Gus:� OSw Guse, Gusse.
Hakes:� ON Haki 'hook, crook'.
Hamon:� OG Haimo 'home'. Robert the son of Hamo conquered Glamorgan in 1093 and the county became known as the "Little England beyond Wales".
Harger:� OG Hariger 'army-spear'.� Heriger was a moneyer for King Eadwig, 955-959.
Harward:� OE Hereweard� 'army guard'.� Hereweard the Wake was a thane of Danish descent that rebelled against William the Conqueror and the Norman occupation.
Hasting:� ON Hasteinn.� Hastein led yet another Viking army that invaded England in 893.
Hemming:� ON Hemingr, ODa Heming.� One of the first Scandinavian moneyers in England, Heming minted coins in the Danelaw c895-918.
Hosmer:� OE Osmaer 'god-fame'.� Many moneyers had this name from the reigns of Aethelred II to Henry I.
Hilt:� OG Helto.
Hubble:� OG Hubald 'mind-bright'.
Iliff:� ON Ilifr.� There were many moneyers with this name from the reigns of Aethelstan to Henry II.
Ivers:� ON Ivarr, ODa Iwar, OSw Ivar 'yew-army'.� Ivar the Boneless led the Great Army of the Danes that invaded and colonized England in 864.
Joubert:� OG Gautbert became OFr Jobert.
Kinman:� OE Cynemann 'royal man'.�
Kittredge:� An Anglo-Scandinavian hybrid Cytelric.
Lax:� ON Lax 'salmon'.
Leaman:� OE Leofman 'beloved man'.� A moneyer for Aethelred II and King Cnut had this rare personal name.
Level:� OE Leaweald 'beloved power'.� Many moneyers had this name from the reigns of King Eadgar to William II.�
Levis:� OE Leofhyse.� A moneyer for Aethelred II had this personal name.
Linney:� OE Lindgifu 'shield-gift'.
Litwin:� OE Leohtwine 'bright friend'.
Maynor:� OG Maginhari 'army-bright'.� There were several moneyers with this name.
Merlin:� OFr Merlin from Welsh Myrddhin.� Merlin was a prophet and magician in Arthurian legend.
Mudge:� OE Mugga.
Mund:� OE Munda.
Munday:� ON Mundi.
Oman:� ON Hamundr 'high protection', an Orkney and Shetland name.� A Hamundr was a moneyer for both Henry I and Stephen.
Ordway:� OE Ordwig 'spear-warrior'.� An Ordwig was an English moneyer for both William the Conqueror and his son William II.
Otter:� ON Ottar 'terrible army'.� There were moneyers with this Norse personal name from the reigns of William I to Henry I.
Patchell:� OE Paecchild.
Pitcock:� Diminutive of OE Pytta.
Quill:� Manx form of MacCuill 'son of Coll'.
Quinney:� Manx for MacConnaidh 'son of Connaidh' 'the crafty'.
Rainer:� OG Raginhar 'counsel, might-army'.� There were several moneyers with this name.
Rambert:� OG Raginbert 'mighty guardian'.
Richer:� OG Riker.
Rickel:� OG Richild.
Ronald:� Scottish equivalent of Reynold, derived from ON Ragnvaldr.� There were many moneyers with this name and one for the Scottish King Alexander III.
Roseman:� OG Rosemunda.
Rumble:� OG Rumbald.

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