January 2010
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Crawford: surname origins
This famous Scottish surname, found as Crawford, Crawfurd and Crauford, is locational in origin, from the old Barony of Crawford in the Upper ward of Lanarkshire, and is one of the earliest recorded Scottish surnames (see below). The placename is of Anglo-Saxon origin, meaning “crow’s ford”, derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century nickname “crawa”, from...
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McNamara: surname origins
This famous Irish name hails from County Clare where it is extremely prevalent. The sept of MacNamara was, after the O’ Briens, the most important and powerful of the dalcassians of Thomond. They were hereditary marshals to the O’ Briens and had the privilege of inaugurating the chief of the O’ Briens, who was often a king. The Irish form of this name is MacConmara and is derived...
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Wakeford: Surname origins
This name is of locational origin from a now lost place called Wakeford near Wakeham in Sussex. The name derived from the Olde English pre 7th century nickname, Waca, meaning ‘watchful’ plus ‘forde’ a ford. The surname is well recorded in various Sussex Church registers from the mid 16th century on, first appearing as Wakeforde in 1551. On April 27th 1569, one Jone Wakeford...
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