---
title: 'Names and Surnames'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Thomas Verner Moore'
date: 1856-07-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Language'
- 'Biblical History'
- 'History (General)'
scriptures:
- 'Genesis 4'
- 'Exodus 2'
- '1 Samuel 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/moore-1856-names-and-surnames
---

# Names and Surnames

Essay tracing the history and significance of personal names and surnames. Argues names mark cultural stages—sense, memory, faith—illustrated from biblical, Egyptian and tribal examples.

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