The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-08-04
HGN S0REANEs HAD
THEIR FIRST VOGUE
PATCHES OF PEOPLE TOOK THE
SANE NAME At
BAPTISM.
Nush Confusion FOao~ss-Thsn an
inventor Of . System Of pssros
nyries FolIo~sS-Trases ard Col
sssss TOok Par.


into regular Use No doubt the pro-
cess vas q very gradual one. and It's
epoch varied In different countries.
but that they were general at CON-
paratively early period OF civilization
Of each nation needs no insist
ing on To give but single instance.
Ia the year 1881 Christianity first be-
came widespread in Poland. and
great numbers Of men and women
we're baptized at one time To sim
piify end expedite matters with so
large Il eoncourse IL became the Gus
tom Of the officiating clergy 70 be-
stow the same name upon whole batch
- OF people who came 70 be admitted
20 the church. AT one baptism. for
example. the name Peter was con-
ferred upon all the men and Catherine
upon eli the women. On another oc-
casi0n they would all be Parls and
MsrKarets and so on
Great confusion must inevitably
have been the result. and the rapid
adoption OF a system Of patronymics
was the only escape from the difficult
y. The origin of our word surname
formerly occasionally spelt sir
name. Is often supposed to be sire
name. and Il was indeed. only in the
nature o. things that the earliest kind
Of distinguishing second name should
have reference 10 the parent Our
English Robinsons, J0hnsous, Wilson's
and so forth are as common, ancient
and Characteristic as the Scotch Macs
and the Irish 0's, which mean the
same thing. The Mae. Il need scarce
Is be said. though often considered
essentially Scotch, is common to the
Two nations, as witness the we'll
known doggerel:
BY Mac and o you'll always know
True Irlshmen. they say;
But If they lack both o. and Mac,
No Erishmen are they.
While Mac" may be translated
son. 90 is more properly grandson.
The Norman equivalent is "Fitz.
corruptiop OF "fls". The Russian ter
mlnatiou ''witz' signifies the same
word, as also the Polish sky With
regard 70 the Welsh zap" which also
means son. matters stand rather dit-
ferentiy: for in this case ZAP is
separate word and Is not Incorporated
In the whole lame except as cor
rpption. also il may be introduced an
Indefinite number OF times in the
same appeilation. so that Welsh sur
name can convey complete gene
alogy and be. moreover. one OF the
longest words in civilization. II Is
a common Joke TO laugh at Welsh
man for his long list OF ancestors with
the connecting APPS.
There Is an old stery Of an English
man. foreign to the principali.y ana
sts wnvs. riding after dark near a
rayine from which issued a cry for
assistance from one who had fallen
III.
who's thereg" shouted the Eng
iishman. Jenkins-ap-Grifsi
llam-ap-Rees apr van-ap-Robin. was
the reply.
Lazy fellows. half a dozen Of you,
why can't you help each other CUT
exclaimed the Ecnglishman. ignorant
OF the fact that he was addressing
bus one man.
The corruption of the "ap' has led
TO a number Of common notifications
Of old Welsh names. as Price Tor APP
Rhvs. Pritchard for ap-Richard, Pow
eu Tor ap-Howell; and many others.
probert. Prebyn. Pugh, Penny as also
the sbs being similar TO the p
Bevan. Barry, and the like. Another
welsh form 81 family name-thas
which simply puts the Christian name
into the renitiye ease-has contrib
utee many OF our commonest sur
names. as Jones. 1 e.. Johns. Harry ,
Harris. Williams. Hughes, etc
The roots Of our family names. as
Of our families themselves. have
sprung from among many nations anu
many tongues. There are we'll nigh
innumerahie eases Ia England OF sur
names which point Enthusiastically to
the foreign country. and frequently
too. actual neighboThood or town even
from which the family originally mi
SEATED. though no other kind or re-
cord may exist To prove THAT, IN ter-
of time. they came from over the
seas. OF the original Anglo Saxon
there are some few survivals- Some
eaa be traced IN the termination ing
which. among Teusonic people. sig
nilaes Offspring. Browning and
Whiting in aaas Way would mean the
aark or fair children.
place names from Normandy and
Rrittnny are very common. as might
he supposed darcy. Neyill, Fer
rers. neverenx. Warren. Marmion.
Tankeryille, St AHhin. Laseeile. Nor
iey-au these and many others can
readily be referred to their original
blrthpiaceS. In others through cor
ruption 81 tbs word. the locality is
not 50 easy to trace. though still there
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