English Surnames Similar to Farthing

The  English surnames below have several things in common:

1) They are all derived from only one origin.
2) They were all originally used as personal names in England.  Many of them have been in continuous use for over a thousand years.
3) No one name is more numerous or less numerous than the others, all of them sharing a frequency of occurrence of .001% (63 people out of a sample population of 6.3 million).

Abreviations:  OE=Old English, ON=Old Norse, ODa=Old Danish, OSw=Old Swedish, OG=Old German, OFr=Old French, OIr=Old Irish, ME=Middle English. Most of the information in the following list can be found in P.H. Reaney's and R.M. Wilson's excellent work A Dictionary of English Surnames, Revised Edition, Oxford University Press, 1997.

Ansell: OG Ansehelm 'god-helmet'.  Anselm, 1033-1109, was Archbishop of Canterbury.
Ashlock: ON Aslakr.  Aslakr was one of Farthegn's fellow moneyers that worked for King Cnut at the mint in Lund, Sweden.
Axtell: ON Asketill. Asketill was another one of Farthegn's fellow moneyers that worked for King Cnut at the mint in Lund, Sweden.
Bade: OE Bada. Bada was a moneyer for King Edward the Elder.
Baldree: OG Baldric 'bold rule'.  There were several moneyers with this name from the reigns of Eadwig to William I.
Benning: OE Benning.
Boll: ON Bolli. Bolla was a moneyer for King Cnut.
Brew: Manx McVriw 'son of the judge'.
Brixey: OE Beorhtsige, Brihtsige 'bright victory'.  Many moneyers had this name from the reigns of Eadwig to Edward the Confessor.
Broman: OE Brunmann. Brunmann was a moneyer for Cnut at Viborg.
Bubb: OE Bubba. Bubba ruled the kingdom of Lindsey, c650.
Bunyard: OFr Baynard.
Burrage:  OE Burgric 'fortress-powerful'.
Coppin:  A pet-diminutive of Jacob.  Jacob was a moneyer from Bristol for Henry III.
Corlett:  Manx contraction of MacThorliotr from ON Thorliotr 'Thor-people'.
Cormack:  Irish O'cormaic 'descendant of Cormac', 'son of the chariot'.  Cormac was High-King of Ireland 254-277.
Corp:  ON Korpr 'raven'.
Craine:  Manx contraction of MacCiarain 'son of Ciaran'.
Criddle:  OE Cridela.
Cull:  OE Cula.
Cuthbert:  OE Cuthbeort 'famous-bright'.  There were many moneyers with this name from the reigns of Alfred the Great to Henry I.  Cuthbert, d. 687, was bishop of Lindisfarne.
Darwine:  OE Deorwine 'dear friend'.  Deorwine was one of Farthegn's fellow moneyers at Thetford during the reigns of Aethelred II and Cnut.
Dock:  OE Docca.
Dolphin:  ON Dolgfinnr, a common name in 11th century northern England.  Dagfinnr was a moneyer at York during the reigns of Aethelred II and Cnut.
Durrant:  OFr Durant 'obstinate'.  Several English moneyers had this name.
Eaddy:  OE Eadgifu.  Eadgifu, 905-968, was the wife of King Edward the Elder.
Eakin:  Diminutive of OE Eda.
Edney:  Latin Idonea, a not uncommon medieval name.
Edwin:  OE Eadwine 'prosperity-friend'.  An English  moneyer named Eadwine worked for King Magnus at Lund, Sweden.
Eckart:  OE Eckard 'edge-hard'.
Ellwood:  OE Aelfweald 'elf-ruler'.  There were many moneyers from the reigns of Edmund to Henry I that had this personal name.  Alfwald was a king of East Anglia c713-c749.
Etheridge:  OE Aethelric.  Many moneyers had this personal name from the reigns of Aethelred II to Henry I.  Athelric was a sub-king of the Anglian tribe called the Hwicce c720.
Fergus:  Gaelic Fearghus, OIr Fergus 'man of force'.  Fergus was the first king of Scotland c330 B.C.
Fiske:  ON Fiskr 'fish'.
Folkerts:  OG Fulcard 'people-brave'.
Fossett:  OFr Fossard.
Gales:  French form of Wallis or OG Walo, meaning Wales.
Garey:  ON Geiri, ODa Geri 'spear'.
Goodlet:  OE Guthlac or possibly ON Guthleikr 'battle-play'.
Goodrum:  ON Guthormr 'battle-snake'.  Guthrum led the Viking Summer Army in its invasion of England in 871.  He was the first Danish king of East Anglia and Farthegn's commander.
Grieve:  ON greifi 'steward'.  The earliest example of this name is Farthegn Greva of Yorkshire c1050.
Gunnell:  ON Gunnhildr, 'battle-battle'.  Gunnhildr was the wife of Eric Bloodaxe, the last Viking king of York.  She bore him 8 sons and 1 daughter.
Gunning:  OG Gund(e)win 'battle-friend'.

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