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Childs


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Origin Of The Surname Childs

Meaning Of The Surname Childs

Descendant of the Young One

Interesting Facts About Childs

Childs comes from the Old English ‘Cild’ which meant child. Child was often used as an affectionate nickname, and could later have stuck as a surname. Because the surname Childs has an ‘s’ affixed to it, it would have been patronymic. It therefore means that it was given to a descendant of a person nicknamed child.

Childs Statistics

Childs is the number 645 ranked surname in the United Kingdom. According to our statistics around 15,158 share the surname Childs in the UK.

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