Origin
Bourne : English: topographic name for someone who lived beside a stream from southern Middle English bourne Old English burna burne ‘spring stream’ or a habitational name from a place called with this word for example Bourn in Cambridgeshire or Bourne in Lincolnshire. In surnames the reference is often to an old stream called burna surviving as the name of a farm. This word was replaced as the general word for a stream in southern dialects by Old English brōc (see Brook) and came to be restricted in meaning to a stream flowing only intermittently especially in winter.
Bourner : for someone who lived by a stream (Middle English bourn bourne). The -er for locative surnames is characteristic of SE England esp. Sussex. See also Bourne.
Etty : probably a variant of Etton colloquially Ettin with loss of final -n. Redmonds Dictionary of Yorks Surnames points to the occurrence of Thomas Ettyn 1510 in York Registry Wills (Sheriff Hutton NR Yorks near Buttercrambe and Crambe where Ettie and Eattie first appear) and there are early 17th-century examples of Etton in nearby York. For a similar development of the name in the Midlands compare Jhonnes Etton 1566 in IGI (Thurlby near Bourne Lincs) with Anthony Etty 1715 in IGI (Bourne Lincs) and John Etton 1564 with John Ettye 1604 in IGI (both in Castor Northants). See also Ette and compare John Etton 1581 with Edward Ette 1722 in IGI (both in Glinton Northants).
Newdick : from New Dyke in Bourne (Lincs) which is recorded as Neudik in 1275 or New Dike in Fulstow (Lincs) which is recorded as Neudik' in 1310. The place-names derive from Middle English neue ‘new’ + dik ‘ditch trench’ (Old English nīwe Old Scandinavian dík).
Northrup : English (Huntingdonshire): habitational name from one or more of the numerous places called Northorpe such as Northorpe in Mirfield (Yorkshire) Northorpe in Halton Holegate Northorpe near Scotton and Northorpe in Thurlby near Bourne (all in Lincolnshire) Northorpe in Hornsea and a lost Northorpe in Easington near Patrington (both in the East Yorkshire). The placenames derive from Old English or Old Norse north ‘north northern’ + Old English or Old Norse thorp ‘secondary settlement dependent farmstead’. This surname is now rare in Britain Northrop being the more common form.
Smitheringale : from Smither Gill in Flasby (WR Yorks) which is recorded as Smychargill in 1577 and Smigergill in 1623. The surname achieved its modern form near Bourne Lincs where it was influenced by the name of Rippingale 6 miles north. The place-name may derive from Old Scandinavian *smið-karl ‘smith's man’ (smiðr ‘smith’ karl ‘freeman of the lower class’) or Old English smicer ‘beautiful fair’ + Old Scandinavian gil ‘ravine’.
Spridgeon : variant of Pridgeon with prosthetic S-. Compare John Pridgen Will. Spridgen 1751 in IGI (Morton by Bourne Lincs); John Pridgeon 1703 Edward Spridgin 1715 in IGI (Colsterworth Lincs); Will Sprigen 1717 Mary Spridgeon 1733 Thomas Pridgin 1757 in IGI (Quadring Lincs).
Wreghitt : unexplained. It seems to be related with hypercorrect initial w- perhaps suggested by local place-names like Wressell via intermediaries such as Katherine Regate 1656 in IGI (Morton by Bourne Lincs) to a name found earlier in Sussex for example Agnes Reggat 1565 in IGI (Brighton Sussex).
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Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
FANBI : The Oxford Dictionary if Family Names in Britain and Ireland, ©2016, University of the West of England
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