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Free - Oxford Dictionary Database of UK & Ireland Names & Origins

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Mainly for British and Irish last names, so if you're Schumacher or Hultz you're not going to get much love but you can always look. (Spoiler-schumacher is shoe maker!)

There will eventually be a look up service charge or subscription fee after November, up to $100 from what i can make out. Though I can't see for sure what it will be, for now it's free access for all.
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  • Cheers OP. Have done quite a bit of research for my paternal line so was interested to see what it had to say.

  • Also thanks OP,I went for a look at where my forefathers came from.

    Just to anticipate any criticism, yep I want this in deals, in forums it would have been buried, for me at least.

    • well if you spelt beLLy right you might get better results….

      • You get back to your Gideon's ya hear!! :-)

        If memory serves me correctly was constrained by site name length limit….or I stuffed up and couldn't be bothered going back to fix.

        • LOL - Its starts the humorous brain working, with reasons like

          … maybe drink less

  • -1

    This is going to sound racist but the Irish really do have awful, awful names.

    • +1

      I like the Irish name, Toohey, a fairly refreshing drink also.

    • McAwful, McAwful names if you please boyo!

    • Yep the Irish couldn't spell things well… like "gummints"

    • You could say that about any country, and it's not racist. There are some crap names out there. But, a lot of Irish names are bastardised anglicised versions of old Gaelic names, that had actual meaning behind them, because, history. So you're just being unfair. Or ignorant. But not racist.

  • it got my family name so wrong.

    on several important levels.

    equating this site to one of those "your family court of arms" stalls that I used to see at the Rosebud show back in the 70s

  • Great price OP

    Unfortunately unimpressed with the product.

    Couldn't imagine paying for the short spiel I received.

    YMMV

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