can u have a surname "Windsor" even u have no connection relation to british royal family?

Question

Im just wondering if a person can have a surname"windsor" even he has no connection/relation to a royal family?..can an American can have a "Windsor" surname. by the way, what is Windsor origin?

Answer 1

Windsor is a town in Berkshire that is at least a thousand years old. Most of the people called Windsor (there are 3917 of them in the UK today) are descended from a medieval ancestor who came from Windsor. They are not necessarily related to each other, as of course over the couple of centuries the English people were adopting surnames many people would have left that town and settled elsewhere in the country There they would have become known as "John (or whatever his baptismal name was) Windsor".



But the royal family didn't get their name in this way: in 1917 they changed their name from "Saxe-Coburg-Gotha" to "Windsor" because Windsor Castle was their principal home. So they are much *less* likely than other families called Windsor to be related to any other Windsors.

Answer 2

The origin of the surname Windsor for the British royal family is Windsor castle. The name of the royals from Victoria's marriage was Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, but in 1917 they adopted the surname Windsor because of the war with Germany.

Answer 3

Yes, since it is probably derived from the place name. (Windsor in Berkshire).

The English Royal Family only took the surname Windsor during the First World war due to anti-German feeling.

Their previous surname of Saxe-Coburg Gotha reflects their descent from the House of Hanover.

Since 1960, royal descendants have had the name Mountbatten-Windsor, an amalgamation of the surnames of Her Majesty The Queen and her consort, Philip Mountbatten. Incidentally, the Mountbattens were originally Battenburg, but had changed their name to sound less German too.

Answer 4

Yes you can have the surname Windsor and not be related to the Royal family.

Answer 5

Why can you British, Americans, and the rest of the English speaking world just ask intelligent and legitimate questions? Most of these royalty questions can be answered through plain old-fashioned research. All you ever do is ask stupid and embarrassing questions that ends up in a ping-pong verbal attack on both sides of the Atlantic. The UK and USA are not enemies, slavery ended, and all countries have ugly histories so it is time to move forward into the future with a positive attitude based on the lessons learned. Additional Comment: Sir Ichiban, You have to understand that real mature and intelligent Americans (and believe me there are a lot) do not ask questions like these internet trolls who are most likely under 25, immature, stupid, lazy in researching, foul mouthed, arrogant, condescending, and always looking for a verbal fight. If there were more Americans over 40 (on YAs) then you would have seen a different set of questions and answers that reflected real intelligence. But there are no such people, at least the majority, on YAs because they are busy working and trying to enjoy life as much as possible. Additional Comment: Sir Ichiban, You do not have to wait at all. The point I was making that YAs should be a forum for asking and answering legitimate questions that cannot be easily answered through research. It is not for debating or demeaning; there are other blog sites for that. Yes, these ignorant, arrogant, rude lying Americans that have asked similar questions about the UK do not know anything about the world history and government structure of many countries. But that is a very small percentage of the US population. You had enough of the rudeness, insults, and downright lies. Well, it is the same with me. This is why I responded to this question. Just be aware that it is not reflective of the US. What I tell other young (and older) Americans that if you are going to criticize any nation then you must based it on hard facts that will not change generation after generation. That involves lots of research and when they complete their research, they will find criticizing any nation becomes very difficult. I have seen many questions like this. On the question asked by this idiot American called Troll asked “Hypothetically, who would win in a war between the United States and Great Britain?”, you responded as you would. It was a very stupid question. You and a lot of British people who read these questions get the impression that the majority of Americans are ignorant and stupid. They are not and I am trying to down play these idiot Americans because they are an embarrassment to my country. I also have read similar question about the USA from Europeans and Americans and did the “Sir Ichiban” response to counter attack the demeaning, arrogance, and stupidity of these questionnaires.

Answer 6

Yes of course



This name, with variant spellings Windsor, Winsor, Winser, Winzor, Winzer and Winzar, is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is locational from Winsor in Devonshire, near the mouth of the Yealm, or from Winsor in Hampshire, on Southampton water. The former was first recorded as "Winlesore" in the 1202 Fine Court Rolls of Devonshire, and the latter was recorded as "Windlesor" in the 1236 Assize Court Rolls of Hampshire. Both places derive their first element from the Olde English pre 7th Century "windels", a windlass (from "windan", to wind), plus "ora", a bank; hence, "landing-place with a windlass". These places are identical in origin with Windsor in Berkshire and Dorset. Locational surnames, such as this, were usually acquired by a local landowner, or by the lord of the manor, and especially by those former inhabitants of a place who had moved to another area, usually in search of work, and were thereafter best identified by the name of their birthplace. The British Royal Family took the surname Windsor from the Berkshire town in 1917, in lieu of Wettin. An interesting namebearer, recorded in the "Dictionary of National Biography", was Frederick Albert Winsor (1763 - 1830), one of the pioneers of gas lighting, who lighted with gas part of Pall Mall, London in 1804. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Godfrey de Windesor, which was dated 1066, in the Domesday Book of Hampshire, during the reign of King William 1, known as "The Conqueror", 1066 - 1087. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.



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Answer 7

Barbara Windsor !!!!!