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| ABELL,
ABEL, ABLE
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a-(p)bell, distant, far off (p
mutates to b) poss: Biblical name Abel |
15 |
| ACHYM,
ACHAM |
unknown meaning |
0 |
| AHEARN, AHERN |
hern, plural of horn,
iron |
7 |
| ALLEE, A'LEE |
uncertain origin, perhaps French-Heugenot,
but certainly in Cornwall since early times |
0 |
| ALLEN |
from personal name Allen |
1101 |
| ALLETT |
from place name Alet, Kenwyn parish |
1 |
| ALSTON |
als-ton, unploughed land
on a cliff or unploughed land near the shore |
0 |
| ANCELL, ANSELL |
an seghla, the dry place |
20 |
| ANDAIN, ANDAINE, ANDEAN, ENDEAN, ANDEN |
an den, the man (prob. a
leading man) ENDEAN is the most common by far |
138 |
| ANDREW, ANDREWS |
not
exclusively Cornish, but very popular name, patronymic,
son of Andrew |
1314 |
| ANDREWARTHA, ANDRAWORTHA, ANDREWARTH |
an (t)dre (gw)wartha,
the upper homestead (t mutates to d) (gw mutates to w) |
73 |
| ANGARRACK |
an (c)garrek, the large rock (c
mutates to g) |
0 |
| ANGEAR, AUNGER, ANGIER |
an (k)ger, the fort (k
mutates to g), or an gwer, the green |
63 |
| ANGELL, ANGEL |
an gell, the
light brown, tawny |
10 |
| ANGELLY, ANGILLEY, ANGILLOY |
an (k)gelly, the grove (k
mutates to g) |
67 |
| ANGOVE |
an gof, the smith |
313 |
| ANGROIN |
poss: an
croghen, the hide (c mutates to g) Just one family
found in 1881 originating in St. Just in Penwith |
6 |
| ANGROUSE |
an
(c)grows, the cross (c mutates to g) |
0 |
| ANGWIN |
an gwyn, the white or fair (man) |
204 |
| ANNAN, ANNING |
personal name Annan |
27 |
| ANNEAR, ANAER, ANEAR, ANNEER, ANNERE |
an hyr, the long or tall (man), or
poss: an ewre, the goldsmith |
235 |
| ANNIS, ANNISS |
poss: from enys, island or isolated
place |
4 |
| ANSTEY |
poss: from an ys-ty, under
the house |
38 |
| ANSTICE, ANSTISS, ENSTICE |
poss: from an ys-ty,
under the house |
32 |
| ANTRON |
an tron, the nose, or the
promontory or headland, or poss: the throne |
0 |
| ARGALL |
argel, retreat, shelter or
poss: ar gwal, above the wall |
76 |
| ARSCOTT |
poss: Breton, harscoet, iron shield |
8 |
| ARTHUR, ARTHURS |
from personal name Arthur or patronymic, son
of Arthur |
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