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First Ladies: Martha Dandridge Custis Washington
Martha

Name origin: Aramic

Name meaning: A lady; mistress; who becomes bitter; provoking

 
Dandridge

Name origin: English

Name meaning: habitational name of uncertain origin, possibly from Tandridge in Surrey, which is named from an unexplained first element + Old English hrycg ‘ridge’, ‘hill’.

 
Custis

Name origin: English

Name meaning: unexplained. Possibly from a much altered form of the personal name Augustus. This is an old VA surname, dating from the 17th century.

 
Washington

Name origin: Old English

Name meaning: Town near water

 
 
 
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