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Re: surname meaning |
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Merriment MacNotInMyName (guest, 193.61.213.131) |
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March 25, 2003 at 3:16:16 AM |
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surname meaning by adelaide |
Don't know, but probably Mash < Marsh 'a marsh' + burn 'a stream'.
Possibly the name is just Washburn 'from Washb(o)urn(e)' (places with this name in Devon, Gloucester and Yorkshire), with the first letter misrecorded at some point in the past.
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- surname meaning - adelaide Mar 24 2003, 1:08:33 PM
- Re: surname meaning - Merriment MacNotInMyName Mar 25 2003, 3:16:16 AM
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