The eccles Surname
eccles Name Meaning and History
English and Scottish: habitational name from places near
Manchester, in Berwickshire Dumfriesshire, and elsewhere, all named
from the British word that lies behind Welsh eglwys ‘church’
(from Latin ecclesia, Greek ekklesia ‘gathering’,
‘assembly’). Such places would have been the sites of notable
pre-Anglo-Saxon churches or Christian communities.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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