The history of names

For long time people didn't have family name.People had firdt name only.This custom slowly chaged,the Romans introduced a combination of personal and family names.They usually used theree names :Praenomen,Nomen and Gognomen. In England,people started to use surnames in the XIII century. Many family names come from jobs . Names like Baeker,Cook,Carpenter,Miller,show an occupation. People also used places for family names,in fact, in the U.K.,more than half of familynames come from places:River,Hill,are some examples. Others surnames come from personal names,for example:Richerdson,Stevenson.

Most of Carlie names are preceted by O'Brien.