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This is a list of surnames in which the origin is Old English. Old English was the West Germanic language spoken by the Anglo-Saxons who inhabited ancient England.
From the name of various English towns, derived from Old English æppel "apple" and Old Norse býr "farm, settlement". Appleton English. From the name of several English towns, meaning "orchard" in Old English (a compound of æppel "apple" and tun "enclosure, yard"). Apted English.
This is a list of surnames in which the origin is Old English. Old English was the West Germanic language spoken by the Anglo-Saxons who inhabited ancient England.
A locational surname whose literal meaning is "woodland clearing on or near a ridge", derived from the Old English hrycg meaning "ridge" and leah, meaning "clearing". First recorded as a surname in Staffordshire, England, but refers to a village in Normandy called Rugles. Sather Anglo-Saxon.
The surname Herndon was first found in Bedfordshire (Old English: Bedanfordscir), located in Southeast-central England, formerly part of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia, where they held a family seat from ancient times...
From the name of multiple towns in England. The town's name is derived from the masculine given name Ella (a short form of Old English names beginning with the elements ælf meaning "elf" or eald meaning "old") combined with tun meaning "enclosure, town".
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Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon) was a Germanic language that was spoken in England from about the 7th century to the 12th century. It is the ancestor of Middle English and English. Within the Germanic languages, Old English is classified as Ingvaeonic, related to Old Saxon and Old Frisian.
Ellis English, Welsh. Derived from the given name Elijah, or sometimes Elisedd. Glynn Welsh, Cornish. Topographic name for someone who lived in a valley, from Welsh glyn and Cornish glin, or a habitational name from a place named with this word.
This is a list of surnames in which the number of syllables is 1. From Old English æsc meaning "ash tree", indicating a person who lived near ash trees. Derived from Aust, an archaic diminutive of August. Topographic name for someone who lived by a stream, from Middle High German bach meaning "stream".