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Adams and Reid — both mean red — the one being Hebrew and 

 the other Scotch. Russell as a diminutive of red we may de- 

 fine as ruddy. So Julius as well as La Follette means soft hair, 

 and Pavill, as some think, is yellow hair. 



Greeks called one man Eustace that is well-put-together, or 

 Andrew meaning manly, Jews called him Asahel, that is God- 

 made, Saxons called him Charles and Irish Brjant, both mean- 

 ing stout. A similar idea of physical prow^ess led to such 

 names as Storm Bull, Buell also meaning hull, Hoyt, nimble, 

 Bjorn, a hear, Oscar, an agile warrior, Martyn, Mars-lihe, 

 Knapp, a striker. 



Other nam.es were indicative of mental qualities. Hugh was 

 a thinker, Hutchinson and McKee both signify sons of Hugh. 

 Hubert was hriglit Hugh, and so Albert is all-hright. Robert 

 fame-hright and Herbert, army-hright, Gilbert, bright servant 

 whose son became Gibson, Gib being a contract of Gilbert. So 

 Aubertine was white-hright or perhaps self-hright. Hobbs and 

 Hobbins are possibly allied to Robert, i. e., fame-hright. 



Such of our personal names as do not show location or char- 

 acteristics, are descriptive of occupation. 



Among the most ancient of this class is Therese. This 

 name is Greek and means either huntress or female harvester. 

 Birge if not birch, may be French for shepherd, (Berger) in 

 pastoral poets, a rustic lover. Birge is, however, mxore prob- 

 ably a contract from early English Her-&er^-ere, meaning harb- 

 orer, that is innkeeper. Georg'c is Greek for earthworker, that 

 is farmer, wdiich in German is Myers, in old English it is Bower 

 and Burr. Gregory is Greek for watchman, not unlike Ward 

 in English. Edward is a guard of goods, and "Woodward of 

 trees, and akin to Forster [forester]. The London Bunliill 

 was named from a cake, and the proper name Bunn would seem 

 to mean the maker or seller of that dainty. 



Among occupational names w^hich are plain of themselves we 

 have Mason, Carpenter, Turner, and Bowman. Homer is set 

 down as helmeter, that is helmet-maker. 



Smith, is a smiter, and his monosvllabic name mav be a sur- 

 vival of some compound, as Arrowsmith, Bowsmith, Black- 

 smith, Whitesmith, Gunsmith, Goldsmith, Silversmith, Song- 



