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in reply to a message by Deborah
it's from the surname Latchman.
My favourite book on surnames :) doesn't list Latchman - but it lists Latch, Latchford and Latchmore - in all of these the latch- is from an OE word meaning stream. -man in surnames tends to mean either 'servant' or just 'man'. So best guess for Latchman - 'servant/man who lived by a stream'.
My favourite book on surnames :) doesn't list Latchman - but it lists Latch, Latchford and Latchmore - in all of these the latch- is from an OE word meaning stream. -man in surnames tends to mean either 'servant' or just 'man'. So best guess for Latchman - 'servant/man who lived by a stream'.
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