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welcome Name Meaning and History

  1. English: habitational name from places in Devon and Warwickshire called Welcombe, from Old English well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’ + cumb ‘broad, straight valley’.
  2. English: nickname for a well-liked person or one noted for his hospitality, from Middle English welcume, a calque of Old French bienvenu or Old Norse velkominn.
  3. Translated form of Canadian French Bienvenue, found in New England.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of welcome Families in the US in 1920
Number of welcome families
 21-40
 8-20		 1-7
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