Tale of a Name.

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sparkstopper
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Tale of a Name.

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With all the illustrious names on our sister site BCC. What could
be the origin of these names....Farmer, Smith, Baker, Carter, all
self explanatory...but what about 'Troman', Willetts, Pritchard etc.
My own Weston, someone born to the West of the village...
My Grandmothers..Garratt...Who knows, and I dread to think of
my Gt.Grandmothers name 'SPITTLE' perhaps a deviation of SPITAL
(hospital)...A place where ill and injured are laid.
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Northern Lass
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Re: Tale of a Name.

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This is a link that I think is interesting
http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=spittle

you can search for your own name on it
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sparkstopper
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Re: Tale of a Name.

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Northern Lass wrote:This is a link that I think is interesting
http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=spittle

you can search for your own name on it


Thanks Jan, I find that most interesting, will scan through
it at my leisure. :P
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Re: Tale of a Name.

Post by Jimmy »

Truman, common form of Trueman, "Trusty/faithful man" (Be true to me, which doesn't mean "Don't tell me lies)
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Re: Tale of a Name.

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Here is another one that shows the spread of the name
http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/
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