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| CADDY,
CADY, CADE |
ke-dy, house surronded by a hedge |
251 |
| CADWALADER,
CADWALLADER |
name of a Welsh saint |
0 |
| CADWELL |
related to CADWALADER |
38 |
| CALF,
CALFF |
caf, cave, only the surname CALF
was found in 1881 |
57 |
| CANN |
can, brightness, splendour |
172 |
| CANT |
poss: from Latin canti, corner,
hence people of the corner |
1 |
| CARAH, CARA, CARO, CAROE, KERROW |
(ker)car-ow, forts or earthworks
(ker sometimes mutates to car), or poss: cara,
to love, a loved one |
41 |
| CARBINES |
carn-byan, little rock pile |
35 |
| CARBIS |
car-(p)bons, cart bridge (p mutates
to b) |
142 |
| CARDELL |
carn Dell, Dell's rock pile |
64 |
| CARDER, CARTER |
(ker)car-(t)dyr, land by the fort
(ker sometimes mutates to car)(t mutates to d) 470 of
those found in 1881 were CARTER |
479 |
| CARDEW |
(ker)car-du, dark fort or earthwork
(ker sometimes mutates to car) |
49 |
| CARDY, CARTY, CARTHY |
(ker)car-dy, house by the fort (ker
sometimes mutates to car) only CARTHY was found in 1881 |
9 |
| CARE |
(ker)car, fort or earthwork (ker
sometimes mutates to car) |
124 |
| CAREW |
kerrow, forts |
4 |
| CAREY, CARY, CARRY |
(ker)car, fort or earthwork (ker
sometimes mutates to car) or poss: from cara, to
love, a loved one |
25 |
| CARGEEG, CARGEEGE, CARKEEK |
(ker)car-ke-ek, fort with a hedge
around it (ker sometimes mutates to car) |
65 |
| CARHART |
(ker)car-hordh, fort of the ram
(ker sometimes mutates to car) |
80 |
| CARKEET, KARKEET |
poss: (ker)car-keth, fort of the
serf (ker sometimes mutates to car) |
47 |
| CARLIN |
(ker)car-lyn, fort by the pool (ker
sometimes mutates to car) |
0 |
| CARLUS, CARLOSS |
(ker)car-los, grey fort (ker
sometimes mutates to car), CARLUS might not be a Cornish
surname |
9 |
| CARLYON, CORLYON |
(ker)car-lyjyon, camp of the
legion, or (ker)car-leghen, earthwork of slate
or shale (ker sometimes mutates to car) |
281 |
| CARNALL, CARNELL |
poss: carn-hal, rock pile on the
moor |
19 |
| CARNE |
carn, rock pile |
426 |
| CARNSEW |
carn-su, dark pile of rocks (su is
a variant of du) |
14 |
| CARRACK, CARRICK |
carrek, rocky mass |
1 |
| CARRIVICK |
poss: from place name Carevick, Cubert
parish |
31 |
| CARTHEW |
(ker)car-du, dark camp or dark fort
(ker sometimes mutates to car) (d mutates to soft th) |
153 |
| CARVETH, CARVATH, CORVETH |
(ker)car-(m)vergh, camp of the
horses (ker sometimes mutates to car) (m mutates to v) |
106 |
| CARVOLTH |
poss: carn-(m)volgh, rock pile of
the thrush (m mutates to v) (thrush is actually molgh
los) |
40 |
| CARVOSO, CARVOSSO, CARVOSOE, CARVOSSOE |
poss: (ker)car-fos-ow, fort with
walls or ditches, place in Ludgvan, Carvossa, in 1775 it
was Carvossow |
17 |
| CARWANA |
(ker)car-whennen, camp of weeds
(ker sometimes mutates to car) |
0 |
| CARWIN, CARWYN |
(ker) car-(g)wyn, white camp (ker
sometimes mutates to car) (g is dropped) |
1 |
| CASE, CASS |
poss: cas, war, or battle, 781 of
those in 1881 were CASE |
818 |
| CASLEY, CAUSLEY |
caslys, headquarters or
entrenchment, CASLEY is by far the most common |
113 |
| CASTINE |
poss: cas-tyn, cruel war |
3 |
| CATTRAN |
Cornish form of Catherine? |
62 |
| CAVILL, CAVELL |
poss: Cyvel, a personal name, or kevyl,
horse |
34 |
| CAWRSE |
cors, bog |
56 |
| CHARKE |
unknown meaning |
7 |
| CHEFFERS, CHIFFERS, CHIVERS |
chy fer, house by the fair |
44 |
| CHEGWIN, CHEGWYN, CHIGWIN |
chy gwyn, white house |
83 |
| CHEGWIDDEN, CHYGWIDDEN, CHEGWEDDEN, CHIRGWIDEN |
chy gour gwyn, house of the white
(fair) man (first g is dropped), place-name in St. Levan. |
212 |
| CHELLEW |
chy logh, house by the lake, or chy
Lew, house of Lew |
113 |
| CHENERY |
chy-nerewey, house in bounds |
0 |
| CHENHALLS |
chy an als, house on the cliff |
23 |
| CHENHELL, CHENHALL |
chy an hal, house on the moor |
9 |
| CHENOWETH, CHYNOWETH |
chy noweth, new house |
180 |
| CHIRGWIN |
chy gour gwyn, house of the white
(fair) man (first g is dropped) |
84 |
| CHIVELL |
poss: chy aval, house of apple |
23 |
| CHIVERTON |
chy war ton, house on the unplowed
grassland |
0 |
| CHOAK |
chok, jackdaw |
35 |
| CHOWN,
CHOWNE, CHONE, CHOWEN, CHOWAN, CHOWING, CHOWINS,
CHOUNENS, CHUNN, CHAWN |
chy-woon, house on the down. Chun
& Chywoon in West Penwith share this origin. While
only 25 persons are living in Cornwall in 1881 there are
many hundreds in Devon, possibly leading to an origin in
that area. |
25 |
| CLEGG |
poss: clegh, bells, thus a bell
ringer |
4 |
| CLEMO, CLIMO, CLEMOW, CLYMO, CLYMOW, CLEMMOW
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of Clement's family |
489 |
| CLEWS |
breakaway from surname
Carclew |
1 |
| CLINOCK, CLINICK, CLINNICK, CLYNICK |
poss: from lonek,bushy place |
33 |
| CLOGG |
clog, crag or cliff |
55 |
| CLOKE, CLOAK, CLOAKE, CLOOK |
clogh, bell, or clog, crag
or cliff, only 4 CLOOKs were found in 1881 |
126 |
| CLYMAS, CLIMAS |
unknown meaning |
13 |
| COAD, COADE, CODE, COOD |
coth, old or cos, wood,
only one COOD was found in 1881 |
374 |
| COATH |
coth, old |
45 |
| COCK, COCKS |
poss: cok, a type of sail boat, or cok,
empty or vain, it is possible that COX is included in
this group in Cornwall, if so add 181 to the total, it is
also plausible that COCKS is really COX if so deduct 79
from total. |
1283 |
| COGAR |
poss: chogha, jackdaw a nickname
for a chatterer |
22 |
| COLENSO, COLENSOE, CALLENSO |
ke lyn su, dark hedged pool, or
poss: for CALLENSO, callen-su, dark
layer of iron-ochre on a rock-face |
102 |
| COLLETT |
collwedh, hazel trees |
107 |
| COLLEY, COLLIE, COLLY, COLLE |
coll-egy, hazel place |
3 |
| COLLICK, COLLECK, COLLECT, COLLICT |
coll-yk, little hazel grove |
67 |
| COLLIS |
coll-ys, lower hazel grove or poss:
goles, bottom or lowest part |
3 |
| COLLIVER |
coll-egy-va, place of hazels |
55 |
| COLQUITE |
poss: kyl-cos, back of wood |
0 |
| COMBELLACK, COMBELLICK |
poss: carn pellek, small rounded
rockpile |
108 |
| CONGDON |
poss: corn
dyn, corner fort |
297 |
| CONNER |
personal
name Conor |
43 |
| COOMBE, COOMBES, COOM |
cum,
little valley? |
479 |
| COON |
cun,
dogs |
87 |
| COPP |
poss: cop,
summit |
23 |
| COREY, CORY |
poss: cor-e(g)y,corner
place |
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| CORIN, CORYN |
cor-yn,
in a corner |
142 |
| CORNISH, CORNWALL |
from Anglo
Saxon, Corn-welas, stranger of the horn or headland, only
two entries for CORNWALL were found in 1881 |
366 |
| COSSENTINE, CONSTANTINE |
from
Constantine perhaps the saint |
45 |
| COTHEY |
coth-e(g)y,
old place, or cothhe, to grow old |
13 |
| COTTELL, COTELL, COTTLE |
cos-hayl,
wood near the estuary |
124 |
| COUCH |
cough,
red |
588 |
| COWLING, COWLIN, COWLYN |
poss: from cawlen,
cabbage, poss: cow-lyn, pool in a hollow |
523 |
| COWLS, COULLS, COULES |
cowel,
basket |
141 |
| CRADDOCK, CRADOCK, CRADDICK, CRADICK |
personal
name Caradoc |
150 |
| CRAGO, CRAGOE |
crugyow,
barrows or mounds |
229 |
| CRAGGS, CRAIG |
carrek,
rocky mass |
25 |
| CRAPP |
poss: crapya,
to grip |
154 |
| CRAZE, CRASE |
cres,
middle |
252 |
| CREBO, CREBA, CREEBA |
crybow, reefs or ridges |
47 |
| CREED |
poss: from parish names Creed or Sancreed or
the Cornish saint Creed |
2 |
| CREEK |
crug, mound |
0 |
| CROCKER, CROKER |
unknown meaning, only 8 of 375 were CROKER |
375 |
| CROGGAN, CROGGON |
poss: croghen, skin, hide, leather |
14 |
| CROWGEY |
crow-(ch)jy, a hut, or
single-roomed cottage (ch mutuates to j) |
10 |
| CROWLE, CROWL |
poss: crow(le), a cottager.
Specifially a one-roomed cottage. |
282 |
| CUFF, CUFFE |
cuf, dear or kind |
0 |
| CULLUM |
from Saint Columb |
3 |
| CUNNACK, CONNOCK, CUNNICK |
connek,
clever skillfull, or from personal name Conoc, quite possibly not a
Cornish name as CONNOCK, CANNOCK etc. appear in the West Country. |
7 |
| CUNDY |
cun dy, house of dogs |
204 |
| CURGENVEN |
car-Cenwyn, camp of Kenwyn |
72 |
| CURNOW |
Kernow, Cornishman |
816 |
| CURROW |
currow, borders of country |
30 |
| CURRY, CURRIE |
unknown meaning |
52 |
| CURTIS, COURTIS, COURTICE, CORTEYS, COURTIES |
poss: cortys, courts or cortes,
courtous |
561 |
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