Wikipedia:WikiProject Anthroponymy/External resources (etymology)

The following is a list of free online sources for the reliable etymological origins of given names and surnames.

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Ancestry.com has transcribed info from a recent edition of Dictionary of American Family Names.

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http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/

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 * You need to enter the correct surname between the quotation marks, since Raven is only an example. In some cases you may need to add multiple surnames, for example the wiki-statement you are sourcing may be referenced from info about the surnames Ravenhill and Raven, in this case use for the surnames "Ravenhill" and "Raven".

Dictionary of American Family Names (Volume 2 G—N; 2003; ISBN 0195165578
This work has been made freely available via the Internet Archive; however, it does require that you have a free registration with the Internet Archive, and you must borrow the text for either one hour or fourteen days.

Link to the work at Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofamer0000unse_r0m5/

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New dictionary of American family names (1972; ISBN 978-0-06-013933-9 )
This work has been made freely available via the Internet Archive; however, it does require that you have a free registration with the Internet Archive, and you must borrow the text for either one hour or fourteen days.

A comment associated with the linked record suggests that this work is inferior to the works of Hanks (e.g. Dictionary of American Family Names)

Link to the work at Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/newdictionaryofa00smi_sln/

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Surnames of the United Kingdom: a concise etymological dictionary (Volume 2; 1918)
Volume 2 of this work has been made available for free access via the Internet Archive. A comment has been added to this record asking after Volume 1 without response.

Link to the work at Internet Archive: http://archive.org/details/cu31924092512635

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The Penguin dictionary of surnames (reprint; 1967; ISBN 978-0-14-051032-4)
This work has been made freely available via the Internet Archive; however, it does require that you have a free registration with the Internet Archive, and you must borrow the text for either one hour or fourteen days.

Link to the work at Internet Archive: http://archive.org/details/penguindictionar00cott

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English Surnames. Essays on... (Vol 1, 3rd edition, 1849)
This work has been made freely available via Google Books.

Link to the work at Google Books: https://books.google.com/books?id=YeILt9cjl6cC&newbks=0

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Encyclopedia.com has transcribed info from a 2006 edition of A Dictionary of First Names. This edition appears to be different than the edition transcribed by Ancestry.com (see below).

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 * http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Susie.html To search for a name simply substitute the name Susie for another.

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 * You need to add the correct url, since http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Susie.html is only an example.
 * You need to add the correct accessdate, since 4 February 2011 is only an example.
 * You need to enter the correct given name between the quotation marks, since Susie is only an example. In some cases you may need to add multiple given names, for example the wiki-statement you are sourcing may be referenced from info about the given names Susan and Susie, in this case use for the given names "Susan" and "Susie".

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Ancestry.com has transcribed info from an edition of A Dictionary of First Names. This edition appears to be different than the edition transcribed by Encyclopedia.com (see above).

Quick link to resource

 * http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx? You need to search for a surname first, then you have the ability to search for a given name.

How to use in article

 * You need to add in the correct accessdate, since 4 February 2011 is only an example.
 * You need to enter the correct given name between the quotation marks, since Susie is only an example. In some cases you may need to add multiple given names, for example the wiki-statement you are sourcing may be referenced from info about the given names Susan and Susie, in this case use for the given names "Susan" and "Susie".

The Romance of Names (1914)
This work has been made freely available via the Internet Archive.

Link to the work at Google Books: http://archive.org/details/dli.granth.91400

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