Luke is a male given name, and less commonly, a surname.
Chris Brown is an American R&B singer.
Jared is a given name of Biblical derivation.
Silver fox or Silver Fox may refer to:
James Brown (1933–2006) was an American recording artist and musician.
The surname Collins has a variety of likely origins in Britain and Ireland:
- Anglo-Saxon and Scottish: A patronymic surname based on the English and Scottish name Colin, an English diminutive form of Nicholas.
- Norse: From the Old Norse personal name "Kollungr", a form of "koli" which in Old English became 'Cola', meaning swarthy or dark.
- Irish: The medieval surname was Ua Cuiléin, which has usually become Ó Coileáin today.
- Welsh: Collen; "hazel, hazel grove".
James is a common surname with many origins. Notable people with the surname include:
Gardner is a surname of English, Scottish or Irish origin. Some sources say it is an occupational surname that comes from the word "gardener". Other sources claim that it is derived from the Saxon words gar, meaning "a weapon", and dyn meaning "sound or alarm", combined with the termination er gives the name "Gair-den-er", which means "a warrior", "one who bears arms". Early variants included Gardyner, Gardener, Gardenar, Gardinier, Gardiner, and Gardner; the last two are the most common today.
Edwards is a patronymic surname, which arose separately in England and Wales. It means "son of Edward". Edwards is the 14th most common surname in Wales and 21st most common in England. Within the United States, it was ranked as the 49th-most common surname as surveyed in 1990, falling to 51st in 2014.
Hicks, also spelled Hickes, is a surname.
See also Hix.
Jordan is used as a given name as well as surname for people, with its origins in the name of the Jordan River between Jordan and Israel, which also gave its name to the country, Jordan. There are also other rivers named after the original river.
Joe is a masculine given name, usually a short form (hypocorism) of Joseph.
Baird is a common surname of primarily Scottish origins.
Wells is an English surname of Norman origin, but is possibly a Welsh surname, from an old English word for Wales. It normally derives from occupation, location, and topography. The occupational name derives from the person responsible for a village's spring. The locational name derives from the pre-7th century "wælla" ("spring"). The topographical name derives from living near a spring. The oldest public record is found in 1177 in the county of Norfolk. Variations of Wells include Well, Welman, Welles, Wellman and Wellsman. At the time of the British Census of 1881, its relative frequency was highest in Berkshire, followed by Leicestershire, Oxfordshire, Kinross-shire, Huntingdonshire, Kent, Sussex, Lincolnshire, Dumfriesshire and Bedfordshire.
Bryce is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Peters is a patronymic surname of Low German, Dutch, and English origin. It can also be an English translation of Gaelic Mac Pheadair or an Americanized form of cognate surnames like Peeters or Pieters.
Maguire is an Irish surname from the Irish language Mag Uidhir, which is "son of Odhar" or "son of the dun or dark coloured one". According to legend, the eleventh in descent from Colla da Chrich, great-grandson of Cormac mac Airt, monarch of Ireland about the middle of the third century. From the 13th to the 17th centuries, the Maguires were kings of Fermanagh.
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