The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-09-30

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snelje<l by the Danes, has become Knott aud
Maj Win ne. Emerson IL from the obso-
irScent Emery, Emory, or Emerie, which
are now seldom heard except as family
names. Our Heryey, Harvey. Harvin, har-
ysrd. Harvard, aud Hereward are variony ms
a. the obsolete Norman Herr<. which APP
nc,rs lal;njxed 10 the Patent Rolls as " Her
venx de Lyons,v and in the Hundred Rolls
a. 4 Herveps le Gosv Harvey the Goose)
and = Eustace 81 Hervei." Howard, which
VIC NAV have supposed TO signify the "ward'
-, ~ hoos.v Il probably but another spell
Ing Of Hal ward, or Harvard, from Herye
for that ~ was . personal and not an occu-
native name IL proved by its appearance In
cId documents as "Fiiz.howard," which IL
a precise equivalent OF the Latin IN Her.
our Harmans are representatives OF the
medieval Herman; and In the America
German Armentrout. or Ermentrout, we
have corruption OF Hermantrdus--i. e.,
- dear Herman"
personal names Is Pagan. The HUNDRED
Rolls p.eseH; Us with Pagan dc Ia Hale
fhall,) !" Pagan Ia Leigh" lieaJ Pain dei
Asb,n "Roger Ill Pagan" etc. The ulti-
mate analysis OF the word takes us 10 tue
pdgi, or rural districts oil the Roman En-
pire. A pogdnus was simply countryman.
The Franks turned II into pdySan, (peasant,)
or into the still! softer poisn, which Chaucer
adopted when he wroie that
Were pdyenss "-f e., country people.
The Christian religion made It's first con-
verfs in cities, the inha bitants OF the rural
districts holding on, with their accustomed
conservatism, to the x-gods German abgoH.
oidol,v) which the more cultured denizens
OF the cities had laid BY or aside. (Hence
sb;q0tv accordingto some etymologists.)
The word pagan now became a term OF con.
tempt applied like miscrednt to unbelieyers.
So heather was at first simply "dweiler
on tbe heath" When Rollo, who first set
tied Normandy with his Danish pirates, be-
came a convert to the Christian religion,
many OF his followers must have refused
baptism, and these being designated as pa
gans by the Franks among whom they lived,
the word soon became common personal
name and was carried into England by VIII.
liam the Conqueror, 10 whose train were
great many chieftaips bearing IL, for we
find them 10 Domesday Book recorded as
. Ralph Paganel,v edmund fiius Pa
caDi.r &C., and during the whole period OF
the Norman dynasty 1t was one OF the most
familiar appelatiyes in the Kingdom. Its
relics now are the surnames Paine, Payne,
Payson, and PynsoD. 1t is rare instance
OF fitness in the possession OF surname that
the most notorious OF the English iDfideis OF
the last age should have borne the name OF
s.Tom Payne"
Another quaint given name, now obsolete
except as a surname, was Jordan. This
was introduced by returned Crusaders.
proud OF having watered their horses IN
The sacred stream. We find such names as
"Jordan attic Mule" in old wrts OF Par
lament. "Jordan lie FlemyDge," "Stephen
Ill Jordan" Jordan lie CleTe," "Jordan
de Abingdon" &c. II survives now in
,Jordeson, Judd, Jude, (unless this is the
German for "Jew," "usurer,") Judson,
Judkins, and itself as a surname.
Hudson, with IFS varionyms Hutson,
Hutcheson, and Hutchison; the diminutiyes
Hudgins, Hutcbins, and Hutchipgs, and
the residential Hutton although some OF
these forms may be from Hugh, Is de-
scendant Of some such person as "Hudd
de Knaresborougb," who appears In the
rolls OF the Tower OF London.
Ives, Iveson, Iverson, aud Ivison prove
that the forgotten name "iyo, or Yyo,"
which the Mortimer had used 10 Norway
long before they settled on more southern
coasts, was once popular In England as
personal appelation.
Drew, which appears 10 be the final sylla-
BILE OF Andrew, Is really Druco, or Drogo,
as Il appears I'm Domesday Book. Drew
Barentyn was Lord Mayor OF London in
the year l4O0. Drewett is a modern diminu-
tive; also Drewry.
One OF the most distinguished OF the Ro-
nance heroes was Rinaldo, or Renaud, who.
from the slyness OF his strategy, was called
"Reynard the Fox" From him we get
our Reunison, Reynardson, Renards. Rey-
nolds, RennoIds, and Rankin.
Roland, Rowland, RICHARDSON, Rowe.
Rowley, Rowell, and Rowlett commemo-
rate the hero who, with
.Oiver and cham ions mo,
Died al fatal Roncevaux."
The existence OF the patronymics bod
sons and Dotson, and OF the locatives Dod-
well, Dodsworth, DOdamead. Dodsley. Dud-
ley, and Doddridge, proves that "the Dodd
family abroad" have simply turned per-
sonal into q family name. bod was the
abbreyiation OF Roderick, the IL changing
10 ID, as il does when we call Richard
"Dlck.n Rodman and Rodes are, we
think, other patrouyms OF Roderick. Ia
Doddridge the first syllable may be resi-.
OF England Dodd Is the provincial term for
ga mountain with round top" Todd,
however. is descriptive nickname, tod
being Scotch for ga fox"
Our readers will remember that one oil
the most distinguished leaders OF the Cru
SADIE was Fulque or Fulk &c Neuilly. From
his first name we have now Fakes, Fawkes,
Fawcett, Fulkerson, Fulcher, Fuquer,
F,toua FauatIier EaysOu. and FaWsOn
also. Fox when IL is not an animal sur.
name. The far In Fairfax and Co(a)lfax Is
an old term for ga head Of hair" But
Cotton Is mischievous fox" Chaucer
speaks OF ga colfox full OF sleigh inquiry y;
and In the same Tale (the Nun's) he tells us
that women's counsels be full often
cold--i. e., mischievous. Other surnames
Ia Col are sufficiently numerous to deserve
separate paper.
Guy, not often used baptismally since
Guy Fawkes, with his gunpowder plot, de
stroyed the popularity which 1t had re
ceiycd from Guy OF Warwick. appears sur
nominaIly as Guyatt, Wyatt Hyatt, Guyot
and GuioD.
From Theobald. no longer used as |
given name, we have the surnaues lib
bald (by meiathesls TidbaiD, Tibbs, Tabbs
Tabbard. Tubbs. Tebbes. Tibbets. Teb
bolts, Tibbitts, Tippins, Tipson, Tipkins
Triple, and Tibble.
'rifnn and Tiffany are an obsolete female
name turned into family name. We have
II in
William de Cogpisby
Came out Of Brittany
With his wife Tiffany"
CHARLES DoD.