ON NAME AND KACE IN ENGLAND. 
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words designating rivers , mountains , nationalities , d&c. : such 
as Boyne, Derwent, Tyne, Humber, Severn, Nile, Jordan, Snow- 
don, Alps, People, Tribe, Kentish, Saxon, Norman, Jew, Kaffir, 
Pagan. 34. From words signifying relationship and condi- 
tion in life : such as Parent, Stranger, Mother, Sire, Daddy, 
Husband, Bride, Orphan, Godson. 35. From words indicating 
occupations , employments , and offices : such as Mason, Tiler, 
Plumber, Builder, Fuller, Potter, Drover, Warder, Clerk, Poet, 
Mariner, Miller, Baker, Carman. 36. From words signifying 
personal names: such as Eve, Cain, Abel, Moses, Herod, 
Stephen, Prudence, Ajax, Hector, Fabian, Livy, Kufus, Tudor. 
37. From words referring to comestible and potable things : 
such as Food, Feast, Fish, Fowl, Bacon, Hogsflesh, Peasoup, 
Marrow, Onion, Tiffin, Ginger, Grapes, Quince, Crumb, Lard. 
38. From topographical words : such as Land, Meadows, 
Fields, Garden, Way, Highway, Bock, Cliff, Ferry. 39. From 
words descriptive of parts of the body : such as Eyes, Tooth, 
Sconce, Collarbone, Bowels, Blood, Withers, Pluck, Kneebone, 
Spittle, Grail, Beak. 40. From names relating to ships and 
their associations : such as Fleet, Hulk, Craft, Cutter, Tug, 
Keel, Cable, Oar. 41. From names signifying birds , quad- 
rupeds , reptiles , insects , and fishes : such as Bird, Kite, Crane, 
Buzzard, Finch, Snipe, Swallow, Kobin, Gull, Crow, Pigeon, 
Bantam, Grander, Gosling, Brute, Lion, Fox, Wolf, Stag, 
Leopard, Bear, Morse, Hart, Hind, Babbit, Coney, Hare, Pig, Cur, 
Goat, Lamb, Mouse, Cricket, Flea, Bug, Mite, Fish, Shark, 
Salmon, Herring, Carp, Pike, Gudgeon, Trout, Sole, Pearl, 
Barnacle, Cockle, Cuttle. 42. From words relating to coun- 
tries and places : such as Albion, Wales, Gaul, Congo, China, 
Sidney, Calvary, Gath, Dorset, Troy. 43. From words relat- 
ing to London and its suburbs : such as London, Strand, 
Holborn, Harrow, Poplar, Hampstead, Kilburn, Bichmond, Kew, 
Aldgate, Brixton. 
It will be noticed in this list of names that several of a 
characteristic kind are not included. Thus the whole of the 
names having the prefix of Mac , Hp, and Fitz are omitted as 
well as those having the suffix of son . These, however, are 
compound names, and are not essential to the classification 
afforded by the return. 
The compiler who has recorded the names, some of which we 
have given by way of illustration, has divided his list, as we have 
seen, into forty-three parts. This was a convenient division in 
extracting and tabulating the names from the mass that lay 
before him. But when we come to an analysis of the facts, 
we find, as a primary and important truth, that there are only a 
few origins of the names. We may divide these origins into 
the following parts : — 
