It should be easy, but I have an 80 year old memory: Fitzhugh.
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Fitzhugh
There are 25 stories with 'Fitzhugh'. Another thing that comes to mind to narrow it down?
Any of these ring a bell?
Fitzhugh Williams
Doctor/Dr. Fitzhugh
Ron Fitzhugh
Crombie&Fitzhugh in Guildford
Alexandra Fitzhugh-Rust
Director of the FBI, Thomas Fitzhugh
Lieutenant Grenville Fitzhugh
Darcy Algernon Grenville Fitzhugh
Fitzhugh and Fitzroy
Damn! I had no idea Fitzhugh was so popular a name. He an American doctor attending a convention in London. As he returns to his hotel room, he encounters a man trying to force a woman into a hotel room. He saves the lady, breaks the guy's nose. Both the lady and Fitzhugh are fascinated with each other. The lady is a lawyer who works for Fitz's best friend. They meet again at a Christmas party back in the US. She babysits his girls while he does surgery.
Any name with "Fitz-" will be a lot more common than you think, especially with British authors. It's the Anglo-Norman version of "son of" and was used for several centuries by the noble classes.
In the 17th century it became associated with illegitimate children, thanks in large part to Charles II and one of his mistresses, so it fell out of general use.
The result of all this is that by the time the Americas were being colonized, "Fitz-" was no longer being used in general and the families that did still have it were a lot wealthier than most of the colonists. As a result there are a lot fewer Fitzes on this side of the Atlantic.
In the 17th century it became associated with illegitimate children, thanks in large part to Charles II and one of his mistresses, so it fell out of general use.
This is from Wikipedia:
The ten children of Prince William, Duke of Clarence and St Andrews, future King William III. of the United Kingdom, and his mistress, actress Dorothea Jordan, and their descendants:
George FitzClarence (1794–1842) and his grandson:
Charles FitzClarence (1865–1914)
Henry FitzClarence (1795–1817)
Sophia FitzClarence (1796–1837)
Mary FitzClarence (1798–1864)
Frederick FitzClarence (1799–1854)
Elizabeth FitzClarence (1801–1856)
Adolphus FitzClarence (rear admiral) (1802–1856) (no issue)
Augusta FitzClarence (1803–1865)
Augustus FitzClarence (1805–1854)
Amelia FitzClarence (1807–1858)
It so seems that the usage continued merrily into the reign of George III.
I suspect the current crop of royals are just as profligate with their seed, only there seems to be a press omerta on the subject.
AJ
Yes, it did continue in the UK, that was my point. Because of the negative connotations of "Fitz-" referring to bastards rather than a general "son of" at the time of US colonization and the War of Independence, the practice did not survive in the US even though it did continue on in the UK.
Thus, Fitz-whatever is a fairly rare name construction in the US and a less rare name type in the UK. The practice of using Fitz- continued until relatively recently in the UK but died out or didn't transition to the US.
There are other reasons why it's less common on this side of the Atlantic, but the (temporary) bad image came at a time that was very important to the formation of US customs and culture.
Apologies in advance, but you seem to have overlooked the two gay Irishmen, Patrick Fitzgerald and Gerald Fitzpatrick.
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