Sax: ON, ODa, OSw Saxe. Saxsa was a moneyer for King Edmund c939-c946.
Savory: OG Savaricus.
Scaife: ON Skeifr 'crooked, awry; awkward, wild'.
Seaborn: OE Saebeorn 'sea-warrior'.
Seguin: OG Sigwin 'victory-friend'.
Sibert: OE Saebeorht 'sea-bright'. A moneyer with this name minted coins for Archbishop Wulfred c805-c832. King Saebert ruled the East Saxons c600-c616.
Skillman: ON Skilamathr 'trustworthy man'.
Stannard: OE Stanheard 'stone-hard'.
Strout: ON Strutr, ODa Strut.
Till: A pet-form of Matilda. Matilda was the wife of William the Conqueror.
Tippett: Diminutive of OE Tipp.
Torbett: Scandinavian Thor-, OG -bert.
Trumble: OG Trumbeald 'strong-bold'.
Tunney: ODa Tunni, OSw Tunne. One of Farthegn's relatives in 11th century Yorkshire had this name. It was one of the many personal names derived from Thor.
Wake: ON Vakr 'watchful'. The Anglo-Scandinavian thane Hereweard that rebelled against the Norman occupation was known as 'the Wake'.
Wedge: OE Wegga.
Westman: ON Vestmathr 'man from the west'.
Wilbert: OE Wilbeorht 'will-bright'. A 10th century moneyer had this uncommon, rarely recorded personal name.
Wilmer: OE Wilmaer 'will-famous'.
Wishart: ONFr Wis(h)ard 'wise', 'hard'.
Wolfram: OE Wulfrum.
Woolridge: OE Wulfric 'wolf-powerful'. Many moneyers had this personal name from the reigns of Aethelred II to Henry I.

When doing this study, I was aware of the fact that statistics can be used to prove almost anything. I'm also aware that the discerning reader can probably raise objections to any conclusions that I draw from census data. However, I feel that certain trends can be spotted. For example, the personal name Godwin was extremely popular in England before the Norman Conquest. It's commonness as a personal name not only insured it's survival, but predicted it's commonness as a surname. Today, it's use as a surname is 9 times more common than Farthing. There are of course other personal names that have survived as surnames that have a greater, or lesser, frequency than Farthing. But I feel that the "typical" or "average" surname, if I can use those terms loosely, that is derived from a personal name has the same frequency or one very close to that of Farthing. Finally, even if one were to completely discount any conclusions that may be drawn from this frequency study, the fact remains that there is an astonishing number and variety of ancient personal names that have come down to us through the ages in the form of surnames. Others have written very eloquently about this survival of personal names and I have included some of their quotes on the next page.

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