The evening times., 1900-03-09
SOURCES OF FAMILY NAMES.
Familiar Objects That Have Given
ApPeIIatiOns to People.

| (Trcm the St. Louis Globe Democrl;)
/ 1t is curious hoB many family names are
! substantially like those OF familiar things
| Take. for instance, the seasons: There Is
| spring also winter. and il there is no
! summer there is a Summers. and though
! there may be no fall there is a Falls.
| These that follow the months are Janu-
! airy. March, and May. As TO the names
! like these OF the smaller subdivisions Of
| calendar time Day is well known. also
| Weeks; while though there may be no
I such name as Tomorrow. there is a fam
! lily name Morrow. As for familiar things
| in nature. take for instance. Dew, Frost,
| Snow Cloud. Storm. and Gales. Raiues
| and Hale. To family names like those of
| minerals il is easy 10 think of Flint. Cole,
| Rock, Stone. Garnett. Diamond. and Jew
ell and Of metals. Gold ard Silver and
Steele. Aver and Waters suggest the eIe-
ments, and Mould and Clay are not unlike
earth. As TO things in the heavens. there
is Moon and Starr, and Of the compass.
West as we'll as North.
There is a considerable number of fam
lily names like those of colors. as White.
Black. Green. Blue Purple. Violet. Scar
lett. Brown and Gray. Like names of
various members or features of the body
are Hand. Armes. Legg. FoOte. Bone.
Chinn. Haire and Beard. and there is also
a family name Man. Like those OF names
borne by animals are Bull. Bullock. Lamb.
Kidd, Colt. Badger. Hogg Hare. and Wolf.
There are many family names that are eX-
actly like or similar TO things in plant life
OF their productions. as. for example the
names Plant, Rose, and Flower. Budd. Rice.
Wheat Oates, Cotton, Berry. Bean. Plum.
and Cherry, and Oakes. Ashe. Pine. AMI
Maple A familiar family name is that of
Root. and others are Branch. Stem. and
Twiggs
Bird. Wing Heron, and Wrenn suggest
themselves. also Crane, Crow, and LaTke.
Fish is a family name, and others that
might be mentioned here are Haddock
Pine. Roach. Bass. and Crabb. Family
names suggestive of titles of rank are:
King Queen. Prince. Duke. Marquis. Lord
Baron, and knight. besides Pope and Dea-
con. Next take military titles. Marshall
Major and Sergeant; and peoples, Eng
lsh. French. Welsh. Norman. and Dutch;
while among family names like those OF
countries there are England ireland
France and Wales. The ones that resem-
bic buildings are: Church, Temple Abbey
and Tower. Another family name is House.
another is Mills, and the name of Barnes
is familiar. There is a family name of
Shedd and others are Post. Wall. ROOme
Roof Rafter. Frame. SillS and Hall, with
Locke. BOldt. if not Bolt; and Key. also
Yard is familiar; and so is Garden. Gates.
and Pickett Names like those of travelled
ways are Street. Lane. Alley, Way
Rhodes.
Young is a family name. and so also is
Olds. LOrg Short, Sharp. Blunt. Dull,
Straight Small. Stout. Little. Rich and
Poor, Bliss and Paine, aud Hurry and
Waite
There are many family names like i'm
plements. or of household or other articles
of use, as SiekIes. Mallet, Scales aud
Lampe Wickes. Couch Broome. Needles
and Shears. and Bell, Button. and Buckle.
OF names like those of articles of apparel
there are Coates. Vest Cuff. and like dis
tances are Furlong and Miles.
Pertaining to military things are names.
many as Camp. French. Drum. Fife. Horn.
Swords, Spears. Cannon. Gum. Flagg. and
Banner: also like those of natural features
as Lake. Forrest Pond Field. Marsh,
Glen. Dale. Pool Brooks. Rivers, Banks.
Meadows Cliff, and Ridge.
MANY of the names here enumerated are
those of men famous in history, many OF
them are borne by men contemporaneously
widely known They are not hunted up.
but set down as they occurred to me. I
don't doubt that many more could easily
be recalled by anybody who should give
bis mind to it.