Ok, I'll play and I'll give the derivation the at the same time.
All as in Albert or Allen, ing as the word ending.
It is a made up name, but much older that Ellis Island. I've heard two
different derivations. Either a modification of the name Allen, or a
shortening of the name Allingworth. The first recording of the name is
in New Haven Connecticut in sometime in the 1640's. The family ledgend
has it that Roger being a good Puritan didn't want to be associated with
his Church of England relatives. Personally I like to think he was an
escaping horse thief, it's the romantic in me.
On 7/20/2011 5:57 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
We've got people from a wide range of cultures on this list, and there are a
lot of folks with names that I can only guess at the pronunciation. Names
which may be common in one culture are pretty rare in Central California.
I haven't heard much variation in the pronunciation of Larry, but the two common mistakes are to
misread Colen as Cohen, or to pronounce it the way everyone but Colin Powell pronounces Colin.
It's pronounced like Cohen, but with an "L" rather than an "H": Koe-len.
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