Last name: HUMPHREY
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HUMPHREY : This last name is indexed 200,408 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
HUMPHREY : English: from the Middle English and Norman French personal name Humfrey from ancient Germanic Hunfrid Humfrid composed of the elements hūn- ‘bear cub’ + frithu ‘peace’. The name was borne by a 9th-century Christian saint bishop of Therouanne who had a certain following in England among Norman settlers.
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