English names are personal names used in, or originating in, England . In England, as elsewhere in the English-speaking world , a complete name usually consists of one or more given names , commonly referred to as first names, and a (most commonly patrilineal , rarely matrilineal ) family name or surname , also referred to as a last name. The given names after the first are often referred to as middle names .
17-1635: (Redirected from Challoner ) Chaloner or Challoner is an English surname which may refer to: David Chaloner (1944–2010), English poet Frank Challoner (1853–1899), American businessman and politician Gary Chaloner (born 1963), Australian comic book artist and writer James Chaloner or Challoner (1602–1660), English politician John Challoner (c.1520–1581), British politician and administrator John Armstrong Chaloner (1862–1935), American writer and activist John Seymour Chaloner (1924–2007), British journalist Kathryn Chaloner (1954–2014), British-American statistician Luke Challoner (1550–1613), Irish academic Mark Chaloner (born 1972), English professional squash player Paul Chaloner (born 1971), British video game presenter and commentator Richard Challoner (1691–1781), English Roman Catholic bishop Richard Chaloner, 1st Baron Gisborough (1856–1938), British soldier and politician Richard Chaloner, 3rd Baron Gisborough (born 1927), British nobleman Robert Chaloner (priest) (1548–1621), English priest, Canon of Windsor Robert Chaloner (MP) (1776–1842), English Member of Parliament and Lord Mayor of York Robert Challoner (1872–1955), Australian rugby union player Thomas Chaloner (disambiguation) , several people William Chaloner (1650–1699), English confidence trickster William Challoner or Chaloner (fl.1709–1734), English slave trader William Gilbert Chaloner (1928–2016), British palaeobotanist [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
34-512: A Christian name from an early period, e.g. David of Wales (6th century), David Saharuni (7th century), David I of Iberia (9th century). Name days are celebrated on 8 February (for David IV of Georgia ), 1 March (for St. David of Wales ) and 29 December (for King David ), as well as 25 June ( St. David of Sweden ), 26 June, 9 July ( Russia ), 26 August, 11 December and 30 December (Hungary, Latvia , Norway, Czech Republic ). The oldest, most popular and most commonly used diminutive form in
51-556: A central figure in the Torah and foundational to Judaism , and subsequently significant in the religious traditions of Christianity and Islam . David ( Hebrew : דָּוִד , Modern : David , Tiberian : Dāwîḏ ) means ' beloved ' , derived from the root dôwd ( דּוֹד ), which originally meant ' to boil ' , but survives in Biblical Hebrew only in the figurative usage ' to love ' ; specifically, it
68-633: A legal name, though most people use their birth name (as registered on the Register of Births, Marriages and Deaths , regulated by the Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987 , which allows only characters that are used in English or Welsh), often using a spouse's surname (proved with a marriage certificate), or (if an adult) a name formally declared by deed poll . No regulations include any specific provisions regarding what names are acceptable. Nonetheless,
85-598: Is a result of a combination of greater individualism in the choice of names, and the increasing ethnic heterogeneity of the UK population, which led to a wider range of frequent given names from non-European traditions. Oliver and Olivia were the most popular baby names in England and Wales in 2018. According to Christopher Daniell, in 1140 marked what might be the first recorded use of a modern surname, inherited by multiple generations. These were not always regularly formed: for example,
102-493: Is a term for an uncle or figuratively, a lover/beloved (it is used in this way in the Song of Songs : אני לדודי ודודי לי , ' I am for my beloved and my beloved is for me ' ). In Christian tradition, the name was adopted as Syriac : ܕܘܝܕ Dawid , Greek Δαυίδ , Latin Davidus or David . The Quranic spelling is دَاوُۥد Dāwūd or Dā'ūd . David was adopted as
119-702: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles English surname Few given names used in England have English derivations. Many names are of Hebrew ( Daniel , David , Elizabeth , Susan ) or Greek ( Nicholas , Dorothy , George , and Helen ) origin. Some are Germanic names , sometimes adopted via the transmission of French ( Robert , Richard , Gertrude , Charlotte ) or originate from idoeuropean ( Adrian , Amelia , Patrick ) or Celtic. A small fraction of given names has an actual English derivation (see Anglo-Saxon names ), such as Alfred , Ashley , Edgar , Edmund , Edward , Edwin , Harold and Oswald . A distinctive feature of Anglophone names
136-514: Is not unusual for compound surnames to be composed of separate words not linked by a hyphen, for example Iain Duncan Smith , a former leader of the Conservative Party , whose surname is "Duncan Smith". David (name) David is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin. Its popularity derives from the initial oral tradition ( Oral Torah ) and recorded use related to King David,
153-426: Is the surnames of important families used as given names, originally to indicate political support or patronage. Many examples have now become normal names chosen because parents like them, and any political sense lost. Most are male names like Cecil, Gerald , Howard, Percy, Montague, Stanley or Gordon, though some of those some have female versions like Cecilia or Geraldine. Other languages have few equivalents, although
170-520: The General Register Office and various organizations that help with creating and enrolling deed polls will reject anything that is unreasonable (racist, offensive, fraudulent, implying a title of nobility not held, unpronounceable, not in the Latin script, etc.). Double-barrelled names may be formed for a variety of reasons, including combining of spouses' surnames upon marriage or, more commonly in
187-659: The surname Chaloner . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. See also [ edit ] Chaloner baronets Chaloner (locomotive) Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chaloner&oldid=1205864896 " Categories : Surnames Surnames of English origin Surnames of British Isles origin Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
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#1732851092724204-470: The English speaking countries of David is Dav, which first appeared in written form in the 16th century. The nickname Dav or Dave has been used as a name in its own right in the 19th and 20th centuries, at least in the United States. At the height of its popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s, the name Dave was bestowed upon more than 3,000 infants each year. Other common English-language hypocorisms of
221-510: The boys born in London in the year 1510, 24.4% were named John , 13.3% were named Thomas and 11.7% were named William. A trend towards more diversity in given names began in the mid-19th century, and by 1900, only 22.9% of the newborn boys, and 16.2% of the newborn girls in the UK shared the top three given names for each gender. The trend continued during the 20th century, and by 1994, these figures had fallen to 11% and 8.6%, respectively. This trend
238-510: The name David are Dave, Dav, Davey, Davie, Davo, Davs, Davis, Daviey, and Davy. The Welsh Dafydd is also abbreviated Dewi , Dai and Daf. In Ashkenazi Jewish culture, common hypocorisms of Dovid are Dovi and Dov. Dudi is a common hypocorism in Modern Hebrew. Davo is also used as a nickname, and is quite common in Australia and Armenia , while the nickname Dato (for Davit) is popular in
255-433: The past, adding another family's surname as a condition of inheritance. Compound surnames in English feature two or more words, often joined by a hyphen or hyphens: for example, Henry Hepburne-Scott . A few families have three or four words making up their surname, such as Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 21st Baron Clinton and Alexander Charles Robert Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 9th Marquess of Londonderry . However, it
272-471: The saint's surname Xavier is often used by Roman Catholics. During the majority of the 19th century, the most popular given names were Mary for girls and either John or William for boys. Throughout the Early Modern period, the diversity of given names was comparatively small; the three most frequent male given names accounted for close to 50% of the male population throughout this period. For example, of
289-456: The sons of a certain French named Robert used a modern inheritable surname, FitzGerald , in honour of an earlier relative, named Gerald . While it is normal for a child to be given one of their parents' surnames, traditionally the father's (or increasingly some combination of the two), there is nothing in UK law that explicitly requires this. Under English common law, a person may use any name as
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