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in reply to a message by Kathleen
My names book has Seaton/Seton as French, meaning "from Say's Farm" - which I admit sounds like "we've made up this meaning 'cos we couldn't find a real one"!
Kilby sounds & looks like a variation of Kelby. This is listed everywhere as Old Norse, and the predominant online meaning is "from the farm by the springs". My name book says "ridge farm". I'm pretty sure that 'by' indicates a farm or settlement, but I don't know about kel/kil.
Kilby sounds & looks like a variation of Kelby. This is listed everywhere as Old Norse, and the predominant online meaning is "from the farm by the springs". My name book says "ridge farm". I'm pretty sure that 'by' indicates a farm or settlement, but I don't know about kel/kil.
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Thank you so much. Great info. More than I knew before & believe it or not, our coat of Arms for our surname (Murdock) indicates fleur de lis & we couldn't quite figure that out. Didn't realize till coat of arms searched we even had anything but Celtic blood running thru our veins & voila ... the fleur de lis' popped up. So, your French connection makes sense & indicates a different pronunciation for me as well. Merci
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