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1979 Commonwealth Final Previous none Next 1980 The 1979 Commonwealth final was the inaugural running of the Commonwealth Final as part of the qualification
1979_Commonwealth_final
1980 Commonwealth Final Previous 1979 Next 1986 The 1980 Commonwealth final was the second running of the Commonwealth Final as part of the qualification
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Motorcycle speedway race
The Commonwealth final was a Motorcycle speedway final sanctioned by the FIM as a qualifying round for the Speedway World Championship between 1979 and
Commonwealth_final
Political association which developed from the British Empire
The Commonwealth of Nations, often referred to as the British Commonwealth or simply the Commonwealth, is an international association of 56 member states
Commonwealth_of_Nations
1979 Intercontinental Final Previous 1978 Next 1980 The 1979 Intercontinental Final was the fifth running of the Intercontinental Final as part of the
1979_Intercontinental_final
The 1979 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting was the fifth Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations. 39 countries attended
1979 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
1979_Commonwealth_Heads_of_Government_Meeting
The Commonwealth of Nations is a voluntary association of 56 sovereign states, referred to as Commonwealth countries. Most of them were British colonies
Member states of the Commonwealth of Nations
Member_states_of_the_Commonwealth_of_Nations
Qualification: First 6 plus 1 reserve to the Commonwealth Final in London, England Speedway World Championship History - 1979 Sport in Australia Motorcycle Speedway
1979 Australasian Individual Speedway Championship
1979_Australasian_Individual_Speedway_Championship
Optional sport
quadrennial Commonwealth Games. It first appeared at the 1998 Games, with a men's tournament seeing South Africa defeat Australia by 4 wickets in the final. Matches
Cricket at the Commonwealth Games
Cricket_at_the_Commonwealth_Games
Period of republican government, 1649–1660
The Commonwealth of England, enlarged in 1653 as the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, was the political structure during the period from
Commonwealth_of_England
the 1978 Commonwealth Games took place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, from 3 August until 12 August 1978. * Host nation (Canada) Semi-finals Bronze medal
Badminton at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Badminton_at_the_1978_Commonwealth_Games
Aristocratic republic in Europe (1569–1795)
The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, also referred to as Poland–Lithuania or the First Polish Republic (Polish: I Rzeczpospolita), was a federative real
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Polish–Lithuanian_Commonwealth
Multiuse stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Commonwealth Stadium is an open-air, multi-purpose stadium located in the McCauley neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It has a seating capacity
Commonwealth_Stadium
Canadian gymnast and sports broadcaster
Gators women's gymnastics team and won gold medals at the 1978 Commonwealth Games and 1979 Pan American Games. She was chosen to represent Canada at the
Elfi_Schlegel
British sprinter
the 2002 Commonwealth Games she took a bronze medal with the 4 × 100 m team. She became the first British female to reach an Olympic final in a sprint
Abi_Oyepitan
Multi-sport event in Melbourne, Australia
The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006, were an international multi-sport event for
2006_Commonwealth_Games
Canadian sprinter (born 1958)
silver medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay in Los Angeles 1984. At the Commonwealth Games she won seven medals, including the 100 metres title in Brisbane
Angella_Taylor-Issajenko
Sovereign states where Charles III is the head of state
A Commonwealth realm is a sovereign state in the Commonwealth of Nations that has the same constitutional monarch and head of state as the other realms
Commonwealth_realm
International cricket tournament
at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, during July and August 2022. It was cricket's first inclusion in the Commonwealth Games since a
Cricket at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Cricket_at_the_2022_Commonwealth_Games
English track and field athlete (born 1956)
the quarter finals of the 200 metres. She was coached by Jim Spooner. In 1978, she finished fourth in the 200 metres final at the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton
Beverley_Goddard
Kenyan runner (born 1979)
William Chirchir (born 6 February 1979, in Bomet) is a Kenyan runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. He is a former holder of the world junior record
William_Chirchir
in the final. Later that year, she ran a 100 m best of 11.09 seconds at the Mt. SAC Relays. She represented her country at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Natasha_Mayers
Edition of USA college basketball tournament
opponents to reach the Final Four, a feat which was later bettered in 1986 by LSU, 2006 by George Mason, and 2011 by Virginia Commonwealth, who each beat four
1979 NCAA Division I basketball tournament
1979_NCAA_Division_I_basketball_tournament
British lawn bowler (born 1979)
Bowls England National Finals. Playing with Sian Honnor, she won the gold medal in the women's pairs at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, defeating
Amy_Pharaoh
Indian sport shooter (born 1979)
(born 23 October 1979 in Ferozepur, Punjab, India) is an Indian Double trap shooter. He won two silver medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and a gold
Ronjan_Sodhi
British track and field athlete (born 1979)
(born 11 March 1979) is a British former track and field athlete. She won a silver medal in the 400 metres relay and reached the semi-finals of the 400 metres
Melanie_Purkiss
Welsh boxer
super-bantamweight but was eliminated in the semi-final. In May 2010, he won the vacant Commonwealth super-bantamweight title after defeating Kris Taylor
Jamie_Arthur
Canadian athlete (born 1960)
took bronze at the IAAF World Cup in Rome. The following year, at the Commonwealth Games, she won a silver medal with the Canadian team in the 4 × 100 metres
Marita_Payne
Canadian and world champion track cyclist (1956–2024)
He also competed and won gold medals in the 1978 Edmonton Commonwealth Games, and the 1979 Puerto Rico Pan Am Games for Canada. At the end of 1986, he
Gordon_Singleton
Grand final of the 2023 Australian Football League season
The 2023 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football match contested between the Collingwood Football Club and the Brisbane Lions at the Melbourne
2023_AFL_Grand_Final
Scottish sprinter
the Commonwealth Games, winning two golds at the 1978 Commonwealth Games and completing a 100 metres/200 metres sprint double at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
Allan_Wells
Pakistani boxer (born 1979)
Ali (born 12 November 1979) is a Pakistani retired professional boxer who fought in the featherweight division. He is a Commonwealth Games gold medalist
Haider_Ali_(boxer)
Scottish boxer (1979–2024)
February 1979 – 15 April 2024) was a Scottish professional boxer. He held the European super-featherweight title in 2004, the Commonwealth lightweight
Willie_Limond
Trinidad and Tobago shot putter
Cleopatra Ayesha Borel (in 2005–2010 Borel-Brown; born 10 March 1979) is a Trinidad and Tobago shot putter. She is a 2014 Sportswoman of the Year Award
Cleopatra_Borel
ICC Cricket World Cup
two editions (1975 and 1979) and Australia won three in a row (1999, 2003, and 2007). Australia has played in the most finals (eight out of thirteen:
List of Cricket World Cup finals
List_of_Cricket_World_Cup_finals
as a republic within the Commonwealth. The Queen later visited Tanzania in 1979. Trinidad and Tobago became a Commonwealth realm upon independence in
Sovereign states headed by Elizabeth II
Sovereign_states_headed_by_Elizabeth_II
U.S. unincorporated territory in southeast Asia from 1935 to 1946
The Commonwealth of the Philippines (Spanish: Mancomunidad de Filipinas; Tagalog: Komonwelt ng Pilipinas) was an unincorporated territory and commonwealth
Commonwealth of the Philippines
Commonwealth_of_the_Philippines
Sri Lankan boxer
කුමාර වන්නිආරච්චි) (born 2 December 1979) is a Sri Lankan amateur boxer. He won a gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the bantamweight category
Manju_Wanniarachchi
Sporting event delegation
Qualified for Semi-finals Qualified for Classification Sources: 11th/12th playoff Squad Sources: Gymnastics, Singapore. "Representation 1979-2010". www.singaporegymnastics
Singapore at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Singapore_at_the_2006_Commonwealth_Games
English sprinter (b.1959)
in the 100 m final in 11.34 secs. In 1982, now competing as Heather Oakes, she finished seventh in the 100 metres final at the Commonwealth Games in 11
Heather_Oakes
Kenyan middle-distance runner
duelled in the final straight. Langat fell and finished last. She claimed an 800/1500 m middle distance double at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, however
Nancy_Langat
Kenyan long-distance runner
European track and field circuit, he qualified for the IAAF World Athletics Final in 2004, 2005 and 2006, eventually winning a silver medal in the latter
Richard_Mateelong
South African boxer (born 1979)
Daniel Jan "Danie" Venter (born 27 March 1979) is a South African professional boxer who fought from 2003 to 2016. As an amateur, he competed in the men's
Danie_Venter
Revolution in Iran from 1978 to 1979
Islamic Revolution, culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979. The revolution led to the replacement of the Imperial State of Iran by the
Iranian_Revolution
Australian multinational bank
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), also known as Commonwealth Bank or simply CommBank, is an Australian multinational bank with businesses across
Commonwealth_Bank
British athlete
representing England in the long jump at the 2026 Commonwealth Games and silver at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. She claimed silver and bronze representing
Jazmin_Sawyers
Canadian artistic gymnast (born 1979)
27 December 1979) is a Canadian artistic gymnastics coach and former gymnast. He won a gold medal in the team event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and participated
David_Kikuchi
Malaysian lawn bowler (born 1979)
from Perak, in Malaysia and is one of only two women to have won two Commonwealth Games singles Gold medals. After watching a game of hockey in 1995 she
Siti_Zalina_Ahmad
Canadian international lawn bowler
John Bezear (born 28 August 1979) is a Canadian international lawn bowler. He was selected to represent Canada at the sports blue riband event, the 2012
John_Bezear
British bowls player (born 1979)
England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games winning gold in the fours and eight years later won another gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the woman's
Ellen_Falkner
international netball tournaments such as the Netball World Cup, Netball at the Commonwealth Games, the Taini Jamison Trophy and the Fast5 Netball World Series. They
Jamaica_national_netball_team
Scottish swimmer
Girvan (2 October 1932 – 7 January 1979) was a Scottish swimmer who competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics and two Commonwealth Games. As a schoolgirl in 1944
Margaret_Girvan
Jamaican sprinter (born 1982)
Championships on 22 June. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, Powell finished fifth in the semi-finals of the 100 m event, setting a personal
Asafa_Powell
Canadian shot putter and discus thrower
Olympic appearance at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. He won a Commonwealth Games bronze on home turf in 1978 and also set a Canadian record of 20
Bishop_Dolegiewicz
Canadian soccer team
season, the Drillers played their home games at Commonwealth Stadium, but dwindling crowds during the final year saw the team move to much older and smaller
Edmonton_Drillers_(1979–1982)
into the Commonwealth Final. 2 February Templeton, New Zealand - Ruapuna Speedway Qualification: First 5 plus 1 reserve to the Commonwealth Final in London
1980 Australasian Individual Speedway Championship
1980_Australasian_Individual_Speedway_Championship
Canadian high jumper (born 1953)
three years later. She won gold at the IAAF World Cup in 1979 and at the 1982 Commonwealth Games. She has held the Canadian high jump record since 1969
Debbie_Brill
Secretary-General appointed". Commonwealth Secretariat. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019. Doxey, Margaret (January 1979). "The Commonwealth Secretary-General:
Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General
Commonwealth_Deputy_Secretary-General
U.S. state
-zits; Massachusett: Muhsachuweesut [məhswatʃəwiːsət]), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern
Massachusetts
A number of concerns and controversies surfaced before the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India, which received widespread media coverage both in
Concerns and controversies at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Concerns_and_controversies_at_the_2010_Commonwealth_Games
Canadian swimmer (born 1959)
relay in the 1978 World Aquatics Championships. In her final international appearance at the 1979 Pan American Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico, she won a
Wendy_Quirk
Head of the Commonwealth Secretariat
The Commonwealth secretary-general, formally the secretary-general of the Commonwealth of Nations, is the head of the Commonwealth Secretariat, the central
Commonwealth Secretary-General
Commonwealth_Secretary-General
1979–1983 socialist government of Grenada
Marxist-Leninist state within the Commonwealth. In Grenada, the revolution is referred to as the "March 13th Revolution of 1979" or simply as "The Revolution"
People's Revolutionary Government
People's_Revolutionary_Government
National netball team
included the finals of the 1991, 1999 and 2011 World Netball Championships, the finals of the 2010 and the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the final match of
Australia national netball team
Australia_national_netball_team
Self-governing countries of the British Empire
self-governing country within the British Empire and then the British Commonwealth of Nations, primarily in the first half of the 20th century. The dominions
Dominion
Jamaican boxer
first round, former Commonwealth and Irish champion Darren Corbett in the semi-final, and former British champion John Keeton in the final to take the main
Ovill_McKenzie
New Zealand international lawn and indoor bowler
2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland. In 2022, he competed in the men's triples and the men's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Ali_Forsyth
Australian lawn bowler
the original on 26 October 2016. "Commonwealth Games: Scotland beat Australia to win gold in bowls men's triple final". BBC Sport. Archived from the original
Nathan_Rice
1983 studio album by Pink Floyd
the band's previous studio album, The Wall (1979), and new material recorded throughout 1982. The Final Cut is the last Pink Floyd album to feature founding
The_Final_Cut_(album)
Welsh sprinter (born 1979)
Christian Sean Malcolm (born 3 June 1979) is a retired track and field athlete from Wales, who specialised in the 200 metres. In 2020 he was appointed
Christian_Malcolm
British athlete (1924–1979)
John Andrew Savidge (18 December 1924 – 26 December 1979) was a British track and field athlete who specialised in the shot put and competed at the 1952
John_Savidge
National netball team
included the finals of the 1991, 1999 and 2011 World Netball Championships, the finals of the 2010 and the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the final match of
New Zealand national netball team
New_Zealand_national_netball_team
British former javelin thrower (born 1956)
English Commonwealth Games trials: 1973 and 1978 British Olympic Games trials: 1976 and 1984 10 times AAA National Champion: 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980
Tessa_Sanderson
Welsh athletics competitor
season winning two silver medals in the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. Matthew Elias was born in 1979 in Cardiff, Wales, one of two sons born to
Matthew_Elias
English middle-distance runner
finished fourth in the 1500 metres final. She also won a gold medal in the 1500 m at the 1982 Commonwealth Games. In 1979, she became the first British woman
Christina_Boxer
January 1979), on being asked if he had any final words of wisdom "It must have been the coffee." — Jack Soo, American actor (11 January 1979); speaking
List of last words (20th century)
List_of_last_words_(20th_century)
British artistic gymnast
Annika Louise Reeder (born September 28, 1979 in Harlow, Essex, Great Britain) is a retired British artistic gymnast. She was the first gymnast from Great
Annika_Reeder
Cricket tournament held in Australia
with a solitary final Over its duration, the series has taken on several mostly commercial names: Benson & Hedges World Series Cup (1979–80 to 1987–88)
Australian_Tri-Series
Jamaican boxer (1956–2025)
Medalist at Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada. 1978 – Won welterweight gold medal at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games. 1979 – National
Mike_McCallum
British swimmer (born 1979)
Commonwealth Games. Cook specialises in the breaststroke, and took gold in the 50 and 100 metre finals representing England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Chris_Cook_(swimmer)
Jamaican sprinter (born 1955)
at the 1978 Commonwealth Games and secured the 200 m bronze medal. Competing for the USC Trojans track and field team, Bradford won the 1979 NCAA Division
Colin_Bradford
Appellate court in Pennsylvania, US
civil cases. The jurisdiction of the nine-judge Commonwealth Court is limited to appeals from final orders of certain state agencies and certain designated
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Commonwealth_Court_of_Pennsylvania
British Olympic sprinter
at the 1979 WAAA Championships. Smallwood competed at her first Olympics Games in 1980 in Moscow, representing Great Britain, reaching the finals of both
Kathy_Smallwood-Cook
New Zealand shot putter (born 1984)
at the World Athletics Final in 2005, but was promoted to gold after Astapchuk's results were annulled. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games Adams won the gold
Valerie_Adams
British sprinter (1960–2023)
his third Commonwealth games where he won bronze in the 100 metres, and silver in the sprint relay. He also reached the European 100 metre final in Stuttgart
Mike_McFarlane
Australian gymnast
Rebecca Stoyel (born 4 April 1979) is an Australian former artistic gymnast. She is the 1994 Commonwealth Games uneven bars champion, all-around silver
Rebecca_Stoyel
American garage rock band (1979–2026)
a Boston-based garage rock band led by Jeff "Monoman" Conolly. Formed in 1979, their most popular songs include "Don't Give It Up Now", "She Pays The Rent"
Lyres_(band)
British middle-distance runner (born 1962)
1962) is a British former middle-distance runner. She is a three-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist, winning the 800 metres in Brisbane 1982 and both
Kirsty_Wade
Sports division of British broadcaster
Union and Warner Bros. Discovery. The BBC covers events such as the Commonwealth Games, the World Athletics Championships, the European Athletics Championships
BBC_Sport
Sporting event delegation
Australia at the 2006 Commonwealth Games was represented by Australian Commonwealth Games Association the (ACGA), and abbreviated AUS. Athletes from Australia
Australia at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Australia_at_the_2006_Commonwealth_Games
Legislation by the Australian and UK parliaments
passed by the two parliaments, because of uncertainty as to whether the Commonwealth Parliament alone had the ultimate authority to do so. They were enacted
Australia_Act_1986
International cricket tournament
Cricket was included in the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Malaysia. This was the only time cricket was played at a Commonwealth Games until a women's tournament
Cricket at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Cricket_at_the_1998_Commonwealth_Games
Football match in Cardiff, Wales
The 2017 UEFA Champions League final was the final match of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, the 62nd season of Europe's premier club football tournament
2017 UEFA Champions League final
2017_UEFA_Champions_League_final
British judoka
Euan Michael Burton MBE (born 31 March 1979) is a Scottish judoka (a Judo practitioner). His best results include; 2010 World Championship bronze, 2010
Euan_Burton
British former athlete (born 1958)
Games in Los Angeles, a gold medal at the 1982 Commonwealth Games, and a silver medal at the 1978 Commonwealth Games. She also held the British record from
Shirley_Strong
Australian swimmer (born 1979)
gold at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games in the 100 metre butterfly. He won the race in 51.69 seconds and broke the Commonwealth games record and his own
Geoff_Huegill
Football match in Lisbon, Portugal
The 2014 UEFA Champions League final was the final match of the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League, the 59th season of Europe's premier club football tournament
2014 UEFA Champions League final
2014_UEFA_Champions_League_final
National netball team
every netball tournament at the Commonwealth Games. Between 1998 and 2014, Australia and New Zealand contested every final and won every gold and silver
England_national_netball_team
English squash player (born 1979)
in a hotly contested 76-minute final. Bailey won a bronze medal in the women's doubles event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, partnering
Tania_Bailey
Country in the Caribbean
Dominica, officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. It is part of the Windward Islands chain in the Lesser Antilles
Dominica
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Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Old English wencel ‘child’, perhaps used
to distinguish a son from his father with the same forename or perhaps
a nickname for a person with a baby face or childlike manner.Scottish : habitational name for someone from the lands of
Windshiel (formerly Winscheill) in Berwickshire.Robert Winchell came from England to Windsor, CT, in 1635.
In the case of the broadcaster Walter Winchell (1897–1972)
the surname is an Anglicized form of Jewish
Surname or Lastname
Altered spelling of French Minot, written thus to preserve the final -t, which is pronounced in Canadian French.English
Altered spelling of French Minot, written thus to preserve the final -t, which is pronounced in Canadian French.English : variant of Minett.
Female
English
Altered form of Irish Prunty, a form of Gaelic Ó Proinntigh, BRONTE means "descendant of Proinnteach," a personal name that was originally a byname meaning "banquet hall (denoting a "generous person")." In Prunty's altered form (Bronte), the name is identical to the Sicilian place name and the name of a mythological horse of the Sun, meaning "thunder." But Prunty was probably purposely altered to Bronte by bearers of the name who admired Lord Nelson who was awarded the title of Duke of Bronte in 1799 by Ferdinand, King of the Two Sicilies.Â
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : metonymic occupational name for a hatter or nickname for someone noted for the hat or hats that he wore. Some early forms such as Thomas del Hat (Oxfordshire 1279) and Richard atte Hatte (Worcestershire 1327) indicate that the word was also used of a hill or clump of trees; so in these cases the surname must have been topographic in origin.South German : from a short Germanic personal name, Hatto (derived from compound names with the first element hadu ‘battle’, ‘strife’).Frisian : from a personal name, a short form of any of the various compound names formed with Hade- as the first element, for example Hadebert.
Boy/Male
Irish
Is the Irish form of Old English ead “â€richâ€â€ + mund “â€guardianâ€â€, and implies “â€guardian of the riches.â€â€ In more recent times the name has been given to honor Eamon De Valera who was President of Ireland for 14 years, the maximum allowed, from 1959 to 1973.
Surname or Lastname
English (Yorkshire and East Midlands)
English (Yorkshire and East Midlands) : topographic name composed of Middle English whele ‘wheel’ + hous ‘house’. According to Reaney, the reference is often to a house near a dammed-up stream where a cutler ground his knives on a small water-wheel. The compound is not attested as a vocabulary word in this or any other sense before the 19th century, although the surname William de Whelehous is found in 1379.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from various places, for example Penn in Buckinghamshire and Staffordshire, named with the Celtic element pen ‘hill’, which was apparently adopted in Old English.English : metonymic occupational name for an impounder of stray animals, from Middle English, Old English penn ‘(sheep) pen’.English : pet form of Parnell.German : from Sorbian pien ‘tree stump’, probably a nickname for a short stocky person.Americanized form of a like-sounding Jewish surname.The Commonwealth of PA was founded in 1681 by an English Quaker, William Penn (1644–1718), who was born in London into a family of Gloucestershire origin. His grandfather was a merchant and sea captain, and his father was an admiral on the Parliamentary side during the Civil War, who later served King Charles II after the Restoration. Because of his father’s services to the crown, Penn the younger received a grant of a vast tract of land in North America, formerly part of New Netherland, which later became the state of PA.
Boy/Male
Irish
Is the Irish form of Old English ead “â€richâ€â€ + mund “â€guardianâ€â€, and implies “â€guardian of the riches.â€â€ In more recent times the name has been given to honor Eamon De Valera who was President of Ireland for 14 years, the maximum allowed, from 1959 to 1973.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone living by a Roman road or other great highway, from Old English brÄd ‘broad’ + strÇ£t ‘paved highway’, ‘Roman road’ (see Street), or habitational name from some minor place named with these elements.The poet Anne Bradstreet (1612–72) was born Anne Dudley, probably in Northampton, England. She and her husband Simon Bradstreet came to MA with Winthrop in 1630. Simon (1603–97) came from an old Suffolk family. He served in various public offices and was governor of MA from 1679 to 1686 and again in 1686–92.
Boy/Male
Irish
Is the Irish form of Old English ead “â€richâ€â€ + mund “â€guardianâ€â€, and implies “â€guardian of the riches.â€â€ In more recent times the name has been given to honor Eamon De Valera who was President of Ireland for 14 years, the maximum allowed, from 1959 to 1973.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.John Mifflin (born 1640) came to Delaware from Warminster, Wiltshire, England, in the 1670s. He is probably the same person as the John Mifflin, a Quaker, who built his home, ‘Fountain Green’, in Fairmont Park, Philadelphia, in 1679. His fourth-generation descendant Thomas Mifflin (1744–1800) was a member of the Continental Congress, a revolutionary soldier, and governor of PA.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : evidently a metonymic occupational name for a woodman. A further possible origin is from the French place name element Ax (etymologically identical to Aix), from Latin aquis (dative or ablative plural) ‘near the waters’, denoting a spa.In some cases perhaps an altered form of German Axt.A George Axe is recorded in VA in 1679.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a piece of ground that had been cleared by fire, from Middle English brend, past participle of brennen ‘to burn’.English : habitational name from any of the places in Devon and Somerset named Brent, probably from Old English brant ‘steep’, or from an old Celtic (British) word meaning ‘hill’, ‘high place’.English : byname or nickname for a criminal who had been branded; compare Henry Brendcheke (‘burned cheek’), recorded in Northumbria in 1279.English : Giles Brent (died 1672) came from Gloucestershire, England, to MD in 1638.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English, Old French faucon, falcun ‘falcon’, either a metonymic occupational name for a falconer, or a nickname for someone thought to resemble the falcon, which was regarded as a symbol of speed and courage in the Middle Ages. In a few cases, it may also have been a metonymic occupational name for a man who operated the piece of artillery named after the bird of prey. Compare Faulkner.In Louisiana, the name Falcón is borne by the descendants of Canary Islanders brought in to settle in 1779.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably from an Old English personal name of uncertain origin; perhaps a cognate of Bothe or akin to Butt. However, forms such as Walter le Botte (Oxfordshire 1279) seem to point to a nickname or occupational name, perhaps from Old French bot ‘butt’, ‘cask’, or bot ‘toad’. Compare Bottrell.South German : occupational name for a messenger, from Middle High German bote ‘messenger’, ‘emissary’.Danish : according to Søndergaard, from Dutch bot, both ‘flounder’ (the fish).
Surname or Lastname
English (Yorkshire)
English (Yorkshire) : habitational name from Hardisty Hill in the parish of Fewston, North Yorkshire, recorded in 1379 as Hardolfsty, from the Old English personal name Heardwulf (composed of the elements heard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’ + wulf ‘wolf’) + Old English stīg ‘path’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a new arrival in a place, from Middle English newe-come(n) ‘recently come’, ‘just arrived’. The intrusive -b- is the result of the influence of place names ending in -combe (see Coombe).Americanized form of German Neukamm, possibly arising from a misinterpretation of its etymology as neu ‘new’ + Kamm ‘comb’ (see Neukam).According to family tradition, Capt. Andrew Newcomb was born in England in 1618 and died in Boston, MA, in 1686, leaving family who settled both in MA and in Kittery, ME. Among his descendants was the internationally renowned astronomer Simon Newcomb (1835–1909).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Rimington in Yorkshire, so called from the old name of the stream on which it stands (Old English Riming ‘boundary stream’) + Old English tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.The American painter Frederic Remington (1861–1909) was descended from John Remington, living in MA in 1639; his father, Eliphalet Remington, was born in Suffield, CT (1793), and was a noted firearms manufacturer.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a maker of wheels, from Middle English whele ‘wheel’ (Old English hwēol) + wyrhta ‘wright’. See also Wheeler.John Wheelwright (c. 1592–1679), clergyman, came to Boston, MA, from Lincolnshire, England in 1636. He was banished from Massachusettes for his support of his sister-in-law, Anne Hutchinson, in the antinomian controversy; he set up a community at Exeter, NH.
Surname or Lastname
Spanish
Spanish : possibly a habitational name from Trillo in Guadalajara province; otherwise, a metonymic occupational name from trillo ‘threshing sledge’ (Latin tribulum).Italian : perhaps from French trille, a southern variant of treille ‘vine arbor’.English : Reaney believes this to be an altered form of Thurlow, citing as evidence Philip de Trillowe 1279.
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