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Welsh  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
Aylmer		Welsh	Allmor a valley or dale
Bant		Welsh	A high place
Beddau		Welsh	Rhos-y Beddau, the heath of the graves
Bevan		Welsh	Ap Evan, or Ivan, the son of John
Bickersteth		Welsh	bicra, to fight, to bicker, and steth, a corruption of staff, used for tilting or skirmishing
Bigalow		Welsh	Bygglu, signifies to hector, to bully
Blaney		Welsh	Bluenae, the inland extremity of a valley
Blin		Welsh	Blaen, a point, the inland extremity of a valley
Bowen		Welsh	Ap Owen, the son of Owen
Breese		Welsh	Ap Reese, the son of Reese
Brice		Welsh	Ap Rice, the son of Rice
Bryce		Welsh	Ap Rhys, the son of Rhys or Rhees
Bryn		Welsh	A mountain
Budd		Welsh	Thrift, gain, riches, victory
Buel		Welsh	A herd of cattle
Burtis		Welsh	Bwrdais, a burgess
Cadd		Welsh	War
Caddock		Welsh	cadoc, cattwg, &c -cad, battle, war + awg, keenness
Cadell		Welsh	Warlike
Cader		Welsh	A keep, fortress, or strong-hold
Cadick		Welsh	cadoc, cattwg, &c -cad, battle, war + awg, keenness
Cadle		Welsh	Warlike
Cadogan		Welsh	cad, battle, and gwg, fierce
Cadwallader		Welsh	cad, battle, and gwaladr, a leader
Cadwallider		Welsh	cad, battle, and gwaladr, a leader
Caeth		Welsh	A captive
Caldecote		Welsh	Colcoit, the neck of the wood
Caldicot		Welsh	Colcoit, the neck of the wood
Caldicott		Welsh	Colcoit, the neck of the wood
Call		Welsh	Prudent, discerning, cunning trickish
Darwin		Welsh	Derwin, an oak
Dennant		Welsh	nant, a ravine, brook
Dibdin		Welsh	Dib, a slope, sloping ground, and din, a fortified hill
Dibin		Welsh	A clough, a cleft in a hill; from dibyn
Maban		Welsh	A child, a bairn
Maddock		Welsh	mad, good, and oc or og, the same as the termination y or ous in English
Mannering		Welsh	Mesnil or Maenol, a farm
Manwaring		Welsh	Mesnil or Maenol, a farm
Masten		Welsh	A place or house inclosed, from Maes, a field, and din, inclosed, fortified
Mather		Welsh	Madur, a benevolent man
Medcaf		Welsh	midd, inclosed, and caf, a cell, a religious house
Mehin		Welsh	Mochyn, a pig
Menai		Welsh	a strait which divides the island of Anglesea from the coast of Wales
Metcalf		Welsh	medd signifies a vale, a meadow, and caf, a cell, a chancel, a church
Minturn		Welsh	min, stones, and turn, a round, a circle
Moelyn		Welsh	Bald-pate
Monk		Welsh	mon, sole, separate, alone
Moody		Welsh	Meudwy, an anchorite, a recluse, hermit, a monk
Moon		Welsh	mwyn, mines
Morris		Welsh	Mawr and rys, a hero, a warrior, a brave man
Mostyn		Welsh	Maes, a field, and din, inclosed, fortified
Nefis		Welsh	Nwyfus, sprightly
Paisley		Welsh	From Plas, a pass, and lli, a stream
Parry		Welsh	Ap Harry, the son of Harry
Canon		Welsh	The river Taf or the singing river
Cardew		Welsh	caer, a fort + du, black
Cardiff		Welsh	Caerdydd - caer, a fort
Carew		Welsh	Caer, castle or fort, and ew, water
Carne		Welsh	a heap of stones
Carnes		Welsh	a heap of stones
Dillon		Welsh	Dillyn, handsome, gallant, brave, fine
Dimmock		Welsh	David, the son of Madoc
Dimock		Welsh	David, the son of Madoc
Dinsmor		Welsh	Dinas, fort, city, or walled town, and mawr, great, large
Dolbeer		Welsh	Dolbyr, the short vale
Dole		Welsh	Dowyll, shady, dark
Dowell		Welsh	Dowyll, shady, dark
Dryden		Welsh	Drwydwn, broken nose
Pennyman		Welsh	Pen-y-mon, the top of the mountain
Pennymon		Welsh	Pen-y-mon, the top of the mountain
Powell		Welsh	Ap Howell, the son of Howell
Powers		Welsh	son of Power
Prescot		Welsh	town in England
Price		Welsh	Ap Rice, the son of Rice
Prichard		Welsh	Ap Richard, the son of Richard
Rawley		Welsh	Rhawlaw, a vicar
Rice		Welsh	Rys
Ringgold		Welsh	Rhingol, a cleft, cliff, or steep bank
Siddons		Welsh	syddyn, a farm
Chown		Welsh	cun, a leader,chief
Chowne		Welsh	cun, a leader,chief
Coffin		Welsh	Cyffin, signifies a boundary, a limit, a hill
Colbern		Welsh	Colbrin, the hazel-hill
Colley		Welsh	Coll-lle, the place of hazel
Dymock		Welsh	David, the son of Madoc
Erwin		Welsh	Erwyn, very fair, white
Evans		Welsh	John
Floyd		Welsh	brown, gravy, hoary
Tappan		Welsh	The top of the hanging rock
Tew		Welsh	Fat, a corpulent person
Toby		Welsh	Thomas
Vaughan		Welsh	Vychan, little, small in stature
Winne		Welsh	The same as Gwynne, white
Coote		Welsh	Coed, a wood
Cootes		Welsh	Coed, a wood
Coots		Welsh	Coed, a wood
Cordlan		Welsh	Corddlan, a hamlet
Corning		Welsh	cornyn, a small horn, or the place of winding or turning
Corse		Welsh	A fen, a wet meadow
Cotton		Welsh	Cwtton, the cottage hill
Coutes		Welsh	Coots/Cootes, Coed, a wood
Coutts		Welsh	Coots/Cootes, Coed, a wood
Frost		Welsh	Ffrost, a brag
Garth		Welsh	A hill or promontory
Gibbon		Welsh	Guiban, a fly
Givens		Welsh	A smith
Goff		Welsh	Gof, a smith
Gower		Welsh	Gwyr, a place in Glamorganshire
Gualt		Welsh	A bush of hair
Guey		Welsh	Gwiw, good, excellent
Guinee		Welsh	Gwyn, white
Gurdin		Welsh	gwrdd, strong, and dyn, a man
Gurr		Welsh	man or husband.
Gwynne		Welsh	Gwyn, white
Hal		Welsh	moor
Hale		Welsh	moor
Hallam		Welsh	Hall, salt, and ham, a house or village
Halpen		Welsh	The head of the moor or salt river
Hanford		Welsh	hen, old, and ford, a way
Hanham		Welsh	Hen, old, and Saxon, ham, a town
Hascall		Welsh	hasg, a place of rushes, or sedgy place, and hall or hayle, a moor
Haskell		Welsh	hasg, a place of rushes, or sedgy place, and hall or hayle, a moor
Hayle		Welsh	moor
Hedd		Welsh	Hekker, a hedger
Helling		Welsh	Hellan, elms
Helmer		Welsh	Hellan, elms
Heron		Welsh	hero
Hoag		Welsh	Low in stature, small
Hoe		Welsh	A state of rest, a stay
Hogg		Welsh	Low in stature, small
Crammond		Welsh	caer, a fort + amuin/amhuin, afon, a river
Cramond		Welsh	caer, a fort + amuin/amhuin, afon, a river
Crandell		Welsh	kren, round, or cran, wood; and dal, or dol, a vale
Crothers		Welsh	A harper, a musician; from crwth, a harp
Crowther		Welsh	A harper, a musician; from crwth, a harp
Cyncad		Welsh	commander of the battle
Hone		Welsh	Hoen, joy
Hurd		Welsh	Hurdh, a ram
Kenyon		Welsh	Ceinion, beautiful
Ladd		Welsh	Lladd, to destroy
Lamma		Welsh	Llamu, to skip, leap, jump
Lander		Welsh	Llandir. Glebe lands belonging to a parish church, or land containing mineral ore
Leavenworth		Welsh	Llyvngwerth, the smooth, level farm, castle or court, or the worth or place on the river Leven
Levenworth		Welsh	From leven, the open or bare place, and worth, a farm, castle, or mansion
Lhuyd		Welsh	Gray or brown
Livermore		Welsh	lleufer, a light, and mawr, great
Llary		Welsh	Mild, easy
Lloyd		Welsh	Gray or brown
Lommis		Welsh	lom, bare, naked, exposed, and maes, a field, a name of place
Loomis		Welsh	lom, bare, naked, exposed, and maes, a field, a name of place
Losce		Welsh	Gaelic, Loisg, to burn
Lusk		Welsh	Gaelic, Loisg, to burn

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