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Horner is an English and German surname that derives from the Middle English word for the occupation horner, meaning horn-worker or horn-maker, or even horn-blower.
Alan is a masculine given name in the English language. Its surname form is Aland.
Christmas is an uncommon English-language surname. The origin is uncertain; some genealogy books state that it was given to people born near Christmas, while this is disputed by researchers, and DNA tests performed on men with the surname show that the majority of those descend from a common ancestor. Others suggest it was given to people who organised Christmas festivities, or has a Norman origin. Most prominent in Southern England, various notable people from around the world have had the surname, and it has been given to a number of fictional characters. The William Faulkner character Joe Christmas, from Light in August, has a much-discussed name. The blood disorder Christmas disease or haemophilia B was first described in a boy with the surname and is observed in other people of the name.
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Worsley is a habitational surname with several points of origin, particularly Lancashire and Worcestershire. Notable people with the name include:
Hogan is an Irish surname, mostly from County Tipperary. It is the anglicised form of Gaelic ÓhÓgáin ‘descendant of Ógán', a name meaning 'young warrior'. It may also be an anglicised form of Ó hEochagáin (Houghegan). Notable people with the surname include:
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Aaronson is a Jewish patronymic surname, meaning "son of Aaron". It is unknown as a given name. Aaronson or its variants may refer to:
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Abraham is a surname. It can be of Jewish, English, French, German, Dutch, Irish, Welsh, Cornish, Breton, Lebanese, Syrian and other origins. It is derived from the Hebrew personal name Avraham, borne by the biblical patriarch Abraham, revered by Jews as a founding father of the Jewish people, and by Muslims as founder of all Semitic peoples. The name is explained in Genesis 17:5 as being derived from the Hebrew av hamon goyim "father of a multitude of nations". It was commonly used as a given name among Christians in the Middle Ages, and has always been a popular Jewish given name. The English name Abram is often a short form of Abraham, but it can also be a shortened version of Adburgham, which comes from a place name. As an Irish name, it was adopted as an approximation of the Gaelic name Mac an Bhreitheamhan "son of the judge". The German name Brahm is often a short form of Abraham, but it can also be a topographic name signifying someone who lived near a bramble thicket. The name Braham has been used as an Anglicization of both Abraham and its patronymic Abrahams by Ashkenazi Jews in the British Isles. Abraham has also been used as an Anglicization of the equivalent Arabic surname Ibrāhīm.
Pettifer or Pettyfer is an English surname. The name Pettifer comes from the Old French nickname "pied de fer", meaning "Iron Foot".
Queen is a given name and surname. In some cases it originated as a shortening of the surname MacQueen. In other cases it was the nickname of an ancestor that later became the family's surname.
Elmore is a given name and surname of English origin. The name is identified as a habitational name derived from the place name, Elmore in Gloucestershire, named from Old English elm 'elm' + fer 'river bank' or ofer 'ridge'".
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- ↑ Hanks, P.; Coates, R.; McClure, P. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. OUP Oxford. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9.
- 1 2 3 Harrison, Henry (1969). Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary. Vol. 1. Genealogical Publishing Company. p. 1.
- ↑ Harrison, Henry (1969). Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary. Vol. 1. Genealogical Publishing Company. p. 12.
- ↑ Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. 2013.
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