Last Name ROMILLY

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Meaning	Local: Of Romilly; probably Romilly, a town in Savoy, near Geneva. The present Romillys are descendants of a French Protestant who settled in England at the beginnning of the 18th century. Romeley existed in ENgland eight hundered years ago, but is evidently of English origin. It either died out or became incorporated with Romeny, later Romney and Rumney.

Origin	English, French, Belgian

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