Gurney

Literary

A literary name from Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, where it belongs to a servant to Petruchio.

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A literary name from Shakespeare's Cymbeline, where it belongs to son to Cymbeline, disguised under the name of Polydore, a supposed son to Belarius.

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A literary name from Shakespeare's Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, where it belongs to a courtier. Osric.

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A literary name from Shakespeare's King Henry IV, 1 & 2, where it belongs to king. Also Hal, king's son and Prince of Wales, who becomes Henry V. 'King Henry VI, III' King Henry VI. Also Henry, Earl of Richmond, a youth. 'King Henry VIII' King Henry. Also Sir Henry Guildford.

English German Literary Norse Teutonic

A nickname for Henry 'Rules his household.'. Home or House Ruler. A literary name from Shakespeare's King Henry IV, Part 1, where it belongs to nickname of Henry, Prince of Wales and son to King Henry the Fourth. Hal becomes Henry, and King at the end of Part 2. King in King Henry V. War chief. Mighty in war.

English German Literary

House or home. Introduced from Germany during the Norman Conquest. Also used as a surname. A variant of Hamo derived from the Old German word for house or home. Also used as a surname. Associated with Shakespeare's tragedy by the same name. A literary name from Shakespeare's Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, where it belongs to son to the former King, whose ghost appears to Hamlet demanding he avenge his father's death by killing Claudius, the present king and brother of the former.

French Literary

From the fortified farm. A literary name from Shakespeare's King Henry IV, Part 2, where it belongs to one of the King's party.

Literary

A literary name from Shakespeare's King Henry V, where it belongs to governor of Harfleur.