Hertfordshire Surnames
CATLIN
This is the Anglo-Norman French form of the personal name Catherine.
CHALKLEY
This name is associated with the chalk hills of Southern England.
DEAMER
At the time of the 1891 census, about 40 per cent of all Deamers in England and Wales lived in Hertfordshire.
HALSEY
This name can be translated from Old English as ‘neck of land in the sea’.
KIMPTON
This habitational name probably originates from the village Kimpton, East of Luton.
MUNT
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This is a topographic name for someone who lived on or near a munt, or hill.
PATMORE
Another habitational name. "Patemore" is mentioned in the Domesday Book.
RANCE
This is thought to be the patronymic form of the medieval male given name Rand – the shortened version of names such as Randolph.
SEABROOK
Old English word
This name comes from the broc, meaning ‘stream’.
WALDOCK
This common Hertfordshire surname originated in Waldeck in Holland.