Long before Lorde, Adele, or even Cher, one name was all a person needed. In Britain before the Norman Conquest of 1066, people went by single names. If a village had an overabundance of Toms, one ...

很多英文姓氏都是从英格兰的祖辈那里传下来的。姓氏的广泛使用是在1066年诺曼人征服英格兰之后才开始的，随着国家人口不断增长，人们发现提到某个人时需要说得更详细一些才能明白。于是就出现了像Thomas the Baker（面包师托马斯）、Norman son of Richard ...

Surnames are the strongest historical tie we have to our ancestors. Though there might be plenty of mystery surrounding less popular last names, they tend to traditionally come from one of the ...

Using a last name as a first name is more popular among baby boys, but that doesn't mean girls can't join in on the fun - ...

England has so many surnames that it's difficult to pinpoint where they actually originated. The most common English surnames are usually Smith, Jones, Williams and Taylor. It's unsurprising that many ...

English Heritage has revealed the meaning of the surnames of England's star players as the Three Lions prepare to make history this weekend. England captain Harry Kane's family name is most common in ...

So according to the Guild of One-Name Studies, an organisation devoted to the study of family names, “traditional English surnames” such as Mackmain, Bythewood, Foothead and Pauncefoot, are dying out.

Sticking with co-authors with similar surnames to yours might dent the impact of your work. The reason is unclear, but bibliometrics suggest that teams with greater ethnic diversity generate papers ...