Chapter I: Front Matter

PERSONAL NAMES 8

NICKNAMES 9

MYTHICAL ETYMOLOGIES 10

ALTERNATIVE ORIGINS 11

NAMES DESIRABLE OR UNDESIRABLE 13

CHAPTER II. A MEDIEVAL ROLL 15

LONDON JURYMEN 16

MIDDLESEX JURYMEN 23

STEEPLE CLAYDON COTTAGERS 25

CHAPTER III. SPELLING AND SOUND 29

VARIANT SPELLINGS 30

DIALECTIC VARIANTS 32

APHESIS 33

EPITHESIS AND ASSIMILATION 35

METATHESIS 36

BABY PHONETICS 37

CHAPTER IV. BROWN, JONES, AND ROBINSON 40

OCCUPATIVE NAMES 40

THE DISTRIBUTION OF NAMES 42

CHAPTER V. THE ABSORPTION OF FOREIGN NAMES 44

THE HUGUENOTS 44

PERVERSIONS OF FOREIGN NAMES 46

JEWISH NAMES 48

CHAPTER VI. TOM, DICK AND HARRY 49

MEDIEVAL FONT-NAMES 49

THE COMMONEST FONT-NAMES 50

FASHIONS IN FONT-NAMES 52

DERIVATIVES OF FONT-NAMES 53

THE SUFFIX -COCK 55

CELTIC NAMES 56

CHAPTER VII. GODERIC AND GODIVA 57

FORMATION OF ANGLO-SAXON NAMES 57

ANGLO-SAXON NICKNAMES 59

ANGLO-SAXON SURVIVALS 61

MONOSYLLABIC NAMES 62

"HIDEOUS NAMES" 63

CHAPTER VIII. PALADINS AND HEROES 65

THE ROUND TABLE 66

THE CHANSONS DE GESTE 68

ANTIQUE NAMES 69

CHAPTER IX. THE BIBLE AND THE CALENDAR 70

OLD TESTAMENT NAMES 70

NEW TESTAMENT NAMES 72

FEAST-DAYS 73

MONTH NAMES 74

CHAPTER X. METRONYMICS 76

FEMALE FONT-NAMES 76

DOUBTFUL CASES 78

CHAPTER XI. LOCAL SURNAMES 79

CLASSES OF LOCAL NAMES 80

COUNTIES AND TOWNS 81

NAMES PRECEDED BY DE 81

CHAPTER XII. SPOT NAMES 84

ELEMENTS OF PLACE-NAMES 85

HILL AND DALE 87

HILLS 87

WOODLAND AND PLAIN 89

FOREST CLEARINGS 91

MARSHES 92

WATER AND WATERSIDE 93

RIVERS 93

ISLANDS 95

TREE NAMES 96

CHAPTER XIII. THE HAUNTS OF MAN 98

SETTLEMENTS AND ENCLOSURES 99

HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS 103

WATER 105

BUILDINGS 105

DWELLINGS 107

SHOP SIGNS 109

CHAPTER XIV. NORMAN BLOOD 110

CORRUPT FORMS 112

TREE NAMES 113

CHAPTER XV. OF OCCUPATIVE NAMES 115

SOCIAL GRADES 116

ECCLESIASTICAL NAMES 118

NAMES IN -STER 119

MISSING TRADESMEN 120

SPELLING OF TRADE-NAMES 122

PHONETIC CHANGES 123

NAMES FROM WARES 124

CHAPTER XVI. A SPECIMEN PROBLEM: RUTTER 126

CHAPTER XVII. THE CANTERBURY PILGRIMS 129

ECCLESIASTICAL NAMES 131

PILGRIMS 132

CHAPTER XVIII. TRADES AND CRAFTS 133

ARCHERY 133

CLOTHIERS 134

METAL WORKERS 136

SURNOMINAL SNOBBISHNESS 138

CHAPTER XIX. HODGE AND HIS FRIENDS 140

BUMBLEDOM 141

ITINERANT MERCHANTS 143

CHAPTER XX. OFFICIAL AND DOMESTIC 145

THE HOUSEHOLD 146

CHAPTER XXI. OF NICKNAMES IN GENERAL 149

FOREIGN NICKNAMES 150

KINSHIP 152

ABSTRACTS 154

COSTUME 155

PHYSICAL FEATURES 157

IMPRECATIONS 159

PHRASE-NAMES 160

MISCELLANEOUS 162

CHAPTER XXII. ADJECTIVAL NICKNAMES 163

ARCHAIC MEANINGS 163

DISGUISED SPELLINGS 165

FRENCH ADJECTIVES 166

COLOUR NAMES 167

CHAPTER XXIII. BIRDS, BEASTS, AND FISHES 170

BIRDS 171

HAWK NAMES 173

BEASTS 174

FISHES 176

SPECIAL FEATURES 177

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THE ROMANCE OF NAMES