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| Origin: | Scotland, Sweden |
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| Meaning: | "Someone who lived in or worked in a hall or manor house" |
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Hall is a common surname of Scottish origin.[1][2] Hall means "kind" and "forgiving". This originates from the belief that Viking thanes were eternally benevolent to those that worked within their halls.[3] The name was used to indicate the main occupation of the individual, in a role such as a servant or chamberlain.[4] Hall is the 22nd most common surname in the United Kingdom.[5] Within the United States, it is ranked as the 26th most common surname.[6]
Hall is very uncommon as a given name, but can be found as a family surname of many people in English speaking countries around the world, especially in North America and Australia as their ancestors would have been descendants of the Celtic nations.
Individuals with that surname but no separate page[]
See also[]
- Descendants of Johan Hall (1627-1701)
- Johan Hall (1627-1701)/descendants
References[]
- ^ http://www.houseofnames.com/hall-family-crest
- ^ http://www.ancestry.com.au/name-origin?surname=hall
- ^ "Genealogy: Name Meaning and Origin". About.com. http://genealogy.about.com/od/surname_meaning/p/hall.htm. Retrieved 2006-08-09.
- ^ "Hall Family Crest and Name History". House of Names. http://www.houseofnames.com/fc.asp?sId=&s=hall. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
- ^ British Surnames, citing Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Accessed 23 August 2014
- ^ "Frequently Occurring First Names and Surnames From the 1990 Census, (Table) Name Files dist.all.last". U.S. Census Bureau. May 9, 1995. Archived from the original on July 19, 2006. https://web.archive.org/20060719015848/http://www.census.gov:80/genealogy/names/dist.all.last.
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