Donnachie

Variant of Donachie; also compare Donahue.


Shoard

Topographic surname for someone who lived by a gap between hills, or by a cleft in rocks, from Old English sċeard (“notch, gap; shard”).


Donkin

en-proper noun

Donkin (countable and uncountable, plural Donkins)

A surname transferred from the given name.


Denslow

Probably a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in Devon, from Old English dene (“valley”) + slōh (“slough, marsh”).


Longyear

unk

Unexplained


O'Halpin

Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAilpín (“descendant of Ailpín”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of ailp (“lump, stout person”). Compare McAlpine.


Marquand

en-proper noun

Marquand (countable and uncountable, plural Marquands)


Zelayeta

Borrowed from Spanish Zelayeta, a surname of Basque origin.


Leftley

Probably a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place, from the Old English personal name Leotate + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).


Pakenham

Pakenham (countable and uncountable, plural Pakenhams)

From the Old English personal name Pacca + hām (“homestead”).

A habitational surname from Old English.


Ya

Borrowed from Tamil யா (yā). This surname is the 5ᵗʰ most common surname in Tamil Nadu.


Skok

* As a Serbo-Croatian and Slovene surname, nickname for a Turkish refugee, from uskočiti (“to flee”) (compare Czech utéct). Also a nickname from the verb skok (“to jump”). This is also sometimes found as a Polish surname from the same verb skok.
* As a Jewish (Lithuania and Latvia) surname, from Skoki, the Polish and Russian name for Skakai, a small town in Kriukai in Lithuania.


Odum

Odum (countable and uncountable, plural Odums)


Barbrook

en-proper-noun

Barbrook (countable and uncountable, plural Barbrooks)


Ugwu

Borrowed from Igbo úgwú (“mountain, hill”), a topographic surname.


Poarch

Perhaps an altered spelling of German Borsch.


Luckham

Habitational surname from a lost place in Somerset, from the Old English personal name Luca + hām (“homestead”).


Meynell

Two main origins:
* From Old French mesnil (“cottage”), a topographic surname for someone who lived in an isolated dwelling.
* From a Norman female personal name composed of the Proto-Germanic elements *maginą (“power, might”) and *hildiz (“battle, fight”).


Vinogradoff

Americanized spelling of Russian Виногра́дов (Vinográdov).


Headlam

en-proper noun

Headlam (countable and uncountable, plural Headlams)


Tizzard

From Old French tissier (“to weave”) or tisseur (“weaver”), an occupational surname for a weaver.


Tavolga

Borrowed from Russian Та́волга (Távolga).


Droban

Borrowed from Ukrainian Дробан (Droban).


Mackall

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Cathail (“son of Cathal”). Compare McCall.


Balachandran

Borrowed from Malayalam ബാലചന്ദ്രൻ (bālacandraṉ).


McCrae

en-proper noun

McCrae (countable and uncountable, plural McCraes)


Kander

* As a Jewish surname, variant of Kanter.
* As a German surname, from Kandern in Germany, which shares the same origin as Etymology 2 below.
* As a Polish surname, variant of the German names Konder, Gunter.


O'Hurley

Anglicized form of Irish Ó hUrthuile (“descendant of Urthuile”), a personal name of obscure origin. Compare Hurley.


Mirchandani

Borrowed from Marathi मीरचंदानी (mīrcandānī). This surname is mostly found in Maharashtra.


Loughney

Reduced form of Mulloughney or O'Loughney.


O'Beirne

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Broin (“descendant of Bran”), a byname from bran (“raven”). See Byrne.


Mahowald

Borrowed from Luxembourgish Mahowald, a habitational surname.


McCullen

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Cuilinn (“son of Cuileann”), a byname from cuileann (“holly”).


Mulloughney

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maolfhachtna (“descendant of the devotee of (Saint) Fachtna”).


Peffley

Probably an Americanized spelling of German Pfäffle.


Pingle

Two main origins:
* Americanized spelling of German Pingel.
* Borrowed from Marathi पिंगळे (piṅgḷe). This surname is mostly found in Maharashtra.


Cornforth

en-proper noun

Cornforth (countable and uncountable, plural Cornforths)

From a metathesized form of Old English cran (“crane”) + ford (“ford”).


Martenson

Respelling of Danish and Norwegian Martensen, or Swedish Mårtensson.


Sorbo

Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Italian Sorbo, from sorbo (“service tree”).
* Borrowed from Norwegian Sørbø, a habitational surname from several farmsteads in Norway.


Charnock

Two origins:
* English habitational surname from the villages of Heath Charnock and Charnock Richard, in Lancashire, probably of Celtic origin and related to the name Cairns.
* Americanized spelling of Polish Czarnoch or Slovak Černok; see Cernik.


Lineham

Two main origins:
* A variant of Lynam, a habitational surname of Old English origin.
* A variant of Linehan, a surname of Irish origin.


Dunbabin

From Old English dunn (“black, dark coloured”) + Babin or Bobin, a hypocoristic form of Robin.


Annis

en-proper noun

Annis (countable and uncountable, plural Annises)


Lauture

Borrowed from French Lauture. This surname is mostly found in Haiti.


McBrearty

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Mhuircheartaigh (“son of Muircheartach”), a personal name meaning "navigator". Compare Moriarty.


Goding

Two main origins:
* A variant of Gooding.
* Borrowed from German Göding.


Hassman

en-proper noun

Hassman (countable and uncountable, plural Hassmans)


Tcholakian

From Armenian Չոլաքյան (Čʻolakʻyan), via French Tcholakian.


Dewhurst

Dewhurst (countable and uncountable, plural Dewhursts)

Topographic surname from Lancashire, from Old English dēawig (“dewy”) + hyrst (“wooded hill”).


Ravenhill

From the Old Norse female given name Hrafnhildr, composed of the elements hrafn (“raven”) + hildr (“battle”).


Vovin

Alexander Vovin.

A surname. In particular, was a Soviet-born Russian-American linguist and philologist Alexander Vovin, 27 January 1961 – 8 April 2022.


Stoten

Variant of Staughton and Stoughton. Also compare Stockton.


Horwood

Horwood (countable and uncountable, plural Horwoods)

From Old English hore (“mud, muck”) + wudu (“wood”).


Chadbourn

Chadbourn (countable and uncountable, plural Chadbourns)


Yovanovich

Borrowed from Russian Йова́нович (Jovánovič).


Luxton

Habitational surname from a minor place in Devon, from the Old English personal name Lugga + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Dearinger

Americanized spelling of German Dieringer.


Cryderman

Americanized spelling of German Kräutermann.


McEachin

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Eachainn (“son of Eachann”), a personal name composed of the elements each (“horse”) + donn (“brown”).


Disborough

Habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place, from Old English dwostle (“pennyroyal”) + beorg (“hill”).


Cavero

Borrowed from Spanish Cavero. This surname is mostly found in Peru.


Caramanica

Jon Caramanica, b. 1975


Liaw

From Mandarin or Hakka, Hokkien, Teochew, Taishanese 廖.


Lethbridge

en-prop

Lethbridge (countable and uncountable, plural Lethbridges)


Cleeve

Cleeve (countable and uncountable, plural Cleeves)


Pinsker

Borrowed from German Pinsker, a Jewish Ashkenazi habitational surname for someone from Pinsk, in Belarus.


Bygrave

en-proper noun

Bygrave (countable and uncountable, plural Bygraves)

From Old English bī (“by, near, around”) + græf (“ditch, trench”).


Gingold

Borrowed from Yiddish גינגאָלד (gingold, “fine gold”), a Jewish Ashkenazi ornamental surname.


Troughton

Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from Old English trog (“trough”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Boell

From Germanic (Danish Bøll, German Böll). See Boll.

A surname from the Germanic languages.
A surname from Danish.

A surname from the Germanic languages.
A surname from German.


Detlefsen

Borrowed from Danish and North German Detlefsen.


Finkley

Finkley (countable and uncountable, plural Finkleys)

From Old English finċ (“finch”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to finch + -ley (“lea”). Identical to Finchley.


Cristales

Borrowed from Spanish Cristales. This surname is mostly found in Guatemala.


Chesterman

Perhaps from Old English ċeaster (“city, town”) + mann (“man”), a topographic surname for someone who lived near a Roman fort or a habitational surname for someone from any of various places called Chester.


Tennent

Tennent (countable and uncountable, plural Tennents)


Mears

Mears (countable and uncountable, plural Mearses)

* As an English surname, variant of Mear, topographic surname for someone who lived by a pond, from Old English mere (“lake, pool”), or near a boundary, from ġemǣre (“boundary, border”).
* As an Irish surname, from Ó Meidhir, from meidhir (“mirth”). Compare Myers.


Tottle

Perhaps a topographic surname for someone who lived by a hill used as a look-out station, from Old English tot (“look-out”) + hyll (“hill”).


Bompas

Bompas, Ariège
Bompas, Pyrénées-Orientales


Kelk

Kelk (countable and uncountable, plural Kelks)

An English surname transferred from the place name.


Aylett

Aylett (countable and uncountable, plural Ayletts)


Widdicombe

Habitational surname from any of several minor places in England, from Old English wīd (“wide”) or wīþiġ (“willow”) + cumb (“valley”).


Aukerman

Aukerman (countable and uncountable, plural Aukermans)


Ghannam

Borrowed from Arabic غنام (ghannam, “shepherd”). This surname is mostly found in Saudi Arabia.


Germer

* As a German surname, from Germer, from an old Germanic name composed of *gaiʀ (“spear”) and *mār (“famous”).
* As a Slavic surname, from the personal name Jaromir.


Kielbasa

From Polish Kiełbasa, from kiełbasa (“sausage”).


Longbone

From long + bone, a nickname for a particularly tall person.

A surname transferred from the nickname.


Harle

Various origins:
* Borrowed from South German Härle.
* Habitational surname from the villages of Kirkharle and Little Harle, possibly named from an Old English personal name Herela, a derivative of here (“army”).
* Borrowed from French Harlé, a topographic surname from harle (“ditch”).


McGettigan

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Eiteagáin (“son of Eiteagán”), a diminutive of eiteach (“winged”).


Hattabaugh

Americanized spelling of German Hattenbach.


Asleson

Americanized spelling of Norwegian Aslesen.


Kuperberg

Variant of Kupferberg, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Daintith

A nickname for a pleasant or handsome person, from Middle English deinteth (“pleasure, tidbit”), which is from Old French deintié (“dignity”).


Horder

Two possible etymologies:
* From Middle English horder (“keeper of a store of goods”), an occupational surname for a person who looked after other people's money.
* A variant of Middle English herder (“herdsman”), an occupational surname.


Wiman

* As a Swedish surname, from vi (“sacred place”) + man.
* As an English surname, variant of Wyman.
* As a German surname, Americanized from Weimann.


Scargill

en-proper-noun

Scargill (countable and uncountable, plural Scargills)

Recorded as Scracreghil in the Domesday Book, from Old Norse skraki (“diving duck”) + gil (“valley, ravine”).


Scotter

en-prop

Scotter (countable and uncountable, plural Scotters)


O'Meara

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Meadhra (“descendant of Meadhair”), a byname from meadhair, variant of meidhir (“mirth, merriment”).


Youngkin

Americanized spelling of German Juncken or Jünken.

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2023 November 13, Luke Broadwater, “Spanberger Announces Run for Governor in Virginia, Leaving House Seat in Play”, in The New York Times:


Skipwith

en-proper noun

Skipwith (countable and uncountable, plural Skipwiths)

Recorded as Schipwic in the Domesday Book, from Old English sċēap (“sheep”) + wīc (“outlying settlement”). The last element was later changed under the influence of Old Norse viðr (“tree; forest, wood”).


Maknojia

Borrowed from Marathi मकनोजिया (maknojiyā).


Lynskey

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Loingscigh, a variant of Ó Loingsigh, from which Lynch.


McCaughan

Anglicized form of Northern Irish Mac Eacháin (“son of Eachán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of each (“horse”).


Nettleship

Habitational surname from a lost place in Yorkshire, from Old English netle (“nettle”) + -s- + hop (“small valley, enclosure”). The change of ending from -shop to -ship is common in Northern English.


Narro

Borrowed from Spanish Narro. This surname is mostly found in Peru.


Wilberg

Borrowed from Norwegian or German Wilberg.


Andel

Borrowed from Czech Andĕl and Slovak Andel.


Kille

* As an English surname, variant of Kill.
* Also as an English surname, from the Middle English personal name Kille, probably of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin; compare the Old Norse name Kíli.
* As a German surname, borrowed from German Kille, a variant of Kilian.


Stites

Stites (countable and uncountable, plural Stiteses)

Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Steitz.


Speedy

Scottish surname from an adjectival or diminutive form of Speed.


Upfield

en-proper-noun

Upfield (countable and uncountable, plural Upfields)

From Old English upp (“up”) + feld (“field”), a toponymic surname for someone who lived at the upper field.


Mellanby

Habitational surname from a lost village in England, from an unclear first element + Old Norse býr (“farmstead”).


Degazon

Borrowed from French Degazon. This surname is predominantly found in Haiti.


Kirkup

Probably a habitational surname from a lost place in England, from Old English ċiriċe (“church”) + upp (“up, top”).


Ayto

Perhaps a dialectal spelling of the personal name Atto.


Shcherbina

Borrowed from Ukrainian Щербина (Ščerbyna).


Birse

en-proper noun

Birse (countable and uncountable, plural Birses)


Cropley

Two possible origins:
* English habitational surname from a minor place in Suffolk, from Old English cropp (“swelling, mound”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to crop + -ley (“lea”).
* Americanized spelling of Swiss German Kroppli, a variant of Kropf.


Sayce

Anglicized form of Welsh Sais (“Englishman”), an ethnonymic surname.


Harlacher

/ˈhɑːɹ.lə.kəɹ/


Ustinov

Borrowed from Russian Устинов (Ustinov).

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Elworthy

Elworthy (countable and uncountable, plural Elworthys)

From the Old English personal name Ylla + worþig (“estate, enclosure”).


Tyman

English surname of uncertain origin, possibly from the obsolete Middle English teie (“enclosed field”) + man. Compare Tymon.


Dearnley

Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from Old English dierne (“secret, hidden”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to dearn + -ley (“lea”).


Morad

Variant of Murad. This variant is mostly found in Egypt.


Parrales

Borrowed from Spanish Parrales. This surname is mostly found in Ecuador.


Tano

Borrowed from Spanish Taño. This surname is mostly found in the Philippines.


Beddington

en-proper-noun

Beddington (countable and uncountable, plural Beddingtons)

From the Old English personal name Beadda + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Selling

en-prop

Selling (countable and uncountable, plural Sellings)


Ottley

→ Translingual: Ottleya


Komisaruk

Borrowed from Ukrainian Комісарук (Komisaruk).


Furse

From Middle English Furse, topographic surname for someone who lived in a piece of land abundant with gorse, from Old English fyrs (“gorse”).


Beeker

Borrowed from Dutch and North German Beeker.


Worlds

unk

Unidentified origin


Tuckey

From the Old Norse personal name Tóki. Compare Tuck.


Trudo

Americanized spelling of French Trudeau.


Tuckwell

Habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place, from the Old English personal name Tocca + wielle (“well, spring”).


Conran

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Conaráin (“descendant of Conarán”), a pet form of the personal name Conaire.


Kindersley

en-proper-noun

Kindersley (countable and uncountable, plural Kindersleys)


Santry

en-proper noun

Santry (countable and uncountable, plural Santrys)

Anglicized form of Irish Seantrabh, from sean (“old”) + treibh (“tribe”).


Fernie

en-prop

Fernie (countable and uncountable, plural Fernies)


Walsworth

en-proper noun

Walsworth (countable and uncountable, plural Walsworths)

From Old English wealh (“Briton”) + -s- + worþ (“enclosure”). Compare Walworth.


Kidman

From kid + -man, an occupational surname for a goatherd or someone in charge of young livestock.


Andreeva

Borrowed from Russian Андре́ева (Andréjeva), feminine form of Андре́ев (Andréjev).

A female surname from Russian, masculine equivalent Andreev.


Burdekin

en-prop

Burdekin (countable and uncountable, plural Burdekins)


Upwood

From Old English uppe (“upper”) + wudu (“wood”).


Sorokin

Borrowed from Russian Соро́кин (Sorókin).


Cunnington

Variant of Conington, possibly under the influence of cunning. Doublet of Kingston, Kingstown, and Kingstone.


Ormsby

en-proper noun

Ormsby (countable and uncountable, plural Ormsbys)

Habitational surname from the village of South Ormsby in Lincolnshire, from the Old Norse personal name Ormr + býr (“village”). Compare Ormesby.


Bosko

From the Serbo-Croatian personal name Boško.


Van Metre

Van Metre (countable and uncountable, plural Van Metres)


Greathead

From great + head, a nickname given to someone with a large head.


Sibthorpe

Sibthorpe (countable and uncountable, plural Sibthorpes)

From the Old Norse personal name Sibba + thorpe.


Lait

From Old Norse hlað (“pile, stack; barn”), a topographic surname for someone who lived near a barn.


McRobbie

From the Scottish Gaelic patronymic surname from the personal name Robbie.


Micklethwaite

en-proper-noun

Micklethwaite (countable and uncountable, plural Micklethwaites)

From Old Norse mikill (“great, large”) + þveit (“clearing”).

(countable) A habitational surname from Old Norse.


Gunton

en-prop

Gunton (countable and uncountable, plural Guntons)

From the Old Norse personal name Gunni + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Stepanyan

Borrowed from Armenian Ստեփանյան (Stepʻanyan).

A surname from Armenian, equivalent to English Stephenson or Stevenson.


Nieder

From the German and Jewish surname, from the adjective nieder (“low”).


McClatchey

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Northern Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Èitigh (“son of the ugly lad”), from gille (“boy, lad”) and èitigh (“unseemly, ugly”).


DeGeneres

/dɪˈdʒɛnəɹəs/


McCarty

en-proper noun

McCarty (countable and uncountable, plural McCartys)


Scoresby

Scoresby (countable and uncountable, plural Scoresbys)


Debney

English habitational surname of Norman origins, from any of several places in France called Aubigné or Aubigny.


Henty

en-prop

Henty (countable and uncountable, plural Hentys)


Greet

Greet (countable and uncountable, plural Greets)


Leatherbury

Habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place.


Haecker

→ Translingual: Hackeria


Ramales

Borrowed from Spanish Ramales. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.


Sessums

en-proper noun

Sessums (countable and uncountable, plural Sessumses)


Upcott

Habitational surname from any of several minor places, from Old English upp (“up”) + cot (“cottage”).


Stuessy

→ Translingual: Stuessya (syn. of Aldama)

Americanized form of Swiss German Stüssi.


Angier

Patronymic surname from the Old French personal name Angier, probably a compound of Proto-Germanic *ansuz (“deity”) + *gaizaz (“spear, javelin”).


Kenderdine

Unexplained; probably a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place.

unk

Unexplained


Delson

en-proper noun

Delson (countable and uncountable, plural Delsons)

unk

Unidentified


Karpiak

Borrowed from either Ukrainian Карпяк (Karpjak) or Polish Karpiak.


Sclater

→ Translingual: Sclateria


Hyams

Americanized form of any of various Ashkenazi surnames derived from the Yiddish personal name חיים (khayem, “Chaim”).


Susla

Borrowed from either Ukrainian Сусла (Susla) or Polish Susła.


Ramati

Borrowed from Italian Ramati, a Jewish surname.


Calcott

en-proper-noun

Calcott (countable and uncountable, plural Calcotts)

From Old English cald (“cold”) + cot (“cottage”), denoting a place provided with a shelter for the wintertime. Compare Calcutt, Caldecote, Caldecott and Caldicot, which share the same etymology.


Poucher

From pouch + -er, an occupational surname for a maker of bags and purses.


Burtnyk

Borrowed from Ukrainian Буртник (Burtnyk).


Zariczny

From a Polish transliteration of Ukrainian Зарічний (Zaričnyj).


Vanderlip

en-proper noun

Vanderlip (countable and uncountable, plural Vanderlips)


Schuch

From the German surname, variant of Schuh (“shoe”).


Outhwaite

Habitational surname from a lost place in Yorkshire, from the Old Norse personal name Ufi + þveit (“clearing, glade”). Compare Dowthwaite.


Volsky

From Belarusian Вольскі (Vólʹski), Russian Вольский (Volʹskij), or Ukrainian Вольський (Volʹsʹkyj), or a respelling of Polish Wolski.


Gonsoulin

Probably an altered form of a French surname.


Chabla

Probably from a local language of Ecuador.


Doutt

Probably an Americanized form of German Daut.


Dutro

Two main origins:
* Perhaps an American variant of the German surname Dotterer.
* An Americanized spelling of French Dutraux, Dutroux.


Sillitoe

Habitational surname of unclear origin from a minor place in the parish of Featherstone.

unk

unclear


Reuss

en-proper noun

Reuss (countable and uncountable, plural Reusses)

German surname for a cobbler, from the obsolete Middle High German (alt)riusse. Also from the noun Russe (“Russian”).
For the river see Reuss below.


Gilhooly

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Ghuala (“son of the gluttonous lad”), from giolla (“boy, lad”) and guala (“gullet, gut”).


Itani

Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Arabic عيتاني, a surname predominantly found in Lebanon.
* Borrowed from Japanese 伊谷 (Itani).

bor

Arabic عيتاني


Oxner

Americanized spelling of German Ochsner.


McGranahan

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Reannacháin (“son of Reannachán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of reannach, variant of rinneach (“pointed, sharp; keen, biting”).


Jelen

From a Slavic word meaning deer, like Czech jelen, Slovene jelen, Serbo-Croatian jelen, Polish jeleń or Slovak jeleň.


Frishman

Variant of Frischmann, Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Hagelund

Borrowed from Danish and Norwegian Hagelund.


Frischmann

Borrowed from German Frischmann, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Boase

From a variant spelling of the Hebrew personal name Boaz. This surname is typical of Cornwall.


McInturff

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac an Tairbh (“son of the bull”), from tarbh (“bull”).


Koppen

Borrowed from Dutch Koppen or German Köppen.


Moncur

Scottish habitational surname from a place on Tayside.


Luckow

Borrowed from German Luckow or a variant of Polish Luków.


McCullers

Variant of McKellar, with redundant English patronymic -s.


Ochsner

Borrowed from German Ochsner or Öchsner.


Strudwick

Habitational surname from a lost place in Sussex, from Old English strōd (“marshy land”) + wīċ (“village”).


Valenciana

Borrowed from Spanish Valenciana. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.


Robards

en-proper noun

Robards (countable and uncountable, plural Robardses)


Playden

en-proper-noun

Playden (countable and uncountable, plural Playdens)

From Old English plega (“game”) + dene (“valley”).


Risborough

Habitational surname from the town of Princes Risborough, from Old English hrīs (“brushwood; shrubbery”) + beorg (“mountain, hill”).


Donachie

Anglicized form of the Scottish Gaelic personal name Donnchadh, which is composed by the elements donn (“brown”) + cath (“battle”). Compare Donnachie.


Stanion

en-proper-noun

Stanion (countable and uncountable, plural Stanions)

Recorder as Stanere in the Domesday Book and as Stanerna in the Pipe rolls, the placename probably derives from Old English stān (“stone”) + earn (“house, cottage”).


Ostrow

Jewish and Polish surname Ostrów, from several placenames derived from ostrów (“river island”). Also shortened from Ostrowski.


Stranahan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Sranacháin (“descendant of Sranachán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of srannach (“snoring, stertorous”).


Tiznado

Borrowed from Spanish Tiznado. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.


Alyea

Americanized spelling of a French surname, perhaps Allier, Elier or Hélier.


Breedon

Habitational surname from the village of Breedon on the Hill, in Leicestershire, from the unattested Proto-Celtic word *brez (“hill”) (compare *brixs) + Old English dūn (“hill”).


Staincliffe

en-proper-noun

Staincliffe (countable and uncountable, plural Staincliffes)

From Old English stān (“stone”) + clif (“cliff”).


Mayers

* As an English, German and Dutch surname, variant/patronymic from Mayer.
* As an English and Irish surname, variant of Myers.


Ballestero

Borrowed from Spanish Ballestero. This surname is mostly found in Colombia.


Fawthrop

Habitational surname from the village of Farlesthorpe, in Lincolnshire, which is named with the Old Norse personal name Faraldr + þorp (“hamlet, village”).


Maton

From a pet form of the personal name Matthew, or directly borrowed from French Maton.


Fischler

Borrowed from German Fischler, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Seatter

Orcadian habitational surname from a minor place near Stromness, from Old Norse sætr (“mountain pasture”).


Filan

Two main origins:
* Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fialáin (“descendant of Fialán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of fial (“generous”).
* Borrowed from Polish Filan, a derivative of Fila.


Boddicker

Americanized form of North German Bödeker.


Sidener

Americanized spelling of German Seidner.


Toruno

Borrowed from Spanish Toruño. This surname is mostly found in Nicaragua.


Reffett

Americanized spelling of various German surnames, such as Reffert, Refardt, Reifert or Riffert.


Conacher

"I am glad to know you preserve that old signal box at the top of the incline. Is it not the oldest in Scotland?" an interviewer asks John Conacher, General Manager of the North British Railway, in 1898.

2021 November 3, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Boxes with functions across the centuries”, in RAIL, number 943, page 54:


Frahill

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Freathail, metathesized form of Ó Fearghail, from which Farrell.


Proudlock

Probably a dialectal variant of Proudlove.


Tenniswood

Habitational surname from a lost place in Yorkshire, from the Old English personal name Tynne or Tunne + -s- + wudu (“wood”).


Acland

en-proper-noun

Acland (countable and uncountable, plural Aclands)

Habitational surname from a minor place in Devon, from the Old English personal name Acca + lanu (“lane, street”).


Acklam

Acklam (countable and uncountable, plural Acklams)

From Old English āc (“oak”) + leum (“clearing”).


Mulato

Borrowed from Spanish Mulato. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.


McCubbin

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Giobúin, a Gaelicized form of the personal name Gilbert.


Hardwicke

en-proper noun

Hardwicke (countable and uncountable, plural Hardwickes)

From Old English heord (“herd”) + wīc (“village”). Compare Hardwick, which shares the same etymology.


Falero

Borrowed from Spanish Falero. This surname is predominantly found in Uruguay.


Haltiwanger

Borrowed from Southern German Haltiwanger.


McAmis

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Sheumais (“son of Séamas”). Compare McCamish.


Gjerde

Borrowed from Norwegian Gjerde, from Old Norse gerði (“pasture, enclosed land”).


Burgh

A topographical surname from Anglo-Norman for someone who lived in a fortified place.


DeMunck

Borrowed from Dutch de Munck. This surname is mostly found in Belgium.


Carattini

Borrowed from Italian Carattini. This surname is well-attested in Puerto Rico.


Delosh

Probably an Americanized spelling of French Deloche.


Wrigglesworth

Habitational surname from a place in Yorkshire now called Woodlesford, from Old English wrīdels (a derivative of wrīd (“plant, bush, thicket”)) + ford (“ford”).


Wiffen

From Old English wīf (“woman; wife”) + -en (“diminutive suffix”).


Dobell

→ Translingual: Dobellia


Ramsburg

Possibly a habitational surname from German Ramsburg, in Franconia, even though this surname is not found in Germany. Alternatively, it could be a variant of Ramsberg or Ramsberger.


Kloss

Multiple etymologies, including:
* Borrowed from German Kloss.
* Germanized form of Slavic surnames, from Upper Sorbian kłós, Lower Sorbian kłos, and Polish kłos.


Narramore

Habitational surname from a minor place in Devon, from Old English norþ (“north”) + mōr (“moor”).


Markwood

en-proper noun

Markwood (countable and uncountable, plural Markwoods)


Suma

A surname.
A surname from the Gbaya languages.


Klahr

Klahr (countable and uncountable, plural Klahrs)


Greenham

From Old English grēne (“green”) + hamm (“river meadow”).


Kotik

Borrowed from Czech Kotík or Russian котик (kotik).


Downley

Downley (countable and uncountable, plural Downleys)

From Old English dūn (“hill, mountain”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to dune or down + -ley (“lea”).


Govier

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Unexplained


Birnbach

Borrowed from German Birnbach, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Buckby

Habitational surname from the village of Long Buckby, in Northamptonshire, from the Old Norse personal name Bucca + býr (“settlement”).


Palomeque

Borrowed from Spanish Palomeque. This surname is predominantly found in Mexico.


Slife

Americanized spelling of German Schleif.


Steenson

Two main origins:
* Patronymic surname, from Steen + -son; Steen is a reduced form of the personal name Steven.
* Variant of Steensen.


Ottaway

From either of two Norman personal names: Otoïs or Otewi.


Altschul

Borrowed from German Altschul, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Bulkeley

en-proper noun

Bulkeley (countable and uncountable, plural Bulkeleys)

From Old English bulluc (“bullock”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to bullock + -ley (“lea”).


Wimple

From wimple, a metonymic occupational surname for a maker of wimples.


Bousfield

Habitational surname from a minor place in Westmorland, from Old Norse buske (“bush”) + Old English feld (“field”).


Measham

Measham (countable and uncountable, plural Meashams)

From the name of the River Mease + Old English hām (“homestead”).


Christodoulou

Borrowed from Greek Χριστοδούλου (Christodoúlou).

bor

Χριστοδούλου


Loseby

Habitational surname from the village of Lowesby, in Leicestershire, from Old English hlōse (“pigsty”) + Old Norse býr (“settlement, village”).


Northall

From Old English norþ (“north”) + heall (“hall, dwelling”).


Railton

en-proper noun

Railton (countable and uncountable, plural Railtons)

Habitational surname from a lost place in England, from Old English roege (“female roe deer”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Shteyngart

Transliteration of Russian Штейнгарт (Štejngart)


Mackillop

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic MacFhilib.


Breau

Borrowed from French Bréau, a variant of Breaux.


Wertzberger

Borrowed from German Wertzberger, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Abdurrahman

Variant of Abdelrahman. This variant is predominantly found in Nigeria and Turkey.


Vanoss

en-proper noun

Vanoss (countable and uncountable, plural Vanosses)


Brookland

en-proper-noun

Brookland (countable and uncountable, plural Brooklands)

From Old English brōc (“brook, stream”) + land (“land”).


Crathorne

Crathorne (countable and uncountable, plural Crathornes)

From Middle English crak (“crake”) + thorne (“thorn”).

A habitational surname from Middle English.


Pernsteiner

Borrowed from Austrian German Pernsteiner.


Yarlagadda

Borrowed from Telugu యార్లగడ్డ (yārlagaḍḍa).


Abbs

Patronymic from a shortened form of the personal name Abel.


Booty

unk

Unexplained


Bahner

en-proper noun

Bahner (countable and uncountable, plural Bahners)


Vilar

Borrowed from Catalan, Galician and Portuguese Vilar.


Chalkley

Habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in southern England, from Old English ċealc (“chalk”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to chalk + -ley (“lea”).


Bodio

en-prop

Bodio (countable and uncountable, plural Bodios)

* The place in Switzerland is first mentioned in 1227 as Boidi.
* The place in Varese (Bodio Lomnago) is from Piedmontese and Lombard Bœucc, Boog, from Latin vacuus.


Tatlow

en-proper-noun

Tatlow (countable and uncountable, plural Tatlows)


Littledale

en-proper noun

Littledale (countable and uncountable, plural Littledales)

From Old English lȳtel (“small, little”) + dæl (“dale, valley”).


Weobley

en-proper-noun

Weobley (countable and uncountable, plural Weobleys)

From the Old English personal name Weobba + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).


Ghosal

Alternative spelling of Ghoshal: a surname from Bengali.


Ghoshal

Transliteration of Bengali ঘোষাল (ghōśal).


Kahana

Borrowed from Aramaic כַּהֲנָא (kahǎnā, “cohen; priest”).


Shenstone

en-prop

Shenstone (countable and uncountable, plural Shenstones)


Neeld

A variant of Neill, with an excrescent -d.


Lakomy

From Czech Lakomý or Polish Łakomy, from Proto-Slavic *olkomъ.


Panagopoulos

Borrowed from Greek Παναγόπουλος (Panagópoulos).

bor

Παναγόπουλος


Orellano

Borrowed from Spanish Orellano. This surname is predominantly found in Argentina.


McConville

Anglicized form of Northern Irish Mac Conmhaoil (“son of Conmhaol”), a personal name composed of the elements cú (“hound”) and maol (“bald”).


Guralnick

From Ukrainian Ґуральник (Guralʹnyk), from ґуральник (guralʹnyk, “distiller”).


Mumin

Borrowed from Arabic مُؤْمِن (muʔmin, “believer”). This surname is predominantly found in Somalia.


Folker

Variant of Fulcher or an Americanized spelling of German Volker.


Gaydos

Americanized spelling of Hungarian Gajdos.


Lescano

Probably a variant of Lazcano. This variant is predominantly found in Argentina.


Kelby

en-proper noun

Kelby (countable and uncountable, plural Kelbys)

From Old English ċild (“child”) + Old Norse býr (“settlement”). Compare Kilby, which shares the same etymology.


Brickhill

en-proper-noun

Brickhill (countable and uncountable, plural Brickhills)

From Breton breg (“hill”) + Old English hyll (“hill”).


Grimoldby

en-proper noun

Grimoldby (countable and uncountable, plural Grimoldbys)

From the Old Norse personal name Grimaldi + býr (“farmstead”).


Manby

Manby (countable and uncountable, plural Manbys)

From the Old Norse personal name Manni + býr (“farmstead; town”).


Gooley

Two main origins:
* An Americanized spelling of French Goulet.
* A reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gabhlaigh (“descendant of Gabhlach”), a byname from gabhlach (“forked; branching”).


Hoffenberg

Borrowed from German Hoffenberg, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Fana

en-proper noun

Fana (countable and uncountable, plural Fanas)


Cada

Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Czech Čada.
* Borrowed from Tagalog Cada.


Thirlby

en-proper-noun

Thirlby (countable and uncountable, plural Thirlbys)

From the Old Norse personal name Þrilli or Þrylli + býr (“village, settlement”).


Kindon

en-proper noun

Kindon (countable and uncountable, plural Kindons)


Roughan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ruadhacháin (“descendant of Ruadhachán”), a double diminutive of ruadh (“red”).


Pittuck

Driver S. Pittuck of Clacton was at the regulator, ably assisted by Fireman De'Ath.

1960 September, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Ilustrated, page 529:


Yeast

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Unexplained


Tudge

Unexplained, but possibly from Old French toche, tosche (“small wood surrounded by cleared groves”).


Whittock

From a diminutive form of Old English hwīt (“white”).


Sparham

en-proper noun

Sparham (countable and uncountable, plural Sparhams)

From either the Old English personal name Spearr or Old Norse sparri (“wooden beam, rafter”) + Old English hām (“homestead”).


Dannemiller

Partial translation of German Dannenmüller.


Fagerstrom

Borrowed from Swedish Fagerström, a compound of fager (“pretty”) + ström (“stream, river”).


Jines

* As a rare English surname, variant of Joines, itself a midlands variant of Jones.
* As a southern Spanish surname Jinés, probably a variant of the Catalan surname Ginés, see Gines.


Forgy

en-proper noun

Forgy (countable and uncountable, plural Forgys)


Hariharan

Borrowed from Tamil அரிஅரன் (ari’araṉ), from Sanskrit हरिहर (harihara). This surname is predominantly found in Tamil Nadu.


Baxenden

en-proper-noun

Baxenden (countable and uncountable, plural Baxendens)

From Old English bæcstan (“baking stone”) + denu (“valley”).


Fishlock

Habitational surname from the village of Fishlake, in South Yorkshire, from Old English fisċ (“fish”) + lacu (“pool, pond”).


McEnaney

Anglicized form of Irish Mac an Deaghánaigh (“son of the deacon”), from deagánach (“deacon”).


Missildine

Probably a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in England.


Karaffa

From a Germanized spelling of Italian Caraffa.


Quince

Probably a topographic surname for someone who lived by a quince tree or a metonymic occupational surname for a grower or seller of quinces.


Spowage

Topographic surname for someone who lived by a place where spurges grew in abundance.


Porteous

Two possible origins:
* A topographic surname for someone who lived in the lodge at the entrance to a manor house, from Middle English port (“gateway, entrance”) + hous (“house”).
* From Anglo-Norman porteose (“porteous”), a metonymic occupational surname for a scribe employed in writing portable prayerbooks.


Farraway

Habitational surname from the village of Farway, in Devon, from Old English fær (“journey; passage”) + weġ (“way, path”).


Beardwood

en-proper-noun

Beardwood (countable and uncountable, plural Beardwoods)

From the Old English personal name Bearda + worþ (“enclosure”). The second element later developed into wood.


Bowdry

Americanized spelling of French Beaudry.


Semmes

en-proper noun

Semmes (countable and uncountable, plural Semmeses)


Blurton

Blurton (countable and uncountable, plural Blurtons)

Perhaps from Old English blor (“hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Pixton

Perhaps from an unattested Old English personal name composed of the elements pīc (“pointed object”) + stān (“stone”).


Bramham

Bramham (countable and uncountable, plural Bramhams)

Perhaps from Old English brōm (“brushwood”) + hām (“homestead”).


Alderwick

Seemingly from Old English alor (“alder”) + wīċ (“hamlet, farm”). However, probably actually a misconstrued version of Aldrick, itself a variant of Aldridge.


Efron

Borrowed from Hebrew עפרון, a Biblical placename.


Goulburn

en-proper-noun

Goulburn (countable and uncountable, plural Goulburns)


Yurchak

Borrowed from Ukrainian Юрчак (Jurčak) or an Americanized spelling of Polish Jurczak.


Urista

Borrowed from Spanish Urista, probably a surname of Basque origin.


Drinnan

en-proper noun

Drinnan (countable and uncountable, plural Drinnans)


Albala

Borrowed from Spanish Albalá, a habitational surname.


Crask

From Middle English craske (“fat, lusty”), a nickname for a lusty man.


Steakley

Perhaps an Americanized form of Swiss German Steckli.


Weers

Borrowed from Dutch and North German Weers.


Sandall

Habitational surname from either of two places in South Yorkshire, from Old English sand (“sand”) + healh (“corner, angle, nook”).


Bullingham

Habitational surname from a minor place in Herefordshire, from the Old English personal name Bulla + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”).


Churcher

Probably an occupational surname for a church warden or one who kept the parish room, church + -er.


Mulla

Borrowed from Arabic ملا (mullā, “mullah”). This surname is predominantly found in India.


Luckenbaugh

Americanized spelling of German Luckenbach.


Neumiller

Partial translation of German Neumüller, from neu (“new”) + Müller (“miller”).


Binnington

en-proper-noun

Binnington (countable and uncountable, plural Binningtons)

From the Old English personal name Benna + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Loomer

Unexplained. The verb sense is named after conservative activist Laura Loomer.

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Unexplained

Even in MAGA circles, Loomer is regarded as a loose cannon who loves to get attention from inflammatory comments that undermine the Republican Party.

2024 September 13, Jeet Heer, “How Donald Trump Got Loomered”, in The Nation:


Chetwode

en-proper-noun

Chetwode (countable and uncountable, plural Chetwodes)

From an unclear first element + Old English wudu (“wood”).


Cogger

From cog (“ship of burden”) + -er, hence an occupational surname for a boat or cog builder or, more likely, for a sailor or master of a cog.


Boffey

Habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Beaufour-Druval, in Normandy.


Gillow

en-proper noun

Gillow (countable and uncountable, plural Gillows)

From Welsh cil (“retreat”) + llwch (“loch, lough”).


Kinnan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Fhionnáin (“son of Fionnán”), a diminutive of fionn (“fair, blond”) or of Ó Cianáin (“descendant of Cianán”), from which Keenan, or of Ó Cuinneáin (“descendant of Cuinneán”), from which Cunneen.


McPheeters

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Pheadair (“son of the servant of (Saint) Peter”).


Krog

* As a Danish and Norwegian surname, from krog (“corner, nook”).
* As a Danish, north German and Norwegian surname, from German Krug (“pub, inn”), which is also found in Swedish krog.
* Also as a north German surname, from Middle Low German kroch (“enclosed piece of pasture”), from Proto-Germanic *kruftaz (“a hill; a curve”), from Proto-Indo-European *grewb- (“to bend; arch, crook, curve”). Likely related to crop.
* As a Serbo-Croatian surname, from krug (“ring, circle”, also "wooded area, forest").


Thottam

Borrowed from Malayalam തോറ്റം (tōṟṟaṁ).


Beeby

en-proper noun

Beeby (countable and uncountable, plural Beebys)

From Old English bēo (“bee”) + Old Norse býr (“farmstead”).


Basset

Borrowed from French Basset or a variant of Bassett.


Zweifach

Borrowed from German Zweifach, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Detheridge

Habitational surname from the village of Ditteridge, in Wiltshire, from Old English dīċ (“ditch; dike”) + hryċġ (“ridge”).


Gwertzman

Ultimately a Jewish Ashkenazi surname of German origin.


Rosensaft

Borrowed from German Rosensaft, a Jewish Ashkenazi ornamental surname, from Rosen (“rose”) + Saft (“juice, sap”).


Goodlad

From good + lad, a nickname for a trusted servant.


Nabhan

Borrowed from Arabic نبهان. This surname is predominantly found in Egypt.


Mencke

Borrowed from Dutch and North German Mencke.


Paretsky

Borrowed from Russian Парецкй (Pareckj).


Pentland

Pentland (countable and uncountable, plural Pentlands)

Scottish habitational surname from a minor place near Edinburgh, perhaps from Middle English pent (“confined, enclosed”) + land (“land”). Another possibility is Cumbric pant (“hollow”) or Cumbric pen (“head, summit, top”) + Cumbric lann (“enclosure”).


Dury

en-proper noun

Dury (countable and uncountable, plural Durys)


Ernster

Borrowed from German Ernster, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Corkum

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Unexplained


Calvey

en-proper noun

Calvey (countable and uncountable, plural Calveys)


Dorcely

Borrowed from French Dorcély. This surname is predominantly found in Haiti.


Oster

Oster (countable and uncountable, plural Osters)

Borrowed from German Oster or Swedish Öster.


Simpkins

Simpkins (countable and uncountable, plural Simpkinses)


Nazarko

Borrowed from Ukrainian Назарко (Nazarko).


Brundish

en-proper-noun

Brundish (countable and uncountable, plural Brundishes)

From Old English burna (“stream”) + edisċ (“eddish; pasture”).


Dilloughery

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dubhluachra (“descendant of Dubhluachra”), a personal name composed of the elements dubh (“black”) + luachair (“rushes; rushland”).


Ventress

en-proper noun

Ventress (countable and uncountable, plural Ventresses)

Ex-BR employee Dave Ventress has played the Last Post at the last 56 services at York.

2021 December 1, “Network News: Association holds its final service at York”, in RAIL, number 945, page 10, photo caption:


Bramhill

Variant of Bramhall, itself Old English brōm (“broom”) + healh (“corner, angle, nook”).


Dungate

en-prop

Dungate (countable and uncountable, plural Dungates)

From Old English dūn (“hill”) + ġeat (“gate”).


Gallaga

Borrowed from Spanish Gallaga, a surname of Basque origin. This surname is predominantly found in Mexico.


Harbold

From a Norman personal name composed of the Proto-Germanic elements *harjaz (“army”) + *balþaz (“strong, bold”).


Lisby

Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Danish Lisby, a habitational surname.
* An English habitational surname, perhaps a variant of Lusby or from a lost place in England.


Lewman

Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Lühmann.


Cubbison

Probably a reduced form of McCubbin + -son.


Roddenberry

Americanized spelling of Dutch and German Rodenberg.


Fallows

Topographic surname for someone who lived by a patch of fallow land.


Wetton

en-proper noun

Wetton (countable and uncountable, plural Wettons)

Recorded as Wetindona in a 13ᵗʰ century Charter, from Old English wǣt (“wet”) + dūn (“hill”).


Horseman

Horseman (countable and uncountable, plural Horsemans)


Ecton

Ecton (countable and uncountable, plural Ectons)

From the Old English personal name Ecca + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Borysenko

Borrowed from Ukrainian Борисенко (Borysenko).


Tonsky

Borrowed from Russian Тонский (Tonskij).


Sahakyan

Borrowed from Armenian Սահակյան (Sahakyan).

A surname from Armenian, equivalent to English Isaacson.


Rabanal

Borrowed from Spanish Rabanal. This surname is predominantly found in Peru and in the Philippines.


Suplee

Suplee (countable and uncountable, plural Suplees)

Perhaps an altered spelling of French Suply. Compare Supplee.


Reveron

Borrowed from Spanish Reverón. This surname is predominantly found in Venezuela.


Rockmore

unk

Unidentified origin


Reames

Habitational surname of Norman origin, from a small village in Normandy.


Tress

Two main origins:
* An English surname of unexplained origin.
* A surname borrowed from German Tress.

unexplained


Piltz

Borrowed from German, a variant of Pilz.


Vipond

Habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Vieux-Pont, in Normandy.


Wilhelmsen

Borrowed from Danish and Norwegian Wilhelmsen.


Farebrother

From Old English fæġer (“fair, beautiful”) + brōþor (“brother”), a nickname given to the brother of a fair person, or else to the better-looking of a pair of brothers. Alternatively, the surname may have been a nickname for a brother-in-law; compare French beau-frère (“brother-in-law”).


Okoye

Borrowed from Igbo Okoye, a variant of Okorie.


Butterwick

en-proper noun

Butterwick (countable and uncountable, plural Butterwicks)

From Old English butere (“butter”) + wīċ (“village”).


Pottebaum

Americanized spelling of German Pottböhm.


Beanland

From Old English bēan (“bean”) + land (“land”), a topographic surname for someone who lived by a land on which beans were grown.


Cryder

Americanized spelling of German Kreider.


Budlong

Of uncertain origin. It may be a variant of Beadling.


McCalvey

Anglicized form of Irish Mac an Chalbhaigh (“son of the bald (man)”), from calbhach (“bald”).


Hackleman

en-proper noun

Hackleman (countable and uncountable, plural Hacklemans)

Americanized spelling of German Häckelmann.


McNevin

Two main origins:
* Anglicized form of Irish Mac Naoimhín (“son of Naoimhín”), a diminutive of naomh (“saint”).
* Anglicized form of Irish Mac Cnáimhín (“son of Cnáimhín”), a diminutive of cnámh (“bone”)


Westrup

Two main origins:
* Borrowed from German Westrup, a habitational surname.
* English surname, a variant of Westrop.


Westrop

Habitational surname from a minor place in Wiltshire, from Old English west (“west”) + þrop (“village”).


Leworthy

Habitational surname from two minor places in Devon, from either the Old English personal name Leofa or hlēo (“shelter”) + worþig (“piece of land, estate”).


Threapland

en-proper-noun

Threapland (countable and uncountable, plural Threaplands)

From Old English þrēap (“contention, strife, dispute”) + land (“land”).


Clatworthy

en-proper noun

Clatworthy (countable and uncountable, plural Clatworthys)

From Old English clāte (“burdock, clotbur”) + worþig (“piece of land, estate”).


Tsitouris

Borrowed from Greek Τσιτούρης (Tsitoúris).


Sudell

Topographic surname from Old English sūþ (“south”) + dæl (“dale”).


Weidenfeld

Borrowed from German Weidenfeld, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


CdeBaca

Much reduced form of Spanish Cabeza de Vaca.


Hanania

From Hebrew חֲנַנְיָה (khananyá). Compare Ananias.


Corrin

Two main origins:
* Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Odhráin (“son of Odhrán”), a byname from a diminutive of odhar (“dun”).
* A variant of Curran.


Hogben

From Middle English huckbone (“hip bone”), a nickname for someone with a deformed hip who probably walked crookedly.


Cobbold

From the Old English personal name Cūþbeald, which is composed of the elements cūþ (“famous, renowned”) and beald (“bold, brave”). Probably a doublet of Keble and its variants.


Bischofberger

Borrowed from Swiss German Bischofberger.


Stukeley

en-proper-noun

Stukeley (countable and uncountable, plural Stukeleys)

Habitational surname from the villages of Great and Little Stukeley, in Cambridgeshire, from Old English styfic (“clearing in a wood”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).


Gethers

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Unidentified


Naiman

From the Yiddish equivalent of German Neumann.


Oldknow

Habitational surname from a now lost village, from Old English eald (“old”) + cnoll (“summit, knoll”).


Hawkyard

Next evidence is a map dated 1815 of "Proposed Railway, by Joel Hawkyard, Surveyor, Ashton Underderline" (Hawkyard's spelling).

1941 August, D. L. Frank, “The Peak Forest Tramroad”, in Railway Magazine, page 338:


Seidenberg

Borrowed from German Seidenberg, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Fanshawe

en-proper-noun

Fanshawe (countable and uncountable, plural Fanshawes)

From an unknown element, possibly multiple distinct words originally, compounded with shaw (“forest, woods”).


Threadgold

From thread + gold, an occupational surname for an embroiderer.


Mountfort

Habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Montfort-sur-Risle, in Normandy. See French mont (“mountain, hill”), fort (“strong”). Compare Mountford.


Faler

Americanized spelling of German Pfahler or Fehler.


Garnsey

* English surname of Norman origin, from Great Gornhay in Tiverton, Devon, from the Old English personal name Gārmund, see Garman.
* Also as a habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Germisay, in Lorraine. It could also be a habitational surname from Guernsey in the Channel Islands. The second element of both of these is probably Old Norse ey (“island”).


Greaser

Americanized spelling of German Griesser.


Lanyon

en-proper noun

Lanyon (countable and uncountable, plural Lanyons)

From Cornish lyn (“pool”) + yeyn (“cold”).


Labrado

Borrowed from Spanish Labrado. This surname is predominantly found in the Philippines.


Harrier

From harrier, an occupational surname for a hunter of hares or a nickname for someone who resembled a harrier, a kind of hawk.


Kotulich

Americanized spelling of Slovak Kotulič.


O'Gorman

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gormáin (“descendant of Gormán”), a diminutive form of gorm (“dark blue; noble”). Compare Gorman.


Stanworth

Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from Old English stān (“stone”) + worþ (“enclosure”).


Bainton

en-proper noun

Bainton (countable and uncountable, plural Baintons)

Various origins:
* The village in the East Riding of Yorkshire was recorded as Bagentone in the Domesday Book, suggesting a derivation from the Old English personal name Bǣga + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
* The hamlet in Oxfordshire was recorded as Baditone in the Domesday Book, suggesting a derivation from the Old English personal name Bada + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Dorricott

Topographic surname for someone who lived near an enclosure for wild animals, from Old English dēor (“wild animal, beast”) + cot (“cottage, shelter”).


Biddlecombe

Habitational surname from a minor place in Somerset, from the Old English personal name Bitel + cumb (“short, straight valley, combe”).


Loughmiller

Americanized spelling of German Lachmüller.


Kagel

Kagel (countable and uncountable, plural Kagels)


Moncure

Moncure (countable and uncountable, plural Moncures)


Cevallos

Borrowed from Spanish Cevallos, a variant of Ceballos. This variant is predominantly found in Ecuador.


Tomb

Perhaps a variant spelling of Tom, with excrescent -b.


Prinkey

Americanized spelling of Dutch and German Prinke, a variant of Brinke.


Wolfenden

Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from the Old English personal name Wulfhelm, which is composed of the elements wulf (“wolf”) and helm (“helmet; protection”), + denu (“den, valley”).


Bohlin

Borrowed from Swedish Bohlin, a variant of Bolin.


Utrera

Borrowed from Spanish Utrera, a habitational surname. This surname is predominantly found in Mexico and Venezuela.


Dowthwaite

Habitational surname from a lost place in Yorkshire, from the Old Norse personal name Ufi + þveit (“clearing, glade”); the initial d- may come from Old French de (“of”), an element which later became fused into the surname. Compare Outhwaite.


Stebbing

Stebbing (countable and uncountable, plural Stebbings)

From the Old English personal name *Stybba + -ing (“belonging to”).


Mieses

Borrowed from Spanish Mieses. This surname is predominantly found in the Dominican Republic.


Nethercote

en-proper-noun

Nethercote (countable and uncountable, plural Nethercotes)

From Old English niþera (“lower”) + cot (“cottage”).


Berenbaum

Variant of Birnbaum, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Croall

Scottish surname, perhaps of Norman origin from the village of Crieul, near Vienne. See also Croll.


Agreda

Borrowed from Spanish Ágreda, a habitational surname. This surname is predominantly found in Peru.


Blann

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Unexplained


Borroto

Borrowed from Spanish Borroto. This surname is predominantly found in Cuba.


Aspden

Habitational surname from a place in Lancashire, from Old English æspe (“aspen”) + denu (“den, valley”).


Bartnick

Borrowed from Eastern German Bartnick, from Polish Bartnik, from Polish bartnik.


Jabara

Borrowed from Arabic جبارة (jabbāra). This surname is predominantly found in Iraq.


Aguiluz

Borrowed from Spanish Aguiluz. This surname is predominantly found in Honduras and El Salvador.


Baiz

Borrowed from Spanish Baiz, a variant of Báez.


Smallbone

From small + bone, a nickname for a small person.


Varellas

Borrowed from Greek Βαρελλας (Varellas).


Tregelles

From the Cornish habitational surname from tre (“homestead; settlement”) + kelli (“grove, copse; hazel grove”).


Scowen

Topographic surname for someone who lived by a plantation of elderberry trees, from Cornish skawen (“elderberry tree”). Compare Boscawen.


Dennehy

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Duineachdha (“descendant of Duineachaidh”), a personal name whose first element is duine (“human being”).


Birley

en-proper noun

Birley (countable and uncountable, plural Birleys)

From Old English būr (“chamber, room”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to bower + -ley (“lea”).


Lewandowsky

Lewandowsky (plural Lewandowskys or Lewandowskies)

Lewandowskys (plural)
Lewandowskies (plural)


Recinos

Borrowed from Spanish Recinos. This surname is predominantly found in Guatemala.


McCleary

McCleary (countable and uncountable, plural McClearys)

Anglicized form of Irish Mac an Chléirigh (“son of the cleric”), from cléireach (“clerk, cleric”).


Winterstein

Borrowed from German Winterstein, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Seligson

From Selig + -son, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Litaker

Americanized spelling of German Leideker.


Parsa

Borrowed from Persian پارسا (pârsâ, “pious, devout”).


Kaplowitz

Germanized form of Polish Kaplowicz, a Jewish surname.


Mandala

Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Italian Mandalà, a surname predominantly found in Sicily.
* Borrowed from Telugu మండల (maṇḍala), a surname predominantly found in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.


Redlich

Borrowed from German Redlich, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Lewthwaite

The second element is Old Norse þveit (“enclosure”).


Marwood

en-proper-noun

Marwood (countable and uncountable, plural Marwoods)

From Old English ġemære (“border, limit”) + wudu (“wood”).


Staite

From Old English stæþ (“riverbank”), a topographic surname for someone who lived near a landing place, on the banks of a river or estuary.


Dewell

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Unexplained


McKey

en-proper noun

McKey (countable and uncountable, plural McKeys)


Farson

Farson (countable and uncountable, plural Farsons)

A nickname from Middle English fayr (“fair”) + sone (“son”).


Selley

Variant spelling of Sealey or a habitational surname from Selly Oak, which is from Old English sċylfe (“deck of a ship”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to shelf + -ley (“lea”).


Addicott

Probably a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place, possibly in Somerset or Devon.


Sellwood

Sellwood (countable and uncountable, plural Sellwoods)


Cajina

Borrowed from Spanish Cajina. This surname is predominantly found in Nicaragua.


Ditta

Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Italian Ditta, a short form of the personal name Benedetta.
* Borrowed from Urdu دتہ. This surname is predominantly found in Pakistan.


Selwood

Selwood (countable and uncountable, plural Selwoods)

From Old English sealh (“willow”) + wudu (“wood”).


Vallée

Alternative form of Vallee; A surname from French.


Theakston

Theakston (countable and uncountable, plural Theakstons)

From the Old English personal name Þeodes + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Thirkettle

From the Old Norse personal name Þorketill, which is composed by the elements Þórr (“Thor”) + ketill (“sacrificial cauldron”). Compare Torquil.


Iams

Uncertain. Perhaps an altered spelling of Eames.


Puglisevich

From Maltese Puglisevich, from Serbo-Croatian Puljizević.
Anglicised spelling of Puljizević. The earliest reference to this surname in Malta is in a notarised document from 1814 testified by Andrea Puglisevich, then a resident of Valletta but originating from the Dubrovnik region. The coat of arms shows two roosters, a sun, and a Cyrillic acronym, possibly relating to IHS.

A surname from Maltese [in turn from Serbo-Croatian].


Fishkin

Borrowed from Belarusian Фишкин (Fiškin), a Jewish surname.


Stavridis

Borrowed from Greek Σταυρίδης (Stavrídis).


Raeder

Borrowed from Norwegian Ræder or German Räder.


Odisho

From Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܥܲܒ݂ܕܝܼܫܘܿܥ (ˁaḇdīšōˁ, “Servant of Jesus”). Name is bore by Assyrians.


Smithhart

unk

Unidentified origin


Pande

Borrowed from Hindi and Nepali पाण्डे (pāṇḍe).


Pincus

Borrowed from Hebrew פִּינְחָס (Pīn'ḥās). Compare the personal name Phinehas.

bor

Hebrew פִּינְחָס (Pīn'ḥās)


Melhuish

Habitational surname from a minor place in Devon, from Old English mǣle (“variegated, brightly coloured”) + hīwisċ (“hide (of land)”).


Etton

en-proper noun

Etton (countable and uncountable, plural Ettons)

From the Old English personal name Ēata + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Repsher

Probably an altered spelling of South German Rebscher.


Bramel

Variant of Bramhall, itself Old English brōm (“broom”) + healh (“corner, angle, nook”).


McGroarty

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac Rabhartaigh (“son of Rabhartach”), a byname from rabhartach (“having high tides, surging, swelling; vehement, impetuous”).


Ailsworth

en-proper noun

Ailsworth (countable and uncountable, plural Ailsworths)

From the Old English personal name Ægel + -s- + worþ (“enclosure”).


Fitt

From Middle English fit (“proper, suited”), a nickname for a polite and amiable person.


Schachtman

Variant of German Schachtmann, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Bacilio

Borrowed from Spanish Bacilio. This surname is predominantly found in Mexico and Peru.


McPhilbin

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Philbín (“son of Philbín”) a diminutive of the personal name Pilib (“Philip”).


Sununu

Perhaps from Arabic سُنُونُو (sunūnū, “swallow”).


Treen

Treen (countable and uncountable, plural Treens)

Anglicized form of Cornish Tredhin, a placename composed of the elements tre (“settlement”) and dyn (“fort”).


Heptonstall

en-proper-noun

Heptonstall (countable and uncountable, plural Heptonstalls)

From Old English hēope (“rosehip”) or hēopa (“dog-rose, bramble”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”) + steall (“stable”).


Graveley

en-proper noun

Graveley (countable and uncountable, plural Graveleys)

From either Old English græf (“pit, trench”) or grāf (“grove, thicket”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).


Shoen

Americanized spelling of German Schön, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Rampley

Habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in England.


Pieratt

Possibly an altered form of French Piérat.


Stinebaugh

Americanized spelling of German Steinbach.


Theall

Theall (countable and uncountable, plural Thealls)

A topographic surname from Old English þel (“footbridge”), or a habitational surname from a place named with this word.


Rackham

Rackham (countable and uncountable, plural Rackhams)

From Old English hrēac (“stack, pile of stones”) + hām (“homestead”).


Kreps

Borrowed from Czech Kreps, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Poultney

en-proper noun

Poultney (countable and uncountable, plural Poultneys)

Variant of Pulteney. The town in Vermont is named after William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath.


Longbottom

Habitational surname from several minor places in England, from Old English lang (“long”) + botm (“bottom, ground”).


Racer

Probably an Americanized spelling of German Röser.


Nickey

Americanized spelling of German Nicke or Nickig.


Netterville

A surname of Anglo-Norman origin, from an unidentified place in France.


Kingsberry

Variant of Kingsbury. Doublet of Kingsburg, Kingsburgh, and Conisbrough.


Lapid

Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Kapampangan Lapid, a surname predominantly found in Central Luzon.
* Borrowed from Hebrew לַפִּיד (lapíd, “torch”).


Juzwiak

Borrowed from Polish Juźwiak, which is a non-standard spelling of Jóźwiak.


Grindley

Habitational surname from any of various minor places in England, from Old English grēne (“green”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to green + -ley (“lea”).


Akbarian

bor

Persian اکبریان


Hermoso

Borrowed from Spanish Hermoso. This surname is predominantly found in the Philippines.


Garron

Borrowed from French Garron, a variant of Garon.


Ekholm

Borrowed from Swedish Ekholm, from ek (“oak”) + holm (“island”).


Bro

* As a North Germanic/Scandinavian topographic surname from either Danish, Norwegian or Swedish bro (“bridge”).
* As a French surname, variant of Brault and Breaux.
* As an Irish surname, possibly a variant of Broe, Brew.


Astbury

en-proper noun

Astbury (countable and uncountable, plural Astburys)

Habitational surname from the village of Astbury in Cheshire, from Old English ēast (“east”) + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”).


Plumier

Unadapted borrowing from French Plumier.


Whall

From Old English hwæl (“whale”), a nickname for a corpulent person.


Cowans

Variant of Cowan, with redundant English patronymic -s.


O'Berry

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Béara (“descendant of Béara”), a personal name of unexplained origin.


Leichty

Americanized spelling of Swiss German Liechti.


Blore

Blore (countable and uncountable, plural Blores)


Likens

Borrowed from Dutch Likens, a patronymic surname from Liedekin.


O'Barr

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Bairr, a variant of Ó Báire, from which O'Barry.


Talukder

From Arabic تعلق (taʕalluq). Cognate with Bengali তালুকদার (talukodar), Hindi तालुक़दार (tāluqdār), Sylheti ꠔꠣꠟꠥꠇꠖꠣꠞ (talukodar).


Kinnersley

Kinnersley (countable and uncountable, plural Kinnersleys)

From the Old English personal name Cyneheard, which is composed by the suffix cyne- (“royal”) + heard (“hard, rigid, firm”), + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).


Alizadeh

Borrowed from Iranian Persian علیزاده ('alizâde), from Classical Persian علیزاده ('alīzāda).


Farnhill

en-proper-noun

Farnhill (countable and uncountable, plural Farnhills)

From Old English fearn (“fern”) + hyll (“hill”).


Battenfield

Americanized variant of German Battenfeld.


Basto

Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Basto. This surname is predominantly found in Colombia.


O'Hare

Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAichir (“descendant of Aichear”), a byname from aichear (“sharp, keen”).


Westrum

Borrowed from German and Norwegian Westrum.


Shimwell

→ Translingual: Shimwellia

Anglicized form of the Old Norse personal name Svanhildr, which is composed of the elements svan (“swan”) and hildr (“battle”).


Offley

en-proper noun

Offley (countable and uncountable, plural Offleys)

From the Old English personal name Offa + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).


Whitledge

Perhaps a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place, or an altered form of Whitley.


Bertelson

Americanized spelling of Danish and Norwegian Bertelsen or Swedish Bertelsson.


Santaella

Borrowed from Spanish Santaella. This surname is predominantly found in Venezuela.


Waterworth

Occupational surname for a water bailiff, from Middle English water (“water”) + ward (“guard”).


Funes

Borrowed from Spanish Funes, a habitational surname of Basque origin. This surname is predominantly found in Argentina.


Poitier

Borrowed from French Poitier. This surname is predominantly found in the Bahamas.


Copestake

Occupational surname for a woodcutter, from Old French coper (“to cut”) + Middle English stikke (“stick, rod, twig”).


Stigger

English surname, variant of Sticker with voicing of k to g, from the noun sticker, referring to several uses of "one who sticks."


Rotenberg

* As a German surname, borrowed from German Rotenberg, from several places in Germany such as Rotenberg in Rauenberg, second element from Berg (“mountain”) and first element possibly related to rotem (“red”) or roden (“to clear”).
* As a Jewish surname, variant of Rothenberg.


Supan

Various origins:
* Borrowed from Austrian German Supan, an occupational surname for an administrator in a Slavic-speaking region. Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *županъ, from *župa (“area, district”).
* Germanized form of Slovene Zupan, from Proto-Slavic *županъ, from *župa (“area, district”).
* Borrowed from Tagalog Supan, a surname predominantly found in Central Luzon region.


McLaurin

en-proper noun

McLaurin (countable and uncountable, plural McLaurins)


Kauzlarich

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Kauzlarić, probably a patronymic from an old borrowing of Austrian German keischler (“cottager”) (modern Keuschler).


Latty

Latty (countable and uncountable, plural Lattys)


Elbaum

A Jewish Ashkenazi ornamental surname from German Ölbaum (“olive tree”).


Duignan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Duibhgeannáin (“descendant of Duibhgeannán”), a personal name composed of the elements dubh (“black”) and a diminutive form of ceann (“head”).


Firpo

Borrowed from Italian Firpo. This surname is predominantly found in Argentina.


Closser

Americanized spelling of German Glaser or Klöser.


Burgeson

From Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian surname, Americanized from Bergeson, Borgeson, Bergesen or Byrgesen.


Siskind

Variant of Susskind, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Eisenbach

Borrowed from German Eisenbach, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Dorce

Borrowed from French Dorcé. This surname is predominantly found in Haiti.


Drier

Americanized spelling of German Dreier or Dreyer.


Susskind

Borrowed from German Süsskind, a Jewish Ashkenazi ornamental surname composed of the elements süß (“sweet”) and Kind (“child”).


Hagey

Americanized spelling of German Hage or Swiss German Hägi.


Clipper

en-proper noun

Clipper (countable and uncountable, plural Clippers)

Americanized spelling of German Klipper.


McCarley

McCarley (countable and uncountable, plural McCarleys)

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Fhearghaile (“son of Fhearghal”), a personal name composed of the elements fear (“man”) and gal (“ardour, valour”).


Aamoth

Borrowed from Norwegian Aamoth, a variant of Aamodt.


Heeg

Borrowed from Dutch and North German Heeg.


Ludewig

Borrowed from German Ludewig, a variant of Ludwig.


McBrayer

en-proper noun

McBrayer (countable and uncountable, plural McBrayers)

Anglicized form of Northern Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Bràthar (“son of the brother”), from bràthair (“brother”).


Malham

en-proper-noun

Malham (countable and uncountable, plural Malhams)

Recorded as Malgun in the Domesday Book, the placename probably derives from Old Norse malg or maligr (“gravelly soil, sandbank”).


Sjoblom

Borrowed from Swedish Sjöblom, an ornamental surname composed of the elements sjö (“sea”) + an archaic form of blomma (“flower”).


Sholly

Americanized spelling of German Scholle.


McAnespie

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac an Easpaig (“son of the bishop”), from easpag (“bishop”).


Walrod

Americanized spelling of German Wallroth.


Cerf

From the French surname, from the noun cerf (“deer”).


Berkovich

A variant of Berkowitz or borrowed from Slovene Berkovič.


Urbaez

Borrowed from Spanish Urbáez. This surname is predominantly found in the Dominican Republic.


Altemus

Americanized spelling of German Altemoos.


Turck

en-proper noun

Turck (countable and uncountable, plural Turcks)

Borrowed from German Turck or Türck, variant spelling of Türk, which see for more.


McKim

McKim (countable and uncountable, plural McKims)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Shim (“son of Sim”), a pet form of the personal name Simon.


Barnston

Barnston (countable and uncountable, plural Barnstons)

From the Old English personal name Beorna + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Blodwell

Apparently from Old English blōd (“blood”) + wielle (“well, source, spring”), first recorded as Blodwelle c.1200; also incorporated into Llanyblodwel.


Shawhan

Shawhan (countable and uncountable, plural Shawhans)


Pinkerman

Pinkerman (countable and uncountable, plural Pinkermans)

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Unexplained


Shillingford

en-proper noun

Shillingford (countable and uncountable, plural Shillingfords)

From the Old English personal name Sciella + -ing (“belonging to”) + ford (“ford”).


Venkataraman

Borrowed from Tamil வெங்கடராமன் (veṅkaṭarāmaṉ).

bor

Tamil வெங்கடராமன் (veṅkaṭarāmaṉ)


Tinsman

en-proper noun

Tinsman (countable and uncountable, plural Tinsmans)


Batres

Borrowed from Spanish Batres, a habitational surname. This surname is mostly found in Guatemala.


Schrimpf

Borrowed from German Schrimpf. Since this German word is ultimately cognate with English shrimp and scrimp, it could simply refer to the small stature of the person so named. But since Middle High German schrimpfen meant “to shrink, dry up”, and referred specifically to the healing of a gash or wound, Schrimpf could also denote a man with a noticeable scar, gash or bruise.


Garmendia

Borrowed from Spanish Garmendia, a surname of Basque origin composed of the elements gar (“blaze”) and mendi (“mountain”).


Grandon

Probably a variant of Crandon or borrowed from French Grandon.


Dering

A patronymic from Dear or borrowed from German Dering.


McEdward

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Éadbháird (“son of Éadbhard”) and Scottish Gaelic Mac Eideard (“son of Eideard”).


Sarasola

Borrowed from Spanish Sarasola, a Castilianized form of Basque Saratsola.


Tothill

en-proper noun

Tothill (countable and uncountable, plural Tothills)

From the unattested Old English word *tōt (“a look-out”) + hyll (“hill”).


Chamlee

A variant pronunciation spelling of Cholmondeley, now usually pronounced /t͡sʌmliː/. Cf. Chidley and Chulmleigh.


Boshears

Americanized variant of French Bouchard.


McKendree

McKendree (countable and uncountable, plural McKendrees)


Codrington

Codrington (countable and uncountable, plural Codringtons)

From the Old English personal name Cūþhere + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

(countable) A habitational surname from Old English.


Froberg

Borrowed from Swedish Fröberg, an ornamental surname composed of the elements frö (“seed, germ”) and berg (“mountain”).


Gradilla

Borrowed from Spanish Gradilla. This surname is predominantly found in Mexico.


Gladman

From glad + man, a nickname for a cheerful person or a surname for the servant of a man called Glad.


Qualls

Qualls (countable and uncountable, plural Quallses)


Kegg

Reduced form of McKegg, a variant of McCaig.


Peskin

Jewish Ashkenazi surname of Yiddish origin.


Stetzel

Americanized spelling of German Stötzel.


Demarest

Demarest (countable and uncountable, plural Demarests)


Holkham

en-proper-noun

Holkham (countable and uncountable, plural Holkhams)

Perhaps from Old English holh (“hollow”) + hām (“homestead”).


Lissington

Lissington (countable and uncountable, plural Lissingtons)

From the Old English personal name Lissa + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Stonehocker

Probably an Americanized spelling of German Steinhacker.


Wetz

Borrowed from German Wetz, itself Slavicized from the German name Werner.


Monkton

Monkton (countable and uncountable, plural Monktons)

From Old English munuc (“monk”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Hijiri

From Japanese Hijiri (Hijiri, “romanization”), from ヒジリ and ひじり (pronunciations), from 聖.


Bilbro

Probably an altered spelling of Bilbrough.


Alharbi

Borrowed from Arabic الحربي. This surname is predominantly found in Saudi Arabia.

Arabic الحربي


Brave

en-proper noun

Brave (countable and uncountable, plural Braves)


Bilbrough

Bilbrough (countable and uncountable, plural Bilbroughs)

From the Old English personal name Bila or Billa + burg (“stronghold, fortress”).


Sestak

Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Šesták or Serbo-Croatian Šestak.


Tanzer

Borrowed from German Tanzer or Tänzer, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Gosnold

Gosnold (countable and uncountable, plural Gosnolds)

Possibly from a locality called Gosenwold, from Old English gōs (“goose”) + Middle English wold (“plain”).


Burtis

unk

Unexplained


Olivan

Borrowed from Spanish Oliván, a habitational surname from a place in Aragon.


Renta

Borrowed from Spanish Renta. This surname is predominantly found in Puerto Rico.


Ijaz

Borrowed from Arabic اعجاز. This surname is predominantly found in Pakistan.


Lockeridge

en-proper-noun

Lockeridge (countable and uncountable, plural Lockeridges)

From Old English loc (“enclosure, fold”) + hryċġ (“ridge”).


Lochridge

en-proper noun

Lochridge (countable and uncountable, plural Lochridges)


Gebremariam

Borrowed from Amharic ገብረማሪያም (gäbrämariyam).


Cherukuri

Borrowed from Telugu చెరుకూరి (cerukūri).


Casselberry

Casselberry (countable and uncountable, plural Casselberrys)


Clos

Various origins:
* Borrowed from French Clos, a topographic surname for someone who lived by an enclosure.
* Respelling of either Dutch Claeys or German Kloss.
* Borrowed from Catalan Clos.


Boutros

Borrowed from Arabic بُطْرُس (buṭrus, “Peter”). Doublet of Peter. This surname is predominantly found in Iraq.


Carmenate

Borrowed from Spanish Carmenate. This surname is predominantly found in Cuba.


Cazeau

Borrowed from French Cazeau. This surname is predominantly found in Haiti.


Caris

Various origins:
* A variant spelling of Carras.
* Borrowed from Dutch Caris, a reduced form of the personal name Macarius.
* An Americanized spelling of German Karas, Gareis or Gehres.


Duguid

A Scottish surname from Middle English du (“to do”) + gud (“good”), a nickname for a well-intentioned person or a dogooder.


Wroughton

en-proper-noun

Wroughton (countable and uncountable, plural Wroughtons)

Perhaps from Old Norse hverfr (“shifty, changeable”), referring to a local river, + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Ellerby

en-proper noun

Ellerby (countable and uncountable, plural Ellerbys)

From the Old English personal name Ælfweard, which is composed of the elements ælf (“elf”) and weard (“guard”), + Old Norse býr (“farmstead; settlement”).


Nawrath

Borrowed from German Nawrath, Germanized form of Czech Návrat, from Czech návrat (“return”).


Schermer

Borrowed from Dutch and North German Schermer, from schermer (“fencer”).


Ferretiz

Borrowed from Spanish Ferretiz. This surname is predominantly found in Mexico.


Estrin

Metronymic surname from the Yiddish female given name אסתּר (ester, “Esther”)


Haugan

Haugan (countable and uncountable, plural Haugans)


McQueeney

McQueeney (countable and uncountable, plural McQueeneys)


Fairhall

A habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place, from Old English fæġer (“beautiful, pleasant”) + healh (“corner, nook”).


Poundstone

From pound + stone. Calque of German Pfundstein. From German Pfund (“pound”) + Stein (“stone”). Literally, “pound stone”.


Luikart

Perhaps an altered spelling of German Luckhardt.


Niblock

Unexplained; this surname is well-attested in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

unk

Unexplained


Kratky

Borrowed from Czech Krátký and Slovak Krátky, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kortъkъ.


McGrogan

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Grúgáin (“son of Grúgán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive form of grúg (“anger”) or an Anglicized form of Irish Mac Gruagáin (“son of Gruagán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive form of gruag (“hair”). Compare Grogan.


Syms

From a short form of the personal name Simon.


Paraiso

Borrowed from Spanish Paraíso. This surname is predominantly found in the Philippines.


Barnfield

en-proper noun

Barnfield (countable and uncountable, plural Barnfields)

From Old English bearn (“barn”) + feld (“field”).


Tollemache

Metonymic occupational surname for an itinerant merchant, from Old French talemasche (“knapsack”). Compare Talmadge.


Vargason

unk

Origin unidentified


Brash

Two main origins:
* Scottish surname; probably from brash, a nickname for an impetuous person.
* Americanized spelling of German Braasch.


Ascencion

Borrowed from Spanish Ascención. This surname is predominantly found in Mexico.


Badie

Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Arabic بديع (badīʕ, “marvelous, wonderful”), a surname predominantly found in Iran and Egypt.
* Borrowed from French Badié, an Occitan occupational surname for a janitor.


Deakin

en-proper noun

Deakin (countable and uncountable, plural Deakins)


Whitcombe

Whitcombe (countable and uncountable, plural Whitcombes)

From either Old English wīd (“wide”) or hwīt (“white”) + cumb (“combe, valley”).


Smigel

Variant of Smigiel, from Polish Śmigiel.


Bearfield

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Schmiegel

From a German respelling of Polish Śmigiel.


Shmigelsky

Respelling of Polish Śmigielski, often via Russian or Ukrainian.


Schmigelski

From a German respelling of Polish Śmigielski.


Smigelski

Variant of Smigielski, from Polish Śmigielski.


Shmigel

Respelling of Polish Śmigiel. Also, from East Slavic forms of the same surname, e.g. Russian Шмигель (Šmigelʹ).


Mazdra

From Czech mázdra or a related language.


Hessemann

Alternative form of Hesseman: A surname from German.


Hesseman

From German Hessemann, from Hesse+Mann. Literally, “Hesse man” (habitational surname). May be decomposed as Hesse + man.


Shetter

Americanized spelling of German Schetter.


McElfresh

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Bhris (“son of the servant of (Saint) Brice”).


Cranswick

en-proper noun

Cranswick (countable and uncountable, plural Cranswicks)

Perhaps from Old English cran (“crane”) + -s- + wīċ (“village”).


Schappell

Altered spelling of South German Schappel.


McCart

Anglicized form of Northern Irish Mac Airt (“son of Art”), a byname from art (“bear”).


Tigranyan

Borrowed from Armenian Տիգրանյան (Tigranyan).


Groby

Groby (countable and uncountable, plural Grobys)

Perhaps from Old Norse gróf (“pit, hollow, gully”) + býr (“farmstead”).


Warland

Perhaps a habitational surname from a lost village in England.


Lievanos

Borrowed from Spanish Liévanos. This surname is predominantly found in Mexico.


Montagne

Borrowed from French Montagne or Montagné.


McKell

Shortened Anglicized form of a Scottish Gaelic or Irish surname beginning with Mac Giolla (“son of the lad”), from giolla (“lad, boy”).


Kolek

Borrowed from Czech Kolek, Polish Kolek, or Polish Kołek, all pet forms of Mikołaj. The Polish surname is also derived from kołek (“peg”).


Longstaff

From long + staff, perhaps a metonymic occupational surname for a tipstaff or beadle or, alternatively, a nickname for a tall, thin man.


Fingerman

From Yiddish פֿינגער (finger, “finger, toe”) + מאַן (man, “man”).


Challoner

Occupational surname for a maker or seller of blankets, from Middle English chaloun (“blanket”) + -er.


Zuckermann

Alternative form of Zuckerman; A surname from German.


Jasek

Borrowed from either Czech Jašek or Polish Jasek.


Hemmingsen

Borrowed from Danish and Norwegian Hemmingsen, patronymic from Hemming.


Cukierman

From Polish Cukierman, from German Zuckermann.


Crispell

A variant spelling of German Krispel or French Crespel.


Orford

Orford (countable and uncountable, plural Orfords)

From Old English ōra (“bank, shore”) + ford (“ford”).

A habitational surname from Old English.


Cortner

Cortner (countable and uncountable, plural Cortners)

Perhaps a variant of Cartner or an Americanized spelling of German Kortner.


Dubach

Dubach (countable and uncountable, plural Dubachs)

From Alemannic German Dubach, Germanized form of French Dubois.


Simkin

From Sim (“pet form of Simon”) + -kin (“diminutive suffix”).


DeArcos

Borrowed from Spanish de Arcos. This surname is predominantly found in Mexico.


Catterson

Reduced Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac Uaitéir (“son of Walter”) + the patronymic suffix -son.


Enslow

en-proper noun

Enslow (countable and uncountable, plural Enslows)


McCarville

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Cearbhaill (“son of Cearbhall”), a personal name of uncertain origin. Compare McCarroll, which shares the same etymology


Ribas

Borrowed from Catalan, Portuguese and Spanish Ribas.


Brusatte

Stephen L. Brusatte, b. 1984.


Laframenta

Americanized variant of Italian Lofrumento.


Hehir

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAichir (“descendant of Aichear”), a byname from aichear (“keen, sharp”).


Mednick

From Russian ме́дник (médnik, “coppersmith”), a Jewish Ashkenazi occupational surname.


Manderson

en-proper noun

Manderson (countable and uncountable, plural Mandersons)

Scottish patronymic surname, from Mander + -son.

A surname transferred from the given name.


Otts

From the Dutch patronymic surname from the personal name Otto.


Curneen

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cuirnín (“descendant of Cuirnín”), a personal name which derives from a diminutive of corn (“horn; drinking-horn”).


Erwood

en-proper noun

Erwood (countable and uncountable, plural Erwoods)


McRonald

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Raghnaill (“son of Ronald”).


Overy

Habitational surname from the villages of Burnham Overy and Burton Overy, from Old English ofer (“over, above”) + īeġ (“island”).


Ottens

Borrowed from Dutch and North German Ottens.


Cawston

en-proper-noun

Cawston (countable and uncountable, plural Cawstons)

Recorded as Caustune in the Domesday Book, it probably derives from the genitive case of the Old Norse personal name Kalfr + -s- + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Richton

en-proper noun

Richton (countable and uncountable, plural Richtons)


Coote

From Middle English cote (“coot”), a nickname for a bald or stupid person.


Malcomson

Patronymic surname from the personal name Malcolm + -son.


Bromlow

Habitational surname from a minor place in the parish of Worthen, in Shropshire, from Old English brōm (“broom”) + hlǣw (“mountain, hill, mound”).


Bergstresser

Americanized spelling of German Bergsträsser.


Bezanson

Americanized spelling of French Besançon.


Baghdasaryan

Borrowed from Armenian Բաղդասարյան (Baġdasaryan).


Ilsley

Ilsley (countable and uncountable, plural Ilsleys)

Habitational surname from the villages of East and West Ilsley, from the Old English personal name Hild + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).


MacCabe

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Cába (“son of Cába”), a personal name of uncertain origin.


Zarraga

Borrowed from Spanish Zárraga, a surname of Basque origin.


Sanor

unk

Unexplained


Stant

Unexplained


Pastran

Borrowed from Spanish Pastrán. This surname is predominantly found in Venezuela.


Sobalvarro

Borrowed from Spanish Sobalvarro. This surname is predominantly found in Nicaragua.


McCloy

Anglicized form of Northern Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Lugaidh (“son of Lugaid”), a personal name related to Old Irish Lug.


Swettenham

en-proper-noun

Swettenham (countable and uncountable, plural Swettenhams)

From the genitive form of the Old English personal name Sweta + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“water meadow”).


Brudenell

en-proper noun

Brudenell (countable and uncountable, plural Brudenells)

Habitational surname from Breidden Hill, in Wales, or Breedon on the Hill, a village in Leicestershire.


Koschier

From German Koschier, Germanized form of Slovene Košir.


Palluch

From German Palluch, a Germanized form of Polish Paluch, Slovak Palúch, Slovak Paľuch, Slovak Paľúch, or Ukrainian Палюх (Paljux). paluch means "big toe" in Polish, while the Slovakian form comes from Pavol (“Paul”).


Homolya

From Hungarian Homolya, from Slovak homoľa, from Proto-Slavic *gomola.


Orrison

Apparently a patronymic surname from Orris + -son.


Petsch

From the German surname, from a Slavic-influenced pet form of Peter, similar to Petz, Patsch.


McKinlay

McKinlay (countable and uncountable, plural McKinlays)


Seghatoleslam

Borrowed from Iranian Persian ثقت الاسلام (seğato l-eslâm), from Classical Persian ثِقَةُ الْاِسْلَام (siqatu l-islām), from Arabic ثِقَةُ الإِسْلَام (ṯiqatu l-ʔislām, literally “Trustworthy of Islam”).

m+

ثِقَةُ الْاِسْلَام

der

ثِقَةُ الإِسْلَام


Loretto

en-proper noun

Loretto (countable and uncountable, plural Lorettos)


Gettler

Borrowed from German Gettler, a variant of Gättler.


Hodsdon

Habitational surname from the town of Hoddesdon.


Braidwood

Braidwood (countable and uncountable, plural Braidwoods)

From Old English brād (“broad”) + wudu (“wood”).


Dazey

Dazey (countable and uncountable, plural Dazeys)

Probably an Americanized spelling of Daisy or Deasy.


Economos

Anglicized form of Greek Οικονόμος (Oikonómos).


McGrane

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Ráighne (“son of Ráighne”), a Gaelicized pet form of the personal name Reynold.


Meadowcroft

Habitational surname from a lost settlement in the parish of Middleton, Lancashire, from Old English mǣdwe, inflected form of mǣd (“meadow”), + croft (“enclosed field”).


Pedler

From Middle English pedlere, altered form of peddere (“hawker, peddler”), an occupational surname for a hawker or huckster.


Breckin

Habitational surname from either Bracken, in Yorkshire, or Brechin, in Scotland. It could also be a variant of Bracken, a surname of Irish origin.


Clementson

Clementson (countable and uncountable, plural Clementsons)

From the male given name Clement + -son.


Syrota

From Ukrainian сирота (syrota, “orphan”).


Kuzmin

Borrowed from Russian Кузьмин (Kuzʹmin).


Lanzo

Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Lanzo.


Sickelmore

Probably a topographic surname from a corruption of sycamore.


Westhead

Westhead (countable and uncountable, plural Westheads)

From Old English west (“west”) + hēafod (“head; headland”).


Ordorica

Borrowed from Spanish Ordorica, a Castilianized spelling of Basque Ordorika. This surname is predominantly found in Mexico.


Stankovich

Americanized spelling of Serbo-Croatian Stanković.


Stichter

Borrowed from Dutch and North German Stichter.


Skilling

Scottish patronymic surname from the Old English personal name Sċilling, which is possibly related to sċyl (“sonorous”).


McMath

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Matha (“son of Matha”), a patronymic from a Scottish Gaelic form of Matthew.


Ch'en

From Mandarin 陳／陈 (Chén), Wade–Giles romanization: Ch'en².

Later CH'EN Ch'eng obtained permission for YEH to reside with him in En-shih, Hupeh on the personal responsibility of CH'EN; but soon after YEH and his family arrived CH'EN Ch'eng's new command in western Yunnan made it impossible for CH'EN himself to reside at En-shih. Thereupon CH'EN suggested to CHANG Fa-k'uei, a friend of YEH's, that the latter move with his family to Kwangsi.

1952, Hearings before the Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Eighty-second Congress, Second Session on the Institute of Pacific Relations, Washington: Government Printing Office, page 2474:

Many Hakka on the Pingtung plain who bear the surname Ch’en and trace their origins to Chiaying chou in Kwangtung are genealogically divided into several hu, or sublineages. Most of Tatieh's Ch’en belong to a sublineage known as Nan-shan, or “South Mountain.” As in the case of Hsü, Nan-shan Ch’en living in various villages were united by the creation of two ancestral trusts with headquarters in Chutien township.

1972, Burton Pasternak, “Kinship”, in Kinship & Community in Two Chinese Villages, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 76:

In the course of this ‘Second Anti-Rightist Campaign’ (Erh-tz’u fan-yu), Ch’en Yün’s authority was considerably restricted, and the Vice-Premier and Secretary General of the State Council, Hsi Chung-hsün (member of the CC), was dismissed.

1973 [1971], Jürgen Domes, “Opposition and 'Readjustment'”, in Rüdiger Machetzki, transl., The Internal Politics of China, 1949-1972 [Die Ära Mao Tse-tung], Praeger Publishers, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 117:

P’eng P’ai was able to return to Hai-feng county on the heels of the Eastern Expedition at the end of February 1925 and to revive his shattered movement there. Membership grew rapidly to a reported 70,000, with 12,000 in neighbouring Lu-feng county, but Ch’en Chiung-ming’s troops recovered these counties in the summer and again the movement was driven underground.

1983, C. Martin Wilbur, “The Nationalist Revolution: from Canton to Nanking, 1923-28”, in John K. Fairbank, editor, The Cambridge History of China, volume 12, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 543–544:

The leaders of the local faction carve out their own bailiwicks along administrative subdivisions. In Lingya District, for example, there are three large families, the Wangs, the Ch’ens and the Fangs. The Wang family consists of former Mayor Wang Yu-yun and his brothers. The Ch'en family is run by Ch'en Ch'i-ch'uan, and the Fang family is represented by Fang Ch'i-jung, currently an LY delegate and formerly a great landlord in Lingya District.

1983 December 8 [1983 March], Huai-fu [0657 2037 1133] Ku, “A Roster of Candidates for the Supplementary Legislative Yuan Elections”, in China Report: Political, Sociological and Military Affairs, number 479, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 49:

The second is a hagiographic account of the Ch’üan-chen hierarchy from the original patriarchs down to the four generations preceding Ch’en: (1) Sung Te-fang 宋德方 (1183-1247) of Mien-yang 沔陽 (Hupeh), disciple of both Ma Yü and Ch’iu Ch’u-chi, and the editor-in-chief of the 1244 Canon; (2) Li Chüeh 李珏 of Ch’ung-ch’ing 崇慶^([sic – meaning 重慶]) (Szechwan); (3) Chang Mo 張謨 of Jao-chou 饒州 (Kiangsi); and (4) Chao Yu-ch’in 趙友欽, who instructed Ch’en at Heng-yang 衡陽 (Hunan) in 1329.

1987, Judith M. Boltz, A Survey of Taoist Literature Tenth to Seventh Centuries, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2016-04-01, pages 185–186:

The police were here at noon, Ch’ien said. They inspected the sign-in books and asked questions about a certain Mr. Ch’en.

2015, Xiao Bai, translated by Chenxin Jiang, French Concession, Harper Collins Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 59:

Sharing the chairmanship are two prominent scientists: Maria Spiropulu, Shang-Yi Ch’en Professor of Physics at the California Institute of Technology, and the cosmologist Michael Turner, an emeritus professor at the University of Chicago, the former assistant director of the National Science Foundation and former president of the American Physical Society.

2023 January 24, Dennis Overbye, “Where is Physics Headed (and How Soon Do We Get There)?”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-01-24:


Kudela

From Czech Kúdela or Kuděla, Slovak Kúdeľa and Polish Kudela.


Teaford

Americanized spelling of German Tiefert or Tiffert.


Boyajyan

Borrowed from Armenian Բոյաջյան (Boyaǰyan).


Revelo

en-proper noun

Revelo (countable and uncountable, plural Revelos)

Borrowed from Spanish Revelo. This surname is predominantly found in Ecuador.


Mickleburgh

Probably a habitational surname from a lost place in England, from Old English miċel (“big, large, great”) + burg (“fortified place, stronghold”).


Echezuria

Borrowed from Spanish Echezuria, Castilianized form of Basque Etxezuria. This surname is predominantly found in Venezuela.


La Cognata

en-proper-noun

La Cognata (plural La Cognatas or La Cognataes)

La Cognatas (plural)
La Cognataes (plural)

From Sicilian La Cognata, a surname derived from cugnata (“hatchet”).


Loosemore

Perhaps a habitational surname from a lost place in England, from Old English hlōse (“pigsty”) + mōr (“moor”).


Youkhana

Borrowed from Arabic يُوحَنَّا (yūḥannā, “John”). This surname is typical of the Assyrian community of Iraq.


Arostegui

Borrowed from Spanish Arostegui, a Castilianized spelling of Basque Aroztegi.


Treminio

Borrowed from Spanish Treminio. This surname is predominantly found in Nicaragua.


Vicens

Borrowed from Catalan Vicens, variant of Vicente (see Vincent).


Abreo

Borrowed from Spanish Abreo. This surname is predominantly found in Colombia and Mexico.


Blueberry

en-proper noun

Blueberry (countable and uncountable, plural Blueberrys)


Shami

Borrowed from Arabic شَامِيّ (šāmiyy, “Syrian; Damascene”). This surname is predominantly found in Yemen and Iran.


Brearton

en-proper noun

Brearton (countable and uncountable, plural Breartons)

From Old English brǣr (“briar”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Schab

Borrowed from Polish Schab or a variant of Dutch Schaap.


Primer

unk

Unexplained


Spomer

Borrowed from German Spomer, possibly a variant of Spamer.


Neddo

Probably an altered spelling of French Nadeau.


Frech

From the German and Alemannic German surname, from the adjective frech (“bold, daring”).


Rosewarne

en-proper noun

Rosewarne (countable and uncountable, plural Rosewarnes)

Perhaps from Cornish ros (“heathland”) + Anglo-Norman warrene (“warren; game-park”).


Nagar

Two possible origins:
* Borrowed from Hindi नगर (nagar), which is from Sanskrit नगर (nagara, “city”).
* Borrowed from Hebrew נַגָּר (nagár, “carpenter”), an occupational surname.


Kolander

Borrowed from German Kolander, a variant of Kalander.


Facemire

Americanized spelling of German Fehsmeier.


Lant

Perhaps from Middle English langet, a derivative of lang (“long”), denoting someone who lived by a long strip of ground.


McGivern

Anglicized form of Northern Irish Mac Uidhrín (“son of Uidhrín”), a personal name which is from a diminutive of odhar (“dun”).


Dubrow

Borrowed from Eastern German Dubrow, Germanized form of several Slavic placenames beginning with Proto-Slavic *dǫ̑bъ (“oak”).


Khader

Borrowed from Arabic خضر. This surname is predominantly found in Syria.


Hanback

en-proper noun

Hanback (countable and uncountable, plural Hanbacks)


Agrillo

Borrowed from Italian Agrillo. Doublet of Grillo.


Scowcroft

Topographic surname for someone who lived by a croft with a hut, from Old Norse skáli (“barn; shed, hut”) + Old English croft (“enclosed field”).


Deep

Two main origins:
* From the adjective deep, either a topographic surname for someone who lived in a deep valley, or a nickname for a deep and thoughtful person.
* Borrowed from Punjabi ਦੀਪ (dīp), from Sanskrit दीप (dīpa).


Cholula

Probably of Nahuatl origin. This surname is predominantly found in Mexico.


DeLacy

Habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Lassy, Calvados, in Normandy.


Foskett

Habitational surname from any of various places called Foscott, Foscote, Foxcote or Foxcott.


McAndie

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Shanndaidh.


Iliffe

Two possible origins:
* A matronymic surname from the Middle English personal name Ayleve, which is from Old English Ǣþelġiefu; this name is composed of the elements ǣþel (“noble”) and ġiefu (“gift, present”).
* From the Old Norse personal name Eilif, which is composed of the elements ei (“always”) and líf (“life”).


Rodchenkov

Derived from Russian Родченков (Rodčenkov).


Sobey

unk

Unexplained


Tregenna

en-proper noun

Tregenna (countable and uncountable, plural Tregennas)

From Cornish tre (“homestead”) + kensa (“first, foremost”).


Lachica

Borrowed from Spanish Lachica. This surname is predominantly found in the Philippines.


Hebenstreit

Borrowed from German Hebenstreit, a nickname for a quarrelsome person, from heben (“to lift, raise”) + Streit (“quarrel, argument”).


Osorto

Borrowed from Spanish Osorto. This surname is predominantly found in Honduras.


McEldowney

Anglicized form of Northern Irish Mac Giolla Dhomhnaigh (“son of the lad of the Sunday”), from giolla (“lad, boy”) and Domhnach (“Sunday”).


Chatto

Two main origins:
* Scottish habitational surname from the name of an estate in the parish of Hownam, in the Scottish Borders.
* Borrowed from Tagalog Chatto; this surname is predominantly found in Davao Region.


Khoshaba

Borrowed from Arabic خوشابا. This surname is predominantly found in Iraq.

bor

Arabic خوشابا


Lightbourne

Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, possibly from Old English lēoht (“bright, clear, light”) + burna (“stream”).


Lequire

en-proper noun

Lequire (countable and uncountable, plural Lequires)


Mand

Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Dutch and German Mand, from a short form of the personal name Amand.
* Borrowed from Punjabi ਮੰਡ (maṇḍ), a Sikh surname.


Marchio

Borrowed from Italian Marchio or Marchiò.


McColgan

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Colgan (“son of Colga”), a personal name based on colg (“sword”).


Delcambre

en-proper noun

Delcambre (countable and uncountable, plural Delcambres)