The family history website compared surnames from the 1901 censuses with those from modern records and found that many had disappeared, including Chips, Hatman, Rummage, Nithercott, Raynott, Temples, Southwark and Woodbead.
There is a list of names that are extinct. It includes Bread, Spinster, Chips, Rummage, Pussett, Temples, Wellbelove, Hatman and Bytheseashore. Know anyone with those names – hardly. Other names with just a few individuals include Fernsby, Rushlands, Berrycloth, Dankworth, Birdwhistle, Relish and Tumbler.
Believe it or not, the oldest recorded English name is Hatt. An Anglo-Saxon family with the surname Hatt are mentioned in a Norman transcript, and is identified as a pretty regular name in the county. It related simply to a hat maker and so was an occupational name.
Religious naming restrictions
Examples include "Islam", "Quran", "Mecca", "Jihad", "Imam", "Saddam", "Muhammad", "Hajj", and "Medina", among others. Legislation in 2017 made it illegal to give children names that the Chinese government deemed to "exaggerate religious fervor".
Mongolians do not use surnames in the way that most Westerners, Chinese or Japanese do. Since the socialist period, patronymics — at that time called ovog, now known as etsgiin ner — are used instead of a surname.
There is no law requiring a person to have a surname in the U.K., even if most people do have a surname. Neither is there any law requiring a person to have a first name. Although all births must be registered, the law does not require a first name to be given.
Smith – the most popular surname in the UK. The most common surname in Scotland and the UK as a whole, Smith originated from the Middle English period. 546,960 UK nationals have it. It started out as an occupational name for someone who worked with metal, such as a Blacksmith.
The longest single English surname is Featherstonehaugh (17 letters), variously pronounced Featherstonehaw or Festonhaw or Fessonhay or Freestonhugh or Feerstonhaw or Fanshaw.
O'Cleary or O'Clery (Irish: Ó Cléirigh) is the surname of a learned Gaelic Irish family. It is the oldest recorded surname in Europe — dating back to 916 CE — and is cognate with cleric and clerk. The O'Clearys are a sept of the Uí Fiachrach dynasty, who ruled the Kingdom of Connacht for nearly two millennia.
Common surnames such as Smith, Wright, Fletcher, Knight, Cook, Squire, Taylor and Turner are all based around medieval trades or occupations. Some surnames derive from personal traits or looks, such as Armstrong, Swift, Red and Short.
Another common belief is that royals go by only their first names. In general, members of the royal family who are entitled to the dignity of HRH Prince or Princess do not need a surname. However, if at any time any of them do need a surname (upon marriage for example), that surname is Mountbatten-Windsor.
The three most common surnames in Mainland China are Li, Wang and Zhang, which make up 7.9%, 7.4% and 7.1% respectively. Together they number close to 300 million and are easily the most common surnames in the world.
Along with Noah, the top British boys names include Oliver, George, Arthur, and Muhammad. The UKs most popular baby names include the names of young Princes George and Archie in the Top 10, and Princess Charlotte at Number 25 for girls.
In British tradition, a double surname is heritable, usually taken to preserve a family name that would have become extinct due to the absence of male descendants bearing the name, connected to the inheritance of a family estate. Examples include Harding-Rolls and Stopford Sackville.
Certain titles (such as Dr, Prof, Lord, Sir, etc) are controlled by law and you cannot change your title to them unless you are entitled to use them.
Many British also have a 'middle name', which is a secondary given name written between the person's first name and their family name. For example, Emily Claire TAYLOR's middle name is 'Claire'. Middle names are optional and are rarely used in daily life. However, most British have one or multiple.
Chinese names are different from Western names. They start with the family name followed by the given name. The family name usually has one syllable.
Throughout its long history, China has recorded more than 20,000 surnames, according to Chen Jiawei, an associate professor at Beijing Normal University, who has researched Chinese surname distribution. Some researchers place that estimate at up to 23,000 surnames.
The origin of surnames can be traced back to the ancient matriarchal clan society. The Chinese adopted their mother's surname in the matriarchal clan society. Therefore, many of the earliest surnames in China are the side or bottom of female characters, such as Ji surname.