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18th Century PA German Name Spelling Idiosyncrasies

18th Century PA German Naming Customs

18th Century PA German Nicknames

A Dictionary of Period Russian Names

American Names / Declaring Independence

Discusses name changes at Ellis Island. From the US Immigration and Naturalization Service.

An Irishman and His Name

BBC - History - What's In a Name Your Link to the Past

British Surname Studies

British Surnames: First-names, Localities, Occupations, Nicknames

Celtic Surnames - "For the Tongue of the Gael" by Tomas O Flannghaile, 1896

A examination of the Celtic origin of many surnames (mainly Irish, but including Cornish, Breton, Scottish, Manx, and Welsh), and some Christian names, which have now become Anglicised.

Cornish Surnames

Names starting with these old Celtic Cornish words.

English and Welsh Surname Dictionary

Describes the origin of each surname, indicating from where and from what the surname is derived. It also provides information on variant spellings, pronunciations, and other related names. Available by subscription.

Foreign Name Cross Reference

Czech, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Slovak, Russian or Yiddish given first names with their English equivalents.

German Names

An online article in three parts on German names.

Irish Surnames Site

Information on seven hundred of the most numerous surnames in Ireland. Gaelic form, English variants, septs and branches, territory of origin, distribution and estimated number of bearers in Ireland, frequency in British Isles and in the United States.

Lancashire Family Names Their Meanings & Origins

Medieval Names Archive

New Zealand Surname Interest List

Origin and Meaning of Molokan Surnames

This glossary contains roots and meanings of over 250 Russian Molokan surnames in America.

Origin of Chinese Surnames