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Origin and popularity of the name JANEWAY

Origin

Janeway : English (Cambridgeshire): habitational name for someone from Genoa either from the placename (Middle English Geneweye Latinized as Geneva) or from the derived ethnic name Middle English Geneweye Jeneveie Januei (Old French Genueise Anglo-Norman French geneveis geneweys janeways) ‘citizen of Genoa Genoese’. Genoa now in Italy was an independent maritime republic in the Middle Ages an important trading partner of London and other seaports in southern England. See Gannaway.

Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press

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Geographic distribution of the 736 individuals with the name JANEWAY on Geneanet.

 

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