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Lineker is a surname of medieval English origin, a variant spelling of the name found also as Linacre , Linaker, Linneker, Liniker, Linnecor, Linnecar, Linegar and Linnegar. As of about 2016, 411 people bore one or another variant of this surname in Great Britain and 6 in Ireland; in 1881, 155 people in Great Britain bore one. [1]

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Etymology

The surname originated as be a locative name, given to people from places whose names are now generally spelled Linacre. Such place-names in turn derive from Middle English līn ('flax') and aker ('field'), thus denoting places associated with a flax-field. The name is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, which mentions a Cambridgeshire man named Godwin de Linacra. [1] [2]

Notable people

Notable people with the surname include:

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References

  1. 1 2 The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, ed. by Patrick Hanks, Richard Coates, and Peter McClure, 4 vols (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016), III, p. 1592 [s.v. Linacre]; ISBN   978-0-19-967776-4.
  2. "Surname Database: Lineker Last Name Origin".