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Dictionary of
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Origin and Etymology of the Surname AVENELL,
AVERELL, AVERILL.
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From
A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, by C. W. E. Bardsley,
A. Bardsley, 1901, and,
An Etymological
Dictionary of Family and Christian Names, by William Arthur, M. A.,
1857.
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AVENELL, AVERELL,
AVERILL. Bardsley
has: A baptismal name meaning "the son of Avenel" (?).
Always without prefix in the Hundred Rolls, whose instances are generally in the
neighbourhood of co. Camb. Mr. Lower suggests a local origin from
Avenelles, in the department of Eure. This is quite possible; one thing
seems quite certain, the chief modern variant is Averill or Averell.
Any one who has studied the corruptions undergone by surnames will feel no
surprise at this.
Arthur has: AVERILL.
A corruption of Haverhill, the aspirate being dropped. Haverill
is a town in Suffolk, England, so named from the Dutch Hyver, Teutonic Haber,
oats, and hill—hence, the hill sown with oats.
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