Morphew

Norman French name borrowed from Old French malfé, malfeü, which in turn is derived from Latin malefatus, malefatutus, the perfect active participle of malefor (“to speak ill”), from Proto-Italic *maledfatos, fromLatin male (“badly, wrong”) + Latin for (“speak, say”). The first part is from Proto-Italic *malos, from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (“to deceive”), cognate with Lithuanian melas (“lie”) and the first element of Ancient Greek βλάσφημος (blásphēmos, “jinx”). The second part is from Proto-Italic *fāōr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂ti (“to speak”), cognate with the second element of Ancient Greek βλάσφημος (blásphēmos, “jinx”).


Tabora

en-proper noun

Tabora (countable and uncountable, plural Taboras)

*(surname) From Spanish, a Hispanic and Filipino surname.


Scheuer

From the German surname, from Middle High German schiur (“barn”). See modern Scheuer.


Kist

From the German surname, named after the town Kist in Würzburg. Also a Westphalian German Low German spelling variant of Kirst.


Garrigan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Geargáin (“descendant of Geargán”), a personal name which derives from the diminutive form of gearg (“quail”).


Hird

A surname originating as an occupation for a herdsman.


Grewe

English and Irish surname from Old French grue (“crane”), a nickname for a tall and scrawny person.


Dubinsky

Derived from Russian Дуби́нский (Dubínskij).


Sobol

From Ukrainian соболь (sobolʹ, “sable”), Russian соболь (sobolʹ, “sable”), Polish soból (“sable”), or another Slavic language.


Goldsborough

en-proper noun

Goldsborough (countable and uncountable, plural Goldsboroughs)

From the Old English personal name Godel or Golda + -s- + burg (“fortress, stronghold”).

A habitational surname from Old English.


Summerford

Summerford (countable and uncountable, plural Summerfords)


Riter

From the German surname, probably a variant of Ritter or Reiter.


Gain

* As an English and Scottish surname of Norman origin, from the name Engaine, based on Old French engaigne (“ingenuity”), from Latin ingenium. Sometimes confused with Ingham.
* As a French surname, from the verb gagner (“to obtain, gain”).


Stolle

From the German surname, variant of Stoll.


Nosal

From Polish Nosal, Ukrainian Носаль (Nosalʹ), Czech Nosál, and Slovak Nosáľ.


Hegg

Hegg (countable and uncountable, plural Heggs)


Tawil

Borrowed from Arabic طَوِيل (ṭawīl, “long, tall”). This surname is predominantly found in Jordan and Lybia.


Alcock

From a hypocoristic form of several given names beginning with Al-, like Alan and Alexander, + the Middle English diminutive suffix -cok. Compare other surname like Hancock and Wilcock.


Lindow

From earlier Lindaw, locational surname from Lindal-in-Furness, from Middle English Lindale (“valley where lime trees grow”), from lynde (“lime tree”) + dale (“valley”).


Arreaga

Borrowed from Spanish Arreaga, variant of Arriaga.


Arizpe

Borrowed from Spanish Arizpe, from Basque Arizpe (literally “[place] under the oak”).


Zaki

From the Arabic surname, from the adjective زكي (“chaste, pure”). Compare Zaky.


Rua

Borrowed from Italian Rua and Galician Rúa.


Gade

en-proper noun

Gade (countable and uncountable, plural Gades)


Tison

From Old French tison (“firebrand”), originating as a nickname in French.


Mattoon

Mattoon (countable and uncountable, plural Mattoons)


Poulter

Poulter (countable and uncountable, plural Poulters)

A surname originating as an occupation for a dealer in poultry.


Roehm

From the German surname, variant of Röhm, Rehm.


Niu

Romanization of Hokkien 梁 (Niû) in most dialects. Doublet of Liang.


Exley

Habitational surname from a place in in West Yorkshire, from a first element found also in Eccles + Old English lēah (“woodland clearing”).


Ratley

Ratley (countable and uncountable, plural Ratleys)


Fullington

Habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place or, alternatively, a variant of Fullerton.


Daoust

A surname from French, equivalent to English August or Austin.


Chagoya

Borrowed from Spanish Chagoya, from Basque Txagoia.


Eastland

Eastland (countable and uncountable, plural Eastlands)


Tham

Borrowed from Cantonese 譚／谭 (taam4), etc.


Cully

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


Casco

Casco (countable and uncountable, plural Cascos)


Kilduff

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Duibh (“son of the black-haired lad”), from giolla (“boy, lad”) and dubh (“black”).


Kochan

* Czech, Polish, Sorbian, and Slovak Kochan, all meaning "beloved"
* Ukrainian Кохан (Koxan)
* respelling of Slovak and Slovene Kočan


Horwath

From a Hungarian form of Horvat / Hrvat ("Croat").


Pilling

en-proper noun

Pilling (countable and uncountable, plural Pillings)


Mangham

Mangham (countable and uncountable, plural Manghams)


Viswanathan

Borrowed from Tamil விசுவநாதன் (vicuvanātaṉ) and Malayalam വിശ്വനാഥൻ (viśvanāthaṉ).


Estridge

From Old French estreis (“eastern”), a nickname for someone who had migrated from the east.


Sugden

Sugden (countable and uncountable, plural Sugdens)

Habitational surname from a place in West Yorkshire, from Old English suċġa (“kind of small bird”) + dene (“valley”).


Gilford

en-proper noun

Gilford (countable and uncountable, plural Gilfords)


Pry

* As an Irish surname, spelling variant of Prey, from Ó Préith.
* As a German surname, a spelling variant of Prey, from breu (“brew”); see brauen. Comparable to the surname Preyer.


Auyeung

Borrowed from Cantonese 歐陽／欧阳 (au1 joeng4).


Najarro

Habitational surname borrowed from Spanish Najarro.


Heo

From the Korean surname, variant of Hŏ, from 허 (heo).


Twining

Twining (countable and uncountable, plural Twinings)


Elliston

Elliston (countable and uncountable, plural Ellistons)

In Newfoundland, from Ellis (a surname) + -ton. The town is named after missionary William Ellis (1780 - 1837).


Petz

* As an East Central German surname, from a pet form of Peter.
* As a Polish, Slovene and Czech surname, Americanized and Germanized from Pec, itself related to Peter.


Lichtenberg

Lichtenberg (countable and uncountable, plural Lichtenbergs)


Basaldua

Borrowed from Spanish Basaldúa, itself from Basque baso (“forest”) + aldu (“high”).


Sze

From the Postal Romanization of Nanking court dialect Mandarin 施 (Shī), from Hokkien 施 (Si).

A Chinese surname from Mandarin [in turn from Hokkien].


Tremaine

Tremaine (countable and uncountable, plural Tremaines)


Murdaugh

/ˈmɜː(ɹ)dɔː/


Svec

From Czech Švec and Slovak Švec, from švec, from Proto-Slavic *šьvьcь.


Dudash

Americanized spelling of Hungarian Dudaś or Slovak, Czech, Carpathian Rusyn, Ukrainian and Serbo-Croatian Dudáš, all from дуда (duda, “pipe”).


Heneghan

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Eidhneacháin (“descendant of Eidhneachán”), a personal name of uncertain origin.


Schon

From the German surname, from schön (“handsome, nice, beautiful”).


Juhasz

Borrowed from Hungarian Juhász, an occupational surname from juhász (“shepherd”).


Beswick

en-proper noun

Beswick (countable and uncountable, plural Beswicks)

From the Old English personal name Beac + -s- + wīc (“village”).


Stackpole

Stackpole (countable and uncountable, plural Stackpoles)

Apparently from Old Norse stakkr (“stack”) + pollr (“pool”).


Lorton

Lorton (countable and uncountable, plural Lortons)

When Will Lorton arrived at the camp day was just breaking.

1890, Rolf Boldrewood, A Colonial Reformer, volume 2, page 76:


Maniaci

Borrowed from Sicilian Maniaci (“Maniakes”).


Heatley

Heatley (countable and uncountable, plural Heatleys)


Portela

From Galician Portela (“mountain pass”).


Critchlow

Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire.


Nygard

From North Germanic (Scandinavian), Danish Nygård and Norwegian Nygård.

A surname from the North Germanic languages.


Tokar

From Belarusian токар (tókar, “turner”), Ukrainian токар (tokar, “turner”), Russian токарь (tokarʹ, “turner”), and Slovak tokár (“turner”). Cognate of Polish Tokarz.


Marzan

Marzán A surname from Spanish, generally found in Filipinos


Goo

From the Korean surname, spelling variant of Koo. Also see Gu.


Geil

From the German surname, from the adjective geil (“happy, lustful, boisterous”).


Dacey

Anglicized form of Irish Déiseach, a name for a member of a vassal community called Déise, a word of uncertain meaning and origin.


Coverdale

Coverdale (countable and uncountable, plural Coverdales)

*The valley in North Yorkshire is named from the River Cover + dale.
*The civil parish in New Brunswick is named after a former name of the Little River.


Satterthwaite

Satterthwaite (countable and uncountable, plural Satterthwaites)

From Old Norse sætr (“pasture”) + þveit (“clearing”).


Hannaford

Hannaford (countable and uncountable, plural Hannafords)


Hempstead

Hempstead (countable and uncountable, plural Hempsteads)

From Old English hām (“homestead”) + stede (“place”). Doublet of Hampstead.


Breit

From the German topographic surname for someone living near a wide brook, from breit (“wide, broad”).


Garcilazo

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


Gamarra

Borrowed from Spanish Gamarra, a surname of Basque origin.


Soderquist

Borrowed from Swedish Söderqvist. Söder + qvist.


Medved

As a Slovene, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Jewish, Slovak, and Czech (Medvěd) surname, all from common Slavic for bear, from Proto-Slavic *medvědь (“bear”). Compare Nedved. Also sometimes Americanized from Russian patronymic Medvedev, of the same meaning.


Borbon

From Spanish Borbón, Hispanicized form of French Bourbon. Mostly a common Filipino surname.


Gennaro

Borrowed from Italian Gennaro, from Latin Iānuārius. Doublet of January.


Basa

Common Filipino surname, ultimately from Basque baso (“forest, woods, jungle”).


Bhargava

From Sanskrit भार्गव (bhārgava, “descendant of Bhrgu”), via various Indian languages.


Graef

From the Dutch and north German surname, from graaf (“count”), similar to Graf.


Scally

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Scalaidhe, a patronymic surname from scolaidhe (“scholar”).


Guptill

Scottish in origin, now found most in New Zealand and the United States. Altered form of Gubtail. Meaning "fox" according to some naming dictionaries. Variants include Gubtel, Guptail, Guptel, Guptell, Guptil.


Hyslop

Scottish habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place, perhaps from Old English hæsel (“hazel”) + hop (“enclosed valley”).


Backlund

Borrowed from Swedish Backlund or Bäcklund, from backe (“hill”) or bäck (“stream”) + lund (“grove”).


Holsapple

Americanized spelling of German Holzapfel.


Kassim

An alternative form of Qasim, from Arabic قَاسِم (qāsim).


Ebbert

From the Dutch and north German surname, from a Germanic name composed of *aggju (“edge, weapon's point”) + *berht (“shining, bright”).


Kenneally

Reduced of Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cionnfhaolaidh (“descendant of Cionnfhaoladh”), a personal name composed of the elements ceann (“head”) + faol (“wolf”).


Winford

en-proper noun

Winford (countable and uncountable, plural Winfords)

Perhaps from Old English winn (“meadow”) + ford (“ford”).

(countable) A habitational surname from Old English.


Sieck

North/Low German surname, variant of Sick and Siek.


Caughey

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Eochadha (“son of Eochaidh”).


Sunde

From the Norwegian surname named after several farmsteads, from Old Norse sund (“strait, sound”), from Proto-Germanic *sundą.


Creger

Americanized spelling of German Krieger or Dutch Krijger.


Seigel

South German surname, variant of Siegel.


Gilfillan

Gilfillan (countable and uncountable, plural Gilfillans)

From Scottish Gaelic Gille Fhaolain, from Irish Gaelic Giolla Fhaoláin, meaning “servant of (Saint) Fillan.” The personal name, Faolán, is thought to be a diminutive of faol, meaning "wolf" or "little wolf".


Nasr

Borrowed from Arabic نَصْر (naṣr, “victory”).


Lowenthal

From German Löwenthal, from Löwe (“lion”) + Thal (“valley”).


Quon

From Chinese An alternative spelling of the names more commonly rendered as Kwan and Kuan.


Lichtman

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2006 May 14, Arnie Katz, “The Thin Veneer”, in confuSon, volume 1, number 4:

In September, Lichtman officially forecast that Harris would win the election, based on the keys.

2024 November 8, Joe Edwards, “Allan Lichtman Admits He Was Wrong About Harris Election Win, Explains Why”, in Newsweek:


Bartlow

Bartlow (countable and uncountable, plural Bartlows)


Maskell

Maskell (countable and uncountable, plural Maskells)


Siegle

An Ashkenazi surname from German of Bavarian origin, a less common spelling of Siegel


Sadiq

Borrowed from Arabic صَدِيق (ṣadīq, “friend”).


Popovic

From Serbo-Croatian Popović, a patronymic from pop (“priest”).


Sundaram

From Hindi सुन्दरम (sundaram) or the equivalent name in another Indian language (e.g. Gujarati સુન્દરમ (sundaram)); ultimately from सुन्दर (sundara, “beautiful, handsome, lovely, charming, agreeable”).


Burn

Burn (countable and uncountable, plural Burns)

* The surname is of English origin, variant of Bourne.
* The placename in Yorkshire is likely related to the suffix -burn, found in placenames such as Woodburn, Glusburn, etc., from burn (“stream”).


Bonsall

Bonsall (countable and uncountable, plural Bonsalls)


Kilbride

Irish and Scottish surname, Anglicized from Irish Mac Giolla Brighde or Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Brighde (“son of the servant of (Saint) Brigit”).


Gomer

en-proper noun

Gomer (countable and uncountable, plural Gomers)


Montford

Montford (countable and uncountable, plural Montfords)

Recorded as Maneford in the Domesday Book, the village's name derives from Old English ġemǣne (“common, general, communal”) + ford (“ford”). The surname could also be a variant of Mundford.


Croghan

en-proper noun

Croghan (countable and uncountable, plural Croghans)


Kuan

Borrowed from Mandarin 關／关 (guān), Cantonese 關／关 (gwaan1), or Hokkien 關／关 (Koan).


Broz

Of Slavic origin, from Czech and Slovak Brož, Polish Broź or Broż, or Serbo-Croatian Broz.


Prochnow

From German Prochnow (toponyms in East Germany and East Prussia), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *porxъno.


Belgrave

Belgrave (countable and uncountable, plural Belgraves)


Lascano

Variant of Spanish Lazcano, from Basque Lazkano, of toponymic origin.


Hsia

From Mandarin 夏 (Xià) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsia⁴.

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2023 March 27, Chris Horton, “Taiwan’s Ex-President Heads to China in Historic and Closely Watched Visit”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-27, Asia Pacific:


Kosak

* As a Polish, Lower Sorbian (Kósak), Czech and Slovak surname, variant of Kós, surname meaning "blackbird," from Proto-Slavic *kosъ, and Kosa, meaning "scythe." The Sorbian forms are sometimes Germanized as Kossack or in some cases Kozak.
* Also as a Czech surname, from košák (“beehive”), itself formed from koš (“basket”).
* As a Slovene surname, from koščak (“kind of nut tree”), probably from kost (“bone”). Compare Koschak.
* As a Serbo-Croatian surname, from košak (“basket”).
Compare Kosack.


Bradstreet

Topographic surname for someone who lived by a Roman road, from Old English brād (“broad”) + strǣt (“paved highway, street”).


Glendenning

Habitational surname from a minor place in Dumfries, Scotland, perhaps from Scottish Gaelic gleann (“mountain valley, glen”) + dùn (“fortress”) + fionn (“white”).


Bateson

From a medieval diminutive form of Bartholomew + -son.


Upadhyay

Borrowed from Hindi उपाध्याय (upādhyāy), occupational surname from Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upādhyāya, “teacher, preceptor”).


Murthy

From Kannada ಮೂರ್ತಿ, deriving from Sanskrit मूर्ति (mūrti), meaning idol, religious statue, or icon.


Goswami

Borrowed from Sanskrit गोस्वामिन् (gosvāmin).


Bevington

en-proper noun

Bevington (countable and uncountable, plural Bevingtons)

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


Uranga

Borrowed from Spanish Uranga, a surname of Basque origin.


Riva

From Italian, Catalan, and Spanish surname for someone who lives near a shore, from riva (“shore”).


Whitcher

From Old English hwiċċe, an occupational surname for a maker of chests.


Lawry

English and Irish surname, probably from a pet form of Lawrence. See Lawrie.


Sarratt

Sarratt (countable and uncountable, plural Sarratts)


Trowell

Trowell (countable and uncountable, plural Trowells)


Bjorkman

Borrowed from Swedish Björkman, an ornamental surname composed of the elements björk (“birch”) and man (“man”).


Blomgren

From Swedish blomma (“flower”) + gren (“branch”).


Karapetyan

Borrowed from Armenian Կարապետյան (Karapetyan).


Payette

Payette (countable and uncountable, plural Payettes)


Minogue

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Muineog (“descendant of Muineog”), a variant of Manóg, a personal name derived from a diminutive form of manach (“monk”).


Baro

As a Spanish and Catalan surname, from baró (“free man”).


Cast

* As a German surname, Americanized from Kast.
* As an English surname, variant of Cass.
* As a French surname, from Cast, Finistère in Brittany, ultimately from Latin castra (“fortification”). Sometimes also a variant of Caste, from Old French chaste (“chaste”).


Bley

From the German occupational surname, from Middle High German bli (“lead”), from Old High German blio.


Lokken

From the Norwegian surname, from løkke (“enclosure, paddock”).


Proud

English surname, from the adjective proud.


Neve

* As an English, Dutch, Swedish, and Danish surname, from a descendant of Proto-Germanic *nefô (“nephew”).
* As a French surname, from the placename En Nève, from En ève (“in water”), corresponding to modern en eau.
* As an Italian, Portuguese, and Galician surname, from or related to neve (“snow”).


Whitehorn

en-proper noun

Whitehorn (countable and uncountable, plural Whitehorns)


Kidney

From a mistranslation of Irish Ó Dubháin (“descendant of Dubhán”) (directly rendered in English as Duane), a personal name from a diminutive of dubh (“black”). This was confused with dubhán (“kidney”), which in fact is a derivative of dubh (“black”).


Tormey

en-proper noun

Tormey (countable and uncountable, plural Tormeys)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Tormaigh (“descendant of Tormach”), a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Þórmóðr.


Mulroy

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maolruaidh (“descendant of Maolruadh”), a personal name composed of the elements maol (“chief”) + ruadh (“red”).


Engberg

Borrowed from Swedish Engberg, from äng (“meadow”) + berg (“mountain”).


Friddle

Probably an Americanization of German Friedel.


Bedi

Borrowed from Hindi बेदी (bedī), from Sanskrit वेदी (vedī).


Maw

* As an English surname, from an obsolete derivative of Proto-Germanic *makô (“mate, relative”), comparable to modern match.
* Also as an English surname, from archaic mew (“seagull”); compare the surname Mew.


Lown

From Middle English Lovin, from Old English Leofhun, from leof (“dear”) + hun (“bear cub”), from Proto-Germanic *hūnaz. As a Dutch surname, named after Louvain in Belgium.


Diel

From the German surname, variant of Diehl.


Becht

From the German surname, from a dialectal variant of berht (“bright, shining, famous”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *berht; see bright.


Stallone

en-proper noun

Stallone (countable and uncountable, plural Stallones)


Byford

Byford (countable and uncountable, plural Byfords)

From Old English byġe (“curve, bend”) + ford (“ford”), "ford at the river bend".


Cacciatore

From Italian Cacciatore, from cacciatore (“hunter”).

A surname, equivalent to English Hunter or Huntsman.


Humiston

Habitational surname from a minor place in Ayrshire, Scotland.


Schopp

* As a north German surname, from Middle Low German schōpe (“ladle”) (for which see modern Schöpflöffel).
* Also as a north German surname, variant of Schaub.
* Also as a north German surname, from Schopp in Kaiserslautern.
* Also as a north German surname, from Middle Low German schoppe (“shed, barn”) (see modern Schuppen).
* Also as a north German surname, variant of Schoepp, from Middle Low German schepe, schepen (“juryman”) (see modern Schöffe (“lay judge”)).


Holford

en-proper noun

Holford (countable and uncountable, plural Holfords)

From Old English holh (“hole; hollow, sunken”) + ford (“ford”).


Azcona

Borrowed from Spanish Azcona, from Basque Azkona.


Antwine

A corruption of French Antoine (“Anthony”).


Swigert

Americanized form of German Schweigert or Zweigert.


Ludington

en-proper noun

Ludington (countable and uncountable, plural Ludingtons)


Nadeem

Borrowed from Arabic نديم. This surname is mostly found in Pakistan.


Stucki

From the German surname, spelling variant of Stuck.


Roughton

Roughton (countable and uncountable, plural Roughtons)

From either Old Norse rugr (“rye”) or Old English rūh (“rough”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”); compare the doublet Rowton.


Wormley

Wormley (countable and uncountable, plural Wormleys)

From Old English wyrm (“snake”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to worm or wyrm + -ley (“lea”).


Byfield

Byfield (countable and uncountable, plural Byfields)

From Old English bi (“by, near, next to”) + feld (“field”).


Manhart

From the German surname, Americanized from Mannhardt, Manhardt, composed of Mann + hart (“strong, hardy”).


Craney

Perhaps a shortened Anglicized form of Irish Mac Ciaráin (“son of Ciarán”), a personal name from ciar (“black”) + -án (“diminutive suffix”).


Nelligan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Niallagáin (“descendant of Niallagán”), a double diminutive of Niall.


Paoli

en-proper noun

Paoli (countable and uncountable, plural Paolis)


Aristizabal

Borrowed from Spanish Aristizábal, from Basque haritz (“oak”) + zabal (“broad, wide”).

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].


Kravetz

From Slovak kravec (“tailor”), Belarusian кравец (kravjec, “tailor”), Ukrainian кравець (kravecʹ, “tailor”), or Polish krawiec (“tailor”). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kravьcь (compare *krojiti).


Quiambao

From Hokkien [Term?], via Tagalog Quiambao.


Rudnicki

From Polish Rudnicki or Serbo-Croatian Rudnički.


Zima

From zima ("winter" in Slavic languages).


Guinto

Filipino surname, mostly from
* Tagalog, from ginto (“gold”)
* Kapampangan, from gintu (“gold”)


Partyka

From Polish Partyka or Ukrainian Партика (Partyka).


Rockhill

Rockhill (countable and uncountable, plural Rockhills)


Somoza

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Galician].


Sirota

From Ukrainian сирота (syrota), Belarusian сірота (siróta), Russian сирота (sirota), Slovak sirota, or Old Polish sirota; ultimately from Proto-Slavic *sirota (“orphan”).


Recchia

From the Italian surname, from orecchia (“ear”) (possibly a nickname).


Lytton

Lytton (countable and uncountable, plural Lyttons)


Rathjen

Borrowed from North Frisian Rathjen, patronymic from a pet form of Rath.


Schachter

Variant of the Ashkenazi surname Schechter.


Vanderheyden

Dutch van (“of”) + der (“the”) + heide (“heath”).


Culligan

Anglicized from Irish Ó Cuilleagain (“descendant of Colgan”), a personal name derived from coll (“hazel tree”).


Stolp

East German surname, named after several places called Stolpe in Germany.


Dodrill

From dotterel, a nickname for a foolish person.

A surname transferred from the nickname.


Pileggi

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2005, Daniel Dinello, Technophobia!: Science Fiction Visions of Posthuman Technology:


Kill

* As a German and Dutch surname, probably shortened from Kilian.
* Also as a German surname, from Kyll in the Eifel mountains, from Latin Celbis.
* As a Jewish surname, probably from Yiddish קיל (kil, “cool”).


Moquin

From the French surname, from the verb moquer (“to mock”). Sometimes Americanized as McQueen.


Tewksbury

en-proper noun

Tewksbury (countable and uncountable, plural Tewksburys)


Luffman

From the Middle English personal name Lefman.


Edgecomb

Edgecomb (countable and uncountable, plural Edgecombs)

Topographic surname, from Old English eċġ (“edge”) + cumb (“narrow valley”).


Micek

From Czech Míček, Czech Miček, and Slovak Miček.


Manso

From Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish surname, from manso (“tame, mild”).


Gruen

Jewish and German surname, from the adjective grün (“green”). Compare Grüen.


Northam

Northam (countable and uncountable, plural Northams)


Benigno

Given name as surname, from Spanish or Portuguese, literally "benign"


Leap

Scottish and English surname, from the noun leap (“basket”). Compare Leeper.


Mohar

Borrowed from Slovene Móhar. It could also be a variant of Moher, an Irish surname from ó Mochair (“descendant of Mochar”), from mochar (“place with brushwood”).


Seder

From the Hungarian surname, Americanized from Szeder, from the noun szeder (“cranberry”).


Gearheart

From the German surname, Americanized from Gerhardt, similar to Gayheart.


Samudio

Borrowed from Spanish Samudio, variant of Zamudio. This surname is mostly found in Paraguay.


Cubero

Cubero (countable and uncountable, plural Cuberos)


Gemmell

Gemmell (countable and uncountable, plural Gemmells)


Ballantine

Ballantine (countable and uncountable, plural Ballantines)


Vicario

Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Vicario.


Coad

English surname, from the root of code in the sense of "cobbler's wax." The name could have been influenced by Old Cornish cuit (“wood”), from Proto-Brythonic *koɨd.


Whitelaw

Whitelaw (countable and uncountable, plural Whitelaws)

Habitational surname from Old English hwīt (“white”) + hlǣw (“hill, mound”).


Gopal

Transliteration of Hindi गोपाल (gopāl), etc.


Iracheta

Borrowed from Spanish Iracheta, itself of Basque origin.


Kono

Borrowed from Japanese 河野 (Kōno) or 高野 (Kōno).


Askin

* As an English surname of Norman origin, from a shortened form of the name Asketin, a diminutive of Old Norse Ásketill, from Áskell, see also Haskell.
* Also as an English surname, from Askern in Campsall.
* As an English and Irish surname, variant of Heskin, Haskin.
* As a Turkish surname, variant of Aşkın.


Cartledge

Cartledge (countable and uncountable, plural Cartledges)

From Old Norse kartr (“rocky ground”) + Old English læcc (“boggy stream”).


Bondoc

Filipino surname, mostly a Kapampangan name (a Hispanization of Kapampangan bunduk) (see also boondocks)


Ficken

* As an English surname, diminutive of Fitch.
* As a German surname, spelling variant of Fick, itself a pet form of Friedrich.


Majid

Borrowed from Arabic مجيد (majīd, “majestic, magnificent”). This surname is mostly found in Iraq.


Hisey

Probably an Americanized spelling of German Heise.


Prudente

Of multiple origins. Common Brazilian and Filipino surname, and a rare Hispanic (Mexican) surname


Yeaton

en-proper noun

Yeaton (countable and uncountable, plural Yeatons)

From Old English ēa (“river, stream”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Hout

From the Dutch surname, from the noun hout (“wood”). Compare Van Hout, Houts, Houtman.


Bagnall

Bagnall (countable and uncountable, plural Bagnalls)


Fawley

Fawley (countable and uncountable, plural Fawleys)

From either Old English fealu (“yellow, fallow, dun”) or fealh (“fallow land”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to fallow + -ley (“lea”).


Gean

* As an Irish surname, from Ó Géibhinn, related to Mac Géibheannaigh, from géibheannach (“fettered”), from géibheann (“fetter”).
* As a German surname, Americanized from Gien, shortened from Heinrich.


Borda

Borrowed from Spanish Borda, from Basque borda (“hamlet”).


Llano

en-proper noun

Llano (countable and uncountable, plural Llanos)


Bordas

Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Catalan Bordas, a respelling of Bordes.
* Borrowed from Hungarian Bordás, a metonymic occupational surname for a weaver.


Craw

* As a Scottish and Irish surname, variant of Crow.
* As a German surname, from a variant of Grau, Krahe, Kray.


Mayville

Mayville (countable and uncountable, plural Mayvilles)


Revere

Revere (countable and uncountable, plural Reveres)


Gaudin

From French Gaudin, from Old French gaudin (“of the woods”), from gaut (“woods”), from Frankish *walþu (“woods, woodland”).


Falkenstein

Falkenstein (countable and uncountable, plural Falkensteins)


Marasigan

Filipino surname, from Tagalog Marasigan. Mostly found in Batangas, Quezon and Oriental Mindoro provinces.


Heber

Occupational from Middle High German heber (“carrier”): see modern German Heber. The settlement in California is named after Anthony H. Heber, president of the California Development Company.


Rosendo

Surname from transferred use of given name, of Spanish, Galician, or Portuguese origin, from Medieval Latin Rudesindus, from the Germanic (Gothic) name Rudesind, composed of the elements *𐌷𐍂𐍉𐌸𐍃 (*hrōþs, “glory, fame”) and *𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍃 (*sinþs, “path”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōþiz + *sinþaz.

A surname from Spanish from a Spanish given name.


Ptacek

Borrowed from Czech Ptáček, diminutive of pták (“bird”). Compare Ptak.


Leano

From Spanish Leaño, mostly a Filipino surname found on Ilocano people.


Crossan

Reduced form of McCrossen, from Irish mac en Chrosáin (“son of the satirist”), from crosán (“reciter”, literally “cross-bearer”).


Primeau

From the French surname, from the adjective première (“first”). Related to Premo, Primeaux.


Bosak

Multiple etymologies:
* Polish Bosak
* Czech and Slovak Bosák
* Slovak Bošák


Sugrue

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Siochfhrádha (“descendant of Siochfhrádh”), a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Sigfriðr (“Siegfrid”).


Stutsman

Americanized spelling of German Stutzmann.


Torrington

en-proper noun

Torrington (countable and uncountable, plural Torringtons)

From Torridge (“a river in Devon”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Lue

From the Dutch and north German surname, spelling variant of Loo.


Tweedie

en-proper noun

Tweedie (countable and uncountable, plural Tweedies)


Kolberg

Two main origins:
* Borrowed from German Kolberg, a habitational surname for someone who came from the city of Kołobrzeg, now in Poland.
* Borrowed from Norwegian and Swedish Kolberg, an ornamental surname composed of the elements kol (“coal”) and berg (“mountain”).


Sandiford

Habitational surname from a lost place in Lancashire or Yorkshire, from Old English sandiġ (“sandy”) + ford (“ford”); compare Sandford.


Zupan

Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *županъ, from *župa (“area, district”), via:
* Slovene Zupan, from zupan.
* Slovene Župan, from župan.
* Serbo-Croatian Župan, from župan.
Compare Supan, Suppan.


Penaranda

Anglicization of Spanish Peñaranda, common Filipino and Hispanic surname


Shepperd

An English surname originating as an occupation


Mullally

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maolalaidh (“descendant of Maolaladh”), a personal name composed by the elements maol (“chieftain”) + aladh (“speckled, piebald”).


Zwart

From the Dutch surname, from zwart (“dark, swarthy”).


Gagnier

* As a French Canadian surname, variant of Gagné. Compare Gagne, Gagner, Gonyer.
* Sometimes as a French surname from the Old French verb gaaignier (“to cultivate, work”).


Donat

en-proper noun

Donat (countable and uncountable, plural Donats)


Mullarkey

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maoilearca (“descendant of the devotee of (Saint) Earc”), perhaps a byname from earc (“newt”).


Lopp

From the German surname, also spelled Löpp, from the personal name Loppo.


Laswell

unk

Unexplained


Messerschmidt

From German Messerschmidt (“cutler”) or rather Messerschmied.


Bucklew

Habitational surname from the village of Buccleuch, in Scotland.


Flamm

South German and Jewish surname, from the noun Flamme. Possibly also a variant of Laflamme.


Fearn

en-proper noun

Fearn (countable and uncountable, plural Fearns)


Gamel

* As a German surname, variant of Gammel.
* As a French surname, from the obsolete Old French gamel (“mess tin”).


Toral

Habitational surname borrowed from Spanish Toral.


Khouri

Borrowed from Arabic خُورِيّ (ḵūriyy, “curate, priest”), from Latin curia.


Slemp

From the German surname, Americanized from Schlamp, from Middle High German slamp (“feast”) (see modern schlemmen (“to feast”)).


Hashim

From Arabic هَاشِم (hāšim, “Hashim”). The name signifies “breaker of bread”, from هَشَمَ (hašama, “to destroy, smash”).


Ramanathan

Borrowed from Tamil ராமநாதன் (rāmanātaṉ).


Ahlquist

Borrowed from Swedish Ahlqvist, from al (“alder”) + kvist (“twig”).


Carn

* As an Irish surname, reduced from McCarn.
* As a Cornish surname, variant of Carne.
* As a Dutch, German and Jewish surname, variant of Kern.


Zatarain

Borrowed from Spanish Zatarain, itself of Basque origin.


Britz

en-proper noun

Britz (countable and uncountable, plural Britzes)


Hopf

From the German surname for a brewer, from Hopfen (“hop”).


Gentz

From the German surname, shortened from Gendrich, Genrich, a Slavic form of Heinrich.


Langhorne

Langhorne (countable and uncountable, plural Langhornes)

From Middle English lang (“long”) + horn (“horn”), a nickname for a horn blower or possibly a cuckhold, or it may have referred to some physical characteristic. It could also be a variant of Langthorne, a habitational surname.


Briganti

From the Italian surname, plural form of Brigante, from the noun brigante (“brigand”).


Aspinwall

Aspinwall (countable and uncountable, plural Aspinwalls)

Habitational surname from a minor place in the parish of Ormskirk, Lancashire, from Old English æspen (“aspen”) + wielle (“well, spring”).


Mishoe

Perhaps an Americanized spelling of French Michau.


Shingler

From Middle English shingler (“roof tiler”). Doublet of Schindler.


Koth

* As a German surname, from the noun Kate (“hut, cottage”). Compare Kotz. Also shortened from names starting with Gott (“god”), such as Gottfried.
* Also as a Germanized Slavic name, from Polish, Czech and Lower Sorbian kót (“tomcat”).


Zuk

From Polish Żuk, from Polish żuk (“beetle”).


Like

From the Dutch surname, probably a variant of Luik, a city in Belgium.


Cure

* As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, reduced from McClure. Also compare McIver.
* As an English surname, from the noun cure.


Crapo

Uncertain origin. Possibly borrowed from Sicilian crapu (“he-goat”), masculine and obsolete form of crapa (“she-goat”). Compare also Italian capro. In some cases, from French Crépeau.


Walko

* As a Polish surname, from a pet form of Walenty.
* As a Carpathian Rusyn, Slovak, Czech, Ukrainian, and Hungarian surname, Americanized/Germanized from Valko.


Hoxha

Borrowed from Albanian Hoxha. Doublet of Khoja and hodja.


Sgro

Borrowed from Sicilian Sgrò. Compare also Sicilian Sgroi and Isgrò.


Bradwell

Bradwell (countable and uncountable, plural Bradwells)


Sengupta

Borrowed from Bengali সেনগুপ্ত (śengupto).


Crombie

Habitational surname borrowed from Scottish Gaelic, from crom (“bent, crooked”).


Dasgupta

Borrowed from Bengali দাশগুপ্ত (daśgupto).


Monn

From the German surname, variant of Mohn and Mann.


Harbor

Harbor (countable and uncountable, plural Harbors)


Vicuna

Borrowed from Spanish Vicuña, itself of Basque origin.


Raghavan

Borrowed from Tamil ராகவன் (rākavaṉ) and Malayalam രാഘവൻ (rāghavaṉ).


Geng

* As a south German surname, from obsolete Middle High German genge (“vigorous”).
* As a Chinese surname, Mandarin form of 耿 (gěng).


Colclough

English habitational surname, probably named with the Old English byname Cola + clōh (“ravine”).


Kinghorn

Kinghorn (countable and uncountable, plural Kinghorns)

From Scottish Gaelic ceann (“head; height”) + gronna (“bog”); the placename later developed to Kinghorn due to folk etymology.

A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.


Feldstein

From Yiddish and Jewish German. The name is not common among Christian Germans.


Hoque

Borrowed from Bengali হক (hok). This surname is mostly found in Bangladesh.


Gayhart

Uncertain; possibly an Americanized (translated) form of French Jolicoeur or an Americanized spelling of German Gerhardt.


Gavigan

Two main origins:
* Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gáibhtheacháin (“descendant of Gáibhtheachán”), a diminutive of gáifeach (“dangerous, perilous, terrible”).
* Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Eachagáin (“son of Eachagán”), a diminutive of the personal name Eochaidh.


Arizaga

Borrowed from Spanish Arizaga, Castilianized form of Basque Aritzaga. This surname is predominantly found in Ecuador.


Sorrow

Probably a calque of German Sorge (“sorrow”).


Viau

en-proper noun

Viau (countable and uncountable, plural Viaus)


Pershing

Pershing (countable and uncountable, plural Pershings)


Kosek

Borrowed from Czech and Polish Kosek:
* from a diminutive of kos (“blackbird”);
* also a diminutive of kosa (“schythe”).
* Also as a Czech surname, from a pet form of the name Koša; see Kosa.


Hungate

Habitational surname from several minor places in England, from either Old English hund (“hound”) or Old Norse hundr (“dog”) + Old Norse gata (“road, street”).


Hawthorn

Hawthorn (countable and uncountable, plural Hawthorns)


Placek

Borrowed from Polish Placek and Czech Plaček.


Nakasone

Borrowed from Japanese 仲宗根 (Nakasone) or Japanese 中曽根 (Nakasone).


Lem

* As a Dutch and North Germanic surname, shortened from Lambrecht or Lempert. See Lambert.
* As a Chinese surname, spelling variant of Lim.


Bitton

Bitton (countable and uncountable, plural Bittons)


Freestone

Freestone (countable and uncountable, plural Freestones)

From the Old English personal name Frēostān, which is composed of the elements frēo (“free”) and stān (“stone”).


Sweetland

Habitational surname from a minor place in Devon, from Old English swēte (“sweet”) + land (“land”).


Cadenhead

Scottish habitational or topographic surname for someone who lived at the head of Caddon Water, a small river in the Scottish Borders.


Arbour

* As a French surname, rendition of the Germanic name Hardburg, equivalent to hard + burg. Compare Harbour.
* As an English surname, variant of Harbour.


Espaillat

Borrowed from Spanish Espaillat; this surname is predominantly found in the Dominican Republic.


Lamour

From French Lamour, from L’Amour, from l’+amour (“love”).


Illingworth

Illingworth (countable and uncountable, plural Illingworths)

From the Old English personal name Illa + -ing (“belonging to”) + worþ (“enclosure”).


Giuffre

/ˈd͡ʒuːfɹeɪ/

Borrowed from Italian Giuffrè, Giuffré, Giuffre.


Andaya

Filipino and Spanish, from Basque Andaia


Bamberger

Borrowed from German Bamberger, a habitational surname for someone from Bamberg, in Bavaria.


Weedon

Weedon (countable and uncountable, plural Weedons)

From Old English wēoh (“pre-Christian idol”) + dun (“hill”).


Coppin

* As an English surname, reduced pet form of Jacob.
* As a French surname, from compain (“companion”).
* As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, from McCoppin, McCappin, McAlpine, from Mac Ailpein, Ailpín, "son of Alpean," possibly from ailp (“lump”).


Junk

South German surname, spelling variant of Jung.


Bouse

Bouse (countable and uncountable, plural Bouses)


Awe

Awe (countable and uncountable, plural Awes)


Herrero

A surname from Spanish [in turn originating as an occupation]


Parfait

A surname from French [in turn transferred from the nickname].


Soo

Soo (countable and uncountable, plural Soos)


Urquidez

Borrowed from Spanish Urquídez, itself of Basque origin.


Cottam

Cottam (countable and uncountable, plural Cottams)


Wingrove

Wingrove (countable and uncountable, plural Wingroves)


Gaut

English and French surname, variant of Gault.


Barbaro

Ultimately from Latin barbarus (“foreign”), used in the middle ages to refer to a non-Christian.


Sprout

* As a Dutch surname, from spruit (“sprout, shoot”)
* As an English and Scottish surname, spelling variant of Sprott


Woolverton

Woolverton (countable and uncountable, plural Woolvertons)

From the Old English personal name Wulfhere, which is composed of the elements wulf (“wolf”) and here (“army”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Spainhour

Americanized spelling of German Spanhauer.


Hegge

Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Dutch Hegge, a shortened form of a Germanic personal name.
* Borrowed from Norwegian Hegge, a topographic surname from hegg (“bird cherry tree”).


Fenelon

Fenelon (countable and uncountable, plural Fenelons)

Various origins:
* Borrowed from French Fénelon, a habitational surname mostly found in Haiti.
* Irish surname, a variant of Fenlon.


Slaby

From Czech and Slovak Slabý or Polish Słaby.


Abdelrahman

Borrowed from Arabic عَبْد الرَّحْمَٰن (ʕabd ar-raḥmān). This surname is predominantly found in Sudan.

bor

عَبْد الرَّحْمَٰن


Faraj

Borrowed from Arabic فَرَج (faraj, “relief, respite, salvation”).


Ambroise

en-proper noun

Ambroise (countable and uncountable, plural Ambroises)


Gondek

From Polish Gądek or its spelling variant Gondek.


Ariola

Variant of Arriola, from Spanish, from Basque, from harri+ola.


Zhan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 詹 (Zhān).


Magro

From the surname Magro, from the italianization of Sicilian Màguru, a surname derived from màguru (“thin, meager”).


Hanvey

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAinbheith (“descendant of Ainbhioth”), a byname meaning "stormy".


Berroa

Borrowed from Spanish Berroa, itself of Basque origin.


Bulmer

en-proper noun

Bulmer (countable and uncountable, plural Bulmers)


Arbelaez

Borrowed from Spanish Arbeláez, from Basque Arbelaitz.


Gazda

Borrowed from Polish, Czech and Slovak Gazda, all from gazda (“farmer”).


Loveridge

Loveridge (countable and uncountable, plural Loveridges)


Popplewell

Habitational surname from several places in Yorkshire, from Old English popel (“pebble”) + wielle (“well, spring”).


Salts

Borrowed from Yiddish זאַלץ (zalts, “salt”), a Jewish Ashkenazi metonymic occupational surname for a salt producer or seller.


Starck

* As a Serbo-Croatian surname, Americanized from Starčević, from starac (“old man”). Compare Starkovich.
* As an Americanized Slovene variant of the above, from Starc; see Startz.
* Also as a Serbo-Croatian surname, from Štark, itself from German; see Stark.


Donlan

Donlan (countable and uncountable, plural Donlans)


Ancrum

Ancrum (countable and uncountable, plural Ancrums)


Walberg

Various origins:
* Borrowed from German Walberg, a variant of either Wallberg or Wahlberg.
* Borrowed from Norwegian Wålberg, a habitational surname from Old Norse valr (“falcon”) or hváll (“dome-shaped hill”) + berg (“mountain”).
* Borrowed from Swedish Walberg, an ornamental surname composed of the elements vall (“grassy field, pasture”) and berg (“mountain”).


Geraldo

Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Geraldo.


Brailsford

Brailsford (countable and uncountable, plural Brailsfords)

From a variant of Old English byrġels (“burial place; barrow”) + ford (“ford”).


Czajka

From Polish czajka (“lapwing”). Doublet of saic.


Arrowsmith

en-proper noun

Arrowsmith (countable and uncountable, plural Arrowsmiths)

From arrowsmith, an occupational surname for a maker of iron arrowheads.


Ahlberg

Borrowed from Swedish Ahlberg, from al (“alder”) + berg (“mountain”).


Bransford

Bransford (countable and uncountable, plural Bransfords)


Albor

From Galician, ultimately from Latin albor (“whiteness”).


Haliburton

Haliburton (countable and uncountable, plural Haliburtons)


Panton

Panton (countable and uncountable, plural Pantons)


Hammerschmidt

→ Translingual: Hammerschmidtia

Borrowed from German Hammerschmidt (“hammer smith”). Compare the English equivalent Hammersmith.


Woolston

Woolston (countable and uncountable, plural Woolstons)


Lyne

Lyne (countable and uncountable, plural Lynes)

As an English surname, spelling variant of Lind and Line; as an Irish surname, spelling variant of Lane.


Grattan

Grattan (countable and uncountable, plural Grattans)


Konkol

From Polish Kąkol / Konkol, from Polish kąkol.


Gering

North German surname, variant of Gehring.


Salt

Salt (countable and uncountable, plural Salts)

From Middle English [Term?], from Old English Selte.
The Staffordshire village was recorded as Selte in 1086 (DB), for a salt pit or saltworks.


Urie

Urie (countable and uncountable, plural Uries)


Sinatra

From the Italian surname (Calabria & Sicily), from the title of magistrates in Italian states, ultimately from a nickname for members of the Roman senate, Latin senatus.


Lyford

Lyford (countable and uncountable, plural Lyfords)

From Old English līn (“flax”) + ford (“ford”).


Whittingham

Whittingham (countable and uncountable, plural Whittinghams)

From the Old English personal name Hwīta + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”).


Merk

* As a Dutch surname, variant of Mark (both senses).
* As a German surname, From German Merk, shortening of Markwardt.


Veloso

Portuguese, Filipino, and Hispanic surname, either borrowed from Portuguese or Galician (via Spanish).


Towson

Towson (countable and uncountable, plural Towsons)

Probably an old form of Townson. The place in Maryland is presumably named after early settlers William and Thomas Towson.


Franey

Possibly an Americanized spelling of French Frênay or Fresnay.


Ahlgren

Borrowed from Swedish Ahlgren, from al (“alder”) + gren (“branch”).


Moronta

Habitational surname borrowed from Spanish Moronta.


Shepley

Shepley (countable and uncountable, plural Shepleys)

From Old English scēap (“sheep”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”).


Bunkley

Habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place or a variant of Bingley.


Billing

Billing (countable and uncountable, plural Billings)

From the Old English surname, named after Billing in Liverpool, from bil (“double-edged sword”).


Kocian

From Slovak Kocian, Kocián, and Czech Kocián.


Mawhinney

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Choinnich and Irish Mac Choinnigh (“son of Coinneach”).


Muncie

en-proper noun

Muncie (countable and uncountable, plural Muncies)


Loa

Loa (countable and uncountable, plural Loas)


Hockley

Hockley (countable and uncountable, plural Hockleys)

From either the Old English personal name Hocca or hocc (“mallow”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).


Lacson

Borrowed from Tagalog Lacson, ultimately derived from Hokkien 六孫／六孙 (la̍k-sun).

A surname from Tagalog [in turn from Hokkien].


Venkatesh

Borrowed from Telugu వెంకటేష్ (veṅkaṭēṣ).

bor

Telugu వెంకటేష్ (veṅkaṭēṣ)


Huaman

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Quechua].


Pelland

en-proper noun

Pelland (countable and uncountable, plural Pellands)


Kuhar

No. 22, first count, fraudulently preferring an unfounded complaint, on the part of Boolakee Singh versus Bishoon Kuhar and others, charging them with plunder of property.

1852, Government v. Rewa, Boolakee Singh, and Hurkhoo Singh, Court of Nizamut Adawlut:

Raymond Kuhar has been employed as a teacher, counselor, and administrator by the Greensburg-Salem School District for over 33 years.

1979, Kuhar v. Greensburg-Salem School District, United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. No. 79-1698.:

They read him his Miranda rights and told him what codefendants Christopher Kuhar and Sergio Jimenez had said about the shooting.

2007, The People v. Macias, Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division. No. 1-04-3743.:


Vise

English topographic surname, from Old French deviser (“to split, divide”).


Engdahl

Borrowed from Swedish Engdahl, from äng (“meadow”) + dahl (“valley”).


Trousdale

Reduced form of *Troutsdale, meaning "trout pool", from Old English truht (“trout”) + steall (“fishing ground”); akin to trout stall. The second element was eventually misanalysed as dale.


Silverthorn

Silverthorn (countable and uncountable, plural Silverthorns)

Apparently a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place, from Old English seolfor (“silver”) + þorn (“thorn; thorny bush”).


Khachatryan

Borrowed from Armenian Խաչատրյան (Xačʻatryan).


Nerio

Latin-American Spanish surname, perhaps related to Neri.


Burnworth

Habitational surname from the hamlet of Burnworthy, in Somerset, named with the Old English personal name Beorna + worþ (“enclosure”).


Shehadeh

Borrowed from Arabic شَهَادَة (šahāda, “testimony, witness”).


Adderley

en-proper noun

Adderley (countable and uncountable, plural Adderleys)

From the Old English personal name Ealdred + lēah (“woodland clearing”).

A habitational surname from Old English.


Blanck

From the German surname, from the adjective blank (“shining, white”).


Hamp

* As an English surname, of various origins, including the suburb Hamp in Somerset, from the source of the suffix -ham (“closed in land”) and a variant of Hamm, or from Middle English hemp (“hemp”).
* As a German surname, variant of Hampe.


Zundel

From the German surname, from a diminutive of Zunder (“tinder”).


Gilpatrick

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Phádraig (“son of the servant of (saint) Patrick”). Compare also the surname Kilpatrick.


Petts

en-prop

Petts (countable and uncountable, plural Pettses)


Bano

* As an Islamic surname (Indian subcontinent), variant of Banu.
* As a Spanish surname (Baño), from baño (“bath”). Compare Banos.
* As a Galician surname (Baño), from O Baño in Mugardos, a placename from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.
* As an Italian surname, from the personal Bano, short form of Albano, Urbano.


Flink

* Swedish surname, from the adjective flink (“quick, agile”).
* As a Dutch, German and Jewish surname, from the adjective flink, meaning the same as above.


Zupancic

en-proper noun

Zupancic (plural Zupancices or Zupancics)

From Serbo-Croatian Župančić or Slovene Zupančič.


Pett

Pett (countable and uncountable, plural Petts)


Ivanova

A female surname from the Slavic languages, masculine equivalent Ivanov.


Copen

Spelling variant of both Coppin and Koppen (a German patronymic surname reduced from Jakob).


Mabey

Uncertain: it could be from a hypocoristic form of the Middle English female personal name Mabbe, or alternatively a variant of Mowbray.


Sliwa

From Polish Śliwa. Doublet of sloe. Also Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܨܠܝܼܒ݂ܵܐ (ṣlīḇā, “Crucifix”), a surname borne by Assyrians.


Wahlberg

Borrowed from Swedish Wahlberg, from vall (“pasture”) + berg (“mountain”).


Trentham

en-proper noun

Trentham (countable and uncountable, plural Trenthams)

From the name of the river Trent + Old English hām (“homestead”).


Curnow

Anglicized form of Cornish Kernow (“Cornwall”), an ethnic surname for a Cornish person.


Razon

Filipino and Hispanic surname, from Spanish Razón. Doublet of Reason.


Kretschmer

From German Kretschmer, from Proto-Slavic *kъrčьmařь. Doublet of Krcmar.


Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States of America


Claffey

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Fhlaithimh (“son of Flaitheamh”), a byname from flaitheamh (“prince, ruler”).


Akopyan

From Russian Акопя́н (Akopján), from Armenian Հակոբյան (Hakobyan).


Leffingwell

English habitational surname from a lost place in Essex recorded as Liffildeuuella in the Domesday Book, from the Old English female given name Lēofhild + wella (“well, spring”).


Fairclough

Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from Middle English fayr (“fair, beautiful”) + clough (“narrow valley, ravine”).


Lanuza

From Spanish Lanuza, of toponymic origin (after a locality in Huesca).


Hanratty

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hInreachtaigh (“descendant of Ionnrachtach”), a byname meaning "attacker".


Kmiec

From Polish Kmieć, from kmieć (“peasant, wealthy farmer”).


Minassian

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Manukyan

Borrowed from Armenian Մանուկյան (Manukyan).


Grieb

From the Alemannic German surname, related to the noun Griebe (“crackling, pork fat”).


Lufkin

en-proper noun

Lufkin (countable and uncountable, plural Lufkins)


Zubiate

Borrowed from Spanish Zubiate, from a Basque toponym formed by zubi (“bridge”) + ate (“gorge, ravine”).


Logiudice

Borrowed from Italian Lo Giudice, already italianized from Sicilian Lu Jùdici, lu (“the”) + jùdici (“judge”).


Bloxham

Bloxham (countable and uncountable, plural Bloxhams)

From an unrecorded Old English byname Blocc + -s- + hām (“manor, estate”).


Eagleton

Eagleton (countable and uncountable, plural Eagletons)


Lorance

Lorance (countable and uncountable, plural Lorances)


Aldaz

From the Spanish surname, from Basque Aldatz, named after a town in Basque Country.


Myron

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μύρων (Múrōn).


Aracena

Borrowed from Spanish Aracena. This surname is predominantly found in Chile.


Sebree

en-proper noun

Sebree (countable and uncountable, plural Sebrees)


Fitton

→ Translingual: Fittonia

Two possible origins:
* From Middle English fiton, fittin (“lie, falsehood”), a nickname for a lier or cheat.
* A habitational surname from a minor place in Cambridgeshire, from Old Norse fit (“grassland on the bank of a river”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Asato

Borrowed from Japanese 安里 (Asato) or あさと (Asato).


Ekberg

Borrowed from Swedish Ekberg, from ek (“oak”) + berg (“mountain”).


Gaber

* As an Egyptian/Islamic surname, variant of Jaber.
* As a German, Slovene, Polish surname, from variants of Gabriel.
* Also as a Slovene surname, from gaber (“hornbeam”), from Proto-Slavic *grabrъ. This is also found in variants Gaberšek, Gaberšček.
* As a Jewish surname, variant of Haber.


Doonan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dúnáin (“descendant of Dúnán”), a hypocoristic form of an unknown name beginning with the element dun (“fortress”).


Tonge

en-proper noun

Tonge (countable and uncountable, plural Tonges)


Unzueta

Borrowed from Spanish Unzueta, a habitational surname from Basque Untzueta, a neighbourhood in the municipality of Zeberio.


Khachaturian

/ˌkɑːtʃəˈtʊəɹiən/

Borrowed from Armenian Խաչատրյան (Xačʻatryan).


Radhakrishnan

Borrowed from Tamil ராதாகிருட்டிணன் (rātākiruṭṭiṇaṉ).

bor

ராதாகிருட்டிணன்

Tamil ராதாகிருட்டிணன் (rātākiruṭṭiṇaṉ)


Zipp

From the German surname, variant of Zipf.


Halling

en-proper noun

Halling (countable and uncountable, plural Hallings)


Liranzo

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


Cancio

Of Spanish, a surname common in the Philippines, Cuba, and Asturias (in Spain)


Kelman

Scottish habitational surname from a place in Aberdeenshire.


Foxworthy

Habitational surname from a minor place in the parish of Lustleigh, Devon, from the Old English personal name Færoc + -s- + worþig (“estate, enclosure”).


Shehata

Borrowed from Arabic شَحَّاتَة (šaḥḥāta), from شَحَّات (šaḥḥāt, “beggar”). In the Dictionary of American Family Names, the surname is given as a variant of Shehadeh, which is apparently from a different root. This surname is predominantly found in Egypt.

bor

Arabic شَحَّاتَة (šaḥḥāta)


Poth

North German surname, from Middle Low German pütte (“pool, puddle”), from Old Saxon putti, from Proto-West Germanic *puti.


Bolz

Spelling variant of the surnames Boltz and Bohls


Jabbar

Borrowed from Arabic جَبَّار (jabbār, “mighty, powerful”). This surname is mostly found in Iraq.


Ganser

From the German surname for a breeder of geese, from Gans (“goose”).


Blatchford

Habitational surname from a minor place in Devon, which is probably named with the Old English personal name Blæcca + ford (“ford”).


Milroy

en-proper noun

Milroy (countable and uncountable, plural Milroys)


Hershkowitz

Jewish Ashkenazi patronymic surname from the personal name Hershke, pet form of Hersch.


Kampa

From the Polish surname, variant of Kępa.


Gorospe

Borrowed from Spanish, from Basque Gorospe. This surname is mostly found in the Philippines.


Urioste

Borrowed from Spanish Urioste, itself from a Basque toponym.


Ducey

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dubhghusa (“descendant of Dubhghus”), a personal name composed of the elements dubh (“black”) + gus (“choice; vigor”).


Bowland

en-proper noun

Bowland (countable and uncountable, plural Bowlands)


Haswell

Haswell (countable and uncountable, plural Haswells)

From Old English hæsl (“hazel”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).


Vandevelde

Dutch van (“of”) + de (“the”) + velde (“field”).


Liew

Borrowed from Cantonese 廖 (liu6), Hakka 劉／刘 (Lìu), etc.


Hermida

From Galician hermida (“ermitage; chapel”).


Ghanem

Borrowed from Arabic غانم (ḡānim). This surname is mostly found in Egypt.


Schonfeld

From the German and Jewish surname (Schönfeld), variant of Schoenfeld.


Prajapati

Prajapati (countable and uncountable, plural Prajapatis)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रजापति (prajā́pati, “lord of creation”).


Dusenberry

Reduced Americanized form of Dutch van Doesburg.


Done

An American man pronouncing the English word "DONE".ogg


Yadao

Asian American surnames, either from Ilocano or Telugu.


Woodhead

en-proper noun

Woodhead (countable and uncountable, plural Woodheads)


Walke

* As a German occupational surname for a fuller, from the verb walken (“to full, tan”), compare Walkmühle (English waulkmill).
* As an English surname, variant of Walk.


Dorney

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Doirinne (“descendant of Doireann”), a personal name related to dodaire (“sullen, sulky”).


Tatham

en-proper noun

Tatham (countable and uncountable, plural Tathams)

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


Michalec

From Czech, Polish, and Slovak Michalec.


Lick

North German surname, from a short/pet form of a name related to Leute (“people”); compare Leopold.


Zelenka

From Czech Zelenka, Slovak Zelenka, and Upper Sorbian zelenka.


Ree

* As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Rea, Ray.
* As a Norwegian surname, from the name of several farmsteads, from an obsolete Old Norse word meaning "gravelly ridge."
* As a Korean surname, variant of Ri, itself a variant of Yi.


Venancio

Given name as surname, from Spanish, from Latin venatium or venator (“hunter”).


Stonesifer

Americanized spelling of German Steinseifer.


Badon

From the French surname of Frankish origin; compare the first element of English Badminton.


Carta

An Italian metonymic occupational name for a notary or administrator from carta (“document”) or a Spanish nickname from carta (“letter”).


Yabut

Of Filipino origin, mostly from Kapampangan.

A surname from the Philippine languages.


Montalbo

Hispanic and Filipino surname from Spanish, a variant of Montalvo


Dunnington

Dunnington (countable and uncountable, plural Dunningtons)

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


Hammersley

Habitational surname from a lost place believed to have been in Staffordshire, perhaps from the Old English personal name Hamela + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).


Blacklock

A nickname for someone with dark hair, from Middle English blāk (“black”) + lok (“lock, tuft of hair”).


Auzenne

From earlier Ozenne, borrowed from French Ozenne.


Peper

Jewish and north German surname, spelling variant of Pepper; as Dutch, from peper (“pepper”).


Canete

Anglicization of Spanish Cañete, a common Hispanic and Filipino surname, from cañete, or of toponymic origin.


Zuccaro

From the Sicilian surname Zuccaru, a surname derived from zùccaru (“sugar”).


Matsuoka

Romanization of Japanese 松岡 (まつおか, Matsuoka).


Kilbane

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Bháin (“son of the fair-haired lad”), from giolla (“lad, boy”) and bán (“white, fair”). Compare McElwain.


Papazian

Borrowed from Armenian Փափազյան (Pʻapʻazyan).


Honeywell

Habitational surname from any of minor places in Devon, from Old English huniġ (“honey”) + wielle (“well, spring”).


Thistle

English surname from the noun thistle. Anglicized sources include German Distel and Norwegian Tistel (see tistel).


Kleinberg

From German klein (“small”) + Berg (“mountain”).


Ramaswamy

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Zapf

From Middle High German zapfen, from Old High German zapfo, from Proto-West Germanic *tappō, from Proto-Germanic *tappô.


Usman

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Arabic عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān)

A surname from Arabic [in turn originating as a patronymic].


Eggleton

en-proper noun

Eggleton (countable and uncountable, plural Eggletons)

From the Old English personal name Eċġwulf, which is composed of the elements eċġ (“edge”) and wulf (“wolf”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Sridhar

Borrowed from Tamil ஶ்ரீதர் (śrītar) and Telugu శ్రీధర్ (śrīdhar).


Brixey

Brixey (countable and uncountable, plural Brixeys)

From an Old English personal name composed of the elements bryht (“bright”) + siġe (“victory”).


Hert

* As a German surname, spelling variant of Herdt.
* As a Dutch surname, spelling variant of Herd, from hert (“stag”).


Kudla

From Polish Kudła, Ukrainian Кудла (Kudla), or Czech Kudla.


Harkin

* As an Irish surname, from Ó hEarcáin, "descendant of Earcán," from earc.
* As an English surname, spelling variant related to Harkey.


Gawel

* As a Polish surname, derived from Latin gallus.
* As a German surname, from the archaic noun Gau (“shire, district”).


Nylund

Borrowed from Swedish Nylund, from ny (“new”) + lund (“grove”). This surname is mostly found in Finland.


Goen

* As a German surname Göen, Gön, pet form of old Germanic names from the element *gunþi (“battle”).
* As a West Flemish surname, variant of Godin.
* As an Irish surname, variant of Gowen.


Haselden

Habitational surname from various minor places in England, from Old English hæsl (“hazel”) + denu (“valley”).


Danziger

Borrowed from German Danziger, from Danzig.


Azpeitia

Borrowed from Spanish Azpeitia, from the name of a Basque town.


Nesler

Borrowed from German Nesler, variant of Nessler.


Savin

* As a Russian surname, from a personal name derived from Byzantine Greek Σάββας (Sábbas). See Savas.
* As an English and French surname, from Savin, a variant of Sabin.
* As an Irish surname, variant of Sabin.


Lamberton

Lamberton (countable and uncountable, plural Lambertons)

From Old English lamb (“lamb”) + burna (“stream”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Rodwell

Rodwell (countable and uncountable, plural Rodwells)


Hunton

Hunton (countable and uncountable, plural Huntons)


Jolliffe

From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from jolif, from Old French joli, from Old Norse jol (“Yule”).


Knierim

Knierim (countable and uncountable, plural Knierims)


Bagshaw

Bagshaw (countable and uncountable, plural Bagshaws)

From either the Old English personal name Baċġa or the unattested Old English word bagga (“badger”) + sċeaga (“copse, thicket”).


Cantey

As an English surname, a variant of Gandow, an unknown location in England. As a Norman habitational surname, from Candé in Maine-et-Loire, a Gaulish name meaning "confluence" related to the town Condate. Also compare French gantier (“glovemaker”).


Doheny

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dubhconna (“descendant of Dubhconna”), a personal name composed by the elements dubh (“black”) + Conna, a hypocoristic form of Colmán.


Dixit

A surname from India that is common among Hindu Brahmins in India.


Beddow

From the Welsh personal name Bedo, a hypocoristic form of Meredydd.


Mone

From the Irish surname, spelling variant of Mohan.


Propp

North German surname, from Middle Low German propp (“support (for vines), stopper plug”), of uncertain origin, perhaps borrowed from Latin propago (“I extend, propagate”).


Madry

Multiple etymologies including Polish Mądry, from mądry (“wise”).


Propps

Probably an altered form of German Propst.


Kumari

From Sanskrit कुमारी (kumārī, “a young girl, one from ten to twelve years old, maiden, daughter”).


Fiddler

From fiddler, an occupational surname for someone who played the fiddle.


Crookston

en-proper noun

Crookston (countable and uncountable, plural Crookstons)


Beecroft

Beecroft (countable and uncountable, plural Beecrofts)


Ellenwood

Ellenwood (countable and uncountable, plural Ellenwoods)

Habitational surname from an unidentified place.


Nordlund

Of Swedish origin, also found in Norway.


Updyke

A surname: alternative spelling of Updike


Svenson

A surname from Swedish [in turn from Old Norse].


Nwankwo

From Igbo Nwan̄kwọ (“born on Ǹkwọ market day”).


Krey

From the German surname, from Krähe (“crow”). Also from a German borrowing of French crier (“to cry”).


Hamelin

en-proper noun

Hamelin (countable and uncountable, plural Hamelins)


Sasson

Borrowed from Hebrew ששון (sasón, “joy, gladness”).


Cogley

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Coighligh. Compare Quigley.


Aguiniga

Borrowed from Spanish Aguíñiga, variant of Aguinaga.


Nagarajan

Borrowed from Tamil நாகராசன் (nākarācaṉ).


Edrington

Perhaps a metathesized form of Erdington, a village in the West Midlands.


Schumer

The surname Schumer was an occupational name for a cobbler. The name Schumer is derived from the Old German words "schuoch" and the suffix "mann," which means shoe maker.
North German (Schümer): nickname from Middle Low German schumer ‘good-for-nothing’, ‘vagabond’.


Iriarte

Borrowed from Spanish Iriarte, from Basque iri (“village, settlement”) + arte (“between”).


Selva

Borrowed from Catalan and Italian Selva.


Cargo

Cargo (countable and uncountable, plural Cargos)


Shackleton

Shackleton (countable and uncountable, plural Shackletons)

Habitational surname from a place in West Yorkshire, from an unattested Old English word *sċacol (“tongue of land”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Lillibridge

Lillibridge (countable and uncountable, plural Lillibridges)

Probably a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in England; however, this surname is not found in current British records.


Hoon

Hoon (countable and uncountable, plural Hoons)

From the Dutch surname de Hoon, from Middle Dutch hoon (“dangerous”), from Old Dutch *honi (“despicable”).


Warda

Borrowed from Arabic وَرْدَة (warda, “rose”).


Kovacic

From Serbo-Croatian Kovačić or Slovene Kovačič.


Goswick

Goswick (countable and uncountable, plural Goswicks)


Larussa

From the univerbation of the Sicilian surname La Russa (“The She-redhead”), from russu (“red”). Compare Russo and Rossi.


Witherington

Witherington (countable and uncountable, plural Witheringtons)

Apparently from Old English wiþegn (“willow copse”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Engh

From Norwegian Engh, a habitational name from Norwegian eng (“meadow”) for a person from a farm near meadow, from Old Norse eng, from Proto-Germanic *angijō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énkos (“a bend; curve; bowl-shape; valley”), from *h₂enk- (“to bend; bow; curve”).


Unsworth

en-proper noun

Unsworth (countable and uncountable, plural Unsworths)

From the Old English personal name Hund, a byname from hund (“hound, dog”), + -s- + worþ (“enclosure”). The loss of the initial "h" sound is a typical feature of Lancashire placenames.


Birr

Birr (usually uncountable, plural Birrs)


Alcon

* (surname): From Spanish Alcón
* (given name): From Latin Alcon, from Ancient Greek Ἄλκων (Álkōn)


Bero

From the German and French surname, possibly of Germanic origin and related to the noun bear.


Pierpont

Pierpont (countable and uncountable, plural Pierponts)

From the Norman habitational surname, from any of various places in Northern France, from pierre (“stone”) + pont (“bridge”).


Punzalan

Filipino surname from Tagalog and Kapampangan.

A Filipino surname
A surname from Tagalog

A Filipino surname
A surname from Kapampangan


McDonough

McDonough (countable and uncountable, plural McDonoughs)

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Ishak

Borrowed from Arabic إسحاق (ʔisḥāq, “Isaac”). This surname is mostly found in Indonesia.


Godard

* Borrowed from French Godard, of Germanic origin (see Goddard).
* As an English surname of Norman origin, variant of Goddard, related to the above.


Wedderburn

Wedderburn (countable and uncountable, plural Wedderburns)

Scottish habitational surname from a place in Berwickshire, from Old English weþer (“wether, castrated ram”) + burna (“stream, burn”).


Burgdorf

en-proper noun

Burgdorf (countable and uncountable, plural Burgdorfs)


Hymers

en-prop

Hymers (countable and uncountable, plural Hymerses)


Cumby

en-proper noun

Cumby (countable and uncountable, plural Cumbys)

Reduced form of McCombie. Alternatively, a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place.


Agnihotri

Borrowed from Sanskrit अग्निहोत्री (agnihotrī, “fire-sacrificer”).

bor

A surname from Sanskrit common among Hindu brahmins.


Kocur

Borrowed from Polish kocur (“tomcat”) or Slovak kocúr (“tomcat”).


Chalupa

Borrowed either from Czech Chalupa or Polish Chałupa.


Drobny

Borrowed from Czech Drobný and Polish Drobny.


Kaszuba

Borrowed from Polish Kaszuba (“Kashubian”).


Gorol

From Silesian gorol; ultimately from Proto-Slavic *goraľь (“mountain dweller”), from *gorà (“mountain”) + *-aľь.


Rafi

Borrowed from Arabic رَافِع (rāfiʕ, “hoister, exalter, raiser”) or رَفِيع (rafīʕ, “elevated, high, noble”). This surname is predominantly found in Bangladesh.


Lushington

* English surname, recorded in Middle English as Lustinton, from Old English *Lusta (a personal name) + -ing + -tun.
* Also possibly after Lashenden in Kent, from Old English læc (“muddy stream”) (see leach) or læccan (“to trap”) + -ing + denn (“woodland pasture”).


Toya

Two main origins:
* Amerindian surname typical of the Jemez Pueblo people of New Mexico, possibly from Spanish Toya.
* Borrowed from Japanese 桐耶 (Tōya, “door valley”).


Kauffmann

A surname from German [in turn originating as an occupation] meaning "merchant".


Krewson

unk

Origin unidentified


Larin

From Spanish Larín or Russian Ларин (Larin).


Looby

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Lúbaigh (“descendant of Lúbach”), a byname originally applied to a cunning person, from lúbach (“looped, coiled; crafty, tricky”).


Georgiev

Borrowed from Bulgarian Георгиев (Georgiev).


Ameen

Borrowed from Arabic أَمِين (ʔamīn, “loyal, reliable, trustworthy”). This surname is mostly found in Pakistan.


Bondar

From Ukrainian Бондар (Bondar, “cooper”).


Earlywine

Americanized spelling of German Erlewein.


Holroyd

en-proper noun

Holroyd (countable and uncountable, plural Holroyds)

English habitational surname from any of various minor places named with Old English holh (“hollow”) + rod (“clearing”).


Regas

Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Catalan Regàs, a habitational surname from any of various places named with rec (“irrigation channel”).
* Borrowed from Greek Ρέγας (Régas), a variant of Ρήγα (Ríga).


Clugston

Perhaps a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place.


Hogsett

Hogsett (countable and uncountable, plural Hogsetts)

Americanized spelling of Norwegian Høgseth, from Old Norse heggsetr, from heggr (“bird cherry”) + setr (“dwelling”). The first element might instead be haugr (“hill mound”), which is found in the surname Haug.


Bellow

Metonymic occupational surname for a bellows maker.


Applegarth

Applegarth (countable and uncountable, plural Applegarths)

From Old Norse apaldr (“apple tree”) + garðr (“enclosure”).


Gorelik

From Belarusian Гарэлік (Harelik) and Russian Горелик (Gorelik), ultimately from a descendant of *gorěti (“to burn”) + *-ikъ.


Saitta

Borrowed from Italian Saitta, Italianization of Sicilian Sajitta, from sajitta (“arrow”), from sagitta.


Mogan

Either a variant of Mohan, or from Irish Ó Mógáin (“descendant of Mógán”).


Battey

From Batte, a Middle English pet-form of Bartholomew.

A surname transferred from the given name.


Babic

From Serbo-Croatian Babić or Slovene Babič.


Gehr

From the German surname, from personal names derived from Ger (“spear”).


Aldaba

Borrowed from Spanish Aldaba, a Basque habitational surname from a place in Navarra.


Brackeen

From the Irish surname, variant of Bracken.


Thurgood

From the Middle English personal name Thurgod, an Anglicized form of Old Norse Þorgautr, a personal name composed of the elements Þórr (“Thor”) and the demonym Gautr (“Geat”).


Moneymaker

A surname originating as an occupation for a person who made coins.


Rance

Rance (countable and uncountable, plural Rances)


Chudy

From Czech Chudý, Slovak Chudý, Polish Chudy, or Swiss German Tschudy and Tschudi.


Attwood

Attwood (countable and uncountable, plural Attwoods)


Astin

English surname of Norman origin, from the Anglo-Norman name Astin, shortened from Asketin, a diminutive of Old Norse Ásketill, from Áskell, see also Haskell and Askin. This surname is often confused with the unrelated Aspden, Austin, Aston.


Kempa

From Polish Kempa / Kępa, from Polish kępa.


Gora

* From Polish Góra, from góra (“hill, mountain”).
* From descendants of Sanskrit गौर (gaura).


Aramburo

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].


Kingsland

Kingsland (countable and uncountable, plural Kingslands)


Forseth

Habitational surname, borrowed from Norwegian Forseth.


Slivka

From Slovak Slivka, Ukrainian Сливка (Slyvka), Belarusian Сліўка (Sliŭka), Polish Śliwka or another Slavic language, ultimately from *sliva (“plum”).


Winkfield

Winkfield (countable and uncountable, plural Winkfields)


Iyengar

Borrowed from Tamil ஐயங்கார் (aiyaṅkār).


Dornan

From the Irish surname, from Ó Duirnín, Dornáin, possibly from dorn (“fist”).


Xin

From several Chinese surnames, including Mandarin 辛 (Xīn), 信 (Xìn), 新 (Xīn).


Sekula

Borrowed from Polish Sekuła and, less commonly, Sekula.


Farnell

Farnell (countable and uncountable, plural Farnells)


Drabek

Borrowed from Czech Drábek or Polish Drabek.


Minarik

From Czech Minařík or Slovak Minárik, from mlynář (“miller”).


Tarpey

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Tarpaigh (“descendant of Tarpach”), a byname from torpach (“pot-bellied”).


Feltham

en-proper noun

Feltham (countable and uncountable, plural Felthams)

Two main origins:
* The town in Greater London is from either Old English feld (“field”) or felte (“mullein”) + hām (“homestead”).
* The hamlet in Somerset is from Old English fileþe (“hay”) + hām (“homestead”).


Kazarian

From Russian Казаря́н (Kazarján), from Armenian Ղազարյան (Ġazaryan).


Northcott

Northcott (countable and uncountable, plural Northcotts)

From Old English norþ (“north”) + cot (“cottage”).


Belfield

Belfield (countable and uncountable, plural Belfields)

From the name of the River Beal + Old English feld (“field”); the river name possibly derives from Old English bēogol (“winding”).


Cardosa

* As a Galician and Portuguese surname, from Cardosa, variant of Cardoza.
* As an Italian surname, from the noun cardo (“thistle”).


Inthavong

From Lao ອິນທະວົງສ໌ (ʼin tha wong sa) or Lao ອິນທະວົງ (ʼin tha wong).


Urmston

Urmston (countable and uncountable, plural Urmstons)

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


Ludlam

Habitational surname from a lost settlement in Derbyshire, from Old English hlūd (“loud, noisy”) + hamm (“water meadow”).


Noboa

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


Ayub

From Arabic أَيُّوب (ʔayyūb). Mostly a patronymic or patronymic surname. See also Ayoub.


Castell

* As an English and Scottish surname, from the noun castle.
* As a Catalan, Aragonese, and Jewish surname, from castell (“castle”), similar to the above.
* As a Manx surname, from Mac Asgaill (“son of Ásketill”), from Old Norse Áskell. Compare McAskill.
* As a German surname, variant of Kastel.
Compare Castel, Castillo.


Northway

Northway (countable and uncountable, plural Northways)


Withington

Withington (countable and uncountable, plural Withingtons)

Two main origins:
* The village in Gloucestershire is from the Old English personal name Widia + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
* The suburb of Manchester is from Old English wīþing (“willow copse”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Kojima

Borrowed from Japanese 小島 (Kojima) or 児島 (Kojima).


Schur

From German Schur. Alternatively, from Russian Щур (Ščur, “finch”), Ukrainian Щур (Ščur, “vole”), or Belarusian Шчур (Ščur, “finch”).


Zafra

From Spanish, of toponymic origin (after a city in Badajoz). Usually a common Filipino surname.


Baranek

Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Baránek or Polish Baranek.


Gamba

From the Italian surname, from the noun gamba (“leg”).


Tyldesley

Tyldesley (countable and uncountable, plural Tyldesleys)

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


Offer

Occupational surname for a goldsmith, from Norman orfrer (“goldsmith”); compare French orfèvre (“goldsmith”). Also borrowed from German Offer.


Powelson

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2012, Mantak Chia, William U. Wei, Cosmic Nutrition: The Taoist Approach to Health and Longevity:


Vold

From the Norwegian surname, spelling variant of Voll.


Parveen

Borrowed from Classical Persian پَرْوِین (parwīn).


Dust

* As an English surname, from the noun dust.
* As a north German surname, from the noun Dust with the same meaning as above, from Middle Low German and Old Saxon dust, from Proto-Germanic *dustą.


Borth

en-proper noun

Borth (countable and uncountable, plural Borths)


Genco

From the Italian Genco, a surname derived from Sicilian jencu (“calf”).


Claridge

Two possible origins:
* A metronymic surname from the Old French female given name Clarice.
* Habitational surname from a minor place in Sussex, probably named with Old English clǣfre (“clover”) + hryċġ (“ridge”).


Sachdeva

Borrowed from Hindi, from a compound of सच (sac, “truth”) + देव (dev, “deva, deity, god”).


Vanduyne

From the Dutch surname, Americanized from Van Duijne, from several places in the Netherlands containing the element duin (“dune”). Compare Duin, Van Dine, Van Dyne.


Urquidi

Borrowed from Spanish Urquidi, itself of Basque origin.


Thornock

unk

Unexplained


Tavernier

A surname originating as an occupation for an innkeeper.


Fennessy

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fionnghusa (“descendant of Fionnghus”), a personal name based on fionn (“fair, white”) + gus (“vigor, force”).


Atallah

Borrowed from Arabic عطا ٱلله (“gift of God”).


Garnier

From the French surname, from the Germanic name *Warinhari, composed of *warōn (“to protect”) + *hari (“army”). Compare Garner, Grenier, Gurnee.


Craggs

en-proper noun

Craggs (countable and uncountable, plural Craggses)


Flagler

Flagler (countable and uncountable, plural Flaglers)


Neyland

Neyland (countable and uncountable, plural Neylands)


Casserly

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Caisile, a variant of Ó Caiside, from which the surname Cassidy.


Vanderheiden

Dutch van (“of”) + der (“the”) + heide (“heath”).


Garson

Garson (countable and uncountable, plural Garsons)


Bernardez

A surname from Spanish [in turn originating as a patronymic].


Bawden

English surname, late variant of Baldwin or Bowden.


Tesar

From Czech Tesař, from tesař (“carpenter”).


Letchworth

Letchworth (countable and uncountable, plural Letchworths)


Spofford

Spofford (countable and uncountable, plural Spoffords)


Hovanec

Anglicization of Czech Chovanec and Slovak Chovanec, from Czech chovanec (“fosterchild”).


Burridge

Burridge (countable and uncountable, plural Burridges)


Bacani

Filipino surname from Kapampangan and Pangasinan.

A Filipino surname.
A surname from Kapampangan

A Filipino surname.
A surname from Pangasinan


Novosel

From Serbo-Croatian Novosel or Ukrainian новосел (novosel).


Dory

Dory (countable and uncountable, plural Dorys)


DeAngelo

en-prop

DeAngelo (plural DeAngelos or DeAngeloes)


Pant

en-proper noun

Pant (countable and uncountable, plural Pants)

As a place name, usually from Proto-Brythonic *panto (“hollow”), or its descendant forms Cumbric pant and Welsh pant.


Boron

* As a Polish surname, pet form of Borzysław, Borzymir, formed from obsolete bor (“to fight”), from Proto-Slavic *borti.
* As a French surname, from a placename in Franche-Comté.
* As a Jewish surname, variant of Baron.
* The placename in California is from the element boron.


Florey

Florey (countable and uncountable, plural Floreys)


Kindler

bullous acrokeratotic poikiloderma of Kindler and Weary


Schoppe

* As a north/Low German surname, variant of Schopp.
* As a German surname Schöppe, variant of Schöpp, Schoepp, occupational surname for a juryman, related to the noun Schöffe (“lay judge”).
* As an east German surname, Germanized from Slavic short forms of names derived from Latin Stephanus (Steven).


Cassar

* As an Italian surname, from the nickname cassaio (“maker of cases”), from cassa. Also as a spelling variant of Cesare, Caesar.
* As a Maltese surname, from Arabic كَسَّر (kassar). This could also have been influenced by Caesar. More at Cassar.


Cabezas

Borrowed from Spanish Cabezas. This surname is predominantly found in Colombia.


Jayaraman

Borrowed from Tamil செயராமன் (ceyarāmaṉ).


Houseworth

Americanized spelling of German Hauswirth.


Huo

Borrowed from Mandarin 霍 (Huò). More at English Wikipedia for Huo. Compare Fok.


Radice

/ɹəˈdiːtʃeɪ/


Rideau

Rideau (countable and uncountable, plural Rideaus)


Kuznetsov

Derived from Russian Кузнецо́в (Kuznecóv).

A male surname from Russian, feminine equivalent Kuznetsova.


Cheyne

Of Anglo-Norman origin, ultimately from Old French chesne (“oak”).


Hullett

Hullett (countable and uncountable, plural Hulletts)


Sea

Sea (countable and uncountable, plural Seas)


Shipton

Shipton (usually uncountable, plural Shiptons)


Payes

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


Ciaramitaro

Borrowed from Italian Ciaramitaro, itself from Sicilian ciaramidaru (“one who makes the roof tiles”).


Caligiuri

Borrowed from Italian Caligiuri, sonorized form of the Sicilian surname Caliciuri, a surname derived from caulu (“cabbage”) + ciuri (“flower”).


Becenti

Borrowed from Navajo, itself from Spanish Vicente.

A surname from Navajo [in turn from Spanish].


Vanderwerf

Dutch van (“of”) + der (“the”) + werf (“wharf”).


Aliaga

Borrowed from Spanish Aliaga, a habitational surname from Basque.


Salahuddin

Borrowed from Arabic صَلَاحُ الدِّين (ṣalāḥu d-dīn), from which also Saladin. This surname is predominantly found in Bangladesh.

bor

صَلَاحُ الدِّين

Arabic صَلَاحُ الدِّين (ṣalāḥu d-dīn)


Hosack

Probably a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in northern Scotland.


Zuchowski

Borrowed from Polish Zuchowski and Żuchowski.


Haran

A variant of Haren, or a reduced form of Hanrahan, both Irish surnames.


Giraud

A surname from French, equivalent to English Gerald.


Baldock

en-proper noun

Baldock (countable and uncountable, plural Baldocks)


Dahmen

Usually from German Dahmen, from the given name Adam. In some cases perhaps from Arabic دَحْمان (daḥmān).


Hsueh

From the Wade-Giles romanization of the Mandarin for 薛 (Xuē), Wade-Giles romanization: Hsüeh¹.


Urizar

Borrowed from Spanish Urizar, a habitational surname from Basque.


Ballester

From Spanish, of Catalan origin, a surname prevalent in the Valencian/Catalan-speaking areas of Spain.


Glueck

From the German and Jewish surname, variant of Gluck.


Baquero

Borrowed from Spanish Baquero, variant of Vaquero.


Shon

As a Yiddish and German surname, spelling variant of Schoen. As a Korean surname, from 손 (son).


Cloonan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cluanáin (“descendant of Cluanán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive form of cluanach (“deceitful”).


Brozek

From Czech and Slovak Brožek or Polish Brożek.


Privitera

From the Sicilian surname Privitera, a surname derived from privitera (“priestess”). Compare also Sicilian Prèviti (“priest”).


Kashyap

Transliteration of Hindi कश्यप (kaśyap).


Capelle

en-proper noun

Capelle (countable and uncountable, plural Capelles)


Echard

/ˈɛt͡ʃɑː(ɹ)d/

/ˈɛt͡ʃə(ɹ)d/


Roath

Roath (countable and uncountable, plural Roaths)


Agha

Islamic surname, from Turkish ağa (“ruler, leader”).


Nikolov

Borrowed from Bulgarian Николов (Nikolov).


Gershon

From Biblical Hebrew גֵּרְשׁוֹן (gēršôn).


Calma

Filipino surname from Kapampangan, from kalma (“fortune”).


Hanby

Hanby (countable and uncountable, plural Hanbys)

From the Old Norse personal name Hundi + býr (“farmstead, settlement”).


Sabater

Borrowed from Spanish Sabater, from Catalan, from sabater (“shoemaker”).


Harig

* As a German surname, variant of Haring.
* Also as a German surname, from the adjective haarig (“hairy”), or its Middle Low German equivalent.


Segui

Anglicization of Spanish Seguí. Also a Filipino surname, from the same Spanish surname.


Cherrington

Cherrington (countable and uncountable, plural Cherringtons)

From the Old English personal name Ceorra or from ġeċierring (“river turn”) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).

A habitational surname from Old English.


Baston

Baston (countable and uncountable, plural Bastons)

From the French and English surname, from Old French bastun (“stick”).


Maleski

Borrowed from Polish Maleski and Macedonian Малески (Maleski), from the village Malesze in Poland; also a spelling variant of Malewski, itself from Malewo, named after several villages in Poland.


Kochanski

And then there was K.K. True, they'd only dated for five weeks. And the last week had been a bit sour. But four weeks of Kristine Kochanski being madly in love with him.

1989, Grant Naylor, Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers:


Dunk

Dunk (countable and uncountable, plural Dunks)


Sivak

From Czech Sivák, Slovak Sivák, Ukrainian Сівак (Sivak), Serbo-Croatian Šivak, and Slovak Šivák.


Sonner

From the German surname, from the obsolete Middle High German verb sunnen (“to bleach”). Compare Sonne.


Wigglesworth

Wigglesworth (countable and uncountable, plural Wigglesworths)

From Old English winċel (“nook, corner”) + -s- + worþ (“enclosure”).


Vitali

From Russian Вита́лий (Vitálij), from Latin.


Loewe

* As a German and Jewish surname, variant of Lowe, meaning "lion."
* Also as a Jewish surname, variant of Levy.


Spiewak

From Polish Śpiewak, from śpiewak (“singer”).


Evett

From a pet form of the personal name Eve.


Jilek

From Czech Jílek, Jílek means "ryegrass" (any of several species of tufted grasses of the genus Lolium) in Czech.


Economou

Anglicized form of Greek Οικονόμου (Oikonómou).


Tustin

en-proper noun

Tustin (countable and uncountable, plural Tustins)


Jhaveri

Borrowed from Gujarati ઝવેરી (jhaverī, “jeweler”).


Hanney

Habitational surname from a place in Oxfordshire, from Old English hana (“rooster”) + īeġ (“island”).


Kieser

From the German surname, from kiesen (“to select, choose”).


Scullion

Probably a reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Scoláidhín, a diminutive form of scolaidhe (“student”).


Howden

Howden (countable and uncountable, plural Howdens)


Rainford

Rainford (countable and uncountable, plural Rainfords)

From Old Norse rein (“boundary”), Old Norse roynir (“rowan”) or the Old English personal name Regna + ford (“ford”).


Thorburn

From a Northern Middle English personal name Thorbern, Thurbern, from Old Norse Þórbjǫrn, which is composed of the elements Þórr (“Thor”) and bjǫrn (“bear”).


Blaydon

Blaydon (countable and uncountable, plural Blaydons)

Perhaps from Old English blāw (“blue”) + dūn (“hill”).


Graven

* As an English surname, a topographic surname for someone living near a ditch, from Middle Low German grav (“moat, ditch”), from Old Saxon graf, from Proto-Germanic *grabą, the source of grave.
* As a Norwegian surname, from Old Norse gróf (“depression, hollow”), from Proto-Germanic *grōbō.


Goral

From Polish Goral and Góral, from góral; ultimately from Proto-Slavic *goraľь (“mountain dweller”).


Casal

Hispanic, Catalan, Galician or Filipino surname, of Catalan or Galician origin


Kotula

From Czech, Slovak, and Polish Kotula or Kotuľa.


Pais

Borrowed from Galician and Portuguese Pais.


Komarek

Borrowed from Czech Komárek and Polish Komarek.


Sokolik

Borrowed from Polish Sokolik, Czech Sokolík, or Slovak Sokolík.


Teal

en-proper noun

Teal (countable and uncountable, plural Teals)

From teal, a nickname given to someone considered to resemble this duck.

A surname transferred from the nickname.


Zellers

Variant of Zeller with the addition of the suffix -s.


Reidy

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Riada (“descendant of Riada”), a personal name perhaps meaning "drover".


Crank

Crank (countable and uncountable, plural Cranks)


Chowaniec

From Polish chowaniec (“adopted child”).


Dandridge

Dandridge (countable and uncountable, plural Dandridges)

English habitational surname, from an unexplained first element + Old English hryċġ (“ridge”).


Barefoot

Barefoot (countable and uncountable, plural Barefoots)


Sutphin

Americanized spelling of Dutch van Zutphen.


Worthen

Worthen (countable and uncountable, plural Worthens)


Farrier

English occupational surname, see Ferrier. Also a variant of Farrar.

A surname originating as an occupation for someone who was a farrier.


Haughey

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hEochaidh (“descendant of Eochaid”).


Cottingham

en-proper noun

Cottingham (countable and uncountable, plural Cottinghams)

From the Old English personal name Cotta + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”).


Tawney

Habitational surname of Norman origin, from the villages of Saint-Aubin-du-Thenney and Saint-Jean-du-Thenney, both in Normandy.


Prall

* As a German surname, from the adjective prall (“noisy, boisterous”, later "tight, firm").
* As an English surname, from the placename Prawle, from Old English Prǣwhyll (“lookout point”), from prǣw (“lookout”), perhaps borrowed from something akin to Latin prae (“in front of”), and hyll (“hill”).


Lowy

* As a Jewish surname, Germanized from Levy.
* As an Alemannic German surname, variant of Löwe (“lion”) (see Lowe). Compare Loewy.


Voll

From the Norwegian surname, from Old Norse vǫllr (“grassy field”).


Kimbler

Americanized spelling of German Kimmler.


Guard

Occupational surname for a watchman, from guard.


Parrino

From the italianization of the surname Parrinu, derived from Sicilian parrinu.


Vanderhoff

Dutch van (“of”) + der (“the”) + hof (“court”).


Millward

From mill + ward, an occupational surname for someone in charge of a mill.


Cleek

* As a German surname, spelling variant of Glück.
* As an English surname, spelling variant of Clerke, Clerk, and from Old English cleaca (“stepping stone”), from Proto-Celtic *klukā (“stone”).


Pendley

Possibly a habitational surname from a now lost or unidentified place.


Snively

Americanized form of Swiss German Schnaible or Schnewli.


Cue

Cue (countable and uncountable, plural Cues)


Towell

* As an English surname, variant of Atwell.
* Also as an English surname, variant of Towle.


Shupp

From the German surname, Americanized from Schupp.


Bladen

en-prop

Bladen (countable and uncountable, plural Bladens)

Habitational surname, from the village of Bladon in Oxfordshire, or from the town of Blaydon in Tyne and Wear.


Hallinan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hÁilgheanáin (“descendant of Áilgheanán”), a personal name from a diminutive of áilghean (“mild, gentle, soft”).


Clothier

en-proper noun

Clothier (countable and uncountable, plural Clothiers)


Emberton

Emberton (countable and uncountable, plural Embertons)

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


Broxton

Broxton (countable and uncountable, plural Broxtons)

From Old English burgæsn (“burial place”); the suffix -ton is not historical and it's the product of a the development of the original ending -son.


Canedo

From Spanish Cañedo and Galician Canedo.


Penfold

From penfold, a topographic surname for someone who lived by a pound for stray animals.


Shevlin

Shevlin (countable and uncountable, plural Shevlins)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Seibhleáin (“descendant of Seibhleán”).


Kroupa

From Czech kroupa. Compare Krupa and Kruppa.


Sjostrom

Borrowed from Swedish Sjöström, from sjö (“sea”) + ström (“sea, current”).


Heverly

Possibly an altered spelling of Heberle.


Mendizabal

Borrowed from Spanish Mendizábal, from Basque mendi (“mountain”) + zabal (“wide, ample”).


Cobble

* As an English surname, variant of Coble.
* As a German surname, Americanized from Kobel.


Beynon

en-proper noun

Beynon (countable and uncountable, plural Beynons)


Rajagopalan

Borrowed from Tamil ராஜகோபாலன் (rājakōpālaṉ).

bor

Tamil ராஜகோபாலன் (rājakōpālaṉ)


Papineau

en-proper noun

Papineau (countable and uncountable, plural Papineaus)


Grimley

Grimley (countable and uncountable, plural Grimleys)


Ramsden

Ramsden (countable and uncountable, plural Ramsdens)

Probably from Old English hramsa (“onion, garlic”) + dene (“valley”).

A surname transferred from the place name.


Collura

Borrowed from Italian Collura, Italianization of the Sicilian surname Cuḍḍura, from cuḍḍura, from Ancient Greek κολλύρα (kollúra).


Ridlon

The name “Ridlon” is a variation on the Scottish name “Redlon” that is peculiar to the United States.
The name “Redlon” originated as the old Norse place name “Rauðland” — which translates to English as “Red Land” and originally referred to deposits of red sandstone in three distinct places around the island of Orkney. (The surname Redland is attached to all three places.) The name originally appeared in Orkney historical records in 1492 as “Raland”, but was recorded as “Redland” from 1595 onward.
(It is possible that “Raland” was an initial attempt to translate the name into English and was adjusted for better accuracy in subsequent generations.)
By the time Magnus Redlan (the initial progenitor of the entire family in the United States) arrived on the shores of what is now Maine (then Massachusetts Bay Colony) in the second decade of the 1700’s, the family name had already lingually shifted from “Redland” to “Redlan” to “Redlon”.
After a few generations in the Colonies, further phonetic and lingual shifting changed the name to “Ridlon”, which it has remained ever since.


Padin

From Galician Padín, a surname of toponymical origin, ultimately from Latin Palatinus.


Rowton

Rowton (countable and uncountable, plural Rowtons)

From Old English rūh (“rough”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”); compare the doublet Roughton.


Knupp

From the German surname, variant of Knapp or Knopp.


Kok

* As a Dutch surname, from kok (“cook”). Doublet of Cook and Koch.
* As a Chinese surname, spelling variant of Guo


Loayza

Variant of Loaiza. This surname is mostly found in Peru.


Tetzlaff

East German surname, from a Germanized form of a Slavic (Pomeranian or Polabian) personal name such as Těšislav, from teš (“to comfort, console”) (from Proto-Slavic *těšiti) + sława (“glory”). See also Tesch.


Chovanec

Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Chovanec.


Rund

From the German surname, variant of Runte.


Wałęsa

From Polish Wałęsa, from Old Polish wałęsa (“vagabond”).


Stehlik

From Czech stehlík or Slovak stehlík (“goldfinch”).


Arnwine

Possibly a respelling of German Ernwein.


Spiering

As an English surname, spelling variant of Speyer, Spier; also related to the noun sparling (“kind of smelt”), through Middle Low German spiring.


Smullen

From the Irish surname, variant of Ó Smolláin, a variant of Spealáin. See Spillane.


Kuruvilla

Borrowed from Hindi कुरूविल्ला (kurūvillā).


Elman

From Middle English oyle (“oil”), referring to a person who sold oil.


Passman

A surname originating as an occupation for a seller or grower of peas.


Lorimer

Scottish occupational surname for a maker or seller of spurs, bits and other metal attachments to harness and tackle, from Anglo-Norman lorenier, an agent derivative of Old French lorain (“tackle, harness”).


Cranor

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Thréinfhir (“son of Thréinfhear”) a personal name composed of the elements tréan (“strong”) + fear (“man”). Compare Trainor.


Gaumer

From the German Gaumer, which referred to a person who functioned as a moral censor or supervisor in an official capacity. The German surname is a derivative of the verb gaumen (“to protect, to defend; to care for”), a term now limited to Switzerland. This verb in turn comes from Middle High German goumen, from Old High German goumen, from Proto-Germanic *gaumijaną (“to heed, notice, observe, keep”). The verb is ultimately a cognate of the obsolete English verb yeme (“to observe, to pay attention”).


Groome

An English surname originating as an occupation for a servant.


Lugar

en-proper noun

Lugar (countable and uncountable, plural Lugars)


Symington

Symington (countable and uncountable, plural Symingtons)

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


Perz

Various etymologies, including:
* Polish Perz, from perz
* German diminutive of Berthold
* respelling of Slovene Perc


Ebrahim

Alternative transliteration of Arabic إِبْرَاهِيم (ʔibrāhīm), as a patronymic surname.

Arabic إِبْرَاهِيم (ʔibrāhīm)

A surname from Arabic [in turn originating as a patronymic].


Tomala

Borrowed from Polish Tomała or Spanish Tomala.


Kumpf

From the German surname, from the noun meaning "vessel, container, pouch" (see below). Compare Kump.


Elphick

From the Middle English patronymic surname Elpheg [1297], Alfegh [1318], which originated in Kent or Sussex, from the given name Elfegh, Alfeg, etc. (Modern English Alphege), altered under Anglo-Norman influence from the earlier Ælfec, Ælfech, Ælfhag, Alfeg, Elfech, Elfeg (all recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086), then a popular male given name bestowed in honour of the martyr St Alphege (c. 953–1012), Archbishop of Canterbury 1006–1012, from the Old English given name Ælfhēah, from ælf (“elf”) + hēah (“high, tall, exalted”). Probably cognate with the Norman Elphège.

Archbishop of Canterbury
Domesday Book
Kent
Modern English
Sussex


Negash

Borrowed from the Amharic personal name ነጋሽ (nägaš).


Ipina

Borrowed from Spanish Ipiña, a habitational surname from Basque.


Attard

en-proper noun

Attard (countable and uncountable, plural Attards)