Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-05-24
THE WICHITA DAILY EAGLE
FAMILY NAMES.
SOME ACCOUNT OF THEIR ORIGIN
AND DEVELOPMENT.
Names from the Welsh-Adding Diminu-
tives- Holidays-John and Its Prolific
Crop of Derivatives Scripture
Names-The PuritanS



greater part of their family names, and ii
England the family name was first appar
emily created by taking the name Of tn,
father and adding it to that Of the son. Il
many parts of Wales this practice is said t,
be still common, so that it is no remarkable
thing for a man to be called Bill OJacks
called ~Sir John Oldcastle,- contains an al
fusion to this practice. the judge asks
What is the bail AMI WHO the suretiesl
One Of the parties replies: Her coz,n ap
Rice, ap-Evan, ap-Morice ap- Morgan. ap
Llewellyn, ap-Madoc, ap- Meredith, ap-Grif
fin, ap- Davis. ap-Owen, ap-Shinkin
The judge is properly surprised at the for
midable array offrisnds willing to 60 on the
bond of the prisoner. but is still more sur
prisei when he finds that all these are bu
one, and be not a very good one at that
The Welsh ap, however, has given US a key
to the solution Of several names, in which il
does not appear as distinct portion Thus
ap-Hugh has become Pugh, ap-Rice, Price
apo wen. Bowen; ap-Richard, Pritchard
and ap-HowelI, Powell
The tendency in proper names has Away.
been toward abbreviation, short name be-
ing invariably more popular team long
one. Another method OF manufacturing
family names was by adding diminutive
to the proper name, the chief diminutives in
this use being the syllables kin, cock, and e,
or OF; another. ing, being found but 81
rarely that it need hardly lie mentioned
Using these in combination with proper
names, from Simon we have Simpkins OF
Simcox; from Williams, Wilkins, Wilcox.
and Willett. In early English days the
pagan was favorite way OF designating
one who had not conformed To Christianity,
ana from TINS circumstance comes the
faines, the faynes, the fyne', anu the fyn'
sons, 10 whom may htiy he opposed tne
'hrlstiah4 the 'hrstieS' ana the Chiistions,
wu.!e the hitsohS are the descendants OF
some Christopher who was famIiiariy known
among his friends as hit.
IL Is curious 10 nouce the ready manner n
whlch local events, such as festivals Oh local
SAINT, serve the purpose oil furnishing names
Tor chiidren. Ihe names CT the scripture
SAINTS are common enough but IL Is not so
common 10 nhd Hoiilday, Hockerday ana
Hobdoy, which all TOOK their origin In the
same way by giving the chiid the name Oh
the DAY rather than that OF the SAINT In
whose honor the day was celebrated st
lheobaid Is remembered IN the annals OF
the saints Tor many creditable actions but
MS name Is also found In little suspected
quarters II nrst oecame Iibbald, then
libbe, or lebbe, whence come the Ilboes,
The 1ebbeSs, the 1lbbettS, and score OF
others OF the character ana similar sound.
Another saint, hilbert, has been equally UNI
fortunate with his name. Glib was formerly
cant word u express wanton person
linen .n became proper name, whence
HIlbertson, Gibbs, Glbbonsons, Gibson,
ana many others.
No monosyiiabie name has been so prolific
IN It's derivatives as John AS family
name II Is sometimes found as PLAIN John,
then as st John, then It's first change Is into
Johns then comes Jone;, johnson, John
cock. Jonkins Jenkins, Jennings, Jenkinson,
Jerks Links. and Jinkinson Bv additions
,,o b.v, J;,,Ia I'm R,nvr;obn end Pro,,or-
iobn No oro,1mo,t i ,.,iaJ 20 ,,-o,,a H..
~. 49,
~.
"heu ocy ohu al lear oi aooii'ioh' anu from
a nickname IL pass'i by easy stages 10 a re-
putable place among the family names.
The name of Peter furnishes a curious bit
of history, showing how a popular preiudice
can influence the choice of n name for a
child REASONING from an,Iogv ons mich,
- q, o.'o
PIE, ana as the chalr OF feter was held IN
high reverence, his name would take prece-
dence of all Others with piOusly inclined ner
sons. So it does in many parts of the CONT
nent but in ENGLAND the name WAS ALWAYS
unnonnI,r their haino as ruia
.heut hir,,,I.;,.a J,hns 90 &C %. IT,
'oAns " JUG iae
nv an '-e' CUM " eheoui aRe the
use Oh the name, Out III VAN, Ior under the
name oil Peters pence the English We're
forced for ages to pay one of the most odious
taxes IN all their list. a tax for which they
could see no u.s.. which took monev ont Of
mir ,,octa,, ,na brop,b, ,ha,,, no,h;n, =,
- -, - 81 -
le'uin' ou'' 'haiiAS I" 'ie priests inc name
was sometimes gwen ana we thus nave not
gny refer OUT refers, peterson, flerre,
.ai, ieai.p", : hr,un' PARSONS Tierce, To-
Setner WIN ierretlS' faffels, feterkins,
I erhiiiS' anu iafkihS-
other scripture names are more common
isaac mas given US i>aacSon, lkes, lkeson,
and HICKS and Hlckson, with Higgs and
David gave us Davies, David
son, Dawes, DawSons, Dawks, and Dawkins.
DANIEL Is still seen In Daniels, DANCE, Dan
sons, anu Dannsiis. Simon Is found IN Sim,
Slhipoii, Sinklils, Simco1, Slmond-, and
Phllip survives IN Phillips.
fhelps, fhllps, fhlpps, fhipson, PnllcoS, and
fhilpott Matthew seems always to have
been faVorite, for his memory Is still eni-
Lalmed among US IN Matthews and Mat
I pnr,h Eoii ~ tia,tl,oh; MasSon, ana Matts
20. ,I -, 'o', 49," I,ioht men -
pa. pai 'e' pa. iet'' Da"ei, battie,
"a .'l.' pauoochs, anu
,',,a,' inor,1 L'isea an auiitio 5
M e'us 10 " purti.l ron the SAD iate
- nus nam, :; Dske', anu ms
latiie = .1uiii III huii'ireu ",iicreH' ioriis'
ane Thnn,nns ''' Tha us, nom
:, hoiil's"n r. Inonip"Ills' iho'nse'' i1mkins'
ioii.'h9; IhoiilIli-' ihotliinsoh, ana nom
: cit james was Always IopuIa, IN scot
anu, anu aPieais as 'aheson anu Jlinson-
Not even IN Tue avs anu history oil Eng
"a 80 tue ."anse III tne i'i.i"n style OF
housh. atpen ;. iorSiois rs IN me names
sl. zen 10 enhuie en- Tue we" iesuifneh,
laiii a "eIe me- enei, out Tue oIae,t ana
Covered IN tie Oid testament were dragged
IT, - ,,,,;Ii,,. Il Ii,'o U.s.
,imes 10 change their nan,e,. givinr them
elves such names as Anauias. Sspphira.