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Dictionary of
Family Names
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Origin and Etymology of the Surname ABERCROMBIE.
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From An
Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names, by William Arthur,
M. A., 1857, and, Surnames, by Bernard Homer Dixon, 1857.
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ABERCROMBIE.
Arthur has: (Celtic and Gaelic). From
the name of a parish in Fife, Scotland, on the northern shore of the Frith of
Forth, from which the bearer took his surname; from Aber, marshy ground, a place
where two or more streams meet; and cruime or crombie, a bend or crook.
Aber, in the Celtic and Gaelic, and also in the Cornish British, signifies the
confluence of two or more streams, or the mouth of a river, where it flows into
the sea; hence it is often applied to marshy ground, generally near the
confluence of two rivers. It also signifies, sometimes, a gulf or
whirlpool.
Dixon has: ABERCROMBIE
(Scotch), Abercrumbin, Conflux of the winding stream. Abar, a
confluence, mouth of a river; marsh, bog.
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The family are descended from Humphredus de Abercrombie, temp.
Robert I.
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Dictionary Index |
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C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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B, C,
D, E,
F, G,
H, I,
J, K,
L, M,
N, O,
P, Q,
R, S,
T, U,
V, W,
X, Y,
Z
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