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Surname Etymology and Meaning of CHILDS

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Name meanings and etymologies are often disputed. The information here is compiled from freely available sources, and no claims whatsoever are made for accuracy, either historical or etymological.

Child, Page and Varlet were names given to youths from seven to fourteen years of age, while receiving their education for knighthood.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).

English: patronymic from Child 1.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)