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District in Ontario, Canada
Manitoulin District is a district in Northeastern Ontario within the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1888 from part of the Algoma District
Manitoulin_District
Island in Lake Huron, Ontario, Canada
Manitoulin Island (/ˌmænəˈtuːlɪn/ MAN-ə-TOO-lin) is an island in Lake Huron, located within the borders of the Canadian province of Ontario. With an area
Manitoulin_Island
Township in Ontario, Canada
Central Manitoulin is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is located on Manitoulin Island and in Manitoulin District. The Township of Central
Central_Manitoulin
Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada
Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004
Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing
Unorganized area in Ontario, Canada
Part Manitoulin District is an unorganized area in Manitoulin District in northeastern Ontario, Canada, encompassing the portion of Manitoulin Island
Unorganized West Manitoulin District
Unorganized_West_Manitoulin_District
Town in Ontario, Canada
Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands is a municipality with town status in Manitoulin District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada, approximately 30 kilometres
Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands
Northeastern_Manitoulin_and_the_Islands
Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada
Sudbury East—Manitoulin—Nickel Belt (French: Sudbury-Est–Manitoulin–Nickel Belt) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It came into effect
Sudbury East—Manitoulin—Nickel Belt
Sudbury_East—Manitoulin—Nickel_Belt
District in Ontario, Canada
several other communities in the district—instead shares its jurisdictional area with the neighbouring Manitoulin District, whereas equivalent services in
Sudbury_District
List of Ontario secondary highways
of secondary highways in Manitoulin District, which serve the isolated and sparsely populated areas in the Manitoulin District of Ontario. Secondary Highway
List of secondary highways in Manitoulin District
List_of_secondary_highways_in_Manitoulin_District
Swing bridge in Little Current, Ontario
Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands. The bridge carries Highway 6 (formerly Highway 68) across a narrow channel separating Manitoulin Island from the
Little_Current_Swing_Bridge
Elections were held in the organized municipalities in the Manitoulin District of Ontario on October 22, 2018 in conjunction with municipal elections
2018 Manitoulin District municipal elections
2018_Manitoulin_District_municipal_elections
List of lakes with the same or similar names
Mud Lake (Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands) Mud Lake (Central Manitoulin) Mud Lake (Pardo Township, Nipissing District) Mud Lake (West Nipissing)
Mud_Lake_(Ontario)
Elections were held in the organized municipalities in the Manitoulin District of Ontario on October 25, 2010 in conjunction with municipal elections
2010 Manitoulin District municipal elections
2010_Manitoulin_District_municipal_elections
Topics referred to by the same term
Manitoulin may refer to: All located in or associated with Ontario, Canada Manitoulin (provincial electoral district), a former electoral district Manitoulin
Manitoulin
Robinson is an unincorporated community in Ontario, Canada. It is recognized as a designated place by Statistics Canada. In the 2021 Census of Population
Robinson, Manitoulin District, Ontario
Robinson,_Manitoulin_District,_Ontario
Secondary region in Ontario, Canada
the districts of Algoma, Sudbury, Cochrane, Timiskaming, Nipissing and Manitoulin. For some purposes, Parry Sound District and Muskoka District Municipality
Northeastern_Ontario
Elections were held in the organized municipalities in the Manitoulin District of Ontario on October 27, 2014, in conjunction with municipal elections
2014 Manitoulin District municipal elections
2014_Manitoulin_District_municipal_elections
Canadian local elections
The 2014 municipal elections in Ontario were held on October 27, 2014. Voters in the province of Ontario elected mayors, councillors, school board trustees
2014 Ontario municipal elections
2014_Ontario_municipal_elections
Township Central Manitoulin Township Cockburn Island Township Gordon/Barrie Island Township Town of Gore Bay Town of Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands
List_of_townships_in_Ontario
Municipal elections were held in Ontario, Canada, on October 25, 2010. Voters in Ontario elected mayors, councillors, school board trustees and all other
2010 Ontario municipal elections
2010_Ontario_municipal_elections
Township municipality in Ontario, Canada
province of Ontario, located in the Manitoulin District. It is separated from the westernmost point of Manitoulin Island by the Mississagi Strait, and
Cockburn_Island_(Ontario)
Waterfall in Ontario, Canada
Bridal Veil Falls is a waterfall near the town of Kagawong on Lake Huron's Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada. The water source is the Kagawong River, which
Bridal Veil Falls (Manitoulin Island)
Bridal_Veil_Falls_(Manitoulin_Island)
Historic site in Ontario, Canada
of Canada. It is located on the northwestern shore of Manitoulin Island in Manitoulin District, Ontario. The site has remains from 9000 years of occupation
Sheguiandah
District in Ontario, Canada
Other districts were created from it by the provincial government of Ontario: Thunder Bay District in 1871 Manitoulin District in 1888 Sudbury District in
Algoma_District
Township in Ontario, Canada
is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario. Located in the Manitoulin District, the township had a population of 382 in the 2021 Canadian census
Burpee_and_Mills
Canadian local elections
Algoma District municipal elections 2026 Kenora District municipal elections 2026 Manitoulin District municipal elections 2026 Nipissing District municipal
2026 Ontario municipal elections
2026_Ontario_municipal_elections
River on Manitoulin Island, in Ontario, Canada
River is a river of the Manitoulin Island, flowing in the township of Central Manitoulin and Tehkummah, in Manitoulin District, in Northern Ontario region
Manitou River (Manitoulin Island)
Manitou_River_(Manitoulin_Island)
Lake in Ontario, Canada
the town of Gore Bay in the municipality of Gordon/Barrie Island, Manitoulin District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is approximately 2 kilometres
Nameless Lake (Manitoulin District)
Nameless_Lake_(Manitoulin_District)
regional municipalities, counties, and districts. The first three are types of municipal government but districts are not—they are defined geographic areas
List of census divisions of Ontario
List_of_census_divisions_of_Ontario
This is a list of provincial parks in Northern Ontario. These provincial parks are maintained by Ontario Parks. For a list of other provincial parks in
List of provincial parks of Northern Ontario
List_of_provincial_parks_of_Northern_Ontario
River in Ontario, Canada
The Kagawong River is a river on Manitoulin Island in Manitoulin District, Ontario, Canada which flows from Lake Kagawong to empty into Mudge Bay on the
Kagawong_River
Channel along the north shore of Lake Huron, Ontario, Canada
the north by the eastern Algoma District and part of the Sudbury District, and to the south by the islands of Manitoulin, Cockburn, Drummond and St. Joseph
North_Channel_(Ontario)
Unceded territory in Ontario, Canada
is the name of First Nation reserve in the northeast of Manitoulin Island in Manitoulin District, Ontario, Canada. The First Nation has claimed they have
Wiikwemkoong_First_Nation
Agency of the Government of Ontario, Canada
Sound to isolated communities along the north shore of Lake Huron and Manitoulin Island. It is likely the intended purpose of the navigation company was
Owen Sound Transportation Company
Owen_Sound_Transportation_Company
Canadian ice hockey player
Ganton Scott (March 23, 1903 – June 9, 1977) was a Canadian ice hockey right winger who played four seasons in the National Hockey League during the 1920s
Ganton_Scott
is an Ojibwe First Nation in Manitoulin District, Ontario. It is a member of the United Chiefs and Councils of Manitoulin. Its reserve is located at Whitefish
Whitefish_River_First_Nation
Elections were held in the organized municipalities in the Manitoulin District of Ontario on October 24, 2022, in conjunction with municipal elections
2022 Manitoulin District municipal elections
2022_Manitoulin_District_municipal_elections
Former unorganized territory in Ontario, Canada
Mainland Manitoulin was an unorganized area in the Canadian province of Ontario, encompassing the small mainland portion of the Manitoulin District which
Unorganized Mainland Manitoulin District
Unorganized_Mainland_Manitoulin_District
Lake on Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada
Lake Manitou is the largest lake on Manitoulin Island in Ontario, Canada. With an area of 104 square kilometres (40 sq mi), it is the largest lake on a
Lake_Manitou
Town in Ontario, Canada
Huron's North Channel, it is one of the two incorporated towns of Manitoulin District, of which it is the administrative and government seat. The town's
Gore_Bay,_Ontario
Township in Ontario, Canada
on Manitoulin Island. An Ontario Historical Plaque was built on the grounds of the Assiginack Museum by the province to commemorate the Manitoulin Treaties'
Assiginack
River in Ontario, Canada
Blue Jay Creek is a river on Manitoulin Island in Central Manitoulin and Tehkummah townships, Manitoulin District in northeastern Ontario, Canada, and
Blue Jay Creek (Lake Huron tributary)
Blue_Jay_Creek_(Lake_Huron_tributary)
Island group in Ontario, Canada
Canadian waters of Lake Huron, located southwest of Manitoulin Island and within the Manitoulin District. The largest island within the chain is known as
Duck_Islands
Large island in Lake Mindemoya, Ontario
is a small island in Lake Mindemoya, on Manitoulin Island, which is in Lake Huron. Aside from being Manitoulin's largest island at approximately 0.445 km2
Treasure_Island_(Ontario)
Canadian singer-songwriter
rock band The Nobs. Closs was born in Sault Ste. Marie and raised on Manitoulin Island, and currently lives in the Onaping Falls neighbourhood of Sudbury
Kevin_Closs
Municipality in Ontario, Canada
census). The municipality was also transferred from the Manitoulin District to the Sudbury District at that time. In 2006, the municipality was enlarged
Killarney,_Ontario
First Nations community radio station in M'Chigeeng First Nation, Ontario
concrete renewal under way"), Manitoulin Expositor, June 23, 2010. All-Ojibwe language radio on-air next week, Manitoulin Expositor, August 18, 2010. Ojibwe
CHYF-FM
Township in Ontario, Canada
as the name of a community within that township. Located in the Manitoulin District, the township had a population of 753 in the 2021 Canadian census
Billings,_Ontario
Local services board in Ontario, Canada
Willisville in the Unorganized North Sudbury District and Birch Island and McGregor Bay in the Manitoulin District. It is the administrative headquarters of
Rainbow_Country
Indian reserve in Ontario, Canada
known as West Bay, is an Ojibwe First Nation band government in the Manitoulin District of Ontario, Canada. The total registered population as of December
M'Chigeeng_First_Nation
SS Manitoulin was a Great Lakes passenger steamship. She was built in 1889 as Modjeska, and renamed Manitoulin in 1927 after a major refit. She was laid
SS_Manitoulin_(1889)
School in M'Chigeeng, Ontario, Canada
Manitoulin Secondary School, is a secondary school located on M'Chigeeng First Nation, Ontario, on Manitoulin Island, and is approximately 2 hours from
Manitoulin_Secondary_School
Indian reserve in Ontario, Canada
Sheshegwaning First Nation is an Odawa First Nation on Manitoulin Island in Ontario, Canada. Its land base is located on the Sheshegwaning 20 reserve.
Sheshegwaning_First_Nation
Canadian politician
2025 Ontario general election. He represents the electoral district of Algoma—Manitoulin as a member of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party. Prior
Bill_Rosenberg
First Nations theatre group in Ontario
group and multi-arts organization based in Wiikwemkoong First Nation on Manitoulin Island in Northern Ontario. Debaj is the longest running Indigenous theatre
Debajehmujig_Theatre_Group
contemporary art centre [25] Assiginack Museum Complex Assiginack Manitoulin District Northeastern Open air Includes the original late 19th-century town
List_of_museums_in_Ontario
steam-powered automobile ferry that operated between Tobermory and South-Baymouth Manitoulin Island alongside her sister ships, the MS Norgoma and the MS Normac, owned
SS_Norisle
Municipality in Ontario, Canada
The Municipality of Gordon/Barrie Island is a township in Manitoulin District in north central Ontario, Canada. It was formed on January 1, 2009, upon
Gordon/Barrie_Island
(pop. 35), the mainland and other outlying islands (pop. 466) from Manitoulin District (pop. 13,255) ^dPopulation calculated by adding Lamèque (pop. 1,285)
List of Canadian islands by population
List_of_Canadian_islands_by_population
Overview of Canada's largest islands
September 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2016. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Manitoulin, District (DIS) Ontario [Census division]". Statistics Canada. 5 June 2026
List of Canadian islands by area
List_of_Canadian_islands_by_area
Indigenous people of North America
from eastern Iowa to central Ohio and from southern Ohio to the Manitoulin District of Ontario. Most of the sites are in southeastern Wisconsin, northern
Red_Ocher_people
Lake Lake Wolsey Wood Lake Lake of the Woods (Kenora District) Lake of the Woods (Manitoulin District) Wunnummin Lake Yorkend Lake Lac de Zajac Zionz Lake
List_of_lakes_of_Ontario
Strait in lake Huron, Canada
in Manitoulin District, Ontario, Canada, located in Lake Huron. It connects the North Channel to the main water body, and also separates Manitoulin Island
Mississagi_Strait
Endorheic lake in Manitoulin District, Ontario
lake in the municipality of Assiginack, Manitoulin District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is on Manitoulin Island about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) southwest
Sucker_Lake_(Manitoulin)
Indian reserve in Ontario, Canada
of the United Chiefs and Councils of Manitoulin. An Odawa and Ojibwe community located in the Manitoulin District, the First Nation has two distinct parcels
Zhiibaahaasing_First_Nation
List of lakes with the same or similar names
(Central Manitoulin, Ontario) - Manitoulin District Sand Lake (Minaki, Ontario) - Kenora District Sand Lake (Northern Algoma, Ontario) - Algoma District Watson
Sand_Lake_(Ontario)
(14555) Upload Photo Fog Alarm Mississagi Island Unorganized West Manitoulin District ON 45°53′28″N 83°13′32″W / 45.8912°N 83.2256°W / 45.8912; -83
List of historic places in Northern Ontario
List_of_historic_places_in_Northern_Ontario
Term for a person born on Manitoulin Island, Ontario
Haweater is a designation given to a person born on Manitoulin Island, Ontario. The name derives from the prevalence of hawberries among the island's vegetation
Haweater
Topics referred to by the same term
Falls, British Columbia Dawson, Ontario, a township Dawson Township, Manitoulin District, Ontario Dawson, Alabama, a small community Dawson, Georgia, a city
Dawson
Secondary School, Odessa Napanee District Secondary School, Napanee North Addington Education Centre (K-12), Cloyne Manitoulin Secondary School, M'Chigeeng
List of secondary schools in Ontario
List_of_secondary_schools_in_Ontario
Drummond Island (Chippewa County) from Ontario's Cockburn Island (Manitoulin District). "False Detour Channel". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources
False_Detour_Channel
Canadian ship
After conversion to a motor ship, Norgoma was transferred to the popular Manitoulin Island ferry route between Tobermory and South Baymouth along with her
MS_Norgoma
Island in Ontario, Canada
of Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands in the Manitoulin District. Highway 6 passes through the island, crossing from Manitoulin Island via the Little
Goat_Island_(Ontario)
Ferry in Ontario, Canada
Huron between Tobermory on the Bruce Peninsula and South Baymouth on Manitoulin Island. The ferry connects the two geographically separate portions of
MS_Chi-Cheemaun
Township in Ontario, Canada
Tehkummah is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located on Manitoulin Island. The best known community in the township is South Baymouth (45°33′41″N
Tehkummah
Former federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada
It initially consisted of the territorial district of Manitoulin and the part of the territorial district of Algoma lying east of a line drawn from south
Algoma_East
Hydrographic Surveyor. Stewart Island, Algoma District, Ontario, and Stewart Rock, Owen Channel, Manitoulin District, Ontario, were named after him, as was the
William J. Stewart (hydrographic surveyor)
William_J._Stewart_(hydrographic_surveyor)
Church in Wiikwemkoong First Nation, Canada
Catholic Parish church in the Wiikwemkoong Indian Reserve, north-eastern Manitoulin island. It was founded by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in 1844 and was
Holy Cross Church (Wiikwemkoong)
Holy_Cross_Church_(Wiikwemkoong)
Nunavut Kitikmeot Region (6,012) Baffin Region (16,939) Ontario Manitoulin District (13,048) Toronto Division (2,615,060) Prince Edward Island Kings
Census division statistics of Canada
Census_division_statistics_of_Canada
Radio station in Little Current, Ontario
that broadcasts at 103.1 MHz in Little Current, Ontario, serving Algoma, Manitoulin and a good portion of the 17 and 69 Highways including Tobermory and areas
CHAW-FM
Canadian politician from Ontario
Canadian politician from the Conservative Party of Ontario. He represented Manitoulin in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1929 to 1934. "Alvin Edwin
Alvin_Edwin_Graham
Radio station in Elliot Lake, Ontario
and converted CKNR to 94.1 MHz on March 3, 1997 with a transmitter on Manitoulin Island. Due to the station's signal strength (it can be heard as far as
CKNR-FM
Lake in Ontario, Canada
Lake Mindemoya is a lake in Ontario, Canada, located within Manitoulin Island which is the world's largest island in a freshwater lake (Lake Huron). The
Lake_Mindemoya
Floating restaurant boat
Transportation Company Limited. Mckay was the captain of the company flagship SS Manitoulin. The Normac sailed the Owen Sound to Sault Ste. Marie route via Killarney
MS_Normac
Large bay of Lake Huron, Ontario, Canada
Peninsula and Manitoulin Island. To its northwest is the North Channel. Georgian Bay is surrounded by (listed clockwise) the districts of Manitoulin, Sudbury
Georgian_Bay
County in Michigan, United States
(west) By water Mackinac County (northwest) Chippewa County (north) Manitoulin District, Ontario, Canada (east) Onaway Rogers City (county seat) Millersburg
Presque_Isle_County,_Michigan
was a railway in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. Originally known as the Manitoulin and North Shore Railway (M&NS) with a charter dating back to 1888, the
Algoma_Eastern_Railway
Ontarian provincial government ministry
Killarney Manitoulin District Sudbury District Timiskaming District Lakes District Municipality of Muskoka Nipissing District Parry Sound District Loyalist
Ministry of Emergency Preparedness and Response
Ministry_of_Emergency_Preparedness_and_Response
Regional municipality in Ontario, Canada
O. 1888, c. 13, ss. 1, 3 An Act to erect the District of Manitoulin into a Provisional Judicial District, S.O. 1899, c. 14, s. 3 "Muskoka Government Review
District Municipality of Muskoka
District_Municipality_of_Muskoka
List of lakes with the same or similar names
Bass Lake is the name of several lakes in Ontario: Bass Lake (Manitoulin District, Ontario) Bass Lake (Rideau Lakes, Ontario) (Leeds & Grenville) Bass
Bass_Lake_(Ontario)
List of communities in Ontario, Canada
Essonville Estaire Etwell Eugenia Evansville, Manitoulin District, Ontario Evansville, Nipissing District, Ontario Eversley Everton Exeter Fair Valley
List of unincorporated communities in Ontario
List_of_unincorporated_communities_in_Ontario
Statistics Canada. McGregor Bay is on the LaCloche Peninsula within the Manitoulin District. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada
McGregor_Bay,_Ontario
Topics referred to by the same term
District), Ontario Ice Lake (GTP Block 2 Township, Thunder Bay District), Ontario Ice Lake (Manitoulin District), Ontario Ice Lake (Algoma District)
Ice_Lake
Topics referred to by the same term
Bay District), Ontario Josephine Lake (Manitoulin District), Ontario Josephine Lake (Algoma District), Ontario Josephine Lake (Sudbury District), Ontario
Lake_Josephine
School board in Ontario, Canada
Sudbury Lively District Secondary School, Lively Lockerby Composite School, Sudbury Lo-Ellen Park Secondary School, Sudbury Manitoulin Secondary School
Rainbow_District_School_Board
Topics referred to by the same term
(Oregon) Lake of the Woods (Wyoming) In Canada: Lake of the Woods (Manitoulin District), Ontario In Canada: Lake of the Woods, Ontario Lake of the Woods
Lake of the Woods (disambiguation)
Lake_of_the_Woods_(disambiguation)
Radio station in Ontario, Canada
Ontario, serving Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands. The station, a community radio outlet owned by Manitoulin Radio Communication, broadcasts
CFRM-FM
Ship built in 1974
Transportation Company on Lake Huron between Tobermory and South Baymouth, Manitoulin Island from 1989 to 1992. Her maximum speed was 18 knots (33 km/h), with
MV_Manx_Viking
Provincial park in Ontario, Canada
well as several islands in the channel (which are mostly part of Manitoulin District). Notable features of the park include the site of the former Fort
La_Cloche_Provincial_Park
List of lakes of Ontario beginning with the letter B
Bay District) Burk Lake (Timiskaming District) Burke Lake (Nipissing District) Burke Lake (Rainy River District) Burke Lake (Manitoulin District) Burke
List_of_lakes_of_Ontario:_B
MANITOULIN DISTRICT
MANITOULIN DISTRICT
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : regional name for someone from the district of France of this name, which is of unexplained origin.French : from a short form of a Germanic personal name formed with wid ‘leader’.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish (Aberdeen)
English and Scottish (Aberdeen) : regional name from a district in Lancashire called The Fylde, from Old English (ge)filde ‘plain’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the numerous places named in Old English as ‘long ford’, from lang, long ‘long’ + ford ‘ford’, except for Langford in Nottinghamshire, which is named with an Old English personal name Landa or possibly land, here used in a specific sense such as ‘boundary’ or ‘district’, with the same second element.
Surname or Lastname
Scottish
Scottish : habitational name from a now forgotten place called Dundemore in Fife.English : habitational name from Dunsmoor in Devon or from an old district of Warwickshire called Dunsmore (preserved in Ryton-on-Dunsmore and Stretton-on-Dunsmore); both are named from the Old English personal name Dunn(a) ‘dark’ + mÅr ‘moor’.A Scottish family of this name was established in County Antrim, northern Ireland, in the early 17th century. From there they emigrated in 1723 to Londonderry, NH (now called Windham).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of ten or more minor places known as ‘the king’s land’, such as Kingsland in South Molton, Devon, or Kingsland in Hackney, Greater London (formerly Middlesex), both named from Middle English kingis ‘of the king’+ land ‘land’.English : habitational name from Kingsland in Herefordshire near Leominster, which is named as ‘the king’s estate in Leon’. Leon is the old Celtic name for the district, meaning ‘at the streams’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : regional name from the coastal district of eastern Yorkshire (now Humberside), the origin of which is probably Old Norse hǫldr, within the Danelaw (the region of pre-conquest England where Danish rule and custom was dominant) a rank of feudal nobility immediately below that of earl, + nes ‘nose’, ‘headland’.
Surname or Lastname
English and Dutch
English and Dutch : from Latin Marcus, the personal name of St. Mark the Evangelist, author of the second Gospel. The name was borne also by a number of other early Christian saints. Marcus was an old Roman name, of uncertain (possibly non-Italic) etymology; it may have some connection with the name of the war god Mars. Compare Martin. The personal name was not as popular in England in the Middle Ages as it was on the Continent, especially in Italy, where the evangelist became the patron of Venice and the Venetian Republic, and was allegedly buried at Aquileia. As an American family name, this has absorbed cognate and similar names from other European languages, including Greek Markos and Slavic Marek.English, German, and Dutch (van der Mark) : topographic name for someone who lived on a boundary between two districts, from Middle English merke, Middle High German marc, Middle Dutch marke, merke, all meaning ‘borderland’. The German term also denotes an area of fenced-off land (see Marker 5) and, like the English word, is embodied in various place names which have given rise to habitational names.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Marck, Pas-de-Calais.German : from Marko, a short form of any of the Germanic compound personal names formed with mark ‘borderland’ as the first element, for example Markwardt.Americanization or shortened form of any of several like-sounding Jewish or Slavic surnames (see for example Markow, Markowitz, Markovich).Irish (northeastern Ulster) : probably a short form of Markey (when not of English origin).
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, Dutch, and French
English, Scottish, Dutch, and French : variant of Henry 1. In Scotland this surname is common in the Ayr and Fife districts; in northern Ireland it is usually from the Scottish variant Hendrie, though some examples of the name were originally as at Henry 3.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from the cathedral city on an island in the fens north of Cambridge. It is so named from Old English ǣl ‘eel’ + gē ‘district’.Probably also an Americanized form of German Eley.Nathaniel Ely was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, (coming from Cambridge, MA, with Thomas Hooker) in 1635.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Old Norse and Middle English personal name Ing(a), a short form of various names with the first element Ing- (see Ingle).English : habitational name from an Essex place name, Ing, which survives with various manorial affixes in the names Fryerning, Ingatestone, Ingrave, and Margaretting, and which is probably from an Old English tribal name Gēingas ‘people of the district’.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : nickname from Yiddish ing ‘young’.Chinese : possibly a variant of Wu 1.Chinese : possibly a variant of Wu 4.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from either of two places, in Cheshire and West Yorkshire, called Ledsham. The first is named with the Old English personal name LÄ“ofede + Old English hÄm ‘homestead’ and the second is recorded in Domesday Book as Ledesham ‘homestead within the district of Leeds’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from the district so called near Liverpool, consisting of Uplitherland and Downlitherland. The place name is derived from Old Norse hlÃðar, genitive of hlÃð ‘slope’ + land ‘land’.
Surname or Lastname
Americanized spelling of the French topographic name Garrigue (see Garrigues).Scottish
Americanized spelling of the French topographic name Garrigue (see Garrigues).Scottish : variant of Garioch, a habitational name from the district in Aberdeenshire so named.English : habitational name from Garwick in Lincolnshire, named from an Old English personal name Gǣra + Old English wīc ‘(dairy) farm’.The name is closely associated with the Huguenots. The English actor-manager David Garrick (1717–79) was the grandson of David de la Garrique, who fled Bordeaux in 1685, changing his family name to Garric on arrival in England. Other Garricks (Garicks) were in SC in the 1820s.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from the city in West Yorkshire, or the place in Kent. The former is of British origin, appearing in Bede in the form Loidis ‘People of the LÄt’, (LÄt being an earlier name of the river Aire, meaning ‘the violent one’). Loidis was originally a district name, but was subsequently restricted to the city. The Kentish place name may be from an Old English stream name hlÌ„de ‘loud, rushing stream’.Daniel Leeds (1652–1720) was born in England, probably in Nottinghamshire, and emigrated to America with his father, Thomas, some time in the third quarter of the 17th century. The family settled in Shrewsbury, NJ, in 1677. Daniel made almanacs and was surveyor general of the Province of West Jersey in 1682. He was married four times and had numerous children.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : regional name for someone from the district north of Paris known in Old French as Gohiere.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from any of the various places in northern France called Gouy (from the Gallo-Roman personal name Gaudius + the locative suffix -acum), with the addition of the Anglo-Norman French suffix -er.English : from a Norman personal name, Go(h)ier, cognate with the Old English name mentioned at Gooder.Welsh : from the peninsula in southern Wales, of which the Welsh name is Gŵyr.Probably an Americanized spelling of German Gauer.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : topographic name from Middle English lees ‘fields’, ‘arable land’, plural of lee (see Lee), or from Middle English lese ‘pasture’, ‘meadow’ (Old English lǣs).English : habitational name from Leece or Lees in Lancashire, or Leese in Cheshire, all named from Old English lēas ‘woodland clearings’ (plural of lēah), or from Leece in Cumbria, which was probably named with a Celtic word, lïss ‘hall’, ‘court’, ‘the principal house in a district’.English : variant spelling of Leece 1.Scottish : reduced form of Gillies.Scottish and Irish : reduced and altered form of McLeish.Dutch : variant of Leys.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly southern Yorkshire and East Midlands)
English (chiefly southern Yorkshire and East Midlands) : regional name from the district in southern Yorkshire around Sheffield and Ecclesfield called Hallam, or a habitational name from a place of this name in Derbyshire. The Derbyshire name is from Old English halum, dative plural of halh ‘nook’, ‘recess’ (see Hale 1). The Yorkshire district, sometimes called Hallamshire, is possibly of the same derivation or alternatively from hallum, dative plural of Old English hall ‘stone’, ‘rock’, Old Norse hallr.
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English
English : regional name from the southern English county so called, which derives its name from Hampton (i.e. the port of Southampton) + Old English scīr ‘division’, ‘district’.English : regional name from the area of Hallamshire in southern Yorkshire, named from Hallam + Middle English schir ‘division’, ‘administrative region’ (Old English scīr). The surname is most common in Yorkshire, where this second derivation is most likely to be the source.
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English : regional name from the district on the south coast of Cumbria (formerly in Lancashire), earlier Fuðarnes, so named from the genitive case (Fuðar) of Old Norse Fuð, meaning ‘rump’, the name of the peninsula, formerly of an island opposite the southern part of this district + Old Norse nes ‘headland’, ‘nose’.Norwegian : habitational name from any of various farms, particularly in Møre og Romsdal, named Furnes, from Old Norse fura ‘pine’ + nes ‘headland’.
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English
English : habitational name from a place in Nottinghamshire, named in Old English as ‘homestead at a (district) boundary’, from mearc ‘boundary’ + hÄm ‘homestead’.Irish : English surname used as an equivalent of Gaelic Ó Marcacháin ‘descendant of Marcachán’, a diminutive of Marcach (see Markey). This is a Galway surname, which is sometimes ‘translated’ as Ryder.
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