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Names that mean “home ruler”

14 fragments across 7 traditions carry this sense. Every one of them opens a name; not a single tradition here uses this sense to close one.

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Home ruler names across the traditions

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They cluster in 2 families, most of them real world. Cowboy is among those carrying the most, with 5 separate fragments for it — a tradition that needs this many words for one idea is telling you something about what it cares about.

Cowboy


People

Hank initial · Hal initial · Harry initial · Etta initial · Hattie initial

  • Hank Ashby

    Hank home ruler + Ashby ash farmstead

    home ruler, ash farmstead

  • Hank Sanders

    Hank home ruler + Sanders son of Alexander

    home ruler, son of Alexander

  • Hank Moran

    Hank home ruler + Moran great

    home ruler, great

  • Hal Eberhardt

    Hal home ruler + Eberhardt brave boar

    home ruler, brave boar

  • Hal Williams

    Hal home ruler + Williams son of William

    home ruler, son of William

  • Hal Dempsey

    Hal home ruler + Dempsey proud

    home ruler, proud

  • Harry Keith

    Harry home ruler + Keith woodland

    home ruler, woodland

  • Harry Brauer

    Harry home ruler + Brauer ale brewer

    home ruler, ale brewer

  • Harry Keegan

    Harry home ruler + Keegan son of fire

    home ruler, son of fire

  • Etta Tanner

    Etta home ruler + Tanner hide tanner

    home ruler, hide tanner

  • Etta Fischer

    Etta home ruler + Fischer fisherman

    home ruler, fisherman

  • Etta Edwards

    Etta home ruler + Edwards son of Edward

    home ruler, son of Edward

Medieval


Real world

Henry initial · Harry initial

  • Henry atte Forde

    Henry home ruler + atte Forde at the ford

    home ruler, at the ford

  • Henry Dobson

    Henry home ruler + Dobson son of Robert

    home ruler, son of Robert

  • Henry Underhill

    Henry home ruler + Underhill below the hill

    home ruler, below the hill

  • Harry Harrison

    Harry home ruler + Harrison son of Harry

    home ruler, son of Harry

  • Harry Fitzwilliam

    Harry home ruler + Fitzwilliam son of William

    home ruler, son of William

  • Harry Lange

    Harry home ruler + Lange tall

    home ruler, tall

Middle


People

Henry initial · Harriet initial

  • Henry Whitfield

    Henry home ruler + whitfield white field

    home ruler, white field

  • Henry Ashford

    Henry home ruler + ashford ash tree ford

    home ruler, ash tree ford

  • Henry Preston

    Henry home ruler + preston priest's settlement

    home ruler, priest's settlement

  • Harriet Marlowe

    Harriet home ruler + marlowe drained lake

    home ruler, drained lake

  • Harriet Garrett

    Harriet home ruler + garrett spear rule

    home ruler, spear rule

  • Harriet Harper

    Harriet home ruler + harper harp player

    home ruler, harp player

Pirate


People

Henry initial · Hendrick initial

  • Henry the Elder

    Henry home ruler + the elder elder

    home ruler, called the elder

  • Henry Hookhand

    Henry home ruler + hookhand hook hand

    home ruler, called the hook hand

  • Henry the Fierce

    Henry home ruler + the fierce fierce

    home ruler, called the fierce

  • Hendrick the Stout

    Hendrick home ruler + the stout stout

    home ruler, called the stout

  • Hendrick Farwater

    Hendrick home ruler + farwater far water

    home ruler, called the far water

  • Hendrick the Leeward

    Hendrick home ruler + the leeward leeward

    home ruler, called the leeward

Italian


Real world

Enrico initial

  • Enrico Patrizio

    Enrico home ruler + patrizio nobleman

    home ruler and nobleman

  • Enrico Giacinto

    Enrico home ruler + giacinto hyacinth

    home ruler and hyacinth

  • Enrico Emilio

    Enrico home ruler + emilio rival

    home ruler and rival

Nordic


Real world

Henrik initial

  • Henrik Steffen

    Henrik home ruler + steffen crown

    home ruler and crown

  • Henrik Audun

    Henrik home ruler + audun wealth friend

    home ruler and wealth friend

  • Henrik Eskil

    Henrik home ruler + eskil divine helmet

    home ruler and divine helmet

Spanish


Real world

Enrique initial

  • Enrique Anselmo

    Enrique home ruler + anselmo divine helmet

    home ruler and divine helmet

  • Enrique Damián

    Enrique home ruler + damián tamer

    home ruler and tamer

  • Enrique Leopoldo

    Enrique home ruler + leopoldo bold people

    home ruler and bold people

Senses that travel together

See also

Each of these shares at least two traditions with “home ruler”. Senses that keep turning up in the same sets usually belong to one semantic field — the small vocabulary a naming tradition returns to again and again.

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