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Look up alternative, alternativism, or alternate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Alternative or alternate may refer to: Alternative (Kamen Rider)
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Academic journal
AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples (formerly AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Scholarship) is a quarterly
AlterNative
Music genre
Alternative rock (also known as alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that evolved from the independent music
Alternative_rock
Unscientific healthcare practices
Alternative medicine comprises practices that aim to achieve the healing effects of medicine, but that lack biological plausibility, testability, repeatability
Alternative_medicine
Billboard chart
Alternative Airplay (formerly known as Modern Rock Tracks between 1988 and 2009, and Alternative Songs between 2009 and 2020) is a music chart published
Alternative_Airplay
Algebra where x(xy)=(xx)y and (yx)x=y(xx)
In abstract algebra, an alternative algebra is an algebra in which multiplication need not be associative, only alternative. That is, one must have x
Alternative_algebra
Music genre
Alternative metal (also known as alt-metal) is a genre of heavy metal music that combines heavy metal with influences from alternative rock and other genres
Alternative_metal
Topics referred to by the same term
Alternative press may refer to: Alternative Press (magazine), an American music magazine Alternative media Alternative media (U.S. political left) Alternative
Alternative_press
Type of culture that exists outside or on the fringes of mainstream/popular culture
Alternative culture is a type of culture that exists outside or on the fringes of mainstream or popular culture, usually under the domain of one or more
Alternative_culture
Far-right political party in Germany
Alternative for Germany (German: Alternative für Deutschland, AfD [aːʔɛfˈdeː] ) is a far-right, right-wing populist, national conservative, and in parts
Alternative_for_Germany
Outside mainstream ideals of beauty
Alternative modeling is a branch of the modeling industry that features models who do not conform to mainstream ideals of beauty. Alternative models are
Alternative_model
Music genre
Alternative pop (also known as alt-pop) is pop music with broad commercial appeal that is made by figures outside the mainstream, or which is considered
Alternative_pop
Radio format
Classic alternative is a radio format focusing on alternative music from the late 1970s to mid 2000s, with particular focus on the early days of MTV.
Classic_alternative
Slogan associated with Margaret Thatcher
"There is no alternative" (TINA) is a political slogan originally arguing that liberal capitalism is the only viable system. At the turn of the 21st century
There_is_no_alternative
Subgenre of country music
Alternative country (also alt-country, insurgent country, Americana) is a loosely defined subgenre of country music that includes acts that differ significantly
Alternative_country
Framework in formal semantics and logic
Alternative semantics (or Hamblin semantics) is a framework in formal semantics and logic. In alternative semantics, expressions denote alternative sets
Alternative_semantics
Term refers to environmentally-friendly technologies
Alternative technology is a term used to refer to technologies that are more environmentally friendly than the functionally equivalent technologies dominant
Alternative_technology
Term referring to forms of non-mainstream educational approaches
Alternative education encompasses educational philosophy differing from mainstream pedagogy and evidence-based education. Such alternative learning environments
Alternative_education
One of Fredholm's theorems in mathematics
In mathematics, the Fredholm alternative, named after Ivar Fredholm, is one of Fredholm's theorems and is a result in Fredholm theory. It may be expressed
Fredholm_alternative
Form of tourism
Alternative tourism combines tourist products or individual tourist services, different from mass tourism by means of supply, organization and the human
Alternative_tourism
Mathematical theorem in group theory
In mathematics, the Tits alternative, named after Jacques Tits, is an important theorem about the structure of finitely generated linear groups. The theorem
Tits_alternative
Type of Japanese idol that differ from the traditional Japanese idol
An alternative idol (also known as an alt-idol or anti-idol) is a term used by overseas J-pop fans to describe idols that differ from the traditional
Alternative_idol
Arguing multiple possibilities that may be mutually exclusive
In the law of the United States, alternative pleading (or pleading in the alternative) is the legal term for a form of pleading that permits a party in
Alternative_pleading
Process by which a gene can code for multiple proteins
Alternative splicing, alternative RNA splicing, or differential splicing is an alternative splicing process during gene expression that allows a single
Alternative_splicing
series, titled FLCL Alternative, is produced by Production I.G, Toho, and Adult Swim's production arm Williams Street. Alternative was chief directed by
FLCL_Alternative
Lifestyles perceived to be outside the cultural norm
An alternative lifestyle or unconventional lifestyle is a lifestyle perceived to be outside the norm for a given culture. The term alternative lifestyle
Alternative_lifestyle
Software alternatives website
AlternativeTo is a website which lists alternatives to web-based software, desktop computer software, and mobile apps, and sorts the alternatives by various
AlternativeTo
British far-right hate group
Patriotic Alternative (PA) is a British far-right, fascist, neo-Nazi and white nationalist hate group which states that it has active branches nationwide
Patriotic_Alternative
Alternative finance refers to financial channels, processes, and instruments that have emerged outside of the traditional finance system, such as regulated
Alternative_finance
Plant-based food made to resemble meat
A meat alternative or meat substitute, also referred to as a plant-based meat, mock meat, or alternative protein, is a food product that is made from
Meat_alternative
Literary movement
Alternative literature (or alt-lit) is a literary movement strongly influenced by internet culture and online publishing. It includes various forms of
Alternative_literature
Alternative Cars Limited is a New Zealand-based kit car company that manufactures fiber-glass bodied cars based on the 1950s MG TF. The company was founded
Alternative_Cars
Investments other than stocks, bonds and cash
An alternative investment, also known as an alternative asset or alternative investment fund (AIF), is an investment in any asset class excluding capital
Alternative_investment
Non-financial data in credit files
In economic policy, alternative data refers to the inclusion of non-financial payment reporting data in credit files, such as telecom and energy utility
Alternative_data
Northern Irish political publication
AU (formerly Alternative Ulster) was a magazine written, designed and published in Belfast, Northern Ireland, which began life in 1977 as a fanzine and
Alternative_Ulster
Type of school
An alternative school is an educational establishment with a curriculum and methods that are nontraditional. Such schools offer a wide range of philosophies
Alternative_school
Fuels from sources other than fossil fuels
Alternative fuels, also known as non-conventional and advanced fuels, are fuels derived from sources other than petroleum. Alternative fuels include gaseous
Alternative_fuel
German neo-Nazi group
The German Alternative (German: Deutsche Alternative or DA) was a minor Neo-Nazi group set up in Germany by Michael Kühnen in 1989. Its declared goal
German_Alternative
Replacement for cheese
Cheese alternatives are products used as culinary replacements for cheese. They are usually products made by blending other fats or proteins and used in
Cheese_alternative
Style of comedy
Alternative comedy is a term coined in the 1980s for a style of comedy that makes a conscious break with the mainstream comedic style of an era. The phrase
Alternative_comedy
Property of a binary operation
In abstract algebra, alternativity is a property of a binary operation. A magma G is said to be left alternative if ( x x ) y = x ( x y ) {\displaystyle
Alternativity
1993 compilation album
No Alternative is an alternative rock compilation album produced by Paul Heck and Chris Mundy that was released in 1993. It was the third compilation
No_Alternative
Music genre fusing alternative rock and dance
Alternative dance (also known as indie dance or underground dance in the United States) is a musical genre that mixes alternative rock with electronic
Alternative_dance
Topics referred to by the same term
Alternative Party may refer to: Alternative Party (demo party), a demo art party Alternative Party (Armenia), a political party Alternative Party (Turkey)
Alternative_Party
Expression associated with political misinformation established in 2017
"Alternative facts" was a phrase used by U.S. Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway during a Meet the Press interview on January 22, 2017, in which
Alternative_facts
English comedy collective of politically motivated performers and musicians
Alternative Cabaret was a group of politically motivated performers, jokingly described by one of its founder members, Tony Allen, as 'a sort of collective
Alternative_Cabaret
Political party in Denmark
The Alternative (Danish: Alternativet) is a green and pro-European political party in Denmark. The party was publicly launched on 27 November 2013 by
The_Alternative_(Denmark)
Techniques used for those with communication impairments
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) encompasses the communication methods used to supplement or replace speech or writing for those with
Augmentative and alternative communication
Augmentative_and_alternative_communication
Fashion that does not conform to mainstream styles
Alternative fashion or alt fashion is fashion that stands apart from mainstream, commercial fashion. It includes both styles which do not conform to the
Alternative_fashion
Compensation systems for digital copying
Various copyright alternatives in an alternative compensation systems (ACS) have been proposed as ways to allow the widespread reproduction of digital
Copyright_alternatives
One of the longest running public-access cable TV programs in the USA
Alternative Views was one of the longest running public-access cable TV programs in the United States. Produced in Austin, Texas in 1978, it produced
Alternative_Views
Polish anti-communist underground movement, started in Wrocław
The Orange Alternative (Polish: Pomarańczowa Alternatywa) is a Polish anti-communist underground movement, started in Wrocław, a city in south-west Poland
Orange_Alternative
Splinter group of the Social Democrats in Pajala, Sweden
S-Alternative (in Swedish: S-Alternativet) is a splinter group of the Social Democrats in Pajala, Sweden. S-Alternativet Homepage (in Swedish) v t e
S-Alternative
Political party in Romania
The Right Alternative (Romanian: Alternativa Dreaptă, AD) is a minor right-wing political party in Romania. It was founded and registered on 9 August
The_Right_Alternative
2013 mixtape by Lucki Eck$
Alternative Trap is the debut mixtape by American rapper Lucki (called Lucki Eck$ at the time). It was released on 25th July, 2013 as a free download
Alternative_Trap
Topics referred to by the same term
Green Alternative: The Greens – The Green Alternative, an Austrian party founded in 1986 Green Alternative (Hungary), a political party in Hungary in 1993-2000
Green_Alternative
Legal strategy
Originating in the legal profession, argument in the alternative is a strategy in which a lawyer advances several competing (and possibly mutually exclusive)
Argument_in_the_alternative
An alternative college or university is one that offers an education, and in some cases a lifestyle, that is intentionally not mainstream compared to
List of alternative colleges and universities
List_of_alternative_colleges_and_universities
1977 television mockumentary
Alternative 3 is a 1977 British television mockumentary concerning government conspiracies. It inspired much speculation and interest by proponents of
Alternative_3
Political party in Switzerland
The Alternative List (AL; German: Alternative Liste) is a left political party in Zürich. The AL has existed since 1990 as a loose coalition of left-wing
Alternative_List
This is a list of alternative rock artists. Bands are listed alphabetically by the first letter in their name (not including "The"), and individuals are
List of alternative rock artists
List_of_alternative_rock_artists
Alternative Kosher (or Alternative Kosher Certificate or Alternative Kashrut or Private Kosher, Hebrew: כשרות אלטרנטיבית, Kashrut Alternatvit, or תעודת
Alternative_Kosher
New title for a work that differs from the original published title
An alternative title is a media sales device most prominently used in film distribution. Books and films are commonly released under a different title
Alternative_title
British punk rock band
Alternative TV (sometimes known as ATV) are an English band formed in London in 1977. Author Steve Taylor writes: "Along with bands like the Ruts and
Alternative_TV
27th episode of the 1st season of Star Trek: The Original Series
"The Alternative Factor" is the twenty-seventh episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek. Written by Don
The_Alternative_Factor
Post-1970s independent comics publications
Alternative comics or independent comics cover a range of American comics that have appeared since the 1980s, following the underground comix movement
Alternative_comics
Liturgical book in the Anglican Church of Canada
The Book of Alternative Services (BAS) is the contemporary, inclusive-language liturgical book used in place of the 1962 Book of Common Prayer (BCP) in
Book_of_Alternative_Services
1992 American TV series or program
Alternative Nation is an American television show dedicated to alternative music. It aired on MTV from 1992 to 1997, mostly on weeknights. It was hosted
Alternative_Nation
Political party in Spain
Neighbours' Alternative (Galician: Alternativa dos Veciños; AV) is a left-wing political party initially active in the Comarca of A Coruña, Galicia that
Neighbours'_Alternative
Former political party in Colombia
The Alternative Way (Spanish: Vía Alterna) was a political party in Colombia founded in 1998 by Gustavo Petro and Antonio Navarro Wolff. In the 2002 parliamentary
Alternative_Way
Topics referred to by the same term
Alternative Gifts may refer to: Alternative giving, in which the giver donates to charity on the recipient's behalf Alternative Gifts International, a
Alternative_Gifts
Far-right Swedish political party
Alternative for Sweden (Swedish: Alternativ för Sverige, AFS) is a far-right political party in Sweden. It was founded in March 2018 by Gustav Kasselstrand
Alternative_for_Sweden
Request for information
which can be answered with "yes" or "no". Alternative questions such as "Is this a polar question, or an alternative question?" present a list of possibilities
Question
Topics referred to by the same term
Alternative science may refer to: Fringe science, ideas whose attributes include being highly speculative or relying on premises already refuted Protoscience
Alternative_science
Political party in Switzerland
The Alternative Left (German: Alternative Linke; Romansh: L'Alternativa sanestra) or The Left (French: La Gauche; Italian: La Sinistra), is a political
Alternative_Left
Montenegrin political party
Albanian Alternative (Montenegrin: Albanska alternativa, Albanian: Alternativa Shqiptare) was an political party representing the Albanian minority in
Albanian_Alternative
American publishing house
The Columbia Alternative Library (CAL) is an American publishing house established in 1980 and based in Columbia, Missouri. Self-described as a "publishing
Columbia_Alternative_Library
Alternative teacher certification is a process by which a person is awarded a teaching license even though that person has not completed a traditional
Alternative teacher certification
Alternative_teacher_certification
Band formed by Duncan Patterson
album Alternative 4, an album written largely by Patterson, whose title in turn derives from the Leslie Watkins book Alternative 3. Alternative 4 signed
Alternative_4
News gathering organization
An alternative news agency (or alternative news service) operates similarly to a commercial news agency, but defines itself as an alternative to commercial
Alternative_news_agency
Topics referred to by the same term
Republican Alternative may refer to: Republican Alternative Party (Azerbaijan) (Azerbaijani: Respublikaçı Alternativ Partiyası), Azerbaijani political
Republican_Alternative
Topics referred to by the same term
1970s. Alternative music may also refer to: Alternative country Alternative dance Alternative hip hop Alternative metal Alternative pop Alternative R&B Alternative
Alternative music (disambiguation)
Alternative_music_(disambiguation)
Social programs to target drugs and poverty simultaneously
coca, with alternative, legal crops or other activities as a source of income. Alternative Livelihood has sometimes been referred as Alternative Development
Alternative_Livelihood
American independent record label
Alternative Tentacles is an independent record label established in 1979 by Dead Kennedys vocalist Jello Biafra and guitarist East Bay Ray in San Francisco
Alternative_Tentacles
2006 studio album by IAMX
The Alternative is the second album by English musical artist IAMX, released on 28 April 2006 in Europe and a year later in the UK and Ireland. It was
The_Alternative_(album)
Founded in 1994, Alternatives, Action and Communication Network for International Development, is a non-governmental, international solidarity organization
Alternatives
Financial service provided outside traditional banking institutions
An alternative financial service (AFS) is a financial service provided outside traditional banking institutions, on which many low-income individuals
Alternative_financial_service
Mathematical symbols (+ and −)
countries around the world. Other designs include U+FB29 ﬩ HEBREW LETTER ALTERNATIVE PLUS SIGN for plus and U+2052 ⁒ COMMERCIAL MINUS SIGN for minus. Though
Plus_and_minus_signs
Alternate history (also alternative history, allohistory, althist, or simply A.H.) is a subgenre of speculative fiction in which one or more historical
Alternate_history
Topics referred to by the same term
Alternative Chartbusters may refer to: Alternative Chartbusters (Stiff Little Fingers album), 1991 Alternative Chartbusters (The Boys album), 1978 This
Alternative_Chartbusters
Political party in France
The Liberal Alternative (French: Alternative Libérale, AL) was a French political party created on March 1, 2006. The party advocates for classical liberalism
Liberal_Alternative
Short story series by Charles Waugh and Martin Greenberg
Alternative Histories : Eleven Stories of the World as It Might Have Been is an anthology of alternate history short stories, edited by Charles G. Waugh
Alternative_Histories
Sexual activity that usually excludes penetration
sexual act. Heterosexual couples may engage in non-penetrative sex as an alternative to penile-vaginal penetration, to preserve virginity, or as a type of
Non-penetrative_sex
Topics referred to by the same term
Socialist Alternative can refer to any of several left-wing politics political organizations, many affiliated to the International Socialist Alternative or Reunified
Socialist_Alternative
US program for conscientious objectors
the Alternative Service Program is a form of alternative service for conscientious objectors within its Selective Service System. The Alternative Service
Alternative_Service_Program
Alternative worship is "what happens when people create worship for themselves," according to Steve Collins. As a phenomenon it began mainly in Europe
Alternative_worship
Political organization in France
Alternative libertaire (AL, "Libertarian Alternative") was a French anarchist organization formed in 1991 which publishes a monthly magazine, actively
Alternative_libertaire
Topics referred to by the same term
Alternative can refer to: Democratic Alternative (Finland) Democratic Alternative (Macedonia) Democratic Alternative (Malta) Democratic Alternative (Suriname)
Democratic_Alternative
Legal doctrine
Alternative liability is a legal doctrine that allows a plaintiff to shift the burden of proving causation of their injury to multiple defendants, even
Alternative_liability
Topics referred to by the same term
Adult alternative may refer to: Adult album alternative, a radio format Modern adult contemporary, a radio format Smooth jazz, a radio format This disambiguation
Adult_alternative
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Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin. it may be a habitational name from an unidentified place (there is a Mayhall Farm in Buckinghamshire, but it is not clear whether the family name is derived from the farm name or vice versa). Alternatively it may be a variant of Mayall, which is itself a variant of Male.
Surname or Lastname
Altered spelling of German Dingle.Possibly an altered spelling of North German Tüngler, a habitational name for someone from Tunglen near Oldenburg (Lower Saxony); or alternatively a topographic name for someone living on a tongue-shaped piece of land, f
Altered spelling of German Dingle.Possibly an altered spelling of North German Tüngler, a habitational name for someone from Tunglen near Oldenburg (Lower Saxony); or alternatively a topographic name for someone living on a tongue-shaped piece of land, from Middle Low German tungle ‘tongue’.English : habitational name, possibly from Tingley in West Yorkshire, named from Old English þing ‘meeting’, ‘assembly’ + hlÄw ‘mound’. However, this is a predominantly southern name, associated chiefly with Sussex and Kent, which suggests that a different, unidentified source may be involved.
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Southern Italian
Southern Italian : nickname for a fierce or brave warrior, from Latin leo ‘lion’.Italian : from a short form of the personal name Pantaleo.Jewish : from the personal name Leo (from Latin leo ‘lion’), borrowed from Christians as an equivalent of Hebrew Yehuda (see Leib 3).English : from the Old French personal name Leon ‘lion’ (see Lyon 2).Spanish : variant or derivative of the personal name Leon.Dutch : from Latin leo ‘lion’, applied either a nickname for a strong or fearless man or a habitational name for someone living at a house distinguished by the sign of a lion; or alternatively from a personal name of the same derivation.German and Hungarian (Leó) : Latinized form of Löwe (see Loewe).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Mander 1.English : habitational name from Maund Bryan or Rose Maund in Herefordshire, possibly named in Old English as ‘(place at) the hollows’, from the dative plural of maga ‘stomach’ (used in a topographical sense). Mills suggests it may alternatively be a survival of an ancient Celtic term magnis, probably meaning ‘the rocks’.
Surname or Lastname
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English (Suffolk) of uncertain derivation; : of uncertain derivation; perhaps from a reduced form of the personal name Dominicus (see Dominick).English (Suffolk) of uncertain derivation; : alternatively, as Reaney proposes, it may be from the Breton personal name Menguy, a compound of men ‘stone’ + ki ‘dog’.
Surname or Lastname
English (Norfolk)
English (Norfolk) : possibly a nickname for a philanderer, from Middle English love(n) ‘to love’ + well, or alternatively a variant of Lovell, altered through folk etymology.
Surname or Lastname
English (Warwickshire) unexplained.
English (Warwickshire) unexplained. : unexplained. Probably a variant of Ligons.English (Warwickshire) unexplained. : alternatively possibly a variant of Higgins due to misdivision of some such name as Al Higgins.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : either an occupational name for a cowherd, from Middle English kineman ‘cattle man’ (not recorded except as a surname), or more probably from a Middle English survival of the Old English personal name Cynemann ‘royal man’, i.e. the king’s man.Scottish : according to Black, a reduced form of Kininmonth, a habitational name from either of two places so named in Fife; alternatively, it may be a variant of Kinmont, a habitational name from a place named Kinmont, in Annandale in the Borders.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : see Kin.Altered spelling of German Kinmann (see Kuehn).
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English
English : habitational name from a place in Cumbria, first recorded in 1220 in its present form. There is a chapel of St. Martin here, and the valley (see Dale) may be named from this. Alternatively, there may have been a landowner here called Martin, and the church dedication may be due to popular association of his name with that of the saint.
Surname or Lastname
English (Hampshire)
English (Hampshire) : of uncertain origin. It could be from a pet form of a Middle English female personal name, Mab(be) (see Mabbitt). Alternatively, it may be an altered form of Mowbray.French : from the personal name Amable (from Latin Amabilis meaning ‘loveable’).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin. Reaney gives it as a variant of Mangnall, which he derives from Old French mangonelle, a war engine for throwing stones. It may alternatively be identical in origin with the German name in 2 below, but there is no evidence of its introduction to Britain as a personal name by the Normans, which is normally the case for English surnames derived from Continental Germanic personal names.German and French : from a Germanic personal name Managwald, composed of the elements manag ‘much’ + wald ‘rule’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : perhaps a deliberate alteration of Leatherhead, a habitational name from Leatherhead in Surrey, which is named from Celtic lēd ‘gray’ + rïd ‘ford’, or alternatively a habitational name from Lythwood in Shropshire, which is named from Old English hlið ‘slope’ + wudu ‘wood’.Zachariah Leatherwood, son of John Leatherwood, was born in Prince William Co., VA, about 1735. After the revolutionary war, he settled in Spartanburg Co., SC, with his second wife, Jane Calvert, and many of his fourteen children.
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English
English : habitational name from Mayland in Essex, possibly named in Old English as ‘land or estate (land) where mayweed (mægðe) grows’, or alternatively as ‘(place at) the island’, from Old English ēg-land, with the initial M- derived from a preceding ðǣm, dative case of the definite article.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin. It may be a nickname for a beggar, from an agent derivative of maund ‘beg’ (probably from Old French mendier, Late Latin mendicare); this word is not attested before the 16th century, but may well have been in use earlier. Alternatively it may be an occupational name for a maker of baskets, from an agent derivative of Middle English maund ‘basket’ (Old French mande, of Germanic origin); or perhaps for someone in some position of authority, from a shortened form of Middle English coma(u)nder (from coma(u)nden ‘to command’).German : habitational name from places called Mandern, in Hesse and the Rhineland.Belgian (van der Mander) : habitational name from a place called Ter Mandere or Mandel, in West Flanders, derived from the river name Mandel.Indian (Panjab) : Sikh (Dogar, Jat) name of unknown meaning, based on the names of clans in these communities.
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English
English : probably a variant of Lothrop. Alternatively, it may be a habitational name from Layerthorpe in York, which is named from Old Norse leirr ‘clay’ or leira ‘clayey place’ + þorp ‘outlying farmstead’.
Surname or Lastname
English (Gloucestershire and South Wales)
English (Gloucestershire and South Wales) : most probably from the Norman personal name Luce (a vernacular form of Latin Lucia or Lucius). This is generally a female name, although male bearers are found in France. It was borne by a young Sicilian maiden and an aged Roman widow, both of whom were martyred under Diocletian and are venerated as saints.English (Gloucestershire and South Wales) : Alternatively, the surname may be a variant of Lewis.English (Gloucestershire and South Wales) : American bearers of this surname are descended from Henry Luce (1640–c.1688), who came to Scituate, MA, from south Wales in or before 1666, and moved to Martha’s Vineyard, MA, in about 1670. He had many prominent descendants.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly southern Lancashire)
English (chiefly southern Lancashire) : habitational name, probably from some place named as being a boggy place, from Old English mersc ‘marsh’ + land ‘land’. Alternatively, it may be a variant of Markland.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a habitational name from Madron in Cornwall. Alternatively, possibly from Madryn in Gwynedd, Wales.
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon)
English (Devon) : from the rare Old English masculine personal name Mocca, which may be related to a Germanic stem mokk- ‘to accumulate’, ‘to be heaped up’, and hence may originally have been a nickname for a heavy, thickset person. Alternatively, it could be from Middle English mokke ‘trick’, ‘joke’, ‘jest’, ‘act of jeering’, a derivative of mokke(n) ‘to mock’, from Old French moquer.German : variant of Maag.German : nickname for a short, thickset man, Middle High German mocke.Dutch : nickname from Middle Dutch mocke ‘dirty or wanton woman’, ‘slut’, or from West Flemish mokke ‘fat child’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Middle English personal name Kit, a pet form of Christopher.English : metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of wooden tubs and pails made of staves held together by a hoop, Middle English kitte.English : perhaps from Middle High German kīt ‘offshoot’, ‘sprout’, applied as a nickname for a junior member of a family; alternatively it may be from the old personal name Giddo.
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