The cubit Surname
cubit Name Meaning and History
English: from Middle English cubit ‘forearm’ (from Latin
cubitum), presumably applied as a nickname for someone with
strong or otherwise remarkable forearms; in its extended sense, as a
unit of length, it may have been a metonymic occupational name for a
builder.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 6 - Messages: 33
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| geneological study | v. englehart | 15 |
| Charles Albert Cubitt, b. 1881 MI, fa. William |
 Dayna Jacobs
| 8 |
| query from edwin cubi | v. englehart | 0 |
| CUBIT(T) burials North + South Great Yarmouth 1837-1902. | LORRAINE DAVIDSON | 2 |
| CUBIT Family (Black Choctaw?) | LaWana Brown | 2 |
| cubi family | vickie englehart | 0 |
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