Book: A Dictionary of English Surnames

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Title: A Dictionary of English Surnames

Subtitle: The origins of over 16,000 surnames

Authors: by P. H. Reaney, revised 3rd edition with corrections and additions by R. M. Wilson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 520
ISBN: 978-0-19-280066-4
Nordic Names shortcut: SUR

Index of Contents

• Preface to the Third Edition
• Preface to the Second Edition
• Preface
• Introduction
  • Variation of surnames
  • Transfer of surnames
  • Classification of surnames
  • Local surnames
    • Ash, Nash, Rash; Oakes, Rook
    • Loss of the Preposition
    • Toponymics
  • Surnames of relationship
    • Patronymics
    • Metronymics
    • Johnson, Williamson, etc. Distribution and Origin
    • Font-names as Bynames
    • Post-Conquest Survival of Old English Personal Names
    • Old English Personal Names Surviving in Modern Surnames
    • Scandinavian Personal Names
    • Scandinavian Personal Names Surviving in Modern Surnames
    • Norman Names
    • Personal Names in Medieval London
    • The Breton Element
    • The Celtic Element
    • The Final -s in Jones, Parsons, Stocks etc.
    • Pet-Names
    • Diminutives
    • The Suffixes -cock and -kin
    • Classical Names
  • Surnames of occupation and office
  • Nicknames
  • Heredity of surnames
    • Yorkshire Names
  • Welsh surnames
  • Scottish surnames
    • Clan-names
  • Irish surnames
  • Manx surnames
  • Notes
• Abbreviations
• The Dictionary
• Appendix: Locating the home of a family name by David Hey