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tish Indes. It became. in fact, one of the most fideiy spread Teutonic names.
 The prototherne yof Heinrich is the Old High German helm home It's nearest kinsmen arc the Old Saxon and old Frisian hem Anglo Saxon ham Old Morse heimr 'an abode village and heimo home Gothic hainns "a vil- lAEe.' anahaAms at home afhaims from home Swedish hem. Danish Hjena. middle Dutch heynu house dwelling. Dutch heimelijk private. secret literally home-like The Li- thuanian kemas. old Prussian caymis and Greek kome. all meaning village. are also tcognate. The old Teutonic sense of village appears in the suffixes of place. names. German helm. English ham and our word hamlet,
 The deuterotheme is the old High German rthhi explained in detail un- der Rich in No. 27 of this series.
 Henry or Heinrich can be somewhat variously translated. The home-rich ia one rendering which suggests the poetic idea of the one whose wealth Is his home or the Chicagoese idea of the man with many homes. The 'home-ruler or the, 'yiiiage-ruler' this may suggest in turn the patri- archal lord of the family or clan or in modem pariance. the idea of "the boss of the ranch. ar the village boss
 Vidal, yidau.
 Vidal Is the Provencal or South French variant of Vital. from the La tin Vftalis.
 I This personal name vftaiis was borne in classical times by a Roman painter The significance of the name seems to have made. 1t somewhat of favor ite with the Roman Christians as at least ten of the early martyrs, after wards canonized, bore the name.
 These were briefly: (11 A martyr commemcrated at Smyrna, Jan. g; t2) one commemprated at Rome. Feb. 14; ls) 6 companion of Arator. commeno- rated April 21: (D martyr commemo- panion of Aristo. commemorated July 3; (sl one of the seven sons of Fell citas, commemorated as martyrs at Rome, July 10; CD bishop and mar tyr commemorated at Rnvenna.f July 2s: (s) a martyr of the Thebaean Le- zion, comnemorated Sept. 22; (s) a martyr commemorated at the Cappa- docfan Cassarea, Nov. 3; (l0) one com memorated at Cologne Nov. Sf.
 From some of these the name be- came rather frequent in Romance lan6l and the personal name gave rise to ,atronymio .syrnames in time. as yftaIe in Italy, Vital and Vitau in Erance. Vidal 'Vidau and Videap in Pro vince. Vidal in Spain and also Veitel in Germany South France has also the derfvative surnanes Vidales' Vidalence, vtdalin and Vidailot. ,,..
 The Latin vitalis 'beionging 70 nIe having life, Is an adjective rom yiea life from vivers, to lfve.' Hence its ap- sropriatness for those who had the real fife that gained the martyrs crown. The creek bios fife.' Old IT. ish blu. boe, Cytnric byw, Gathsc quis English quick, Lithuanian gyvas.old siavaric Sauskfit jivas, all mean ing living, alivessand the Old Persian jiva, life are coradlcate with the sl'a- tin.
 Seven vidals two yldalins and one yidau are listed by Betencourt as hay ing held fiefs in France. most of them In the seventeenth century. A French economist troubadour and physician and q Spainshs painter are the foour best known, bearers of the surname
 Harris Harrison.
 Harris and Harries are the variant forms of patromynic surname froom Harry hence ,equixaIents. to Harrison and Harrison, the son hf. Harfy, <
 Harry Is. not q riicknanie of Henry but rather the native English form that remained for centuries a pophlar favorlte. This popularity js sufficient7 ly attesteJ by the numerous instances of Harris, Harrison, etc, az surpames in contrast to the rieager number of those who bear the surname Henryson. Henries, etc =
 Harris stands in the twenty-sixth place in the list of English surnames in order of frequency and Harrison In the twsnty-ninth place, Had they combined into either one or the other. it would have held the seventh place and have preceded all English pat ronymic surnames except Jones, Will Hams and Davies As these three gather a large proportion of their numbers In Celtic Wales rather than are ersar the ctop of the list Iofs distincr lively Hngiish surlsafnes. fsaYct ssfeso.sy
 Byisway of showing that Harry and not 2 Henry is St1sA English form Mise Yonkea eennarkg that it was aITarry~ of Wlnchester sRhog cried out fors,heln at Evesham: Harry of Bolingbrnke who rode triumphant into London: Harry Hotspur whose spur was cold at Shrewsbury: :: Harry Of Monmouth who was Hal in Ms haunts at Eastcheap; and who tested with Fuellen on the eve of Agincourt: Harry of Windsor who foretold the exaItation of Harry. Tudor when Richmond was a little peevish boy and Harry VIII who lives in the popular mind as Blue Beard
 All the English kings now called Henry were popularly known as Harry in their time.Y The present mode of de- nominating them is comparatively re- cent and is due to the French Henri.
 The feminine forms are corrobora-