Släkthistoria för Ayliffe
Ayliffe Vad efternamn betyder
from one of three Middle English personal names of Scandinavian origin Ailef Ailif and Ailof. Old Danish Old Swedish Elif (Old Scandinavian Eilifr apparently composed of the elements ei ‘ever lifðr ’alive lively') and Elef (Old Scandinavian Eileifr with *leifr ‘remainder’) gave rise to Ayliff(e) Aliffe and Eliff. Old Danish Old Swedish Elaf gave rise to Ayloff but the names were probably confused with each other. from a Middle English female personal name Aileve Old English Æðelgifu which appears in Domesday Book as Æileua Eileua Aileua and Eleua. For -iff from -gifu compare Brightiff here perhaps influenced also by Ailiff. Ayloffe can only be included here by assuming influence from the Scandinavian name. Compare Richard Aylyaue 1332 in Subsidy Rolls (Warwicks).
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
