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Surnames, their origin and their meaning
Many surnames are associated with the place/locality of where the family lived
and in those cases the location is noted as the meaning.
Many surnames are associated with the occupation of the person given the name.
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| Surname |
|
Origin |
Meaning |
| Aaron |
|
Hebrew |
Signifies a mountaineer, or mount of strength |
| Aarons |
|
Hebrew |
Aarons Son |
| Aaronson |
|
Hebrew |
Aaron's Son |
| Abb |
|
Hebrew |
Abraham |
| Abbee |
|
French |
abbey |
| Abberle |
|
English |
Abberley Worcester |
| Abbiss |
|
|
Abby's son |
| Abbot |
|
|
chief ruler of an abbey |
| Abdallah |
|
Turkish |
The servant of God |
| Abel |
|
Hebrew |
Vanity, breath |
| Abendroth |
|
German |
abend, evening, and roth, red |
| Abercrombie |
|
Celtic-Gaelic |
parish in Fife, Scotland |
| Aberdeen |
|
Celtic-Gaelic |
city in Aberdeenshire |
| Aberdene |
|
Celtic-Gaelic |
city in Aberdeenshire |
| Abernethy |
|
Celtic-Gaelic |
a town in Strathern, Scotland, on the river Tay |
| Abijah |
|
Hebrew |
The will of the Lord |
| Abner |
|
Hebrew |
Father or Light |
| Abney |
|
Norman-French |
Aubigny, a town of France, in the department of Berry |
| Abraham |
|
Hebrew |
The father of a great multitude |
| Absolom |
|
Hebrew |
Father of Peace |
| Acheson |
|
Cornish-British |
An inscription or memorial |
| Ackart |
|
Saxon |
Ack, oak, and ard, nature, disposition |
| Ackerley |
|
English |
aker, a division of land + ley, a lea or field |
| Ackerman |
|
Saxon |
Acker, oaken, made of oak, and man |
| Ackers |
|
Saxon |
place of oaks, or oak-man |
| Ackland |
|
Saxon |
a place in North Devonshire, England, |
| Ackman |
|
Saxon |
ack, or ake, oak, and man |
| Ackworth |
|
Celtic |
Oak Tree Estate or Ford |
| Acreman |
|
English |
acer, a field + man |
| Acres |
|
English |
acer - a field |
| Acroyd |
|
Scandinavian |
Oak-Ridding clearing |
| Acton |
|
Saxon |
oak-town |
| Ada |
|
Saxon |
Eade |
| Adair |
|
Celtic-Gaelic |
Ath, a ford, and dare, from darach, the place of oaks |
| Adams |
|
Hebrew |
Man, earthly, or red |
| Adcock |
|
|
little Ad or Adam |
| Addenbrooke |
|
English |
Dweller at the brook |
| Adderley |
|
English |
the common-field land |
| Addison |
|
|
son of Adam, Adie or Addie |
| Adee |
|
|
Adam |
| Adie |
|
|
Adam |
| Adkins |
|
|
son of Adam |
| Adlam |
|
Saxon |
adel, fine, noble, and ham, a village or castle |
| Adlar |
|
Dutch |
Adelaar, an eagle |
| Adlington |
|
English |
adling, prince; tun, manor |
| Adnett |
|
French |
son of Adam |
| Adolphus |
|
Saxon |
Ead, happiness, and ulph, help |
| Adrian |
|
Latin |
the city of Hadria |
| Adshead |
|
English |
Headland |
| Affleck |
|
Celtic-Gaelic |
the lands and barony of Auchinleck, near Dundee, in Angusshire, Scotland |
| Agan |
|
Gaelic |
Eigin, force, violence |
| Agar |
|
Celtic-Gaelic |
Aighear signifies gladness, joy, gayety |
| Agate |
|
English |
at the Gate |
| Aglionby |
|
Norman-French |
Aglion, an eaglet, and by, a residence or habitation |
| Agnew |
|
Norman-French |
the town of Agneau in Normandy |
| Aguiler |
|
French-Latin |
Needle Maker |
| Ahern |
|
Celtic |
Ech Tighern = Horse-Lord |
| Aiken |
|
Saxon |
Oaken |
| Aikman |
|
Saxon |
ack, oak, and man |
| Ainsworth |
|
Welsh-British |
ains, a spring, a river, and gwerth, a place, possession, or court |
| Aird |
|
Celtic |
Tall, exalted, noble |
| Aiston |
|
Celtic |
East Farmstead or village |
| Aitkin |
|
|
son of Arthur |
| Aiton |
|
Norman-French |
ea or eau, water, and ton, a town |
| Akam |
|
English |
Oak Tree Enclosure or Dwelling |
| Aked |
|
English |
Oak-Head land |
| Akehurst |
|
English |
OakWood |
| Akeman |
|
Saxon |
Oakman |
| Aken |
|
Saxon |
Oaken |
| Akers |
|
Saxon |
ac and ake being old terms for oak |
| Akin |
|
Saxon |
Oaken |
| Alan |
|
|
hound |
| Alanson |
|
|
son as Alan |
| Albany |
|
French |
Albi(g)ny, now Aubigny, France |
| Albert |
|
German |
beort or bert, signifies famous, fair, and clear, bright |
| Albin |
|
French-Latin |
White, Fair |
| Albrecht |
|
Saxon |
All-bright |
| Albright |
|
Teutonic |
Noble, bright, glorious |
| Albury |
|
English |
old Borough |
| Alcock |
|
|
little Hal or Al |
| Alcott |
|
English |
Old Cottage |
| Aldcroft |
|
English |
Old Croft, a small field |
| Alden |
|
Saxon |
ald, old, and den or dun, a hill or town |
| Alderman |
|
English |
Duke, magistrate, chief |
| Aldersey |
|
Saxon |
The isle of alders |
| Alderslade |
|
English |
alder tree valley |
| Aldersmith |
|
English |
older smith |
| Alderton |
|
English |
aldertree farm |
| Aldham |
|
English |
old enclosure or dwelling |
| Aldis |
|
Saxon |
old house |
| Aldjoy |
|
Saxon |
all-joy |
| Aldred |
|
Saxon |
All-fear |
| Aldridge |
|
Saxon |
All-fear |
| Aldwin |
|
English |
Old friend |
| Aldworth |
|
English |
old estate or farm |
| Alexander |
|
Greek |
aider or benefactor of men |
| Alford |
|
Saxon |
old ford |
| Alfort |
|
Locality |
A village in France, two leagues from Paris |
| Alfred |
|
Saxon |
all, and fred or friede, peace |
| Algar |
|
Gaelic |
Noble |
| Alger |
|
English |
Old Spear |
| Alice |
|
Saxon |
Adeliz, noble |
| Allan |
|
Scottish |
Aland, a wolf-dog, a hound |
| Allchin |
|
Anglo-Saxon |
Allwine |
| Allcorn |
|
English-Sussex |
The temple corner or corner of land |
| Allen |
|
Scottish |
Aland, a wolf-dog, a hound |
| Allenby |
|
Celtic |
Allen's dwelling or farm |
| Allendorf |
|
|
A town in Hesse, Germany |
| Alley |
|
|
passage or walk |
| Allgood |
|
Saxon |
All-good |
| Alliman |
|
French-Teutonic |
All-Men |
| Allingham |
|
English |
Aille or Aella family ham = home, extate |
| Allington |
|
Anglo-Saxon |
Ellendun = Elder-Tree Hill |
| Allinson |
|
|
Allen's Son |
| Allison |
|
|
Alice's son |
| Allman |
|
French-Teutonic |
All-Men |
| Alloway |
|
Celtic |
Wild Field |
| Allwood |
|
English |
old wood |
| Allworthy |
|
English |
old estate or farm |
| Allwright |
|
|
Old Wright |
| Almey |
|
Scandinavian |
Elm Island |
| Almgill |
|
Scandinavian |
elm ravine |
| Almond |
|
English |
Temple-protection |
| Alp |
|
English |
bullfinch |
| Alpin |
|
Scottish |
A pet name, with -in diminutive ending |
| Alsford |
|
English |
Alder-Tree Ford |
| Alsop |
|
Locality |
Alsop, Co. Derby, England |
| Althorp |
|
English |
old village |
| Alton |
|
English |
Old Farm, Manor, or Village |
| Alvarez |
|
Spanish |
son of Alvaro |
| Alverston |
|
Cornish-British |
al, high, ver, green, and don or ton, a hill |
| Alverton |
|
Cornish-British |
al, high, ver, green, and don or ton, a hill |
| Alvin |
|
Saxon |
All-winning or victorious |
| Alvord |
|
Saxon |
old ford |
| Alwin |
|
Saxon |
All-winning or victorious |
| Amaker |
|
Locality |
Amager, a small Danish island to the east of Copenhagen |
| Ambler |
|
French |
Ambleur, an officer of the king's stables |
| Ambrose |
|
Greek |
divine, immortal |
| Amery |
|
German |
Emerich or Immer-reich, always rich |
| Ames |
|
French |
Amie, a friend, beloved |
| Amherst |
|
Saxon |
ham, a town or village, and hurst or herst, a wood |
| Ammadon |
|
Gaelic |
Amadan, a numskull, a simpleton |
| Amoore |
|
English |
at the moor |
| Ampte |
|
Dutch |
Ampt, an official situation |
| Amy |
|
French-Latin |
Friend |
| Anastasia |
|
Greek |
Christ's resurrection |
| Andarton |
|
British |
an, the; dar, an oak, and ton, a hill |
| Anderson |
|
Scottish |
son of Andrew |
| Andrew |
|
Greek |
A brave man |
| Angel |
|
Greek |
messenger |
| Angell |
|
French |
Angel, Messenger |
| Anger |
|
German |
angar, a pasture, meadow |
| Angevine |
|
|
Anjou, in France |
| Angle |
|
Greek |
messenger |
| Angood |
|
French-Teutonic |
Ancestral God |
| Angus |
|
Locality |
A county of Scotland, sometimes called Forfarshire |
| Anker |
|
Latin-Greek |
Anchorite, hermit, monk |
| Annan |
|
Locality |
A river and borough of Scotland |
| Annandale |
|
Celtic-English |
The Dale of the River Annan |
| Annesley |
|
Locality |
a town in Nottinghamshire, England |
| Anscombe |
|
English |
Anne's hollow or valley |
| Ansell |
|
|
Anselm |
| Anselm |
|
Teutonic |
Hamstzhelm, a defender of his companions |
| Anson |
|
|
son of Ann |
| Anstruther |
|
Gaelic |
Anstruth, an ancient order of historians or bards among the Celts |
| Anthon |
|
|
Anthony |
| Anthony |
|
Latin |
Antius, a son of Hercules |
| Anton |
|
Greek |
A flower; flourishing, beautiful, graceful |
| Anwell |
|
Celtic |
Beloved, dear |
| Appleby |
|
Scandinavian |
Orchard or the apple-tree farm |
| Applegarth |
|
Locality |
The orchard, apple-garden |
| Applegate |
|
English |
Apple Tree gate |
| Applethwaite |
|
Scandinavian |
Apple Tree clearing |
| Appleton |
|
Locality |
The town abounding in apples |
| Apps |
|
English |
the aspen tree or the fir tree |
| Apsey |
|
English |
Aspen Island |
| Arblaster |
|
|
Balistarius, a cross-bowman |
| Arbuthnot |
|
Locality |
the land and barony of Arbuthnot in the Mearns, Scotland |
| Arceneau |
|
French |
gunmaker |
| Archibald |
|
German |
Erchenbald, a powerful, bold, and speedy learner or observer |
| Ardal |
|
Celtic |
ar, upon, and dol or dal, a vale, on the vale |
| Arderne |
|
English |
Cheshire place-name |
| Ardgall |
|
Celtic |
ar, upon, and dol or dal, a vale, on the vale |
| Ardley |
|
English |
Arda's Lea or home |
| Argent |
|
French-Latin |
Argentus' Estate |
| Argyle |
|
Gaelic |
Earra Ghaidheal, that is, the country of the western Gael |
| Arkle |
|
Scandinavian |
Arkcoll, Arkell, Arkill, & Arkle - Eagle-Kettle, sacrificial cauldron |
| Arkwright |
|
English |
Chest-Maker |
| Arlon |
|
Locality |
Arlon, a town in the Netherlands, thirteen miles east from Luxemburg |
| Armes |
|
English |
Poor, wretched |
| Armfield |
|
English |
Poor Field |
| Armistead |
|
Saxon |
The place of arms |
| Armitage |
|
Locality |
Hermitage, the cell or habitation of a hermit, formerly a wilderness or solitary place |
| Armitstead |
|
English |
Hermit's Place |
| Armour |
|
|
Armorer, a maker of armor |
| Armsted |
|
Saxon |
The place of arms |
| Armstrong |
|
|
strength in battle |
| Arnold |
|
German |
are or ehre, honor, and hold, faithful or devoted to |
| Arrowsmith |
|
English |
Arrow maker |
| Arthur |
|
British |
Ar (Latin vir), a man, and thor, strong |
| Artois |
|
Locality |
the province of Artois in the Netherlands |
| Arundale |
|
English |
Eagle-dale |
| Arundel |
|
Locality |
the dale on the Arun |
| Arzt |
|
German |
doctor |
| Ascall |
|
Gaelic |
a sheltered place, a bosom, a covert |
| Asgall |
|
Gaelic |
a sheltered place, a bosom, a covert |
| Ashburner |
|
English |
Charcoal maker |
| Ashburton |
|
Locality |
the town on the hill covered or surrounded with ash trees |
| Ashbury |
|
English |
ashtree hill |
| Ashby |
|
Saxon |
the village on a place abounding in ash-trees |
| Ashcroft |
|
English |
East Croft a small field |
| Asher |
|
English |
ashtree spear |
| Ashford |
|
Saxon |
ford over the Ash river |
| Ashley |
|
Saxon |
The lea, field, or pasture abounding in ash-trees |
| Ashton |
|
Saxon |
The ash-hill or town |
| Ashwin |
|
English |
Spear friend |
| Askew |
|
Saxon |
Acksheugh, hilly lands covered with oaks |
| Askwith |
|
Scandinavian |
ash wood |
| Aslett |
|
French-Latin |
Lancelet |
| Aspinwall |
|
Saxon |
aspen-vale |
| Astley |
|
Saxon |
Estley or Eastley, the east meadow or field |
| Aston |
|
Saxon |
Eston or Easton, the east town |
| Astor |
|
Locality |
Oster, a town in North Jutland |
| Atherton |
|
Saxon |
Atherstone, a town in Warwickshire, England |
| Athill |
|
Locality |
At the hill |
| Athol |
|
Celtic-Gaelic |
ath, a ford, and al, an old word for a rock, a stone |
| Athow |
|
Locality |
At the hill |
| Atkins |
|
|
son of Arthur |
| Attree |
|
Locality |
At the tree |
| Atwater |
|
Locality |
At the water |
| Atwell |
|
Locality |
At the well |
| Atwood |
|
Locality |
At the wood |
| Aubrey |
|
German |
Alberic, a name given in hope of power or wealth |
| Auchinleck |
|
Locality |
Ach, an elevation, a mound, or round hill, generally level at the top; and leac, a flat stone, a tombstone |
| Auchmuty |
|
Gaelic |
Ach, an elevation, a mound, and mod, a court, an assembly, a meeting |
| Aucoin |
|
French |
Alcuin, of German origin, meaning friend of the temple |
| Audley |
|
Saxon |
ald or aud, old, and ley, a field or pasture |
| Augustine |
|
Latin |
Augustinus, imperial, royal, great, or renowned |
| Auld |
|
Scottish |
Old |
| Ault |
|
Scottish |
Old |
| Aurelia |
|
Latin |
Feminine of Aurelius, golden |
| Aurora |
|
|
Aurea hora, the golden hour |
| Austin |
|
Latin |
Augustinus, imperial, royal, great, renowned |
| Avelin |
|
Latin |
hazelnut |
| Averill |
|
Locality |
Haverill is a town in Suffolk, England |
| Avery |
|
Gaelic |
Aimhrea contention or disagreement |
| Avis |
|
Latin |
Avus grandfather |
| Axton |
|
English |
Stone, monument, or castle |
| Ayleward |
|
|
ale-keeper |
| Aylmer |
|
Welsh |
Allmor a valley or dale |
| Aylsworth |
|
Cornish-British |
Ayles, low meadow, flat lands, washed by a river, sea, or lake, and gwerth, a worth, farm, house, village |
| Ayres |
|
Locality |
a river, town, and district of the same name in Scotland |
| Ayton |
|
English |
The River Farm or Village |
| Baba |
|
|
German, Bube, a boy |
| Babb |
|
Latin-Greek |
A diminutive of Barbara meaning Stranger, foreigner |
| Babcock |
|
|
Bab, a nickname for Bartholomew, and cock, small, little, a son |
| Baber |
|
|
Bosseville; from Bosch, a wood, and ville, a village |
| Babin |
|
French |
Babylas |
| Babington |
|
English |
The esate of the Baba / Babba family |
| Bachelor |
|
Dutch |
Bock, a book, and leeraar, a doctor of divinity, law, or physic |
| Backe |
|
English |
brook |
| Backer |
|
English |
Baker |
| Backhouse |
|
English |
Bake house |
| Backman |
|
German |
Bach, a brook, and man |
| Backster |
|
English |
Female baker |
| Bacon |
|
Anglo-Saxon |
bacan, to bake, to dry by heat |
| Badam |
|
Welsh-Hebrew |
Son of Adam |
| Badeau |
|
French |
the Parisians who admired every thing that seems a little extraordinary |
| Bader |
|
German |
barber |
| Badgely |
|
Locality |
a town in Scotland |
| Badger |
|
|
a hawker, a peddler |
| Bagley |
|
Saxon |
bilge, rising or swelling, and leagh or ley, plain or pasture land |
| Bagot |
|
French |
A stay or walking staff |
| Bagshawe |
|
English |
Back Wood |
| Bailey |
|
|
Bailiff |
| Baillie |
|
French |
bailiff |
| Bain |
|
Celtic |
Whiteness, fairness |
| Bainbridge |
|
Celtic-English |
The bridge over the River Bain |
| Baines |
|
French |
The healing baths |
| Bains |
|
French |
The healing baths |
| Baisley |
|
Gaelic |
Baisealach, proud |
| Baits |
|
several-languages |
to feed, to rest for refreshment |
| Baker |
|
Saxon |
bacan, to dry by heat |
| Bakewell |
|
English |
Badeca's spring or well |
| Balch |
|
|
bald |
| Balcombe |
|
Gaelic |
Bal, a round body, any thing thrown up and combe, a valley |
| Balder |
|
Anglo-Saxon |
Bealdhere / Baldhere = Bold Army |
| Balderston |
|
English |
B(e)aldhere's or Bealdor's Manor or Farmstead |
| Balding |
|
Anglo-Saxon |
B(e)alding / B(e)ald's Son |
| Baldock |
|
English |
Bald Oak |
| Baldrey |
|
Teutonic |
Baldric - bold + rek, a ruler |
| Baldry |
|
Teutonic |
Baldric - bold + rek, a ruler |
| Baldwin |
|
German |
bald, quick or speedy, and win, an old word signifying victor or conqueror |
| Balen |
|
Cornish-British |
Melen, a mill |
| Balfe |
|
Celtic |
Dumb, quiet |
| Balfour |
|
Gaelic |
Ball and Balla, signifies a casting up, raising, and denotes a wall, fortress, house, a village |
| Balgowan |
|
Celtic |
The place of the smith |
| Ball |
|
Teutonic |
Baldwin |
| Ballantine |
|
|
A place where Bal or Belus was worshiped by the Celts |
| Ballantyne |
|
|
A place of ancient pagan worship among the Celts |
| Ballard |
|
Celtic-Gaelic |
Ball, a place, a round elevation; and ard, high |
| Balliol |
|
Normandy |
Bailey, Barrier |
| Balloch |
|
Celtic |
Dweller at a Gap or Pass |
| Balmer |
|
|
Balm or spice dealer |
| Balshaw |
|
English |
Bald(a)'s Wood, a thicket, wood |
| Bamber |
|
English |
bean grove |
| Bambery |
|
English |
beam, a tree + bearh, a hill |
| Bamborough |
|
English |
beam, a tree + bearh, a hill |
| Bambridge |
|
English |
a tree, beam |
| Bambrough |
|
English |
beam, a tree + bearh, a hill |
| Bamburgh |
|
English |
beam, a tree + bearh, a hill |
| Bambury |
|
English |
beam, a tree + bearh, a hill |
| Bamfield |
|
English |
Tree-Field |
| Bamford |
|
English |
tree ford |
| Bampton |
|
English |
The tree (or log) dwelling or farmstead |
| Bancho |
|
Gaelic |
ban, white, and chu or cu, a dog |
| Bancroft |
|
French |
bain, a bath, a hot-house |
| Bangs |
|
|
Banks |
| Bannan |
|
Celtic |
O'Banan, descendant of Banan, white, fair |
| Bannatyne |
|
Scottish |
the hill where fires were kindled |
| Bannerman |
|
Scottish |
the king's standard-bearer |
| Banning |
|
Danish |
Baaning, a home, a dwelling |
| Bannister |
|
French |
The keeper of a bath |
| Bant |
|
Welsh |
A high place |
| Banta |
|
Gaelic |
Beaunta, hills, mountains |
| Banton |
|
English |
bean-enclosure |
| Banvard |
|
Cornish-British |
ban, a mount, hill, or high ground |
| Banyard |
|
English |
bean-enclosure |
| Bar |
|
|
Barr, a parish in Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Barber |
|
Dutch |
Bock, a book, and leeraar, a doctor of divinity, law, or physic |
| Barclay |
|
Saxon |
beorce, a beech-tree, and leagh or ley, a field |
| Barcula |
|
Dutch |
Borkulo, a town in Holland |
| Barculo |
|
Dutch |
Borkulo, a town in Holland |
| Bard |
|
Celtic |
bawr, a top or summit, the highest; and eidde or oidde, instructor |
| Bardrick |
|
Teutonic |
Axe-Ruler |
| Barfield |
|
English |
barleyfield |
| Barfoot |
|
English |
Barefoot |
| Barhydt |
|
Dutch |
Barheid, sharpness, roughness, severity |
| Barker |
|
|
tanner |
| Barnabas |
|
German |
Son of exhortation |
| Barnaby |
|
German |
Son of exhortation |
| Barnard |
|
Saxon |
Bearn or Bairn, a child, and ard, nature, disposition |
| Barnby |
|
Scandinavian |
Bjorn's dwelling or estate |
| Barnes |
|
Cornish-British |
Barnyz, a judge |
| Barnet |
|
Locality |
A town in Hertfordshire, England |
| Barney |
|
|
Bernard |
| Barnum |
|
Locality |
Bearnham, the town in the wood or hill |
| Barnwell |
|
English |
Bearne, a wood, and veld, a field |
| Baron |
|
Celtic |
man |
| Barr |
|
|
Barr, a parish in Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Barras |
|
Saxon |
Baerwas, groves, a place among trees |
| Barrell |
|
Gaelic |
Barrail, excellent, surpassing |
| Barret |
|
French |
barat, strife, deceit |
| Barringer |
|
Locality |
Beringer, a town in France |
| Barron |
|
Celtic |
Man |
| Barrow |
|
|
A circular earthen mound, marking the place of interment of some noted person |
| Barry |
|
|
Baruch, a devout man who was interred there |
| Barstow |
|
Gaelic-Welsh |
Barr, the top of a hill, and stow, a place or depository |
| Bartholomew |
|
Hebrew |
The son of him who maketh the waters to mount |
| Bartlett |
|
|
Bartholomew-little Bart |
| Barton |
|
Saxon |
barley village |
| Bartul |
|
German |
Beorht, and ulph; help in counsel |
| Barwick |
|
Locality |
aber, the mouth, and wick, a town or harbor |
| Basford |
|
Locality |
The shallow ford or way |
| Basil |
|
Greek |
Royal, kingly |
| Basset |
|
French |
A little fat man with short legs |
| Bateman |
|
Saxon |
bate, strife, to beat, contention |
| Bates |
|
Anglo-Saxon |
Bate, contention |
| Bath |
|
Saxon |
bad, a place to bathe or wash |
| Bathe |
|
|
Bathing-Place |
| Bathgate |
|
|
Bathing-Place Road or Way |
| Bathurst |
|
Saxon |
Bath and hurst, a place of fruit-trees, a wood or grove. |
| Battcock |
|
|
Bartholomew |
| Bauer |
|
German |
farmer |
| Bauerdt |
|
German |
farmer |
| Baum |
|
German |
tree |
| Bauman |
|
German |
builder |
| Baumann |
|
German |
builder |
| Baur |
|
German |
farmer |
| Baurerdt |
|
German |
farmer |
| Baxter |
|
Anglo-Saxon |
Bagster, a baker |
| Bayer |
|
German |
Bavarian |
| Bayerle |
|
German |
little Bavarian |
| Bayr |
|
German |
Bavarian |
| Beach |
|
Locality |
The shore of the sea, lake, or river |
| Beacher |
|
|
beach or bay |
| Beadle |
|
|
a messenger or crier of a court |
| Beal |
|
Gaelic |
Beul, the mouth, and by metonymy, eloquent, musical |
| Beatty |
|
Gaelic |
Beathaich, to feed, nourish, to welcome, to support |
| Beauchamp |
|
Norman-French |
fair or beautiful field |
| Beaufort |
|
Norman-French |
fine or commodious fort |
| Beaumont |
|
Norman-French |
fair mount |
| Beauvais |
|
French |
beautiful place |
| Beck |
|
Anglo-Saxon |
becc, a brook |
| Becker |
|
German |
backer, a baker |
| Beckett |
|
|
little brook |
| Beckford |
|
Saxon |
brook-ford |
| Beckley |
|
Locality |
beck, a brook, and ley, field or meadow |
| Beckman |
|
|
a brook or stream, or on a bec, or neck of land |
| Beckwith |
|
|
Beckworth, the farm or place by the brook, from beck, a brook, and worth, a farm |
| Bedale |
|
Locality |
a town in England |
| Beddau |
|
Welsh |
Rhos-y Beddau, the heath of the graves |
| Bede |
|
|
devout man |
| Bedeau |
|
French |
a beadle, mace-bearer |
| Bedell |
|
|
Beadle, an officer belonging to a court, university, ward, or parish |
| Bedford |
|
Saxon |
bedan, battle, war, slaughter, and ford, a way or shallow place for crossing a river |
| Beecher |
|
French |
Beau chère, fine entertainment |
| Beers |
|
Locality |
bere, grain, barley; a fruitful place |
| Begg |
|
Gaelic |
Beag, little, young, small of stature |
| Belcher |
|
French |
Bel-chère, good cheer, fine entertainment |
| Belden |
|
Cornish-British |
Beildin, the hill of Belus, a place of Druid-worship |
| Bell |
|
Scottish |
Bell |
| Bellamont |
|
French |
beautiful mount |
| Bellamy |
|
French |
bel, fair or beautiful, and ami, a friend or companion |
| Bellew |
|
Norman-French |
De Belle Eau, from the beautiful water |
| Bellinger |
|
Locality |
Bellinger, a town in South Jutland |
| Belmont |
|
French |
fair mount |
| Belvidere |
|
Italian |
Bello, pleasant, and videre, to see |
| Benedict |
|
Latin |
Benedictus, blessed, well spoken of, or a person wishing all good |
| Benjamin |
|
Hebrew |
The son of the right hand; the youngest of Jacob's twelve sons |
| Bennett |
|
|
Benedictus, blessed |
| Benoit |
|
French |
Benedictus, blessed |
| Benson |
|
|
son of Benjamin |
| Bent |
|
Locality |
A plain, a moor, covered with the bent-grass |
| Bentley |
|
|
bent, bent-grass, and ley, uncultivated ground, a pasture |
| Beorn |
|
Saxon |
chief |
| Beresford |
|
|
Barrasford, from barra, an old word for a plain, open heath |
| Berger |
|
German |
townsman |
| Bergeron |
|
Normandy |
shepherd |
| Berkeley |
|
Saxon |
Beorce, a beech-tree, or the box-tree, and leagh or ley, a field |
| Bernard |
|
Saxon |
Bearn or Bairn, a child, and ard, nature, disposition |
| Berry |
|
French |
the province of Berri, in France |
| Bertram |
|
Saxon |
Fair and pure |
| Bertrand |
|
Saxon |
Fair and pure |
| Bessette |
|
French |
bas meaning either low, low-born, or short |
| Bethune |
|
Locality |
capital of a county in Artois, Netherlands |
| Betts |
|
Latin |
Beatus, happy |
| Bevan |
|
Welsh |
Ap Evan, or Ivan, the son of John |
| Beveridge |
|
French |
Belvoir, fine prospect; and ridge, the back or top of a hill |
| Beverly |
|
|
Belvoir, a beautiful prospect, and ley, a place or field |
| Bewley |
|
French |
Beaulieu, a beautiful place |
| Beyer |
|
German |
Bavarian |
| Bickersteth |
|
Welsh |
bicra, to fight, to bicker, and steth, a corruption of staff, used for tilting or skirmishing |
| Biddle |
|
|
Bedell and Beadle |
| Biddulph |
|
Saxon |
Botolph, Boat, and ulph, Help |
| Bierman |
|
German |
taverner beer host |
| Biermeyer |
|
German |
taverner beer host |
| Bierwirth |
|
German |
taverner beer host |
| Bigalow |
|
Welsh |
Bygglu, signifies to hector, to bully |
| Biggar |
|
|
A town in Lanarkshire, Scotland |
| Biggore |
|
Locality |
An ancient province of France |
| Bigler |
|
French |
One who squints |
| Bigod |
|
Danish |
By God |
| Bigot |
|
Danish |
By God |
| Bigsby |
|
Danish |
bigs, near, and by, the town |
| Billings |
|
Gaelic |
Beilean, loquacious; a prattling person |
| Bing |
|
Danish |
binge, a pen, a bin, a corn-bin |
| Bingham |
|
Danish |
a place where provisions were deposited; and ham, a town or village |
| Binney |
|
Cornish-British |
Bin, a hill; and ey, water |
| Biorn |
|
Danish |
A bear; denoting courage and strength |
| Birch |
|
Locality |
birch-tree |
| Birely |
|
German |
little Bavarian |
| Birney |
|
Locality |
Burn-nigh, a village near the Burn or river |
| Birnie |
|
Locality |
Burn-nigh, a village near the Burn or river |
| Bixby |
|
Danish |
The house or village among the box-trees |
| Blackburn |
|
Locality |
The black brook or stream |
| Blackwood |
|
Locality |
the lands of Baron Dufferin and Claneboye, in Scotland, called Blackwood |
| Blain |
|
French |
the town of Blain, in Bretagne, France |
| Blair |
|
Celtic |
a cleared plain |
| Blaisdale |
|
English |
Blase, sprouting forth, luxuriant; and dale, a valley |
| Blake |
|
|
Ap Lake, from Ap, signifying from, or son, and Lake |
| Blakeman |
|
|
Blackman |
| Blanc |
|
French-Catalan |
white or fair hair or a pale complexion |
| Bland |
|
|
Mild, gentle, smooth |
| Blaney |
|
Welsh |
Bluenae, the inland extremity of a valley |
| Blasedale |
|
Locality |
A place in Lancashire, England |
| Blauvelt |
|
German |
Blau, blue, and veld or feld, field |
| Bleeker |
|
Dutch |
a bleacher or whitener of linen |
| Blin |
|
Welsh |
Blaen, a point, the inland extremity of a valley |
| Bliss |
|
English |
very happy name |
| Bliven |
|
Danish |
Beleven, affable, genteel, kind |
| Blood |
|
Dutch |
timorous, cowardly |
| Bloss |
|
Locality |
Blois, the chief town of a territory in Orleans, France |
| Blount |
|
Norman-French |
Blond, Of fair hair or complexion |
| Blundell |
|
Norman-French |
Blond, faired haired, only in a lesser degree |
| Blunt |
|
Norman-French |
Blond, Of fair hair or complexion |
| Blyth |
|
|
Glad, gay, joyful |
| Boardman |
|
|
One who keeps a boarding-house |
| Bock |
|
Dutch |
book |
| Bocock |
|
|
Beaucock, a fine fellow |
| Bodine |
|
French |
Waggish, merry, sportive |
| Bodley |
|
Cornish-British |
Bod, a house, and ley |
| Bogart |
|
Dutch |
boomgard, an orchard |
| Bogue |
|
Saxon |
boga, a bend, a bow, a corner |
| Bolingbroke |
|
Locality |
The brook or bridge near the round hill. |
| Bolster |
|
Cornish-British |
Bolla, a casting or throwing up, and ter, the earth |
| Bolton |
|
|
round hill |
| Bonar |
|
Locality |
a chain of hills |
| Bond |
|
|
The father of a family |
| Bonnal |
|
Cornish-British |
The house on the cliff |
| Bonner |
|
French |
Bonheur, happiness, good-fortune, prosperity |
| Bonney |
|
Scottish |
Genteel, fine, spruce |
| Bontecou |
|
French |
Bonte, goodness, strength, fruitfulness, and cul, the bottom behind |
| Boorman |
|
Saxon |
A countryman or farmer |
| Booth |
|
|
A small cottage |
| Bordoel |
|
Locality |
A town in lower Saxony |
| Borland |
|
Cornish-British |
bor, swelling, rising, and land |
| Borrail |
|
Gaelic |
swaggering, boastful, haughty, proud |
| Boscawen |
|
Cornish-British |
the town in Cornwall |
| Bostwick |
|
Cornish-British |
Bos, a house, and wick, a haven or creek |
| Boswell |
|
Locality |
Bosch, a wood, and ville, a village |
| Bottesford |
|
Locality |
A town in England |
| Boucher |
|
French |
butcher |
| Boughton |
|
Locality |
the bowing or bending hill |
| Bourg |
|
French |
someone who lived in a fortified town |
| Bourne |
|
English |
a small river or spring-well |
| Bourque |
|
French |
someone who lived in a town that had been fortified |
| Boutin |
|
French |
Bout meaning someone who lived at the edge of a town or village |
| Bouvier |
|
French |
A drover |
| Bovie |
|
French |
Beauvais, a town in France |
| Bowen |
|
Welsh |
Ap Owen, the son of Owen |
| Bowers |
|
Saxon |
a cottage |
| Bowes |
|
|
Castle of Bowes with five hundred archers to defend it |
| Bowles |
|
|
bowl |
| Bowman |
|
|
archer |
| Bowne |
|
Cornish-British |
Signifies ready, active, nimble |
| Bowyer |
|
|
archer |
| Boyd |
|
Gaelic |
buidhe, yellow-haired |
| Boyer |
|
|
A name given to a Grandee among the Muscovites |
| Boyle |
|
Scottish |
Ó Baoithghill descendant of Baoithgheall |
| Boynton |
|
Locality |
Buvington, in the Wolds, in the East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Bracy |
|
French |
Bracy, a town in Normandy |
| Bradburn |
|
Locality |
The wide or broad brook |
| Bradford |
|
Locality |
broad ford |
| Brady |
|
Gaelic |
Breada, handsome |
| Bragg |
|
Scandinavian |
Brag was the god of eloquence |
| Braine |
|
Gaelic |
Brain, a chieftain |
| Braman |
|
|
Bremen, local, a city of Germany |
| Bramhall |
|
Danish |
bram, goods on sale |
| Bran |
|
Gaelic |
raven |
| Brand |
|
Teutonic |
to burn |
| Brande |
|
Locality |
town in Denmark |
| Brandon |
|
Locality |
burnt town |
| Brandreth |
|
Gaelic-Welsh |
Bran, signifies a swift river, and dreth, the sandy shore or strand |
| Bratt |
|
Danish |
Brave, valiant, courageous |
| Braud |
|
French |
a place in Gironde named Braud |
| Brauer |
|
German |
brewer |
| Brawn |
|
German |
with brown hair |
| Breck |
|
Locality |
broken |
| Breckenridge |
|
Locality |
broken, out of repair; and ridge |
| Breed |
|
Dutch |
broad, large |
| Breese |
|
Welsh |
Ap Reese, the son of Reese |
| Brendon |
|
Cornish-British |
Bren, a crow, and dun or don, a hill |
| Brenigan |
|
Cornish-British |
A limpet |
| Brenin |
|
Cornish-British |
Brenhin, a triutary prince |
| Brennan |
|
Gaelic |
Ó Branáin descendant of Branán |
| Brenner |
|
German |
distiller |
| Brentwood |
|
Anglo-Saxon |
burnt-wood |
| Breton |
|
British |
A native of Britain |
| Brett |
|
|
Breton, a Briton |
| Breuer |
|
German |
brewer |
| Breuilly |
|
French |
A coppice |
| Brewer |
|
|
A brewer of malt liquor |
| Brian |
|
Gaelic |
Bri, dignity, honor, and an, diminutive of that to which it is annexed, belonging to it |
| Briant |
|
Gaelic |
Bri, exalted, and ant, a termination, implying the being or state of that to which it is annexed |
| Briare |
|
Locality |
a town in the province of Orleans, France |
| Brice |
|
Welsh |
Ap Rice, the son of Rice |
| Brick |
|
Gaelic |
Ó Bruic descendant of Broc |
| Bride |
|
Gaelic |
Brighid, a hostage, pledge, or security |
| Bridge |
|
Locality |
raised over rivers |
| Bridges |
|
Locality |
raised over rivers |
| Bridgman |
|
Gaelic |
a builder of bridges |
| Brienne |
|
Locality |
meeting-place of the Brians or nobles |
| Brierly |
|
French |
bruyere, shrubs growing on commons and heaths |
| Briggs |
|
Anglo-Saxon |
brigg, a bridge |
| Brighton |
|
Locality |
bright town |
| Brill |
|
Dutch |
Bril, a neat city in tho Netherlands |
| Brimmer |
|
Anglo-Saxon |
Bremman, Breme, or Brim, to extend, to amplify to the utmost limits |
| Brinker |
|
German |
small farmer |
| Brinkerhoff |
|
Dutch |
Brengerhof, messenger of the court, or head messenger or carrier |
| Brion |
|
Gaelic |
Bri, dignity, honor, and an, diminutive of that to which it is annexed, belonging to it |
| Brisban |
|
Cornish-British |
brez or brys, a judgment, a trial at law, and ban, a hill, a mount |
| Brisbin |
|
Cornish-British |
brez or brys, a judgment, a trial at law, and ban, a hill, a mount |
| Bristed |
|
Saxon |
brihs, bright, pleasant, and stead, a place |
| Bristol |
|
Gaelic-Welsh |
bris, broken, and tull, tol, a hole, cleft or chasm |
| Bristow |
|
Saxon |
brihs, pleasant, bright, and stow, the same as stead, a place |
| Brittan |
|
|
A native of Britain |
| Britte |
|
Dutch |
Brittainer |
| Britten |
|
|
A native of Britain |
| Britton |
|
|
A native of Britain |
| Brock |
|
Saxon |
Broc, a badger |
| Brocklesby |
|
|
a small town in England |
| Brodie |
|
Locality |
a little ridge; a brow |
| Brodt |
|
Locality |
a town in Sclavonia |
| Brome |
|
|
a sprig of the broom-plant as the symbol of humility |
| Bromfeld |
|
Locality |
The field abounding in broom |
| Bromley |
|
Locality |
brome or broom, and ley, a field or common |
| Bronson |
|
|
son of Brown |
| Brooks |
|
Locality |
small river |
| Broome |
|
|
a sprig of the broom-plant as the symbol of humility |
| Broster |
|
Cornish-British |
Greatness, majesty |
| Brotherson |
|
|
nephew |
| Brougham |
|
Locality |
Burgham. The village on a hill; a borough town |
| Broughton |
|
Locality |
A town on the hill |
| Broussard |
|
French |
brush |
| Brower |
|
Dutch |
brewer |
| Brown |
|
Scottish |
complexion, color of hair or garments |
| Brownson |
|
|
son of Brown |
| Bruce |
|
Scottish-Norman |
De Bruys; from Bruy or Bruys, a place in Normandy |
| Bruder |
|
German |
brother |
| Brun |
|
French |
brown |
| Brunner |
|
Locality |
a town of that name in Switzerland |
| Brunson |
|
|
son of Brown |
| Brux |
|
Locality |
A town in England |
| Bruyere |
|
French |
A common or heath covered with shrubs |
| Bryan |
|
|
Brian |
| Bryant |
|
Gaelic |
Bri, exalted, and ant, a termination, implying the being or state of that to which it is annexed |
| Bryce |
|
Welsh |
Ap Rhys, the son of Rhys or Rhees |
| Bryn |
|
Welsh |
A mountain |
| Buchan |
|
Locality |
A district of Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Buchanan |
|
Locality |
A parish in the shire of Sterling, Scotland |
| Bucher |
|
French |
A wood-house |
| Buchholz |
|
German |
beechwood |
| Buck |
|
|
Buck |
| Buckbee |
|
Locality |
boc, a beech-tree, and by, a village |
| Buckhout |
|
Dutch |
beuk, a beech, and houdt, a wood |
| Buckingham |
|
Saxon |
Bucen, beechen, and ham, a village, from the abundance of beech-trees |
| Buckley |
|
Locality |
Bullock-ley, the bullock-field or pasture |
| Bucklin |
|
Gaelic |
Buic, a roe-buck, deer, and linne, a pool or lake |
| Buckmaster |
|
|
one who had the care of herds of venison |
| Buckminster |
|
Saxon |
bucen, beechen, or bugan, to bend, a bow, a corner, round, and minster, a church, a monastery |
| Buckston |
|
Saxon |
boc, a beech-tree, and ton, a town |
| Budd |
|
Welsh |
Thrift, gain, riches, victory |
| Buddington |
|
Locality |
The flourishing town |
| Buel |
|
Welsh |
A herd of cattle |
| Bulkeley |
|
Locality |
Bullock-ley, the bullock-field or pasture |
| Bull |
|
|
A well-known animal, powerful, fierce, and violent |
| Bullard |
|
|
Having the disposition of a bull |
| Buller |
|
Danish |
Boler, a gallant |
| Bullions |
|
Gaelic |
Beul, the mouth, and Liane, the river |
| Bullock |
|
|
A full-grown ox |
| Bun |
|
Gaelic |
Bunn, a hill |
| Bunnell |
|
Locality |
Bonhill, a parish in the county of Dumbarton, Scotland |
| Bunting |
|
|
A kind of bird |
| Bunyan |
|
Gaelic-Welsh |
Bunan, a squat, short person |
| Burbeck |
|
Dutch |
Burh, a hill, and bek, a point, a beak |
| Burby |
|
Saxon |
Bur, a hill, and by, a house or village |
| Burd |
|
Locality |
A river in France |
| Burden |
|
Saxon |
Bour, a house and den, a valley |
| Burder |
|
|
A bird-catcher |
| Burdett |
|
|
A little bird, ett signifying young, small, tender |
| Burg |
|
Teutonic |
a hill, a fortification, tower, castle, house, city |
| Burger |
|
German |
townsman |
| Burgess |
|
|
An inhabitant of a borough |
| Burgos |
|
Locality |
A city of Spain, in Old Castile |
| Burgoyne |
|
Locality |
Bourgogne, now Burgundy, an old province of France |
| Burke |
|
|
De Burgo the fort, castle, hill, or city |
| Burlase |
|
Cornish-British |
The green summit or top |
| Burleigh |
|
Saxon |
Burh, is the same as burg, a city, castle, house, or tower; leigh, a low place, opposed to a place higher, the same as ley, a meadow, a pasture |
| Burnett |
|
Scottish |
French burnete, a diminutive of brun brown |
| Burnham |
|
English |
Bourn or Burn, signifies a river, and ham, a village or town |
| Burns |
|
Scottish |
a small stream |
| Burnside |
|
Locality |
Beside the brook or burn |
| Burr |
|
Saxon |
Burh, a wall, a fortress, a castle |
| Burrard |
|
Dutch |
Boer, a rustic, a farmer, and ard, nature, mode, kind |
| Burrell |
|
|
borel lay clerks |
| Burt |
|
Gaelic |
quizzing, joking |
| Burtis |
|
Welsh |
Bwrdais, a burgess |
| Burton |
|
Locality |
the Bur-town, from the abundance of burs |
| Bushnell |
|
Dutch |
Bossen-hall, a faggot or wood-market, or a hall or mansion in the wood |
| Bushwell |
|
Locality |
Bushwild. From bush and well, wild, wold, a wood, a lawn, or plain |
| Busk |
|
Swedish |
Busche, a wood, a thicket |
| Buskirk |
|
Dutch |
Bos, a wood, and kerk, a church |
| Bussey |
|
French |
the town of Bussey, in the province of Burgundy, France |
| Butler |
|
|
chief Butler of Ireland, the Earls of Ormond |
| Butman |
|
Locality |
the man who lives at the butt or boundary |
| Butts |
|
|
Butts were marks for archery |
| Buxton |
|
Saxon |
boc, a beech, and ton |
| Byfield |
|
Danish |
The village in the field |
| Bygby |
|
Danish |
Barley-town |
| Byington |
|
Saxon |
Bying, a habitation, and ton, a hill or inclosure |
| Byron |
|
French |
De Biron, from the town of Biron, in the province of Guienne, France |
| Cabbell |
|
French |
Cabel |
| Cabel |
|
French |
Cabel |
| Cabell |
|
French |
Cabeau |
| Cable |
|
French |
Cabeau |
| Cad |
|
Gaelic-Welsh |
War |
| Cadbury |
|
English |
burh, a fortified place |
| Cadby |
|
Scandinavian |
Cada's settlement, farm |
| Cadd |
|
Welsh |
War |
| Caddick |
|
|
Caddock |
| Caddie |
|
Scottish |
younger brother |
| Caddock |
|
Welsh |
cadoc, cattwg, &c -cad, battle, war + awg, keenness |
| Caddow |
|
English |
Jack-daw |
| Caddy |
|
Scottish |
younger brother |
| Cade |
|
|
barrel or cask |
| Cadell |
|
Welsh |
Warlike |
| Cader |
|
Welsh |
A keep, fortress, or strong-hold |
| Cadick |
|
Welsh |
cadoc, cattwg, &c -cad, battle, war + awg, keenness |
| Cadle |
|
Welsh |
Warlike |
| Cadman |
|
English |
Anglican personal name Cadmon, Cedmon |
| Cadogan |
|
Welsh |
cad, battle, and gwg, fierce |
| Cadwallader |
|
Welsh |
cad, battle, and gwaladr, a leader |
| Cadwallider |
|
Welsh |
cad, battle, and gwaladr, a leader |
| Cadwell |
|
Locality |
A village in South Wales; written Cydwell |
| Cady |
|
Gaelic |
Ca-dia, the house of God |
| Caesar |
|
Latin |
caesariatus, long-haired |
| Caeth |
|
Welsh |
A captive |
| Caffan |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
Bald |
| Caffery |
|
Celtic |
MacGafraidh |
| Caffin |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
Bald |
| Caffrey |
|
Celtic |
MacGafraidh |
| Caffrie |
|
Celtic |
MacGafraidh |
| Caffyn |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
Bald |
| Cahill |
|
Celtic |
Descendant of Cathal = Warrior |
| Caig |
|
|
Keig |
| Cain |
|
Gaelic-Welsh |
Chaste, beloved, fair, beautiful |
| Caine |
|
Celtic |
Fair; Bright |
| Caines |
|
|
Caine's son |
| Cains |
|
|
Caine's son |
| Caird |
|
Celtic |
Smith, Tinker |
| Cairn |
|
Cornish-British |
A circular mound of stones |
| Cairthness |
|
Celtic-Scandinavian |
The headland of Caith |
| Caithness |
|
Celtic-Scandinavian |
The headland of Caith |
| Cakebread |
|
English |
a maker of rolls |
| Calcott |
|
English |
Calcutt |
| Calcraft |
|
English |
Cold Croft |
| Calcutt |
|
English |
Calcott |
| Caldbeck |
|
English-Scandinavian |
Cold stream |
| Caldecote |
|
Welsh |
Colcoit, the neck of the wood |
| Caldecott |
|
English |
Cold Cot cottage |
| Caldecourt |
|
English |
Cold Cot cottage |
| Caldecutt |
|
English |
Cold Cot cottage |
| Calder |
|
Gaelic |
Calduor, and Welsh, the water that incloses or shuts in |
| Calderbank |
|
English |
Calduor, and Welsh, the water that incloses or shuts in. This is an English topographic name for someone who lived on the bank of one of the rivers Calder, which are in Cumbria, Lancashire and West Yorkshire. The river got its name ultimately from the Welsh 'caled', harsh or violent, and 'dwfr' stream. The element of 'bank' in the surname is from Middle English 'banke', from the Old Norse 'bakke'. |
| Calderwood |
|
Locality |
The wood on the river Calder |
| Caldicot |
|
Welsh |
Colcoit, the neck of the wood |
| Caldicott |
|
Welsh |
Colcoit, the neck of the wood |
| Caldwell |
|
Locality |
Cold-well, a cold spring |
| Cale |
|
Celtic |
Thin, Slender |
| Caley |
|
Celtic |
Thin, Slender |
| Calf |
|
English |
a nickname |
| Calfe |
|
English |
a nickname |
| Calhoun |
|
|
Colquhoun |
| Call |
|
Welsh |
Prudent, discerning, cunning trickish |
| Callagan |
|
Celtic |
War; Warrior |
| Callaghan |
|
Celtic-Gaelic |
Ciallach, prudent, judicious, discreet |
| Callahan |
|
Irish |
descendant of Ceallachán |
| Callan |
|
Celtic |
MacAllan |
| Calland |
|
Scottish |
Gallant |
| Callander |
|
French |
calandre |
| Callard |
|
French |
Caillard |
| Callaway |
|
Anglo-Saxon |
Calwig wig, war, battle |
| Callcott |
|
English |
Calcott |
| Callcut |
|
English |
Calcott |
| Callen |
|
|
MacAllen |
| Callender |
|
French |
calandre |
| Calley |
|
|
Kelly |
| Callie |
|
|
Kelly |
| Callingham |
|
English |
Estate of the Calla Family |
| Callis |
|
Anglo-French-Celtic |
Calais |
| Calliss |
|
Anglo-French-Celtic |
Calesium |
| Callister |
|
|
MacAllister |
| Callow |
|
English |
Bald |
| Calloway |
|
English |
Calwig wig, war, battle |
| Calman |
|
English |
bald |
| Calpin |
|
|
Calthorpe |
| Calthorp |
|
English |
Calla's Estate or Village |
| Calthorpe |
|
English |
Calla's Estate or Village |
| Calthrop |
|
English |
Calla's Estate or Village |
| Calveley |
|
English |
Calf-Lea |
| Calver |
|
English |
Calf-Herd |
| Dalling |
|
English |
Dale-Meadow |
| Dallow |
|
English |
Dela's Hill |
| Dalloway |
|
English |
Dale-way |
| Dally |
|
Celtic |
Councillor |
| Dallyng |
|
English |
Dale-Meadow |
| Dalmain |
|
Anglo-French |
D'Allenagne Of Germany |
| Dalman |
|
English |
Dale-Man |
| Dalry |
|
|
Dal, a valley, and righ, a king |
| Dalrymple |
|
Gaelic |
Dale-roi-milleadh, which signifies the valley of the slaughter of kings |
| Dalsell |
|
|
Dalzell |
| Dalston |
|
English |
Daegel's Estate |
| Dalton |
|
Locality |
Dale-ton, the town in the dale |
| Daltree |
|
|
Dawtry |
| Daltrey |
|
|
Dawtry |
| Daltry |
|
|
Dawtry |
| Daly |
|
Celtic |
Councillor |
| Dalyell |
|
Gaelic |
Dal, a dale or valley, and cille, a church |
| Dalzel |
|
Celtic |
dail dal, a field + doubtful |
| Dalzell |
|
Celtic |
dail dal, a field + doubtful |
| Dalziel |
|
Gaelic |
Dal, a dale or valley, and cille, a church |
| Damant |
|
French |
D'Amont = From Up the River |
| Damont |
|
French |
D'Amont = From Up the River |
| Dampier |
|
French-Latin |
St. Peter |
| Dams |
|
English |
Embankments |
| Damsell |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
Page, Squire |
| Dan |
|
Hebrew |
Judge |
| Dana |
|
Celtic |
bold, daring |
| Danby |
|
Scandinavian |
Dane's Habitation |
| Dancaster |
|
|
Doncaster |
| Dance |
|
Hebrew |
Dan's Son |
| Dancey |
|
French |
Dantus's Estate |
| Dancock |
|
|
Dan + the pet suffix -cock |
| Dancocks |
|
|
Dancock's Son |
| Dancy |
|
French |
Dantus's Estate |
| Dand |
|
Teutonic |
tand, a tooth, tusk |
| Dando |
|
Teutonic |
tand, a tooth, tusk |
| Dandridge |
|
English |
Tandridge |
| Dandy |
|
Scottish |
Andrew |
| Dane |
|
Anglo-Scandinavian |
Native of Denmark |
| Danes |
|
Anglo-Scandinavian |
Native of Denmark |
| Danford |
|
Locality |
the way or ford of the Danes |
| Danforth |
|
Locality |
the way or ford of the Danes |
| Dangar |
|
English |
Dene, Dane + gar, a spear |
| Danger |
|
|
D'Angier, from Angier, a town in France |
| Dangerfield |
|
French |
D'Angerville, rom Angerville, a town in the province of Orleans, France |
| Daniel |
|
Hebrew |
Daniyel, from dan, a judge, and El, God |
| Daniell |
|
Hebrew |
Daniyel, from dan, a judge, and El, God |
| Daniels |
|
Hebrew |
son of Daniel |
| Danker |
|
English |
Dene, Dane + gar, a spear |
| Dankin |
|
|
Little Dan |
| Danks |
|
|
Dankin's Son |
| Dann |
|
Hebrew |
dan, a judge |
| Dannatt |
|
French |
Little Dan |
| Dannett |
|
French |
Little Dan |
| Dansie |
|
French |
Dantus's Estate |
| Danson |
|
|
Dan's Son |
| Danvers |
|
French |
De Anverso, from the town of Anvers, in France |
| Darbishire |
|
|
Derbyshire |
| Darby |
|
Locality |
doire, a forest, a woody, hilly country abounding in deer; |
| Darbyshire |
|
|
Derbyshire |
| Darch |
|
French |
arc, arche, an arched structure |
| Darcy |
|
French |
D'Arcy, D'Arcey, D'Arcay = Of Arcy |
| Dare |
|
French |
D'Aire = Of Aire or the Area |
| Dargue |
|
Celtic |
dearg, red |
| Dark |
|
English |
Swarthy |
| Darke |
|
English |
Swarthy |
| Darker |
|
English |
darker of two brothers |
| Darley |
|
English |
Deer-Lea |
| Darling |
|
|
endearment |
| Darlingson |
|
|
Darling's Son |
| Darlington |
|
English |
Deoreing's Farm or Manor |
| Darlinson |
|
|
Darling's Son |
| Darlison |
|
|
Darling's Son |
| Darly |
|
French |
D'Erle, from the town of Erle in France |
| Darnall |
|
English |
Hidden or Secret Nook or Corner |
| Darnell |
|
English |
Hidden or Secret Nook or Corner |
| Darnley |
|
English |
Derna's Lea |
| Darnton |
|
|
Deoreing's Farm or Manor |
| Darrell |
|
Norman-French |
De Orrell |
| Darrington |
|
English |
Dorrington |
| Darroch |
|
Celtic |
Oak-Wood darach |
| Darsey |
|
French |
D'Arcy, D'Arcey, D'Arcay = Of Arcy |
| Darsie |
|
French |
D'Arcy, D'Arcey, D'Arcay = Of Arcy |
| Darton |
|
English |
Deer-Park |
| Darvell |
|
Celtic |
dair, an oak; the doubtful |
| Darville |
|
Celtic |
dair, an oak; the doubtful |
| Darwen |
|
Celtic |
Derwennydd, from derwen, an oak |
| Darwin |
|
Welsh |
Derwin, an oak |
| Darwood |
|
English |
Deer-Wood |
| Dash |
|
English |
Badger |
| Dashwood |
|
English |
Badger-Wood |
| Daubeny |
|
French |
D'Aubigny = Of Aubigny or Albinus's Estate |
| Dauber |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
Plasterer |
| D'Aubigne |
|
French |
Aubigne, a town in France, in the department of Cher |
| Daubney |
|
French |
D'Aubigny = Of Aubigny or Albinus's Estate |
| Dauby |
|
French |
Aubigne, a town in France, in the department of Cher |
| Dauche |
|
French |
Dutch |
| Dauchy |
|
French |
Dutch |
| Daugherty |
|
Irish |
not loving |
| Dauglish |
|
|
Dalgleish |
| Daulby |
|
Scandinavian |
Dale-Habitation |
| Daulton |
|
|
Dalton |
| Daun |
|
|
Dan |
| Daunay |
|
French |
D'Aunay = Of Aunay or the Alder-Grove |
| Dauncey |
|
|
Dancey |
| Dauney |
|
French |
D'Aunay = Of Aunay or the Alder-Grove |
| Daunt |
|
French |
D'Aunet = Of Aunet or the Alder-Grove |
| Daunton |
|
French |
Danton |
| Dautry |
|
|
D'Autry, from Autry, a town in Champagne, France |
| Davage |
|
|
Davids |
| Davall |
|
French |
Daval or D'Aval = From Down the River |
| Daven |
|
Scandinavian |
Dagfinn brightness + Finn |
| Davenport |
|
|
the river Dan or Daven (which name signifies a river), and port, a haven or harbor |
| Davey |
|
Anglo-Hebrew |
David |
| David |
|
Hebrew |
Beloved |
| Davidge |
|
|
Davids |
| Davids |
|
Hebrew |
Son of David |
| Davidson |
|
|
Son of David |
| Davie |
|
Scottish |
David |
| Davies |
|
|
Davie's Son |
| Davin |
|
Scandinavian |
Dagfinn day brightness |
| Davis |
|
|
son of David |
| Davison |
|
|
Davie's Son |
| Davitt |
|
French |
Little David |
| Davoll |
|
French |
Daval or D'Aval = From Down the River |
| Davson |
|
|
Dave's Son |
| Davy |
|
|
Davey |
| Davys |
|
|
Davie's Son |
| Daw |
|
Anglo-Hebrew |
Little David |
| Dawbarn |
|
English |
Daw's Bairn or Child |
| Dawber |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
Plasterer |
| Dawbin |
|
English |
Daw's Bairn or Child |
| Dawborn |
|
English |
Daw's Bairn or Child |
| Dawe |
|
Anglo-Hebrew |
Little David |
| Dawes |
|
|
Dawe's Son |
| Dawkes |
|
|
Dawkin's Son |
| Dawkin |
|
English |
Little Daw |
| Dawkins |
|
|
Dawkin's Son |
| Dawks |
|
|
Dawkins |
| Dawnay |
|
|
Daunay |
| Dawney |
|
|
Daunay |
| Daws |
|
|
Dawe's Son |
| Dawson |
|
Norman-French |
D'Ossone, from the town of Ossone, in Normandy |
| Dawton |
|
|
Daulton |
| Dawtrey |
|
French |
De Hauterive = Of Hauterive Normandy or The High Bank or Shore |
| Dawtry |
|
French |
De Hauterive = Of Hauterive Normandy or The High Bank or Shore |
| Day |
|
Norman-French |
D'Ossone, from the town of Ossone, in Normandy |
| Daycock |
|
|
Day + the English pet suffix -cock |
| Dayes |
|
|
Day's Son |
| Daykin |
|
|
Little Day |
| Dayman |
|
|
Day + man |
| Daymon |
|
|
Day + man |
| Daymond |
|
English |
daeg, day + mund, hand, protection |
| Daymont |
|
English |
daeg, day + mund, hand, protection |
| Daynes |
|
|
Danes |
| Dayrall |
|
|
Darrell |
| Dayrell |
|
|
Darrell |
| Days |
|
|
Day's Son |
| Dayson |
|
|
Day's Son |
| Dayton |
|
|
Dalton |
| De Vere |
|
French |
Of Ver |
| De Vries |
|
French |
De Frise = Of Friesland |
| Deacock |
|
|
Daycock |
| Deacon |
|
Anglo-Latin-Greek |
servant, deacon |
| Deadman |
|
|
Debenham |
| Deaken |
|
|
Deacon |
| Deakin |
|
|
Deacon |
| Deal |
|
|
a bushy vale |
| Deale |
|
English |
dael, a portion, division |
| Dealtry |
|
Latin |
De Alta Ripa, from the high bank or shore |
| Dean |
|
English |
Hollow or Valley |
| Deane |
|
English |
Hollow or Valley |
| Deanes |
|
|
Deane |
| Deans |
|
|
Deane |
| Dear |
|
English |
Beloved |
| Dearden |
|
Locality |
Du-er-den, A thicket of wood in a valley |
| Deare |
|
English |
Beloved |
| Deares |
|
|
Deare's Son |
| Dearing |
|
English |
Deora's Son |
| Dearle |
|
|
Darrell |
| Dearlove |
|
English |
deore, dear + lufu, love |
| Dearman |
|
|
Dear + man |
| Dearn |
|
English |
dearne, dierne, hidden, secret, dark |
| Dearne |
|
English |
Dearne |
| Dearsley |
|
English |
Dear's Lea |
| Deary |
|
English |
Little Dear |
| Deas |
|
|
Dee's Son |
| Deason |
|
|
Dee's Son |
| Death |
|
French |
D'Aeth or D'Ethe |
| Deathe |
|
French |
D'Aeth or D'Ethe |
| Deaton |
|
|
Ditton |
| Debenham |
|
Celtic-English |
Land Of The River Deben |
| Debnam |
|
Celtic-English |
Land Of The River Deben |
| Decker |
|
German |
Decher, the quantity of ten |
| Dedman |
|
|
Debenham |
| Dee |
|
Celtic |
dubh, black water |
| Deeble |
|
|
Dibble |
| Deed |
|
English |
daed, deed, exploit |
| Deeds |
|
|
Deed's Son |
| Deegan |
|
|
Dugan |
| Deeks |
|
|
Dicks |
| Deem |
|
English |
dema, demere, a judge |
| Deeme |
|
English |
dema, demere, a judge |
| Deemer |
|
English |
dema, demere, a judge |
| Deen |
|
English |
Hollow or Valley |
| Deens |
|
English |
Hollow or Valley |
| Deeprose |
|
|
Diprose |
| Deer |
|
English |
deor, a wild animal, deer |
| Deere |
|
English |
deor, a wild animal, deer |
| Deerhurst |
|
English |
Deer-Wood |
| Deering |
|
English |
Deora's Son |
| Deeth |
|
French |
D'Aeth or D'Ethe |
| Defoe |
|
French |
De Fau = Of the Beech |
| Defrece |
|
French |
De Frise = Of Friesland |
| Defries |
|
French |
De Frise = Of Friesland |
| Defriez |
|
French |
De Frise = Of Friesland |
| DeGraff |
|
Dutch |
De Graaf, the count or earl, the great |
| DeGroot |
|
Dutch |
The great, tall, large man |
| Deighton |
|
English |
Dighton = the Dike Enclosure ot Farm |
| Delaflote |
|
French |
From the fleet |
| Delamare |
|
French |
De la Mare = Of The Pool |
| Delamater |
|
French |
Le maitre, the master, overseer, landlord, preceptor |
| Delamere |
|
French |
De la Mare = Of The Pool |
| Delamore |
|
French |
De la Mare = Of The Pool |
| Delancy |
|
French |
De Lancy, from the town of Lancy, in the province of Burgundy, France |
| Delane |
|
Irish |
dubh, black + the genitive of slan, whole, healthy |
| Delaney |
|
Irish |
dubh, black + the genitive of slan, whole, healthy |
| Delany |
|
Irish |
dubh, black + the genitive of slan, whole, healthy |
| Delauney |
|
French |
the town of Lorme, in the province of Livernoi, France |
| Delf |
|
English |
Delf, Trench, or Hollow |
| Delgad |
|
Spanish-Portuguese |
slender |
| Dell |
|
|
a bushy vale |
| Deller |
|
|
Dell, a bushy vale |
| Dellow |
|
English |
Dela's Hill |
| Delorme |
|
French |
the town of Lorme, in the province of Livernoi, France |
| Delve |
|
English |
Delf, Trench, or Hollow |
| Delven |
|
French |
De Elven or D'Elven, from Elven, a town in Brittany, France |
| Delves |
|
English |
Delf, Trench, or Hollow |
| Demer |
|
English |
dema, demere, a judge |
| Dempsey |
|
Celtic |
Proud |
| Dempster |
|
Scottish |
arbitrator or officer of justice in the Scottish courts |
| Denbeigh |
|
Celtic |
Little Hill-Fort |
| Denbigh |
|
Celtic |
Little Hill-Fort |
| Denby |
|
Scandinavian |
Dane's Habitation |
| Dench |
|
English |
Danish |
| Dendy |
|
Scottish |
Dandy a Scottish pet form of Andrew |
| Dene |
|
English |
Hollow or Valley |
| Denew |
|
French |
De Noue = Of the Marsh-Pasture |
| Denford |
|
English |
Deneford = the Valley-Ford |
| Denham |
|
English |
the Valley Enclosure or Dwelling |
| Denholm |
|
Anglo-Scandinavian |
the Valley Enclosure or Dwelling + holm, a river-isle or riverside-pasture |
| Denholme |
|
Anglo-Scandinavian |
the Valley Enclosure or Dwelling + holm, a river-isle or riverside-pasture |
| Denington |
|
English |
the Estate of the Den/Dene Family |
| Denio |
|
Locality |
Denia, a city of Valencia, in Spain |
| Denis |
|
Greek |
Dionysius, which is derived from divine, and mind |
| Denison |
|
|
Dennis's Son |
| Denley |
|
English |
the Valley Enclosure or Dwelling + leah, a lea |
| Denman |
|
|
denizen |
| Denn |
|
English |
denu, a cave |
| Dennant |
|
Welsh |
nant, a ravine, brook |
| Denne |
|
English |
denu, a cave |
| Dennes |
|
|
Dennis |
| Denness |
|
|
Dennis |
| Dennett |
|
|
Little Dennis |
| Denney |
|
|
Dennis |
| Denning |
|
|
Dene's Son |
| Dennington |
|
English |
the Estate of the Den/Dene Family |
| Dennis |
|
Greek |
Dionysius, which is derived from divine, and mind |
| Dennison |
|
|
Dennis's Son |
| Denniss |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
God of Wine |
| Dennitt |
|
|
Little Dennis |
| Dennitts |
|
|
Dennitts Son |
| Denny |
|
|
Dennis |
| Densem |
|
English |
Dene's Estate |
| Densham |
|
English |
Dene's Estate |
| Denson |
|
|
Dean's Son |
| Densumbe |
|
English |
Dene's Estate |
| Dent |
|
English Celtic |
Dent Yorks, the river |
| Denton |
|
Saxon |
den, a valley, and ton, a town |
| Denver |
|
English |
denu, a valley + over, ofer, an edge, bank |
| Denvir |
|
English |
denu, a valley + over, ofer, an edge, bank |
| Denyer |
|
French |
denier, money, cash |
| Depaul |
|
French |
son of Paul |
| Depledge |
|
English |
deop, deep; -ledge is for lache, lake |
| Derby |
|
Locality |
the town or county abounding in deer |
| Derbyshire |
|
English-Scandinavian |
the county abounding in deer |
| Derham |
|
English |
Deer-Enclosure |
| Dering |
|
Saxon |
Dearran or Darran, to dare, bold, daring |
| Dermott |
|
|
Diarmaid |
| Derrick |
|
Teutonic |
Little Theodoric of Red Complexion |
| Derry |
|
Teutonic |
Little Theodoric of Red Complexion |
| Desborough |
|
English |
Daeg's Stronghold |
| Desmarais |
|
French |
marshy places |
| Desmond |
|
Celtic |
South Munster |
| Devaney |
|
Celtic |
dubh, black + annach, anger, strife |
| Devenish |
|
Locality |
deep water |
| Devenny |
|
Celtic |
dubh, black + annach, anger, strife |
| Devenpeck |
|
Dutch |
Diepen, deep, and beck, a brook |
| Deverall |
|
English |
Deverel = the Slope or Nook of the River Dever |
| Devereaux |
|
French |
D'Evreux = Of Evreux Eure, Normandy |
| Deverell |
|
English |
Deverel = the Slope or Nook of the River Dever |
| Devereux |
|
French |
D'Evreux = Of Evreux Eure, Normandy |
| Deverill |
|
English |
Deverel = the Slope or Nook of the River Dever |
| Devey |
|
French |
De Vey or De Vay = Of Vey or Vay, the Ford |
| Deville |
|
French |
village or town |
| Devin |
|
Celtic |
Poet, Savant |
| Devine |
|
Celtic |
Poet, Savant |
| Devitt |
|
|
Davitt |
| Devlin |
|
Normandy |
Dublin |
| Devon |
|
Anglo-Celtic |
Devonshire the Shire of the Defenas or Devonians |
| Devonish |
|
English |
Devonian |
| Devonport |
|
|
Devonport, near Plymouth |
| Devonshire |
|
Anglo-Celtic |
the Shire of the Defenas or Devonians |
| Dew |
|
Celtic |
du, black, dark |
| Dewar |
|
Celtic |
Brave, Bold; Hero |
| Dewdney |
|
French-Latin |
Dieudonne = God-Given |
| Dewer |
|
Celtic |
Brave, Bold; Hero |
| Dewes |
|
|
Dew's Son |
| Dewey |
|
|
Dewi, David |
| Dewhirst |
|
|
Deerhurst |
| Dewhurst |
|
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Deerhurst |
| Dewilde |
|
Locality |
Die Wilde, is a town of Poland |
| Dewin |
|
Celtic |
Diviner, Wizard |
| Dewing |
|
Celtic |
Diviner, Wizard |
| Dews |
|
|
Dew's Son |
| Dewsbery |
|
Celtic-English |
Du's Stronghold |
| Dewsbury |
|
Celtic-English |
Du's Stronghold |
| Dewsnap |
|
Celtic-English |
Du's knap, a hillock or hill-top |
| Dewson |
|
|
Dew's Son |
| Dexter |
|
|
De Exeter, from the city of Exeter, in Devonshire, England |
| Dey |
|
|
Day |
| Deye |
|
|
Day |
| Deyes |
|
|
Deye's Son |
| Deykin |
|
|
Daykin |
| Diamant |
|
Anglo-French |
Daegmund = Day-Protection |
| Diament |
|
Anglo-French |
Daegmund = Day-Protection |
| Diamond |
|
Anglo-French |
Daegmund = Day-Protection |
| Diarmaid |
|
Celtic |
God-Of-Arms |
| Dias |
|
Spanish |
Diago |
| Diaz |
|
Spanish-Portuguese |
Son of Diego |
| Dibb |
|
|
Dibbie, a pet form of Theobald |
| Dibben |
|
|
Little Dibb |
| Dibbens |
|
|
Dibben's Son |
| Dibbin |
|
|
Little Dibb |
| Dibble |
|
|
Theobald |
| Dibbs |
|
|
Dibb's Son |
| Dibden |
|
English |
Deep Dean or Valley |
| Dibdin |
|
Welsh |
Dib, a slope, sloping ground, and din, a fortified hill |
| Dibin |
|
Welsh |
A clough, a cleft in a hill; from dibyn |
| Dible |
|
|
Theobald |
| Dibley |
|
English |
Deep Lea |
| Diccon |
|
|
Little Richard |
| Dicey |
|
French |
Dicy, Dissay, or Disse, all names of places in France |
| Dick |
|
|
Richard |
| Dickason |
|
|
Dickerson |
| Dicken |
|
|
Little Richard |
| Dickens |
|
|
Dickin's Son |
| Dickenson |
|
|
Dickin's Son |
| Dicker |
|
English |
Dike or Ditch Maker |
| Dickerson |
|
|
Dicker's Son |
| Dickeson |
|
Scottish |
Dick's Son |
| Dickey |
|
|
Dick + the English Diminutive suffix y |
| Dickie |
|
|
Dick + the English Diminutive suffix ie |
| Dickin |
|
|
Little Richard |
| Dickins |
|
|
Dickin's Son |
| Dickinson |
|
|
Dickin's Son |
| Dickman |
|
|
Dick + man |
| Dicks |
|
|
Dick's Son |
| Dicksee |
|
|
Dicks + the English Diminutive suffix ie |
| Dicksie |
|
|
Dicks + the English Diminutive suffix ie |
| Dickson |
|
Scottish |
Dick's Son |
| Dicky |
|
|
Dick + the English Diminutive suffix y |
| Didcott |
|
English |
Dydda's or Dudda's Cottage or Enclosure |
| Didsbury |
|
English |
Diddesbiri, Didysbyri, Dyddesbyry, Dydesbyri = Dyd's/Dydd's Stronghold |
| Diefendorf |
|
German |
thieving, and dorf, a village |
| Digby |
|
Danish |
Dige, a dike, ditch, or trench, and by, a town |
| Diggens |
|
|
Little Richard |
| Diggins |
|
|
Little Richard |
| Diggle |
|
English-Scandinavian |
Dike Slope or Corner |
| Diggles |
|
English-Scandinavian |
Dike Slope or Corner |
| Diggons |
|
|
Little Richard |
| Dighton |
|
English |
Dike Enclosure ot Farm |
| Digman |
|
|
Dick + man |
| Dignam |
|
|
Dick + man |
| Dignan |
|
|
Duignan |
| Dignum |
|
|
Dick + man |
| Luther |
|
German |
loth or laut, loud, famed, fortunate, and er, honor |
| Lynch |
|
|
A strip of greenwood between the plowed lands in the common field |
| Maban |
|
Welsh |
A child, a bairn |
| Macaula |
|
Celtic |
The son of the rock |
| Macauley |
|
Celtic |
son of the rock |
| Mace |
|
Celtic |
son of the rock |
| Macklin |
|
Scottish |
son of servant of St. John |
| Maclay |
|
Gaelic |
son of Clay |
| Maclean |
|
Scottish |
son of servant of St. John |
| Macleod |
|
Scottish |
son of ugly |
| Maconochie |
|
|
son of Conochie or Duncan |
| Maddock |
|
Welsh |
mad, good, and oc or og, the same as the termination y or ous in English |
| Madison |
|
|
son of Mathew or Matilda |
| Magoon |
|
Gaelic |
Magoon, son of the smith |
| Maguire |
|
Gaelic |
son of Guaire |
| Mahomet |
|
Turkish |
Glorified |
| Mahon |
|
Celtic-Gaelic |
bear |
| Maigny |
|
French |
An old province of France lying to the east of Bretagne |
| Main |
|
Locality |
Magne, great, large, rich, powerful |
| Mainard |
|
German |
stout-hearted |
| Maitland |
|
Locality |
meadow land |
| Major |
|
|
An officer next in rank above a captain |
| Malet |
|
Normandy |
Malleus, Maule, Mall, and Mallet was one of the offensive weapons |
| Mallard |
|
Belgic |
A wild drake |
| Mallery |
|
French |
Mallieure |
| Mallet |
|
Normandy |
Malleus, Maule, Mall, and Mallet was one of the offensive weapons |
| Malmesbury |
|
|
the town of Malmesbury in Wiltshire, England |
| Malone |
|
Irish |
Maol, bald or tonsured, and Eoin, John |
| Mandeville |
|
Latin |
De Magna villa |
| Mann |
|
German |
Gentleman or master |
| Mannering |
|
Welsh |
Mesnil or Maenol, a farm |
| Manners |
|
French |
Manoir to stay or to abide |
| Mannus |
|
|
A god celebrated among the Germans as one of their founders |
| Manser |
|
Dutch |
Mansoir, a male issue, a boy |
| Mansfield |
|
Saxon |
manrian, to traffic, and field |
| Mansle |
|
Locality |
A town of France in the province of Angoumois |
| Manwaring |
|
Welsh |
Mesnil or Maenol, a farm |
| Mar |
|
Gaelic |
Maor, an officer of justice |
| Marchant |
|
French |
merchant |
| Mark |
|
|
Marcus, a field |
| Marsh |
|
Teutonic |
Maresche, Morass, a fen, a tract of low, wet land |
| Marshall |
|
Scottish |
master of the horse |
| Marshman |
|
|
One dwelling near a marsh |
| Martin |
|
Latin |
martius, warlike, from Mars, the God of War |
| Martinez |
|
Spanish |
son of Martin |
| Marven |
|
Gaelic |
Morven, a ridge of very high hills |
| Masenfer |
|
German |
Messenfer, a great fair or market for merchants |
| Massenger |
|
French |
messager |
| Massey |
|
Locality |
the town and lordship near Bayeux, in Normandy |
| Massie |
|
Locality |
the town and lordship of Massey, near Bayeux, in Normandy |
| Masten |
|
Welsh |
A place or house inclosed, from Maes, a field, and din, inclosed, fortified |
| Mather |
|
Welsh |
Madur, a benevolent man |
| Matthew |
|
Hebrew |
The gift of the Lord |
| Mattison |
|
|
son of Matthew |
| Mauer |
|
German |
A wall |
| Maxwell |
|
Scottish |
Macsual, son, and sual, small, little |
| May |
|
|
the fifth month in the year |
| Maynard |
|
German |
stout-hearted |
| Mayne |
|
Locality |
Magne, great, large, rich, powerful |
| Mayo |
|
Irish |
the plain near the water, from Moi or Moy |
| McAllister |
|
Gaelic |
son of Alister |
| McAndrew |
|
|
son of Andrew |
| McArdle |
|
|
son of the high-rock |
| McBain |
|
|
son of Bain |
| McBride |
|
|
son of Bride |
| McCabe |
|
|
son of Cabe |
| McCallen |
|
|
son or descendants of Callen or Colin |
| McCallister |
|
|
son of Alister |
| McCamus |
|
|
son of Camus |
| McCardle |
|
Gaelic |
son of the high-rock |
| McCarthy |
|
|
son of Carrthach |
| McCharraigin |
|
|
son of the rock |
| McCleod |
|
|
Mac, son, and Clode, from Claudius |
| McClis |
|
|
Mac, son, and Clis, active, quick, ingenious |
| McCoun |
|
Gaelic |
Mac, son, and Ceann, head or chief |
| McCrackin |
|
|
son of the rock |
| McCree |
|
Gaelic |
Mac, son, and Righ, king |
| McCullough |
|
|
son of Cullough |
| McDermot |
|
|
son of Dermot |
| McDhoil |
|
Gaelic |
son of Dowell or Dougall |
| McDonald |
|
Scottish |
son of Donald |
| McDonell |
|
Scottish |
son of Donald |
| McDonnough |
|
Gaelic |
son of Donnach |
| McDougall |
|
|
son of Dougall |
| McDowell |
|
Gaelic |
son of Dowell or Dougall |
| McDuff |
|
Gaelic |
son of the captain |
| McFadden |
|
Celtic |
son of Faddan |
| McFarland |
|
Gaelic |
son of Pharlan, or Partholan |
| McFerson |
|
|
son of Pherson |
| McGinnis |
|
Gaelic |
son of Ginnis |
| McGooken |
|
Celtic-Gaelic |
Mac, a son, and Gugan |
| McGowan |
|
Gaelic |
son of a smith |
| McGrath |
|
Celtic-Gaelic |
son of Gradh, love, fondness, virtue, prosperity |
| McGraw |
|
Celtic-Gaelic |
son of Gradh, love, fondness, virtue, prosperity |
| McGregor |
|
Scottish |
descendants of Gregor |
| McGucken |
|
Celtic-Gaelic |
Mac, a son, and Gugan, a bud or flower |
| McGuire |
|
|
son of Guaire or Godfrey |
| McHard |
|
Gaelic-Welsh |
son of the brave or the handsome |
| McHarg |
|
Gaelic-Welsh |
son of the brave or the handsome |
| McIldoey |
|
|
Mac, son, gille, a youth, and dhu, black |
| McIldouney |
|
Gaelic |
Mac, son, gille, a youth, and doinne, brownishness |
| McIlhenny |
|
Gaelic |
son of the old man |
| McIlroy |
|
Gaelic |
Mac, gille, and ruadh, red-haired |
| McInnis |
|
|
son of Innis |
| McIntosh |
|
Scottish |
son of the leader or first |
| McIntyre |
|
|
son of Kintyre |
| McKay |
|
Scottish |
son of a champion |
| McKelly |
|
|
son of Kelly |
| McKensie |
|
Gaelic |
son of the chief, head, or first |
| McKenzie |
|
Scottish |
son of Coinneach |
| McKibben |
|
Celtic |
Mac, son, and Ceobbinn, the top of the hill |
| McKie |
|
Celtic-Gaelic |
son of a champion |
| McKinnon |
|
|
McFingon, the son of Fingon |
| McKirnan |
|
|
son of Kiernan |
| McLaughlin |
|
|
son of Laughlin |
| McLaurin |
|
|
son of Labhruinn, or Lawrence |
| McLean |
|
|
MacGillean |
| McLeod |
|
|
son, and Clode, from Claudius |
| McMahon |
|
Gaelic |
son of a bear |
| McManus |
|
|
son of Manus or Magnus, the great, or renowned |
| McMartin |
|
|
son of Martin, or the warlike |
| McMaster |
|
|
son of Master |
| McMullin |
|
|
son of the miller |
| McMurrough |
|
|
son of Murrough or Murrach |
| McMurtair |
|
Gaelic |
son of a murderer |
| McNab |
|
|
son of Nab |
| McNamara |
|
Celtic |
Mac, son, and cu-marra or or con-marra, the hero of the sea |
| McNaughton |
|
Gaelic |
Mac, son, an, of, and achduinn, tools and instruments of all kinds |
| McNevin |
|
|
son of Nevin |
| McNiel |
|
|
son of Niel |
| McPherson |
|
|
son of Pherson |
| McQuade |
|
|
son of the Poet |
| McQuaire |
|
|
Son of Guaire or Godfrey |
| McQuarie |
|
|
Son of Guaire or Godfrey |
| McQueen |
|
|
McOwen, the son of Owen |
| McWilliam |
|
|
son of William |
| McWithy |
|
Cornish-British |
son of the weaver |
| Mead |
|
Locality |
meadow |
| Meadow |
|
Locality |
Land appropriated to the culture of grass |
| Mechant |
|
French |
bad, wicked |
| Medcaf |
|
Welsh |
midd, inclosed, and caf, a cell, a religious house |
| Medina |
|
Spanish |
name from any of the several places |
| Meek |
|
|
Mild of temper, soft, gentle |
| Meers |
|
|
Shallow water, or lake |
| Mehin |
|
Welsh |
Mochyn, a pig |
| Meikle |
|
|
A lump or mass, much, big |
| Meikleham |
|
|
The large village; the great house |
| Meiklejohn |
|
Scottish |
Large John |
| Mellis |
|
Gaelic |
milis, sweet |
| Melor |
|
Gaelic-Welsh |
Melwr, soldier |
| Melun |
|
Locality |
The town in France |
| Menai |
|
Welsh |
a strait which divides the island of Anglesea from the coast of Wales |
| Mendoza |
|
Basque |
mendi mountain + otz cold |
| Menno |
|
|
Beardless |
| Menteth |
|
Locality |
a district in Scotland so called, through which the river Teth runs |
| Menzies |
|
|
the parish of Monzie, in Perthshire, Scotland |
| Mercer |
|
|
One who deals in silks and woolen goods |
| Meredith |
|
|
Meredyth, or Ameredith |
| Merle |
|
French |
blackbird |
| Merril |
|
French |
blackbird |
| Merton |
|
Locality |
mere, a lake or marsh, and ton |
| Meshaw |
|
French |
Mechant, bad, wicked |
| Mesick |
|
Dutch |
Maesyck, a town on the river Maes, in the bishopric of Liege, Netherlands |
| Metcalf |
|
Welsh |
medd signifies a vale, a meadow, and caf, a cell, a chancel, a church |
| Metternich |
|
Dutch |
Metter, middle or in, and naght, night |
| Meyer |
|
German |
Mayor |
| Meyeul |
|
Locality |
a place in France |
| Michael |
|
Hebrew |
Who is like God? |
| Mickle |
|
Scottish |
Muckle, big |
| Middleditch |
|
Locality |
middle trench for draining wet land or guarding inclosures |
| Middleton |
|
Locality |
the middle town |
| Milbourne |
|
Locality |
Miln, a mill, and borne or bourne, a brook |
| Mildmay |
|
Saxon |
Mild, soft or tender, and dema, a judge |
| Milford |
|
Locality |
ford by the mill |
| Miller |
|
Scottish |
One who attends a grist-mill |
| Millman |
|
|
A man belonging to a mill |
| Mills |
|
|
Living near a mill |
| Milne |
|
|
A mill |
| Milner |
|
|
A miller |
| Milthorpe |
|
Locality |
mill, and thorpe, a village |
| Milton |
|
Saxon |
miln, a mill, and ton |
| Minster |
|
Saxon |
abbey |
| Minturn |
|
Welsh |
min, stones, and turn, a round, a circle |
| Mitchell |
|
Saxon |
Michael, Muchel, big |
| Mixe |
|
Locality |
An ancient territory of France |
| Mochrie |
|
Celtic |
mo, my, and chree, dear |
| Moe |
|
English |
Large, tall, great |
| Moel |
|
Gaelic |
Maol, signifies bald |
| Moelyn |
|
Welsh |
Bald-pate |
| Moers |
|
Dutch |
fen, marsh, or moor |
| Moffatt |
|
Locality |
the town of Moffat, in Dumfriesshire, Scotland |
| Molen |
|
Dutch |
A mill |
| Molloy |
|
Cornish-British |
The dusty or hoary mill |
| Molyneux |
|
French |
Moulin, a mill |
| Monger |
|
|
merchant |
| Monk |
|
Welsh |
mon, sole, separate, alone |
| Monroe |
|
Locality |
Monadh Roe or Mont Roe, from the mount on the river Roe, in Ireland |
| Monson |
|
|
son of Mon or Mun, Edmund |
| Montague |
|
French |
De Mont aigue, from the sharp or steep mountain |
| Monteith |
|
Locality |
a district in Scotland so called, through which the river Teth runs |
| Montford |
|
Latin |
De Monte Forte, from the strong or fortified hill or mountain |
| Montgomery |
|
Latin |
Mons Gomeris, Gomer's mount |
| Montmorice |
|
|
mount of Morris |
| Moody |
|
Welsh |
Meudwy, an anchorite, a recluse, hermit, a monk |
| Moon |
|
Welsh |
mwyn, mines |
| Mooney |
|
French |
Meunier,a miller |
| Moore |
|
Scottish-Gaelic |
Mor, great, chief, tall, mighty, proud |
| Moos |
|
German |
fen, bog |
| Morales |
|
Spanish |
the plural of moral,mulberry tree |
| Moran |
|
|
A multitude |
| Moray |
|
Moravian-Gaelic |
mor, great, and an or av, water |
| More |
|
Gaelic |
Mor, great, chief, tall, mighty, proud |
| Moreau |
|
French |
a Moor |
| Moreno |
|
Latin |
Maurus Moor |
| Moreton |
|
Gaelic |
mor, large, high, and dun, ton, a hill |
| Morgan |
|
|
Mor, the sea, and gan, born |
| Morgen |
|
German |
morning |
| Moriarty |
|
Gaelic |
Mor, great, and artach, exalted |
| Morley |
|
Welsh-British |
mor, the sea, and ley, a valley |
| Morrel |
|
|
Having yellow hair |
| Morris |
|
Welsh |
Mawr and rys, a hero, a warrior, a brave man |
| Morrison |
|
Scottish |
Son of Morris |
| Morse |
|
|
Morris |
| Morton |
|
Gaelic |
Mor, big, great, and dun, ton, a hill |
| Moseley |
|
Saxon |
a mossy field or pasture |
| Mostyn |
|
Welsh |
Maes, a field, and din, inclosed, fortified |
| Mott |
|
French |
A round artificial hill |
| Moulton |
|
Locality |
A small town in Devonshire, England |
| Mountain |
|
|
A name of place |
| Mountjoy |
|
|
Mont-joie as a heap of stones made by a French army, as a monument of victory |
| Moxley |
|
Saxon |
muga, much, great, large, and ley, a field |
| Moxon |
|
|
son of Moggie or Margaret |
| Mueller |
|
German |
miller |
| Muir |
|
Scottish |
moor or fen |
| Mulligan |
|
Gaelic |
Mullechean, the top or summit, a height |
| Mullins |
|
French |
miller |
| Mumford |
|
Latin |
De Monte Forte, from the strong or fortified hill or mountain |
| Mundy |
|
Locality |
the Abbey of Mondaye, in the dukedom of Normandy |
| Mungey |
|
|
Mountjoy |
| Munn |
|
|
Edmund |
| Munoz |
|
Spanish |
son of Muno |
| Munsel |
|
Locality |
Monsall, a dale of Derbyshire |
| Murphy |
|
|
Irish name O'Murchadha, which means descendant of sea warrior in Gaelic |
| Murray |
|
Moravian-Gaelic |
mor, great, and an or av, water |
| Murrell |
|
French |
A sea wall or bank, to keep off the water |
| Musgrave |
|
Saxon |
Meus, the place where the hawks were kept. and grave, keeper |
| Myers |
|
German |
Mayor |
| Nab |
|
|
the summit of a mountain, the top |
| Naffis |
|
French |
From Nefils, that is, born son, from Ne and fils |
| Nairne |
|
Locality |
a shire, river, and town in Scotland |
| Nance |
|
Locality |
Nance or Nancy, a city of France |
| Napier |
|
|
from taking charge of the king's napery or linen at the coronation of English kings |
| Nash |
|
|
Naish, a place near Bristol, England |
| Naylor |
|
|
A maker of nails |
| Neal |
|
|
Neil |
| Neander |
|
Greek |
veoc-uvip, the new man |
| Needham |
|
Locality |
Needham, a market-town in Suffolk, England |
| Neff |
|
French |
Naif, artless, candid |
| Nefis |
|
Welsh |
Nwyfus, sprightly |
| Neil |
|
Cornish-British |
power, might |
| Neilson |
|
|
son of Neil or Nel |
| Nel |
|
Cornish-British |
power, might |
| Nelson |
|
|
son of Neil or Nel |
| Nelthrope |
|
|
Nehwl, Gothic for near or nigh, and thorpe, a village |
| Nequam |
|
Latin |
Dishonest, lazy |
| Ness |
|
|
A cape or promontory |
| Netherwood |
|
Locality |
The lower wood |
| Neuman |
|
German |
newcomer |
| Neveu |
|
French |
nephew |
| Neville |
|
French |
a town in Poitou, France |
| Nevin |
|
Gaelic |
Naomh, holy, sacred, consecrated |
| Newbury |
|
Saxon |
New-town |
| Newth |
|
Gaelic |
new, fresh, recent. |
| Newton |
|
Locality |
new town |
| Nisbett |
|
Locality |
Lands in the shire of Berwick, Scotland. |
| Noakes |
|
|
at the oak |
| Noble |
|
|
Great, elevated, dignified |
| Noel |
|
French |
Christmas |
| Nogent |
|
Locality |
Town in the province of Champagne, France |
| Nokes |
|
|
at the oak |
| Nolan |
|
Irish |
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Nualláin |
| Norbury |
|
Locality |
The north town or village |
| Norcutt |
|
Locality |
The north-cot |
| Norfolk |
|
Locality |
A county of England |
| Norman |
|
|
A native of Normandy, a northman |
| Norris |
|
|
Norroy, or north-king |
| Northam |
|
Locality |
The north house or village |
| Northcote |
|
Locality |
The north-cot |
| Northop |
|
Locality |
A place in England |
| Northumberland |
|
Locality |
A county of England |
| Norton |
|
Locality |
a town in Yorkshire, England |
| Norwich |
|
Locality |
the city and seaport of Norwich, in Norfolk, England |
| Nott |
|
Saxon |
smooth, round, a nut |
| Nottingham |
|
Locality |
the borough town of Nottingham, in England |
| Nowell |
|
|
Noel |
| Nox |
|
Locality |
Cnoe, in the Gaelic, is a little hill, a hillock |
| Noyes |
|
|
Noy is an abbreviation for Noah |
| Nugent |
|
Locality |
the town of Nogent, in the province of Champagne, France |
| Nunez |
|
Spanish |
son of Nuno |
| Nye |
|
|
abbreviation of Isaac |
| Oakes |
|
Locality |
From a dwelling near the oak-trees. |
| Oakham |
|
Locality |
From the town of Oakham, in Rutlandshire, England |
| Oakley |
|
Locality |
The fields or pasture abounding in oaks |
| OBierne |
|
|
descendants of Byrne |
| OBoyle |
|
|
Ó Baoighill |
| OBrien |
|
|
descendant of Brien |
| OByrne |
|
|
descendants of Bran |
| OCallaghan |
|
Celtic-Gaelic |
descendants or tribe of Callaghan |
| Ochiern |
|
Gaelic |
the heir apparent to a lordship |
| Ockham |
|
Locality |
a town in Surrey, England, so called from the abundance of oaks growing there |
| Ockley |
|
Saxon |
oak field |
| OConnor |
|
|
descendants of Conor |
| OConor |
|
|
descendants of Conor |
| ODevlin |
|
|
descendant of Develin |
| ODonnell |
|
|
descendants of Donal |
| ODonoghue |
|
|
descendants of Donogh |
| ODonovan |
|
|
descendants of Donovan |
| ODorcy |
|
|
descendant of Dorcy |
| ODougherty |
|
|
chief of the oak habitation |
| ODugan |
|
|
descendant of Dugan |
| OFlaherty |
|
|
descendant of Flaherty |
| Ogden |
|
Saxon |
oak vale |
| Ogilvie |
|
Locality |
the lands of Ogilvie, in Scotland |
| OGowan |
|
|
descendant of Gowan |
| OHara |
|
|
descendant of Hara |
| Oigthierna |
|
Gaelic |
heir apparent to a lordship, |
| OKeefe |
|
|
descendant of Kief |
| OLeary |
|
|
descendant of Lary |
| Olifant |
|
|
An elephant |
| Oliver |
|
|
from the olive-tree |
| Ollendorff |
|
Locality |
Oldendorf in Germany |
| Olmstead |
|
Locality |
A place or town by the green oaks |
| Olsen |
|
Scandinavian |
son of Olaf |
| OMahony |
|
|
descendant of Mahon |
| OMalley |
|
|
descendant of Malley |
| Onderdonk |
|
Dutch |
Under grace or pardon |
| ONeil |
|
|
descendants of Neil |
| Onslow |
|
Locality |
the manor of Onslow, in Shropshire, England |
| OQuin |
|
|
descendants of Con Ceadcaha |
| Orchard |
|
Locality |
An inclosure of fruit-trees |
| Orme |
|
French |
elm-tree |
| Ormiston |
|
Locality |
The town or village of elms |
| Ormsby |
|
|
a place surrounded by elms |
| Orr |
|
Locality |
town of Orr, in Scotland |
| Ortega |
|
Spanish |
Ortega in Coruña province |
| Ortiz |
|
Spanish |
son of Orti |
| Orton |
|
Locality |
town of Orton, in Westmoreland, England |
| Orvis |
|
Cornish-British |
place on or near an entrenchment |
| Osborn |
|
Saxon |
From hus, a house, and bearn, a child--a family-child, an adopted child. |
| Osmund |
|
Saxon |
From hus, a house, and mund, peace |
| Osterhoudt |
|
Dutch |
The east wood, from oost or oster, east, and houdt, a wood |
| Ostheim |
|
German |
From Ost, east, and heim, a home, habitation or village |
| Ostrander |
|
Dutch |
The lord of the east shore |
| Oswald |
|
Saxon |
From hus, a house, and wald, a ruler |
| Otis |
|
Greek |
quick hearing |
| OToole |
|
|
descendants of Tuathal |
| Otter |
|
Locality |
a low promontory jutting into the sea, a shoal. |
| Oudekirk |
|
Dutch |
town in Holland |
| Ouseley |
|
Locality |
the river Ouse, in England |
| Outhoudt |
|
Dutch |
The old wood |
| Owen |
|
Celtic |
The good offspring |
| Oxford |
|
Locality |
Oxford, in England |
| Paddock |
|
English |
A meadow, croft or field |
| Page |
|
|
names given to youths between seven and fourteen years of age while receiving their education for knighthood |
| Paine |
|
French |
pagan |
| Paisley |
|
Welsh |
From Plas, a pass, and lli, a stream |
| Palmer |
|
|
A pilgrim, so called from the palm-branch |
| Pancost |
|
|
Pantecost, the fifyeenth day after Easter |
| Pangbourn |
|
Locality |
A town in Birkshire, England |
| Pardie |
|
|
Par-dieu |
| Paris |
|
Locality |
The metropolis of France |
| Parke |
|
|
A piece of ground inclosed, and stored with deer and other beasts of chase |
| Parker |
|
|
The keeper of the park |
| Parkman |
|
|
The keeper of the park |
| Parnell |
|
Italian |
from Petronilla, pretty stone |
| Parrett |
|
Locality |
From Peraidd, Welsh, the sweet or delicious river, now the Dee |
| Parry |
|
Welsh |
Ap Harry, the son of Harry |
| Parsall |
|
Locality |
Park-hall |
| Parshall |
|
Locality |
Park-hall |
| Parson |
|
|
Latin Persona, the person who takes care of the souls of his parishioners |
| Patrick |
|
|
Latin Patricius, noble, a senator |
| Patterson |
|
Scottish |
son of Patrick |
| Pattison |
|
|
son of Patrick |
| Paul |
|
Latin |
little, small |
| Paxton |
|
Locality |
town of Paxton, in Berwickshire, Scotland |
| Payne |
|
Locality |
Payne, in Normandy |
| Calverd |
|
English |
Calf-Herd |
| Calverley |
|
English |
Calf-Lea |
| Calvert |
|
English |
Calf-Herd |
| Calvin |
|
French-Latin |
Bald |
| Cam |
|
Gaelic-Welsh |
Crooked, winding |
| Cambden |
|
English |
camp, a battle, war and denu, a valley |
| Cambridge |
|
English |
Grantabrycg = the Bridge Over the Granta |
| Camden |
|
English |
camp, a battle, war and denu, a valley |
| Cameron |
|
Scottish |
Cam, crooked, and sron, nose |
| Camlin |
|
Celtic |
cam, crooked + linn, pool |
| Camm |
|
Celtic |
Crooked, Deformed, One-eyed |
| Cammell |
|
Anglo-French-Hebrew |
Camel |
| Camp |
|
French-Latin |
camp or field |
| Campbell |
|
Celtic-Gaelic |
cam, crooked, distorted, and beul, the mouth |
| Campion |
|
|
Champion |
| Camplin |
|
Anglo-French |
Camlin |
| Campling |
|
Anglo-French |
Camlin |
| Camps |
|
|
Camp |
| Camus |
|
Gaelic |
A bay, a creek, a harbor |
| Can |
|
Gaelic |
Clear, white, fair, and hence, beloved, dear |
| Canavan |
|
Celtic |
Black Head |
| Cancellor |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
Chancellor |
| Candler |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
Candle Maker |
| Candlin |
|
Anglo-French |
Candelin for Gandelin |
| Candy |
|
|
Gandy |
| Caney |
|
|
Cane |
| Canham |
|
English |
Cana's Home |
| Cann |
|
Gaelic |
Ceann and Kin |
| Cannall |
|
Manx |
Connell |
| Cannan |
|
|
Cannon |
| Cannell |
|
Manx |
Connell |
| Canney |
|
|
Caney |
| Canning |
|
Saxon |
Cyning, a leader, a king |
| Cannings |
|
|
Canning's Son |
| Cannington |
|
English |
the Estate of the Cana Family |
| Cannons |
|
|
Cannon's Son |
| Canon |
|
Welsh |
The river Taf or the singing river |
| Cant |
|
Celtic |
Kent |
| Canter |
|
Anglo-French |
Singer, Chanter |
| Cantlay |
|
English |
Cantley = Canta's Lea |
| Cantley |
|
English |
Cantley = Canta's Lea |
| Cantlie |
|
English |
Cantley = Canta's Lea |
| Canton |
|
English |
Cana's Estate |
| Cantor |
|
Anglo-French |
Singer, Chanter |
| Cantrell |
|
Anglo-French |
Little Singer, Chanter |
| Cantrill |
|
Anglo-French |
Little Singer, Chanter |
| Canty |
|
Scottish |
Cheerful, Lively, Brisk |
| Cape |
|
Anglo-Saxon |
Headland |
| Capel |
|
|
a strong horse |
| Capell |
|
French-Latin |
Horse |
| Capes |
|
|
Cape's Son |
| Caplan |
|
|
Chaplin |
| Caplin |
|
|
Chaplin |
| Capon |
|
Anglo-Latin |
Cock |
| Capp |
|
Anglo-French |
caeppe, a hood, cowl, cap |
| Capper |
|
Anglo-Latin |
Cap-Maker |
| Capps |
|
|
Capp's Son |
| Capron |
|
Anglo-French |
capron, caperon / chaperon, originally a kind of hood or cowl |
| Capstick |
|
English |
Cap on a Stick |
| Caractacus |
|
Gaelic |
Caer, a castle or city; eacht, an exploit, and cios, a tribute, expressive of his abilities in conducting an offensive, as well as a defensive war |
| Carberry |
|
Celtic |
Charioteer |
| Carbery |
|
Celtic |
Charioteer |
| Carbry |
|
Celtic |
Charioteer |
| Carbury |
|
Celtic |
Charioteer |
| Carbutt |
|
|
Garbutt |
| Card |
|
Gaelic |
Ceairde, Gaelic, a tradesman |
| Carden |
|
Locality |
the manor of Cawarden or Carden, near Chester, in England |
| Carder |
|
Anglo-French |
Wool-Comber |
| Cardew |
|
Welsh |
caer, a fort + du, black |
| Cardiff |
|
Welsh |
Caerdydd - caer, a fort |
| Cardwell |
|
Anglo-French |
Thistly Estate |
| Care |
|
|
Carr or Kerr |
| Carefull |
|
English |
Sorrowful, Anxious |
| Careless |
|
English |
Cheerful, Marry |
| Carew |
|
Welsh |
Caer, castle or fort, and ew, water |
| Carey |
|
|
the manor of Cary or Kari, as spelled in the Doomsday Book, in the parish of St. Giles, near Launceston, England |
| Cargill |
|
Celtic |
White Fort |
| Carl |
|
English-Scandinavian |
Husbandman, Rustic, Churl |
| Carlan |
|
Irish |
Carolan |
| Carle |
|
English-Scandinavian |
Husbandman, Rustic, Churl |
| Carleton |
|
Northern-English |
Carls' or Churls' Place |
| Carlile |
|
Celtic |
caer, a fort |
| Carlin |
|
Irish |
Carolan |
| Carline |
|
Irish |
Carolan |
| Carling |
|
Irish |
Carolan |
| Carlish |
|
Anglo-Scottish |
Churlish |
| Carlisle |
|
Celtic |
caer, a fort |
| Carlow |
|
Celtic |
Quadruple Lake Cetherloch - cether, four; loch, lake |
| Carlton |
|
Northern-English |
Carls' or Churls' Place |
| Carlyle |
|
Celtic |
caer, a fort |
| Carlyon |
|
Celtic |
the Fort of the Legion |
| Carman |
|
Anglo-French |
Cart Driver |
| Carmichael |
|
Locality |
The castle or stronghold of Michael, from caer, a castle or fortified place |
| Carmode |
|
Manx |
Mac Diarmid |
| Carmody |
|
Manx |
Mac Diarmid |
| Carn |
|
Celtic |
a Cairn |
| Carnaby |
|
Celtic-Scandinavian |
Cairn-Settlement |
| Carne |
|
Welsh |
a heap of stones |
| Carnegie |
|
Celtic |
the Fort of the Gap |
| Carnes |
|
Welsh |
a heap of stones |
| Carney |
|
Celtic |
Warrior, Soldier |
| Carnie |
|
Celtic |
Warrior, Soldier |
| Carnigan |
|
Gaelic |
Carneach signifies a Druid or priest |
| Carolan |
|
|
Carroll, with the diminutive suffix -an |
| Carollan |
|
|
Carroll, with the diminutive suffix -an |
| Carpmael |
|
|
Cartmel |
| Carpmile |
|
|
Cartmel |
| Carr |
|
Celtic |
caer, a fort |
| Carrey |
|
|
the manor of Cary or Kari, as spelled in the Doomsday Book, in the parish of St. Giles, near Launceston, England |
| Carrick |
|
Celtic |
a Crag, Rock |
| Carrie |
|
|
the manor of Cary or Kari, as spelled in the Doomsday Book, in the parish of St. Giles, near Launceston, England |
| Carrier |
|
French-Latin |
Quarryman |
| Carrington |
|
English |
the Estate of the Car Family |
| Carroll |
|
Irish |
descendant of Cearbhall |
| Carrollan |
|
|
Carroll, with the diminutive suffix -an |
| Carrothers |
|
Celtic |
Stronghold of Ruther |
| Carruthers |
|
Celtic |
Stronghold of Ruther |
| Carse |
|
Anglo-Scottish |
Dweller at the Carrs, i.e., Marshes or Mosses |
| Carsley |
|
English |
Car's Lea |
| Carson |
|
|
son of Car |
| Carstairs |
|
Scottish |
Terras's Castle |
| Carswell |
|
English |
caerse, cress + wiell / wiella, a spring |
| Carter |
|
|
one who drives a cart |
| Carteret |
|
Gaelic-Welsh |
town of the castle |
| Cartey |
|
|
MacCarty |
| Carthew |
|
Celtic |
Cardew |
| Carthy |
|
|
MacCarthy |
| Cartie |
|
|
MacCarty |
| Cartland |
|
Gaelic |
caraid, a pair of streams |
| Cartledge |
|
English |
Cart-Lake |
| Cartlidge |
|
English |
Cart-Lake |
| Cartmail |
|
Scandinavian |
Cart-Sandbank |
| Cartmale |
|
Scandinavian |
Cart-Sandbank |
| Cartmall |
|
Scandinavian |
Cart-Sandbank |
| Cartmel |
|
Scandinavian |
Cart-Sandbank |
| Cartmell |
|
Scandinavian |
Cart-Sandbank |
| Cartret |
|
Gaelic-Welsh |
town of the castle |
| Carttar |
|
|
Carter |
| Cartwright |
|
English |
Cart-Maker |
| Carty |
|
|
MacCarty |
| Carus |
|
Scandinavian |
Carr-House |
| Carvell |
|
Anglo-French |
Carville |
| Carver |
|
English |
Sculptor, Wood-Carver |
| Carvey |
|
Celtic |
Cearrbhach, Gambler, Gamester |
| Carvill |
|
Anglo-French |
Carville |
| Carwin |
|
Cornish-British |
caer, a castle, and win or gwin, white |
| Cary |
|
Locality |
the manor of Cary or Kari, as spelled in the Doomsday Book, in the parish of St. Giles, near Launceston, England |
| Case |
|
French |
A hut, a hovel |
| Casey |
|
Celtic |
Brave |
| Cash |
|
French |
casse, a case |
| Cashel |
|
Celtic-Latin |
Cashell = the Castle |
| Cashell |
|
Celtic-Latin |
Castle |
| Cashen |
|
Celtic |
Crooked |
| Cashin |
|
Celtic |
Crooked |
| Cashlin |
|
Celtic |
Little Castle |
| Cashman |
|
English |
Cashier |
| Caslin |
|
Celtic |
Little Castle |
| Cason |
|
|
Case's Son |
| Cass |
|
Gaelic |
to thwart, oppose |
| Cassady |
|
|
Cassidy |
| Cassal |
|
|
Castle |
| Casse |
|
Anglo-French |
cass-us, vain |
| Cassel |
|
|
Castle |
| Cassell |
|
|
Castle |
| Cassidy |
|
Gaelic |
casaideach, apt to complain or accuse |
| Cassin |
|
Celtic |
Crooked |
| Casson |
|
|
Cass's Son |
| Cassy |
|
Celtic |
Brave |
| Castell |
|
|
Castle |
| Castellan |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
Castle-Governor |
| Caster |
|
Anglo-Latin |
Roman Station |
| Casterton |
|
Anglo-Latin |
the Farm or Estate By The Roman Camp |
| Castillo |
|
Spanish |
Castle |
| Castle |
|
Anglo-Latin |
Dweller at the Castle |
| Castleman |
|
Anglo-Latin |
Castle-Warder |
| Castlereagh |
|
Celtic-Latin |
Grey Castle |
| Castles |
|
|
Castle |
| Caston |
|
English |
Cate's Estate |
| Castro |
|
Spanish |
Castle |
| Catchpole |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
Constable |
| Cate |
|
French-Latin |
Cato |
| Cater |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
Caterer, Purveyor |
| Caterson |
|
|
Cater's Son |
| Cates |
|
|
Cate's Son |
| Catesby |
|
Scandinavian |
Cate's Estate |
| Cathcart |
|
Gaelic |
Caeth-Cart, from caeth, a strait, the river here running in a narrow channel |
| Catherall |
|
English |
Cathere's Hall |
| Catherwood |
|
Gaelic |
Cathar, soft, boggy ground; or the fortified place in a wood |
| Cathrall |
|
English |
Cathere's Hall |
| Catlin |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
Catelin |
| Catling |
|
|
Catlin |
| Cato |
|
Latin |
Sagacious |
| Caton |
|
French-Latin |
Cato |
| Cator |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
Caterer, Purveyor |
| Catt |
|
English |
Cat |
| Cattell |
|
French |
Castle |
| Catterall |
|
English |
Cathere's Hall |
| Cattermole |
|
Dutch-Flemish |
local name |
| Cattermoul |
|
Dutch-Flemish |
local name |
| Catterson |
|
|
Cater's Son |
| Cattle |
|
French |
Castle |
| Cattley |
|
English |
Catta's Lea |
| Cattlow |
|
|
Catta's Tumulus, hlaew burial mound, hill |
| Catto |
|
English |
Cat-Hill |
| Catton |
|
English |
Catta's Estate |
| Cattrall |
|
English |
Cathere's Hall |
| Cattrell |
|
English |
Cathere's Hall |
| Cattroll |
|
English |
Cathere's Hall |
| Caudell |
|
Locality |
cold spring |
| Caudery |
|
French-Latin |
coudraie = Hazel-Grove |
| Caudle |
|
Locality |
cold spring |
| Caudwell |
|
Locality |
cold spring |
| Caul |
|
|
MacCall |
| Caulay |
|
Celtic |
Macaulay |
| Cauldfield |
|
English |
Cold or Bleak Field |
| Cauldwell |
|
English |
cold spring |
| Cauley |
|
Celtic |
Macaulay |
| Caulfield |
|
English |
Cabbage-Field |
| Caulie |
|
Celtic |
Macaulay |
| Caunter |
|
|
Gaunter, Ganter |
| Causton |
|
English |
Ceawe's Estate |
| Cavalier |
|
Anglo-French-Italian |
horseman |
| Cavan |
|
Gaelic-Welsh |
The ridge of a hill |
| Cavanagh |
|
Celtic |
Caemh + an, gentle, handsome |
| Cavanah |
|
Celtic |
Caemh + an, gentle, handsome |
| Cavannah |
|
Celtic |
Caemh + an, gentle, handsome |
| Cave |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
Cavern |
| Caveen |
|
Gaelic-Welsh |
The ridge of a hill |
| Caven |
|
Celtic |
Fine, Handsome |
| Cavendish |
|
English |
Caves-Hollow |
| Caves |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
Cavern |
| Cavill |
|
English |
Cave-Hill |
| Caw |
|
Gaelic |
Ca, a house, a place fortified, inclosed, surrounded |
| Cawdery |
|
French-Latin |
coudraie = Hazel-Grove |
| Cawdry |
|
French-Latin |
coudraie = Hazel-Grove |
| Cawley |
|
|
Macauly |
| Cawse |
|
English |
Cawe's Son |
| Cawson |
|
English |
Cawe's Son |
| Cawston |
|
English |
Ceawe's Estate |
| Cawthorn |
|
English |
Hawthorn |
| Cawthorne |
|
English |
Hawthorn |
| Cawthron |
|
English |
Hawthorn |
| Caxton |
|
Locality |
a small town in England |
| Cay |
|
Cornish-British |
Kea, inclosure |
| Cayley |
|
Celtic |
Thin, Slender |
| Cayly |
|
Locality |
Calais, a sea-port of France |
| Cayser |
|
Anglo-Latin |
Kaiser, Caesar, Emperor |
| Cayzer |
|
Anglo-Latin |
Kaiser, Caesar, Emperor |
| Cazenove |
|
French |
New House |
| Cearn |
|
|
Cairn, Carn |
| Cearns |
|
|
Cairns |
| Cecil |
|
Anglo-Latin |
caecus, blind |
| Ceeley |
|
|
Seeley |
| Chad |
|
Anglo-Celtic |
Cath, war |
| Chadband |
|
English |
Cat-Brook |
| Chadburn |
|
English |
Cat-Brook |
| Chadderton |
|
Anglo-Celtic |
Cathir's Estate |
| Chaddock |
|
Anglo-Celtic |
Little Chad |
| Chaderton |
|
English |
Cathir's Estate |
| Chadwell |
|
English |
St. Chad's Well |
| Chadwick |
|
Locality |
Cyte signifies a cottage, and wick, a harbor, a sheltered place |
| Chadwyck |
|
English |
Chadwick, Chadwych = Chad's Place |
| Chaff |
|
French |
Chauve = Bald |
| Chaffe |
|
French |
Chauve = Bald |
| Chaffee |
|
French |
Chafe, to heat, to grow warm or angry |
| Chaffer |
|
English |
chaffare, a bargaining; chaffaren, to deal, bargain |
| Chaffers |
|
English |
Chaffer's Son |
| Chalcraft |
|
|
Calcraft |
| Chaldecott |
|
|
Caldecott |
| Chalfont |
|
English+Anglo-Latin |
Cold Fount |
| Chalk |
|
Saxon |
servant or attendant |
| Chalke |
|
English |
cealc, chalk |
| Chalkley |
|
English |
Chalky Lea |
| Challen |
|
French-Latin-Celtic |
Chalons -sur-Marne was the Latin Catalaunis, the plural of a tribal name |
| Challender |
|
Anglo-French |
calandra, a kind of lark |
| Challener |
|
Locality |
Chaloner/Challoner a town in France |
| Challenger |
|
English |
chalengen, to accuse, charge, claim |
| Challenor |
|
Locality |
Chaloner/Challoner a town in France |
| Challice |
|
|
cup or bowl |
| Challiner |
|
Locality |
Chaloner/Challoner a town in France |
| Challinor |
|
Locality |
Chaloner/Challoner a town in France |
| Challis |
|
|
cup or bowl |
| Challiss |
|
Anglo-French-Celtic |
Chalais or Chaillois = the Wood |
| Challon |
|
French-Latin-Celtic |
Chalons -sur-Marne was the Latin Catalaunis, the plural of a tribal name |
| Challoner |
|
Locality |
a town in France |
| Chalmers |
|
Scottish-French |
De La Chambre |
| Chalon |
|
French-Latin-Celtic |
Chalons -sur-Marne was the Latin Catalaunis, the plural of a tribal name |
| Chaloner |
|
Anglo-French |
chalon/chaloun, a quilt, from chalons-sur-Marne, where this kind of coverlet was first made |
| Chamberlain |
|
Anglo-French-German |
Chamber - Overseer; Steward |
| Chamberlayne |
|
Anglo-French-German |
Chamber - Overseer; Steward |
| Chamberlen |
|
Anglo-French-German |
Chamber - Overseer; Steward |
| Chamberlin |
|
Anglo-French-German |
Chamber - Overseer; Steward |
| Chambers |
|
Scottish-French |
De La Chambre |
| Chambres |
|
French |
Chamber-Attendant |
| Champ |
|
French |
Field |
| Champagne |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
campania - campus, a plain, field |
| Champain |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
campania - campus, a plain, field |
| Champe |
|
French |
champ, a field |
| Champin |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
campania - campus, a plain, field |
| Champion |
|
|
A soldier that fought in public combat |
| Champlain |
|
|
Champ, an open, level field or plain, and lean, a meadow |
| Champlin |
|
|
Champ, an open, level field or plain, and lean, a meadow |
| Champness |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
Champagne France = the Plain |
| Champney |
|
French |
Champ, a field, and ey, water-the wet country or country near the water |
| Champneys |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
Champagne France = the Plain |
| Chanay |
|
|
Cheney |
| Chance |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
Good Luck, Good Fortune |
| Chandler |
|
|
maker and seller of various wares, originally of candles |
| Chaney |
|
|
Cheney |
| Chang |
|
Chinese |
prosperous or flourishing |
| Chanler |
|
|
Chandler, maker and seller of various wares, originally of candles |
| Channing |
|
Saxon |
Cyning, knowing, wise |
| Channon |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
Cannon |
| Chant |
|
French |
song |
| Chanter |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
Singer |
| Chantler |
|
|
Chandler, maker and seller of various wares, originally of candles |
| Chantrell |
|
|
Little Chanter |
| Chantrey |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
sing |
| Chantry |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
sing |
| Chany |
|
|
Cheney |
| Chapel |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
A private oratory; a place of public worship |
| Chapell |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
A private oratory; a place of public worship |
| Chapin |
|
|
Chapman; a trader, a shopman |
| Chaplin |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
Chapel |
| Chapman |
|
|
Chipman, a trader, a shopman |
| Chappel |
|
|
Chapel |
| Chappell |
|
|
Chapel |
| Chappelow |
|
Scandinavian |
Chapel-How, haug-r, a hill |
| Chapple |
|
|
Chapel |
| Chapplow |
|
Scandinavian |
Chapel-How, haug-r, a hill |
| Chard |
|
English |
Cerdic, the West-Saxon king |
| Charles |
|
German |
carl, strong, stout, courageous, and valiant |
| Charleson |
|
|
Charles's Son |
| Charlesson |
|
|
Charles's Son |
| Charlesworth |
|
English |
Churl's Place or Farm |
| Charleton |
|
English |
Churls' Place or Farm |
| Charlett |
|
|
Little Charle, or Charles |
| Charley |
|
English |
Churls' Lea |
| Charlton |
|
English |
Churls' Place or Farm |
| Charman |
|
Anglo-French |
Carman |
| Charnley |
|
English |
a meadow in which churning was done |
| Charnock |
|
Norman-French |
the town of Chernoc, in Normandy |
| Charrington |
|
English |
Carrington, for Cherrington |
| Chart |
|
English |
Cert, an Old Kentish word for a Wood |
| Charter |
|
|
Carter |
| Charteris |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
the tribal name Carnutes of Caesar |
| Charters |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
the tribal name Carnutes of Caesar |
| Chartres |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
the tribal name Carnutes of Caesar |
| Chase |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
chacier, chasser, to hunt, chase |
| Chastel |
|
French |
Castle |
| Chastell |
|
French |
Castle |
| Chaston |
|
|
Caston |
| Chater |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
excadere, to fall to one's share |
| Chatfeild |
|
English |
catt, a wild cat |
| Chatfield |
|
English |
catt, a wild cat |
| Chatham |
|
Saxon |
cyte, a cottage, and ham, a village, |
| Chatsey |
|
Saxon |
cyte, a cottage, and sey, near the water |
| Chatsworth |
|
Locality |
cyte, a cottage, as above, and worth, a place or estate |
| Chattaway |
|
English |
Chad and wig, battle, war |
| Chatteris |
|
English |
Chateriz |
| Chatterton |
|
Saxon |
cete-doir-ton, the cottage-town in the wood |
| Chatto |
|
|
Catto |
| Chatwin |
|
English |
Chad, and wine |
| Chaucer |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
Leather-Breechers Maker |
| Chauncey |
|
Anglo-French |
Chancey, Chance, or Chancay |
| Chauncy |
|
Anglo-French |
Chancey, Chance, or Chancay |
| Chavez |
|
Portuguese |
a place in the province of Tras-os-Montes named Chaves |
| Chawner |
|
|
Chaloner/Challoner |
| Chaytor |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
excadere, to fall to one's share |
| Cheator |
|
|
Chater ante |
| Checkley |
|
English |
Cecca's Lea |
| Chedsey |
|
Locality |
Chertsey, a town in Surrey, England, near the Thames, Cerot's Island |
| Chedzey |
|
English |
Cedd's Island |
| Chedzoy |
|
English |
Cedd's Island |
| Cheek |
|
English |
prominent jaw |
| Cheers |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
Cher = Dear |
| Cheese |
|
|
Cheesman/Cheeseman or Cheeswright/Cheesewright |
| Cheeseman |
|
Locality |
A dealer in cheese |
| Cheeseright |
|
English |
Cheese-Maker |
| Cheesewright |
|
English |
Cheese-Maker |
| Cheesman |
|
English |
Cheese-Maker |
| Cheeswright |
|
English |
Cheese-Maker |
| Cheetham |
|
English |
Ceatta's Home or Estate |
| Cheever |
|
French |
Chevir signifies to master or overcome |
| Cheevers |
|
|
Cheever's Son |
| Cheke |
|
|
Cheek |
| Dilcock |
|
|
Dill + the English pet suffix -cock |
| Dilke |
|
Scandinavian |
Lamb |
| Dill |
|
Teutonic |
Dil, Dila, Dilli |
| Dillamore |
|
French |
De la Mare = Of The Pool |
| Dilley |
|
|
Little Dill |
| Dillimore |
|
French |
De la Mare = Of The Pool |
| Dilling |
|
|
Dil's/Dila's Son |
| Dillingham |
|
Saxon |
Daelan, to divide, separate, throw off, pay over; and ham, a village |
| Dillnutt |
|
English |
Dilno Dill, and ne, boldness |
| Dillon |
|
Welsh |
Dillyn, handsome, gallant, brave, fine |
| Dillworth |
|
English |
Dila's Estate or Farm |
| Dilly |
|
|
Little Dill |
| Dilnott |
|
English |
Dilno Dill, and ne, boldness |
| Dilnutt |
|
English |
Dilno Dill, and ne, boldness |
| Dilworth |
|
English |
Dila's Estate or Farm |
| Diment |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
daeg, day, brightness + mund, protection |
| Dimes |
|
|
Dimond's Son |
| Dimmock |
|
Welsh |
David, the son of Madoc |
| Dimock |
|
Welsh |
David, the son of Madoc |
| Dimond |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
daeg, day, brightness + mund, protection |
| Dimsdale |
|
English |
Dynn's/Dynne's or Dunn's/Dunne's Dale |
| Dinaley |
|
English |
Dynna's Lea |
| Dineley |
|
English |
Dynna's Lea |
| Dingle |
|
English |
Hollow or Dell |
| Dingley |
|
English |
dinge, fallow land + leah, a lea |
| Dingwall |
|
Scandinavian |
oing, a meeting, council + voll-r, a field |
| Dingwell |
|
Scandinavian |
oing, a meeting, council + voll-r, a field |
| Dinham |
|
English |
dun (dyne), a hill, ham/hamm, a piece of land |
| Dinley |
|
English |
Dynna's Lea |
| Dinmore |
|
Celtic |
Great Hill-Fort |
| Dinn |
|
English |
Dunn/Dunne = Dark Brown |
| Dinneford |
|
|
Dunford |
| Dinning |
|
|
Dunning |
| Dinnis |
|
|
Dennis |
| Dinsdale |
|
English |
Dynn's/Dynne's or Dunn's/Dunne's Dale |
| Dinsmor |
|
Welsh |
Dinas, fort, city, or walled town, and mawr, great, large |
| Dinton |
|
Saxon |
den, a valley, and ton, a town |
| Dinwiddie |
|
Celtic |
Dinwoodie Dumfries |
| Dinwiddy |
|
Celtic |
Dinwoodie Dumfries |
| Dinwoodie |
|
Celtic |
Dinwoodie Dumfries |
| Diplock |
|
English |
Deep Lake |
| Dippell |
|
|
Dibble, Theobald |
| Dipple |
|
|
Dibble, Theobald |
| Diprose |
|
French |
Depreaux = Of Preaux or the Meadows |
| Disher |
|
English |
Dish Maker |
| Disley |
|
English |
Disley Cherhire |
| Disney |
|
Norman-French |
De Isigney, from Isigney, a small village near Bayeaux, in Normandy |
| Diss |
|
English |
Dish-Shaped Hollow |
| Ditchfield |
|
|
Ditch-Field |
| Ditton |
|
English |
Dictun the Dike or Ditch Farm or Estate |
| Dittrich |
|
German |
Mighty Ruler |
| Dive |
|
French |
Dinmore, Great Hill-Fort |
| Dives |
|
French |
Dinmore, Great Hill-Fort |
| Dix |
|
|
son of Dick |
| Dixey |
|
|
Dicks + the English Diminutive suffix ie |
| Dixie |
|
Saxon |
Dic, a ditch, dike, or fosse, and ea, water, or ig, an island |
| Dixon |
|
|
son of Dick |
| Dixson |
|
|
son of Dick |
| Doane |
|
|
Done, Down |
| Dobb |
|
|
Robert |
| Dobbie |
|
|
Little Dobb |
| Dobbin |
|
|
son of Dob or Robert |
| Dobbing |
|
|
son of Dob or Robert |
| Dobbins |
|
|
Dobbin's Son |
| Dobbinson |
|
|
Dobbin's Son |
| Dobbs |
|
|
son of Dob or Robert |
| Dobbson |
|
|
son of Dob or Robert |
| Dobby |
|
|
Little Dobb |
| Dobell |
|
|
Little Dobb |
| Dobie |
|
|
Little Dobb |
| Dobing |
|
|
son of Dob or Robert |
| Dobinson |
|
|
Dobbin's Son |
| Doble |
|
|
Little Dobb |
| Doblin |
|
|
Little Dobb |
| Dobney |
|
French |
D'Aubigny = Of Aubigny or Albinus's Estate |
| Dobree |
|
French |
D'Aubry/D'Aubray, Of Aubry/Aubray or the White Poplar Grove |
| Dobson |
|
|
Dob's Son |
| Docherty |
|
Scottish |
Dochartach - dochart, a difficulty, hardship |
| Docker |
|
English |
doke/docke, duce, a duck + ora, a bank, shore |
| Dockerell |
|
|
Duckerell |
| Dockerill |
|
|
Duckerell |
| Dockerty |
|
Celtic |
Dochartach - dochart, a difficulty |
| Dockery |
|
Anglo-Scandinavian |
Dockwray |
| Dockett |
|
|
Duckett |
| Dockray |
|
Anglo-Scandinavian |
Dockwray |
| Dockreay |
|
Anglo-Scandinavian |
Dockwray |
| Dockrell |
|
|
Duckerell |
| Dockrey |
|
Anglo-Scandinavian |
Dockwray |
| Docwra |
|
Anglo-Scandinavian |
Dockwray |
| Dod |
|
Anglo-Saxon |
Dod/Doda, Dodd/Dodda |
| Dodd |
|
German |
A god-father |
| Dodding |
|
English |
Doda's/Dodda's Son |
| Doddington |
|
English |
Estate Of The Doda/Dodda Family |
| Doddridge |
|
English |
Doda's/Dodda's Ridge |
| Dodds |
|
|
Dodd's Son |
| Dodge |
|
|
To evade by a sudden shift of place |
| Dodgshon |
|
|
Roger |
| Dodgshun |
|
|
Roger |
| Dodgson |
|
|
Roger |
| Dodimead |
|
English |
Dod's/Doda's Mead or Meadow |
| Dodington |
|
English |
Estate Of The Doda/Dodda Family |
| Dodkin |
|
|
Little Dod |
| Dodkins |
|
|
Dodkin's son |
| Dodman |
|
|
Dod + man |
| Dodridge |
|
English |
Doda's/Dodda's Ridge |
| Dods |
|
|
Dod's Son |
| Dodshon |
|
|
Roger |
| Dodson |
|
|
Dod's Son |
| Dodsworth |
|
English |
Dod's/Doda's Estate or Farmstead |
| Dodwell |
|
English |
Dod's/Doda's Well or Spring |
| Doe |
|
English |
Doe |
| Dogerty |
|
Scottish |
Dochartach - dochart, a difficulty, hardship |
| Dogg |
|
English |
Dog |
| Doggett |
|
Anglo-Saxon |
Dogod |
| Doherty |
|
Scottish |
Dochartach - dochart, a difficulty, hardship |
| Doidge |
|
|
Dodge |
| Doig |
|
|
Dog |
| D'Oily |
|
Locality |
Oily, a place in France |
| Dolamore |
|
|
Daliamoor or Dallimore |
| Dolan |
|
|
Doolan |
| Dolbeer |
|
Welsh |
Dolbyr, the short vale |
| Dolbey |
|
|
Dalby |
| Dolby |
|
|
Dalby |
| Dole |
|
Welsh |
Dowyll, shady, dark |
| Doley |
|
|
Dole-Lea |
| Dollar |
|
Celtic |
dal, a dale, field: ar, ploughed land |
| Doller |
|
Celtic |
dal, a dale, field: ar, ploughed land |
| Dolley |
|
|
Dole-Lea |
| Dolling |
|
English |
Dola's Son |
| Dollman |
|
Anglo-Saxon |
Dole + man |
| Dolphin |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
Delphan |
| Dolton |
|
English |
Dola's Estate |
| Dombey |
|
|
Danby |
| Dominey |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
dominus, a lord |
| Dominic |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
dominus, a lord |
| Dominick |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
dominus, a lord |
| Dominy |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
dominus, a lord |
| Don |
|
Celtic |
Brown Complexion or Hair |
| Donaghan |
|
Celtic |
Brown Complexion or Hair |
| Donaghie |
|
Celtic |
Brown Warrior |
| Donaghy |
|
Celtic |
Brown Warrior |
| Donal |
|
Celtic |
Domin-us, a lord |
| Donald |
|
Celtic-Gaelic |
A great man, a proud chieftain |
| Donaldson |
|
Scottish |
Donald's Son |
| Donavan |
|
Celtic |
Dark-Brown Complexion or Hair |
| Doncaster |
|
Celtic-Latin |
Roman Camp on the River Don |
| Done |
|
|
Dunn, and Down |
| Donegan |
|
Celtic |
Brown Complexion or Hair |
| Doneghan |
|
Celtic |
Brown Complexion or Hair |
| Donel |
|
Celtic |
Domin-us, a lord |
| Donell |
|
Celtic-Gaelic |
A great man, a proud chieftain |
| Donellan |
|
|
Little Donnell |
| Donelly |
|
Celtic-Gaelic |
A great man, a proud chieftain |
| Dones |
|
|
Downs/Downes |
| Doney |
|
|
Downey |
| Dongray |
|
|
Dungray |
| Donisthorpe |
|
English |
Donning's or Dunning's Estate |
| Donkin |
|
English |
Duncan |
| Donking |
|
English |
Duncan |
| Donlan |
|
|
Little Donnell or Donal |
| Donland |
|
|
Little Donnell or Donal |
| Donn |
|
Celtic |
Brown Complexion or Hair |
| Donnach |
|
Gaelic |
Duncan Diongnach, strong, fortified |
| Donnally |
|
Celtic |
Donnghalach - donn, brown + galach, brave |
| Donnan |
|
|
Little Don/Donn |
| Donne |
|
Celtic |
Brown Complexion or Hair |
| Donnell |
|
Celtic |
Domin-us, a lord |
| Donnellan |
|
|
Little Donnell or Donal |
| Donnelly |
|
Celtic |
Donnghalach - donn, brown + galach, brave |
| Donnett |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
Given of God |
| Donnigan |
|
Celtic |
Brown Complexion or Hair |
| Donnison |
|
Celtic |
Don's/Donn's Son |
| Donnolly |
|
Celtic |
Brown - Brave |
| Donoghoe |
|
|
O' Donoghoe, O'Donoghue |
| Donoghue |
|
|
O' Donoghoe, O'Donoghue |
| Donohoe |
|
|
O' Donoghoe, O'Donoghue |
| Donohoo |
|
|
O' Donoghoe, O'Donoghue |
| Donohue |
|
|
O' Donoghoe, O'Donoghue |
| Donovan |
|
Celtic |
Dark-Brown Complexion or Hair |
| Donovon |
|
Celtic |
Dark-Brown Complexion or Hair |
| Donson |
|
Celtic |
Don's/Donn's Son |
| Doo |
|
English |
Black Complexion or Hair |
| Doodson |
|
|
Dod's Son |
| Doody |
|
Celtic |
Black Complexion or Hair |
| Doolan |
|
Celtic |
Black Complexion or Hair |
| Dooland |
|
Celtic |
Black Complexion or Hair |
| Dooley |
|
Celtic |
Dark - Complexioned Chief or Hero |
| Doolittle |
|
English |
Idler |
| Doon |
|
Celtic |
Black Complexion or Hair |
| Doonan |
|
Celtic |
Little Hill or Hill-Fort |
| Doone |
|
Celtic |
Black Complexion or Hair |
| Dopson |
|
|
Dobson |
| Doran |
|
|
son of Dorr |
| Dorden |
|
|
Durden |
| Dore |
|
English |
Gate or Pass |
| Doree |
|
French |
Dore, with Golden Hair |
| Dorey |
|
French |
Dore, with Golden Hair |
| Dorington |
|
|
Dorrington |
| Dorking |
|
English |
Settlement of the Deorc Family |
| Dorkins |
|
|
Dawkins |
| Dorlan |
|
Dutch |
Dor, sterile, barren, and land |
| Dorland |
|
Dutch |
Dor, sterile, barren, and land |
| Dorling |
|
|
Darling |
| Dorman |
|
English |
Doorkeper, Gatekeeper |
| Dormand |
|
Anglo-Saxon |
Deormund - deor/deore, dear, beloved + mund, protection |
| Dormer |
|
French-Latin |
Sleeper, Sluggard |
| Dormon |
|
English |
Doorkeper, Gatekeeper |
| Dorney |
|
English |
Thorn-Tree Island or Riparian Land |
| Dornford |
|
English |
Thorn-Tree Ford |
| Dorning |
|
English |
Thorn-Tree Meadow |
| Dornton |
|
|
Thornton |
| Dorr |
|
Gaelic |
difficult, easily vexed |
| Dorran |
|
|
son of Dorr |
| Dorrance |
|
|
Durrance |
| Dorree |
|
French |
Dore, with Golden Hair |
| Dorrell |
|
|
Darrell |
| Dorrington |
|
English |
Estate of the Deor/Deora Family |
| Dorset |
|
Locality |
A county in England |
| Dorsett |
|
Celtic-Latin |
Anglo-Saxon Dorsaet/Dornseat |
| Dorsey |
|
|
Darsey |
| Dorton |
|
English |
Gate or Pass |
| Dorward |
|
English |
Doorkepper, Gatekeeper |
| Dory |
|
French |
Dore, Golden Hair |
| Dosser |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
Doss or Dosser Maker doss is an old term for a hassock; a dosser was a pannier |
| Dossett |
|
|
Dorset/Dorsett |
| Dossor |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
Doss or Dosser Maker doss is an old term for a hassock; a dosser was a pannier |
| Doswell |
|
English |
Doe's Spring |
| Dott |
|
English |
little person |
| Dottridge |
|
|
Dodridge |
| Douay |
|
French |
the town of Douay, in the province of Artois, France |
| Doubble |
|
|
Dobell, Doble, Twin |
| Doubell |
|
|
Dobell, Doble, Twin |
| Double |
|
|
Dobell, Doble, Twin |
| Doubleday |
|
|
denoting one born about the end of one day and the beginning of another |
| Doublet |
|
|
Little Double |
| Douce |
|
French-Latin |
Sweet |
| Doudney |
|
|
Dewdney |
| Dougal |
|
Celtic-Gaelic |
Dhu, black, and gall, a stranger |
| Dougall |
|
Celtic-Gaelic |
Dhu, black, and gall, a stranger |
| Dougan |
|
|
Dugan |
| Doughan |
|
|
Dugan |
| Dougherty |
|
|
Docherty |
| Doughty |
|
English |
Brave, Strong |
| Douglas |
|
Scottish-Gaelic |
Black-Water dubh, black + glas, glais/glaise, water, streamlet |
| Douglass |
|
Gaelic |
Dhu, black, dark, and glass, green |
| Doulman |
|
|
Dolman/Dollman |
| Doulton |
|
|
Dolton |
| Doust |
|
French |
Doucet |
| Douthwaite |
|
Scandinavian |
Dowthwaite, daa, a doe, pveit, a clearing |
| Dove |
|
English |
dufe |
| Dover |
|
Anglo-Latin-Celtic |
Dubr-is = the Water |
| Dovey |
|
|
Little Dove |
| Dow |
|
Celtic |
Dark or Black Complexion or Hair |
| Dowall |
|
|
Dougal/Dougall |
| Dowbiggan |
|
Anglo-Scandinavian |
Dowfbygging = the Dove-House |
| Dowbiggin |
|
Anglo-Scandinavian |
Dowfbygging = the Dove-House |
| Dowd |
|
English |
Dark or Black Complexion or Hair |
| Dowdall |
|
English |
Dowdale, dow, a dove, dael, a valley |
| Dowdell |
|
English |
Dowdale, dow, a dove, dael, a valley |
| Dowden |
|
|
dow, a dove, denu, a valley |
| Dowdeswell |
|
English |
Dud's/Dudd's Well, wella/wiella, a spring |
| Dowding |
|
English |
Dud's/Duda's or Dudd's/Dudda's |
| Dowdle |
|
|
Dowdall |
| Dowe |
|
Celtic |
Dark or Black Complexion or Hair |
| Dowell |
|
Welsh |
Dowyll, shady, dark |
| Dower |
|
Scottish-French |
Dour, Hard, Stern |
| Dowie |
|
|
Little Dow |
| Dowl |
|
|
Dowell |
| Dowlan |
|
|
Doolan |
| Dowle |
|
|
Dowell |
| Dowlen |
|
|
Doolan |
| Dowler |
|
English |
Dowl or Dole, i.e. the Allotment, or the Boundary-Mark |
| Dowley |
|
|
Doley or Dolley |
| Dowling |
|
Celtic |
Dunlang - dun/dunn, brown + lang, a spear |
| Dowlman |
|
|
Dolman/Dollman |
| Dowman |
|
English |
Dow + man |
| Down |
|
Anglo-Celtic |
Down or Hill |
| Downe |
|
Anglo-Celtic |
Down or Hill |
| Downer |
|
English |
Down |
| Downes |
|
Anglo-Celtic |
Down or Hill |
| Downey |
|
Anglo-Celtic |
Little Down/Downe |
| Downham |
|
English |
dun, a hill + ham/hamm, an enclosure, dwelling |
| Downie |
|
Anglo-Celtic |
Little Down/Downe |
| Downing |
|
English |
Dun's/Duna's or Dunn's/Dunna's Son |
| Downman |
|
English |
Down + man |
| Downs |
|
English |
a tract of poor, sandy, hilly land, used only for pasturing sheep |
| Downton |
|
English |
Downton = the Hill Farm or Estate |
| Dowse |
|
French |
Douce |
| Dowsett |
|
French |
Doucet |
| Dowsing |
|
French |
Doussin = Douss- for Douce |
| Dowson |
|
|
Douce's Son |
| Dowthwaite |
|
Scandinavian |
Daa, a doe, pveit, a clearing |
| Dowty |
|
|
Doughty |
| Doxey |
|
English |
Dokesey = Docce's Island or Riverside Land |
| Doxsey |
|
English |
Dokesey = Docce's Island or Riverside Land |
| Doyle |
|
|
Dowall = Dougal/Dougall |
| Doyley |
|
Norman-French |
Oyly or Ouilly |
| Drabble |
|
English |
to besmear with mud |
| Dracott |
|
|
Draycott |
| Drage |
|
Anglo-French |
dragon |
| Drain |
|
English |
drehnian, to drain |
| Drake |
|
Gaelic |
drac, a route, a way, a footstep |
| Drane |
|
|
Drain |
| Dranfield |
|
English |
Drain-Field |
| Dransfield |
|
English |
Drain-Field |
| Draper |
|
Anglo-French |
Clother |
| Drapper |
|
Anglo-French |
Clother |
| Dray |
|
English |
Drag, Slow, Tedious |
| Draycott |
|
English |
Dry-Built Cottage |
| Drayson |
|
|
Dray's Son |
| Drayton |
|
English |
Dry-Built Farmstead |
| Dreaper |
|
|
Draper Clother |
| Dredge |
|
English |
mixed corn |
| Drennan |
|
Celtic |
Thornton Blackthorn |
| Drever |
|
|
Driver |
| Drew |
|
Anglo-French |
Wise Man, Magician; Druid |
| Drewe |
|
Anglo-French |
Wise Man, Magician; Druid |
| Drewell |
|
|
Little Drew |
| Drewett |
|
|
Little Drew |
| Drewitt |
|
|
Little Drew |
| Drewry |
|
Anglo-French |
druerie, a love, darling |
| Drews |
|
|
Drew's Son |
| Drinan |
|
Celtic |
Thornton Blackthorn |
| Dring |
|
Anglo-Scandinavian |
Servant, Retainer; Soldier, Warrior |
| Drinkall |
|
English |
Dring's or Dreng's Slope or Corner |
| Drinkwater |
|
English |
Teetotaller |
| Driscoll |
|
Gaelic |
dreas and coill, a thicket of briars, the place of wild roses |
| Driver |
|
|
drover |
| Dromgole |
|
Celtic |
druim, a ridge + cuil, a corner |
| Dromgool |
|
Celtic |
druim, a ridge + cuil, a corner |
| Dron |
|
Celtic |
dronn, a back, rump |
| Druce |
|
|
Drew's Son |
| Drucker |
|
German |
Printer |
| Druery |
|
Anglo-French |
druerie, a love, darling |
| Druett |
|
|
Little Dru or Drew |
| Druitt |
|
|
Little Dru or Drew |
| Druker |
|
German |
Printer |
| Drummond |
|
Gaelic |
Druim, the back, and monadh, mountain |
| Drury |
|
Anglo-French |
druerie, a love, darling |
| Dry |
|
English |
Crafty, Cunning |
| Dryden |
|
Welsh |
Drwydwn, broken nose |
| Drye |
|
English |
Crafty, Cunning |
| Drysdale |
|
Scottish |
Dryfesdale = the Dale of the River Dryfe |
| Dubber |
|
English |
dubbere, from dubben, to dress, arm for battle |
| Dubock |
|
French |
Of The Wood |
| Dubois |
|
French |
Of The Wood |
| Ducat |
|
French |
Ducat, Ducquet = Duc Little Duke |
| Duck |
|
English |
Duke |
| Ducker |
|
English |
Duck |
| Duckerell |
|
English |
Little Duck |
| Duckers |
|
|
Ducker's Son |
| Duckett |
|
French |
Ducat, Ducquet = Duc Little Duke |
| Duckham |
|
English |
Duck-Land |
| Duckitt |
|
French |
Ducat, Ducquet = Duc Little Duke |
| Duckrell |
|
English |
Little Duck |
| Duckworth |
|
English |
Docca's Estate |
| Ducloss |
|
French |
The Enclosure claudere clausum, to close |
| Dudeney |
|
French-Latin |
Dieudonne = God-Given |
| Dudfield |
|
English |
Duda's/Dudda's Field |
| Dudgeon |
|
|
Dodgshon for Dodgson |
| Dudley |
|
Locality |
Dode-ley, the place of the dead, a burying-ground |
| Dudman |
|
English |
duds, clothes |
| Dudson |
|
|
Dud's or Dod's Son |
| Duff |
|
Gaelic |
black |
| Duffell |
|
English |
Duffield Dove-Field |
| Dufferin |
|
Celtic |
dubh, black + thrian, a third part |
| Duffey |
|
Irish |
dubh black |
| Duffie |
|
Irish |
dubh black |
| Duffield |
|
English |
Dove-Field |
| Duffill |
|
English |
Duffield Dove-Field |
| Duffin |
|
Gaelic |
Little Duff |
| Duffus |
|
English |
Dove-House dufe + hus |
| Duffy |
|
Irish |
dubh black |
| Dufty |
|
|
Doughty |
| Dugald |
|
|
Dougal/Dougall |
| Dugan |
|
Celtic |
Dark Complexion |
| Dugdale |
|
English |
Duck-Dale |
| Dugdill |
|
English |
Duck-Dale |
| Duggan |
|
Celtic |
Dark Complexion |
| Duggen |
|
Celtic |
Dark Complexion |
| Duggin |
|
Celtic |
Dark Complexion |
| Dugmore |
|
English |
Duck-Moor |
| Dugon |
|
Celtic |
Dark Complexion |
| Duguid |
|
Anglo-Saxon |
dugan, to be doughty; god, good |
| Duignan |
|
Celtic |
Black Gennan |
| Duke |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
Leader |
| Peabody |
|
|
Boadie, among the Cambri or Britons, signified a man or a great man, and Pea signified a large hill, a mountain |
| Peacock |
|
|
well-known fowl |
| Pearson |
|
|
son of Pierre or Peter |
| Pedin |
|
Locality |
Pedn, Cornish British, is a hill |
| Peebles |
|
Locality |
shire of Peebles, in Scotland |
| Peele |
|
Locality |
A tower, a castle, a spire, a steeple |
| Pelham |
|
Locality |
Pelham, in Hertfordshire, England |
| Pell |
|
|
a house |
| Pelletier |
|
French |
A furrier, or skinner |
| Pellyn |
|
Cornish-British |
The distant pool |
| Pena |
|
Portuguese |
someone who lived near a crag or cliff |
| Pendleton |
|
Locality |
The summit of the hill |
| Peney |
|
Locality |
A town in Savoy |
| Pengilly |
|
Cornish-British |
The head of the grove |
| Penn |
|
Cornish-British |
The top of the hill |
| Pennant |
|
Cornish-British |
From Pen, a head, and nant, a vale, or dingle |
| Pennington |
|
Locality |
the manor of Pennington, in Lancashire, England |
| Penny |
|
|
pinnacle |
| Pennyman |
|
Welsh |
Pen-y-mon, the top of the mountain |
| Pennymon |
|
Welsh |
Pen-y-mon, the top of the mountain |
| Percey |
|
Locality |
family of Percy, of Northumberland, England |
| Percy |
|
Locality |
family of Percy, of Northumberland, England |
| Perez |
|
Spanish |
son of Pedro Peter |
| Perkins |
|
|
son of Peter |
| Perrigo |
|
Locality |
Perigeau, a town in France |
| Perrott |
|
Locality |
From Peraidd, Welsh, the sweet or delicious river, now the Dee |
| Perry |
|
French |
from Pierre |
| Peters |
|
German |
son of Peter |
| Peterson |
|
|
son of Peter |
| Pevensey |
|
Locality |
village in Sussex, England |
| Peyton |
|
|
town near Boxford, in Suffolk, England |
| Phelps |
|
|
Phillips |
| Philip |
|
Greek |
A lover of horses |
| Phippen |
|
|
son of Penn |
| Physick |
|
|
physician |
| Pickering |
|
Locality |
A market town of north Yorkshire, England |
| Pickersgill |
|
Locality |
stream inhabited by pike or pickerel |
| Pickett |
|
|
spotted in the face |
| Pierce |
|
Locality |
family of Percy, of Northumberland, England |
| Piercy |
|
Locality |
family of Percy, of Northumberland, England |
| Pierpont |
|
French |
stone bridge |
| Pierson |
|
|
son of Pierre |
| Piggot |
|
|
spotted in the face |
| Pigman |
|
|
dealer in pigs |
| Pilcher |
|
|
A maker of pilches, a kind of great coat or upper garment, in use in the fourteenth century |
| Pillings |
|
Cornish-British |
The distant pool |
| Pinny |
|
|
pinnacle |
| Pittman |
|
|
living near a well or spring |
| Playfair |
|
Locality |
The play ground, a place where fairs were held |
| Playsted |
|
|
The place appropriated to amusement |
| Pleasants |
|
Locality |
a suburb of the city of Edinburgh |
| Plympton |
|
Cornish-British |
The town situated on the river Plym, in Devonshire, England |
| Poindexter |
|
French |
poin being derived from pungo, to pierce, to prick, and dexter, right, as opposed to left |
| Poitevin |
|
|
native of Poitou, France. |
| Polk |
|
|
abbreviation of Pollock |
| Pollard |
|
|
A tree having its top cut off |
| Polley |
|
Locality |
Poilley, in the province of Orleans, France |
| Pollock |
|
Locality |
Pollock, in Renfrewshire, Scotland |
| Pomeroy |
|
French |
Pomme-roi, a kind of apple, the royal apple, king's apple, or king of apples; a name probably given to a gardener for his skill in raising them |
| Poole |
|
Locality |
A town in Dorsetshire, England |
| Pope |
|
Latin |
Papa, father |
| Porcher |
|
French |
slaying the boar |
| Porson |
|
|
son of Power |
| Potter |
|
|
One who makes earthen vessels |
| Pottinger |
|
|
An apothecary is so called in Scotland |
| Poulton |
|
Locality |
the town of Poulton, in Lancashire, England |
| Powell |
|
Welsh |
Ap Howell, the son of Howell |
| Powers |
|
Welsh |
son of Power |
| Poynder |
|
|
bailiff |
| Pratt |
|
|
Latin Pratum, a meadow |
| Prescot |
|
Welsh |
town in England |
| Pressley |
|
Locality |
shrubs, brushwood |
| Preston |
|
Locality |
town in Lancashire, England |
| Price |
|
Welsh |
Ap Rice, the son of Rice |
| Prichard |
|
Welsh |
Ap Richard, the son of Richard |
| Prideaux |
|
French |
Presd'eaux, near the water |
| Prindle |
|
|
A croft or small field |
| Pringle |
|
Locality |
Prencyll, a hazel-wood, from pren, Welsh, a wood, and cyll or coll, hazel |
| Prodgers |
|
|
Ap Roger, the son of Roger |
| Proger |
|
|
Ap Roger, the son of Roger |
| Progers |
|
|
Ap Roger, the son of Roger |
| Proost |
|
|
a president of a college; the chief magistrate of a city |
| Provoost |
|
|
a president of a college; the chief magistrate of a city |
| Pugh |
|
|
Ap Hugh, the son of Hugh |
| Putman |
|
|
living near a well or spring |
| Putnam |
|
Dutch |
From Put or Putten, a well, and ham, a house or town |
| Putzkammer |
|
German |
A dressing-chamber |
| Pye |
|
|
Ap Hugh, the son of Hugh |
| Quackenboss |
|
Dutch |
Quickenbosch, a thicket, a grove of roan-tree, mountain-ash, a species of service-tree |
| Quentin |
|
Latin |
Quintus, the fifth, a name given to the fifth son |
| Quigly |
|
Gaelic |
Cuigealach, of or belonging to a distaff or hand rock |
| Quin |
|
Locality |
Quin, a village in Clare county, Ireland |
| Quinn |
|
Irish |
Gaelic Ó Coinn descendant of Conn |
| Quintin |
|
Latin |
Quintus, the fifth, a name given to the fifth son |
| Radcliff |
|
Locality |
A place in Lancashire, England |
| Radford |
|
Cornish-British |
The fern way |
| Radland |
|
Cornish-British |
The fern land |
| Radnor |
|
Cornish-British |
The enclosure of ferns |
| Raffles |
|
|
From Raefel, long-lubber, lath-back, inactive, sluggish |
| Rainsford |
|
Locality |
Ravensford |
| Raleigh |
|
|
Rhawlaw, in the Welsh, signifies a lieutenant, a vicar |
| Ralph |
|
|
Saxon From Rad, counsel, and ulph, help |
| Ralston |
|
|
Ralphstown in Renfrewshire |
| Ramage |
|
|
Branches of trees |
| Ramirez |
|
Spanish |
patronymic from the personal name Ramiro |
| Ramos |
|
Spanish |
someone who lived in a thickly wooded area |
| Ramsden |
|
Saxon Locality |
The winding valley, or the extremity of the valley |
| Ramsey |
|
Locality |
Ram's Isle, a place in Huntingdonshire, England |
| Ran |
|
Saxon |
Pure, clear. |
| Randal |
|
Saxon |
Fair-help, from Ran, fair, and ulph, help |
| Rander |
|
Gaelic-Welsh |
A tract of land on a point or promontory |
| Randolph |
|
Saxon |
Fair-help, from Ran, fair, and ulph, help |
| Randulph |
|
Saxon |
Fair-help, from Ran, fair, and ulph, help |
| Rankin |
|
|
Danish Rank, right, upright, erect |
| Ranney |
|
Locality |
Renaix, Reinow, or Renais, a town of Switzerland |
| Ransom |
|
|
The price paid for redemption from captivity or punishment |
| Ransome |
|
|
The price paid for redemption from captivity or punishment |
| Rapp |
|
|
Rap, in Danish, is swift, nimble |
| Rawdon |
|
Locality |
Royden, near Leeds, in Yorkshire, England |
| Rawley |
|
Welsh |
Rhawlaw, a vicar |
| Rawlings |
|
|
Ralphs son |
| Rawlinson |
|
|
son of Rawlings |
| Rawson |
|
|
Ravenson |
| Ray |
|
Dutch |
Roemur, one who extols, praises, boasts |
| Raymer |
|
Dutch |
Roemur, one who extols, praises, boasts |
| Raymond |
|
Teutonic |
From Rein, pure, and mund, mouth; pure mouth, one who abstains from wanton discourses |
| Rayner |
|
Danish |
Raner, a leader of the Danes |
| Read |
|
|
Rede, advice, counsel, help, or from the fenny plant, a reed |
| Record |
|
|
Rikerd, or Richard |
| Redden |
|
Cornish-British |
A place of ferns |
| Reddenhurst |
|
Locality |
Reddon, Cornish British, fern, and hurst, Saxon, a wood or grove |
| Reed |
|
Saxon |
From Rede, advice, counsel, help, or from the fenny plant, a reed |
| Reese |
|
Cornish-British |
Pushing, violent; a strong or powerful man |
| Reeves |
|
|
From Reeve, a bailiff, provost, or steward |
| Reid |
|
Scottish |
person with red hair or a ruddy complexion |
| Reilly |
|
Irish |
descendant of Raghailleach |
| Reinard |
|
Teutonic-Saxon |
From Rein, pure, and ard, nature, disposition |
| Reinhart |
|
Dutch |
A pure heart |
| Renard |
|
French |
A fox, cunning |
| Retz |
|
Locality |
A town in Moravia |
| Reyes |
|
French |
king from Latin rex |
| Reynard |
|
Teutonic-Saxon |
From Rein, pure, and ard, nature, disposition |
| Reynolds |
|
Saxon |
Sincere or pure love from, Rhein, pure, and hold, the old English for love |
| Reynoldson |
|
Saxon |
son of Reynolds |
| Rheese |
|
Cornish-British |
Pushing, violent; a strong or powerful man |
| Rhefeldt |
|
Dutch |
deer-field |
| Rhodes |
|
Locality |
island of Rhodes, in the Mediterranean Sea |
| Rian |
|
Gaelic |
manner, order, arrangement, sobriety, good disposition |
| Ricard |
|
|
Of a powerful, rich, or generous disposition |
| Rice |
|
Welsh |
Rys |
| Rich |
|
|
Wealthy, opulent; anciently, great, noble, powerful |
| Richard |
|
|
Of a powerful, rich, or generous disposition |
| Richardson |
|
|
son of Richard |
| Richmond |
|
Saxon |
rich-mouth; figuratively, eloquent |
| Ricketts |
|
|
Ricards |
| Riddell |
|
Locality |
From lands in the county of Yorkshire, formerly called the Ryedales |
| Ridder |
|
|
Ruyter |
| Riggs |
|
Danish |
wealthy, rich |
| Ring |
|
Dutch |
A Canton; a district of an ecclesiastical congregation |
| Ringe |
|
Danish |
Mean, low, small, little |
| Ringgold |
|
Welsh |
Rhingol, a cleft, cliff, or steep bank |
| Rios |
|
Spanish |
habitational name from any of the places called Ríos, predominantly in Galicia |
| Ripley |
|
Locality |
A market-town in west Yorkshire, England |
| Ritchie |
|
Scottish |
Richard |
| Ritter |
|
|
Ruyter, a knight, a chevalier |
| Rivera |
|
Spanish |
any of the places named Rivera |
| Roberts |
|
Saxon |
From Rod, counsel, and bert or bericht, bright or famous |
| Robertson |
|
Scottish |
son of Robert |
| Robinson |
|
|
Son of Robbin |
| Roby |
|
Danish |
From Ro, rest, repose, and by, a town--the peaceful town |
| Rochester |
|
Locality |
city in Kent, England |
| Rochfort |
|
Locality |
town of France |
| Rodden |
|
Cornish-British |
A place of ferns |
| Rodland |
|
Saxon |
Counsel for the land |
| Rodriguez |
|
Spanish |
son of Rodrigo |
| Roe |
|
Gaelic |
Red-haired |
| Roemer |
|
Dutch |
From Roem, glory, renown; a praiser, a boaster |
| Roger |
|
Teutonic |
Rhu, rest, quiet, peace, and gard, a keeper |
| Roland |
|
Saxon |
Counsel for the land |
| Rollin |
|
Saxon |
Counsel for the land |
| Romaine |
|
|
Roman |
| Romanno |
|
Locality |
lands in the county of Peebles, Scotland |
| Romero |
|
Spanish |
pilgrim to Rome |
| Roof |
|
|
Reeve |
| Roorback |
|
Dutch |
A town in Bavaria, Germany |
| Root |
|
Locality |
A place lying low |
| Roschild |
|
|
a town in Denmark |
| Rose |
|
Scottish |
a place with wild roses |
| Rosencrans |
|
Danish |
Rosenkrands, a garland of roses |
| Roseveldt |
|
Dutch |
field of roses |
| Ross |
|
Scottish |
A shire of Scotland |
| Roswell |
|
|
Rosveldt, the rose-field |
| Roth |
|
German |
Red color |
| Rothschild |
|
|
a town in Denmark |
| Rouse |
|
French |
red-haired |
| Rousseau |
|
French |
reddish hair |
| Roux |
|
French |
someone with red hair |
| Rowe |
|
Locality |
A river that overflows its banks |
| Rowel |
|
Locality |
the river Rouel, in the Netherlands |
| Rowen |
|
Locality |
a tree, the mountain-ash |
| Rowle |
|
Cornish-British |
Rule, order, law |
| Rowley |
|
Saxon |
From Row, sweet or pleasant, and ley, a field |
| Rowntree |
|
|
mountain-ash |
| Roy |
|
Gaelic |
red-haired |
| Rue |
|
Locality |
Reaux, in Hainault, Netherlands |
| Rufus |
|
French |
Red |
| Ruggles |
|
Locality |
A town of France |
| Ruiz |
|
Spanish |
son of Ruy |
| Rundell |
|
|
Arundle |
| Runnion |
|
Gaelic |
A small hill |
| Runon |
|
Gaelic |
A small hill. |
| Rusbridge |
|
Locality |
town of Rousbrugge, in Germany |
| Russ |
|
|
Russian |
| Russell |
|
Scottish |
Red-haired |
| Russey |
|
Locality |
A town in Doubs, France |
| Rutgers |
|
Dutch |
one desirous of rest, a keeper of rest |
| Rutherford |
|
Locality |
the lands of Rutherford on the river Tweed, in the parish of Maxton, Roxburgshire, Scotland |
| Ruthven |
|
|
the lands and barony of Ruthven, in Perthshire, Scotland |
| Ruyter |
|
|
A knight or chevalier |
| Ryan |
|
Irish |
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Riagháin |
| Ryder |
|
|
A forest officer, being mounted |
| Rye |
|
French |
From Rive, a coast, a shore, a bank, border |
| Rynders |
|
Locality |
A town in North Jutland |
| Sackville |
|
Latin |
De Sicca villa, that is, from the dry town |
| Safford |
|
Locality |
Seaford, a town of Sussex, England |
| Salazar |
|
Spanish |
Basque Zaraitzu |
| Sales |
|
German |
hall or court |
| Salisbury |
|
Saxon |
capital of Wiltshire, England |
| Salter |
|
occupation |
one who sells salt |
| Saltz |
|
German |
Saltzman |
| Saltzman |
|
German |
Saltzman |
| Sanchez |
|
Spanish |
Basque Zaraitzu |
| Sandford |
|
Locality |
a place in Westmoreland, England |
| Sandler |
|
German |
a person who carts sand |
| Sands |
|
Danish |
Sense, wit |
| Sangster |
|
Scottish |
singer |
| Santiago |
|
Spanish |
Sant Iago |
| Sanxay |
|
French |
Town in Poitou, France |
| Sarisbury |
|
Saxon |
capital of Wiltshire, England |
| Saterlee |
|
Saxon |
where Saturn was worshiped |
| Saxe |
|
Dutch |
Saxon |
| Saxton |
|
|
Sexton |
| Scarborough |
|
Saxon |
the seaport and borough of Scarborough, in Yorkshire, England |
| Scardsdale |
|
Saxon |
A valley in Devonshire, England |
| Scarret |
|
Locality |
Scear, a rocky cliff |
| Schadeck |
|
Locality |
lordship in Germany |
| Schafer |
|
German |
shepherd |
| Schaffer |
|
Dutch |
He that dishes up or provides victuals |
| Schell |
|
English |
A spring |
| Schellden |
|
English |
schell, a spring, and dene, a valley |
| Schenck |
|
German |
schenke, an inn or public house |
| Schenker |
|
German |
publican |
| Scherer |
|
German |
barber |
| Schermerhorn |
|
Dutch |
Shermer, a fencer, and hoorn, a horn |
| Schlosser |
|
German |
locksmith |
| Schluter |
|
German |
supply keeper |
| Schmidt |
|
German |
smith |
| Schmuker |
|
German |
decorator |
| Schneider |
|
German |
tailer |
| Schoonhoven |
|
Dutch |
town in South Holland |
| Schoonmaker |
|
Dutch |
Schoenmaker, a shoe-maker |
| Schreiber |
|
German |
secretary or scribe |
| Schreiner |
|
German |
cabinet maker |
| Schroeder |
|
German |
tailor |
| Schubert |
|
German |
shoemaker or shoeseller |
| Schuler |
|
German |
pupil |
| Schulman |
|
German |
school man |
| Schultheis |
|
German |
village mayor |
| Schultz |
|
German |
village mayor |
| Schumacher |
|
German |
shoemaker |
| Schuman |
|
German |
shoemaker |
| Schuster |
|
German |
shoemaker |
| Schuyler |
|
Dutch |
Van Schuyler, from the place of shelter |
| Schwartz |
|
German |
blacksmith |
| Scott |
|
|
A native of Scotland |
| Scranton |
|
Dutch |
From schrantsen, to tear, seize, or break |
| Scroggs |
|
Locality |
Scrog, a stunted shrub, bush, or branch |
| Scudmore |
|
Cornish-British |
scoudh, or scuth, the shoulders, and mor, big, large |
| Seaford |
|
Locality |
seaport town in Sussex, England |
| Seaforth |
|
Locality |
a projection of the sea on the east coast of Lewis, on the Long Island, Scotland |
| Seaman |
|
|
sailor |
| Sears |
|
Cornish-British |
sair, a carpenter or sawyer |
| Searson |
|
|
Son of Sears |
| Seaton |
|
Locality |
a parish in Perthshire |
| Seaver |
|
Gaelic |
Saibher, rich |
| Sebright |
|
Saxon |
Se=The + bright |
| Sedgwick |
|
|
Sedge, grasslike or rushlike plant, wick, a town or harbor |
| Segur |
|
German |
sieg, victory |
| Seix |
|
Locality |
A town in Arriege, France |
| Selby |
|
Locality |
A market-town in west Yorkshire, England |
| Selkirk |
|
Locality |
A borough town of Scotland. Cellkirk, a religious house |
| Sellenger |
|
|
St. Leger |
| Sellick |
|
|
A place with an open view, remarkable, conspicuous |
| Semard |
|
|
St. Medard |
| Semour |
|
|
St. Maurus |
| Semple |
|
|
St. Paul |
| Seton |
|
Locality |
Lands in Haddingtonshire, Scotland |
| Severins |
|
Locality |
Mountains in Languedoc, France |
| Severn |
|
Locality |
A river rising in the mountain Plynlimmon, in Wales |
| Sewall |
|
|
sea wall |
| Seward |
|
|
sea, and ward, a keeper |
| Sewell |
|
|
sea wall |
| Seymour |
|
|
St. Maurus |
| Shaddock |
|
Locality |
lordship in Germany |
| Shan |
|
Celtic |
shanty, an old house |
| Shanach |
|
Gaelic |
Sionnach, a fox |
| Shane |
|
Celtic |
John |
| Shannon |
|
Gaelic |
a river of Ireland |
| Shaw |
|
Scottish |
lawn |
| Sheldon |
|
Cornish-British |
schell, a spring, and dene, a small valley |
| Shelley |
|
Locality |
in Essex, Suffolk |
| Sheppy |
|
Locality |
an island in the county of Kent |
| Sherard |
|
|
Scirrard, who came with William the Conqueror |
| Sherlock |
|
Gaelic |
Saor, pronounced as with 'h' after the 'S,' signifying clear, and loch, a lake |
| Sherman |
|
|
shearman, one who used to shear cloth |
| Sherwood |
|
Saxon |
sher (scir), clear, and wood, a clearing in the wood |
| Shiel |
|
Locality |
A river and loch or lake, in the south-west of Inverness-shire, Scotland |
| Sholtis |
|
German |
Schultheiss, a mayor, magistrate |
| Short |
|
|
stature |
| Shrewsbury |
|
Locality |
A town in Shropshire, England |
| Shrieves |
|
|
A sheriff, from scir and reeve, the bailiff of a shire or division |
| Shuck |
|
Dutch |
twelve or a dozen, and is applied to sheaves in a harvest field |
| Shuckburgh |
|
Locality |
A place in Warwickshire, England |
| Shurtliff |
|
Locality |
short cliff |
| Shute |
|
Locality |
the castle of Shute, in Normandy, France |
| Shuter |
|
|
shoemaker |
| Siddons |
|
Welsh |
syddyn, a farm |
| Sigurd |
|
|
Segur, powerful |
| Sikes |
|
Locality |
A small spring well |
| Simeon |
|
Hebrew |
Hearing |
| Simmons |
|
|
Simeon |
| Simple |
|
|
St. Paul |
| Simpson |
|
Scottish |
Son of Sim or Simon |
| Sims |
|
|
Son of Sim or Simon |
| Sinclair |
|
|
St. Clair |
| Sinden |
|
|
St. John |
| Singen |
|
|
St. John |
| Sisson |
|
Locality |
Sissonne, a town in France |
| Skeffington |
|
Saxon |
sceap, a sheep, and ton, a town |
| Skelton |
|
Saxon |
The hill of separation or boundary |
| Skene |
|
Gaelic |
Sgian, and three dirk-points in pale for his arms |
| Skidmore |
|
Cornish-British |
scoudh, or scuth, the shoulders, and mor, big, large |
| Slack |
|
Locality |
A valley, or small shallow dell |
| Slade |
|
Locality |
A long flat piece or slip of ground between hills |
| Slaven |
|
Celtic |
sliabh, a mountain, a mountaineer |
| Sleeper |
|
Dutch |
A cartman, or one who carries goods on a sledge |
| Smith |
|
Anglo-Saxon |
Smitan, to smite or strike |
| Snell |
|
Dutch |
Snel, agile, swift nimble |
| Snodgrass |
|
Locality |
Grass trimmed and smooth |
| Snow |
|
Dutch |
Snoo, cunning, subtle, crafty, sly |
| Snyder |
|
German |
schneider, a tailor |
| Solden |
|
Locality |
A town in Westphalia, Germany |
| Somer |
|
Gaelic-Welsh |
so for swl or sal, soil, and mer, a lake, water, the sea |
| Somerville |
|
|
So mer, a marshy soil, near water or the sea |
| Sommer |
|
French |
to sum or cast up |
| Somner |
|
|
One whose duty consisted in citing delinquents to the ecclesiastical courts; an apparitor; literally, a summoner |
| Sompnnoure |
|
|
One whose duty consisted in citing delinquents to the ecclesiastical courts; an apparitor; literally, a summoner |
| Soto |
|
Spanish |
grove |
| Soule |
|
Locality |
A small territory in France, between Bearn and the Lower Navarre |
| Southcote |
|
|
south cot |
| Southwell |
|
Locality |
A town in Nottinghamshire, England |
| Spaaren |
|
Locality |
A river in North Holland |
| Spalding |
|
Locality |
the town of Spalding, in Lincolnshire, England |
| Spark |
|
|
To disperse, to scatter, to sparkle |
| Spelman |
|
Danish |
Spillemand, a fiddler |
| Spence |
|
Norman-French |
Le Despenser, a steward |
| Spencer |
|
Norman-French |
Le Despenser, a steward |
| Spicer |
|
occupation |
grocer |
| Spiegel |
|
Dutch |
looking-glass |
| Spier |
|
|
Spere, to ask, to inquire |
| Spink |
|
|
finch |
| Spoor |
|
Dutch |
spur |
| Spotten |
|
German |
To mock, deride, ridicule |
| Sprague |
|
Dutch |
speech |
| St. Albans |
|
Locality |
A town in Hertfordshire, England |
| Staats |
|
Dutch |
Eustace, or Eustatius |
| Stacy |
|
Latin |
Sto, to stand, stationed, standing still, fixed |
| Staines |
|
|
market town in Middlesex, England |
| Stair |
|
Gaelic |
Stepping stones in a river |
| Stairn |
|
Gaelic |
Din, noise |
| Stalker |
|
|
A fowler who goes warily and softly in pursuit of his game |
| Stanhope |
|
Locality |
Town in the bishopric of Durham, England |
| Stanley |
|
Locality |
A market-town in Gloucestershire, England |
| Stanton |
|
|
stan, a stone, and ton, a hill or town |
| Stanwood |
|
Saxon |
stan, a stone, and wood |
| Stapleton |
|
Stapleton |
stapel, stapol, stapula, a staple, fastening, stake, and ton |
| Chen |
|
Chinese |
the region of Chen in present-day Henan province |
| Chenery |
|
French |
Chenevrey |
| Cheney |
|
French |
Chene, an oak |
| Chennell |
|
French |
Little Chene, an oak |
| Cherrington |
|
English |
Cherinton = the Estate of the Cerr/Cerra Family |
| Cherry |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
cheri, beloved, cherished |
| Chesebrough |
|
Locality |
Chene, an oak |
| Chesher |
|
Latin + English |
Cheshire = Chestershire |
| Cheshire |
|
Latin + English |
Chestershire |
| Chesnay |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
Oak-Wood |
| Chesney |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
Oak-Wood |
| Chessher |
|
Latin + English |
Cheshire = Chestershire |
| Chesshire |
|
Latin + English |
Cheshire = Chestershire |
| Chessman |
|
|
Cheesman/Cheeseman |
| Chester |
|
Locality |
ceaster, a fortified place, a city, a castle or camp |
| Chesterman |
|
|
Chester + man |
| Chesters |
|
Locality |
ceaster, a fortified place, a city, a castle or camp |
| Chesterton |
|
Latin + English |
Farmstead or Manor at the Roman Camp |
| Cheston |
|
Latin + English |
Farmstead or Manor at the Roman Camp |
| Chesworth |
|
English |
Cissa's Estate |
| Cheswright |
|
|
Cheeswright/Cheesewright |
| Chetham |
|
Saxon |
cyte, a cottage, and ham, a village |
| Chetter |
|
|
Chater |
| Chetwode |
|
English |
cete, a cottage, wudu, a wood |
| Chetwood |
|
English |
cete, a cottage, wudu, a wood |
| Chetwynd |
|
English |
cete, a cottage + wind, a winding way |
| Chevalier |
|
French-Latin |
Cavalier, Gallant, Knight, Horseman |
| Cheverton |
|
Anglo-French |
Chever's Estate or Farm |
| Chew |
|
English |
ceowan, to chew, eat |
| Cheyne |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
Oak-Tree |
| Cheyney |
|
|
Cheney |
| Chichester |
|
|
Cissa, the son of Aella, who settled the kingdom of the South-Saxons; and ceaster or chester, a city, from castrum, a Roman station |
| Chick |
|
English |
pet names from the Chick/Chicken |
| Chicken |
|
English |
pet names from the Chick/Chicken |
| Chickering |
|
Cornish-British |
chi, a house, and cairne, a rock or stones |
| Chickin |
|
English |
pet names from the Chick/Chicken |
| Chidley |
|
|
Chidlow |
| Chidlow |
|
English |
Cydda's Tumulus |
| Chiesman |
|
|
Cheesman/Cheeseman |
| Chilcot |
|
English |
Caldecott, cyle, ciele, chill, cold |
| Chilcott |
|
English |
Caldecott, cyle, ciele, chill, cold |
| Child |
|
English |
childe, young knight, Young Man |
| Childe |
|
English |
child, young knight, Young Man |
| Childer |
|
English |
Cilred or Ceolred, ceol, a ship; roed, counse |
| Childers |
|
|
Childer's Son |
| Childs |
|
|
Child, Page and Varlet were names given to youths from 7 to 14 years old, while receiving their education for knighthood |
| Chillingworth |
|
|
Killingworth |
| Chilton |
|
Saxon |
chalk-hills; cylt, clay or chalk |
| Chilver |
|
English |
cilfor or cealfor -lamb, ewe-lamb |
| Chilvers |
|
|
Chilver's Son |
| Chine |
|
English |
Cleft or small Ravine |
| Chinery |
|
|
Chenery |
| Ching |
|
English |
King |
| Chinn |
|
English |
Cleft or small Ravine |
| Chinnery |
|
|
Chenery |
| Chinnick |
|
English |
Cleft or small Ravine |
| Chinnock |
|
English |
Cleft or small Ravine |
| Chipchase |
|
English |
Hunting Ground or Wood near the Market |
| Chipman |
|
|
trader |
| Chipp |
|
English |
ciepa, a merchant, trader |
| Chippendale |
|
English |
the Dale of the Chipping or Market-Place |
| Chipper |
|
English |
Merchant, Trader |
| Chipperfield |
|
English |
Chipperfield |
| Chippindale |
|
English |
the Dale of the Chipping or Market-Place |
| Chisholm |
|
English |
cisel, gravel + holm, a river-island, low riparian land |
| Chisholme |
|
English |
cisel, gravel + holm, a river-island, low riparian land |
| Chisman |
|
|
Cheesman/Cheeseman |
| Chismon |
|
|
Cheesman/Cheeseman |
| Chisnall |
|
English |
Cissan, genitive of Cissa + heall, hall |
| Chisnell |
|
English |
Cissan, genitive of Cissa + heall, hall |
| Chiswell |
|
English |
cisel, gravel + wella/wiella, a well, spring |
| Chit |
|
English |
chit, baby, pert child, whelp, kitten |
| Chitt |
|
English |
chit, baby, pert child, whelp, kitten |
| Chittenden |
|
Cornish Welsh |
Chy-tane-din--Chy, a house, tane, lower, and din or dun, a hill |
| Chittock |
|
English |
Little Chit/Chitt |
| Chitty |
|
English |
Little Chit/Chitt |
| Chivers |
|
|
Cheevers |
| Choice |
|
English |
choix, chois |
| Cholmeley |
|
English |
Ceolmund's Lea |
| Cholmondeley |
|
Normandy |
Col, a strait or defile, and mond or mont, a hill |
| Choppen |
|
Latin |
Chopin caupo, a small shopkeeper |
| Chopping |
|
Latin |
Chopin caupo, a small shopkeeper |
| Chorley |
|
English |
Churls' Lea |
| Chorlton |
|
English |
Churls' Place |
| Chown |
|
Welsh |
cun, a leader,chief |
| Chowne |
|
Welsh |
cun, a leader,chief |
| Choyce |
|
|
Choice |
| Chrimes |
|
|
Grimes |
| Chrismas |
|
|
birth at this season |
| Chrisp |
|
|
Crisp |
| Christal |
|
Scottish |
Christopher |
| Christey |
|
Anglo-Scottish |
Little Christian or Christopher |
| Christian |
|
Anglo-Latin-Greek |
Anointed |
| Christianson |
|
|
Christian's Son |
| Christie |
|
Anglo-Scottish |
Little Christian or Christopher |
| Christison |
|
|
Christie's Son |
| Christmas |
|
|
birth at this season |
| Christopher |
|
Anglo-Greek |
Christ-Bearing, Christ-Tribute |
| Christophers |
|
|
Christopher's Son |
| Christopherson |
|
|
Christopher's Son |
| Christy |
|
|
Little Christian or Christopher |
| Chrystal |
|
Scottish |
Christopher |
| Chrystie |
|
|
Little Christian or Christopher |
| Chubb |
|
Saxon |
cob, a great-headed, full-cheeked fellow |
| Chuck |
|
English |
Chick |
| Chudleigh |
|
English |
Cydda's Leah |
| Chumley |
|
Normandy |
Cholmondeley, Col, a strait or defile, and mond or mont, a hill |
| Church |
|
|
English chirch, and Scottish Kirk, Latin circus, and this from the Gaelic cearcal, a temple, a round building |
| Churcher |
|
|
English chirch, and Scottish Kirk, Latin circus, and this from the Gaelic cearcal, a temple, a round building |
| Churchey |
|
English |
Church Hey (Hay) or Enclosure |
| Churchill |
|
English |
Church-Hill |
| Churchman |
|
|
Church-ward |
| Churchward |
|
English |
Churchwarden |
| Churley |
|
|
Chorley |
| Churly |
|
|
Chorley |
| Chuter |
|
|
Shuter |
| Cilly |
|
Locality |
A town in Germany |
| Clack |
|
Anglo-Scandinavian |
klaka, to chatter |
| Clackson |
|
|
Clack's Son |
| Claget |
|
German |
klugheit, good sense, wisdom, prudence, dexterity |
| Clague |
|
Celtic |
MacLiaigh = Son of the Leech, liagh, a leech, physician |
| Clake |
|
Anglo-Scandinavian |
klaka, to chatter |
| Clampit |
|
English |
Clavey Pit, or Clay-Pit |
| Clampitt |
|
English |
Clavey Pit, or Clay-Pit |
| Clancey |
|
Irish |
MacClancy/MacClanchy |
| Clanchey |
|
Irish |
MacClancy/MacClanchy |
| Clanchy |
|
Irish |
MacClancy/MacClanchy |
| Clancy |
|
Irish |
MacClancy/MacClanchy |
| Clansey |
|
Irish |
MacClancy/MacClanchy |
| Clapham |
|
English |
Clapa's/Clappa's or Clopps's Estate |
| Clapp |
|
Cornish-British |
Full of chat, tonguey |
| Clapson |
|
|
Clapp's Son |
| Clapton |
|
English |
Calpa'a/Clappa's Estate |
| Clarage |
|
Anglo-Italian-Latin |
Anglicizations of the Italian Clarice = Illustrious |
| Clare |
|
French |
Clarus, pure, renowned, illustrious |
| Claremont |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
Clairmont or Clermont = the Bright Hill |
| Clarence |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
Clarus, pure, renowned, illustrious |
| Claret |
|
|
Little Clare |
| Clarey |
|
|
Clearey |
| Claridge |
|
Anglo-Italian-Latin |
Anglicizations of the Italian Clarice = Illustrious |
| Clarie |
|
|
Clearey |
| Claris |
|
Anglo-Italian-Latin |
Anglicizations of the Italian Clarice = Illustrious |
| Clark |
|
Scottish |
Clerk, a clergyman |
| Clarke |
|
|
Clerk, a clergyman |
| Clarkson |
|
|
Clerk's Son |
| Clary |
|
|
Clearey |
| Clason |
|
Teutonic-Greek |
Clas's Son |
| Classon |
|
Teutonic-Greek |
Clas's Son |
| Clatworthy |
|
English |
Cloteworthy = Clota's/Clotta's Estate or Farm |
| Claud |
|
Latin |
claudus, lame |
| Claude |
|
Latin |
claudus, lame |
| Claughton |
|
English |
the Clay-Dwelling, or the Farmstead at the Clay-Bog |
| Clauson |
|
Locality |
A town of Germany, near Pozen |
| Clavering |
|
Locality |
klaver, clover; and ing, a meadow, a pasture |
| Clawson |
|
Teutonic-Greek |
Claus's Son |
| Claxton |
|
English |
Clac's/Clacc's Estate |
| Clay |
|
Locality |
A town of France in Seine. A lake on the isle of Lewis, Scotland |
| Clayden |
|
English |
Clay-Hollow |
| Claydon |
|
English |
Clay-Hill |
| Claye |
|
English |
Clavey Place |
| Claypole |
|
English |
Clay-Pool |
| Clayson |
|
|
Clay's Son |
| Clayton |
|
Locality |
clay hill |
| Claytor |
|
|
Cleator |
| Clear |
|
French |
Clarus, pure, renowned, illustrious |
| Cleare |
|
French |
Clarus, pure, renowned, illustrious |
| Cleary |
|
Gaelic |
Cleireach, a clerk, a clergyman, a writer |
| Cleator |
|
English |
cleat, an object for fastening ropes + ora, a bank, shore |
| Cleave |
|
English |
Cliff or Rock |
| Cleaver |
|
English |
cleave or cliff |
| Clee |
|
|
Clay |
| Cleere |
|
|
Clare |
| Cleery |
|
Celtic-Latin |
Clerk, Priest |
| Cleeve |
|
English |
Cliff or Rock |
| Clegg |
|
English-Scandinavian |
Clay |
| Cleghorn |
|
English-Scandinavian |
Clavey Corner |
| Cleland |
|
Celtic |
Clay-Land |
| Clem |
|
|
Little Clement |
| Clemence |
|
Latin |
Clemens, mild, meek, gentle |
| Clemenson |
|
|
Clement's Son |
| Clement |
|
Latin |
Clemens, mild, meek, gentle |
| Clements |
|
|
Clement's Son |
| Clementson |
|
|
Clement's Son |
| Cleminson |
|
|
Clement's Son |
| Clemitson |
|
|
Clement's Son |
| Clemm |
|
|
Little Clement |
| Clemmey |
|
|
Little Clement |
| Clemmie |
|
|
Little Clement |
| Clemo |
|
|
Clem's Son |
| Clemow |
|
|
Clem's Son |
| Clempson |
|
|
Clem's Son |
| Clemson |
|
|
Clem's Son |
| Clench |
|
|
Clinch |
| Clenton |
|
|
Clinton |
| Clerk |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
Clergyman, Scholar |
| Clerke |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
Clergyman, Scholar, Clerk |
| Clery |
|
Gaelic |
Cleireach, a clerk, a clergyman |
| Cleve |
|
English |
Cliff or Rock |
| Cleveland |
|
Locality |
Cliff-lane |
| Cleveley |
|
English |
Cliff-Lea |
| Clevely |
|
English |
Cliff-Lea |
| Cleverley |
|
English |
Clover-Field |
| Clew |
|
Anglo-Saxon |
cleofian, to cleave, divide |
| Clewer |
|
English |
Clay Bank or Shore |
| Clewley |
|
English |
Clew or Clough Lea |
| Clewlow |
|
|
Clulow |
| Clews |
|
Anglo-Saxon |
cleofian, to cleave, divide |
| Clibborn |
|
English |
Cliff burn or brook |
| Cliff |
|
Locality |
A steep bank, a precipice |
| Cliffe |
|
English |
Steep Rock |
| Clifford |
|
Locality |
The ford or way by the cliff |
| Clift |
|
Scandinavian |
Cleft in a Rock |
| Clifton |
|
Locality |
the town on the cliff |
| Clim |
|
|
Little Clement |
| Climm |
|
|
Little Clement |
| Climpson |
|
|
Clem's Son |
| Climson |
|
|
Clem's Son |
| Clinch |
|
Teutonic |
clenchen, klenken, to strike smartly |
| Cline |
|
German |
Klein: Little, Small; Neat, Nice |
| Cling |
|
Danish |
Klinge, a blade, a sword |
| Clingman |
|
Danish |
A swordsman, fencer, fighter |
| Clinker |
|
English |
Tinker or a Smith |
| Clint |
|
Scandinavian |
Headland or Crag |
| Clinton |
|
Dano-Norman |
Klint, a promontory, brow of a hill, cape; and ton, a town |
| Clisby |
|
|
Cleasby |
| Clive |
|
English |
clive, clyve, cliff |
| Cloake |
|
Anglo-French-Celtic |
cloca, a bell |
| Clodd |
|
Latin |
claudus, lame |
| Clode |
|
Latin |
claudus, lame |
| Clogg |
|
|
wooden shoe |
| Cloke |
|
Anglo-French-Celtic |
cloca, a bell |
| Cloney |
|
Celtic |
Clunie, = the Meadow |
| Clooney |
|
Celtic |
Clunie, = the Meadow |
| Close |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
Enclosure or Field |
| Closs |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
Enclosure or Field |
| Closson |
|
Dutch |
son of Klaas |
| Cloudesley |
|
English |
Clud's Lea |
| Cloudsley |
|
English |
Clud's Lea |
| Clough |
|
Anglo-Saxon |
cleofian, to cleave, divide |
| Clougher |
|
Anglo-Saxon |
cleofian, to cleave, divide |
| Clover |
|
English |
Clougher |
| Clow |
|
English |
Hollow or Ravine |
| Clowe |
|
English |
Hollow or Ravine |
| Clowes |
|
Anglo-Saxon |
A cliff or cleft in a hill |
| Clubb |
|
Scandinavian |
a nickname |
| Clubbe |
|
Scandinavian |
a nickname |
| Clucas |
|
Manx |
Son of Luke |
| Cluer |
|
English |
Clewer, Clay Bank or Shore |
| Cluff |
|
|
Clough, Hollow or Ravine |
| Clum |
|
Locality |
A place in Germany, the ancient residence of the Knight of Clum |
| Cluney |
|
Celtic |
Clunie, = the Meadow |
| Clunie |
|
Celtic |
the Meadow |
| Clunn |
|
Celtic |
cluan, a meadow |
| Cluny |
|
Celtic |
Clunie, = the Meadow |
| Cluse |
|
Anglo-Saxon |
Clough, cleofian, to cleave, divide |
| Clute |
|
Dutch |
Kluit, a lamp |
| Clutten |
|
English |
Clew or Clough Farmstead |
| Clutterbuck |
|
Dutch |
klateren, to clatter + beek, a brook |
| Clutton |
|
English |
Clew or Clough Farmstead |
| Clynch |
|
Teutonic |
clenchen, klenken, to strike smartly |
| Coad |
|
Celtic |
a Wood |
| Coade |
|
Celtic |
a Wood |
| Coake |
|
|
Cook |
| Coan |
|
Hebrew |
Cohen, A bishop or priest |
| Coate |
|
English |
Cottage |
| Coates |
|
Locality |
The side, the shore, coast, border |
| Coathope |
|
English-Scandinavian |
Cottage-Hope |
| Coathup |
|
English-Scandinavian |
Cottage-Hope |
| Coats |
|
English |
Cottages |
| Cobb |
|
Locality |
A harbor |
| Cobbam |
|
English |
Cobba's Home or Estate |
| Cobbe |
|
Anglo-Hebrew |
Little Jacob |
| Cobbett |
|
|
Little Cobb |
| Cobbin |
|
|
Little Cobb |
| Cobbing |
|
|
Little Cobb |
| Cobbold |
|
English |
Cuthbald/Cuthbeald = Famous-Bold |
| Cobbs |
|
|
Cobb's Son |
| Cobby |
|
|
Little Cobb |
| Cobden |
|
English |
Cop Valley or Dell |
| Cobern |
|
Locality |
high or united hill |
| Cobham |
|
English |
Cobba's Home or Estate |
| Coble |
|
English |
Cuthbald/Cuthbeald = Famous-Bold |
| Cobley |
|
English |
Cobba's Lea |
| Coborn |
|
Locality |
cock, a hillock, and burn, a brook |
| Coborne |
|
Locality |
cock, a hillock, and burn, a brook |
| Coburn |
|
Locality |
cock, a hillock, and burn, a brook |
| Cochran |
|
Gaelic |
Coc, manifest, plain, and rinn, a cape or promontory |
| Cochrane |
|
Celtic |
coch, red + rhan, a share, division |
| Cock |
|
English |
a nickname, or sign-name |
| Cockayne |
|
|
London; a Cockney |
| Cockbain |
|
Locality |
cock, a hillock, and burn, a brook |
| Cockburn |
|
Locality |
cock, a hillock, and burn, a brook |
| Cocke |
|
English |
Cock |
| Cocker |
|
English |
Boatman |
| Cockeram |
|
English |
Cockerham |
| Cockerham |
|
English |
Enclosure on the R. Cocker |
| Cockerton |
|
English |
Farmstead or Enclosure on the R. Cocker |
| Cockhead |
|
English |
a headland frequented by gamebirds |
| Cockhill |
|
English |
a hill frequented by game-birds |
| Cocking |
|
English |
the Settlement of the Coc/Cocc Family |
| Cockle |
|
English |
a hill frequented by game-birds |
| Cockram |
|
English |
Enclosure on the R. Cocker |
| Cockran |
|
Gaelic |
Coc, manifest, plain, and rinn, a cape or promontory |
| Cocks |
|
|
Cock's Son |
| Cocksedge |
|
English |
Cock's Edge., the hill-side or ridge frequented by game-birds |
| Cockshaw |
|
English |
Cock's Wood, a wood where woodcock were plentiful |
| Cockshoot |
|
English |
Woodcock Net-Trap |
| Cockshot |
|
English |
Woodcock Net-Trap |
| Cockshott |
|
English |
Woodcock Net-Trap |
| Cockshutt |
|
English |
Woodcock Net-Trap |
| Cockson |
|
|
Cock's Son |
| Codd |
|
English |
Cod, Coda, Codda, a bag |
| Coddington |
|
English |
Estate of the Cod/Coda Family |
| Codlin |
|
|
Little Codd |
| Codling |
|
|
Little Codd |
| Codner |
|
English |
Coda's River - Bank |
| Codnor |
|
English |
Coda's River - Bank |
| Coe |
|
Locality |
Co is an elevation, exalted |
| Coen |
|
Hebrew |
Cohen, A bishop or priest |
| Coeyman |
|
Dutch |
cow-man |
| Coffee |
|
Celtic |
Victorious |
| Coffey |
|
Celtic |
Victorious |
| Coffin |
|
Welsh |
Cyffin, signifies a boundary, a limit, a hill |
| Cogan |
|
Celtic |
the Cup- or Bowl-Shaped Valley |
| Coggan |
|
Celtic |
the Cup- or Bowl-Shaped Valley |
| Cogger |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
Boatman, Sailor |
| Coggeshall |
|
Locality |
Cog, a small boat, and shoal, a place where the water is shallow, and where fish abound |
| Coggin |
|
French |
coquin knave, rascal |
| Coggins |
|
|
Coggin's Son |
| Coghill |
|
|
Cockhill, a hill frequented by game-birds |
| Coghlan |
|
Celtic |
Priest or Monk |
| Cogshall |
|
English |
Cogg's or Cocc's Hall |
| Cogswell |
|
Locality |
Cog, a small boat, and shoal, a place where the water is shallow, and where fish abound |
| Cohan |
|
Hebrew |
A bishop or priest |
| Cohen |
|
Hebrew |
A bishop or priest |
| Cohn |
|
Hebrew |
Priest |
| Coish |
|
AngloFrench Teutonic |
coise, chief,master; and coisy, excellent,choice |
| Coit |
|
Locality |
A wood |
| Coke |
|
|
Cook |
| Coker |
|
|
Cocker, boatman |
| Colbeck |
|
English-Scandinavian |
Cold Brook |
| Colbern |
|
Welsh |
Colbrin, the hazel-hill |
| Colbert |
|
Teutonic |
Ceolberht/Ceolbeorht ceol, a ship + berht/beorht bright |
| Colbertson |
|
|
Colbert's Son |
| Colbourn |
|
English |
Cold Brook |
| Colbourne |
|
English |
Cold Brook |
| Colbran |
|
Teutonic |
col coal black + brand, a firebrand, sword |
| Colbrand |
|
Teutonic |
col coal black + brand, a firebrand, sword |
| Colbrook |
|
English |
Cold Brook |
| Colburn |
|
Cornish-British |
The dry well, or the well on the neck of the hill |
| Colby |
|
Locality |
Col, with or near, the by or town |
| Colchester |
|
Celtic + Anglo-Latin |
colne-ceaster = Roman City on the Colne ceaster; castra, a camp |
| Coldicott |
|
English |
Cold Cot cottage |
| Coldrey |
|
English |
cald/ceald, cold + rio, a stream |
| Coldwell |
|
Locality |
Cold-well, a cold spring |
| Coldwells |
|
Locality |
Cold-well, a cold spring |
| Cole |
|
Dutch |
Nicholas |
| Colebeck |
|
English-Scandinavian |
Colbeck Cold Brook |
| Colebourn |
|
English |
Colbourn/Colbourne Cold Brook |
| Colebourne |
|
English |
Colbourn/Colbourne Cold Brook |
| Colebrook |
|
English |
Colbrook Cold Brook |
| Coleburn |
|
English |
Colbourn/Colbourne Cold Brook |
| Coleby |
|
Locality |
Colby Col, with or near, the by or town |
| Colegrave |
|
English |
col coal black + graf, grove |
| Coleman |
|
|
workman in coals |
| Coleridge |
|
English |
Cold Ridge |
| Coles |
|
|
Cole's Son |
| Coleson |
|
|
Cole's Son |
| Coley |
|
English |
Little Cole |
| Colfox |
|
English |
Black Fox |
| Colgrove |
|
English |
Colegrave col coal black + graf, grove |
| Colin |
|
French-German |
Little Nicolas/Nicholas |
| Coll |
|
|
Cole Nicholas |
| Collamore |
|
Locality |
Coulommier, a town in France |
| Collard |
|
French-German |
Little Nicolas/Nicholas |
| Collbran |
|
Teutonic |
Colbrand col coal black + brand, a firebrand, sword |
| Collcutt |
|
English |
Caldecott Cold Cot cottage |
| Collen |
|
|
Collin or Colin |
| Collens |
|
|
Collen's Son |
| Coller |
|
occupation |
dealer or workman in coals |
| Colles |
|
|
Coll's Son |
| Collet |
|
French-German |
Little Nicolas/Nicholas |
| Collett |
|
French-German |
Little Nicolas/Nicholas |
| Colley |
|
Welsh |
Coll-lle, the place of hazel |
| Collie |
|
English |
Coley Little Cole |
| Collier |
|
occupation |
dealer or workman in coals |
| Dukes |
|
|
Duke's Son |
| Dukeson |
|
|
Duke's Son |
| Duley |
|
French |
Du Lieu, Of The Place |
| Dullage |
|
English |
Dulwich Dyla's Meadowland |
| Dulwich |
|
English |
Dyla's Meadowland |
| Duly |
|
French |
Du Lieu, Of The Place |
| Duman |
|
|
Du, from, and man, an elevation |
| Dumas |
|
French |
The Little Farm or Estate |
| Dumbell |
|
Anglo-Saxon |
Dumel or Domel |
| Dumbelton |
|
English |
Dumel's Estate |
| Dumbleton |
|
English |
Dumel's Estate |
| Dumfries |
|
Gaelic |
Dun, a castle, and frith, a deerforest |
| Dummett |
|
French |
Dumet |
| Dumont |
|
French |
Of The Mount |
| Dun |
|
Gaelic |
a hill or rising ground, a fort or castle |
| Dunbabin |
|
Celtic |
Bebinn's Hill-Fort |
| Dunbar |
|
Gaelic |
the castle, town, or fort on the height or summit |
| Dunbavin |
|
Celtic |
Bebinn's Hill-Fort |
| Dunbebin |
|
Celtic |
Bebinn's Hill-Fort |
| Dunbevan |
|
Celtic |
Bebinn's Hill-Fort |
| Dunbobin |
|
Celtic |
Bebinn's Hill-Fort |
| Duncalf |
|
English |
dunn, brown + calf/cealf, a calf |
| Duncalfe |
|
English |
dunn, brown + calf/cealf, a calf |
| Duncan |
|
Scottish, Gaelic |
Dun, a fortress, and ceann, head or chief |
| Duncannon |
|
Celtic |
Conan's Hill-Fort |
| Duncanson |
|
|
Duncan's Son |
| Dunch |
|
English |
Deaf, Dull |
| Dunckley |
|
English |
Duninc's/Dunninc's or Duning's/Dunning's Lea |
| Duncombie |
|
English |
dun/dunn, dark brown + cumb cwm, a valley |
| Duncum |
|
English |
dun/dunn, dark brown + cumb cwm, a valley |
| Dundas |
|
|
dun, a hill or fort, and deas, south |
| Dunderdale |
|
Scandinavian |
Thunder-Valley |
| Dundonald |
|
Celtic |
Donald's Hill-Fort |
| Dunford |
|
English |
Ford by the Hill |
| Dungate |
|
English |
Hill Gate or Opening |
| Dungray |
|
English |
Dun-Grey Complexion |
| Dunham |
|
Locality |
dun, a hill, and ham, a village |
| Dunhill |
|
English |
Dun-Grey Complexion |
| Dunipace |
|
Latin |
Duni-pacis, hills of peace |
| Dunk |
|
English-Scandinavian |
Fat, Short, Squat |
| Dunkerley |
|
English |
Duninc's/Dunninc's or Duning's/Dunning's Lea |
| Dunkin |
|
Celtic |
Duncan |
| Dunkinson |
|
|
Dunkin's Son |
| Dunkley |
|
English |
Duninc's/Dunninc's or Duning's/Dunning's Lea |
| Dunlap |
|
Gaelic |
Dun, a castle, fort, or hill, and lub, a curvature, a bending of the shore |
| Dunlevy |
|
Gaelic |
Dun, a hill, ley, green, and vy, a river or stream |
| Dunley |
|
English |
dun, a hill + leah |
| Dunlop |
|
Gaelic |
Dun, a castle, fort, or hill, and lub, a curvature, a bending of the shore |
| Dunman |
|
English |
Dun or Dunn + man |
| Dunmo |
|
English |
dun, a hill, mawan, to mow, and = meadow |
| Dunmore |
|
Celtic |
Great Hill-Fort |
| Dunn |
|
Gaelic |
a heap, hill, mount |
| Dunne |
|
Anglo-Celtic |
Of Dark-Brown Complexion |
| Dunnett |
|
|
Little Dunn |
| Dunning |
|
Saxon |
Dunn, brown, and the termination ing, signified offspring |
| Dunnington |
|
English |
Estate of the Dunn/Dunna Family |
| Dunrobin |
|
Celtic French |
Robin's Hill-Fort |
| Dunsby |
|
Scandinavian |
Dun's/Dunn's Farmstead or Estate |
| Dunscombe |
|
Anglo-Celtic |
Dun's/Dunn's Valley or Dell |
| Dunsdon |
|
English |
Dun's/Dunn's Hill |
| Dunsford |
|
English |
Dun's/Dunn's Ford |
| Dunstall |
|
English |
Dun's/Dunn's Stall |
| Dunstan |
|
Saxon |
Dun, a hill, and stan, a stone |
| Dunster |
|
English |
Dun's/Dunn's Tor or Tower |
| Dunston |
|
English |
Dun's/Dunn's Estate |
| Dunthorn |
|
English |
Brown Thorn-Bush |
| Dunthorne |
|
English |
Brown Thorn-Bush |
| Dunton |
|
English |
Hill Farm or Estate |
| Dunville |
|
French |
Donville |
| Dunwoodie |
|
|
Dinwoodie |
| Dunwoody |
|
|
Dinwoodie |
| Duparc |
|
French |
Of The Park |
| Dupont |
|
French |
Of The Bridge |
| Duppa |
|
Locality |
D'Uphaugh, from the high or upper haw; haugh,a lowlying meadow, a green plot in a valley |
| Dupree |
|
French |
Of The Meadow |
| Duprey |
|
French |
Of The Meadow |
| Dupuis |
|
French |
Of The Well or Pit |
| Dupuy |
|
French |
Of The Height |
| Dur |
|
Gaelic |
dull, stubborn, obstinate, steady, earnest, persevering |
| Durance |
|
Latin |
Enduring, Lasting |
| Durand |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
Enduring, Lasting |
| Durands |
|
|
Durand's or Durant's Son |
| Durandu |
|
French |
Durandeau, Little Durand |
| Durant |
|
Latin |
Durandus, enduring, strong, inured to hardships |
| Durants |
|
|
Durand's or Durant's Son |
| Duranty |
|
Anglo-French-Latin |
Enduring, Lasting |
| Durban |
|
Locality |
D'Urbin, a province of Italy |
| Durbin |
|
French |
Durban |
| Durden |
|
English |
a coppice or thicket of wood in a valley |
| Durell |
|
French |
Durel = Hard, Stern, Severe |
| Durgy |
|
Gaelic |
Duirche, Dorch, dark, cloudy, hence dark-complexioned |
| Durham |
|
Saxon |
Dun and holm, a town in a wood |
| Durie |
|
Celtic |
durach or dobharach Watery Land |
| Durkey |
|
Gaelic |
Duirche, Dorch, dark, cloudy, hence dark-complexioned |
| Durkin |
|
Celtic |
Stupid, Obstinate |
| Durling |
|
|
Darling |
| Durman |
|
English |
duru, a door, gate + mann |
| Durndell |
|
English |
dierne, secret, dark and dell or dael |
| Durnford |
|
English |
Secret or Private Ford |
| Durnin |
|
Celtic |
Stupid, Obstinate |
| Durning |
|
Celtic |
Stupid, Obstinate |
| Durrance |
|
Latin |
Enduring, Lasting |
| Durrans |
|
Latin |
Enduring, Lasting |
| Durrant |
|
Latin |
Enduring, Lasting |
| Durston |
|
English |
Deor's Estate |
| Durtnall |
|
English |
Dryhten's Hall |
| Durtnell |
|
English |
Dryhten's Hall |
| Durward |
|
English |
Doorkeeper, Gatekeeper, duru, a door, gate + ward/weard |
| Durwin |
|
English |
Deorwine = Dear Friend |
| Dury |
|
French |
Dur's Estate |
| Dutch |
|
Teutonic |
Holland |
| Dutfield |
|
|
Dudfield |
| Duthie |
|
Gaelic |
duthaich, country |
| Duthy |
|
Gaelic |
duthaich, country |
| Dutton |
|
Locality |
Dut-ton, i. e., Dutch-town |
| Duttson |
|
Anglo-Saxon |
Dudd's Son |
| Duval |
|
French |
Of The Valley |
| Duvall |
|
French |
Of The Valley |
| Duxbury |
|
English |
Dokesbury, Dokusbure = probably Docce's Stronghold |
| Dwelley |
|
English |
dwelan, to err, to be dull |
| Dwerryhouse |
|
English |
Dwarf-House |
| Dwight |
|
Teutonic |
De Wytte or De Witt, Dutch De Wit = The White One |
| Dwyer |
|
Celtic |
O'Dwyer |
| Dwyre |
|
Gaelic |
Do-ire, a woody place, uncultivated |
| Dyall |
|
French |
Deicola the patron-saint of Franche Comte = Worshipper of God |
| Dyamond |
|
|
Diamond |
| Dyas |
|
Spanish |
Diago |
| Dyball |
|
|
Dible/Dibble, Theobald |
| Dyble |
|
|
Dible/Dibble, Theobald |
| Dyce |
|
Celtic |
Dye's Son |
| Dye |
|
|
Dionysius or Dionysia, from Dennis |
| Dyer |
|
English |
Cloth-Colourer deag, a dye |
| Dyet |
|
|
Little Dye |
| Dyett |
|
|
Little Dye |
| Dyke |
|
Locality |
ditch, bank, or entrenchment |
| Dykeman |
|
|
One who makes dykes or entrenchments |
| Dykes |
|
|
one who lived near a ditch, bank, or entrenchment |
| Dykin |
|
|
Little Dye |
| Dykins |
|
|
Dykin's Son |
| Dymock |
|
Welsh |
David, the son of Madoc |
| Dymoke |
|
English |
Dimoc = the Dim or Dark, or Shady Oak |
| Dymond |
|
|
Diamond |
| Dyne |
|
French |
Dion |
| Dyot |
|
|
Little Dye |
| Dyott |
|
|
Little Dye |
| Dysart |
|
Gaelic |
Dia, God, and ard, high |
| Dyson |
|
|
Dye's Son |
| Dyster |
|
English |
Cloth-Dyer |
| Dyus |
|
English |
Dye-House |
| Eachan |
|
Celtic |
Little Horse |
| Eachen |
|
Celtic |
Little Horse |
| Eacott |
|
English |
Dweller at the Waterside Cotage |
| Ead |
|
English |
prosperity, happiness |
| Eade |
|
English |
prosperity, happiness |
| Eades |
|
English |
son of Ead |
| Eads |
|
English |
son of Ead |
| Eagan |
|
|
Egan |
| Eager |
|
|
Sharp-set, vehement, earnest |
| Eagle |
|
|
Anglo-Saxon personal name Aegel |
| Eaglestone |
|
|
Dweller at the Eagle-Rock |
| Eagleton |
|
|
Eggleton |
| Eakin |
|
|
Ekin |
| Eakins |
|
|
Ekins |
| Eamer |
|
English |
Anglo-Saxon personal name Eamer, Eomer, Eomaer |
| Eames |
|
|
uncle |
| Eamonson |
|
|
Edmondson |
| Eardley |
|
English |
Earda's Lea |
| Earl |
|
English |
Nobleman, Chief |
| Earle |
|
English |
Nobleman, Chief |
| Earles |
|
English |
son of Earl |
| Earll |
|
English |
Nobleman, Chief |
| Earnshaw |
|
English |
Dweller at the Eagle-Wood |
| Earp |
|
English |
Swarthy, Dark |
| Earsdon |
|
English |
Eor Hill |
| Easby |
|
English-Scandinavian |
the East Dwelling |
| Easey |
|
|
Easy |
| Easlea |
|
|
Eastley |
| Easley |
|
|
Eastley |
| Eason |
|
English |
Servant, Labourer |
| East |
|
English |
Dweller at the East |
| Eastaff |
|
English |
descendant of the Anglo-Saxon Eastulf/Eastwulf |
| Eastburn |
|
English |
the East Brook |
| Eastcote |
|
Locality |
East Cotage |
| Eastcott |
|
|
East Cotage |
| Easte |
|
|
Dweller at the East |
| Easteal |
|
English |
East Slope |
| Eastel |
|
English |
East Slope |
| Easter |
|
English |
Born at Easter-Tide |
| Easterbrook |
|
English |
East Brook |
| Easterfield |
|
English |
East Field |
| Easterling |
|
English |
One From The East |
| Eastes |
|
English |
Son of Easte |
| Eastgate |
|
English |
East Gate |
| Eastham |
|
English |
the East Enclosure or Land |
| Easther |
|
|
Easter |
| Easthope |
|
English |
East Hope or Hill-Recess |
| Eastick |
|
|
Eastwick |
| Eastill |
|
English |
East Hill |
| Eastlake |
|
English |
East Lake |
| Eastley |
|
English |
East Lea |
| Eastling |
|
|
Easterling |
| Eastman |
|
English |
Anglo-Saxon Eastmund or Estmund |
| Eastmead |
|
English |
East Meadow |
| Easton |
|
English |
East Farmstead, Manor, or Village |
| Eastty |
|
|
Easty |
| Eastwell |
|
English |
East Well or Spring |
| Eastwick |
|
English |
East Place |
| Eastwood |
|
English |
East Wood |
| Easty |
|
English |
East Island or Riverside Land |
| Easun |
|
|
Eason |
| Easy |
|
English |
Anglo-Saxon personal name Esi or Esa |
| Eate |
|
English |
Anglo-Saxon personal name Eata |
| Eates |
|
|
Son of Eate |
| Eaton |
|
Saxon |
From ea, water, and ton, a town |
| Eatwell |
|
English |
Eata's Well or Spring |
| Eaves |
|
|
Son of Eve |
| Eayrs |
|
|
Eyres |
| Ebb |
|
|
Old Teutonic Ebbe, Ebba, Ebbi, Ebbo, Ebo |
| Ebblewhite |
|
|
for Bebblewhite or Hebblethwaite |
| Ebbutt |
|
|
Ebbott |
| Ebden |
|
|
Hebden |
| Ebdon |
|
|
Hebden |
| Eberlee |
|
Locality |
Eabar, in the Gaelic, is a marshy place, a place where two or three streams meet |
| Eberly |
|
German |
From eber, a boar, and ly, like; |
| Ebert |
|
German |
Eberhard/Eberhardt |
| Ebner |
|
|
Abner |
| Ebsworth |
|
English |
Eb's Estate or Farm |
| Eccles |
|
|
church |
| Eddy |
|
Saxon |
Ed, backwards, and ea, water |
| Edgar |
|
Saxon |
Eadigar, happy or blessed; honor |
| Edgecumbe |
|
Locality |
the manor in Devonshire, England. |
| Ediker |
|
Saxon |
From Eadigar, happy |
| Edmond |
|
Saxon |
Happy peace |
| Edward |
|
Saxon |
Happy keeper |
| Edwards |
|
Saxon |
Son of Edward |
| Egbert |
|
Saxon |
Always bright, famous |
| Eggleston |
|
Welsh-British |
From Egles, a church, and tun or dun, a hill |
| Eiginn |
|
Gaelic |
Strong-handed |
| Eisenhauer |
|
German |
iron cutter, miner |
| Eisenhower |
|
German |
iron cutter, miner |
| Eldred |
|
Saxon |
All reverent fear |
| Elias |
|
Hebrew |
Signifies Lord God |
| Ell |
|
Hebrew |
The offering or lifting up |
| Ellet |
|
|
Little Elias |
| Elliot |
|
|
son of Elias |
| Ellis |
|
|
Elias |
| Elmer |
|
Locality |
Hellan, in the Welsh, signifies the elms |
| Elphinstone |
|
Locality |
barony of Elphinstone, in Scotland |
| Elton |
|
|
from the Saxon words ael, an eel, and ton,a town |
| Elwy |
|
Locality |
A river in Wales |
| Ely |
|
Locality |
a city in Cambridgeshire, England |
| Emerson |
|
Saxon |
Emar, from Ethelmar, noble, and son |
| Emmet |
|
Locality |
Gaelic, the quick river |
| Ennes |
|
Celtic-Gaelic |
An island or peninsula |
| Ennis |
|
Celtic-Gaelic |
An island or peninsula |
| Enos |
|
Hebrew |
Fallen man, mortal, sickly |
| Errick |
|
|
derived from Ehr, German, honor, and rick, rich |
| Erskine |
|
Gaelic |
upon the knife |
| Erwin |
|
Welsh |
Erwyn, very fair, white |
| Esham |
|
Locality |
town in Worcestershire, England, formerly Eoves-ham |
| Estley |
|
Locality |
The East field or pasture |
| Ethelbert |
|
Saxon |
from Ethel or Adel, noble, and bert, bright, famous |
| Eton |
|
Locality |
from Aw, water, and twyn, a small hill |
| Euer |
|
|
A person stationed on the sea-shore, to watch and notify the fishermen of the shoals of fish |
| Eure |
|
Locality |
the lordship of Eure, in Buckinghamshire, England |
| Eustace |
|
Greek |
standing firm |
| Evans |
|
Welsh |
John |
| Evelyn |
|
Locality |
in the county of Salop, England |
| Everard |
|
Saxon |
Well reported, ever honored |
| Everett |
|
|
Everard |
| Everly |
|
Locality |
A place in Wiltshire, England |
| Everts |
|
|
Everard |
| Ewell |
|
Locality |
A town in England |
| Eyre |
|
Locality |
district in Scotland |
| Eytinge |
 | |