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The Romance of Names

by Ernest Weekley

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  1. 1Preface to the Third Edition
  2. 2Preface to the Second Edition
  3. 3Preface to the First Edition
  4. 4Chapter I — Of Surnames in General
  5. 5Personal Names
  6. 6Nicknames
  7. 7Mythical Etymologies
  8. 8Alternative Origins
  9. 9Names Desirable or Undesirable
  10. 10Chapter II — A Medieval Roll
  11. 11London Jurymen
  12. 12Middlesex Jurymen
  13. 13Steeple Claydon Cottagers
  14. 14Chapter III — Spelling and Sound
  15. 15Variant Spellings
  16. 16Dialectic Variants
  17. 17Aphesis
  18. 18Epithesis and Assimilation
  19. 19Metathesis
  20. 20Baby Phonetics
  21. 21Chapter IV — Brown, Jones, and Robinson
  22. 22Occupative Names
  23. 23The Distribution of Names
  24. 24Chapter V — The Absorption of Foreign Names
  25. 25The Huguenots
  26. 26Perversions of Foreign Names
  27. 27Jewish Names
  28. 28Chapter VI — Tom, Dick and Harry
  29. 29Medieval Font-Names
  30. 30The Commonest Font-Names
  31. 31Fashions in Font-Names
  32. 32Derivatives of Font-Names
  33. 33The Suffix -Cock
  34. 34Celtic Names
  35. 35Chapter VII — Goderic and Godiva
  36. 36Formation of Anglo-Saxon Names
  37. 37Anglo-Saxon Nicknames
  38. 38Anglo-Saxon Survivals
  39. 39Monosyllabic Names
  40. 40“Hideous Names”
  41. 41Chapter VIII — Paladins and Heroes
  42. 42The Round Table
  43. 43The Chansons de Geste
  44. 44Antique Names
  45. 45Chapter IX — The Bible and the Calendar
  46. 46Old Testament Names
  47. 47New Testament Names
  48. 48Feast-Days
  49. 49Month Names
  50. 50Chapter X — Metronymics
  51. 51Female Font-Names
  52. 52Doubtful Cases
  53. 53Chapter XI — Local Surnames
  54. 54Classes of Local Names
  55. 55Counties and Towns
  56. 56Names Preceded by De
  57. 57Chapter XII — Spot Names
  58. 58Elements of Place-Names
  59. 59Hill and Dale
  60. 60Hills
  61. 61Woodland and Plain
  62. 62Forest Clearings
  63. 63Marshes
  64. 64Water and Waterside
  65. 65Islands
  66. 66Tree Names
  67. 67Chapter XIII — The Haunts of Man
  68. 68Settlements and Enclosures
  69. 69Highways and Byways
  70. 70Buildings
  71. 71Dwellings
  72. 72Shop Signs
  73. 73Chapter XIV — Norman Blood
  74. 74Corrupt Forms
  75. 75Tree Names
  76. 76Chapter XV — Of Occupative Names
  77. 77Social Grades
  78. 78Ecclesiastical Names
  79. 79Names in -Ster
  80. 80Missing Tradesmen
  81. 81Spelling of Trade-Names
  82. 82Phonetic Changes
  83. 83Names From Wares
  84. 84Chapter XVI — A Specimen Problem: Rutter
  85. 85Chapter XVII — The Canterbury Pilgrims
  86. 86Ecclesiastical Names
  87. 87Pilgrims
  88. 88Chapter XVIII — Trades and Crafts
  89. 89Archery
  90. 90Clothiers
  91. 91Metal Workers
  92. 92Surnominal Snobbishness
  93. 93Chapter XIX — Hodge and His Friends
  94. 94Bumbledom
  95. 95Itinerant Merchants
  96. 96Chapter XX — Official and Domestic
  97. 97Chapter XXI — Of Nicknames in General
  98. 98Foreign Nicknames
  99. 99Kinship
  100. 100Abstracts
  101. 101Costume
  102. 102Physical Features
  103. 103Imprecations
  104. 104Phrase-Names
  105. 105Miscellaneous
  106. 106Chapter XXII — Adjectival Nicknames
  107. 107Archaic Meanings
  108. 108Disguised Spellings
  109. 109French Adjectives
  110. 110Colour Names
  111. 111Chapter XXIII — Birds, Beasts, and Fishes
  112. 112Birds
  113. 113Hawk Names
  114. 114Beasts
  115. 115Fishes
  116. 116Special Features

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