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List of people from around the world executed over witchcraft
This is a list of people executed for witchcraft, many of whom were executed during organized witch-hunts, particularly during the 15th–18th centuries
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forgotten as a key aspect of witchcraft in Colonial America. Colonial history of the United States List of people executed for witchcraft Modern witch-hunts
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Legal proceedings in Massachusetts (1692–93)
series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than 200 people were
Salem_witch_trials
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tell fortunes..." List of people executed for witchcraft Witch hunt Legality of fortune-telling Gibson, Marion (2006), "Witchcraft in the Courts", in
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The following is a list of people executed in the U.S. state of Maryland. Slave executions Executions by firing squad In January 1923, a new law went
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17th-century Massachusetts Bay colonist executed for witchcraft
Margaret Jones (1613 – June 15, 1648) was the first person to be executed for witchcraft in Massachusetts Bay Colony, and the second in New England (the
Margaret Jones (Puritan midwife)
Margaret_Jones_(Puritan_midwife)
American woman hanged after conviction for witchcraft
was a woman executed for witchcraft in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, on June 19, 1656. Her death by hanging was the third for witchcraft in Boston and
Ann_Hibbins
15th-century Italian astrologer and healer
Gentile"). List of people executed for witchcraft "Gentile Budrioli, "strega enormissima" di Bologna" [Gentile Budrioli, "Great Witch" of Bologna]. Genus
Gentile_Budrioli
This is a list of people executed in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. At least 354 people were executed in Massachusetts. Capital punishment in Massachusetts
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The federal government of the United States executed ten people in 2020, ending a hiatus on federal executions which had lasted for over 17 years. State
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Capital punishment in the United States List of people executed in Connecticut List of people executed for witchcraft "Hartford Witch Hunts (Alse Young)"
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the accused were acquitted. Only five people were executed in Wales for witchcraft during this period. Witchcraft in early modern Wales was common, and
Witchcraft in early modern Wales
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Wyandotte leader
be tearing up the treaty in exchange for the chiefs life. (Source Needed) List of people executed for witchcraft Buser, C. A. "Leatherlips". Wyandotte
Leatherlips
Chinese Han dynasty occultist (d. 130 BC)
who was executed for witchcraft. She is said to have tried to approach Empress Chen Jiao and teach her sorcery and love spells to get rid of a woman who
Chu_Fu
Belief in witchcraft in Europe
European witchcraft can be traced back to classical antiquity, when magic and religion were closely entwined. During the pagan era of ancient Rome, there
European_witchcraft
(died 1590), was a Flemish woman who was executed judged for witchcraft. She was burned alive on the market place of Lier on 20 January 1590. In 2023, she
Cathelyne_Van_den_Bulcke
(1693) – executed in Copenhagen for witchcraft. Povel Juel (1723) – executed in Copenhagen for lèse-majesté. Niels Knudsen Drostrup (1752) – executed by axe
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This is a list of people executed in the U.S. state of Connecticut, prior to the abolition of capital punishment in the state on April 25, 2012. Slave
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Advocacy campaign to pardon historical witchcraft convictions
Witches of Scotland is a campaign for legal pardons and historic justice for the people, primarily women, convicted of witchcraft and executed in Scotland
Witches_of_Scotland
Woman executed during Salem witch trials (c.1632–1692)
(née Magnus; c. 1632 – 10 June 1692) was a midwife and the first person executed for witchcraft during the Salem witch trials in 1692. Nineteen were hanged, and
Bridget_Bishop
French Catholic priest convicted of witchcraft and burned at the stake in 1634
Ken Russell film The Devils. List of people executed for witchcraft Rapley, Robert. A Case of Witchcraft: The Trial of Urbain Grandier, McGill-Queen's
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biggest users of this method of execution. The US had executed 1,478 people via lethal injection as of May 2026. The number of people executed annually in
List of people executed by lethal injection
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Prosecutions for witchcraft in Europe
1775, about 100,000 people were prosecuted for witchcraft in Europe and British America. Between 40,000 and 60,000 were executed, almost all in Europe
Witch trials in the early modern period
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Norwegian alleged witch (c. 1610 - 1670)
witch. As one of the most famous victims of the witch-hunts in her country, she was also the penultimate defendant to be executed for witchcraft in Norway
Lisbeth_Nypan
Last person who was hanged as a witch in Boston
trial would become the basis for many of the cases in the 1692 Salem witch trials. List of people executed for witchcraft Salem witch trials Historical
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Woman executed for witchcraft
Southern Sami woman, who was executed for witchcraft in Norway. She was one of only 26 Sami people executed for witchcraft in Norway in the 17th century
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This is a list of people associated with the Salem Witch Trials, a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts
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New York witch trials
"Witch of Pomerance". The story is also memorialized in an exhibit at the Esperance Historical Museum. List of people executed for witchcraft Witch trials
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The earliest evidence of attitudes toward witchcraft in Europe can be traced back to ancient Greece. The concepts of witchcraft in both ancient Greece
Witchcraft in ancient Greece and Rome
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1655 English witch trials
onlookers. A list of names of those executed for witchcraft on Newcastle's Town Moor on 21 August 1650 was recorded in the Parish register for Newcastle
Newcastle_witch_trials
Possible German serial killer tried for allegedly being a werewolf
and alleged serial killer, accused of werewolfery, witchcraft, and cannibalism. He was known as "the Werewolf of Bedburg". The most comprehensive source
Peter_Stumpp
Surname list
Russian surname. Notable people with the surname include: Agafia Savkina (died 1648), Russian woman executed for witchcraft Alexander Savkin (born 1988)
Savkin
Fulda, Germany witch trials victim
long exile, ordered an investigation of witchcraft in the city. Over two hundred people were executed for witchcraft in witch trials that lasted until his
Merga_Bien
Overview of witch persecution in Orkney, Scotland
with witches a crime punishable by death. One of the first Orcadians tried and executed for witchcraft was Allison Balfour, in 1594. Balfour, her elderly
Witchcraft_in_Orkney
11-year old English girl executed in 1546
youngest person executed in the history of England Elizabeth Lowys one of the earliest recorded executions for the crime of witchcraft Agnes Waterhouse
Alice_Glaston
Polish alleged arsonist accused of witchcraft
been the last woman executed for witchcraft in Europe. Although the accusations of witchcraft were listed in her case, witchcraft was not a criminal offense
Barbara_Zdunk
British social historian
specialises in the history of magic, witchcraft, ghosts, and popular medicine. He is currently Professor in History at the University of Hertfordshire and has
Owen_Davies_(historian)
Book by Gerald Gardner
European witch-hunts." Current scholarly estimates of the number of people executed for witchcraft during this time period vary between about 40,000 and
Witchcraft_Today
English witch hunt and trial in 1612
Pendle Hill in Lancashire, and were charged with the murders of ten people by the use of witchcraft. All but two were tried at Lancaster Assizes on 18–19 August
Pendle_witches
Norwegian woman condemned for witchcraft
1695) was a Norwegian woman who was executed for witchcraft. Her execution is the last confirmed execution for witchcraft in Norway. She was from Kvæfjord
Johanne_Nielsdatter
Puritan accused in the Salem witch trials
people executed for witchcraft List of people of the Salem witch trials Farmer, J. (1829). A Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England: .
Martha Carrier (Salem witch trials)
Martha_Carrier_(Salem_witch_trials)
17th-century Estonian healer accused of witchcraft
from the village of Pada, Viru-Nigula parish in Swedish Estonia who was executed for witchcraft and werewolfery. In 1640, the lord of Pada Manor, Hermann
Kongla_Ann
French murderer (1630–1676)
onset of the Affair of the Poisons, a major scandal during the reign of Louis XIV accusing aristocrats of practising witchcraft and poisoning people. Components
Madame_de_Brinvilliers
Swedish woman executed for witchcraft
("Up-with-the-nose") because of her provocative confidence, disregard of gossip and public opinion, and her business selling medicines to wealthy people. Anna Månsdotter
Anna_Zippel
Scottish woman accused of witchcraft in Haddington, East Lothian in 1634. She was executed in 1635. Her case centered on her expressions of grief and guilt,
Anna_Tait
Convicted witch in Salem, Massachusetts (1621–1692)
1692) was a woman who was accused of witchcraft and executed by hanging in New England during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. She was fully exonerated less
Rebecca_Nurse
Witch trials
1616 to 1630. Altogether, at least 199 people were accused and 176 (150 women and 26 men) executed for witchcraft in Eichstätt during these 18 years. On
Eichstätt_witch_trials
Search for witchcraft or subversive activity
hunt, or a witch purge, is a search for people who have been labeled witches or a search for evidence of witchcraft. Practicing evil spells or incantations
Witch_hunt
Holy Roman Empire witch trials (1625–1631)
city of Würzburg are confirmed to have been executed; 219 are estimated to have been executed in the city proper, and an estimated 900 were executed or
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Imposition of an undesirable or unpleasant outcome
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2001 murder in Georgia
Bowie Nature Park in honor of Joann. List of people executed by the United States federal government List of people executed in the United States in 2020
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Treatise on the prosecution of witches, 1486
Maleficarum, usually translated as the Hammer of Witches, is the best known treatise about witchcraft. It was written by German Catholic clergyman Heinrich
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other persons were executed for treason on 1862 in Texas, under Confederate authority. On 1801, soldier Jose Antonio Rosas was shot for sodomy in Spanish
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Woman executed for witchcraft in Salem, Province of Massachusetts in 1692
July 19, 1692) was one of fourteen women executed for the suspicion of practicing witchcraft during the Salem witch trials of colonial Massachusetts.
Susannah_Martin
Village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland
town executed people after witch trials. 13 people were accused of witchcraft in four trials between the 3rd of April and 8th of October 1662. Out of the
Crook_of_Devon
Danish woman executed for witchcraft
woman who was executed for witchcraft in Ribe. The court protocol of the city of Ribe in the 1572–1652 period is the most well preserved of all documents
Ingeborg_Hark
Swedish witch
fifty-six people stood accused of abduction of children to Satan and witchcraft in Lillhärdal. Three of them confessed and were executed. It is not known
Märet_Jonsdotter
Irish brothel-keeper and alleged serial killer
demanded financial support from him. He responded by accusing her of witchcraft and of having killed their baby in a Satanic ritual. The body was never
Darkey_Kelly
1953 play by Arthur Miller
remainder of Act Two is set in the Proctors‘ home. John and Elizabeth are incredulous that nearly forty people have been arrested for witchcraft. John knows
The_Crucible
Ethnic group of North Central Africa
killed or captured enemies and executed criminals, though occasionally members of subjected neighboring peoples were killed for consumption, as they were considered
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Surname list
surname literally meaning "son of Stiven. Notable people with the name include: Bessie Stivenson, executed for witchcraft in Stirling, Scotland Kristofer
Stivenson
Discredited theory about witchcraft trials
European witchcraft beliefs view the pagan witch cult theory as pseudohistorical. There is now an academic consensus that those accused and executed as witches
Witch-cult_hypothesis
English explorer executed by Francis Drake (1545–1578)
shipboard trial for treason and witchcraft, and Doughty's execution. Although some scholars doubt the validity of the charges of treason, and question Drake's
Thomas_Doughty_(explorer)
inmates who were executed as punishment for their crimes. Category:People who died in prison custody Death in custody Lists of people by cause of death Prisoner
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prison. 15 people were executed for witchcraft between 1471 and 1661. In 1854, Co-Prince Josep Caixal i Estradé issued that the manner for carrying out
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English farmer accused of witchcraft (c. 1611 – 1692)
English-born farmer who was accused of witchcraft along with his wife Martha Corey during the Salem witch trials in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. After being
Giles_Corey
Convicted of witchcraft (1632–1692)
Bay Colony. He and his wife Elizabeth were tried and convicted of witchcraft as part of the Salem Witch Trials, whereupon he was hanged. Proctor was born
John Proctor (Salem witch trials)
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refer to: Anna Göldi (1734–1782), Swiss maidservant, executed for murder (alleged by use of witchcraft) Craig De Goldi (born 1975), rugby player from New
Goeldi
Woman accused of witchcraft
At 39 years old, she was accused of witchcraft by local tailor John Rivet. Hopkins and John Stearne took on the role of investigators, stating that they
Elizabeth_Clarke
History of the neopagan religion
The history of Wicca documents the rise of the Neopagan religion of Wicca and related witchcraft-based Neopagan religions. Wicca originated in the early
History_of_Wicca
American convicted killer executed in 2020
List of people executed by the United States federal government List of people executed in the United States in 2020 "Christopher Vialva executed for
Christopher_Vialva
Accused in the Salem witch trials (c. 1637–1692)
(née Jackson; c. 1637 – July 19, 1692) was one of the accused in the Salem witch trials. She was found guilty and executed on July 19, 1692. Elizabeth Jackson was
Elizabeth_Howe
Convicted of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials (1650–after 1703)
1703) was convicted of witchcraft in the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. She was the wife of John Proctor, who was convicted and executed. Her execution was
Elizabeth_Proctor
an alleged witch. She is one of the few people to have been executed for witchcraft in Bermuda. Gardiner was the wife of Ralph Gardiner, and was put on
Jeane_Gardiner
000 people were executed for sorcery in Poland. The first known witchcraft case in Poland is the one included in a heresy trial against Damian of Borków
Witch_trials_in_Poland
"Final meals for the last 12 people executed in Tennessee". WKRN-TV. 19 February 2020. "Byron Black executed for triple murder despite concerns of disabilities
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Modern syncretic pagan religion
explore "witchcraft" in fictional films like The Craft (1996) and television series like Charmed (1998–2006), introducing numbers of young people to the
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Flemish woman executed for witchcraft Henri Van den Bulcke (1889–1947), Belgian ice hockey player and administrator This page lists people with the surname
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Scottish witch
Islands of Scotland in the area of Stenness. At that time in Scotland, the Scottish Witchcraft Act 1563 had made a conviction for witchcraft punishable
Allison_Balfour
German woman executed for witchcraft (1608-1630)
Apolonia had been executed for witchcraft in May 1628. Based on an anonymous accusation Dorothea was arrested in December 1629 and imprisoned for alleged adultery
Dorothea_Flock
French fortune teller and poisoner (d. 1680)
French fortune teller, commissioned poisoner, accused of witchcraft. She was the head of a network of fortune tellers in Paris providing poison, aphrodisiacs
La_Voisin
sentenced to death for witchcraft and executed by strangulation and burning. In 1782, Anna Göldi, often called the last witch, was executed, but Göldi's trial
Catherine_Repond
Scottish woman executed for witchcraft in 1572
Boyman or Janet Bowman, was a Scottish woman accused of witchcraft; she was tried and executed in 1572 although the case against her was started in 1570
Janet_Boyman
Bavarian royal mistress
his son over the matter and finally arranged to have Agnes condemned for witchcraft and drowned in the Danube in 1435. Her life and death have been depicted
Agnes_Bernauer
Surname list
Hibbins is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ann Hibbins (died 1656), American woman executed for witchcraft Frederick Hibbins (1890–1969)
Hibbins
16th-century family tried and executed for witchcraft
around a family who were tried and executed for witchcraft in 1600 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. The family were executed, along with accomplices they were
Pappenheimer_witch_trial
English puritan
claimed to be a messiah. He called for the removal of Queen Elizabeth I. He was executed in London after being found guilty of treason. Hacket was born at Oundle
William_Hacket
17th-century enslaved woman involved in the Salem witch trials
was one of the first to be accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials of 1692–1693. She was enslaved by Samuel Parris, the minister of Salem Village
Tituba
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educator Mary Eastey (1634–1692), née Towne, executed for witchcraft by the government of the Province of Massachusetts Bay during the Salem witch trials
Towne
Alleged Finnish witch
was one of the first people executed for sorcery in Finland (which then was a part of Sweden) and also perhaps one of the best known victims of the witch
Marketta_Punasuomalainen
Prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in Colonial Maryland between 1654, and 1712
The Maryland Witch Trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in Colonial Maryland between June 1654, and October
Witch_trials_in_Maryland
Swedish nobleman
herself accused of having used witchcraft to enchant Karin. Reportedly, she was sentenced guilty as charged, but for unknown reasons, she sentence was
Anna_Andersdotter
already executed 106 people, seven of whom were executed for drug-related offenses. By that time in the previous year, the kingdom had executed at least
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Virginia witch trials
Trials, hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in Colonial Virginia. More than two dozen people are documented having been accused
Witch_trials_in_Virginia
Convicted of Witchcraft". The New York Times. Agence France-Presse. 12 December 2011. Retrieved 13 December 2011. "Saudi man executed for 'witchcraft and sorcery'"
Modern_witch_hunts
was one of the last people executed for sorcery in Germany and the last person executed for this crime within the Rhine area. Her case is one of the most
Helena_Curtens
Accuser in the Salem witch trials
Parris, was among the first of the children to accuse their neighbors of witchcraft in 1692; these accusations eventually led to the Salem witch trials
Abigail_Williams
Legal proceedings in Denmark
made a pact with him should be executed by burning, regardless if they had performed magic or not. The witchcraft act of 1617 was in effect until 1686
Witch_trials_in_Denmark
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English (East Anglia)
English (East Anglia) : metonymic occupational name for a cobbler, or perhaps a metonymic occupational name for a maker of cobblers’ lasts (see Laster).German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name for a porter, from Middle High German last; German Last or Yiddish last ‘burden’, ‘load’.Dutch : metonymic occupational name as in 2, from Middle Dutch last ‘load’, ‘burden’; or a nickname for an awkward character, from Dutch last ‘trouble’, ‘nuisance’.French : habitational name from a place so named in Puy-de-Dôme.
Surname or Lastname
Jewish
Jewish : shortened form of some Ashkenazic surname such as Littman or Litwin.English : variant of Light ‘little’.Dutch and North German : from a short form of a Germanic personal name formed with liut ‘people’, ‘tribe’ as the first element.
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Variant spelling of English Pearl, PEARLE means "pearl."
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Hungarian
Hungarian form of Latin Valentinus, BÃLINT means "healthy, strong."
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Australian, British, English
From the Temple Settlement
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French
French form of German Elise, ÉLISE means "God is my oath."Â
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English (mainly East Midlands)
English (mainly East Midlands) : habitational name from a lost minor place name, Pophall in Linchmere, Sussex, or from Pophills in Salford Priors, Warwickshire.
Female
English
 Variant spelling of English Liza, LISA means "God is my oath." Compare with another form of Lisa.
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Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian form of German Liese, LISE means "God is my oath."Â Compare with masculine Lise.
Surname or Lastname
Irish (Ulster)
Irish (Ulster) : adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó Duibhne ‘descendant of Dubhne’, a personal name meaning ‘ill-going’, ‘disagreeable’. Compare Deeney. Peoples is a pseudo-translation based on the phonetic resemblance of the Gaelic name to Gaelic daoine ‘people’.English : patronymic from a pet form (in -el) of the Old French personal name Pepis, oblique case Pepin (see Pepin).
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Anglo Saxon
Cunning.
Male
Native American
Native American Miwok name LISE means "salmon head rising above water." Compare with feminine Lise.
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Hebrew
(לִי×ַתּ) Hebrew name LIAT means "you are mine."
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English and French
English and French : occupational name or habitational name for someone who was employed at or lived near one of the houses (‘temples’) maintained by the Knights Templar, a crusading order so named because they claimed to occupy in Jerusalem the site of the old temple (Middle English, Old French temple, Latin templum). The order was founded in 1118 and flourished for 200 years, but was suppressed as heretical in 1312.English : name given to foundlings baptized at the Temple Church, London, so called because it was originally built on land belonging to the Templars.Scottish : habitational name from the parish of Temple in Edinburgh, likewise named because it was the site of the local headquarters of the Knights Templar.
Female
Italian
 Short form of Italian Elisabetta, LISA means "God is my oath." Compare with another form of Lisa.
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English
Short form of English Elisabeth, LIS means "God is my oath."Â
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English
English : metonymic occupational name for a dresser of flax, from Middle English lynet, lynt ‘flax’.Dutch : from a short form of a Germanic name formed with lind (see Linde 1).Dutch : metonymic occupational name for a linen weaver or merchant.
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Swedish
Swedish pet form of Scandinavian Per, PELLE means "rock, stone."
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