Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-10-29
Ninetccnm century Names.

An chronological Dictionary Of Family
and Christian Names, with an Essay on
their Derivation and Import, by William
Arthur, A. NJ, New York, sheldon, Blake
man q Co., 1857" is the title of work COM
pleted by the Presidents father in '56 while
resident at Newtonville, Albany county, \.
Y. Some 5000 surnamcs and GOO baptis-
nal are treated on the concluding hypothe-
sis that "all names must have been origin
ally significant" The FREE PRESS makes
few pertinent mentions thereirom:
Garfield in Saxon is Garwan 20 prepare
The Tcutonic gar means prepared, done;
and field is a place made ready for an army.
Grant in the Saxon signifies bowed or
crooked. Cambridge, the English town,
means bridge on the winding or crooked
Cam River: and Cam ia the British and
Grant in the Saxon signify the same. SO
Mons Gramphius, the Grampian Hills were
Saxon-callcd Granz Ben or Crooked Hill.
In old Irish, Grandma means ugiy-Grande,
dark and ,warthy.
Conkling is from Con, bold and wise aud
Klein. little or SON. e.: tie son OF Con-
Konkelen in Dutch means intriguing and
CleSnglcaun, the Gaelic, is head Of the val
Blaine comes from Blain. the Brctoyne
town in France. BlRn, in Welsh, signifies
the summit leader
Cameron is Garlic: Cam, crooked; cron,
rose
sherman, a shearcr of cloth
Malone, Celtic or Gglic: bear
Logan, Gmlic: an enclosed plane or low
lying place
Lincoln i. English IN it, borrowed sense.
In derivation il j. Gaelic: Lin, pool; coin,
neck OF ridge of a hill.
Arthur, British q strong man: Ar, a
man, thor, strong Air l. Gaelic for man.
Thor is the Tcutonic god OF thunder. Arth
, in Welsh il strong, brave bear, and W, the
noun termination, means a man.
Hampton mcans the town ou the bill.
Dawes is from Dawes: from the water.
Beck is Anglo-Saxon, becc, brook.
Kellogg j. CJrHish-BritIsh Chelioc or
Krlliog 2 cock.
Pcndleton il GRlic: pendlc, the summit;
dun, n hill: summit Of hill
Johnston in Hebrew means gracious,
Gods grace
Davis il corruption Of Dayids lliebrcwE
son Of David beloved dear.
German il a native Of Germany.
Adams i Hebrew: man, earthly red.
Buchanan comes from the Gaelic: boo Or
bocan-deer or place abounding in deer.
/ Madison is son Of Mathew or Matilda.
Van Burcn. from Burcn town in Holland.
Fillmore means near lake or fertile
/ ground in Saxon: Fille-plenteOusness;
! mere, a lake. It. Celtic or Garlic derivation
il: FLEA, bard, historian, and mor, great.
Washington IS originally Ne=syntOn or
+ De Wes.ynton Its Anglo derivation is:
I Weis or Wash creek settling In from tho
sea ing-a meadow r low ground, and ton
for dun. hill or town: the town on tic
( wash or salt creek
Polk, abbreviated from Pollock: Gaelic
/ Pollog, pool.
/ Monroe j. from Monadh Roe-the mount
\ on the Irish river Roe.
Pierce, from Percy, Is Garlic, Teutonic and
| French: pierre, a strong place; PirseD, IN
| hunt, and perccF to penetrate.
Jefferson, from Jeiiers; 4 corruption Of
Godfrey or Geonrcy, German: eau, joyful;
! fried, peace.
Cornell signifies corner in British and
| crow in French.
Randolph isSaxon: Ran, fair; ulph; help.
Parnellis Italian; petronilla-pretty tone.
Eyarts, an Eyerard corruption, is saxon
/ Eyer-a boar, or Eyerhardt-enduring.
Not from Mr.. Arthur's book
Gallaher-Gelic-H Hiberno: Gal-good, n
her-another gal, two good, good for a fel-
low-good-fellow. We once asked an Irish
friend if there were any Gallahers in Ire
land, and he replied: " Yes, OGallaghers,
osd Ealf MG~r4ek NJ tIGt