Names cont;

 

Last name [surname]

This is a name that was taken  by the individual to identify them outside of their group or clan, this name differentiated the from others Surnames [last names] loosely fall into four or five categories, that is groups that are identified by the original selected context of the name.

These are:-

First Names

That is names that people took that were relevant in some substance to a first name. Consider the following examples: Harry Alan, in this instance the name Alan is being used as a surname the meaning of the surname in this case would be that of Alan. But its originality could be E.G., "Arry son of Alan". Later this would have been "Harrison" IE, "Harry's son." What we determine here is first names that are now used as surnames, you can also consider at this point surnames that are now used as first names E.G., consider Robert Clive, the name "clive" as a surname is actually a place name meaning dweller near or at the cliff. We see the use of the name in the 19th- 20th century, now is being used as a "first name" as in "Clive Smith".