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Stephenson is a medieval patronymic surname meaning "son of Stephen". The earliest public record is found in the county of Huntingdonshire in 1279. There are variant spellings including Stevenson. People with the surname include:
Gough is a surname. The surname probably derives from the Welsh coch, given as a nickname to someone with red hair or a red complexion or as a reduced form of the Irish McGough which itself is an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Eochadha, a patronymic from the personal name Eochaidh, "horseman", both derivatives of Irish each "horse".
Mac Diarmada, also spelled Mac Diarmata, is an Irish surname, and the surname of the ruling dynasty of Moylurg, a kingdom that existed in Connacht from the 10th to 16th centuries. The last ruling king was Tadhg mac Diarmata, who ruled until 1585.
Gowans is a surname, a variant of McGowan, "son of the smith", with the Celtic patronymic prefix 'Mac' replaced by the English patronymic suffix -s. Notable people with the name include:
Pickett is an English surname. It is a variant form of Pigott. Notable people with the surname include:
Hern is an English masculine given name meaning "mythical hunter". There are variants including the English Herne, associated with Herne the Hunter. Hern is also common as a surname, including the British Isles variant "A'hern" and the Irish variant "O'Hern". Recorded alternative spellings include Harn, Hearns, Hearn, Hearne and Herne. Notable people with the name Hern include:
Power is a surname.
Hore is an English surname, a variant of Hoare, and is derived from the Middle English hor(e) meaning grey- or white-haired. Notable people with the surname include:
Dean is an English surname originally derived from the Old English word denu meaning "valley." Another common variant of this surname is Deane.
The surname Monaghan is a family name originating from the province of Connacht in Ireland. Mostly a last name.
Ravenshaw is an English surname from Derbyshire, County Durham, Northumberland, and Warwickshire. There are various theories to the meaning, but the simplest is "raven", and "wood". The oldest historical record of a surname variant was that of "Stephen de Ravenshagh", 1332, Lancashire. There are other variants. Ravenshaw is uncommon as a given name.
Howard is a common English surname. One source for this surname is with the Gaelic names Ó hOghartaigh and Ó hIomhair. Other origins also exist. The dominant theory pertains to the French personal names Huard and Houard adapted after the Norman Conquest of 1066. It is from a Germanic source similar to Old High German *Hugihard "heart-brave," or *Hoh-ward, literally "high defender; chief guardian." Also probably in some cases a confusion with cognate Anglo-Scandinavian personal name Haward from Hávarðr, which means ha(r) "high" and element varðr, meaning "guardian", and sometimes also with unrelated Hayward. In some rare cases from Old English eowu hierde "ewe herd." In Anglo-Norman the French digramm -ou- was often rendered as -ow- such as couard → coward, tour → tower, flour → flower, etc. The first public record of the surname is dated 1221 in Cambridgeshire. There are several variant surname spellings.
Peacock is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Maddison is both a surname and a given name. It is a variant spelling of Madison. Notable people with the name include:
Theodore is an English masculine given name and surname. It comes from the Greek name Θεόδωρος (Theodōros) meaning "God's gift". The name was popular among early Christians and was borne by several saints.
Clarke is a surname which means "clerk". The surname is of English and Irish origin and comes from the Latin clericus. Variants include Clerk and Clark. Clarke is also uncommonly chosen as a given name.
Cadogan is a surname of Welsh or Irish origin and is a variant of the Welsh name Cadwgan, as well as an anglicisation of the Irish surname Ó Ceadagáin. Notable people with the surname include:
Pettitt is an English surname of Hiberno-Norman origin. Variant spellings include Pettit and Petitt. People with the surname include:
Byram is an English toponymic surname, a variant spelling of Byron, derived from Byram, North Yorkshire. Notable people with the surname include:
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- ↑ "Surname: Renshaw". surnamedb.com. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
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