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tive. Henrietta dates from the Stuart period. but Harriet. Harriot (t was In use early enough to become q sur nama. &
 Hanfy is common variant in records as old as the Hundred Rolls of 127s. It represents blend of the English Harry and the French Henri and was used both as a personal name and as a surname. So Italian has its Arrigo beside Enrico and the Breton form Is Hery. The Swiss proverbs run: Hans oder Heiri 's isch gleich" and Do isch Hans. was Heiri Old German documents show an occasionai Hairich and Heirich amid the more numerous forms which preserved the nasal
 The form Harries is characteristic of South Wales. Harris belongs to the south of England and Is most numer- ous in Monmouthshire, Oxfordshire, Worcestershire and South Wales. Harrison Is found principally in the north of England and has It's greatest numbers in the north and east ridfngs of Yorkshire. Lancashire, Lincoln shire. Cumberland and Westmoreland. It has, however, forced it's way in such smaller numbers entirely through the Harris territory even to the Channel As Harry Is form of Henry. see under Henry above for the origin and meaning.
 BeaureRard.
 This name Is first a place-name, and then a surname denoting the lord or proprietor of place so-called.
 Several places in France bear this name. There is town fin the depart rnent of Ain, once an important place and capital of all the principality of Dombes. It was established by the seigneurs of Beaujen, was taken by assault and destroyed in 1877 by a Count of Savoy. Beauregard- 'Eveque is a larger place. in fact the largest of all that bear the name. It Is in the department of Puy-de-Dome. Its cas- tie built in the fifteenth century was an ancient seat of the bishops of Cler- mont, The celebrated Massillon made | it his permanent residence. Beaure- garj-vendon is village in the same department and has the castle of Bouzat.
 There are also villages called Beauregard in the following depart | ments of France: one in Aisne. two In Dordogna. one In DromeS one In Cher, two in Lot, one each in Saone-et- Loire, Seine-et- -Marne, and Seine-et- orse. ay
 The writer has not the means at Hdffu AL pTcScnt tO CHADAc nilfl tO S0f from which one of these, places the American Beauregards obtained their name. If any reader can give definite information, the favor will be heartily appreciated. Five Beauregards are list ed by Betencourt as holders of fiefs in France.
 The place-name Beauregard signifies ia fine view" Its English equivalent as place-nane is Fairview.
 | The prototheme is the French beau bel, apretty, fine. beautiful This is some, charmingF etc, a syncopated and 5assimilated form from benolos from the stem of bene, well" bonus good" which Is the Old Latin duonus older duenos, a participated formation from the root seen in the Sanskrit du. vas. 'honor. mark of honor," duvasy- ,ati. ito honor."
 The deuterotheme Is the French re- gard. "a look. view" from regarder "to look at. to view" compound of re and garder. The re Is from the Latin participle re "back, again." Garder "to preserve, guard" etc., is from the Old French warder. which along with it's Italian sister guardare, and the Span- ish and Portugese guartiar, of the same meaning is from the Old High Ger man warten, "to. spy, turk, expect, Old Saxon warden "to be on ones guard, look after" old Morse vartha, ''to watch over. protect" Anglo-Saxon weardian "to guard, keep," English ward (cognate) and guard lborrowedl Gothic ward. keeper"
 This Is cognateI with the Latin vereri ito regard respect. dread. fear" Greek horao, Took out for, observe, see. " houroz "watchman," Sanskrit radical var, 'coYer, surround" b ,,,,il Aemenyx,ays. Hemingway n ! .A, As almost every town and hamlet in the West Riding Of Yorkshire is said !. to have It's representatives of the Hem ingway family and as the name was already well established there at the quite probable that here was the origin Of the family .v soo
 The surname is local in it's origin and signifies ther 'ons who dwells on the way or road of Hemming 7
 fleming is an old Morse personal name. It appears in Beowulf as the name of cousin of offa, King of the Angles. Our Anglo-Saxon records mention fleming or Hemming, Dam ish jarl of 1009; Hemming. son of Gunhild. the neice of Cnut in 1904: fleming, a sub-prior of Worcester of about 109O and Hemming of 1115, de- scendant of that Hunred who some two centpries before had been 8 bearer of rthe- body ,lef St :. Cuthbert. Several plaee-nRmes in, that. part of England once held by the Danes. as Heminsbo. rough, HemlRghy HeminRfield, Hem ingford, Heminghall, Hemingston, and at least four Hemingtons. attest to the early prevalence of the name. as do also the many instances of the sur name on the Hundred Rolls of 127S.
 The cognate German Raining, Heim- ing. Aiming, etc, appear as early as the eighth century. Outzen's "Glas- sarium" gives Hemming as the Frlslan variant and this is supported by the name Hemmeke Hemminges on a Fris- ian record of 142S.
 The old Danish Hemming signifies "a son of Hemme or Hemmo." These are hypocoristic forms of some duo khematic personal name having the Old Morse heimr as It's prototheme. The Landnama- shows only Heimrekr to satisfy the requirements. This is confirmed by a twelfth century "Schen- kungsbrief," in which Heimo de Gun