Last names linked to LANGR

Origin

Langdale : 1: English: habitational name from Langdale in Cumbria or one of two places in North Yorkshire: Langdale in Wykeham or Langdale End in Hackness. The placename means ‘long valley’ from the Old English lang + dæl or Old Norse langr + dalr.2: Possibly an Americanized form of Norwegian Langdal Langdalen Langdahl habitational names from any of numerous farmsteads named Langdal(en) having the same etymology as 1 above.

Langham : English: habitational name from Langham (Dorset Norfolk Rutland Lincolnshire and Suffolk) or Longham (Norfolk). The Dorset and Rutland placenames probably derive from Old English lang ‘long’ + hamm ‘water meadow’. The Suffolk placename and Langham in Norfolk derive from Old English lang + hām ‘village homestead’. The Lincolnshire placename derives from Old English lang or Old Norse langr ‘long’ + Old Norse holmr ‘island’. Longham in Norfolk derives from an Old English personal name Lāwa + the Old English groupname suffix -ingas (genitive -inga-) + hām.

Longmire : 1: English: habitational name from a minor place in the parish of Windermere (Westmorland) named with Old Scandinavian langr ‘long’ + mýrr ‘mire bog’.2: Americanized form of German Langmeier or of any of its variants: distinguishing name for a tenant farmer (see Meyer 1) whose farm held the name Lang or who was of a tall stature.

Longrigg : 1: from Langrigg (Cumb) which is recorded as Langrig about 1230. The place-name derives from Old English lang or Old Scandinavian langr ‘long’ + Old Scandinavian hryggr ‘ridge’. 2: see Langridge.

Longwith : Possibly English: habitational name from Langwith or Nether Langwith in Nottinghamshire so named Old Norse langr ‘long’ + vath ‘ford’; or alternatively a variant of Longworth.

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