Hunta

Male
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Discussion of the name

Hunta is an Old English masculine name that probably originated as an occupational byname from hunta ‘huntsman’, although a hypocoristic form of a compound name with hund ‘hound’ as first element is also possible (Redin 1919:77; von Feilitzen 1937: 296; Tengvik 1938: 158).

The only entries in the PASE corpus are for Hunta 1, a witness to an eighth-century Mercian charter, and Hunta 2, a catch-all category for occurrences of this name in Domesday Boom.

Bibliography

Redin 1919: Studies on Uncompounded Personal Names in Old English (Uppsala: A.-B. Akademska Bokhandeln, 1919)

Tengvik 1938: Gösta Tengvik, Old English Bynames, Nomina Germanica 4 (Uppsala: Almqvist and Wiksells, 1938)

von Feilitzen 1937: Olof von Feilitzen, The Pre-Conquest Personal Names of Domesday Book, Nomina Germanica 3 (Uppsala: Almqvist and Wiksells, 1937)

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Hunta

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Hunta

  Phillimore edition: Hunta

  Alecto edition: Hunta

Distribution map of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

List of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

Holder 1066

Shire Phil. ref. Vill DB Spelling Holder 1066 Lord 1066 Tenant-in-Chief 1086 1086 Subtenant Fiscal Value 1066 Value 1086 Value Conf. Show on Map
Hampshire NF9,22 Througham Hunta Hunta 'of Througham' - William, king - 1.00 1.50 0.00 B Map
Hampshire NF9,26 Sanhest Hunta Hunta 'of Througham' - William, king Ælfric the small 0.31 0.50 0.00 C Map
Staffordshire 11,46 Wrottesley Hunta Hunta 'of Wrottesley' - Robert of Stafford Glædwine 'of Wrottesley' 2.00 0.20 0.20 B Map
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