The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-09
SOURCES OF FAMILY NAMES.
Familiar Objects That Have Given
Applications TO People

tFrou the 81. Louis C.otl-Dem0srat)
1t is curious hOW many family names are
substantially like those OF familiar things
Take for instance. the seasons There is
spring. also winter and If there is no
sumner there is a Summers. and though
there may be no fan there is rails
These that follow the months are J6nu-
airy, March. and May AS TO the names
ike those OF the smaller subdivisions Of
calendar time, Day is wei known, also
Weeks, while. though there may be no
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. alG Gales. Raiues
and Hale To family names like those Of
minerals 10 is easy &c think Of Flint. Cole
Rock, Stone. Garnet, Diamond. and Jew
ell; and Of metals, Gold and Silver and
Steele. Aver and Waters suggest the ele-
meuts, and Mould and Clay are not unlike
earth. As 70 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 col0Ts. as White
Black. Green. Blue. Purple. Violet. Scar
lett Brown. and GRAY. Like names Of
various members OF features Of the body
are Hand. Armes. Legg, FoOte. Bone
CHM. HARE 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 eN-
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 Cakes. Ashe. Pine. aaI
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 Larke
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; ard peoples. Eng
lish. French. Welsh. Morn an. and Dutch.
while among family namts like those o.
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. Sfls. and Hall. with
Locke BOldt. il 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. L0Es 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. OF Of household or other articles
of use, as Sickles. Mallet. Scales and
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 FurlOnE and Miles.
Pertaining to military things are names
many as Camp, French. Drum. FilC. 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. elf. and Ridge.
Many Of the names here enumerated are
those Of men famous in history. many OF
them are borne by men cOntemporaneousiy
widely known. They are not hunted up.
but set down as they occurred 10 me. I
don't doubt that many more could easily
be recalled by anybody who should give
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