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Help[Opinions] Re: Fawns
in reply to a message by Canielle
This is not a "nature name" by origin but is instead a surname transfer. My "A Dictionary of Surnames" by Reaney & WIlson says:
"The Scottish (surname) Fawns is from the lands of Fans or Fawnes in Berwickshire"
So it was first a place name, then a surname, finally a given name in this instance.
"The Scottish (surname) Fawns is from the lands of Fans or Fawnes in Berwickshire"
So it was first a place name, then a surname, finally a given name in this instance.
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