Hello Barbara, Thanks a lot for the information. Patricia Pulles > ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822 > Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 15:24:21 -0800 > From: LaChance <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Fiennes > > FIENNES (English [Norman]) Habitation name from a place in > Pas-de-Calais, recorded in the 11th century as 'Filnes' and 'Finles'. > The earliest form of all is 'Flidmum' (9th century), possibly akin to a > Germanic word meaning 'plain'. The surname is normally pronounce > 'faInz'. > Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges. > Barbara > > "Patricia A. Pull�s" wrote: > > > Do you have any information on the origin and meaning of the surname > > Fiennes? > > Thank you, > > Patricia Pulles __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/