Thread: Letter B

Kelly · 06-12-2005, 08:14 PM

Bailey: Name for a bailiff or one who lived near a bail, the wall of a fort.

Baldwin: Brave friend.

Ball: Nickname for a bald man.

Banks: Someone who lives near a riverbank, or Irish for corpulent.

Barker: A tanner who used tree bark when turning hides into leather.

Barnes: Meanings include bear, spear, young aristocrat or one who worked in barns.

Originally posted by Starlight

Kelly · 06-12-2005, 08:14 PM

Bean: Meaning pleasant, kindly or a seller of beans.

Bennett: Descendant of Benedict, meaning blessed.

Bewes: Someone who came from the Norman town of Bayeux

Blair: From the Gaelic blar - battlefield.

Bligh: Nickname for a happy person.

Originally posted by Starlight

petal · 24-12-2005, 07:53 PM

Baucutt: English/Anglo Saxon origin given to settlers from the Hertfordshire town of Baldock.(Baldock named after city of Baghdad then spelt Baldac in Old English meaning City of Dat) First found in Hertfordshire and also Bedfordshire.
Variants : Bawcutt, Baldok and others.

petal · 24-12-2005, 08:03 PM

Belcher: English origin from the time of the Norman Conquest. From an old Norse word for good friends. First found in Gloucestershire.
Meaning : Faithful unto death'

Burton: English origin from time of Noman Conquest. First found in Yorkshire.
Meaning: 'The light is my guide'

Barnett: English origin dating back to Norman Conquest.

nanna · 02-05-2006, 04:52 PM

Butler
Origin: English, Irish
Variations: Boteler, De Boteler

nanna · 02-05-2006, 11:43 PM

Brotherton

Origin: English - First found in East Lothian before
Norman Conquest.

Variations: Brotherston

petal · 22-08-2006, 12:37 PM

BIRD: Anglo Saxon origin. Bird Catcher or first bearer.
Variants: Byrd,Bryde.
Mottoe: My hope is the cross

fountainpen · 08-11-2006, 06:40 PM

BRUCE

Definition: 1) From Bruy or Bruys, a place in Normandy where the family originated 2) Fom the Old French meaning "brushwood thicket."

Surname Origin: Scottish, Old French Alternate Surname Spellings: BRUYS, BRUSE, DE BRUYS

Ardillas · 03-07-2008, 03:17 PM

Bugden:
This unusual and long-established surname is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is locational from either of the places called Buckden in Huntingdonshire and in West Yorkshire. The place in Huntingdonshire was first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Bugedene", and means either "the valley of Bucca", or "the valley of the bucks", the derivation being from the Olde English pre 7th Century personal name "Bucca", or "bucc", male deer, plus "denn", a dene or valley. Buckden in West Yorkshire was first recorded as "Buckedon" in 1202, and means "valley of the bucks". Locational surnames were usually acquired by a local landowner, or by the lord of the manor, and especially by those former inhabitants of a place who had moved to another area, usually in search of work, and were thereafter best identified by the name of their birthplace. For many years there was a residence for the bishops of Lincoln at Buckden in Huntingdonshire known locally as "Bugden", and one Thomas Barlow (1607 - 1691), then bishop of Lincoln, spent so much of his time there that he became known as "Bishop of Bugden". Recordings from English Church Registers include: the christening of Alice, daughter of Thomas Budgen, on January 14th 1655, at Calverley, Yorkshire, and the christening of Elizabeth, daughter of John and Frances Bugden, on June 1st 1686, at St. Botolph without Aldersgate, London. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of William de Buggenden, which was dated 1195, in the "Pipe Rolls of Lincolnshire", during the reign of King Richard 1, known as "The Lionheart", 1189 - 1199. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

Suey · 01-08-2008, 10:12 PM

English: status name, from Middle English burghman, borughman (Old English burhmann) ‘inhabitant of a (fortified) town’ (see Burke), especially one holding land or buildings by burgage (see Burgess).
Americanized spelling of German Buhrmann (see Buhrman).

06-12-2005, 08:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
Kelly Ancestry Aid Owner Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: UK - England Posts: 1,670	Letter B Bailey: Name for a bailiff or one who lived near a bail, the wall of a fort. Baldwin: Brave friend. Ball: Nickname for a bald man. Banks: Someone who lives near a riverbank, or Irish for corpulent. Barker: A tanner who used tree bark when turning hides into leather. Barnes: Meanings include bear, spear, young aristocrat or one who worked in barns. Originally posted by Starlight

24-12-2005, 07:53 PM	#3 (permalink)
petal Super Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Horncastle, Lincolnshire Posts: 8,553 Total Awards: 5	Baucutt Baucutt: English/Anglo Saxon origin given to settlers from the Hertfordshire town of Baldock.(Baldock named after city of Baghdad then spelt Baldac in Old English meaning City of Dat) First found in Hertfordshire and also Bedfordshire. Variants : Bawcutt, Baldok and others. Last edited by petal; 23-08-2006 at 12:04 PM.
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24-12-2005, 08:03 PM	#4 (permalink)
petal Super Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Horncastle, Lincolnshire Posts: 8,553 Total Awards: 5	Belcher Belcher: English origin from the time of the Norman Conquest. From an old Norse word for good friends. First found in Gloucestershire. Meaning : Faithful unto death' Burton: English origin from time of Noman Conquest. First found in Yorkshire. Meaning: 'The light is my guide' Barnett: English origin dating back to Norman Conquest.
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02-05-2006, 04:52 PM	#5 (permalink)
nanna Ancestry Aid Staff Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Liverpool, Merseyside.U.K Posts: 11,524 Total Awards: 3	Re: Letter B Butler Origin: English, Irish Variations: Boteler, De Boteler
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02-05-2006, 11:43 PM	#6 (permalink)
nanna Ancestry Aid Staff Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Liverpool, Merseyside.U.K Posts: 11,524 Total Awards: 3	Re: Letter B *Brotherton* *Origin: English - First found in East Lothian before* *Norman Conquest.* *Variations: Brotherston*
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06-12-2005, 08:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
Kelly Ancestry Aid Owner Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: UK - England Posts: 1,670	Bean: Meaning pleasant, kindly or a seller of beans. Bennett: Descendant of Benedict, meaning blessed. Bewes: Someone who came from the Norman town of Bayeux Blair: From the Gaelic blar - battlefield. Bligh: Nickname for a happy person. Originally posted by Starlight

22-08-2006, 12:37 PM	#7 (permalink)
petal Super Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Horncastle, Lincolnshire Posts: 8,553 Total Awards: 5	Re: Letter B BIRD: Anglo Saxon origin. Bird Catcher or first bearer. Variants: Byrd,Bryde. Mottoe: My hope is the cross
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08-11-2006, 06:40 PM	#8 (permalink)
fountainpen New Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 13	BRUCE BRUCE Definition: 1) From Bruy or Bruys, a place in Normandy where the family originated 2) Fom the Old French meaning "brushwood thicket." Surname Origin: Scottish, Old French Alternate Surname Spellings: BRUYS, BRUSE, DE BRUYS
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03-07-2008, 03:17 PM	#9 (permalink)
Ardillas New Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2	Re: Letter B Bugden: This unusual and long-established surname is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is locational from either of the places called Buckden in Huntingdonshire and in West Yorkshire. The place in Huntingdonshire was first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Bugedene", and means either "the valley of Bucca", or "the valley of the bucks", the derivation being from the Olde English pre 7th Century personal name "Bucca", or "bucc", male deer, plus "denn", a dene or valley. Buckden in West Yorkshire was first recorded as "Buckedon" in 1202, and means "valley of the bucks". Locational surnames were usually acquired by a local landowner, or by the lord of the manor, and especially by those former inhabitants of a place who had moved to another area, usually in search of work, and were thereafter best identified by the name of their birthplace. For many years there was a residence for the bishops of Lincoln at Buckden in Huntingdonshire known locally as "Bugden", and one Thomas Barlow (1607 - 1691), then bishop of Lincoln, spent so much of his time there that he became known as "Bishop of Bugden". Recordings from English Church Registers include: the christening of Alice, daughter of Thomas Budgen, on January 14th 1655, at Calverley, Yorkshire, and the christening of Elizabeth, daughter of John and Frances Bugden, on June 1st 1686, at St. Botolph without Aldersgate, London. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of William de Buggenden, which was dated 1195, in the "Pipe Rolls of Lincolnshire", during the reign of King Richard 1, known as "The Lionheart", 1189 - 1199. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.
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01-08-2008, 10:12 PM	#10 (permalink)
Suey AA SUPPORTER Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 890 Total Awards: 2	Re: Letter B English: status name, from Middle English burghman, borughman (Old English burhmann) ‘inhabitant of a (fortified) town’ (see Burke), especially one holding land or buildings by burgage (see Burgess). Americanized spelling of German Buhrmann (see Buhrman).
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