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Guild of One-Name Studies

One-name studies, Genealogy

Is your surname here?

    • 2,348 members
    • 2,199 studies
    • 7,846 surnames

Cross-facets

Cross-facets

Source Language

a. Old English [OE]
b. Old Scandinavian [OS]
c. Old Danish [OD]
d. Celtic-Old Cornish [OC]
e. Celtic-Old Welsh
f. Celtic-Old Breton [OBret]
g. Celtic-Gaelic
h. Old Irish
i. Continental Germanic
j. Old French
k. Old Norman French
l. Old Frisian
m. Old German
n. Romance
o. Greek
p. Latin
q. Hebrew
r. Aramaic

Gender

Male
Female
Applies to Personal names, occupational, relationship

Morphology

Genitival form

  • Personal name
  • Occupational
  • Topographical
  • Relationship

-Son form

  • Personal name +
  • Relationship+
  • Occupation+

Affixes

  • Personal names
  • Relationship
  • Occupational
  • Topographical
  • Toponymical
  • Nicknames

Scope note: should the preferred facet order be:
Affixes-subtype-Source Language or Source Language-(Affixes) ??

Temporal

Hearth Tax
    Hundred

Census
    Year/RD Number

Spatial

Nation

England

English Counties
Hundreds
Parishes
Registration Districts
English County, post-1974
Postcode area

Scotland

Scottish Counties
Parishes
Registration Districts
Scottish County, 1974-
Postcode Area

Wales

Counties
Parishes
Registration Districts
County, 1974-
Postcode Area

Isle of Man
Ireland

Provinces
Counties

Non-Assimilated

Asian

Hindi
Iranian
Muslim
Pakistani/Bengali
Sikh
Sri Lanka

Black African

European

Dutch
French
German
Hispanic
Italian
Polish
Nordic
East European
Cypriot

North African

Oriental

Chinese
Vietnamese

Unknown

Category Unknown

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Modern British Surnames

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  • Modern British Surnames
    • About the research
    • Distribution
    • Variance
    • Statistics
    • Bibliography
    • Teaching
    • Taxonomy
      • Personal names
      • Relationship names
      • Occupation names
      • Topographic names
      • Toponyms
      • Nicknames
      • Cross-facets
      • Naming systems

Other Guild Websites

You may find our other Guild websites of interest:

  • Members’ Websites Program
  • Surname Cloud
  • Guild Members’ records on FamilySearch
  • Guild Marriage Locator

Contact Us

Email: Guild General Contact
Postal address:
c/o Treasurer,
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Kent, CT6 8FE. UK.
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