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British  Surnames Family History Resources

Surnames, their origin and their meaning

Many surnames are associated with the place/locality of where the family lived and in those cases the location is noted as the meaning.
Many surnames are associated with the occupation of the person given the name.

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Surname		Origin	Meaning
Andarton		British	an, the; dar, an oak, and ton, a hill
Arthur		British	Ar (Latin vir), a man, and thor, strong
Breton		British	A native of Britain
Warrender		British	old British dour, water
Cornell		British	a corner, a place shaped like a horn
Coventry		British	the town of the convent
Glyn		British	The woody vale
Goon		British	Gun, a plain, a down or common
Gunn		British	a plain, a down or common
Hazard		British	ard, nature, and has, high
Cradock		British	Caradoc, dearly beloved
Craig		British	Rock or Crag
Cudney		British	From Cud or Coit, a wood, and ey, water
Dagget		British	dow, water--the water-gate

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