10

ALTERNATIVE ORIGINS 11

NAMES DESIRABLE OR UNDESIRABLE 13

CHAPTER II. A MEDIEVAL ROLL 15

LONDON JURYMEN 16

MIDDLESEX JURYMEN 23

STEEPLE CLAYDON COTTAGERS 25

CHAPTER III. SPELLING AND SOUND 29

VARIANT SPELLINGS 30

DIALECTIC VARIANTS 32

APHESIS 33

EPITHESIS AND ASSIMILATION 35

METATHESIS 36

BABY PHONETICS 37

CHAPTER IV. BROWN, JONES, AND ROBINSON 40

OCCUPATIVE NAMES 40

THE DISTRIBUTION OF NAMES 42

CHAPTER V. THE ABSORPTION OF FOREIGN NAMES 44

THE HUGUENOTS 44

PERVERSIONS OF FOREIGN NAMES 46

JEWISH NAMES 48

CHAPTER VI. TOM, DICK AND HARRY 49

MEDIEVAL FONT-NAMES 49

THE COMMONEST FONT-NAMES 50

FASHIONS IN FONT-NAMES 52

DERIVATIVES OF FONT-NAMES 53

THE SUFFIX -COCK 55

CELTIC NAMES 56

CHAPTER VII. GODERIC AND GODIVA 57

FORMATION OF ANGLO-SAXON NAMES 57

ANGLO-SAXON NICKNAMES 59

ANGLO-SAXON SURVIVALS 61

MONOSYLLABIC NAMES 62

"HIDEOUS NAMES" 63

CHAPTER VIII. PALADINS AND HEROES 65

THE ROUND TABLE 66

THE CHANSONS DE GESTE 68

ANTIQUE NAMES 69

CHAPTER IX. THE BIBLE AND THE CALENDAR 70

OLD TESTAMENT NAMES 70

NEW TESTAMEN