Hey, it may not be "daughter of ____", but it's a start!
- Anson (AN-son)--from Agnes
- Averill (AV-er-il)--from Anglo-Saxon Eoforhild/Everhild
- Babcock (BAB-kok)--from Barbara
- Bell (BEL)--from Isabel (can also be an occupational name, "bellringer")
- Dwight (DWITE)--from medieval Diot, a form of Greek Dionysia [the original form of Denise]
- Dyson (DYE-son)--another from Dionysia
- Eads (EEDZ)--from Edith
- Eason (EE-son)--another from Edith (can also be from Adam)
- Edison (ED-ih-son)--yet another from Edith (can also be from Adam)
- Emmett (EM-met)--from Emma
- Evelyn (EV-el-in)--from Aveline
- Ibbott (IB-bot)--from Isabel
- Madison (MAD-ih-son)--from Maude (can also be from Matthew)
- Marion (MEHR-ee-on)--from Mary
- Merrill (MEHR-ril)--from Muriel
- Royce (ROIS)--from Rose
- Ruskin (RUS-kin)--another from Rose
- Sinason (SEE-nah-son)--from Scandinavian Sina
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