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Quayle is a surname of Anglo-Celtic origin, specifically English, Irish, Manx and Scottish.
Goff is a surname of Celtic origin. It is the 946th most common family name in the United States. When the surname originates from England it is derived from an occupational name from Welsh, Cornish or Breton. The Welsh gof and the Breton goff means "smith". The English-originating surname is common in East Anglia, where it is of Breton origin. The Welsh name is a variant of the surname Gough, and is derived from a nickname for someone with red hair. The native Irish name is derived from a patronymic form of the Gaelic personal name Eochaidh/Eachaidh, which means "horseman".
Finnerty is a surname of Irish origin. It literally means "Fair snow".
Cottier is a surname. It is of English origin, but can also be an Americanized form of a French and Swiss surname.
Butt is a German and an English surname whose origins lie in the South West peninsula region of England.
Baines is a surname of English, Scottish or Welsh origin. It shares many of the same roots with the British surname Bains. It shares some roots with the British surname Bain.
Pullen is an uncommon English surname with a purported Norman origin.
Ainsworth is a surname with its origins in the Northwest of England. The origin of the word Ainsworth is from the Anglo-Saxon word 'worth' meaning an 'Enclosure', 'Ain' probably having been someone's name..
The English surname Dodd is one of the first Anglo-Saxon names recorded. Depending on the region, the name has multiple origins. In the West of England, Dodd is understood to be of Ancient Welsh Celtic origin. It may also have Germanic origins if found in the East of England, stemming from a description of something "round or plump" as a surname based on nicknames. The surname Dodd may also be derived from the Old English word "dydrian", in East England which means deceiver or rascal, or from the word "dod", which means to make bare or to cut off. The application of the name Dodd is obvious in the former case, while the nickname would denote a bald person in the latter case. Through migration, the surname Dodd has become common throughout the British Isles and the broader English-speaking world.
Gee is a surname with various etymological origins. In English, it may be derived from Gee Cross, Stockport, Cheshire, which was named after a Gee family, or from the French personal name Guy or from the word geai meaning "jay bird" referring to someone who was a "bright chatterbox". In Celtic origins, Gee may derive from the Scots/Irish Gaelic personal name Gee or Mac Gee.
McColl is a surname of Irish and Scottish origin. It is shared by several notable people and fictional characters:
The surname Dove has several origins. In some cases the surname is derived from the Middle English dove ("dove"), which is in turn derived from the Old English dūfe ("dove"), or possibly sometimes the Old Norse dúfa ("dove"). In this way, this surname originated as a nickname for a gentle person, or an occupational name for a person who worked with doves. In some cases, the surname Dove originated from the fact that the Middle English word was also used as a masculine and feminine personal name.
Telfer is a surname, principally of Scottish origin, with the name deriving from Taille-fer, the Old French nickname for a strong man or ferocious warrior. It is sometimes linked with the surname Telford, although the two names have distinct and unrelated origins.
Rial is a surname, family name, or last name. The surname "Rial" is a very old family name and people with that last name can be found in small numbers in several countries of the western world that use the English language and found in significant numbers in Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries, namely, Spain, several Caribbean countries, and in several North and South American countries. The surname "Rial" is correctly pronounced in modern English like the English words "dial" and "vial" with the accent-stress placed on the first vowel of the diphthong "ia". The surname is correctly pronounced in modern Spanish like the Spanish words "dial" and "vial" where the accent-stress is placed on the final vowel of the diphthong which proceeds the final consonant.
Ballard is a surname of English origin. It likely derives from Middle English "ball," meaning "white spot," plus the suffix "-ard," and would therefore mean "bald head." Indeed, Wyclif translated 2 Kings 2:23 as "Stye up, ballard," where Coverdale translated the same passage as "Come up here thou balde head."
Cowley is a surname in the English language.
Hoy is a Scottish and Irish surname. The Irish origin of the name is derived from "Ó hEochaidh". Other surnames developed from "Ó hEochaidh" include: McKeogh, Kehoe, Hoey, Haughey, Haugh and Hough. Hoy is sometimes considered to be a variant of Haughey, and it is very common in Ulster. The first recording of the surname in Ireland is of one Elizabeth, daughter of Leuise and Martha Hoy, on 8 February 1646, at Holy Trinity (Christchurch), Cork.
Penton is an English surname, which combines the Celtic word Pen meaning 'a hill' and the Old English word tun meaning 'a town or settlement'. It is a toponymic surname for any of several places in England named Penton. This surname may refer to:
This surname Brine may have the following origins. The first is that it is a variant of Bryan. The second is that it is a variant of Browne. However, other sources suggest it's from the Anglo-Saxon word bryne meaning "burning".
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- 1 2 "Dover Name Meaning". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
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