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Help[Facts] Re: Arundel.......Seymour.......?
in reply to a message by amelia
According to Hanks & Hodges' A Dictionary of Surnames, there are two possible derivations for the English surname Arundel:
1. From a place name in Sussex, England, which possibly originally meant "horehound valley."
2. From a Norman French nickname originally meaning "little swallow" (the bird).
1. From a place name in Sussex, England, which possibly originally meant "horehound valley."
2. From a Norman French nickname originally meaning "little swallow" (the bird).
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