The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 5, 1935, Page 3

‘ Names Are Names and Here’s Their Meaning Nelson A. Mason Gives oriin| al Sidelight on State Poli. tical Figures People but to Nelson A. Mason, one- time Bismarck resident, former se- cretary to Senator Lynn J. Frazier and now employed by the bureau of Indian affairs in the interior depart- ment at Washington they are more than that. For Mason they are something to be studied and tracked down to their source, for such is the origin of the English and other languages that hag names originally had a mean- ing. In his spare time, Mason informs ‘The Tribune, he compiled a list show- ing the meaning of the names of peo- ple living around his old home at Names may be just names to mast 5a the town. in the Hope.” ‘Wimbledon and pf people at his early residence in Iowa. More recently he has given some attention to the derivation and mean- ing of the names of persons promin- ent in North Dakota politics. The names of English derivation were easy, Mason said, because the library of Congress contains a lot of informa- tion on the subject, but the others presented more difficulty. 92 Names Are Listed Following is a list of 92 names, all more or less well known in North Da- kota, with their source and original meaning as compiled by Mason. ADAM—(Hebrew) From the red earth: primitive; first of men. ALDYTH—Early form of Edith. EDITH (Teutonic) Rich gift, (Anglo- Saxon) Happiness. ALLAN—ALLYN, ALLEN (Celtic) Harmony. (Gaelic) Fair; handsome. ANGUS—(Latin) Narrow. BERTA, BERTHA — (Teutonic) Bright one; beautiful. BOYD — (Gaelic) boidh; fair or yellow-haired. BRANT—(Teutonic) A burning ray. BRUSE—from Breux in Normandy. Norman, Bruci; a he-goat, buck. BURKE — (Teutonic) A stronghold. Local “de Burgh.” The Irish Burkes are traced to the Anglo-Norman De Burghs, one of whom settled in Ire- Jand soon after the acquisition of that country by the English monarchs. BURLEIGH — (Teutonic) [Dweller at the] castle lea. BURR—from Beur, Buer, Boor, rural; a country district. Beur is a locality in the Netherlands, but five centuries in Scotland, since the Nor- man conquest, name charged to Burr. EYRNE—(Anglo-Saxon) A coat of mail. Burn, Burne, Burns, Bourn, Bourne—local “at the burn,” 1. e. stream. CAMPBELL — (Gaelic) Brave fel- low. (Dweller by the) Fair field. CLEVELAND—(Teutonic) (Dweller by the) Cleft in the land. COLLIS—high ground; elevation— from residence thereat. CONELLY, CONNALLY—Local “of Conely;” meadow frequented by rab- bits, COWAN, GOWAN—a mason, occu- pationary. CURRAN—(Celtic) A hero. CURTIS—(Old French) ‘Courteous. DALE—(Anglo-Saxon) (Dweller in the) Vale between hills. DAWSON, DOWSON — Baptismal “the son of David,” from the nick- name Day or Dow. Old spellings, Dauson, Daweson. DAVID—(Hebrew) Beloved. DAVIS, DAVIES—son of David. DEVINE (Celtic) Savant or poet. DUNN, 1. Local “at the dun;” dun, a hill, from residence thereby. 2. Nickname, “the dun;” a dull brown, a name given from the complexion of the bearer. 3. (Celtic) dark. Dun- bar, branch. Duncan, chief. Dunlap (Dweller at the glen). EVAN (Celtic) Young warrior. EVANS—son of Evan. FALCONER—(Teutonic) A keeper of falcons. FINNEY 1. Baptismal “the son of Phin,”—diminutive form. 2.. Nick- name “the fine;” the exquisite; the delicate; the refined. FRASER — (Old French) Curly- headed. FRAZIER — (Old French) Curly- headed. GILMORE—(Teutonic) Big servant. GRAY. 1. Nickname “the grey,” from the complexion of the hair; cf. Russell, Brown, White, etc. 2. Local “de grey,” from village of residence. GRAHAM—(Teutonic) Grey manor, from residence thereat. GRONNA — (Teutonic) from Gron, as “tage ud i det gronne.” ‘Translation from Norwegian “Take a trip into the country.” Gron (Swe- dish) i det grona—in the (green) fields, in the woods, park, country, etc. HALL—1. from Hal, manor house, HANLEY — (Teutonic) (Dweller on the) Meadowland, HANSON—(Scandinavian)—Son of John, Jack, Hans. HARDING—(Teutonic) Resolute. HARRIS — (Anglo-Saxon) harra, a Jord. Baptismal “the son of Harry,” this being the English attempt at pro- nouncing the French Henri. Thus Harry is not a nickname of Henry, but the English representative form. HARRY, see HAROLD (Teutonic) Powerful warrier. (Anglo - Saxon) Leader. HENRY—(Teutonic) Ruler of the 53, woodland, grove or small forest. HOPTON—Locally “of Hopton;” lit- JOHN—(Hebrew) The Lord graci- ously giveth; Jehovah is gracious. KING (Teutonic) Chief. May-day kings of medieval times, and title became the family name. KNECHT, KNIGHT (Teutonic) A servitor. worth,” a township in the parish of Halifax, W. Rid. Yorks; from rusche, tische, a rush vs. Worth. other part of the wheat. SELFRIDG! HOLT—(Teutonic) (Dweller in the) | the ridge. RITCHIE—(Teutonic) Firm Ruler. SATHRE—Bran, as bran bread, or SCOTT—(Old Norse) skotti, a run- home; champion; chief of the dwell- ner, or skot, a dart, E—(Teutonic) Lord of SHAFER—(Teutonic) Shepherd. SHERWIN—(Teutonic) Literally cutting the wind; fleet runner. SKEELS—From Schelle; (Danish) Skeel; (Dutch) Schell; (Anglo-Saxon) From | scel; a shell. WALKER—(Teutonic) A forester. (Old English)A fuller of cloth. 2. Oc- cupation “the walker,” i.e. fuller, a term applied to <. fuller of cloth, from LACHLAN (Celtic) Dweller by the|his stamping on or pressing it. (An- Sea inlet. like. ing victory or success. 2. Diminutive of Lawrence, the laurél. LANGER—(German). Longer. To suffice; to reach, LARS—(Etruscan) Lord. May be The laurel; victorious; laurel-crowned. LEONARD—(Greek) Strength of a lion; lion-hearted. LEWIS—(Norman-French) De Lues, Lews, Lewes; (French) Louis, De- fender of the people. 2. (Teutonic) Famous warrior. LIESSMAN—(High German) Lese- mann, the reader. MARTELL—Baptismal “son of Mar- tin;” diminutive Martinet became Martlet, etc. McFARLAND—(Scottish) Batholo- mew’s son, MOELLRING—(German) Moeller- ungsboden, Moellerbodern—mixing or ore house. MONTGOMERY—(Latin) A hunts- man. MOODIE, MOODY, MOODEY— Nickname “the moody,” i. e. the brave, the bold, the resolute. A common sobriquet on thé Hundred Rolls. Mudie is a Scotch form—gallant. courageous. MORRIS—(Latin) Dark. MURPHY—(Celtic) Sea warrior. MURRAY—(Celtic) Seaman. McINTOSH—(Celtic) Sons of the chief. McMAHON—(Gaelic) The chief's son. McDONALD, McDONNELL— (Celtic) son of Donald, proud chief; great chief. NELSON—Baptismal “the son of Neil.” Neil, see Nicholas. NICHOLS—son of Nicholas. NICHOLAS—(Greek) Victor of the People. NEWTON—(Anglo-Saxon) (of the) New town. NYE—Local, “atten ey,” at the ey, from residence on some small islet or | eyot. The suffix -ey is common; in this case the final n in atten has be- come the prefix of the name proper; v. Nash, Noakes for similar instances. i The following entry seems conclusive: | Thoma, atte Nye, co Soms., 1 Edw. III. OLEY—(Scandinavian) Ancestor’s | relic or bequest. | OWEN—(Celtic) Warrior. (Latin) | Well-born. | PAGE—(Old English) | upon a person of rank. | PATTERSON—Baptismal “the son! of Patrick;” from the nickname Pate | and diminutive Patt-in; Patterson from Pattinson. Patrick (Latin) Noble; patrician; aristocrat—a noble- man. | PERRY—1. (Teutonic) Precious | gems; jewels. 2. Local “at the pery,”! i.e. the pear-tree, from residence | thereby. 3. Baptismal “the son of} Perry,” i. e, Peter, from Old French | Pierre, rendered popular in England as Perry. French perree; Dutch Perry. PETERSON—Baptismal “the son of | Peter.” This personal name has been | the parent of many forms and varia- tions, cf. Parkin, Parkinson, Perkins, Peterman, etc.; from Peter (Greek) a! rock. | PHILIP—(Greek) Friend of horses. PENDRAY—Baptismal “the son of Henry.” (Welsh Ap-Henry) d being! eS as Hammond, Simmonds, etc. ‘ QUINN—(Latin) the fifth son. REGISTER, REGESTER—Offic. the registrar; the recorder. READE, REED, REID—(Teutoriic) Ruddy, a sobriquet, given on account of ruddy face or the complexion of the hair, RISHWORTH — Local “Of Rish- Attendant Sportsmen Attention! (Gaelic) laochail, war-|glo-Saxon) Wealcere. WALLACE—(Latin) One who comes LARKIN—(Latin) Laurel, betoken-' from foreign lands. WALTER—(Teutonic) Powerful ruler; army ruler, WARD—(Teutonic) One who keeps guard. WEBB—Occup. “the webbe,” ie. a form of Lawfence. LARSON, son of. |weaver. 2. (Anglo-Saxon) The blade LAWRENCE, LAURENCE—(Latin) jof a sword. 3. (Teutonic) A woven fabric. WELFORD— (Teutonic) ER by the Good ford. 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