patronymic

  • 91Dutt — This most interesting and unusual surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a patronymic form of the Olde English pre 7th Century name Dodda, Dudda , Middle English Dodde, Dudde , plus the patronymic suffix son , son of. The personal name may have …

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  • 92Eyers — This long established surname is of early medieval English origin, and has two distinct possible sources, each with its own history and derivation. Firstly, the name may be a patronymic of Eir, Eyre , itself a nickname for a man who was well… …

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  • 93Eyres — This long established surname is of early medieval English origin, and has two distinct possible sources, each with its own history and derivation. Firstly, the name may be a patronymic of Eir, Eyre , itself a nickname for a man who was well… …

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  • 94Gibbons — This interesting surname is of early medieval English origin, and is a patronymic form of Gibbon, which is a diminutive of Gibb, a pet form of the given name Gilbert . Gilbert derives from Gislebert , a Norman personal name composed of the… …

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  • 95Greggs — This is one of the patronymic forms of the male given name Greg, itself a diminutive of Gregory from the Greek gregorein , to be awake or watchful. Later, in its Latin form of Gregorius , the name came to be associated by folk etymology with grex …

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  • 96Gregs — This is one of the patronymic forms of the male given name Greg, itself a diminutive of Gregory from the Greek gregorein , to be awake or watchful. Later, in its Latin form of Gregorius , the name came to be associated by folk etymology with grex …

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  • 97Gregson — This is one of the patronymic forms of the male given name Greg, itself a diminutive of Gregory from the Greek gregorein , to be awake or watchful. Later, in its Latin form of Gregorius , the name came to be associated by folk etymology with grex …

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  • 98Gricks — This is one of the patronymic forms of the male given name Greg, itself a diminutive of Gregory from the Greek gregorein , to be awake or watchful. Later, in its Latin form of Gregorius , the name came to be associated by folk etymology with grex …

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  • 99Griggs — This is one of the patronymic forms of the male given name Greg, itself a diminutive of Gregory from the Greek gregorein , to be awake or watchful. Later, in its Latin form of Gregorius , the name came to be associated by folk etymology with grex …

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  • 100Grigson — This is one of the patronymic forms of the male given name Greg, itself a diminutive of Gregory from the Greek gregorein , to be awake or watchful. Later, in its Latin form of Gregorius , the name came to be associated by folk etymology with grex …

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