English Surnames Similar to Farthing

The� English surnames below have several things in common:

1) They are all derived from only one origin.
2) They were all originally used as personal names in England.� Many of them have been in continuous use for over a thousand years.
3) No one name is more numerous or less numerous than the others, all of them sharing a frequency of occurrence of .001% (63 people out of a sample population of 6.3 million).

Abreviations:� OE=Old English, ON=Old Norse, ODa=Old Danish, OSw=Old Swedish, OG=Old German, OFr=Old French, OIr=Old Irish, ME=Middle English. Most of the information in the following list can be found in P.H. Reaney's and R.M. Wilson's excellent work A Dictionary of English Surnames, Revised Edition, Oxford University Press, 1997.

Ansell: OG Ansehelm 'god-helmet'.� Anselm, 1033-1109, was Archbishop of Canterbury.
Ashlock: ON Aslakr.� Aslakr was one of Farthegn's fellow moneyers that worked for King Cnut at the mint in Lund, Sweden.
Axtell: ON Asketill. Asketill was another one of Farthegn's fellow moneyers that worked for King Cnut at the mint in Lund, Sweden.
Bade: OE Bada. Bada was a moneyer for King Edward the Elder.
Baldree: OG Baldric 'bold rule'.� There were several moneyers with this name from the reigns of Eadwig to William I.
Benning: OE Benning.
Boll: ON Bolli. Bolla was a moneyer for King Cnut.
Brew: Manx McVriw 'son of the judge'.
Brixey: OE Beorhtsige, Brihtsige 'bright victory'.� Many moneyers had this name from the reigns of Eadwig to Edward the Confessor.
Broman: OE Brunmann. Brunmann was a moneyer for Cnut at Viborg.
Bubb: OE Bubba. Bubba ruled the kingdom of Lindsey, c650.
Bunyard: OFr Baynard.
Burrage:� OE Burgric 'fortress-powerful'.
Coppin:� A pet-diminutive of Jacob.� Jacob was a moneyer from Bristol for Henry III.
Corlett:� Manx contraction of MacThorliotr from ON Thorliotr 'Thor-people'.
Cormack:� Irish O'cormaic 'descendant of Cormac', 'son of the chariot'.� Cormac was High-King of Ireland 254-277.
Corp:� ON Korpr 'raven'.
Craine:� Manx contraction of MacCiarain 'son of Ciaran'.
Criddle:� OE Cridela.
Cull:� OE Cula.
Cuthbert:� OE Cuthbeort 'famous-bright'.� There were many moneyers with this name from the reigns of Alfred the Great to Henry I.� Cuthbert, d. 687, was bishop of Lindisfarne.
Darwine:� OE Deorwine 'dear friend'.� Deorwine was one of Farthegn's fellow moneyers at Thetford during the reigns of Aethelred II and Cnut.
Dock:� OE Docca.
Dolphin:� ON Dolgfinnr, a common name in 11th century northern England.� Dagfinnr was a moneyer at York during the reigns of Aethelred II and Cnut.
Durrant:� OFr Durant 'obstinate'.� Several English moneyers had this name.
Eaddy:� OE Eadgifu.� Eadgifu, 905-968, was the wife of King Edward the Elder.
Eakin:� Diminutive of OE Eda.
Edney:� Latin Idonea, a not uncommon medieval name.
Edwin:� OE Eadwine 'prosperity-friend'.� An English� moneyer named Eadwine worked for King Magnus at Lund, Sweden.
Eckart:� OE Eckard 'edge-hard'.
Ellwood:� OE Aelfweald 'elf-ruler'.� There were many moneyers from the reigns of Edmund to Henry I that had this personal name.� Alfwald was a king of East Anglia c713-c749.
Etheridge:� OE Aethelric.� Many moneyers had this personal name from the reigns of Aethelred II to Henry I.� Athelric was a sub-king of the Anglian tribe called the Hwicce c720.
Fergus:� Gaelic Fearghus, OIr Fergus 'man of force'.� Fergus was the first king of Scotland c330 B.C.
Fiske:� ON Fiskr 'fish'.
Folkerts:� OG Fulcard 'people-brave'.
Fossett:� OFr Fossard.
Gales:� French form of Wallis or OG Walo, meaning Wales.
Garey:� ON Geiri, ODa Geri 'spear'.
Goodlet:� OE Guthlac or possibly ON Guthleikr 'battle-play'.
Goodrum:� ON Guthormr 'battle-snake'.� Guthrum led the Viking Summer Army in its invasion of England in 871.� He was the first Danish king of East Anglia and Farthegn's commander.
Grieve:� ON greifi 'steward'.� The earliest example of this name is Farthegn Greva of Yorkshire c1050.
Gunnell:� ON Gunnhildr, 'battle-battle'.� Gunnhildr was the wife of Eric Bloodaxe, the last Viking king of York.� She bore him 8 sons and 1 daughter.
Gunning:� OG Gund(e)win 'battle-friend'.

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