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Everyone who knows any history at all knows that Hengist and Horsa are the first recorded personal names in our language. Because they are such a strange and stiking pair it is often thought that they were ritual magic names for the leaders of tribes, or perhaps the symbolic figures depicted on their battle standards. In later centuries the White Horse was one of the emblems of the people of Wesse.....


Heraldry Database: Evans

Evans







Surname:  Evans
Branch:  Evans
Origins:  Irish
More Info:  Ireland

Background:  Usually a Welsh name;occasionally an anglicized form of the rare O' hEimhin of Ormond: this is derived from a word meaning swift. The Evans surname is common in Britian and were used as the anglicized form of Gaelic Irish surnames. In this case, Evans represents the older Gaelic name O'Hevine which is now obsolete. Evan is he Welsh form of John, dating from about 1500.


Motto:  Pro libertate patriœ, For the liberty of my country.


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Name Variations:  Evans, Evens, Evins, Heaven, Heavens.

References:
One or more of the following publications has been referenced for this article.
The General Armory; Sir Bernard Burke - 1842.
A Handbook of Mottoes; C.N. Elvin - 1860.
Irish Families, Their Names, Arms & Origins; Edward MacLysaght - 1957.
The Surnames of Ireland; Edward MacLynsaght - 1957.
The Book of Irish Families Great and Small.










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