalluvar
office Northern Virginia John Henshaw Loudoun James M. Downey Loudoun E. R. Gover Loudoun John Hawxhurst Fairfax, also 1868 Convention S. Ferguson Beach Alexandria
Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1864
Virginia_Constitutional_Convention_of_1864
Voinalovich/Aleksei Popov Igor Mikhailov/Nikolay Shkliaruk Dmitriy Azanov/Egor Gover Poland Filip Brzeziński/Andrzej Brzeziński Michał Wiercioch/Grzegorz Majerczak
List of ICF World Under 23 Canoe Slalom Championships medalists
List_of_ICF_World_Under_23_Canoe_Slalom_Championships_medalists
Mirror" Kim Mills Geoffrey Orme, Anthony Terpiloff Ray Barrett, Michael Gover, David Graham, Haydn Jones Venus 22 February 1963 (1963-02-22) Teledu Cymru
List of The Avengers (TV series) episodes
List_of_The_Avengers_(TV_series)_episodes
Electoral division of Cornwall in the UK
Landrake St Agnes St Austell Bethel and Holmbush St Austell Central and Gover St Austell Poltair and Mount Charles St Blazey St Cleer and Menheniot St
Land's End (electoral division)
Land's_End_(electoral_division)
1946 British film by Victor M. Gover
Strangler's Morgue) is a 1946 British thriller film directed by Victor M. Gover and starring Tod Slaughter, Bruce Seton and Henry Caine. It was written
The_Curse_of_the_Wraydons
Aiyar K. M. Balasubramaniam A. Chakravarti William Henry Drew Charles E. Gover N. E. Kindersley John Lazarus S. M. Michael George Uglow Pope H. A. Popley
Elelasingan
Held from December 2025 to February 2026
Karthi 32' Report 12', 18' Amandeep 37' De Sloover Penalties Ephraums Govers Uttam Craig Raheel 4–2 Arshdeep Struthoff Wallace Talwinder Mayor Radhakrishnan
2025–26_Hockey_India_League
Second-order tensor
no. 9, 2841–2848. Online eprint (pdf). T. Bailey, M.G. Eastwood and A.R. Gover, "Thomas's Structure Bundle for Conformal, Projective and Related Structures"
Schouten_tensor
Newspaper section
10 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 305. Conway, Daniel W.; Gover, K. E. (2002). Søren Kierkegaard. p. 248. ISBN 9780415235907. Buchan, James
Feuilleton
2015 deliberate aircraft crash in France
2015. Archived from the original on 26 June 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2015. Gover, Dominic (24 March 2015). "Germanwings Flight 4U9525 crashed in identical
Germanwings_Flight_9525
Various physical phenomena
1016/0020-0891(93)90013-W. M. Arbel; A. Abramovich; A. L. Eichenbaum; A. Gover; H. Kleinman; Y. Pinhasi; I. M. Yakover (2001). "Superradiant and Stimulated
Superradiance
Field hockey competition held in Bhubaneswar, India
scored in 36 matches, for an average of 4.36 goals per match. 7 goals Blake Govers Alexander Hendrickx 6 goals Gonzalo Peillat 4 goals Timothy Brand Tom Craig
2018_Men's_Hockey_World_Cup
British TV drama series (1975–1977)
Thatcher (eps. 2, 8-10) Hugh Walters as Vic Thatcher (eps. 11, 13) Michael Gover as Arthur Russell (eps. 8-13) Eileen Helsby as Charmian Wentworth (eps.
Survivors_(1975_TV_series)
Australian and American mathematician (born 1975)
Journey". masterclass.com. Retrieved 5 July 2025. "Smithsonian executive Kevin Gover '78 and Fields Medalist mathematician Terence Tao *96 to receive top alumni
Terence_Tao
1938 film by Benjamin Stoloff
Blystone as Cop Maurice Cass as Dr. Rubnick Claire Du Brey as Convict Mildred Gover as Scarlet, the Maid Kane Richmond as Detective Madame Sul-Te-Wan as Benzedrina
The_Affairs_of_Annabel
Men's field hockey competition
Rupinder Pal Singh 4 goals Maico Casella Martín Ferreiro Lucas Martínez Blake Govers Tom Wickham Sébastien Dockier Liam Ansell Harmanpreet Singh Mandeep Singh
2020–21_Men's_FIH_Pro_League
Chadwick 20 Mitsubishi TE Magna Robert Chadwick - - - - - 30 10 8 48 4 Paul Gover 44 Ford EL Falcon XR6 Prodrive Racing - - - - 30 - - - 30 Mark Cohen 55
1997 Australian GT Production Car Championship
1997_Australian_GT_Production_Car_Championship
Sporting event delegation
8 August 2022 12:30 Australia 7–0 India Govers 9' Ephraums 14', 42' Anderson 22', 27' Wickham 26' Ogilvie 46' Report Umpires: Dan Barstow (ENG)
India at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
India_at_the_2022_Commonwealth_Games
British television dramatisation of the 1869 novel War and Peace
Perry as Joseph Fouché Geoffrey Morris as Napoleon's secretary Michael Gover as General Balashev Toby Bridge as young Nikolenka Bolkonsky Neil Stacy
War and Peace (1972 TV series)
War_and_Peace_(1972_TV_series)
GOVER
GOVER
Surname or Lastname
English (Lancashire)
English (Lancashire) : variant spelling of Mayer 1.Spanish and Jewish (Sephardic) : nickname for an older man or a distinguishing epithet for the elder of two bearers of the same personal name, from Spanish mayor ‘older’ (Latin maior (natus), literally ‘greater (by birth)’).Spanish and Jewish (Sephardic) : occupational or status name, from major ‘governor’, ‘chief’.Catalan : variant spelling of Major.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Meyer 2.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Mathew; a variant spelling of Matthews. In the U.S., this form has absorbed some European cognates such as German Matthäus.Among the earliest bearers of the name in North America was Samuel Mathews (c.1600–c.1657), who came to VA from London in about 1618. He established a plantation at the mouth of the Warwick River, which was at first called Mathews Manor; later its name was changed to Denbigh. He was one of the most powerful and influential men in the early affairs of the colony. He (or possibly his son, who bore the same name) was governor of the colony from 1657 until his death in 1660.
Surname or Lastname
English (also found in Wales)
English (also found in Wales) : patronymic from the Middle English personal name Jenk, a back-formation from Jenkin with the removal of the supposed Anglo-Norman French diminutive suffix -in.Joseph Jenks (1602–83), the descendant of an old Welsh family, was born in England and traveled to Saugus, near Lynn, MA, in 1642 to assist in the development of America’s first iron works. His son, Joseph Jenckes (sic), followed in 1650, founded Pawtucket, RI, and raised four sons who held places of respect and distinction in RI, including one who served as governor for five years.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of disputed origin. Reaney rejects the traditional explanation that it is a nickname derived from early modern English fitch ‘polecat’, as this word is not recorded in this form until the 16th century, whereas the byname or surname Fitchet is found as early as the 12th century. He proposes instead that the name may be from Old French fiche ‘stake’ (used as a boundary marker), but with the sense ‘iron point’, and so a metonymic occupational name for a workman who used an iron-pointed implement.The Fitches of CT, a wealthy and prominent family, were established in Norwalk, CT, before 1657 by Thomas Fitch (1612–1704). His great-grandson Thomas Fitch (c. 1700–74) was a lawyer and colonial governor of CT.
Surname or Lastname
English (Shropshire)
English (Shropshire) : from the Welsh personal name Einws, a diminutive of Einion (of uncertain origin, popularly associated with einion ‘anvil’).English : patronymic from the medieval personal name Hain 2.English : habitational name from Haynes in Bedfordshire. This name first appears in Domesday Book as Hagenes, which Mills derives from the plural of Old English hægen, hagen ‘enclosure’.Irish : variant of Hines.John Haynes (?1594–1653) had emigrated from Essex, England, where his father was lord of the manor of Copford Hall near Colchester, to MA, where he was governor in 1635. He moved to CT, and was the colony's first governor (1639–53/54).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Leicestershire, recorded in Domesday Book as Cilebi. It was probably originally named with the Old English elements cild (see Child) + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. Compare Chilton. The second element was then replaced some time after the Danish invasions by the Old Norse form býr.Christopher Kilby (1705–71), merchant and government contractor of the colonial era, was born in Boston, MA, as was his father, John. According to family tradition, his grandfather John was born in 1632 in Hertfordshire, England.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : patronymic from a personal name (Latin Gallus) which was widespread in Europe in the Middle Ages (see Gall 2).German : nickname for someone in the service of the monastery of St Gallen, or a habitational name for someone from the city in Switzerland so named.English : variant of Gallier.Hungarian (Gallér) : from gallér ‘collar’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a taylor, in particular a maker of military garments.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from German Galle ‘bile’, ‘gall’, with the agent suffix -er. This surname seems to have been one of the group of names selected at random from vocabulary words by government officials.
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon)
English (Devon) : unexplained. It may be a variant of Gover, but early examples with a definite article, e.g. Richard le Gofiar (Somerset 1327), point to an origin as an occupational name or perhaps a nickname, from an unknown element.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Middle English personal name Edun, Old English Ēadhūn, composed of the elements ēad ‘prosperity’, ‘wealth’ + hūn ‘bear-cub’.English : habitational name from Castle Eden or Eden Burn in County Durham, both of which derive from a British river name perhaps meaning ‘water’, recorded by the Greek geographer Ptolemy in the 2nd century ad in the form Ituna.German : habitational name any of several places, mainly in Bavaria and Austria, so named from Middle High German œde ‘wasteland’ + the dative suffix -n.Frisian : patronymic from the personal name Ede.Charles Eden (1673–1722), colonial governor of NC under the lords proprietors from 1714 onward, used the armorial bearings of the family of Eden of the county palatine of Durham in the north of England. Of the same connection was Sir Robert Eden, last royal governor of MD.
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon)
English (Devon) : topographic name for someone who lived ‘at the end of the cottages’, from Middle English, Old English ende ‘end’ + cot ‘cottage’. One locality so named is Endicott in Cadbury, Devon; another is now called Youngcott, in Milton Abbot.John Endecott (1588–1665) was a prominent figure in the early history of MA, being one of the founding fathers of Salem, MA, in 1638. He served as governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (1629–30), and worked harmoniously with his successor, John Winthrop, despite differences on points of religious doctrine. He served as governor again in 1644–45, 1649–50, 1651–54, and 1655–64, and as deputy governor in many of the intervening years. He is buried in the King’s Chapel Burying Ground in Boston.
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English and Scottish
English and Scottish : occupational name for a stonemason, Middle English, Old French mas(s)on. Compare Machen. Stonemasonry was a hugely important craft in the Middle Ages.Italian (Veneto) : from a short form of Masone.French : from a regional variant of maison ‘house’.George Mason (1725–92), the American colonial statesman who framed the VA Bill of Rights and Constitution, which was used as a model by Thomas Jefferson when drafting the Declaration of Independence, was a VA planter, fourth in descent from George Mason (?1629–?86), a royalist soldier of the English Civil War who had received land grants in VA. As well as being prominent in the affairs of VA, the family also produced the first governor of MI.
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English
English : from a pet form of the Norman personal name Aschetil (see Haskell).Stephen Hasket, a soap boiler and merchant of Salem, MA, was a native of Henstridge, Somerset, England. He came to Salem from Exeter, Devon, about 1666. His son Elias, born at Salem, went on to become governor of New Providence, Bahamas, before the people there revolted and sent him back to NY.
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English
English : from the Middle English personal name Hann + the hypocoristic suffix -cok, which was commonly added to personal names (see Cocke).Dutch : from Middle Dutch hanecoc ‘winkle’, ‘periwinkle’ (a type of shellfish), probably a metonymic occupational name for someone who gathered and sold shellfish.Thomas Hancock, the uncle of Declaration of Independence signatory John Hancock (1736/7–93), was among the foremost of 18th-century American businessmen. He was a descendant of Nathaniel Hancock, who was known to have been in Cambridge, MA, as early as 1634. Born in Braintree, MA, John Hancock was president of the Second Continental Congress and the first governor of the state of MA.
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English and Irish
English and Irish : habitational name from Dudley in the West Midlands, named from the Old English personal name Dudda (see Dodd) + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’.Irish (County Cork) : English name adopted by bearers of Gaelic Ó Dubhdáleithe ‘descendant of Dubhdáleithe’, a personal name composed of the elements dubh ‘black’ + dá ‘two’ + léithe ‘sides’.Thomas Dudley (1576–1653), born at Northampton, England, sailed on the Arbella to Salem, MA, in 1630 with the chief men of the Massachusetts Bay Company. They first settled at Newtown. Dudley subsequently moved to Ipswich but then permanently settled at Roxbury. He was elected four times as governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and as one of the two commissioners for the colony when the New England Confederation was formed in 1643. He was one of the first overseers of Harvard University, and in 1650, as governor, signed the charter for that institution. Dudley’s seventh and most noted child, Joseph (1647–1720) was also governor of MA (1702–15).
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English
English : unexplained; possibly a respelling of Kay 6, a shortened form of Scottish and Irish McKay.Korean : There is only one Chinese character and one clan for the Kye family name. According to the Kye family genealogy, the clan was founded by a Ming Dynasty government official named Kye SÅk-son who migrated to KoryÅ and settled in today’s Suan County of Hwanghae Province. The majority of bearers of the Kye family name today live in North Korea.
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English (mainly northeastern)
English (mainly northeastern) : habitational name from any of various minor places (including perhaps some now lost) named from Old English hÄr ‘gray’, hara ‘hare’, or hær ‘rock’, ‘tumulus’ + land ‘tract of land’, ‘estate’, ‘cultivated land’, notably Harland in Kirkbymoorside. North Yorkshire, which is named from hær + land. This surname has been present in northern Ireland since the 17th century.French (Normandy) : nickname for someone given to stirring up trouble, from the present participle of medieval French hareler ‘to create a disturbance’.George and Michael Harland were Quakers who emigrated from Durham, England, to Ireland. George went on to DE in 1687 and became governor in 1695, while Michael went to Philadelphia. George Harland’s descendants, who dropped the final -d from their name, included a number of prominent American politicians, in particular James Harlan (1820–99), who became a senator and secretary of the interior.
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English
English : variant of Leet.An early American bearer of this name was one of the founders of Guilford, CT. William Leete (c. 1613–83), a colonial governor of New Haven colony and CT, was born at Dodington, Huntingtonshire, England. He converted to Puritanism and sailed for America to escape persecution in May 1639.
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English
English : most probably, as Reaney proposes, a variant of Gofair, a nickname from Middle English go(n) ‘to go’ (Old English gÄn) + fair ‘lovely’, ‘quiet(ly)’ (see Fair).
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English (mainly East Anglia)
English (mainly East Anglia) : variant of Goff.Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Gutsch.Several bearers of the name Gooch came from England to VA in the 17th century, with family tradition placing them in a town called Goochland. The best known of these early immigrants was VA colonial governor Sir William Gooch (1681–1751).
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English
English : unexplained.John Mifflin (born 1640) came to Delaware from Warminster, Wiltshire, England, in the 1670s. He is probably the same person as the John Mifflin, a Quaker, who built his home, ‘Fountain Green’, in Fairmont Park, Philadelphia, in 1679. His fourth-generation descendant Thomas Mifflin (1744–1800) was a member of the Continental Congress, a revolutionary soldier, and governor of PA.
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