As see below:
ROHACEK
Rohacek (Erin Dougherty)
Last name:Rohacek Please accept our apologies but this surname has yet to be researched.
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Rohacek Name Meaning Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=Rohacek
Meaning of Rohacek
Rohacek Meaning:The meaning of Rohacek has not been submitted. If you have the meaning of Rohacek, please submit it with along with any reference pages referring to the meaning of Rohacek.
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You will recall, if you have been following this 'names' series, that Svetlovics has no information in regard to meaning in the English language, nor has it been researched. I did find this in regard to Rohacek, though:
Name Search
The name Rohacek was not found. Names that sound similar to Rohacek:
RASK Danish
RASKE Danish, Dutch, German, Norwegian
ROSCOE English
RUŽIČKA Czech
Perhaps when I do further research on my grandson's name, I will research this name for my great nephew and great great nephew.
BEVAN
Bevan (Lindsay Dougherty)
Last name: Bevan
This interesting surname, of Welsh origin, with variant spellings Bevan, Bevin, Bevon, Beavan, Beaven and Beavon, is a patronymic from the given name Ifan, Evan, meaning John, itself coming from the Hebrew name Yochanan, "Jehovah has favoured (me with a son)", with the fused Welsh patronymic prefix ap, ab. The surname dates back to the late 13th Century, (see below). Early recordings include one Howel ap Evan (circa 1300) "Writs of Parliament", and John and Richard Bevand are contained in the "List of Freemen in Chester' (1747)". Church recordings include one Anne Beavan who married John Blighton in July 1586, at St. Christopher le Stocks, London, and Rachel Bevan who married Francis Casson on June 13th 1589, at St. Martin in the Fields, Westminster. One Richard Bevin, aged 60 yrs., a famine emigrant, sailed from Liverpool aboard the "Yorkshire", bound for New York in July 1846. A Coat of Arms was granted to William Bevan of Pen-y-Coed, Carmarthen in 1695, and depicts on a blue shield a dove between three annulets gold, each enriched with a ruby proper, the Crest being a green mount, thereon an eagle rising. The Motto, "Semper virtute constens", translates as, "Always constant in virtue". The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Edenevet ap Lenan, which was dated 1287, witness in the "Assize Court Rolls of Cheshire", during the reign of King Edward 1, known as "The Hammer of the Scots", 1272 - 1307. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.
Read more: http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Bevan#ixzz3Qzc1f5ii
Bevan Name Meaning Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Iefan ‘son of Iefan’, Welsh equivalent of John. Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=Bevan
Meaning of Bevan
Bevan Meaning: the son of Evan.
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SMITH
Smith (Nicole Strunk)
Last name: Smith
Recorded in the spellings of Smith, Smithe, Smythe, and the patronymics Smiths, and Smithson, this is the most popular surname in the English speaking world by a considerable margin. Of pre 7th century Anglo-Saxon origins, it derives from the word 'smitan' meaning 'to smite' and as such is believed to have described not a worker in iron, but a soldier, one who smote. That he also probably wore armour, which he would have been required to repair, may have lead to the secondary meaning. The famous Anglo-Saxon Chronicles sometimes known as the first newspaper, in the 9th century a.d. uses the expression 'War-Smith' to describe a valiant warrior, whilst the later medieval Guild List of specialist trades has blacksmith, whitesmith, tinsmith, goldsmith and silversmith amongst its many members, but no trade of 'smith'. These descriptions of the skilled workers of the Middle Ages were exact, and it is our opinion after studying many early records that the original smiths were probably the guards of the local lord of the manor. This would account for the singular popularity of the name, as the early social records indicate that the trades of tailor and baker were much more prevalent than that of Smith in any form. What is certain is that over five hundred coats of arms have been granted to Smith nameholders, surely an indication of the soldier background, rather than a humble ironworker. The great family Smith is 'first' in all major cities of the English speaking world, yet curiously the greatest concentration of Smith's are in Aberdeenshire, Scotland! Why this should be so is far from clear. Not surprisingly the Smith name was one of the very first into the New American colonies, being held by the famous John Smith (1580 - 1631), explorer and writer, who helped to found the state of Virginia. He was reputedly saved from execution by Pocahontas, the Indian chief's daughter, who died in England in 1622. The first recorded spelling of the family name, and probably the first surname recorded anywhere in the world, is that of Eceard Smid. This was dated 975 a.d., in the English Surname Register for County Durham, during the reign of King Edward of England, known as "The Martyr", 975 - 979 a.d.
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Smith Name Meaning English: occupational name for a worker in metal, from Middle English smith (Old English smið, probably a derivative of smitan ‘to strike, hammer’). Metal-working was one of the earliest occupations for which specialist skills were required, and its importance ensured that this term and its equivalents were perhaps the most widespread of all occupational surnames in Europe. Medieval smiths were important not only in making horseshoes, plowshares, and other domestic articles, but above all for their skill in forging swords, other weapons, and armor. This is the most frequent of all American surnames; it has also absorbed, by assimilation and translation, cognates and equivalents from many other languages (for forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988). Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=Smith
Meaning of Smith
Smith Meaning: one who worked with metal; a smith.
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HOUCK
Houck (Wife of JJ Dolak)
Last name: Houck Please accept our apologies but this surname has yet to be researched.
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Houck Name Meaning nickname from Middle Dutch houck, a marine fish, or from Middle Dutch hoec, houck ‘buck’.variant of Hoek. Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=Houck
Meaning of Houck
Houck Meaning: descendant of Huc, a form of Hugo (spirit; mind).
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ESPECIALLY FOR SUZANNE
HURLER
Last name: Hurler
Hurler
This name is probably job descriptive or possibly occupational descriptive and may refer to a person who took part in a particularly violent pastime called "Hurlebatte". Precisely what form this "sport" took is not clear, but presumably it was a form of tournament, as the equipment included a two handed Sword, a bokelre (a shield) and two pipe staff. The name is well recorded as Hurler (1565, Norfolk), and as Horler in 1680 and Horller in 1725. The "hurlebatte" is first recorded in the Middle English Dictionary based upon 1450 in the reign of King Henry VI 1422 - 1416. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Anthony Horlor. which was dated 1653, who married Hannah Johnson at St. Georges Mayfair, London. during the reign of King George 11, known as the Last Warrior King, 1727 - 1760. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.
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Hurler Name Meaning
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=Hurler
Meaning of Hurler
Definition:
A man practised in the game of hurling the ball, which is almost, if not quite, peculiar to the county of Cornwall. For a particular account of this game, which Strutt derives from the Roman play with the harpastum, see Carew's Survey of Cornwall, Book i.
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RAJCOK
Last name: Rajcok Please accept our apologies but this surname has yet to be researched.
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Rajcok Name Meaning Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=Rajcok
Meaning of Rajcok
Rajcok Meaning: The meaning of Rajcok has not been submitted. If you have the meaning of Rajcok, please submit it along with any reference pages referring to the meaning of Rajcok.
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Even when I went to the surname site for European names I had no luck:
Name Search
The name Rajcok was not found.
http://surnames.behindthename.com/names/search.php?terms=rajcok&x=0&y=0&
Another one added to the research list?
I am not advocating children, here , or putting pressure on anyone. I am only adding this section for those married children of a certain age, who might, or might not, have children sometime in the near or not so near future.
BUTLER
Butler (Stephanie, wife of W. Ronco)
Last name: Butler
This famous aristocratic surname is of Norman-French origins, and is one of the very few to be accepted as being pre-1066 in origin and recording, and even rarer still to be recorded in France itself. It is in a sense job descriptive, deriving the Olde French 'bouteillier' and meaning "one who supplies the bottles" but more specifically the wine. However 'Bouteillier'in the surname sense defines status in a royal or at least noble, household, along with the Marshall (Master of the Horse), The Steward (Head of the Estate), The (dis)Spencer (Head of Provisions) and the Bouteillier or Butler (Master of the Pantry). That the original 'Butlers' were much more than servants of any sort is shown by the fact that when Theodore Fitzwalter accompanied King Henry 11 on his conquest of Ireland in 1171, he was not only appointed 'Chief Butler of Ireland' but he subsequently adopted 'Butler' as his surname. In England and Ireland no less than ninety four Coats of Arms have been granted to Boteler and Butler, the first being to Robert de Pincerna, butler to Randolf, Earl of Chester, in 1158, and the first of the Butlers of Cheshire. This original and ancient arms has the blazon of a red field, a bend between three goblets, all gold. The Butler's were also amongst the first into the new American Colonies, Francis Butler, aged 18, being recorded as a settler at 'Elizabeth Cittie, Virginea'in January 1624. He arrived on the ship 'Bonaventure' and was a member of the governors guard, history repeating itself. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Hugo Buteiller, which was dated 1055, The calendar of preserved ancient documents of France, during the reign of King Henry 1 of France, 1031 - 1060. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.
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Butler Name Meaning English and Irish: from a word that originally denoted a wine steward, usually the chief servant of a medieval household, from Norman French butuiller (Old French bouteillier, Latin buticularius, from buticula ‘bottle’). In the large households of royalty and the most powerful nobility, the title came to denote an officer of high rank and responsibility, only nominally concerned with the supply of wine, if at all.Anglicized form of French Boutilier.Jewish (from Poland and Ukraine): occupational name for a bottle maker, from Yiddish butl ‘bottle’ + the agent suffix -er. Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=Butler
Meaning of Butler
Butler Meaning: one who made or sold bottles; one who had charge of the wine casks.
Read more:http://surnames.meaning-of-names.com/butler/#ixzz3R0Mtfkds
MILLIKAN
Millikan (Husband of Stacey Dierolf)
Last name: Millikan
Please accept our apologies but this surname has yet to be researched.
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Millikan Name Meaning Irish: variant of Milligan. Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=Millikan
Meaning of Millikan
Millikan Meaning: the grandson of Moalogan (little, bald one).
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DELANEY
Delaney (Becky, wife of D. Dougherty)
Last name: Delaney
This interesting and unusual name, with the variants Daddow, Daunay, Dauney, Dawnay, Dawney and Delan(e)y, is of French (Norman) origin and has two possible meanings, the first being that it is a Scandinavian personal name of unknown etymology. The second, and more likely is that it is a dialectal variant of "Aunou", in Orne, Normandy, with the fused preposition "de". Annou derives from the Old French "aunaie", meaning an alder grove. A Somerset family came from this place and have left their name in the village of Compton-Dando in the 13th Century. The earliest recording of this placename is in the Domesday Book of 1086 and appears as "Contone", and a later recording in the Assize Rolls of Somerset of 1256 as "Compton Dunnon". Locational names such as this, were widely dispersed as a result of those migrating from their village to work elsewhere, using the placename as a means of identification. A Fulco Dando, and a Toke Dando are recorded in the Hundred Rolls of Somerset in 1273. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Alexander Dando, which was dated 1273, in the "Hundred Rolls of Somerset", during the reign of King Edward 1, known as "The Hammer of the Scots", 1272 - 1307. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.
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Delaney Name Meaning English (of Norman origin): habitational name for someone from any of various minor places in northern France named from Old French aunaie ‘alder grove’.Irish: Anglicized form, influenced by the Norman name, of Gaelic Ó Dubhshláine ‘descendant of Dubhshláine’, a personal name composed of the elements dubh ‘black’ + slán ‘challenge’, ‘defiance’. MacLysaght, however, suggests that this element may be from the Sláinge river. Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=Delaney
Meaning of Delaney
Delaney Meaning: The meaning of Delaney has not been submitted. If you have the meaning of Delaney, please submit it with along with any reference pages referring to the meaning of Delaney.
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There are children and young adults of the Lilley siblings who are not yet married or considering children. If, and/or when, that occurs, I will add the names of their spouse/significant other.
For Barbara and Lynne
Marriages which produced no offspring but interesting last names, anyway.
BIEBER
Bieber, Bruce
Last name: Bieber Please accept our apologies but this surname has yet to be researched.
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Bieber Name Meaning German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German biber ‘beaver’, German Biber, or Yiddish biber, hence a nickname, possibly a nickname for a hard worker, or from some other fancied resemblance to the animal. In some cases the surname may be habitational, from a house or some other place named with this word. As a Jewish name it is largely ornamental. Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=Bieber
Meaning of Bieber
Bieber Meaning: one who came from, or lived near Bieber (beautiful view); a hard worker.
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HENRY
Henry, Reg
Last name: Henry
Please accept our apologies but this surname has yet to be researched.
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Henry
Last name origins & meanings:
- English and French: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements haim, heim ‘home’ + rīc ‘power’, ‘ruler’, introduced to England by the Normans in the form Henri. During the Middle Ages this name became enormously popular in England and was borne by eight kings. Continental forms of the personal name were equally popular throughout Europe (German Heinrich, French Henri, Italian Enrico and Arrigo, Czech Jindřich, etc.). As an American family name, the English form Henry has absorbed patronymics and many other derivatives of this ancient name in continental European languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988.) In the period in which the majority of English surnames were formed, a common English vernacular form of the name was Harry, hence the surnames Harris (southern) and Harrison (northern). Official documents of the period normally used the Latinized form Henricus. In medieval times, English Henry absorbed an originally distinct Old English personal name that had hagan ‘hawthorn’. Compare Hain 2 as its first element, and there has also been confusion with Amery.
- Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hInnéirghe ‘descendant of Innéirghe’, a byname based on éirghe ‘arising’.
- Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Éinrí or Mac Einri, patronymics from the personal names Éinrí, Einri, Irish forms of Henry. It is also found as a variant of McEnery.
- Jewish (American): Americanized form of various like-sounding Ashkenazic Jewish names.
- A bearer of the name from the Touraine region of France is documented in Quebec city in 1667. Another (also called Laforge), from the Champagne region, is documented in Montreal in 1710. Other secondary surnames include Berranger, Labori, Livernois, Madou.
Henry Name Meaning English and French: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements haim, heim ‘home’ + ric ‘power’, ‘ruler’, introduced to England by the Normans in the form Henri. During the Middle Ages this name became enormously popular in England and was borne by eight kings. Continental forms of the personal name were equally popular throughout Europe (German Heinrich, French Henri, Italian Enrico and Arrigo, Czech Jindrich, etc.). As an American family name, the English form Henry has absorbed patronymics and many other derivatives of this ancient name in continental European languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988.) In the period in which the majority of English surnames were formed, a common English vernacular form of the name was Harry, hence the surnames Harris (southern) and Harrison (northern). Official documents of the period normally used the Latinized form Henricus. In medieval times, English Henry absorbed an originally distinct Old English personal name that had hagan ‘hawthorn’. Compare Hain 2 as its first element, and there has also been confusion with Amery.Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hInnéirghe ‘descendant of Innéirghe’, a byname based on éirghe ‘arising’.Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Éinrí or Mac Einri, patronymics from the personal names Éinrí, Einri, Irish forms of Henry. It is also found as a variant of McEnery.Jewish (American): Americanized form of various like-sounding Ashkenazic Jewish names. http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=Henry Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=Henry
Any comments out there? Come on, this is interesting stuff!