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Subgenre of Gothic fiction
Southern Gothic is an artistic subgenre of fiction, music, film, theatre, and television that is heavily influenced by Gothic elements and set in the
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Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Southern Gothic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Southern Gothic may refer to: Southern Gothic literature Southern Gothic (album), a 2010 album
Southern Gothic (disambiguation)
Southern_Gothic_(disambiguation)
Canadian literary subgenre
Southern Ontario Gothic is a subgenre of the Gothic novel genre and a feature of Canadian literature that comes from Southern Ontario. This region includes
Southern_Ontario_Gothic
American actress (born 1982)
Elisabeth Harnois. Burton also created her own production company, Southern Gothic Production (SoGoPro) in 2007, along with Nick Gray, Kelly Tenney, James
Hilarie_Burton
Architectural style
Southern French Gothic, or Meridional Gothic (French: gothique méridional; Occitan: gòtic meridional), is a specific and militant style of Gothic architecture
Southern_French_Gothic
Romance, horror and death literary genre
Gothic fiction, often referred to as Gothic horror (primarily in the 20th century), is a literary aesthetic of fear and haunting. The name of the genre
Gothic_fiction
Genre of country music
Gothic country (sometimes referred to as gothic Americana, Southern Gothic, the Denver sound, or dark country) is a genre of country music rooted in early
Gothic_country
American country and rock music group
The Southern Gothic is an American music group with an Americana sound that leans heavily on country and southern rock roots. Known to fans as SoGo, originally
The_Southern_Gothic
2007 film directed by Mark Young
Southern Gothic is a 2007 American film starring Yul Vasquez, William Forsythe, Jonathan Sachar and Nicole Duport, directed by Mark Young. A cult preacher
Southern_Gothic_(2007_film)
1930 painting by Grant Wood
American Gothic is a 1930 oil painting on beaverboard by the American Regionalist artist Grant Wood, depicting a Midwestern farmer and his daughter standing
American_Gothic
2018 novel by Delia Owens
Crawdads Sing". The Southern Quarterly. 58 (3): 131–150 – via Project Muse. Naji, Marwa T. (December 26, 2025). "Gothic AND the Southern Untamed Woman in
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American horror television series
American Gothic is an American horror series created by Shaun Cassidy and starring Gary Cole, Lucas Black, Paige Turco, Brenda Bakke, Sarah Paulson, Jake
American Gothic (1995 TV series)
American_Gothic_(1995_TV_series)
Subgenre of gothic fiction
American gothic fiction is a subgenre of gothic fiction. Elements specific to American Gothic include: rationality versus the irrational, puritanism, guilt
American_Gothic_fiction
Subgenre of Gothic fiction, film horror and television
urban Gothic influenced the creation of the sub-genres of Southern Gothic and suburban Gothic. From the 1980s, interest in the urban Gothic was revived
Urban_Gothic
American bluegrass musician (born 1967)
four solo albums: Carry Me Across the Mountain (2000), Wheels (2008), Southern Gothic (2017), and God Fearing Heathen (2023). He is known for his updated
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Architectural movement
Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or Neo-Gothic) is an architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second
Gothic_Revival_architecture
2026 film by Aleshea Harris
Is God Is is a 2026 American Southern Gothic revenge dark comedy thriller film written, produced and directed by Aleshea Harris in her feature directorial
Is_God_Is_(film)
2025 video game
after a hurricane devastates her hometown of Prospero. Pulled into a Southern Gothic reality where folklore creatures emerge, Hazel must become a Weaver—a
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American billiards drama film
McManus as Beaumont DuBinion Rebecca Lines as Sheila Originally entitled Southern Gothic, writer-director Tom Schulman based elements of the film of his own
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1996 film by Joel Schumacher
A Time to Kill is a 1996 American Southern Gothic legal drama film based on John Grisham's 1989 novel of the same name. Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson
A_Time_to_Kill_(1996_film)
Subgenre of crime fiction
settings typically incorporate Southern Gothic aesthetics, and explore elements of religion and the supernatural. Southern noir stories can take place in
Southern_noir
2020 American film by Antonio Campos
The Devil All the Time is a 2020 American Southern Gothic crime drama film directed by Antonio Campos, from a screenplay co-written with his brother Paulo
The_Devil_All_the_Time_(film)
1960 novel by Harper Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1960 Southern Gothic novel by American author Harper Lee. It became instantly successful after its release; in the United States
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
American film
King Snake is an upcoming American independent Southern Gothic supernatural horror film written and directed by Jeff Nichols, starring Margaret Qualley
King_Snake_(film)
2010 studio album by The Constellations
Southern Gothic is the debut album by Atlanta-based hip hop/rock band The Constellations. It was released on June 21, 2010 and features cameo appearances
Southern_Gothic_(album)
2020 film by Bryan Bertino
The Dark and the Wicked is a 2020 American Southern Gothic supernatural horror film written and directed by Bryan Bertino, starring Marin Ireland, Michael
The_Dark_and_the_Wicked
Contemporary musical subculture
Club and Batcave in the United Kingdom during the early 1980s, as well as gothic rock, a genre that evolved from British post-punk. The goth subculture is
Goth_subculture
2022 film by Olivia Newman
film A−, describing it as a heartfelt, "lush, lyrical and engrossing Southern Gothic drama". Miller also stated "it's hard to imagine literally anyone else
Where the Crawdads Sing (film)
Where_the_Crawdads_Sing_(film)
American TV series
19, 2020). "Spectrum Originals Sets Premiere Date For Josh Hartnett Southern Gothic Drama 'Paradise Lost'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original
Paradise Lost (2020 TV series)
Paradise_Lost_(2020_TV_series)
2022 studio album by Ethel Cain
glamorized and romanticized Americana. It incorporates predominant Southern Gothic imagery with religious and American aesthetics. Three singles—"Gibson
Preacher's_Daughter
2025 film by Adam Carter Rehmeier
Carolina Caroline is a 2026 American Southern Gothic romantic crime thriller film directed by Adam Carter Rehmeier and written by William Thomas Dean
Carolina_Caroline
2013 US thriller film by Jeremy Saulnier
Blue Ruin is a 2013 American independent Southern Gothic revenge thriller film written and directed by Jeremy Saulnier, and starring Macon Blair. Saulnier
Blue_Ruin
2005 film by Iain Softley
that the film "indulges in almost every conceivable regional and [Southern Gothic] genre cliché." USA Today wrote that the film "employs intriguing camera
The_Skeleton_Key
1991 film directed by Martin Scorsese
Cape Fear is a 1991 American southern gothic psychological thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese from a screenplay by Wesley Strick. It is a remake
Cape_Fear_(1991_film)
2014 novel by Jeff VanderMeer
Annihilation is a 2014 novel by Jeff VanderMeer and is the first book of the Southern Reach Series. The novel follows a team of four women who are sent into
Annihilation (VanderMeer novel)
Annihilation_(VanderMeer_novel)
Extinct East Germanic language
contains Gothic characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of letters. Gothic is a now-extinct
Gothic_language
1991 film by Jon Avnet
Fried Green Tomatoes is a 1991 American Southern Gothic comedy-drama film directed by Jon Avnet, and based on Fannie Flagg's 1987 novel Fried Green Tomatoes
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1981 film by Walter Hill
Southern Comfort is a 1981 American independent Southern Gothic thriller film directed by Walter Hill and written by Michael Kane, Hill and his longtime
Southern_Comfort_(1981_film)
Architectural style of Medieval Europe
Gothic Romano-Gothic High Gothic Rayonnant Flamboyant Neo-Gothic French Gothic Classic Gothic Southern French Gothic Plantagenet style English Gothic
Gothic_architecture
2010 film by Debra Granik
Winter's Bone is a 2010 American Southern Gothic coming-of-age tragedy film directed by Debra Granik. It was adapted by Granik and Anne Rosellini from
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culture. Many critics have also labeled Henley's work as Southern Gothic. Southern Gothic literature includes events in the story that are macabre, grotesque
The_Miss_Firecracker_Contest
2025 American film
Violent Ends is a 2025 American independent Southern Gothic crime thriller film written and directed by John-Michael Powell. The film stars Billy Magnussen
Violent_Ends
American writer of horror, southern gothic, and crime fiction
Kristopher Triana (born 1977) is an American writer of horror, southern gothic, and crime fiction. He is a three-time winner of the Splatterpunk Award
Kristopher_Triana
and screenwriter. McCarthy published twelve novels, spanning the Southern Gothic, Western, and post-apocalyptic genres, as well as multiple short-stories
Cormac_McCarthy_bibliography
Genre of rock music
Gothic rock (also known as goth rock or simply goth) is a subgenre of rock music which grew out of British post-punk in the late 1970s. The genre draws
Gothic_rock
2000 film by Sam Raimi
The Gift is a 2000 American independent Southern Gothic supernatural thriller film directed by Sam Raimi and written by Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Epperson
The_Gift_(2000_film)
2025 novel by S. A. Cosby
King of Ashes is a Southern Gothic novel by American author S. A. Cosby. It was published by Flatiron Books on October 6, 2025. An audiobook edition narrated
King_of_Ashes_(novel)
1972 film by John Boorman
Vaillancourt, Cory (September 3, 2019). "Exploring Southern Appalachia: Where 'Deliverance' Fits In Southern Literature". Blue Ridge Public Radio. Retrieved
Deliverance
2019 comedy-drama film directed by Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz
The Peanut Butter Falcon is a 2019 American independent Southern Gothic buddy comedy drama film written and directed by Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz
The_Peanut_Butter_Falcon
2021 American film
What Josiah Saw is a 2021 American Southern Gothic psychological horror drama film edited and directed by Vincent Grashaw in his directorial debut. The
What_Josiah_Saw
2014 film by Bret Wood
in Austria to a Southern Gothic setting. It stars Christen Orr in the title role, a woman who comes to a small town in the Southern US to investigate
The_Unwanted
Cracker Gothic comes from the combination of Florida cracker and Gothic Revival architecture and can be used interchangeably with Southern Gothic. Examples
Cracker_Gothic
1960 novel by Flannery O'Connor
The Violent Bear It Away is a 1960 Southern Gothic novel by American author Flannery O'Connor. It is the second and final novel that she published. The
The_Violent_Bear_It_Away
American neo-Western crime drama television series
Justified is an American neo-Western/Southern Gothic crime drama television series that premiered on March 16, 2010, on the FX network. Developed by Graham
Justified_(TV_series)
1930 short story by William Faulkner
Emily" discusses many dark themes that characterized the Old South and Southern Gothic fiction. The story explores themes of death and resistance to change
A_Rose_for_Emily
2017 film by Martin McDonagh
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri incorporates a hybrid of Southern Gothic, neo-Western, satire, and vigilante elements.. "Film releases". Variety
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Three_Billboards_Outside_Ebbing,_Missouri
1980 novel by John Kennedy Toole
1981, and is now considered a canonical work of modern literature of the Southern United States. The book's title refers to an epigram from Jonathan Swift's
A_Confederacy_of_Dunces
Architectural style of Northern Europe
Brick Gothic (German: Backsteingotik, Polish: Gotyk ceglany, Dutch: Baksteengotiek) is a specific style of Gothic architecture common in Northeast and
Brick_Gothic
2003 film by Tim Burton
on location in Alabama in a series of fairy tale vignettes with a Southern Gothic aesthetic. The film premiered on December 4, 2003 in Manhattan. It
Big_Fish
American filmmaker (born 1978)
a little too faithful to the books." Nichols' next film will be a Southern Gothic horror film entitled King Snake. The film will star Margaret Qualley
Jeff_Nichols
2001 film by Bill Paxton
Frailty is a 2001 Southern Gothic psychological horror film directed by Bill Paxton and written by Brent Hanley. The film stars Paxton, Matthew McConaughey
Frailty_(2001_film)
Cormac McCarthy. McCarthy is known for advancing the style known as Southern Gothic and exploring human desires and motivations by building worlds in which
Tennessee_literature
Short story by Flannery O'Connor
"A Good Man Is Hard to Find" is a Southern gothic short story first published in 1953 by author Flannery O'Connor who, in her own words, described it
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (short story)
A_Good_Man_Is_Hard_to_Find_(short_story)
2018 American psychological thriller miniseries
Sharp Objects is an American Southern Gothic psychological thriller television miniseries based on Gillian Flynn's 2006 debut novel of the same name that
Sharp_Objects_(miniseries)
2024 novel by Kay Chronister
2024 horror novel by Kay Chronister that incorporates elements of Southern Gothic literature. It tells the story of the Haddesley family, in which family
The_Bog_Wife
Subgenre of Gothic fiction, art, film and television
a medium. American Gothic Fiction Dark Romanticism Southern Gothic Tasmanian Gothic Urban Gothic Social thriller The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street-1960
Suburban_Gothic
Novel by Gillian Flynn
half-sister. A domestic noir, mystery, psychological thriller, and Southern Gothic novel, it explores femininity, trauma, and abuse. Flynn began writing
Sharp_Objects
1994 film by Joel Schumacher
The Client is a 1994 American Southern Gothic legal thriller film directed by Joel Schumacher, and starring Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, Mary-Louise
The_Client_(1994_film)
1979 horror novel by Michael McDowell
The Amulet is a Southern Gothic horror novel, originally published in 1979 by Michael McDowell. The book was first published in paperback by Avon Books
The_Amulet_(novel)
2019 film
Gothic Harvest is a 2019 horror film shot in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. It was directed by Ashley Hamilton, who also starred alongside
Gothic_Harvest
American singer-songwriter (born 1942)
her own material. Gentry rose to international fame in 1967 with her Southern Gothic narrative "Ode to Billie Joe". The track spent four weeks at number
Bobbie_Gentry
1990 film by David Lynch
Wild at Heart is a 1990 American Southern Gothic black comedy romantic crime film written and directed by David Lynch, based on the 1989 novel of the
Wild_at_Heart_(film)
2023 horror novel by T. Kingfisher
A House with Good Bones is a 2023 Southern Gothic horror novel by Ursula Vernon, writing under the pen name T. Kingfisher. The novel centers on Samantha
A_House_with_Good_Bones
1955 short story collection by Flannery O'Connor
Swans; it is told from the viewpoint of the Misfit. Novels portal Southern Gothic Southern literature The Grotesque Power, Chris (September 6, 2012). "A brief
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
A_Good_Man_Is_Hard_to_Find_and_Other_Stories
Novel by William Faulkner
As I Lay Dying is a 1930 Southern Gothic novel by American author William Faulkner. Faulkner's fifth novel, it is consistently ranked among the best novels
As_I_Lay_Dying
1956 film by Douglas Sirk
Written on the Wind is a 1956 American Southern Gothic melodrama film directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack,
Written_on_the_Wind
2012 American film by Jeff Nichols
Mud is a 2012 American independent Southern Gothic coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Jeff Nichols. Set along the Mississippi River in rural
Mud_(2012_film)
American actor (born 1968)
starred as Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens in FX's modern-day Kentucky southern gothic Justified, a performance for which he was nominated for a Primetime
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2017 film by Sofia Coppola
The Beguiled is a 2017 American Southern Gothic thriller film written and directed by Sofia Coppola, based on the 1966 novel by Thomas P. Cullinan. It
The_Beguiled_(2017_film)
1971 film by Don Siegel
The Beguiled is a 1971 American Southern Gothic psychological thriller film directed and produced by Don Siegel, and starring Clint Eastwood, Geraldine
The_Beguiled_(1971_film)
2022 video game
Retrieved December 23, 2023. Warner, Noelle (September 15, 2022). "Southern gothic narrative adventure NORCO is coming to consoles". Destructoid. Archived
Norco_(video_game)
2004 film by Shainee Gabel
September 22, 2017. Holden, Stephen (December 29, 2004). "Stopping Off in the Gothic South, on the Road to Ruin". The New York Times. Retrieved September 22
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1940 novel by Carson McCullers
author Carson McCullers, who was 23 at the time of publication. It is a Southern Gothic novel about a mute man named John Singer and the people he encounters
The_Heart_Is_a_Lonely_Hunter
1931 novel by William Faulkner
Sanctuary is a 1931 Southern Gothic novel by American author William Faulkner about the rape and abduction of an upper-class Mississippi college girl
Sanctuary_(Faulkner_novel)
2020 American drama television series
based on 16 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Referred to as a Southern Gothic by critics, season one was praised for its portrayal of the Black women
P-Valley
2013 film by Park Chan-wook
Stoker is a 2013 Southern Gothic coming-of-age psychological thriller film directed by Park Chan-wook, in his English-language debut, and written by Wentworth
Stoker_(film)
Novel by Truman Capote
Other Rooms is a 1948 novel by Truman Capote. It is written in the Southern Gothic style and is notable for its atmosphere of isolation and decadence
Other Voices, Other Rooms (novel)
Other_Voices,_Other_Rooms_(novel)
2011 American film
Straw Dogs is a 2011 American Southern Gothic psychological thriller film written, produced and directed by Rod Lurie, and starring James Marsden, Kate
Straw_Dogs_(2011_film)
2012 American film
Jayne Mansfield's Car is a 2012 American Southern Gothic black comedy-drama film directed by Billy Bob Thornton and cowritten by Thornton and his longtime
Jayne_Mansfield's_Car
2023 film by Ben Young
(originally titled Where All Light Tends to Go) is a 2023 American Southern Gothic crime-thriller film directed by Ben Young, and starring Billy Bob Thornton
Devil's_Peak_(film)
Genre of Tasmanian literature
Tasmanian Gothic is a genre of Tasmanian literature that merges traditions of Gothic fiction with the history and natural features of Tasmania, an island
Tasmanian_Gothic
Byzantine–Gothic war in Italy
The Gothic War between the Byzantine Empire during the reign of Emperor Justinian I and the Ostrogoths (Goths) took place from 535 to 554 in the Italian
Gothic_War_(535–554)
1958 film by Arthur Ripley
Thunder Road is a 1958 American Southern Gothic film noir directed by Arthur Ripley and written by James Atlee Phillips and Walter Wise, who based the
Thunder_Road_(1958_film)
2011 novel by Karen Russell
as a contemporary Southern Gothic novel. Di Filippo continues with this assessment, describing the novel as an "heir to a Southern tradition of tall tales
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2013 American film
Joe is a 2013 American independent Southern Gothic crime drama film directed and co-produced by David Gordon Green, co-produced by Lisa Muskat, Derrick
Joe_(2013_film)
1984 film by Mark Rydell
The River is a 1984 American Southern Gothic drama film directed by Mark Rydell and written by Robert Dillon and Julian Barry, who based the screenplay
The_River_(1984_film)
2016 film by Jeff Nichols
Midnight Special is a 2016 American Southern Gothic science fiction thriller film written and directed by Jeff Nichols, and produced by Sarah Green and
Midnight_Special_(film)
1997 film by John Duigan
Lawn Dogs is a 1997 British independent Southern Gothic fantasy-drama film directed by John Duigan and written by Naomi Wallace. Set in Wallace's home
Lawn_Dogs
Southern Gothic drama film by Elia Kazan
A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1951 American Southern Gothic drama film adapted from Tennessee Williams's Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film)
A_Streetcar_Named_Desire_(1951_film)
Psychological horror thriller film
Cape Fear is a 1962 American southern gothic psychological thriller film directed by J. Lee Thompson, from a screenplay by James R. Webb, adapting the
Cape_Fear_(1962_film)
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English (northern)
English (northern) : patronymic from Hodge.
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English
English : topographic name, from an adjectival derivative of South.
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English (southern)
English (southern) : from Old French poulain ‘colt’; a metonymic occupational name for a horse-breeder or nickname for a frisky person.
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River in Jannat paradise
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English (southern counties)
English (southern counties) : from Middle English woderson ‘son of the woodman’.
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English (southern)
English (southern) : variant spelling of Hazel.
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English (mainly southern)
English (mainly southern) : from a pet form of Hick, with the Middle English diminutive suffix -cok.
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English (southern counties)
English (southern counties) : from a Middle English personal name, a pet form of Peter. Compare Parrott.
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English (northern) : hypercorrected form of Askew.
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English : apparently a variant of Souther.
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English (northern) : variant of Priest.
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English (chiefly southern)
English (chiefly southern) : patronymic from Law 1.
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English : topographic name for someone living in the ‘south clearing’, from Middle English suther(n) ‘southern’ + leye ‘clearing (in a wood)’.
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English (southern)
English (southern) : patronymic from Haw 2.English (southern) : from a Norman female personal name, Haueis, from Germanic Haduwidis, composed of the elements hadu ‘strife’, ‘contention’ + widi ‘wide’.
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English (northern)
English (northern) : variant of Siddall.
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English : topographic name, from an adjectival form of North.
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English (southern) : from the medieval female personal name Pavia, which is of uncertain origin. Reaney and Wilson suggest it may be from Old French pavie ‘peach’ or Pavie ‘woman from Pavia’ (see 2).English (southern) : habitational name from Pavia in Lombardy, Italy.English (southern) : variant of Paver.
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English (southern counties)
English (southern counties) : apparently a variant of Hapgood.
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English : unexplained.
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English (southern counties)
English (southern counties) : unexplained.German : patronymic form of Old 2.
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