The Surname of Hall
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A Bowman
Coat of Arms (Dutch)*
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A Bowman
Coat of Arms (Scottish)*
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A Bowman
Coat of Arms (Swedish)*
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A Bauman
Coat of Arms (German)* |
Hall - English, Scottish, Irish,
German, and Scandinavian
The name Hall is from Middle
English hall (Old English heall), Middle High German halle, Old
Norse holl all meaning ‘hall’ (a spacious residence), hence a
topographic name for someone who lived in or near a hall or an
occupational name for a servant employed at a hall. In some cases
it may be a habitational name from places named with this word,
which in some parts of Germany and Austria in the Middle Ages also
denoted a salt mine. The English name has been established in
Ireland since the Middle Ages, and, according to MacLysaght, has
become numerous in Ulster since the 17th century.
Partly taken from:
Dictionary of American Family Names,
Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
* Coat of Arms belonged to
families and/or individual persons. People with the Surname
of Hall came from Scottland, Germany, the Netherlands & many
other places. Halls from a different countries would have
a different Coat of Arms.
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