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nameslessone

nameslessone Report 20 Feb 2021 11:01

At last a mother proud to show off her baby.

Where does the name August (Phillip) Hawke come from?

PatinCyprus

PatinCyprus Report 20 Feb 2021 11:30

this is what I found


The name August is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "great, magnificent". August has been heating up in Hollywood – used by Mariska Hargitay, Lena Olin, Dave Matthews and Jeanne Tripplehorn for their sons, and is rapidly becoming the preferred month of the year for boys' names.

Researching:
Lloyd,Paddock,Cooper,Morris,Rigby West Midlands Salop Worc

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 20 Feb 2021 11:33

Suppose it is the modern day version of Augustus.....different :-0 :-D

Researching:
Give a dog a bone!

JoyLouise

JoyLouise Report 20 Feb 2021 12:38

A well-thought-out combination, I think.

A nod to Grandfather and also a bit of a nod to a long-gone French king - since you mentioned Augustus, Belle.

I wonder if any of those names came down the Brooksbank line?

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 20 Feb 2021 12:41

Seems the names come from two 5x great grandfathers.

Now off to check what names I should have used ;-)

JoyLouise

JoyLouise Report 20 Feb 2021 12:56

Wolf or Chardonnay, names? :-D

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 20 Feb 2021 13:52

Cheeky! :-D

The Augustus in my family is too recent. But I think I did pretty well with a version of John as there were several of that name around 5th gr grandparent level.

Just off for a glass of English cider!

ZZzzz

ZZzzz Report 20 Feb 2021 15:14

An odd one for me is Appratus, various spellings, she was born 1823 and I haven't seen it come down the generations.

Researching:
Frame mainly from. Reading Berkshire. Vos from Netherlands. Nelson and Sowerby from Newcastle. Pickles from Saddleworth and Australia. Bainbridge from Durham. Willmot, Wilmot. Wilmott from Berkshire.

Caroline

Caroline Report 21 Feb 2021 13:34

Husbands family have a Ruggles which happened a few times but thank goodness has stopped now.