The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-09-30
ENettsA sURNAMEs.

r-Eg one IN greater or less degree.
>-s interest IN has surname; and
ne view OF gratifying those who
Cd Ike 70 know whence and how their
came into the possession OF their
the following article was prepared
volume IN the Sutro Library, enti-
E1glIsh Surnames: Their Sources
>,guIhcau0ns; by Charles Wareing
-ls.CE, NJ A The author has divided
INTO i've classes, and calls the sepa-
LUsions Bsptismal, or personal
-, -5cal surnames, official surnames,
glGvC surnames and sobriauet sur
-. C- nicknames.
A lsI- 70 the limited space al command.
70, impossible 10 take but few names.
these have been 50 selected as to ena
lie rsadsr % form for himself mean
i-r other names, which may possibly
-z-ltionship, and which do not appear
following list.
Z the preparation Of this article the
-5pCrtsr was indebted to Adolph Sutro
- and permission In enabling the
--s- 20 see the books; and especially
L=s>rs- Albert Sutro and George Moss
-zr scholarly aid and explanation.
5--t-From the church; the abbot
high dignitary.
---z-uzn Akermsn - From acre
L really denoted the ager, or lano
q uIsge, without thought OF deinit.
-;e measure" 1t Is thought that
-z was at first strictly applied thus.
F1sm IN the time of the Hundred
Las the following couplet:
tos.ss y: sae se5s in ssssh.
4 -zzs Is aneient, being first spelled
-yz-- gr -Aikman.n and is not OF
l- ---in, as has been supposed, ii
z---- Z the Hundred Rolls, and else
ze it auues-s in such entries as Alex
Acbs-nan.- Roger le Acremgn,r
lkz-nsn-r and John le Akur-
T-z7s IS c11siderable dispute as to the
-- g the Hundred Rolls" One
rl-y contends that it means 100 VII
- and another 100 families; and then
a. 10 able men Of wzr,- probably the
:. q families. However, the dividing
confines INTO hundred for the better
=u1sut was borrowed from Germany
kl- Alfred. when c6gta or eeEtine Is q
-siictl1u over 100 towns. Such Is the
---1l = one hundred, which still retain
E-s This information Is taken from
sycl1psdia Of E Chambers, T. K. s.,
lsl-i IN I7S5-
z--1-Fr0m acorn, also Acland aid
-yd
Aiiis1u. Atkinson, Adzmson are dis
red versions Of Adam and are attributed
B.clcal origin.
Ltich-FTon the personal nsme OF
Esi U Alured.
4-irsv. Andrews and Anderson are
TIE personal name. and have made
IMPRESSION south of the Tweed, but
scotland they are universal. An old
-s1 poen. speaking Of the Andrew
q --lzr Scottish people, voiced the Eng
sentiment thus:
rHI Andrew, tvTt >s0t,
l-Elle Ec scuur thy pot
Aur.sres. II can be seen, Is from apple
use, and other names ending with
y bayinuing with the name OF fruit
e. q P.-utree. are similarly derived
A-EEr-ut is derived from "a once tsmi
and L-l important piece Of cabinet
--i.l-s-thst Of the old-fashioned ark
zlei szacrIy ike the child's Nosh's ark
seems % have had two-fold character
1ls It was simply a meal bin, IN th'
-zrir was more carefully put together
tlck q IL secret spring being knowI
ny % The housewife and her lord"
A-zr. Armour. Armerer, ArmlgeT
ru1-gI From armOr. being the armor
3. cut this Is subject to criticism, IS
EuoEu Scottish name, whose name
--E1 n every city, and whose name ha
z---zr meaning 70 ArmInger, were IN
-z-E men. the big men, of their clan
Arusrgng, men OF the strong arm
~ trst d nickname, but finally becam
----.rharn. then Armstrong. The Arm
--ss were a great border clan. Anothe
IN q this name i Ferbas. winch IN IN
-cs1t Of tine became our modern Ere
zcs
A-r0Esmith-The origin of this nam
Z szsIIv be OWNED. maker Of arrow
a3s In 1905 the following law wa
sssd- which. no doubt, gave to eae
--E maker his name for succeedlng ger
Ezclns. Item. because the arrowsmltn
-zrs many faulty heads for srrows an
.z-gls II / ordained and established thi
EssGs for arrOxs and quarels, after III
he 70 be made, shall be well boiled G
ra-sad. =
THOSE BEGISSISG WITH B
Bss1B-The owners Of the somewhI
-z.eczut name must not be insulted wne
7s rad that the author says Il am afrai