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Shell command for comparing file content
diff is a shell command that compares the content of files and reports differences. The term diff is also used to identify the output of the command and
Diff
Topics referred to by the same term
DIFF or diff may refer to: Look up diff in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. diff, a file comparison tool Data comparison, methods and implementations to
DIFF
Topics referred to by the same term
Diffing may refer to: A type of drifting (motorsport) or doughnut (driving) diffing, use of the diff utility in computing This disambiguation page lists
Diffing
Command for applying changes to text files
command is designed to support patch files created via diff. A user creates a patch file by running diff for two versions of a file (original and target),
Patch_(Unix)
Medical measurement
The arteriovenous oxygen difference, or a-vO2 diff, is the difference in the oxygen content of the blood between the arterial blood and the venous blood
Arteriovenous oxygen difference
Arteriovenous_oxygen_difference
Theory of mathematical psychology
The MaxDiff is a long-established theory in mathematical psychology with very specific assumptions about how people make choices: it assumes that respondents
MaxDiff
American charitable organization
Diff. January 19, 2013. Archived from the original on July 15, 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2018. "WMF needs additional datacenter space". Wikimedia Diff
Wikimedia_Foundation
Pretty Diff is a language-aware data comparison utility implemented in TypeScript. The online utility is capable of source code prettification, minification
Pretty_Diff
Statistical technique to use observational data for causal analysis
software example application of this research is found on the Stata's command -diff- The difference-in-differences (DID) framework has been applied widely beyond
Difference_in_differences
Species of bacteria
and may also cause colon cancer. It is known also as C. difficile, or C. diff (/siː dɪf/), and is a Gram-positive species of spore-forming bacteria. Clostridioides
Clostridioides_difficile
Annual award honoring Wikimedia contributors
Joe (July 31, 2015). "2015 Wikipedians of the Year unveiled in Mexico". Diff. Wikimedia Foundation. Archived from the original on June 23, 2016. Retrieved
Wikimedian_of_the_Year
American punk band
The Diffs are an American punk band from Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 2003, their influences include original Los Angeles punk bands
The_Diffs
Commercial Romanowsky stain variant
Diff-Quik is a commercial Romanowsky stain variant used to rapidly stain and differentiate a variety of pathology specimens. It is most frequently used
Diff-Quik
Commercial software utility
ExamDiff Pro is a commercial software utility for visual file and directory comparison, for Microsoft Windows. ExamDiff Pro has a double-pane view that
ExamDiff_Pro
software Comparison of hex editors Ediff requires a diff utility to function. As of December 2017, diff is not bundled with Emacs or Windows, so use of Ediff
Comparison of file comparison tools
Comparison_of_file_comparison_tools
Measure of change in a periodic variable
The amplitude of a periodic variable is a measure of its change in a single period (such as time or spatial period). The amplitude of a non-periodic signal
Amplitude
Type of simple planetary gear train
gear ratio between the input and output shafts (called the "axle ratio" or "diff ratio"). For example, many differentials in motor vehicles provide a gearing
Differential (mechanical device)
Differential_(mechanical_device)
Metric study of shape and form in computational anatomy
diffeomorphism groups φ ∈ Diff V {\displaystyle \varphi \in \operatorname {Diff} _{V}} which generate orbits of the form I ≐ { φ ⋅ I ∣ φ ∈ Diff V } {\displaystyle
Diffeomorphometry
File comparison program by Microsoft
WinDiff is a graphical file comparison program published by Microsoft, distributed with Microsoft Windows Support Tools, certain versions of Microsoft
WinDiff
Networking architecture for prioritizing traffic
Differentiated services or DiffServ is a computer networking architecture that specifies a mechanism for classifying and managing network traffic and providing
Differentiated_services
Annual film festival held in India
The Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF) is an international film festival held annually in the Himalayan town McLeod Ganj, Dharamshala in India
Dharamshala International Film Festival
Dharamshala_International_Film_Festival
Isomorphism of differentiable manifolds
{\displaystyle {\text{Diff}}(G)\simeq G\times {\text{Diff}}(G,e)} , where Diff ( G , e ) {\displaystyle {\text{Diff}}(G,e)} is the subgroup of Diff ( G ) {\displaystyle
Diffeomorphism
Application of differential geometry
diffeomorphism groups Diff V {\displaystyle \operatorname {Diff} _{V}} which generate orbits of the form M ≐ { φ ⋅ m ∣ φ ∈ Diff V } {\displaystyle {\mathcal
Riemannian metric and Lie bracket in computational anatomy
Riemannian_metric_and_Lie_bracket_in_computational_anatomy
Film by Paul Etheredge
in the United States by Quiver Distribution on June 13, 2025. "DIFF 2025 Program". DIFF. Archived from the original on July 10, 2025. Retrieved July 10
The_Other_(2025_film)
1999 EP by Blyss
Diff's Lucky Day is an EP by post-grunge band Blyss, the precursor to Lifehouse. With Ron Aniello as the album's producer, frontman Jason Wade and his
Diff's_Lucky_Day
Type of functional equation (mathematics)
In mathematics, a differential equation is an equation that relates one or more unknown functions and their derivatives. In applications, the functions
Differential_equation
Disease caused by C. difficile bacteria
Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI or C-diff), formerly known as Clostridium difficile infection, is a symptomatic infection due to the spore-forming
Clostridioides difficile infection
Clostridioides_difficile_infection
Retractable fold of skin which covers and protects the glans of the penis
Differentiation; Research in Biological Diversity. 111: 22–40. doi:10.1016/j.diff.2019.10.002. ISSN 0301-4681. PMC 6936222. PMID 31654825. ts outer surface
Foreskin
Annual film festival held in Dublin, Ireland
The Dublin International Film Festival (DIFF; Irish: Féile Scannán Idirnáisiúnta Bhaile Átha Cliath) is an annual film festival that has been held in Dublin
Dublin International Film Festival
Dublin_International_Film_Festival
Type of data transmission method
software). The differences are recorded in discrete files called "deltas" or "diffs". In situations where differences are small – for example, the change of
Delta_encoding
Episodes of American television series
Phineas and Ferb is an American animated musical-comedy television series created by Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh for Disney Channel and Disney
List of Phineas and Ferb episodes
List_of_Phineas_and_Ferb_episodes
Diff and merge files on computers
methods, implementations, and results are typically called a diff, after the Unix diff utility. The output may be presented in a graphical user interface
File_comparison
Differential gearbox that limits the rotational speed difference of output shafts
some people to see this listed first, but a proper mechanical limited-slip diff is absolutely essential for drift. Chocholek, S E. (1988). "The development
Limited-slip_differential
Shell command for comparing files
Although also a file comparison command, diff reports significantly different information than comm. In general, diff is more powerful than comm. The simpler
Comm
Data and process for mutating a software resource to a desired state
file. As this type of patch is often created via the diff command, the patch file is also a diff file. Source code patching is common for an open-source
Patch_(computing)
Web browser developed by Google
Archived from the original on April 8, 2018. Retrieved April 7, 2018. "Diff – 0366a5184a70b3eefb5fcef2c2e13721669f00d8^! - chromium/src – Git at Google"
Google_Chrome
Film festival in UAE, founded 2004
The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF, Arabic: مهرجان دبي السينمائي الدولي) was the largest film festival in the Arab region. With particular emphasis
Dubai International Film Festival
Dubai_International_Film_Festival
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up difference or différence in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Difference commonly refers to: Difference (philosophy), the set of properties by which
Difference
Abelian group, in mathematics
PL / Diff {\displaystyle \operatorname {PL} /\operatorname {Diff} } and Top / Diff {\displaystyle \operatorname {Top} /\operatorname {Diff} } : Θ
Kervaire–Milnor_group
Type of website edited collaboratively
person who created it, alongside a link to view that specific revision. A diff (short for "difference") feature may be available, which highlights the changes
Wiki
Rapid response vehicle used by the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy
input cone mounting flange to the rear of the middle axle in place of the diff pan, attaching a second, rearward facing 'input' cone (as an output cone)
TACR2_(Range_Rover)
Free online crowdsourced encyclopedia
2025. Miller, Marshall (October 17, 2025). "New User Trends on Wikipedia". Diff. Retrieved October 22, 2025. Hafner, Katie (June 17, 2006). "Growing Wikipedia
Wikipedia
Description of the degeneracy of a function
} The product group diff ( R n ) × diff ( R ) {\displaystyle \operatorname {diff} (\mathbb {R} ^{n})\times \operatorname {diff} (\mathbb {R} )} acts
Ak_singularity
2012). "New Wikipedia app for iOS (and an update for our Android App)". Diff. Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved July 28, 2025. "Wikipedia is available on
List_of_Wikipedia_mobile_apps
Comparing objects by eye
present in the two images. A visual diff or vdiff finds differences between two files by eyeball search. The term optical diff has also been reported, and is
Visual_comparison
Software development collaboration platform
to the source code. Users who can review the proposed changes can see a diff between the requested changes and approve them. In Git terminology, this
GitHub
Topological manifold with a piecewise smooth structure
between their local coordinate charts. These generalise the manifolds in DIFF (the category of smooth manifolds and smooth functions between them) and
Piecewise-smooth_manifold
Mechanical component which forces two transaxial wheels to spin together
and the McLaren 650s. Welded differential (commonly referred to as welded diff), the gears in an (open) differential are welded together as to function
Locking_differential
Electrical circuit component which amplifies the difference of two analog signals
A differential amplifier is a type of electronic amplifier that amplifies the difference between two input voltages but suppresses any voltage common to
Differential_amplifier
British drama film
Films". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 28, 2026. "500 Miles - DIFF". Dublin International Film Festival. Retrieved February 1, 2026. Dalton
500_Miles_(film)
Archive website tracking changes to news articles
NewsDiffs is a website that records changes to news organizations' websites. The website archives article revisions from The New York Times, CNN, Politico
NewsDiffs
Wikimedia movement annual conference
first ever WikiWomen Summit!". diff.wikimedia.org. September 8, 2023. "Organizing Wikimania 2023 : Program design". diff.wikimedia.org. December 18, 2023
Wikimania
Examination of two or more entities to deduce their similarities and differences
methods, implementations, and results are typically called a diff, after the Unix diff utility. The output may be presented in a graphical user interface
Comparison
Motor vehicle
chassis dynamics with the introduction of an electronic differential (e-diff), a first for a modern McLaren. In previous models, McLaren relied on an
McLaren_Artura
Policy and priority applied to a packet when traversing a network hop
networking, per-hop behaviour (PHB) is a term used in differentiated services (DiffServ) or Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS). It defines the policy and priority
Per-hop_behaviour
GNOME visual diff and merge tool
Meld is a visual diff and merge tool, targeted at developers. It allows users to compare two or three files or directories visually, color-coding the different
Meld_(software)
Algorithmic problem on pairs of sequences
employed to compare data and merge changes to files in programs such as the diff utility and revision control systems such as Git. It has similar applications
Longest_common_subsequence
Mathematical operation in calculus
In mathematics, specifically in calculus and complex analysis, the logarithmic derivative of a function f is defined by the formula f ′ f {\displaystyle
Logarithmic_derivative
Computer program
sequential data, instead of entire files. This is similar to diff and patch, except diff computes and shows the difference between two complete files
Xdelta
Topological manifold with a piecewise linear structure on it
between DIFF (the category of smooth manifolds) and TOP (the category of topological manifolds): it is categorically "better behaved" than DIFF — for example
Piecewise_linear_manifold
Typographical symbol
indicates that stdin is to be read. - is used to denote deleted lines in diff output in the context format or the unified format. The glyph has a code
Hyphen-minus
Version control software
and other operating systems. It includes a command-line tool, native GUIs, diff and merge tool and integration with a number of IDEs. It is a full version
Unity_Version_Control
Motor vehicle
Drive / 33 Driven creates a 1.121:1 ratio Example - 3.29 diff ratio divided by 1.121 = 2.93 3.29 diff ratio divided by .892 = 3.69 For 1991 GM introduced the
GM_4T60-E_transmission
Combination of the diffusion and convection (advection) equations
is typically approximated by Fick's first law: j diff = − D ∇ c {\displaystyle \mathbf {j} _{\text{diff}}=-D\nabla c} i.e., the flux of the diffusing material
Convection–diffusion_equation
Flare above the sulcus of the human penis
Differentiation; Research in Biological Diversity. 103: 86–99. doi:10.1016/j.diff.2018.08.002. ISSN 1432-0436. PMC 6234068. PMID 30245194. Fahmy, Mohamed A
Corona_of_glans_penis
Feature of some Unix shells
commands sequentially. The following examples use KornShell syntax. The Unix diff command normally accepts the names of two files to compare, or one file name
Process_substitution
Blood test
smear Synonyms Differential leukocyte count, leukogram, autodiff, manual diff Purpose Describing populations of white blood cells in peripheral blood MedlinePlus
White_blood_cell_differential
Rock formation in Derbyshire, England
The two "pinnacles" are Weasel pinnacle (eastern end; Diff) and Inaccessible pinnacle (west; V Diff). An ancient road, possibly prehistoric or Roman, the
Robin_Hood's_Stride
Indian actor (born 1942)
Retrieved 22 November 2011. "Bachchan Receives Lifetime Achievement Award at DIFF". Khaleej Times. 25 November 2009. Archived from the original on 2 June 2013
Amitabh_Bachchan
Computer bug tracking software
with various version control systems and includes a repository browser and diff viewer. The design of Redmine is significantly influenced by Trac, a software
Redmine
American mathematician and computer scientist
proposed Unix pipelines and developed several Unix tools, such as echo, spell, diff, sort, join, graph, speak, and tr. He was also one of the pioneering researchers
Douglas_McIlroy
semi-direct product: Diff ( X ) = G ⋊ Diff ( M ) {\displaystyle {\text{Diff}}({\mathcal {X}})={\mathcal {G}}\rtimes {\text{Diff}}({\mathcal {M}})} Note
Noncommutative_standard_model
Romanian women's handball team
for; GA – Goals against; Diff – Difference. Pld – Played; W – Won; D – Drawn; L – Lost; GF – Goals for; GA – Goals against; Diff – Difference. Pos – Position;
CSM București (women's handball)
CSM_București_(women's_handball)
Annual film festival
The DaVinci International Film Festival (DIFF) is held annually in Los Angeles, California and is produced by the non-profit DaVinci Film Society Inc.
DaVinci International Film Festival
DaVinci_International_Film_Festival
Potential business transaction
references. Any such material should be removed. The reason given is: This diff, which contained curly quotation marks and said things like "UNIC also underscored
Proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Paramount Skydance
Proposed_acquisition_of_Warner_Bros._Discovery_by_Paramount_Skydance
Wayuu-language edition of Wikipedia
Diff (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-01. leonfd1992 (2023-05-31). "Wikipeetia süka wayuunaiki, un repositorio del conocimiento wayuu". Diff (in
Wayuu_Wikipedia
Image compression file format
(QOI_OP_INDEX) a difference compared to the previous pixel value in r,g,b (QOI_OP_DIFF or QOI_OP_LUMA) Full r,g,b or r,g,b,a values (QOI_OP_RGB or QOI_OP_RGBA)
QOI_(image_format)
Social media accounts by Annie Rauwerda
Foundation (August 14, 2022). "Celebrating the 2022 Wikimedians of the Year!". Diff. Archived from the original on August 26, 2022. Retrieved August 14, 2022
Depths_of_Wikipedia
1984 Indian film
Bhatt Best Actress – Rohini Hattangadi Best Supporting Actress – Soni Razdan DIFF 1985, p. 103. Saaransh, archived from the original on 1 June 2019, retrieved
Saaransh
Palestinian actor (born 1977)
MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES". mad-solutions.com. Retrieved 7 January 2019. "DIFF Archive". dubaifilmfest.com. Retrieved 7 January 2019. Ali Suliman at IMDb
Ali_Suliman
Regional E-sports tournament that held in Indonesia
tournaments. Source: MPL official website Rules for classification: Series, Games Diff, H2H, Games Win% e – Eliminated; q – Qualified for the phase indicated ONIC
MPL_Indonesia
Japanese badminton player (born 2001)
Players M W L Diff. Chen Qingchen & Jia Yifan 1 0 1 –1 Yuki Fukushima & Mayu Matsumoto 2 0 2 –2 Baek Ha-na & Lee So-hee 1 0 1 –1
Kaho_Osawa
Part of the female reproductive tract
reproductive tract development". Differentiation. 97: 9–22. doi:10.1016/j.diff.2017.08.002. ISSN 0301-4681. PMC 5712241. PMID 28918284. Grimbizis GF, Campo
Vagina
Smooth manifold that is homeomorphic but not diffeomorphic to a sphere
π 0 Diff + ( D n ) → π 0 Diff + ( S n − 1 ) → Γ n → 0. {\displaystyle \pi _{0}\operatorname {Diff} ^{+}(D^{n})\to \pi _{0}\operatorname {Diff} ^{+}(S^{n-1})\to
Exotic_sphere
Indian actor, producer, director, and politician (born 1936)
Lifetime Achievement award at 5th Dehradun International Film Festival (DIFF) in 2019 Guest of Honour 24th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF)
Biswajeet_Chatterjee
Section of a source code file that is treated as if it were a separate file
all exactly $($diff.Minutes) minutes slow. >> $marty : Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Doc... Are you telling me that it's $(($time + $diff).ToShortTimeString())
Here_document
Distributed version control software system
tests done by Mozilla showed that it was an order of magnitude faster diffing large repositories than Mercurial and GNU Bazaar; fetching version history
Git
Equivalence relation between map germs
diff ( M x ) {\displaystyle {\mbox{diff}}(M_{x})} be the group of diffeomorphism germs ( M , x ) → ( M , x ) {\displaystyle (M,x)\to (M,x)} and diff (
A-equivalence
American computer scientist and inventor (1952–2021)
algorithm algorithms. It was one of the first non-heuristic algorithms used in diff. To this day, variations of this algorithm are found in incremental version
James_W._Hunt
Tschuggen Express, Tschuggen Grand Hotel, Arosa GR: 2018, length: 536 m, diff. elevation: 154 m, private, outdoors, (replaces monorail from 2009) 46°46′38″N
List_of_inclined_elevators
American action drama film
October 11, 2025. Jorgenson, Todd (April 24, 2025). "Our Complete Guide to DIFF: How to Spend a Week Delighting in Darkness". dmagazine.com. Retrieved October
Due_West_(film)
Mathematical symbols (+ and −)
infinity ( ∞ {\displaystyle \infty } ). + is also used to denote added lines in diff output in the context format or the unified format. Dan/Godié/Karaboro/K
Plus_and_minus_signs
development practice of software peer review. "Ticket 4425: Git submodule modifications not included in diff | Splat". hellosplat.com. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
List_of_tools_for_code_review
Measure of radiant energy over surface area
Earth consists of the direct irradiance Ee,dir and diffuse irradiance Ee,diff. On a tilted plane, there is another irradiance component, Ee,refl, which
Irradiance
Malayalam film
International. The film stars Surabhi Lakshmi in the lead role. Thala premiered at DIFF-Newyork and was shown at the NIFF-New Delhi, SIFF Sweden, and Pan African
Thala_(2021_film)
Academic journal
The Journal of Differential Geometry is a peer-reviewed scientific journal of mathematics published by International Press on behalf of Lehigh University
Journal of Differential Geometry
Journal_of_Differential_Geometry
Distributed revision-control tool for software developers
implemented using the Python programming language, but includes a binary diff implementation written in C. Mackall first announced Mercurial on 19 April
Mercurial
Automobile axle
type diff began to be phased out with the introduction of the VL Commodore, replaced by the BorgWarner BW78, colloquially known as the 8-bolt diff due
Holden_Salisbury_differential
Whether a manifold which is a homotopy sphere is a sphere
manifolds: topological (Top), piecewise linear (PL), or differentiable (Diff). Then the statement is Every homotopy sphere (a closed n-manifold which
Generalized Poincaré conjecture
Generalized_Poincaré_conjecture
2023). "Introducing Belarusian Wikipedia: An interview with Volha Sitnik". Diff. Retrieved 14 March 2023. "Wikimedia language code". Archived from the original
List_of_Wikipedias
DIFF
DIFF
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : patronymic from the personal name John. As an American family name, Johnson has absorbed patronymics and many other derivatives of this name in continental European languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988.)Johnson is the second most frequent surname in the U.S. It was brought independently to North America by many different bearers from the 17th and 18th centuries onward.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the numerous places so called, which split more or less evenly into two groups with different etymologies. One set (with examples in Berkshire, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Somerset, and Wiltshire) is named from the Old English weak dative hēan (originally used after a preposition and article) of hēah ‘high’ + Old English tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. The other (with examples in Cambridgeshire, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Northamptonshire, Shropshire, Somerset, Suffolk, and Wiltshire) has Old English hīwan ‘household’, ‘monastery’. Compare Hine as the first element.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place named Kilton, probably the one in Somerset, from Old English cylfe ‘club-shaped hill’ + tūn ‘settlement’, ‘enclosure’. There are other places similarly named in Nottinghamshire and North Yorkshire (Cleveland), which probably have different etymologies.
Surname or Lastname
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire)
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire) : topographic name for someone who lived on a patch of poor, stony land, from Middle English hard ‘hard’, ‘difficult’ + aker ‘cultivated land’ (Old English æcer), or a habitational name from Hardacre, a place in Clapham, West Yorkshire, which has this etymology.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a Norman personal name, Leodegar, Old French Legier, of Germanic origin, composed of the elements liut ‘people’, ‘tribe’ + gÄr, gÄ“r ‘spear’. The name was borne by a 7th-century bishop of Autun, whose fame contributed to the popularity of the name in France. (In Germany the name was connected with a different saint, an 8th-century bishop of Münster.)English : variant of Letcher, in part a deliberate alteration to avoid the association with Middle English lecheor ‘lecher’.
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, and northern Irish
English, Scottish, and northern Irish : patronymic from Jack 1. As an American surname this has absorbed other patronymics beginning with J- in various European languages.This extremely common British name was brought over by numerous different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. One forebear was the father and namesake of the seventh U.S. president, Andrew Jackson, who migrated to SC from Carrickfergus in the north of Ireland in 1765. The Confederate General Thomas ‘Stonewall’ Jackson came from VA, where his great-grandfather John, likewise of Scotch–Irish stock, had settled after emigrating to America in 1748.
Surname or Lastname
Americanized spelling of Norwegian Haugland.English
Americanized spelling of Norwegian Haugland.English : apparently a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place, though the existence of a variant, Houghlan, suggests that there may be a different origin.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Old English personal name Heard or a Norman cognate Hard(on), also of Germanic origin. This was a byname meaning ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’, but it also seems to have been used as a short form of the various compound names containing this as a first element. Occasionally this may also be a variant of Hardy.English, German, Dutch, and Swedish (Hård) : nickname for a stern or severe man, from Middle English, Middle Low German hard, Middle Dutch hart, hert, Swedish hård ‘hard’, ‘inflexible’. The Swedish name was probably originally a soldier’s name.English : topographic name for someone who lived on a patch of particularly hard ground or one that was difficult to farm. Compare Hardacre.Dutch : occupational name from Middle Dutch harde, herde ‘herder’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of numerous places named with Old English hÄlig ‘holy’ + well(a) ‘well’, ‘spring’, such as Holwell in Dorset and Oxfordshire. (Reaney suggests it could also have been a topographic name with the same etymological origin.) However, the present-day concentration of the name in Northamptonshire would suggest that Holwell in Leicestershire, which has a different etymology, from Old English hol ‘hollow’ + wella, was most likely the primary source of this form of the surname. There is also a Holwell in Hertfordshire of the same derivation, as well as places called Halwill and Halwell in Devon, Holywell in Cambridgeshire, Cornwall, Clwyd, and Northumberland, and Halliwell near Manchester, all of which could have contributed to the surname.
Surname or Lastname
English (Dorset)
English (Dorset) : unexplained.See Diffee.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : habitational name from any of the places so called. In over thirty instances from many different areas, the name is from Old English midel ‘middle’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. However, Middleton on the Hill near Leominster in Herefordshire appears in Domesday Book as Miceltune, the first element clearly being Old English micel ‘large’, ‘great’. Middleton Baggot and Middleton Priors in Shropshire have early spellings that suggest gem̄ðhyll (from gem̄ð ‘confluence’ + hyll ‘hill’) + tūn as the origin.A Scottish family of this name derives it from lands at Middleto(u)n near Kincardine. The Scottish physician Peter Middleton practiced in New York City after 1752 and was one of the founders of the medical school at King's College (now Columbia University) in 1767. One of the earliest of the Charleston, SC, Middleton family of prominent legislators was Arthur Middleton, born in Charleston in 1681.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : from the Middle English personal name Ma(t)thew, vernacular form of the Greek New Testament name Matthias, Matthaios, which is ultimately from the Hebrew personal name Matityahu ‘gift of God’. This was taken into Latin as Mat(t)hias and Matthaeus respectively, the former being used for the twelfth apostle (who replaced Judas Iscariot) and the latter for the author of the first Gospel. In many European languages this distinction is reflected in different surname forms. The commonest vernacular forms of the personal name, including English Matthew, Old French Matheu, Spanish Mateo, Italian Matteo, Portuguese Mateus, Catalan and Occitan Mateu are generally derived from the form Matthaeus. The American surname Matthew has also absorbed European cognates from other languages, including Greek Mathias and Mattheos.It is found as a personal name among Christians in India, and in the U.S. is used as a family name among families from southern India.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish (of Norman origin) and French
English and Scottish (of Norman origin) and French : habitational name from any of various places named Malpas, because of the difficulty of the terrain, from Old French mal pas ‘bad passage’ (Latin malus passus). It is a common French minor place name, and places in Cheshire, Cornwall, Gwent, and elsewhere in England were given this name by Norman settlers. A place in Rousillon (southeastern France) that had this name in the 12th century was subsequently renamed Bonpas for the sake of a better omen.
Surname or Lastname
English (Suffolk)
English (Suffolk) : unexplained. This appears to be a variant of Lafflin, which Reaney and Wilson believe to be of Irish origin (see 2), but the high concentration of the modern name in Suffolk suggests that a different source is probably involved.Respelling of Irish Laughlin.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone living on (and farming) a hide of land, Old English hī(gi)d. This was a variable measure of land, differing from place to place and time to time, and seems from the etymology to have been originally fixed as the amount necessary to support one (extended) family (Old English hīgan, hīwan ‘household’). In some cases the surname is habitational, from any of the many minor places named with this word, as for example Hyde in Greater Manchester, Bedfordshire, and Hampshire.English : variant of Ide, with inorganic initial H-. Compare Herrick.Jewish (American) : Americanized spelling of Haid.
Surname or Lastname
English, Welsh, German, etc.
English, Welsh, German, etc. : ultimately from the Hebrew personal name yÅÌ£hÄnÄn ‘Jehovah has favored (me with a son)’ or ‘may Jehovah favor (this child)’. This personal name was adopted into Latin (via Greek) as Johannes, and has enjoyed enormous popularity in Europe throughout the Christian era, being given in honor of St. John the Baptist, precursor of Christ, and of St. John the Evangelist, author of the fourth gospel, as well as others of the nearly one thousand other Christian saints of the name. Some of the principal forms of the personal name in other European languages are Welsh Ieuan, Evan, Siôn, and Ioan; Scottish Ia(i)n; Irish Séan; German Johann, Johannes, Hans; Dutch Jan; French Jean; Italian Giovanni, Gianni, Ianni; Spanish Juan; Portuguese João; Greek IÅannÄ“s (vernacular Yannis); Czech Jan; Russian Ivan. Polish has surnames both from the western Slavic form Jan and from the eastern Slavic form Iwan. There were a number of different forms of the name in Middle English, including Jan(e), a male name (see Jane); Jen (see Jenkin); Jon(e) (see Jones); and Han(n) (see Hann). There were also various Middle English feminine versions of this name (e.g. Joan, Jehan), and some of these were indistinguishable from masculine forms. The distinction on grounds of gender between John and Joan was not firmly established in English until the 17th century. It was even later that Jean and Jane were specialized as specifically feminine names in English; bearers of these surnames and their derivatives are more likely to derive them from a male ancestor than a female. As a surname in the British Isles, John is particularly frequent in Wales, where it is a late formation representing Welsh Siôn rather than the older form Ieuan (which gave rise to the surname Evan). As an American family name this form has absorbed various cognates from continental European languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988.)
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Loingsigh ‘descendant of Loingseach’, a personal name meaning ‘mariner’ (from long ‘ship’). This is now a common surname in Ireland but of different local origins, for example chieftain families in counties Antrim and Tipperary, while in Ulster and Connacht there were families called Ó Loingseacháin who later shortened their name to Ó Loingsigh and also Anglicized it as Lynch.Irish (Anglo-Norman) : Anglicized form of Gaelic Linseach, itself a Gaelicized form of Anglo-Norman French de Lench, the version found in old records. This seems to be a local name, but its origin is unknown. One family of bearers of this name was of Norman origin, but became one of the most important tribes of Galway.English : topographic name for someone who lived on a slope or hillside, Old English hlinc, or perhaps a habitational name from Lynch in Dorset or Somerset or Linch in Sussex, all named with this word.This name was brought independently from Ireland to North America by many bearers. Jonack Lynch emigrated from Ireland to SC shortly after the first settlement of that colony in 1670. His grandson Thomas Lynch, born in 1727 in Berkeley Co., SC, was a member of both Continental Congresses, and his great-grandson, also called Thomas Lynch, born 1749 in Winyaw, SC, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from either of two places in North Yorkshire called Helmsley. The names are of different etymologies: the one near Rievaulx Abbey is from the Old English personal name Helm + Old English lēah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’, whereas Upper Helmsley, near York, is from the Old English personal name Hemele + Old English ēg ‘island’, and had the form Hemelsey till at least the 14th century.
Surname or Lastname
English (Yorkshire)
English (Yorkshire) : habitational name from a place named with Middle English hard ‘difficult’, ‘inaccessible’, ‘impregnable’, or perhaps ‘cheerless’ + castel ‘castle’, ‘fortress’, ‘stronghold’ (see Castle), perhaps Hardcastle Garth in North Yorkshire or Hardcastle Crags in West Yorkshire, although either or both of these could be from the surname. It has been suggested that the surname may come from a Roman fort forming part of Hadrian’s Wall in northern England.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name, possibly a variant of Litchfield. The surname is not found in current English records, but of the 52 bearers recorded in the 1881 British Census, 28 were born in Kent, suggesting that a different, unidentified source could be involved.
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Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Rich.Altered spelling of German Ritsch, probably from a short form of a Germanic personal name based on rÄ«c ‘power(ful)’ or hrÅd ‘renown’; or an altered spelling of Swiss German Rütsch, Ruetsch, from Alemannic short forms of Rudolf.
Boy/Male
Australian, Christian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Netherlands, Spanish, Swedish, Swiss
To Fear God; Form of Timothy; Honoring God; Similar to Timothy One who Honors God; To Honor God
Male
Hungarian
Hungarian name derived from Latin Alfredus, ALFRÉD means "elf counsel."
Boy/Male
Indian
Son of Agni (Son of Agni)
Boy/Male
Assamese, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Telugu
Uncreated; Lord Shiva; Truthful; Eternal
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Gold; Beautiful
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
The Moon a Night After Amavasya
Boy/Male
Tamil
Chellamuthu | சேலà¯à®²à®¾à®®à¯à®¤à¯
Precious Pearl
Male
Greek
(Λεωνίδας) Ancient Greek name LEONIDAS means "lion's son."
Boy/Male
Muslim
Shining
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a.
Having the quality of diffusing; capable of spreading every way by flowing; spreading widely; widely reaching; copious; diffuse.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Diffuse
n.
The act of passing by osmosis through animal membranes, as in the distribution of poisons, gases, etc., through the body. Unlike absorption, diffusion may go on after death, that is, after the blood ceases to circulate.
adv.
In a diffuse manner.
n.
The act of diffusing, or the state of being diffused; a spreading; extension; dissemination; circulation; dispersion.
a.
Poured out; widely spread; not restrained; copious; full; esp., of style, opposed to concise or terse; verbose; prolix; as, a diffuse style; a diffuse writer.
adv.
In a diffusive manner.
v. i.
To pass by spreading every way, to diffuse itself.
n.
The quality of being diffuse; especially, in writing, the use of a great or excessive number of word to express the meaning; copiousness; verbosity; prolixity.
v. t.
To pour out and cause to spread, as a fluid; to cause to flow on all sides; to send out, or extend, in all directions; to spread; to circulate; to disseminate; to scatter; as to diffuse information.
n.
One who, or that which, diffuses.
n.
The quality or state of being diffusive or diffuse; extensiveness; expansion; dispersion. Especially of style: Diffuseness; want of conciseness; prolixity.
n.
Tendency to become diffused; tendency, as of heat, to become equalized by spreading through a conducting medium.
a.
Capable of flowing or spreading in all directions; that may be diffused.
imp. & p. p.
of Diffuse
a.
Having power to diffuse itself; diffusing itself.
n.
Material which, in the process of catalysis, has diffused or passed through the separating membrane.
n.
Diffusibility.
n.
The quality of being diffusible; capability of being poured or spread out.
a.
Spread abroad; dispersed; loose; flowing; diffuse.