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Dawson Name Meaning
English: patronymic meaning ‘son of Dawe’ from the Middle English personal name Daw(e) (see Daw 1 and ) which is sometimes a pet form of David (see 2 below) but more generally of Rauf or Raw (i.e. Ralph ) of which Daw(e) is a rhyming form. Alternatively the patronymic could mean ‘son of Daud(e)’ another Middle English pet form of Ralph evidently used interchangeably with Dawe. Dawson is one of the most numerous patronymics. Scottish: patronymic ‘son of Dawe’. In Scotland Dawe is a diminutive of David (compare 1 above).
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Danson, Dowson, Pawson, Lawson, Rawson, Daws, Watson, Davison, Hanson
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Edinger Name Meaning
German: habitational name for someone from any of several places called Edingen including one northwest of Heidelberg or Edikon in Switzerland. Compare Eddinger .
Eddinger Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Edinger .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Fawcett Name Meaning
English (northern): habitational name from Fawcett in Grayrigg Westmorland or Facit in Lancashire both named from Old English fāg ‘multi-colored’ + sīde ‘slope hillside’. A further possible source Forcett in North Yorkshire is named from Old Norse fors ‘waterfall’ + sætr ‘shieling’ meaning ‘shieling by a waterfall’.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Hazlett, Hassett, Walcott, Faucett, Barrett, Baskett, Flett, Pallett
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Fowkes Name Meaning
English: variant of Foulks .
Foulks Name Meaning
English: from Middle English Anglo-Norman French Folkes Foukes an Old French nominative form of the ancient Germanic personal name Fulco which is derived from a linguistic element meaning ‘folk people’. See also Foulk and Volk Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Faulks, Boulos, Faulds, Poulos, Loucks, Foulk, Voyles, Foiles, Fulk
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Grant Name Meaning
Irish English and especially Scottish (of Norman origin): nickname from Anglo-Norman French graund graunt ‘tall large’ (Old French grand grant from Latin grandis) given either to a person of remarkable size or else in a relative way to distinguish two bearers of the same personal name often representatives of different generations within the same family. English: from the rare Middle English (and Old English) personal name Grante or Grente. Irish: in Ireland this is usually the Norman Scottish name (see 1 above) but it was also adopted for Irish Mag Raighne see Graney . French: variant of Grand 1 ‘tall large’ (see also 1 above). American shortened and altered form of French Lagrandeur: soldier's name from la grandeur ‘(the) size/height; greatness’. Probably also an altered form of German Grandt or Grand .7: African American: adoption of the surname in 1 above in honor of Ulysses S. Grant a general commanding the US Army in winning the American Civil War who later served as the 18th president of the US.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Gant, Grand, Granat, Grass, Gast, Great, Grande, Graft, Grandt, Grist
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Grimshaw Name Meaning
English (Lancashire): habitational name from either of two places in Lancashire named Grimshaw from the Old Norse personal name Grímr (see Grime ) or Old English grīma ‘specter goblin’ + Old English sceaga ‘copse’. English: alternatively a habitational name from Green Shaw Head in Beamsley (Yorkshire) or another place similarly named with Middle English grene ‘green’ + shaghe ‘copse’ (Old English grēne + sceaga).
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Grimstad, Renshaw, Grimley, Henshaw, Crawshaw, Redshaw, Grimsrud
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Gurney Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin):: habitational name from Gournay-en-Brai in Seine-Maritime in France. perhaps occasionally also a habitational name from Great Gornhay in Tiverton (Devon); see Garnsey .
Garnsey Name Meaning
English:: of Norman origin probably a habitational name from Great Gornhay in Tiverton (Devon). The placename denotes the enclosed land (Old English (ge)hæg) of a man named with the Old English personal name Gārmund (see Garman ). perhaps also a habitational name from Guernsey (Channel Islands) but evidence is needed to substantiate this. See also Guernsey .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Turney, Burney, Furney, Curley, Turner, Garney, Corney, Durley
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Hainsworth Name Meaning
English:: (Yorkshire): habitational name from Hainworth in Keighley Yorkshire named from the Old English personal name Hagena + Old English worth ‘enclosure’. The intrusive -s- was acquired by the late 15th century probably through false association with the Lancashire surname Ainsworth in 2 below. variant of Ainsworth in Lancashire. Names such as de Haynesworth and de Heynesworth occur in the surrounding area in the 14th century.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Ainsworth, Hawksworth, Hackworth, Wadsworth, Hemsworth, Unsworth
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Hardcastle Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Hardcastle in Bewerley (Yorkshire) from Middle English hard ‘hard tough’ + castel ‘castle fortress’. Hardcastle Garth originally a Quaker settlement near Harrogate took its name from its founder; likewise Hardcastle Crags in Yorkshire probably takes its name from the surname.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Hardacre, Castle, Hardesty, Harbottle, Harnage, Zarate, Hurdle
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Harper Name Meaning
English (Staffordshire) Scottish Irish (Antrim and Down) and Dutch: occupational name for a player on the harp from Middle English harper(e) ‘harper’ (Old English hearpere) and Middle Dutch harper herper. The harper was one of the most important figures of a medieval baronial hall especially in Scotland and northern England and the office of harper was sometimes hereditary. The Scottish surname is probably an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Chruiteir ‘son of the harper’ (from Gaelic cruit ‘harp’ ‘stringed instrument’). This surname has long been present in Ireland.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Harker, Harder, Happe, Hamper, Harrer, Harmer, Haver, Harer, Hafner
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts