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My Husbands father was called Vestus Gomersall as was his Grandfather and GreatGrandfather who was born 1851 in Yorkshire
I have seenit spelt a few different ways on marriage and bieth certificates
VESTUS VESTES VESTA AND VESTOUS
I have not seen this name anywhere else ,i would like to know where it originated from and the meanibg of the name
I have seenit spelt a few different ways on marriage and bieth certificates
VESTUS VESTES VESTA AND VESTOUS
I have not seen this name anywhere else ,i would like to know where it originated from and the meanibg of the name
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It would seem to me there are two possibilities here.
First, it could be a masculine form of the female name Vesta, originally the name of the Roman goddess of the hearth.
Or it could be an alternative of the New Testament name Festus. There are parts of England where "F" and "V" have been interchangeable sounds in the past. This has affected many surnames. According to Reaney & Wilson's A Dictionary of English Surnames, the surname pairs Fasey/Vasey, Fagg/Vagg, Fann/Vann, Farlow/Varlow, Farnham/Varnham, Fenn/Venn, Fenner/Venner, Fenwic/Vinick, etc., etc., all go back to the same etymological origins.
First, it could be a masculine form of the female name Vesta, originally the name of the Roman goddess of the hearth.
Or it could be an alternative of the New Testament name Festus. There are parts of England where "F" and "V" have been interchangeable sounds in the past. This has affected many surnames. According to Reaney & Wilson's A Dictionary of English Surnames, the surname pairs Fasey/Vasey, Fagg/Vagg, Fann/Vann, Farlow/Varlow, Farnham/Varnham, Fenn/Venn, Fenner/Venner, Fenwic/Vinick, etc., etc., all go back to the same etymological origins.
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