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GenealogyMagazine.com - Some English Surnames Reveal Ancestral Residence

James Pylant's article about surnames deriving from localities in England, including shires, villages, manors and estates.

GENUKI: UK and Ireland Names, Personal

Links to various resources within and outside of GENUKI.

German Names

An online article in three parts on German names.

GermanNames - Shareware for German Genealogy Updated

Surname maps of modern Germany based on telephone directories.

Hugh Wallis's Genealogical Web Sites

Includes a listing of names found in the IGI organized by middle names for selected English counties.

Irish Adfixes

Some leading prefixes and affixes employed in the formation of Irish proper names, e.g. Beag, Mac, Og, Muintir, etc. etc.

Irish Names and Surnames

A scholarly work on Irish names by the Rev. Patrick Woulfe, first published in1921. The book includes more than 3,500 surname entries that provide the origin and meaning of each name, as well as its English equivalents.

Maryland State Archives Junior and Senior

Maryland State Archives Naming Children

Medieval Names Archive

Namen-Forum

A forum about German surnames and onimastics (in German only).

Naming Children in Early New England on JSTOR

Scholarly work on the naming patterns used by early Puritans.

Naming Customs found in Poland

Nederlandse Familienamenbank / Dutch Family Bank

The Dutch Family Bank provides information on the surnames in the Netherlands.

Nederlandse Voornamenbank / Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands

Origin and Meaning of Molokan Surnames

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

Origin of Chinese Surnames

Roman Nomenclature

Guide as to how Roman names were derived.

Russian names

Russian names: girls, boys, last names. Popular Russian names, Jewish Russian and Soviet names.

Scandinavian Names

From the Medieval Names Archive.