Gus:  OSw Guse, Gusse.
Hakes:  ON Haki 'hook, crook'.
Hamon:  OG Haimo 'home'. Robert the son of Hamo conquered Glamorgan in 1093 and the county became known as the "Little England beyond Wales".
Harger:  OG Hariger 'army-spear'.  Heriger was a moneyer for King Eadwig, 955-959.
Harward:  OE Hereweard  'army guard'.  Hereweard the Wake was a thane of Danish descent that rebelled against William the Conqueror and the Norman occupation.
Hasting:  ON Hasteinn.  Hastein led yet another Viking army that invaded England in 893.
Hemming:  ON Hemingr, ODa Heming.  One of the first Scandinavian moneyers in England, Heming minted coins in the Danelaw c895-918.
Hosmer:  OE Osmaer 'god-fame'.  Many moneyers had this name from the reigns of Aethelred II to Henry I.
Hilt:  OG Helto.
Hubble:  OG Hubald 'mind-bright'.
Iliff:  ON Ilifr.  There were many moneyers with this name from the reigns of Aethelstan to Henry II.
Ivers:  ON Ivarr, ODa Iwar, OSw Ivar 'yew-army'.  Ivar the Boneless led the Great Army of the Danes that invaded and colonized England in 864.
Joubert:  OG Gautbert became OFr Jobert.
Kinman:  OE Cynemann 'royal man'. 
Kittredge:  An Anglo-Scandinavian hybrid Cytelric.
Lax:  ON Lax 'salmon'.
Leaman:  OE Leofman 'beloved man'.  A moneyer for Aethelred II and King Cnut had this rare personal name.
Level:  OE Leaweald 'beloved power'.  Many moneyers had this name from the reigns of King Eadgar to William II. 
Levis:  OE Leofhyse.  A moneyer for Aethelred II had this personal name.
Linney:  OE Lindgifu 'shield-gift'.
Litwin:  OE Leohtwine 'bright friend'.
Maynor:  OG Maginhari 'army-bright'.  There were several moneyers with this name.
Merlin:  OFr Merlin from Welsh Myrddhin.  Merlin was a prophet and magician in Arthurian legend.
Mudge:  OE Mugga.
Mund:  OE Munda.
Munday:  ON Mundi.
Oman:  ON Hamundr 'high protection', an Orkney and Shetland name.  A Hamundr was a moneyer for both Henry I and Stephen.
Ordway:  OE Ordwig 'spear-warrior'.  An Ordwig was an English moneyer for both William the Conqueror and his son William II.
Otter:  ON Ottar 'terrible army'.  There were moneyers with this Norse personal name from the reigns of William I to Henry I.
Patchell:  OE Paecchild.
Pitcock:  Diminutive of OE Pytta.
Quill:  Manx form of MacCuill 'son of Coll'.
Quinney:  Manx for MacConnaidh 'son of Connaidh' 'the crafty'.
Rainer:  OG Raginhar 'counsel, might-army'.  There were several moneyers with this name.
Rambert:  OG Raginbert 'mighty guardian'.
Richer:  OG Riker.
Rickel:  OG Richild.
Ronald:  Scottish equivalent of Reynold, derived from ON Ragnvaldr.  There were many moneyers with this name and one for the Scottish King Alexander III.
Roseman:  OG Rosemunda.
Rumble:  OG Rumbald.

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