Презентация How people in Britain first got their names

How people in Britain first got their names What does the word “family name” mean? “Oxford Student’s Dictionary of Current English” by A.S. Hornby “It is person’s hereditary name” - “Family name is the part of your name that all the people in your family have” or “The name that you share with the other members of your family. In English it comes at the end of your full name”. “Macmillan Essential Dictionary” The whole English-speaking world had their beginning long ago in England. There are many ways how English family names began. A name such as John, David or Mary was all that was needed. “John’s son” was made into one word, “Johnson” Davidson, Wilson, Peterson, Dickson and Williamson )) The Scottish “Mac” also meant “the son of”. The Irish “O” – O’Neil meant “the son of Neil”. After the Norman conquest people in England added “fitz” to make Fitzwilliam, Fitzpatrick. Later still family names came from the kind of work done by people. John the Smith (кузнец) John the Farmer (фермер) John the Baker (пекарь) One way to distinguish between one person and another was to say where they lived. “John at water” or simply “John Atwater”“John Brook”“John Fields” Other names of this kind are Hill, Rivers, Waters and Forest. The word “Town” is a well-known family name, as “Hampton”. Another way to distinguish between one “John” and another was to give them nicknames. “Strong”, “Short” and “Long” are only a few of the many names which first came from nicknames. Today, the most popular English family names are1 Smith (Смит) - English “smith” - "кузнец" 2 Jones (Джонс) - English name John 3 Williams (Уильямс) - English name William 4 Brown (Браун) - English brown - "коричневый; смуглый" 5 Taylor (Тейлор) - English tailor - "портной" 6 Davies (Дэвис) - English name Davie (David)7 Wilson (Уилсон) - English name Will (William)+ son (сын)8 Evans (Эванс) - English name Evan 9 Thomas (Томас) - English name Thomas10 Johnson (Джонсон) - English name John + son (сын) It is very important to know the history of your family name, because it is a history of your family. Thank you for listening!