Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-24

what's in a name"-your name,
for instance2 There are only four
general classes OF English surnames.
Fifty per cent. of these are derived
from the two sources of place or To-
callty and of occupation. Many of
these names offer no problem, mean
ipg just what they say. For example.
Hill and Dyer, But there are many
ethers whose present spelling gives
no hint of their origin.
Good examples of these obscure
name meanings are found in Hyatt,
local English speech for high gate,
and Calvert, literally calf-herd, one
who herds calves. s..5s.s -.
In English mediaeval times and for
generations after there We're no hard
and fast rules for spelling And, as
there were different dialects for near
ly every county in England, phonetic
spellings were naturally different. To
complicate matters the Norman In
vasion imported hundreds Of French
names of all kinds and derivations,
which suffered a score of different
kinds of corruptions ~
The Scandinavian invaders, too, had
left their mark in names from that
language. The whole mass of names
was tinctured with those of Latin,
old Anglo Saxon, German, Gaelic ana
Celtic origin During succeeding CEN
turtles accepted spelling of names
changed as their pronunciation
changed, often becoming simpler and
sometimes losing the last clue to their
original meaning. g f
To trace modern family names back
to their source Is a task which many
11f1 = &C. cot
Quite number of books have been
published on the subject, each adding
something to the results shown by
their predecessors! The most recent
OF such volumes, highly interesting
In an explanatory way and bearing
evidence of scientific methods, Is call
ed THE Romance of Names" Its
author is Ernest Weekiey, M. A., head
Of the modern language department
at University College. Nottingham,
England. tt Is published by y. T.
Dutton & Co., New York. eas hn4-es
The following list of occupative and
place family names, with their deri-
walton, is made up of names that fail
to speak for themselves in modern
terms. Ae here defined, they will fur
nish clews to the origin of many
others.
ArkwrightAA maker of bins or
arks, as they were once called.
q iArmour-Armourer, a maker of ar
NOR. e al as4 sHs
Bailey Meaning person in pos
session, as a bailiff,
Bicknell-From the English village
Bickenhall, or Blckenhill. lH
Briggs-North of England dialect
carruthers-The name of a hamlet
In Scotland. asI
chapmanAold English for a small
merchant who sells cheaply.
Cheetham-The name of a place
now a part of Manchester, England.
Chisholm-From the Scandinavian
Chris a pebble, and "holm," a
cowperthwaite-North of England
dialect; '.cowper,' copper; "thwaite,"
to cut. .sfsssst aa# zHHa sHI ~ o.
Culpepper-An old English occapa-
ton name, meaning literally to gather
pepper berries. st1ta,s
i Cutler-One who. makes cutlery,
from old French "coute1," knife.
Diplock-F'rom North Britain pro-
nunciation of deep lake.
Dolittle-Derived from the obvious
meaning of it's compounds.
Dyer-Modern form signifying the
occupation of dyer; from the Anglo
Saxon feminine, CHICHESTER" the name
Dexter is derived.
sEccles-A Celtic SURNAME derived
from the Greco Latin Tecclesia, "eofh-
GERS of the church. f. ai
Ewart-From the old English eve
herd, herder of ewes.
Eyre-Phonetic old English for
heir-alsos Ayre and AYres. @
Fallows-Derived from land that is
| fallow. #h
Faraday-Old English for way
faring or travelling laborer; day was
the word for laborer, coming from
the root of the German word mean
ing to serve.
Farrar-From farrier (French fer
rier)g one who shoes animals with
! iron (Latin, "ferruh'D.
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