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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
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

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