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In England, names ending with the suffix "-son" or "-ing" were often originally patronymic. In addition, the archaic French (more specifically, [[Norman language|Norman]]) prefix ''fitz'' (cognate with the modern French ''[[wikt:fils|fils]]'', meaning "son") appears in England's aristocratic family lines dating from the [[Norman Conquest]], and also among the [[Anglo-Irish]]. Thus there are names such as Fitzgerald, Fitzmaurice and Fitzhugh. In addition, the name ''[[Fitzroy (surname)|Fitzroy]]'', meaning "son of [the] king" (''[[roy]]''), was sometimes used by illegitimate royal children.