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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
Abney		Norman-French	Aubigny, a town of France, in the department of Berry
Aglionby		Norman-French	Aglion, an eaglet, and by, a residence or habitation
Agnew		Norman-French	the town of Agneau in Normandy
Aiton		Norman-French	ea or eau, water, and ton, a town
Beauchamp		Norman-French	fair or beautiful field
Beaufort		Norman-French	fine or commodious fort
Beaumont		Norman-French	fair mount
Bellew		Norman-French	De Belle Eau, from the beautiful water
Blount		Norman-French	Blond, Of fair hair or complexion
Blundell		Norman-French	Blond, faired haired, only in a lesser degree
Blunt		Norman-French	Blond, Of fair hair or complexion
Darrell		Norman-French	De Orrell
Dawson		Norman-French	D'Ossone, from the town of Ossone, in Normandy
Day		Norman-French	D'Ossone, from the town of Ossone, in Normandy
Charnock		Norman-French	the town of Chernoc, in Normandy
Disney		Norman-French	De Isigney, from Isigney, a small village near Bayeaux, in Normandy
Doyley		Norman-French	Oyly or Ouilly
Spence		Norman-French	Le Despenser, a steward
Spencer		Norman-French	Le Despenser, a steward
FitzGerald		Norman-French	son of Gerald
FitzGilbert		Norman-French	son of Gilbert
Tollmache		Norman-French	Tolling of the bell
Dabney		Norman-French	D'Aubigne; from Aubigne, a town in the department of Cher, France

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