I asked my surgeon who has that same name and he said his mom did name him after the movie star..but the name actually originated in England. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 4:15 AM Subject: [BENNETT] BENNETT, Yancey...SURNAME-ORIGINS > > > > Dear Maria, > > One person also said that the name's origin was Native American for Yankee > and fairly common. > > If it shows up in early England or elsewhere, that might contradict that > theory. > > Someone else wrote, excerpted without names: > > ",,, was right. There was a movie "Yancy Derringer" in 1958, however you > should see the long list of persons in the movie industry with Yancy as a > surname or a given name." > > Victoria > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.5/482 - Release Date: 10/18/2006 > >