Hall (surname)

Hall is a surname of Scottish, English and Irish origin. The surname is believed to be of Anglo-Saxon descent spreading to the Celtic countries of Ireland, Scotland and Wales in early times and is found in many mediaeval manuscripts throughout these countries [2]

This article is about the origin of the Hall surname. For other uses, see Hall (disambiguation).
Hall
Origin
Meaning"Someone who lived in or worked in a hall or manor house"
Region of originEngland, Scotland and Ireland
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In recent history, the Halls (Clan Hall) were one of the sixty major riding families of the Scottish Marches and were involved reiving as other border clans were. As with all Reiving families, they would consider themselves loyal to neither the English or the Scots, the family name holding allegiance over all else. See Border Reivers.[3][4]

In England the surname of Hall originates in 1090 AD when Lincolnshire nobleman Arthur FitzWilliam changed his name to Arthur Hall to distinguish himself from his older brother of the same name.

List

Notable people with the surname "Hall" include:

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Given name

References
  1. British Surnames, citing Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Accessed 23 August 2014
  2. http://www.irishsurnames.com/cgi-bin/gallery.pl?name=hall&capname=Hall&letter=h
  3. https://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/htol/hall2.htm
  4. https://www.clanhallsociety.org/
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