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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
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		Saxon	Ey, Saxon, ig, an island, a watery place, and ing, a meadow

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