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Huxley
Huxley ♂ Transferred use of the surname, in origin a local name from a place in Cheshire which is apparently so called from the genitive case of the Old English personal name Hucc + Old English lēah ‘wood, clearing’. Use as a given name was in some cases in honour of the English biologist Thomas Huxley (1825–95), a leading supporter of the evolutionary theories of Charles Darwin.
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Huxley." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Huxley." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Huxley.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Huxley." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Huxley.html |
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Huxley
Huxley Ches. Huxelehe early 13th cent. Probably ‘woodland clearing of a man called *Hucc’. OE pers. name + lēah.
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A. D. MILLS. "Huxley." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. A. D. MILLS. "Huxley." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Huxley.html A. D. MILLS. "Huxley." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Huxley.html |
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