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English (Dorset)
English (Dorset) : unexplained. This name is frequent in Nova Scotia.
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English : regional name from the county of Dorset, named from Old English Dorn, an early name of Dorchester (of British origin, from durn ‘fist’, probably referring to fist-sized pebbles) + sǣte ‘dwellers’.
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English (Dorset) : habitational name from an unidentified place, possibly Ansford in Somerset, which is recorded in Domesday Book as Almundesford, from the genitive case of the Old English personal name Ealhmund (composed of the elements ealh ‘temple’ + mund ‘protection’) + Old English ford ‘ford’.
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English (Hampshire, Dorset)
English (Hampshire, Dorset) : occupational name for a cowherd, from Old French vachier.
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English (mainly Dorset and Hampshire)
English (mainly Dorset and Hampshire) : unexplained; perhaps a variant of Curley.
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English (Hampshire, Dorset, and Wiltshire)
English (Hampshire, Dorset, and Wiltshire) : unexplained. According to MacLysaght this name, which is also found in Ireland, is akin to Usher (compare Lusher).Probably an Americanized spelling of German Lüsch (see Lusch).
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English (Dorset and Somerset)
English (Dorset and Somerset) : unexplained.Dutch : patronymic from a short form of the personal name Julianus (see Julian).
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English (Hampshire and Dorset)
English (Hampshire and Dorset) : habitational name, possibly from Michen Hall in Godalming, Surrey.
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English (mainly Dorset)
English (mainly Dorset) : occupational name for a locksmith, from an agent derivative of Middle English, Old English loc ‘lock’, ‘fastening’ (see Lock, and compare Locker).
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English (Devon and Dorset)
English (Devon and Dorset) : patronymic from Tom, a short form of the personal name Thomas.
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English (Dorset)
English (Dorset) : habitational name, probably from Wool Bridge in East Stoke, Dorset.
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English (Dorset) : variant of Swire.
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English (Dorset)
English (Dorset) : variant spelling of Sugar.
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English (Hampshire, Dorset, and Wiltshire)
English (Hampshire, Dorset, and Wiltshire) : topographic name for someone who lived at the top of a hill or on a piece of raised ground, from Middle English heyt ‘summit’, ‘height’ + the agent suffix -er.
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English (Dorset)
English (Dorset) : of uncertain origin; perhaps a variant of Pocket(t), from a diminutive of Anglo-Norman French poque ‘small pouch’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of purses and pouches or a nickname. Alternatively it could be from a diminutive of Middle English pouk(e) ‘evil spirit’, ‘puck’, ‘goblin’.
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English (Dorset)
English (Dorset) : unexplained.
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English (Dorset) : probably a habitational name from either of the places mentioned at Hairfield, or from Harvel near Rochester, Kent, named with Old English heorot ‘hart’, ‘stag’ + feld ‘open country’.
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English (Dorset)
English (Dorset) : unexplained.See Diffee.
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English (Somerset, Dorset, and Hampshire)
English (Somerset, Dorset, and Hampshire) : unexplained.In some instances probably an altered spelling of French Dominé (see Domine).
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English (Dorset)
English (Dorset) : variant of Pouncey.
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