Symonds

Symonds

=People named Symonds=

*Andrew Symonds (born 1975) Australian cricketer
*Chas Symonds (born 1986) English boxer
*James Symonds (born 1976) rear-admiral in the US Navy
*John Symonds (1729-1807) history professor
*John Symonds (1914-2006) English novelist, biographer, playwright and writer of children's books
*John Addington Symonds (1840-1893) English poet and literary critic and advocate of homosexual love
*John Alexander Symonds (born 1935) British police officer who spied for the KGB
*Joseph Bede Symonds (1900-1985) Labour Party MP for Whitehaven 1959-1970
*Peter Symonds (died 1586) wealthy London merchant in the Mercers Company founder of a loan scheme, a dole and Christ's Hospital, Winchester, Hampshire
*Peter Symonds (born 1974) English artist
*Thomas Symonds (died 1793) British naval captain of the American Revolutionary War
*Thomas Powell Symonds (died 1819) MP for Hereford 1800-1819, and lieutant colonel South Gloucester Militia
*Richard Symonds (1918?-2006) former British naval officer, political satirist and philosopher
*Robert Symonds (1926-2007) American actor
*Thomas Matthew Charles Symonds (1813-1894) 19th Century British admiral
*William Symonds 16th century MP
*William Symonds (1556-1616) (1556-1616) clergyman and headmaster
*William Symonds (1782-1856) Surveyor of the Navy in the Royal Navy from 1832-1847
*William Cornwallis Symonds (1810-1841) British army officer, Chief Magistrate of Auckland and Deputy Surveyor-General of New Zealand
*William Samuel Symonds (1818-1887) geologist

Places named Symonds

*Peter Symonds' School (1897-1974) a boys' grammar school in Winchester, Hampshire
*Peter Symonds College (founded 1974) a coeducational 16-19 college in Winchester, Hampshire
*Symonds Yat village within the Forest of Dean, England
*Symonds Yat Rapids grade 2 man-made canoeing facility on the River Wye, England

Etymology

Symonds is a name with French, English and German origins.Cite web|url=http://genealogy.about.com/library/surnames/s/bl_name-SIMMONS.htm|title=SIMMONS - Name Meaning & Origin|accessdate=2007-04-01] It is an alternate spelling of Simmons and can also be spelt as:

*Simond
*Simmonds
*Simond
*Simons
*Simmance
*Simmence
*Semmens
*Seamans

The name has two possible meanings:
# Derived rom the Biblical name 'Simon' or the Greek form of the Hebrew name Shim'on which meant "hearkening" or "listening."
# A variation on the name Seaman, meaning 'navigator' or 'sailor'.

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