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Houses built by the Vanderbilt family
the United States. Many of the Vanderbilt houses are now National Historic Landmarks. Some photographs of Vanderbilt residences in New York are included
Vanderbilt_houses
Prominent American family
and most other Vanderbilt houses were sold or turned into museums in what has been referred to as the "Fall of the House of Vanderbilt". Branches of the
Vanderbilt_family
Demolished mansion in Manhattan, New York
The William K. Vanderbilt House, also known as the Petit Chateau, was a Châteauesque mansion at 660 Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on
William_K._Vanderbilt_House
Demolished mansion in Manhattan, New York
The Cornelius Vanderbilt II House was a large mansion built in 1883 at 1 West 57th Street in Manhattan, New York City. It occupied the frontage along
Cornelius_Vanderbilt_II_House
American business tycoon (1794–1877)
Cornelius Vanderbilt (May 27, 1794 – January 4, 1877), nicknamed "the Commodore", was an American business magnate who built his wealth in railroads and
Cornelius_Vanderbilt
American businessman and horse breeder (1849–1920)
Vanderbilt II, Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt, Emily Thorn Vanderbilt, Florence Adele Vanderbilt, Frederick William Vanderbilt, Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt,
William_Kissam_Vanderbilt
Mansion in Manhattan, New York (1882–1947)
The Triple Palace, also known as the William H. Vanderbilt House, was an elaborate mansion at 640 Fifth Avenue between 51st Street and 52nd Street in Midtown
Vanderbilt_Triple_Palace
American artist, author, actress, and designer (1924–2019)
Gloria Laura Vanderbilt (February 20, 1924 – June 17, 2019) was an American artist, author, actress, fashion designer, heiress, and socialite. In 1934
Gloria_Vanderbilt
American businessman (1843–1899)
Cornelius "Corneil" Vanderbilt II (November 27, 1843 – September 12, 1899) was an American businessman, chairman and president of railroad lines. A socialite
Cornelius_Vanderbilt_II
American equestrian and scion of the Vanderbilt fortune (1880–1925)
Claypoole Vanderbilt (January 14, 1880 – September 4, 1925) was a member of the Vanderbilt family. He was the father of Gloria Vanderbilt and maternal
Reginald_Claypoole_Vanderbilt
American art collector (1862–1914)
George Washington Vanderbilt II (November 14, 1862 – March 6, 1914) was an American art collector and member of the prominent Vanderbilt family, which amassed
George Washington Vanderbilt II
George_Washington_Vanderbilt_II
American socialite (1877–1964)
Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan (2 March 1877 – 6 December 1964) was an American socialite. She was a member of the Vanderbilt family and only daughter of William
Consuelo_Vanderbilt
American socialite (1904–1965)
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt (born Maria Mercedes Morgan; 23 August 1904 – 13 February 1965) was an American socialite. Vanderbilt was the mother of fashion
Gloria_Morgan_Vanderbilt
American businessman (1821–1885)
son of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, an heir to his fortune and a prominent member of the Vanderbilt family. Vanderbilt became the richest American
William_Henry_Vanderbilt
Private university in Nashville, Tennessee, US
Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, it was named in
Vanderbilt_University
American socialite and philanthropist (1839–1885)
Jr. to Vanderbilt University; it is in Kirkland Hall. Crawford Hall, one of the ten houses on the Martha Rivers Ingram Commons at Vanderbilt University
Frank Armstrong Crawford Vanderbilt
Frank_Armstrong_Crawford_Vanderbilt
American filmmaker (born 1975)
James Platten Vanderbilt (born November 17, 1975) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for writing the films Zodiac
James_Vanderbilt
Historic house in North Carolina, US
mansion built for George Washington Vanderbilt II between 1889 and 1895. It is the largest privately owned house in the United States at 178,926 sq ft
Biltmore_Estate
American suffragist (1853–1933)
Belmont (née Smith; January 17, 1853 – January 26, 1933), known as Alva Vanderbilt from 1875 to 1896, was an American multi-millionaire socialite and women's
Alva_Belmont
Commercial building in Manhattan, New York
"Marble Twins", a pair of houses at 645 and 647 Fifth Avenue. The houses were constructed between 1902 and 1905 as Vanderbilt family residences. Number
647_Fifth_Avenue
American heiress (1900 – 1976)
Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt (August 22, 1900 – February 7, 1976), later The Hon. Mrs. John Francis Amherst Cecil, later Bulkely-Johnson, later Goodsir
Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt
Cornelia_Stuyvesant_Vanderbilt
American architect (1827–1895)
early wood-frame houses, and many of his later more substantial masonry houses, were built at Newport, some of the latter for the Vanderbilts, the family of
Richard_Morris_Hunt
Historic house in Rhode Island, United States
Kissam Vanderbilt. It was a social landmark that helped spark the transformation of Newport from a relatively relaxed summer colony of wooden houses to its
Marble_House
American businessman and sportsman (1877–1915)
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Sr. (October 20, 1877 – May 7, 1915) was an American businessman and member of the Vanderbilt family. A sportsman, he participated
Alfred_Gwynne_Vanderbilt
Building in Madison, New Jersey, United States
Florham is a former Vanderbilt estate that is located in Madison and Florham Park, in Morris County, New Jersey. It was built during the 1890s for Hamilton
Florham
Topics referred to by the same term
George Washington Vanderbilt may refer to: George Washington Vanderbilt, son of Cornelius Vanderbilt who died during the American Civil War George Washington
George_Washington_Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt family member (1845–1934)
Claypoole Vanderbilt (née Gwynne; November 11, 1845 – April 24, 1934) was the wife of Cornelius Vanderbilt II and reigned as the matriarch of the Vanderbilt family
Alice_Claypoole_Vanderbilt
Private burial site in Staten Island, New York
The Vanderbilt Family Cemetery and Mausoleum is a private burial site adjacent to the Moravian Cemetery in the New Dorp neighborhood of Staten Island,
Vanderbilt Family Cemetery and Mausoleum
Vanderbilt_Family_Cemetery_and_Mausoleum
Former Vanderbilt estate on Long Island, New York
College, the mansion is one of the largest houses in the United States. In 1878, Alva and William Kissam Vanderbilt began building a lavish, wooden 110-room
Idle_Hour
American socialite (1870–1953)
Grace Graham Vanderbilt (née Wilson; September 3, 1870 – January 7, 1953) was an American socialite. She was the wife of Cornelius Vanderbilt III. She was
Grace_Vanderbilt
Historic house in Manhattan, New York
The Mrs. Graham Fair Vanderbilt House is a mansion located at 60 East 93rd Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It was added to
Mrs. Graham Fair Vanderbilt House
Mrs._Graham_Fair_Vanderbilt_House
Historic house in Rhode Island, United States
Newport, as it was the most palatial residence in Newport until the Vanderbilt houses in the 1890s. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2006
Chateau-sur-Mer
American yachtsman and scientific explorer (1914–1961)
Gwynne Vanderbilt and Margaret Emerson Vanderbilt. He was the brother of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr. and a half-brother to William Henry Vanderbilt III
George Washington Vanderbilt III
George_Washington_Vanderbilt_III
Historic house in New York, United States
The Vanderbilt Museum is located in Centerport on the North Shore of Long Island in Suffolk County, New York, USA. Named for William Vanderbilt II (1878–1944)
Vanderbilt_Museum
Vanderbilt mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, US
1893 and 1895 as a summer residence for Cornelius Vanderbilt II, a member of the wealthy Vanderbilt family. The 70-room mansion, with a gross area of
The_Breakers
American heiress (1904–1944)
Cathleen Vanderbilt Arostegui (January 23, 1904 – January 25, 1944) was an American heiress and member of the Vanderbilt family. Cathleen was born on
Cathleen_Vanderbilt
American socialite (1886–1965)
Gladys Moore Vanderbilt, Countess Széchenyi (August 27, 1886 – January 29, 1965), was an American heiress from the Vanderbilt family and wife of Hungarian
Gladys_Vanderbilt_Széchenyi
Historic house in Massachusetts, United States
Home Again 'Introducing Elm Court' 3 min 46 sec Berkshire Cottages Vanderbilt houses National Register of Historic Places listings in Berkshire County
Elm Court (Lenox and Stockbridge, Massachusetts)
Elm_Court_(Lenox_and_Stockbridge,_Massachusetts)
American executive (born 1949)
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt III (born December 20, 1949) is a retired public relations executive. Vanderbilt was heavily involved in the return of the Grammys
Alfred_Gwynne_Vanderbilt_III
American heiress (1861–1948)
opening of her new home at 660 Fifth Avenue, known as the William K. Vanderbilt House. The ball was to feature entertainment given by young society figures
Carrie_Astor_Wilson
American sculptor, art patron and collector (1875–1942)
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (January 9, 1875 – April 18, 1942) was an American sculptor, art patron and collector, and founder in 1931 of the Whitney Museum
Gertrude_Vanderbilt_Whitney
Vanderbilt University football team
The Vanderbilt Commodores football program represents Vanderbilt University in the sport of American football. The Commodores compete in the Football Bowl
Vanderbilt Commodores football
Vanderbilt_Commodores_football
Avenue and neighborhood in Manhattan, New York
de Wolfe, philanthropist Anne Morgan, and heiress Anne Harriman Vanderbilt. The houses' communal garden, Sutton Place Park along 57th Street, includes
Sutton_Place,_Manhattan
Former mansion in New York City
constructed for Arthur Curtiss James. Kathrens, Michael C. (2005). Great Houses of New York, 1880-1930. New York: Acanthus Press. p. 321. ISBN 978-0-926494-34-3
Arthur_Curtiss_James_House
Interior decoration firm
the Strand. The French salon supplied by Allard at the William K. Vanderbilt House at 660 Fifth Avenue helped launch the taste for French dix-huitième
Jules_Allard_and_Sons
Mansion in Hyde Park, New York
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site is a historic house museum in Hyde Park, New York, United States. Designated a National Historic Landmark in
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
Vanderbilt_Mansion_National_Historic_Site
American military officer and engineer
Brigadier General Cornelius "Neily" Vanderbilt III (September 5, 1873 – March 1, 1942) was an American military officer, inventor, engineer, and yachtsman
Cornelius_Vanderbilt_III
American businessman (1884–1970)
Harold Stirling Vanderbilt CBE (July 6, 1884 – July 4, 1970) was an American railroad executive, a champion yachtsman, an innovator and champion player
Harold_Stirling_Vanderbilt
American heiress (1861–1940)
Anne Harriman Sands Rutherfurd Vanderbilt (February 17, 1861 – April 20, 1940) was an American heiress of the wealthy Harriman family. She was known for
Anne_Harriman_Vanderbilt
New York City mayoral residence
was abutted to the west by the house of banker Nathaniel Prime, which later became St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum. Other houses along the East River included
Gracie_Mansion
Office skyscraper in Manhattan, New York
One Vanderbilt is a 62-story supertall skyscraper at the corner of 42nd Street and Vanderbilt Avenue in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York
One_Vanderbilt
House in Manhattan, New York
located in front of the house. Vicky Ward in 2003 described the house as "the crown jewel of the city's residential town houses ... it sits on—or, rather
Herbert_N._Straus_House
Graduate institution in Nashville, Tennessee, US
Disciples Divinity House at Vanderbilt is a graduate institution associated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the Vanderbilt University Divinity
Disciples Divinity House at Vanderbilt
Disciples_Divinity_House_at_Vanderbilt
American member of the Vanderbilt family
Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt (December 29, 1830 – April 2, 1882) was an American socialite and member of the Vanderbilt family. After having a troubled
Cornelius_Jeremiah_Vanderbilt
articles from 2000 to 2005 in high-profile scientific journals. Vanderbilt University houses many specialized research centers. They are as follows: Center
Vanderbilt University School of Engineering
Vanderbilt_University_School_of_Engineering
Building in London, England
Vanderbilt, whose father, railroad millionaire William Kissam Vanderbilt, funded the purchase of the building site and the construction of the house.
Lombard_House,_London
Hospital in Tennessee, United States
The Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is a medical provider with multiple hospitals in Nashville, Tennessee, as well as clinics and facilities
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt_University_Medical_Center
Revival architectural style
des Beaux-Arts in Paris, designed residences, including those for the Vanderbilt family, during the 1870s, 1880s and 1890s. A relatively rare style in
Châteauesque
Residential building in Manhattan, New York
advertised as "City Homes for Those with Country Houses", and the building itself was billed as "an up-to-date 'House of Select Residences'". The standard apartments
Alwyn_Court
Social club in New York City
apiece,” wrote Allen. “Though only two of them, J. P. Morgan and Cornelius Vanderbilt III, belonged to the Knickerbocker Club, the citadel of Patrician families
Knickerbocker_Club
Office skyscraper in Manhattan, New York
directly to the northeast contains the B. Altman and Company Building, which houses the City University of New York's Graduate Center. The nearest New York
Empire_State_Building
American comedian (1888–1964)
William Goadby Loew House (now the Spence School), the Congregation Shaare Zedek, and the Virginia Graham Fair Vanderbilt house. His parents were Sam
Harpo_Marx
19th and 20th-century American businessman
Frederick William Vanderbilt (February 2, 1856 – June 29, 1938) was a member of the American Vanderbilt family. He was a director of the New York Central
Frederick_William_Vanderbilt
Intercollegiate sports teams of Vanderbilt University
The Vanderbilt Commodores are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Vanderbilt University, located in Nashville, Tennessee. Vanderbilt fields
Vanderbilt_Commodores
Commercial building in Manhattan, New York
foreclosed on the houses again in December 1909 to satisfy a $10,000 judgment, $9,221 in unpaid taxes, and a $150,000 mortgage, and the houses was scheduled
Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo House
Gertrude_Rhinelander_Waldo_House
Historic building in Rhode Island, USA
Beaulieu have included John Jacob Astor III, Cornelius Vanderbilt III, and his wife Grace Vanderbilt, née Grace Graham Wilson. One of Newport's oldest mansions
Beaulieu,_Newport
Uthland-Frisian house Vainakh tower architecture Valencian Art Nouveau Valencian Gothic Vancouver Special Vancouverism Vanderbilt houses Vastu shastra Vatadage
Index of architecture articles
Index_of_architecture_articles
Ghost town in Nevada, United States
Vanderbilt is a ghost town in Eureka County, in the western state of Nevada, in the United States. In 1870, Vanderbilt had 150 inhabitants, two boarding
Vanderbilt,_Nevada
Colossal sculpture in New York Harbor
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Statue_of_Liberty
American businessman (1925–2020)
George Henry Vanderbilt Cecil (February 27, 1925 – October 19, 2020) was an American businessman who was the owner and chairman of Biltmore Farms. George
George_H._V._Cecil
Historic building in Manhattan, New York
made of limestone. The Wildenstein art firm was located in the former Vanderbilt house at 647 Fifth Avenue, between 51st and 52nd Streets, for several years
19_East_64th_Street
Residential housing cooperative in Manhattan, New York
New York City. 1040 is one of the tallest of the limestone-clad apartment houses on Fifth Avenue. The prominent 18-story structure has one of the most distinctive
1040_Fifth_Avenue
Former highway on Long Island, New York
The Long Island Motor Parkway, also known as the Vanderbilt Parkway, Vanderbilt Motor Parkway, or Motor Parkway, was a limited-access parkway on Long Island
Long_Island_Motor_Parkway
Condominium building in Manhattan, New York
total area of 13,136 square feet (1,220.4 m2). The Barbara Rutherford Hatch House is immediately to the east. The Barbizon was designed by the firm of Everett
Barbizon_63
American industrialist (1849–1919)
took his art collection with him to New York, rented the William H. Vanderbilt House, and served on many corporate boards. For example, as a board member
Henry_Clay_Frick
Education school of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee
Vanderbilt Peabody College of Education and Human Development (also known as Vanderbilt Peabody College, Peabody College, or simply Peabody) is the education
Vanderbilt Peabody College of Education and Human Development
Vanderbilt_Peabody_College_of_Education_and_Human_Development
Neighborhood in New York City
Christodora House Colonnade Row Corsi Houses Dunbar Apartments First Houses Fleming Smith Warehouse Gaylord White Houses Harlem River Houses Harlem YMCA
SoHo,_Manhattan
Stadium located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Stadium (formerly Dudley Field and Vanderbilt Stadium) is a college football stadium on the campus of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.
FirstBank_Stadium
Flagship department store in New York City
2016, the company explored adding one or two towers to the building to house hotel or office space. The next year, it considered turning the structure's
Macy's_Herald_Square
Orthodox synagogue in Manhattan, New York
who retired in 2022. The synagogue appeared as a "cool 1950's apartment house" in a 2003 advertisement for the Infiniti Q45 luxury car in an ad created
Fifth_Avenue_Synagogue
House in Manhattan, New York
The house's first occupant was Barbara Cairncross Rutherfurd, a Vanderbilt family heiress and daughter of the businessman William K. Vanderbilt; she
Barbara Rutherford Hatch House
Barbara_Rutherford_Hatch_House
Residential building in Manhattan, New York
developed another set of row houses at 13–65 and 103–151 West 73rd Street, some of which still exist. All of these houses were designed by Henry Janeway
The_Dakota
Neighborhood in New York City
largest concentration of row houses in the Federal style, as well as a significant concentration of Greek Revival houses, and the even smaller MacDougal-Sullivan
Greenwich_Village
Building in Manhattan, New York
the center of the exposé by Nellie Bly in her 1887 book Ten Days in a Mad-House. The structure was built as part of the New York City Mental Health Hospital
The Octagon (Roosevelt Island)
The_Octagon_(Roosevelt_Island)
Museum building in Manhattan, New York
lived at the Vanderbilt House for a decade, using Eagle Rock as a summer house. After Frick unsuccessfully tried to acquire the Vanderbilt House, he began
Henry_Clay_Frick_House
Historic house in Manhattan, New York
there. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It is located beside the former Mrs. Graham Fair Vanderbilt House at 60 East
William_Goadby_Loew_House
The New York Times. October 23, 1938. Retrieved February 18, 2019. "Vanderbilt Mansion A Gilded-Age Country Place" (PDF). National Park Service. 2008
List of historic mansions in the United States
List_of_historic_mansions_in_the_United_States
Venue and theater in New York City
seating or rows of box seating facing each other, as implemented in opera houses. One alternative called for "a rather deep balcony" and a shallower second
Radio_City_Music_Hall
American heiress (1860–1936)
Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt Webb (September 20, 1860 – July 10, 1936) was an American heiress. Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt was born on September 20, 1860, in
Eliza_Osgood_Vanderbilt_Webb
American socialite, hotel builder/owner and philanthropist
Virginia Fair Vanderbilt (January 2, 1875 – July 7, 1935) was an American socialite, hotel builder/owner, philanthropist, owner of Fair Stable, a Thoroughbred
Virginia_Fair_Vanderbilt
Medical school in Nashville, Tennessee, US
Medicine is primarily housed within the Eskind Biomedical Library which sits at the intersection of the Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Vanderbilt_University_School_of_Medicine
American politician (1901–1981)
socially prominent Vanderbilt family. Vanderbilt was born in New York City on November 24, 1901. He was the son of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Sr and Ellen "Elsie"
William_Henry_Vanderbilt_III
Street and neighborhood in Manhattan, New York
Miles out of Town, where they have Houses of entertainment at a place called Bowery, and some go to friends Houses who handsomely treat them. [...] I
Bowery
Episcopal church in Manhattan, New York
the Fighting Cocks Tavern, destroying between 400 and 500 buildings and houses, and leaving thousands of New Yorkers homeless. Six days later, most of
Trinity_Church_(Manhattan)
Building in Manhattan, New York
also a 8,500-square-foot (790 m2) terrace above the two houses. Observer cites the two houses as occupying a combined 45,000 square feet (4,200 m2), though
Henry_T._Sloane_House
Essex-class aircraft carrier of the US Navy
Christodora House Colonnade Row Corsi Houses Dunbar Apartments First Houses Fleming Smith Warehouse Gaylord White Houses Harlem River Houses Harlem YMCA
USS_Intrepid_(CV-11)
Historic house in Ohio, United States
Gilded Age mansions such as multiple Vanderbilt houses designed by Richard Morris Hunt. Wilson designed many houses, but by the 1960s, many seem to have
Scarlet_Oaks
Skyscraper in Manhattan, New York
structures, such as the Seagram Building or New York City's brownstone houses, the Flatiron Building's shape was rarely copied by other structures in
Flatiron_Building
Residential skyscraper in Manhattan, New York
were still used for housing hospital staff and guests. The Belaire also houses office and laboratory space, sports injury rehabilitation areas, and guest
Belaire_Apartments
Office skyscraper in Manhattan, New York
and are only used to house radio transmitters and other mechanical and electrical equipment. For example, the 73rd floor houses the motors of the elevators
Chrysler_Building
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Boy/Male
British, English, Jamaican
Hugh's Son; Settlement of Houses; Son of Hugh
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Yorkshire)
English (chiefly Yorkshire) : habitational name from a place named with the Old English phrase (æt ðǣm) nēowan hūsum ‘(at the) new houses’. This and some of the variants listed below are common as place names in northern England. In the form Newsom, the surname is also established in Ireland, being the name of a Quaker family in County Cork.
Boy/Male
English American
Row of houses in a wood. From the cottages in the wood.
Boy/Male
Dutch
From the hill.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English
Row of Houses by the Wood; The Path through the Woods; Lives in a Row of Houses by the Wood
Boy/Male
American, Australian
Forester; Row of Houses by a Wood
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for someone who kept and trained falcons (a common feudal service). Falconry was a tremendously popular sport among the aristocracy in medieval Europe, and most great houses had their falconers. The surname could also have arisen as metonymic occupational name for someone who operated the siege gun known as a falcon.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : occupational name or habitational name for someone who was employed at or lived near one of the houses (‘temples’) maintained by the Knights Templar, a crusading order so named because they claimed to occupy in Jerusalem the site of the old temple (Middle English, Old French temple, Latin templum). The order was founded in 1118 and flourished for 200 years, but was suppressed as heretical in 1312.English : name given to foundlings baptized at the Temple Church, London, so called because it was originally built on land belonging to the Templars.Scottish : habitational name from the parish of Temple in Edinburgh, likewise named because it was the site of the local headquarters of the Knights Templar.
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Roof over path alley between houses
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived in a lane, Middle English, Old English lane, originally a narrow way between fences or hedges, later used to denote any narrow pathway, including one between houses in a town.Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Laighin ‘descendant of Laighean’, a byname meaning ‘spear’, or ‘javelin’.Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Luain ‘descendant of Luan’, a byname meaning ‘warrior’.Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Liatháin (see Lehane).Southern French : variant of Laine.Possibly also a variant of Southern French Lande.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for an idle dreamer, from Middle English cokayne ‘cloud-cuckooland’, name of an imaginary paradise (Old French (pays de) cocaigne, from Middle Low German kÅkenje, a diminutive of kÅke ‘cake’, since in this land the houses were supposed to be made of cake).Americanized spelling of French Cocagne, from an Occitan word meaning ‘profit’, ‘advantage’, used as a personal name from the Middle Ages.
Surname or Lastname
English (southwestern)
English (southwestern) : from Middle English hous ‘house’ (Old English hūs). In the Middle Ages the majority of the population lived in cottages or huts rather than houses, and in most cases this name probably indicates someone who had some connection with the largest and most important building in a settlement, either a religious house or simply the local manor house. In some cases it may be a status name for a householder, someone who owned his own dwelling as opposed to being a tenant, but more often it is an occupational name for a servant who worked in such a house, in particular a steward who managed one.English : respelling of Howes.Translation of German Haus.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a medieval personal name, a variant of Ralph.English : topographic name for someone who lived at a row (a hedgerow or a row of houses), from northern Middle English raw ‘row’, Old English rÄw.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Roof over path, Alley between houses
Male
English
Pet form of English Woodrow ("lives in a row of houses by the wood"), and other names containing Old English wudu, WOODY means "wood."
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, German, and Dutch
English, Scottish, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, German, and Dutch : from the Scandinavian personal name Magnus. This was borne by Magnus the Good (died 1047), king of Norway, who was named for the Emperor Charlemagne, Latin Carolus Magnus ‘Charles the Great’. The name spread from Norway to the eastern Scandinavian royal houses, and became popular all over Scandinavia and thence in the English Danelaw.
Surname or Lastname
English (Yorkshire)
English (Yorkshire) : habitational name for someone from Woodsome in West Yorkshire, named in Old English as æt wudu-hūsum ‘(place at) the houses in the wood’.
Surname or Lastname
English (Yorkshire)
English (Yorkshire) : habitational name from Loftus in Cleveland, Lofthouse in West Yorkshire, or Loftsome in East Yorkshire. All are named from Old Norse lopt ‘loft’, ‘upper storey’ + hús ‘house’, the last being derived from the dative plural form, húsum. Houses built with an upper storey (which was normally used for the storage of produce during the winter) were a considerable rarity among the ordinary people of the Middle Ages.Irish : English surname adopted by certain bearers of the Gaelic surname Ó Lochlainn (see Laughlin) or Ó Lachtnáin (see Lough).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a hedgerow or in a row of houses built next to one another, from Middle English row (northern Middle English raw, from Old English rÄw).English : from the medieval personal name Row, a variant of Rou(l) (see Rollo, Rolf) or a short form of Rowland.English : English name adopted by bearers of French Baillargeon.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi
Alley Between Houses; Roof over Path
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