D.

_Dade._ _Dǽd_, deed, exploit, achievement.

_Dadaker._ _Deád_, dead; _æcer_, acre. An acre set apart for the dead. Dedaker, of analogous derivation.

_Dager._ _Dagor_, day.

_Dalton._ _Dál_, a dale, a small valley; _tún_, a town. A valley-town.

_Dalrymple._ _Dál_, a vale; _hrympelle_, a wrinkle, a ripple, a fold. An undulating vale.

_Davies._ _Davie_, diminutive for David; _sun_, son. Son of Davie. Davis, abbreviation of the same.

_Dodd._ _Deád_, dead.

_Dunham._ _Dunholm_, from _dún_, mountain; _holm_, an island. A mountainous island.

_Durham._ _Deór_, beast; _hám_, home, dwelling. A park; a dwelling for wild animals. Dereham, an earlier form of the name.

_Dyer._ _Dýre_, dear, costly, precious.

E.

_Earl._ _Earl_, noble, earl, man. Earle, of similar significance.

_Edgar._ _Eard_, earth; _gár_, dart, spear. Earth-dart; defender of the earth.

_Edmund._ _Eard_, earth; _mund_, hand. Earth-hand; tiller of the soil.

_Edmunds._ _Edmund_, Edmund; _s_ for _sun_, son. Son of Edmund. Edmundson, Edmondson, lengthened forms of the same name.

_Edson._ _Eard_, earth; _sun_, son. Son of earth. Edison, the same word, but of more euphonious pronunciation.

_Edward._ _Eard_, earth; _weard_, guardian, watchman. An earth-protector.

_Edwards._ _Edward_, Edward; _sun_, son. Son of Edward.

_Egbert._ _Ecg_, edge; _beorht_, glance. Side-glance.

_Eldrick._ _Eal_, all; _rice_, rich, powerful. All-powerful. Eldridge, doubtless, from the same roots.

_Elmer._ _Ethelmer_, from _éthel_, a home; _mǽre_, illustrious. An illustrious home.

_Ely._ _Élig_, from _él_, eel; _ig_, an island. Eel-island.

_Emery._ _Earm_, arm; _rice_, powerful. Mighty in battle. Emmery, Emory, cognate forms.

_Emerson._ _Emery_, Emery; _sun_, son. Son of Emmery.

_Engle._ _Engel_, an angel. Ingle, a slightly modified phase of the name.

_Englebert._ _Engel_, an angel; _beorht_, brightness. An angel of brightness.

_Erwin._ _Eard_, earth; _wine_, friend. Earth-friend. Ervin, Ervine, names of similar import.

_Eton._ _Eten_, a giant. Eaton, the accepted spelling.

F.

_Fager._ _Fæger_, beauty, fair, beautiful.

_Farnham._ _Fearn_, a fern; _hám_, habitation. Habitation of the fern.

_Farr._ _Farr_, a wild boar.

_Farrington._ _Farringdún_, from _fearn_, a fern; _g_, for the sake of euphony; _dún_, a hill. A hill of fern.

_Fell._ _Fell_, gall, anger, death, a skin, cruel, severe.

_Field._ _Feald_, a field, a fold.

_Fielding._ _Field_, Field; _ing_, descendant. Descendant of Field.

_Finch._ _Finc_, a small bird. Fink, Finck, Fenke, kindred forms.

_Firman._ _Fir_, the living, chief of living beings, man; _man_, man. The living man.

_Fisk._ _Fisc_, a fish. Fiske, the more common name.

_Fleming._ _Fleming_, a runaway, a banished man. Flemming, another spelling.

_Fletcher._ _Flett_, house, chamber, bed, hall, palace; _cher_ for _er_, a personal suffix. A companion; a bed-fellow; a prince.

_Fogg._ _Fog_, agreement, compact.

_Foote._ _Fót_, a foot.

_Forsyth._ _Forthsíth_, death. Forsythe, another spelling of the name.

_Fotheringham._ _Fother_, a load, a burden; _ing_, son; _hám_, dwelling. The home of the son of burden.

_Foulk._ _Folc_, folk, people. Foulke, an equivalent.

_Frederick._ _Freá_, a lord; _rice_, rich, powerful. A mighty lord.

_Frick._ Possibly a corruption of _Frig_, pronounced _Freeg_, the goddess of love, the Saxon Venus, and wife of Odin.

G.

_Galt._ Irish _gaill_, genitive of _gall_, stranger; _tún_, town. Town of the stranger. Gault, of similar derivation.

_Galvin._ Irish _gaill_, of the stranger; _vin_ for _wine_, friend. Friend of the Gall, the stranger.

_Gate._ _Geát_, a gate.

_Gates._ _Gate_, Gate; _s_ for _sun_, son. Son of Gate.

_Giddings._ _Gidding_, from _gidd_, song, divination; _ing_, descendant; _s_ for _sun_, son. Son of a descendant of song.

_Gilbert._ Irish _giolla_, a servant; _beorht_, bright. A witty servant.

_Gilling._ _Gill_, Gill; _ing_, son. Son of Gill; son of a servant.

_Gillingham._ _Gilling_, Gilling; _hám_, home. The home of Gilling; the home of the son of Gill.

_Gipson._ _Gilp_, glory; _sun_, son. The son of glory. Gibson, of like derivation.

_Gladwin._ _Glæd_, pleased; _wine_, a friend. A happy friend.

_Glenning._ _Glen_, a valley; _ing_, descendant. Son of Glenn; son of a valley.

_Godfrey._ _Gód_, good; _freá_, lord. A beneficent master.

_Goodacre._ _Gód_, God; _æcer_, acre. God’s acre.

_Goodwin._ _Gód_, good; _wine_, a friend, a benefactor. Godwin, of similar signification.

_Gould._ _Gold_, a precious metal.

_Graff._ _Græf_, a grave. A ditch; a moat; a fosse. Groff, of like derivation.

_Graham._ _Grǽg_, gray; _hám_, home. A weather-beaten home. Gramm, most probably a corruption of the same.

_Grave._ _Græf_, a grave.

_Graves._ _Grave_, Grave; _sun_, son. Son of Grave. Greaves, Greves, Grieves, modifications of the name.

_Gregg._ _Grǽg_, gray. Grigg, corruption of the name.

_Gregson._ _Grǽg_, gray; _sun_, son. Son of Gregg. Grayson, the same in another form.

_Grindler._ _Grindel_, a clog; _er_ for Irish _fear_, a man. The wearer of a wooden shoe.

_Grindrod._ _Grund_, ground; _rod_, a rod. Divining-rod.

_Grund._ _Grund_, ground.

_Grunder._ _Grund_, ground; _er_ for _fear_, man. A farmer.

_Guilford._ _Gild_, tribute; _ford_, a stream. Stream-tribute; ferry-toll.

_Gummery._ _Guma_, man; _ríce_, kingdom. Kingdom of man.

_Guthrie._ _Gúth_, fight, war; _ríce_, kingdom. Kingdom of sin.

H.

_Haeseler._ _Hæsel_, a hat; _er_, a personal suffix. A hatter.

_Hamill._ _Hám_, home; _il_, a hedgehog. Home of the hedgehog.

_Hamilton._ _Hamill_, Hamill; _tún_, farm. Farm of Hamill.

_Hamlet._ _Hám_, home; _let_, implying diminutiveness. An humble home.

_Hammond._ _Hám_, house; _mund_, hand. A house-hand; a servant.

_Hampshire._ _Hâm_, or _hamp_, home; _scíre_, shire, district, county, stewardship, charge, business. Home-district. Hampsher, corruption of the name.

_Hampton._ _Hám_, or _hamp_, home; _tún_, town. Home-town.

_Hampstead._ _Hám-stede_, from _hám_, home, and _stede_, place. Homestead.

_Hamric._ _Hám_, home; _rice_, rule, kingdom. Home-rule. Hamrick, from the same roots.

_Hancock._ _Hean_, poor, needy, humble, worthless, despised; _cóc_, a cook. A needy cook.

_Hard._ _Heard_, hard, stubborn, unsubmissive.

_Harding._ _Hard_, Hard; _ing_, son. Descendant of Hard.

_Harold._ _Hár_, hoar, gray with age; _eald_, old. A veteran chief.

_Harper._ _Hearpere_, a harper.

_Hart._ _Heort_, a hart, a stag.

_Hartford._ _Heort_, a hart; _ford_, a ford, a stream, a current. The hart’s ford, or the place of its crossing the stream.

_Hatfield._ _Heat-feld_, from _heat_, heat; _feld_, a field, a plain. An open, sun-scorched plain.

_Hebel._ _Hebel_, thread of the shuttle.

_Heber._ _Heber_, a goat.

_Hebener._ _Heben_, heaven; _er_, indicative of a personal suffix. An inhabitant of heaven.

_Helmbold._ _Helm_, helmet, cover, protector; _báld_, bold, stout. A stout protector.

_Herbert._ _Here_, a host; _beorht_, bright, shining. An illustrious host.

_Hild._ _Hild_, battle.

_Hildebrand._ _Hild_, battle: _brand_, a brand, a torch. A battle-torch.

_Hildeburn._ _Hild_, battle; _bryne_, a burning, scorching, heat, fire. Battle-heat.

_Hoar._ _Hár_, hoar, white, or gray with age.

_Holdcraft._ _Hold_, kind, devoted, faithful, friendly; _cræft_, craft, contrivance, skill, employment, strength, power, talent, ability, excellence, virtue. Faithful employment; friendly power.

_Holme._ _Holm_, a sea, a billow.

_Holmes._ _Holme_, Holme: _s_ for _sun_, son. Son of Holme

_Holt._ _Holt_, a grove, a forest.

_Hope._ _Hopa_, hope.

_Hopkin._ _Hopa_, hope; _cyn_, kind, kin. A relative of Hope.

_Hopkinson._ _Hopkin_, Hopkin; _sun_, son. Son of Hopkin. Hopkins, an abbreviation of the name.

_Humphrey._ _Hám_, home; _freá_, lord, protector. Defender of home.

_Humphreys._ _Humphrey_, Humphrey; _s_ for _sun_, son. Son of Humphrey. Humphries, Humphriss, Humphrys, kindred names.

_Huntting._ _Hunt_, Hunt; _ing_, a descendant. Son of Hunt.

_Hurlock._ _Hár_, hoary; _loc_, lock of hair. A hoary lock of hair. Harlock, a less common name, but one more closely related to the parent words.

_Husband._ _Hús_, house; _bond_, bound, tied. House-bound; house-tied: hence, one that is bound to the house.

_Hustin._ _Hústing_, a place of council.

_Huston._ _Hús_, house; _tún_, a farm. House-farm; kitchen-garden.

_Huxley._ _Huxlic_, from _hucs_, _hucx_, or _husc_, irony, slight, contempt, reproach, and _lic_, like. Ironical-like; disgraceful; contemptuous; vile.