The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain

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The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names of Britain and Ireland published to great acclaim in November 2016. It was the result of a 4-year funded research project into family names of the British Isles based on previous research but using new principles, methods, and resources, and provided explanations of and evidence for the origins, history, and geographical distribution tens of thousands of family names that are found in Britain and Ireland, many of them never explained before. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names of Britain includes almost all of the 45,600 names from the original text, plus some original rare names, in a more concise format. Each entry includes: - variant names - 1881 British frequencies for each name - main GB locations - etymological explanations, including multiple senses, language/culture, and name type This Dictionary makes the unique family names content of the original 4-volume set available to individuals and libraries for whom it is otherwise out of reach. It will be of especial interest to researchers into family history. How to search Alphabetical List of Entries Halftitle page Title page Copyright page Editors and contributors Project team Consultants and contributors Contents Introduction Table of contents for the introduction 1. The FaNBI project 2. What is a family name? 3. Origins and development of family names in England 4. Family names in Scotland 5. Family names in Ireland and Gaelic-speaking Scotland 6. Manx family names 7. Welsh family names 8. Cornish family names 9. Family names in the Channel Islands 10. Huguenot and Walloon family names in Britain and Ireland 11. Jewish family names in Britain and Ireland 12. Family names of recent immigrants in Britain and Ireland 13. Chinese family names in Britain 14. Family names from the Indian subcontinent 15. Arabic and Muslim names 16. Iranian family names in Britain 17. Turkish family names in Britain 18. Greek family names in Britain 19. Family names from Africa 20. Family names from the West Indies Counties, islands, and their abbreviations Great Britain Ireland (including Northern Ireland) a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z