Phelps (surname)

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Phelps is an English surname. The name is originated as a patronymic form of the name Philip . [1] The name Philip is derived from the Greek name Philippos, which is composed of two elements: the first, philein, "to love"; the second, hippos, "horse". [2] The Dictionary of American Family Names states that the surname Phelps is generally found in the south-western part of England. [1] [3]

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  1. 1 2 Learn about the family history of your surname, Ancestry.com , retrieved 12 February 2011, which cited: Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN   0-19-508137-4 , for the surname "Phelps".
  2. ↑ Learn about the family history of your surname, Ancestry.com , retrieved 12 February 2011, which cited: Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN   0-19-508137-4 , for the surname "Philip".
  3. ↑ Reaney, Percy Hilde (1995), Wilson, Richard Middlewood (ed.), A Dictionary of English Surnames (3rd ed.), Oxford University Press, p. 349, ISBN   0-19-863146-4 .
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