Does anyone have evolving surnames?

[bykerlads]

Does anyone have any really inventive alternative to use in a search for Briggs?
Biggs, Buggs, Bridge, Prida already found but I wonder if I'm missing some obvious possibilities.

[BW252]

I have Tobit becoming Talbot

[coombs]

Teager/Teagoe/Teague/Tago in Suffolk. It evolved to become Teager.

[McGroger]

Bykerlads,
 
Have you looked at old variations like Brigge, Bryggia, Brycg, and phonetic variations like Bricks and Brix - which may also lead on to Bryce, Brice and Bruce?

Cheers,
Peter

[Redroger]

I have 13 versions of the surname LUFFMAN, most of which appear to be simple mispellings or mishearings due to dialect misunderstandings with clergy from other parts of the country.

[ancestorsnoop]

I am amazed at all the name variations.  Thank you for all your replies.  They are a great tool.

[ThrelfallYorky]

On OH's side once mob veered madly ( often in the same household and the same generation) around Emott, Emmot, Emmott, Emet, Emmit, Emmet, Emmett ... and I think there were one or two more variations.

[ancestorsnoop]

Thanks, it is interesting how one household's surname could be spelled so many different ways.  I heard my husband's grandma's name was Kathryn, but it appears her name was spelled several different ways in her lifetime.  So when naming my daughter I chose the way I liked best.

It is nice having the English civil registration indexes online.  It took a lot of time rolling on and off the microfilm looking for all the surname variations, because with the second letter in the surname being different it would sometimes end up being on two different microfilms.

[clairec666]

It is nice having the English civil registration indexes online.  It took a lot of time rolling on and off the microfilm looking for all the surname variations, because with the second letter in the surname being different it would sometimes end up being on two different microfilms.

Hurrah for wildcard searches, too!