The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-02-01
ORIGIN OF StRNAMES
PREFlxES OF VARIOUS KINDS AND
WHAT THEY MEAN.

Some of th. i.ocnl p..,.,.,,on. -,
Ancient ri,n.. Fran, w,t..,, ,iav.
Descended the Personal >on.nc,u-
ture of the prcscn. l,n~.
!" ne'ris eNcfS country where per-
sonal nomenclature has assumed sure
and settled basis-tlat is. where see
ond or surname has hrcumn IA hcrcdl
tury possession i'll the familv-wr shall
find that that portion If !, which Jar
local origin hears iv far ,hn l.r,,., ,r,
norton "a ,hn winnie pr.tiy,.f ,'..,;
on, kinds w,ro nj tir., tr.,lv n..I,,
drrl.yn more r,r;iculurlv vvi,n.n Ill.,.
nominee WAS s,runr Thu~ !, II, wr,,
coma s.o,n sn,nn ,,il,n ar c,iY hn vynrl,i
/, W'illia!u III i,rll a.. .l.,h,, .f r.,lt,,
ianni,iurly ;rn.s.i.,jv,.l \Nliliu,,, , Nnl-
~ 3.;;u n so,fn. Tnis ,,..,r. !,
me. IN l,r.,c,, hv ,ir. -, II v,- ul.,,,,
jinr!i.h snil sl,.riy-...,.lv N,rI,,,;,,i,n,.
II. on t.n Other hA,,i. lin, .,,.i.,ti,,,
c,,lr Il ;i,r ;lr,in ...,v,. |,,,.,,..li.v
a. ti.. :.a,ni,,cr. t.c,.sr,l,..,i,,.. ,,,ls ,,s
y..I.al arciir.lir.. {, Tia, h.,,,,.rnr c,.
p.irr ~ ti!r 81. ai;rr -r.l.,,,,.,,o.,,,.
Il t.l, .itn ,tsY!.. Tn. Ne ana .ue:,
e.l;i. .a as .lonn Aiuvr ..v.,all ~ Ad,li,..
.Alnv. ,,wn nY urns,..., B,aio.,.,,,t,r
az .luin. iirn,ati, t.>vn rh. y,ri
I.a,.r l., fu:...i ..tt.t.n, 4 +, ,l,, ,n,.nu.l
,la,,,. IN ~. i,,iln,,i,,,. CIV. t,c;j,,,,
.i,. l1rr. E,,u,rn :, /, i.,.,n I,i,r .;,L,
i.aiir. john dr i.3ip. l,u-lnt.. ~, Ia
Lanu. l'hilip]ra axe ian. and Thomas
super Lame.
Iiurplv Norman. some ;n,y,lv l,,tir :,
lew IN ndmixtuYr u1 tn. two. uni tho
rest are Saxon. nt,a lcin,: tho c!,i,f ouc
This atto WAS lat t!,r, answering ,n
tho Norman de- In. del .,r in. end was
faIniliarlv contracted hv ni,r ,oyrtnthcrs
into tbs other forms of ;,,o and u,t. or
for the sake If cunhrry. when :. vnw. /
preceded the name I,rnnrr. extended to
"attcn." This ATTIC or ait was ocyasiun.
ally iucorDorutp,l with thn suhriuu,t of
locality and thus became a rccoruized
part Of tho surname itself. Tins such "a
iiuiiio lis .Juiii, alto W.od. or t;iliurt
alto Wood, has bcuucathc,l us not mere.
Iv tho familiar Wood. Int Artwnoh and
Atwnnd also. In IA like manner ATTIC,
Ridge has becomo Attri,lyc ntte- Field.
Attield. whiIo such other designations
az attu-Town. nttr.lIill. attr- Worth.
attc-Trce and attu.Clitfu are NOWADAYS
Alton, AthilI, At,xortL. Attreu and At-
cliifc.
Such {. nulno as Do Il. Demo or Alto
Den, of frequent urrurr>ucu formerly.
and M Dean ar Den. r,ulallv familiar
now. is worthy uf ua,tirlll:,rity 4 den
was y sunI;cn and wnu,lr,l y;iIr. where
cattle might find alike covert and ra,
turr. Vie lavc a remembrance. Of thu
b-u,.!z in l;rucl;fou. th. wolf in Walton.
den. tho fox in l,uy,j,,;, thr ro,, ~
Rans..rn. the hare III Harden and ,h,
DEER in ID arden. I,ucSdcu or Elp,lcn
Rav,.n and R,u!nl,. ur Row,iru. Th,
m.,rr slur,sticutrd animals abide viii,
Us IN IIurs,Iru. Oxrudru. (,o,v,l,u ,or.
den :ud Sun,l,u. or Suv,dou S,vi,,,l.n
t.vnrs.]cn and Ogden ut first ,vrittn,, tr
uuucdcne.
Tho leo afforded shelter tonll monnp,
of domestic 1.-Two stock and some few Of
tho wilder u,larrv Tho ru,,inu s,,rcr.
, has riv,n us IIorslcv. the huyi,.u Cow
lev. kinlen and Oxlro or Dxl,y: til,
deer. Hartley. Ruyylev Hncl,|rv and
sheen. Shiulev Characteristics of IN,
trees which i1;rlosch if we ,ci Ashl,v
E,lmSIey. Oakley I,int|]rv mr. n.r,,.;cv
our IIarcrc;yrs hail f.c,u finn proy,
where tho hnrcs nro plrrtifuI and m,
(,nurrcavps rcrrc.rnt tno s,,no in IN,
courv Dur tlop,hs ~rrrnsont tim ,,,r
raw iysurrs hptwron TIM hills To III,
s;,u,o roof wa nyvo u,r Olives tl;ir,s
Clcvcs and Gloves. l,csitrs endless ,l;f
ror,ls. Clovclands Turuiclitrcs Sut
clifrcs n,trliN. E,irr,ou,,h. o+c
Another branch of local surn,,ne
throws q ljp;,t uno,, tbo ,ninr,tnrv h,b
it's ana rowing tendencies Of our for,fu
t,icrs. Yhus such II no,uo ;,s l,.t,r |,
Nave ar Gilbert Ia Ncyvcomcn or Wal
ter la Nrwe,rnu declurrs IN no ot nnr,
its origin Then thoro is no vilIopn n
borlct in Eurl.nd which has not cuh
scriEed in this manner to our uo,ncn
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