Am searching for the origin of the surname "YOUNGER." Thanks...

YOUNGER (English) 1. distinguishing name, a variation of "YOUNG", from the Old English 'geong' (young), 2. Anglicized form of Middle Dutch "jonghheer" (young nobleman). All that being said, the name boils down to distinquishing the younger of two people bearing the same name. They do not necessary have to be from the same family, though they usually are. At one time more than one person living in the same small village might bear the same first name. Since, at one time last names did not exist, adding "The Younger" designation made it clear which was the person one meant when speaking of one of the people bearing a like name. Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges. Barbara Brownie MacKie wrote: > Am searching for the origin of the surname "YOUNGER." > > Thanks... > > ============================== > Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/