_Abbott._ _Abbud_, an abbot, chief governor, father, or superior of an
abbey, convent, or monastery.
_Adkin._ _Eard_, earth; _cyn_, kin, kind. Earth-relative. Akin,
contraction of the name.
_Albert._ _Eal_, all; _beorht_, bright. All bright; illustrious.
_Alder._ _Aldor_, life.
_Alice._ _Ætheling_, corrupted into Adeline, thence into Alice. A
princess.
_Alison._ _Alice_, a princess; _sun_, a son. Son of Alice; son of a
princess.
_All._ _Eal_, all, every, whole.
_Allingham._ _Alling-hám_, from _All_; _ing_, descendant; _hám_, home.
Home of Alling; home of the offspring of All.
_Apgar._ _Abgar_, Irish _ab_, a father; _gár_, a spear, a dart. Defender
of the father.
_Appleton._ _Æppel-tún_, from _æppel_, an apple; _tún_, town. An apple
garden; an orchard.
_Askin._ _Æscwine_, from _æsc_, an ash-tree, ash, ash-spear, a ship, a
man; _wine_, a friend. Boats were made of ash, hence a small ship, a
skiff. Among the northern nations it was supposed that the first man was
made out of ash: hence the word came to signify a man, the chief of men,
a leader. Æsc, the name of Hengist’s son, was a leader.
_Ashton._ _Æsc_, Æsc; _tún_, town. The town of Æsc.
_Asquith._ _Æsc_, Æsc; _cýth_, home. The home of Æsc; the home of the ash.