English Surnames
Their Sources and Significations
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ENGLISH SURNAMES.
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.
PREFACE TO THE INDEX OF INSTANCES.
CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER.
CHAPTER I. PATRONYMIC SURNAMES.
I.—Names that preceded and survived the Conquest.
II.—Names introduced or confirmed by the Normans.
III.—Names from the Calendar of the Saints.
IV.—Names chosen from Festivals and Holydays.
V.—Patronymics formed from Occupations.
VI.—Metronymics.
VII.—Names Derived from Holy Scripture.
CHAPTER II. LOCAL SURNAMES.
CHAPTER III. SURNAMES OF OFFICE.
CHAPTER IV. SURNAMES OF OCCUPATION (COUNTRY).
CHAPTER V. SURNAMES OF OCCUPATION. (TOWN).
Appendix to Chapters IV. and V.
CHAPTER VI. ‘Nicknames.’
I.—Physical and External Peculiarities.
(1) Nicknames from Peculiarities of Relationship, Age, Size, and Capacity.
(2) Nicknames from Peculiarities of Complexion.
(3) Nicknames from Peculiarities of Dress and Accoutrements.
II.—Mental and Moral Peculiarities.
(1) Nicknames from Peculiarities of Disposition—Complimentary.
(2) Nicknames from Peculiarities of Disposition—Objectionable.
III.—Miscellaneous.
(1) Nicknames from the Animal and Vegetable Kingdom.
(2) Descriptive Compounds affixed as Nicknames.
(3) Nicknames from Oaths, Exclamations, Street-cries, and Mottoes.
INDEX OF INSTANCES.
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