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101Beardsall — Recorded in several spellings as shown below, this is an English surname. It is locational rom either Birdsall, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, or Buerdsall, a place in the parish of Rochdale in Lancashire. The former, recorded as Briteshale or… …
102Beardshaw — Recorded in several spellings as shown below, this is an English surname. It is locational rom either Birdsall, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, or Buerdsall, a place in the parish of Rochdale in Lancashire. The former, recorded as Briteshale or… …
103Beddard — This interesting surname is of Welsh origin, and is a patronymic of the male given name Edward. Beddard and Bedward are created from the fusion of the Welsh ap , son of, with Edward. The Middle English personal name Edward , derives from the Olde …
104Bedward — This interesting surname is of Welsh origin, and is a patronymic of the male given name Edward. Beddard and Bedward are created from the fusion of the Welsh ap , son of, with Edward. The Middle English personal name Edward , derives from the Olde …
105Bixley — This interesting surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a locational name from either of two places thus called. Bixley in Norfolk was recorded as Biskele and Bichesle in the Domesday Book of 1086, and as Bixle in the 1228 Close Rolls, and… …
106Blanden — This interesting and unusual surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is an example of the sizeable group of early European surnames that were gradually created from the habitual use of nicknames. The nicknames were given in the first instance with… …
107Blaymires — This name, with variant spellings Blaymire, Blamer, Blamire, Blamor(e) etc., is of English topographical origin from residence by a dark swamp or marsh. The derivation is from the old Norse bla(r) meaning dark , plus myrr , a marsh or swampy… …
108Blizard — This most interesting surname has two possible origins. Firstly, it may be a variant of Blessed , a nickname given to a particularly fortunate individual, from the Middle English (i)blescede, blissed , blessed, from the Olde English bletsian , to …
109Bouette — This interesting and unusual name, with variant spellings Boutet, Boute, Bouete, Bowet(te), etc., is either a diminutive form of the old French boeuf , a bull, originally given as a nickname to a powerfully built man, or a metonymic occupational… …
110Bowkett — This most interesting and unusual surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a variant of Bowcott , an English locational surname from a minor place in Worcestershire, which is composed of the Olde English pre 7th Century words boga , an arched… …
