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OP For instance there was a well known physician in Boston named Janeway. I was surprised when I learned that it was derived from "Genove" meaning from Genoa.
And the name Pettengill originally meant "from Portugal".
And that "Fuller" came from a process in make woolen fabric.
c'mon, there are lots more of them, and many are interesting.
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