Origin and popularity of the name STEWART

Origin

Stewart : Scottish (Lanarkshire) and English: originally an occupational name for an administrative official of an estate from Middle English stiward Old English stigweard stīweard a compound of stig ‘house(hold)’ + weard ‘guardian’. In the Anglo-Saxon period this title was used of an officer controlling the domestic affairs of a household especially of the royal household; after the Norman Conquest it was also used more widely as the native equivalent of Seneschal for the steward of a manor or manager of an estate. In Scotland the term was also used of a magistrate originally appointed by the king to administer crown lands forming a stewartry.

Marchbanks : Scottish: variant of Marjoribanks a habitational name from Marjoribanks in Dumfriesshire. Marjoribanks was adopted by a branch of the Johnston family tenants of the Bruce lords of Annandale. Following the acquisition of lands in the barony of Ratho (Midlothian) by Thomas Marjoribanks legend developed that the name came from lands granted by Robert Bruce as a marriage portion to his daughter Marjorie (see Margeson) on her marriage in 1316 to Walter High Steward of Scotland ancestor of the royal house of Stewart (Burke).

Parnell : English: from the Middle English female personal name Pernel Parnell (Old French Peronel(le)) from Latin Petronilla a feminine pet form of the Latin personal name Petronius. Petronilla was the name of a supposed early Christian saint and martyr. This surname was also brought to Ireland from Cheshire in the 17th century by a family who had been supporters of Cromwell's Parliamentarians during the English Civil War. Charles Stewart Parnell who founded the Irish Parliamentary Party in 1882 was a descendant of this family. See also Pennell.

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