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  • 91Axel — This interesting surname, with variant spellings Axcell, Axcel, Axel, Axell and Aksell, is of Scandinavian origin, and derives from the Old Norse Asketill , composed of the elements oss, ass meaning god , and ketill , kettle, sacrificial cauldron …

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  • 92Axell — This interesting surname, with variant spellings Axcell, Axcel, Axel, Axell and Aksell, is of Scandinavian origin, and derives from the Old Norse Asketill , composed of the elements oss, ass meaning god , and ketill , kettle, sacrificial cauldron …

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  • 93Aps — This interesting surname, of Anglo Saxon origin, is either a topographical name for someone who lived near an aspen tree, or a nickname for a timorous person, deriving from the Middle English apse (Olde English oeps , oespe ), meaning aspen .… …

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  • 94Asp — This interesting surname, of Anglo Saxon origin, is either a topographical name for someone who lived near an aspen tree, or a nickname for a timorous person, deriving from the Middle English apse (Olde English oeps , oespe ), meaning aspen .… …

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  • 95Epps — This interesting surname, of Anglo Saxon origin, is either a topographical name for someone who lived near an aspen tree, or a nickname for a timorous person, deriving from the Middle English apse (Olde English oeps , oespe ), meaning aspen .… …

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  • 96Happs — This interesting surname, of Anglo Saxon origin, is either a topographical name for someone who lived near an aspen tree, or a nickname for a timorous person, deriving from the Middle English apse (Olde English oeps , oespe ), meaning aspen .… …

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  • 97Ballam — This interesting and long established surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is locational from Baylham in Suffolk, deriving from the Olde English pre 7th Century begel meaning bend , and ham , homestead, or hamm , water meadow. The placename was… …

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  • 98Ballham — This interesting and long established surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is locational from Baylham in Suffolk, deriving from the Olde English pre 7th Century begel meaning bend , and ham , homestead, or hamm , water meadow. The placename was… …

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  • 99Barrand — This rare and interesting surname is of Old French origin, and is a variant of Baron, which derives from the Middle English and Old French titles of nobility, baron, barun . It is unlikely to be a status name denoting a person of rank as the… …

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  • 100Bauckham — This most unusual surname may have derived from two possible sources. Firstly, it may be of Anglo Saxon origin, as a locational name from Buckham, a hamlet near Beaminster in Dorset, recorded as Bochenham in the Domesday Book of 1086. This… …

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