Fitz

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name element onomastic element patronymic prefix

"Fitz" is a common prefix in surnames of Norman origin meaning "son of," often found in names like Fitzpatrick or Fitzgerald.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Fitz- 1

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf name element ⓘ
onomastic element ⓘ
patronymic prefix ⓘ
associatedWithCulture Norman aristocracy ⓘ
associatedWithRegion England NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ
contrastsWith "Mac" as a Gaelic patronymic prefix ⓘ
"O'" as a Gaelic patronymic prefix ⓘ
derivesFrom Latin "filius" ⓘ
Old French "filz" ⓘ
Old French "fiz" ⓘ
hasEtymologyLanguage Norman French NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMeaning "son of" ⓘ
hasOrigin Norman NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSpellingVariant fitz- (lowercase in some usages) ⓘ
historicalUsagePeriod Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ
isComponentOf compound surnames ⓘ
isPrefixIn Fitzalan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fitzgerald NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fitzherbert NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fitzhugh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fitzmaurice NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fitzpatrick NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fitzroy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fitzsimmons NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fitzwalter NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fitzwilliam NERFINISHED ⓘ
nameType patronymic ⓘ
positionInName prefix ⓘ
semanticCategory kinship term ⓘ
semanticRole indicates paternal descent ⓘ
usedBy descendants of Norman settlers in the British Isles ⓘ
usedIn Anglo-Norman naming traditions ⓘ
patronymic surnames ⓘ
surnames ⓘ
usedInLanguageContext English ⓘ
Norman French NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedSince 11th century (approximate) ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fitzwalter → hasEtymologicalElement → Fitz ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fitz-
Fitzpatrick (surname) → hasNameElement → Fitz ⓘ
subject surface form: Fitzpatrick