Christmas (surname)

Christmas (surname)

Christmas is a relatively rare surname, which is sometimes said to have been a byname given to a person born at Christmas. However, others dispute this interpretation.[1] The byname was spelled "Cristemass" in 1185 and 1191, and "Cristesmesse" in 1308.[2] The name is principally found in Essex and Sussex counties in England.

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Notable persons with the surname Christmas

  • Cecil Christmas (1886–1916), English footballer
  • Dionte Christmas (1986–), American NBA player
  • Eric Christmas (1916–2000), British actor
  • Ernst William Christmas (1863–1918), Australian painter
  • Jarred Christmas, New Zealand comedian
  • Johnny Christmas (1982–), lacrosse player for Philadelphia Wings
  • Stephen Christmas (1947–1993), for whom the blood clotting protein Factor IX was named
  • Mark Christmas (1990), American filmmaker
  • Dr. William W. Christmas, (1895–1960), American aviation pioneer and designer of the Christmas Bullet aircraft
  • Mark Christmas (1967), Welsh Poet

Fictional characters with the name Christmas

  • Joe Christmas, a character in William Faulkner's novel Light in August
  • Lloyd Christmas, a character in the movies Dumb and Dumber and Dumb and Dumberer
  • Miss Merry Christmas, a member of Baroque Works from the manga series One Piece

References

  1. ^ "DNA search for 'father' Christmas". BBC News. 2005-11-23. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4460832.stm. Retrieved 2007-12-25. 
  2. ^ Reaney, P. H., & R. M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames (London: Routledge, 1991; Oxford University Press, 1995), s.n. Christmas.

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