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Anglo-Saxon  Surnames Family History Resources

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
Allchin		Anglo-Saxon	Allwine
Allington		Anglo-Saxon	Ellendun = Elder-Tree Hill
Bacon		Anglo-Saxon	bacan, to bake, to dry by heat
Balder		Anglo-Saxon	Bealdhere / Baldhere = Bold Army
Balding		Anglo-Saxon	B(e)alding / B(e)ald's Son
Bates		Anglo-Saxon	Bate, contention
Baxter		Anglo-Saxon	Bagster, a baker
Beck		Anglo-Saxon	becc, a brook
Brentwood		Anglo-Saxon	burnt-wood
Briggs		Anglo-Saxon	brigg, a bridge
Brimmer		Anglo-Saxon	Bremman, Breme, or Brim, to extend, to amplify to the utmost limits
Callaway		Anglo-Saxon	Calwig wig, war, battle
Cape		Anglo-Saxon	Headland
Dod		Anglo-Saxon	Dod/Doda, Dodd/Dodda
Doggett		Anglo-Saxon	Dogod
Dollman		Anglo-Saxon	Dole + man
Dormand		Anglo-Saxon	Deormund - deor/deore, dear, beloved + mund, protection
Duguid		Anglo-Saxon	dugan, to be doughty; god, good
Smith		Anglo-Saxon	Smitan, to smite or strike
Clew		Anglo-Saxon	cleofian, to cleave, divide
Clews		Anglo-Saxon	cleofian, to cleave, divide
Clough		Anglo-Saxon	cleofian, to cleave, divide
Clougher		Anglo-Saxon	cleofian, to cleave, divide
Clowes		Anglo-Saxon	A cliff or cleft in a hill
Cluse		Anglo-Saxon	Clough, cleofian, to cleave, divide
Dumbell		Anglo-Saxon	Dumel or Domel
Duttson		Anglo-Saxon	Dudd's Son
Weller		Anglo-Saxon	hollow or gulf
Coortan		Anglo-Saxon	A band of soldiers
Hainsworth		Anglo-Saxon	haine, German and Saxon, a wood, and worth, a place inclosed, cultivated
Harold		Anglo-Saxon	Har, an army, and hold, love
Haynesworth		Anglo-Saxon	The farm or place in the forest or grove, from haine, German and Saxon, a wood, and worth, a place inclosed, cultivated
Haynsworth		Anglo-Saxon	The farm or place in the forest or grove, from haine, German and Saxon, a wood, and worth, a place inclosed, cultivated
Head		Anglo-Saxon	Hithe, a harbor, a shelter for boats
Cudd		Anglo-Saxon	Little Cuthbert
Cuddie		Anglo-Saxon	Little Cudd
Cuddy		Anglo-Saxon	Little Cudd
Dack		Anglo-Saxon	personal name Doecca
Hubbard		Anglo-Saxon	Hubert, bright form, fair hope
Humphrey		Anglo-Saxon	Humfred, that is, house-peace
Kercher		Anglo-Saxon	cark, a prison; carker, a jailor
Latton		Anglo-Saxon	town on the eminence or side of a hill
Lewthwaite		Anglo-Saxon	thwaite, a piece of ground cleared of wood, and lowe, a hill, law, a hill or eminence
Lord		Anglo-Saxon	ored, a governor, with the prefix of the letter L, le, denoting the person
Lowthwaite		Anglo-Saxon	thwaite, a piece of ground cleared of wood, and lowe, a hill, law, a hill or eminence

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