Calica

Borrowed from Tagalog Calica, a metonymic occupational surname from Spanish caliza (“limestone”).


Pruski

Borrowed from Polish Pruski, from pruski (“Prussian”).


Poer

Perhaps a reduced form of Dutch van Poer, probably a hypercorrection of van Poeyer.


Pelot

Borrowed from French Pelot or an Americanized form of German Pelloth.


McKeehan

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Caocháin (“son of Caochán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of caoch (“blind, purblind”).


Khachatrian

Derived from Armenian Խաչատրյան (Xačʻatryan).


Khachaturyan

Derived from Armenian Խաչատրյան (Xačʻatryan), possibly via Russian Хачатурян (Xačaturjan).


Barsoum

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


Ackert

Two possible origins:
* English surname from the Norman personal name Achard, from Proto-Germanic *Agjōharduz, which is composed of the elements *agjō (“edge”) and *harduz (“hard; brave”).
* Borrowed from German Ackert, a surname which shares the same etymology as the English one; it could also be an Americanized spelling of German Eckert.

A surname transferred from the given name.


Akiona

From Hawaiian, a surname of unclear origin.


Langdown

Habitational surname from a minor place in Devon, from Old English lang (“long”) + dūn (“hill”). Compare Langdon which shares the same etymology.


McLuney

en-proper-noun

McLuney (countable and uncountable, plural McLuneys)


Vallely

Probably a much Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Mhuire (“son of the servant of Mary”), which is also the source of the surname Gilmore.


Sedgley

en-proper noun

Sedgley (countable and uncountable, plural Sedgleys)

From the Old English personal name Seċġ, a byname from seċġ (“man, hero”), + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

A habitational surname from Old English.


Sickafoose

Americanized spelling of German Ziegenfuss.


Antoniou

Borrowed from Greek Αντωνίου (Antoníou).


Rodea

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


Beardmore

Beardmore (countable and uncountable, plural Beardmores)

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


Sampayo

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


McShan

McShan (countable and uncountable, plural McShans)


O'Young

Phono-semantic matching from Cantonese 歐陽／欧阳 (au1 joeng4).


Gorst

en-prop

Gorst (countable and uncountable, plural Gorsts)

Topographic surname for someone who lived in an area full of gorse bushes, from Old English gorst (“gorse”).


Cohens

Probably from Cohen, with the addition of the patronymic suffix -s.


Hosaka

A romanization of Japanese 保坂 (Hosaka), possibly from the kanji 保 (protection) and 坂 (slope, hill). Related to English Osaka.


Sule

Various origins:
* Nigerian surname predominantly found in Kogi State.
* Borrowed from Hungarian Süle, a pet form of the personal name Szilveszter.
* Borrowed from Marathi सुळे (suḷe), a surname predominantly found in Maharashtra.


Moat

From moat, a topographic surname for someone who lived near a moat.


Penunuri

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish Peñuñuri, probably from a local language.


Freudenheim

Borrowed from German Freudenheim, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Desvarieux

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


Gundry

English surname of Norman origin, from a personal name composed of the Proto-Germanic elements *gunþiz (“battle”) and *rīks (“king, ruler”).


Selvin

en-proper noun

Selvin (countable and uncountable, plural Selvins)

Probably from an unattested Old English personal name *Sǣlwīġ, composed of the elements sǣl (“happiness, prosperity, opportunity”) and wīġ (“war, battle”).


Georgopoulos

Borrowed from Greek Γεωργόπουλος (Georgópoulos).

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Γεωργόπουλος


Honorato

Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Honorato. This surname is predominantly found in Brazil.


Gertner

From a variant of German Gärtner, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


McGeehan

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Gaoithín (“son of Gaoithín”), a personal name derived from a diminutive form of gaoth (“wise, intelligent, clever”).


Halberstadt

en-proper noun

Halberstadt (countable and uncountable, plural Halberstadts)


Garzia

Borrowed from Italian Garzia, an Italianized spelling of Spanish García.


Webbe

From Middle English web (“web”), a metonymic occupational surname for a weaver.


Coler

Probably an Americanized spelling of German Kohler.


Duro

Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Duro. It could also derive from Albanian Duro.


Dysinger

Dysinger (countable and uncountable, plural Dysingers)

Dysinger, New York
Riedenburg
de:Deising (Riedenburg)

Americanized spelling of German Deisinger, a habitational surname for someone from Deising in Riedenburg. Or, possibly from Low German dei + Middle High German singer (compare Sänger).


Cutbirth

Altered form of the personal name Cuthbert.


Iliopoulos

Borrowed from Greek Ηλιόπουλος (Iliópoulos).


Thistleton

en-proper-noun

Thistleton (countable and uncountable, plural Thistletons)

From Old English þistel (“thistle”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Roxton

Roxton (countable and uncountable, plural Roxtons)

Recorded as Rochesdone in the Domesday Book, the English village is named with the Old English personal name Hrōc, a byname from hrōc (“rook”), + -s- + dūn (“hill”).


Stamets

Perhaps an Americanized spelling of German Stamitz.


Friley

Americanized spelling of German Freilich.


Corsino

Borrowed from Italian Corsino. This surname is also well established in Brazil and in the Philippines.


Hoyos

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


Cresap

en-proper noun

Cresap (countable and uncountable, plural Cresaps)

unk

Unexplained


Lundie

en-proper noun

Lundie (countable and uncountable, plural Lundies)

Perhaps from a Scottish Gaelic word meaning "little marsh" or "black marsh".

A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.


Begbie

Habitational surname from a minor place in East Lothian, Scotland, from the Old Norse personal name Baggi + býr (“farmstead”); compare Bagby, which shares the same etymology.


Fairbrass

Perhaps a nickname for a soldier or a tough man, from Old French fer (“iron; fierce, ferocious”) + brace (“arm”).


Calthorpe

en-proper-noun

Calthorpe (countable and uncountable, plural Calthorpes)

From the Old Norse personal name Kali + Old English þorp (“village”).


Freshfield

The surname predates the place name, which is derived from Fresh + field, after Thomas Fresh.


Holtzapple

Partial translation of German Holzapfel.


Huesman

Americanized spelling of German Hüsmann.


Berrones

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


Leask

Scottish habitational surname from a place now called Pitlurg, in Aberdeenshire.


Leffert

Borrowed from Dutch and North German Leffert.


Lefferts

Borrowed from Dutch Lefferts, a patronymic from Leffert.


Whitstone

en-proper noun

Whitstone (countable and uncountable, plural Whitstones)

From Old English hwīt (“white”) + stān (“stone”).


Dommett

Habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Domart-en-Ponthieu, in northern France, named after Saint Médard of Noyon.


Casar

Casar (countable and uncountable, plural Casars)

Borrowed from either Slovene Časar, German Cäsar or Spanish Casar.


Pitones

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


Oseguera

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


Branagh

Anglicized form of Irish Breathnach (“Welsh; Welshman”), an ethnonymic surname.


Rivere

Apparently an altered spelling of French Rivière.


Larzabal

Borrowed from Spanish Larzábal, from Basque lar (“underbrush, bramble thicket”) + zabal (“wide, ample”).


Scarisbrick

en-proper noun

Scarisbrick (countable and uncountable, plural Scarisbricks)

From the Old Norse personal name Skari + -es (“possessive suffix”) + brekka (“slope”).


Boggess

Nickname from Middle English boggish (“boastful, haughty”).


Bernards

Borrowed from Dutch and North German Bernards.


Zebley

Americanized form of South German Zöble, variant of Zobel.


Arrey

en-proper noun

Arrey (countable and uncountable, plural Arreys)


Arrona

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


Berntson

A variant of Danish and Norwegian Berntsen or a variant of Swedish Berntsson.


Rushworth

Rushworth (countable and uncountable, plural Rushworths)


Faux

Either a variant of Faulks or borrowed from French Faux.


Madrilene

"Now Joe," said Mr. Madrilene. " That's the wrong line, Joe, the wrong line entirely."

1952, Gambit - Volume 1, Issues 1-4, page 8:

He leaned forward to Mr. Madrelene.

1959, Howard Nemerov, A Commodity of Dreams & Other Stories, page 113:


Maplebeck

en-proper-noun

Maplebeck (countable and uncountable, plural Maplebecks)

From Old English *mapul (“maple”) + Old Norse bekkr (“brook, stream”).


Blegen

Borrowed from Norwegian Blegen, a variant of Bleiken.


McConico

Altered form of McConachie or McConaghy.


Gilberthorpe

Habitational surname from a lost place in Yorkshire, perhaps from the Norman personal name Gislebert, which is composed of the Proto-Germanic elements *gisil (“hostage, pledge”) and *berhtaz (“bright, famous”), + thorpe.


Kurutz

From a Germanized form of Hungarian Kurucz.


Selway

From the Middle English personal name Salewi, probably from an unattested Old English personal name *Sǣlwīġ, composed of the elements sǣl (“happiness, prosperity, opportunity”) and wīġ (“war, battle”).


McGeoch

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Eochadha. Compare McGough, which derives from Irish.


Staver

Occupational surname for a stave maker, from stave + -er.


Stikeleather

Americanized spelling of German Steigleder.


Neighbor

From Middle English neyghebour (“neighbour”).


McReynolds

Anglicized form of Northern Irish Mac Raghnaill (“son of Reynold”), with the redundant patronymic suffix -s.


Crites

en-proper noun

Crites (countable and uncountable, plural Criteses)


Copson

Perhaps from a short form of the personal name Jacob + -son.


Obispo

Borrowed from Spanish Obispo. This surname is predominantly found in the Philippines and Mexico.


Foulsham

Foulsham (countable and uncountable, plural Foulshams)

From Old English fugol (“bird”) + -s- + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“water meadow”).


Plaskett

Plaskett (countable and uncountable, plural Plasketts)

Topographic surname from Old French plasquet, a diminutive of plascq (“damp meadow”).


Isse

Borrowed from Somali Ciise, from Arabic عيسى (“Jesus”); compare Issa.


Claridy

Perhaps a variant of Clardy or Claridge.


Cuddeback

Perhaps an altered form of German Guttenberg.


Gewirtz

Borrowed from Yiddish געװירץ (gevirts, “spices”), a metonymic occupational surname for a spicer. Compare German Gewürz (“spice”).


Ragdale

en-proper-noun

Ragdale (countable and uncountable, plural Ragdales)

From Old English hraca (“throat; gorge, ravine”) + dæl (“valley, dale”).


Nikonov

Borrowed from Russian Никонов (Nikonov).


Kucher

Various origins:
* Borrowed from German Kucher, an occupational surname for a pastry cook.
* Borrowed from Russian and Ukrainian Кучер (Kučer).


Gomberg

Jewish Ashkenazi surname of unclear origin.


Hudgins

en-proper noun

Hudgins (countable and uncountable, plural Hudginses)


Norwell

Norwell (countable and uncountable, plural Norwells)

From Old English norþ (“north”) + welle (“well, spring”).

(countable) A habitational surname from Old English.


Fregly

Anglicization of the Italian surname Fragalà.


Holdman

Holdman (countable and uncountable, plural Holdmans)

Various origins:
* Occupational surname for a servant, from Middle English hold (“loyal, faithful”) + man (“man”).
* Variant of the English surname Oldman.
* Variant of German Holdmann.


Hutchens

Patronymic from a pet form of the personal name Hugh.


Sofer

Borrowed from Hebrew סופר (sofér, “scribe”).


Sibal

Various origins:
* Borrowed from Punjabi ਸਿੱਬਲ (sibbal), a surname of unclear origin.
* Borrowed from Tagalog Sibal; this surname is predominantly found in Central Luzon region.
* Borrowed from Czech Šibal or Šíbal.


Vanegas

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


Papworth

Habitational surname from the villages of Papworth Everard and Papworth St Agnes, from the Old English personal name Papa + worþ (“enclosure”).


Boursiquot

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


Novodvorsky

Novodvorsky (plural Novodvorskys or Novodvorskies)

Novodvorskys (plural)
Novodvorskies (plural)

Derived from Russian Новодворский (Novodvorskij).

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Новодворский


Bartolon

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


Ujah

Nigerian surname predominantly found in Benue State.


Wymark

en-proper-noun

Wymark (countable and uncountable, plural Wymarks)

From Wiuhomarch, name of a Breton saint, from Old Breton uuiu (“worthy of”) + ho- (“successful”) + march (“horse”). Cognate to modern Breton Guyonvarc'h.


Wyke

en-proper noun

Wyke (countable and uncountable, plural Wykes)

From Old English wīċ (“village”); compare Wick, which shares the same etymology.


Alon

Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Hebrew אַלּוֹן (alon, “oak tree”).
* Borrowed from Tagalog Alon; this surname is predominantly found in Bangsamoro region.


Chaytor

Occupational surname from Middle English catour (“acater, provisioner”), aphetic form of Old French acatour.


Avinger

en-proper noun

Avinger (countable and uncountable, plural Avingers)


Deauville

Deauville (countable and uncountable, plural Deauvilles)


Bucha

en-proper-noun

Bucha (countable and uncountable, plural Buchas)


Wikle

Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Weikel.


Yaklin

Americanized spelling of South German Jäcklin.


Bellot

Borrowed from Catalan and French Bellot.


Rivenburg

Americanized spelling of German Reifenberg.


Rojano

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


Sako

Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Japanese 佐香 (Sakō) or 酒向 (Sakō).
* Borrowed from a West African language; this surname is predominantly found in Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Mali.


Weinreb

Borrowed from German Weinreb, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


McGeorge

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Deòraidh (“son of the pilgrim”), from deòradh (“wanderer, pilgrim”).


Schamp

Borrowed from Dutch and North German Schamp.


Fairhead

A surname transferred from the nickname.


Groarke

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mag Ruairc (“son of Ruarc”), a variant of the personal name Ruadhrac, itself from Old Norse Hróðrekr.


Dibb

Topographic surname for someone living in a hollow, from Middle English dybbe (“hole, hollow”).


Winterburn

Presumably from Old English winterburna.


Monestime

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


Kliethermes

Probably an Americanized spelling of North German Klütermes.


Kiester

en-proper noun

Kiester (countable and uncountable, plural Kiesters)


Horsburgh

Scottish habitational surname from a minor place in Peeblesshire.


Misson

Misson (countable and uncountable, plural Missons)

Probably from a derivative of Old English mos (“moss; marsh, swamp”).


Konfisakhar

Transliteration of Russian Конфисахар (Konfisaxar).


Freelove

From the Old English personal name Friþulāf, which is composed by the elements friþ (“peace; refuge”) and lāf (“survivor”).


DeGuia

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


Caseres

Borrowed from Spanish Caseres, probably a variant of Caceres.


Dirksen

Borrowed from Dutch and North German Dirksen.


McCrimmon

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Ruimein (“son of Ruimen”), a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Hróðmundr, which is composed of the elements hróð (“fame”) and mundr (“protection”).


Dagorn

Borrowed from French Dagorn, from Breton.


Amouroux

Borrowed from French Amouroux, from Occitan.


Kuzmic

Borrowed from Slovene and Serbo-Croatian Kuzmić, from the personal name Kuzma.


Ducoing

Borrowed from French Ducoing, from Occitan.


Tampakis

Borrowed from Greek Ταμπάκης (Tampákis).


Ellithorpe

Probably a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place.


Ducuing

Borrowed from French Ducuing, from Occitan.


Hormazabal

Borrowed from Spanish Hormazábal, from Basque horma (“ice”) + zabal (“wide, ample”).


Sancton

en-proper-noun

Sancton (countable and uncountable, plural Sanctons)

Recorded as Sandtona in the Pipe rolls, the placename derives from Old English sand (“sand”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). The first part of the name arose through popular association with Old English sanct (“saint”).


Philippou

Borrowed from French Philippou, itself from Occitan.


Koy

Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Khmer គយ (kɔɔy).
* Borrowed from German Koy, a surname with an unexplained origin.


McElligott

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Uileagóid (“son of Uileagód”), a diminutive of the Gaelicized form of the personal name William.


Mescal

en-proper noun

Mescal (countable and uncountable, plural Mescals)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Meiscill (“descendant of Meisceall”), a personal name perhaps related to meisce (“drunkeness, intoxication”).


Nedley

Perhaps a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place.


Shelmerdine

Habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in England, perhaps from Old English sċīrman (“sheriff”) + denu (“valley”).


Sawdy

en-proper noun

Sawdy (countable and uncountable, plural Sawdys)

unk

Unexplained


Farion

Borrowed from Ukrainian Фаріон (Farion).


Morrical

Probably a respelling of French Marical or Marécal.


Bareilles

en-proper noun

Bareilles (countable and uncountable, plural Bareilleses)


Shoupe

Americanized spelling of Dutch Schouppe.


Scroggs

Topographic surname from Middle English scrogge (“brushwood”).


Ozer

Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Turkish Özer, a personal name comoposed of the elements öz (“core, essence”) and er (“soldier”).
* Borrowed from Hebrew עוזר (ozér, “assistant, helper”).


Sodergren

Borrowed from Swedish Södergren, an ornamental surname composed of the elements söder (“south”) and gren (“spruce”).


Parlett

Parlett (countable and uncountable, plural Parletts)

Double diminutive of the personal name Per.


Asciak

Variant spelling of Maltese Għaxaq, a village in Malta.


Muskett

From Middle English musket (“sparrowhawk”), a metonymic occupational surname for a trainer of hawks.


Kolin

en-prop

Kolin (countable and uncountable, plural Kolins)


Trella

Borrowed from Polish Trella, a variant of Trela.


Trelles

Borrowed from Spanish Trelles. This surname is predominantly found in Peru.


Badawi

Borrowed from Arabic بَدَوِيّ (badawiyy, “bedouin”). This surname is predominantly found in Egypt.


Yocham

Americanized spelling of German Joachim.


McNett

en-proper noun

McNett (countable and uncountable, plural McNetts)


Hodnet

en-proper-noun

Hodnet (countable and uncountable, plural Hodnets)

From Welsh hawdd (“pleasant, peaceful”) + nant (“brook, stream”).


Aronowitz

A Jewish (eastern Ashkenazi) surname, from a Germanized spelling of either Polish Aronowicz (“Aaron’s son, son of Aaron”) or Russian Ароно́вич (Aronóvič, “Aaron’s son, son of Aaron”). Cognate with German Aronowitsch (“Aaron’s son, son of Aaron”)


Simer

Occupational surname for a roper or loader, from an agent derivative of Middle English sime (“cord, rope”) or simen (“to load”).


Magot

Borrowed from French Magot. Also from Sudan.


McVarish

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Bharrais.


Bodle

Topographic surname for someone who lived or worked at a particularly large house, from Old English botl (“dwelling house”).


Stamoulis

Borrowed from Greek Σταμούλης (Stamoúlis).


O'Mary

Probably a variant of O'Mara, influenced by the cult of the Virgin Mary.


Kool

Borrowed from Dutch Kool, shortened from Nikolaas, the Dutch form of Nicholas.


Sholes

en-proper noun

Sholes (countable and uncountable, plural Sholeses)


Herzel

Borrowed from German Herzel, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Binham

en-proper-noun

Binham (countable and uncountable, plural Binhams)

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


Lantry

en-proper noun

Lantry (countable and uncountable, plural Lantrys)


Hawtrey

Hawtrey (countable and uncountable, plural Hawtreys)


Fedorov

Americanized form of Russian Фёдоров (Fjódorov).


Fredell

Borrowed from Swedish Fredell, an ornamental surname based on the word fred (“peace”).


McCullah

Variant of either McCullough or McKellar.


Grazier

From grazier, an occupational surname for someone who reared or grazed cattle.


Fornes

Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Catalan Fornés, a respelling of Forners.
* Borrowed from Norwegian Fornes, a habitational surname composed of the elements fura (“pine”) or for (“foremost”) and nes (“headland”).


Halferty

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAilbheartaigh (“descendant of Ailbeartach”), a personal probably derived from ilbeartach (“accomplished”).


Calcutt

en-proper noun

Calcutt (countable and uncountable, plural Calcutts)

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


Kiggins

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Uiginn (“son of the Viking”), from uiging (“Viking”). The final -s is a redundant patronymic suffix.


Burklund

Probably a respelling of various Scandinavian surnames, such as Birkelund, Björklund or Bjerklund.


Kottenbrook

Possibly derived from Dutch Kattenbroek.


Cliver

Americanized spelling of German Kliewer or Kleiber.


Bustle

Possibly an Americanized spelling of South German Bastl or a variant of Bussell.


Critz

Critz (countable and uncountable, plural Critzes)


Echeveste

Borrowed from Spanish Echeveste, Castilianized form of Basque Etxebeste. This surname is predominantly found in Mexico.


Mullahy

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maolaithche (“descendant of the servant of Aithche”), a personal name of unclear origin.


Buterin

Borrowed from Russian Бутерин (Buterin).


Bondarchuk

Borrowed from Ukrainian Бондарчу́к (Bondarčúk) or Russian Бондарчук (Bondarčuk).


Mormann

Borrowed from German Mormann or Mörmann.


Gildon

From Old English gylden (“golden”), perhaps a nickname for someone with golden hair.


Gordin

Borrowed from Russian Гордин (Gordin), a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Bondarczuk

Borrowed from Polish Bondarczuk, from Ukrainian Бондарчу́к (Bondarčúk) or Russian Бондарчук (Bondarčuk).


Grismore

en-proper noun

Grismore (countable and uncountable, plural Grismores)

Americanized spelling of German Griesemer.


Divilly

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Duibhghiolla (“descendant of Dubhghiolla”), a personal name composed of the elements dubh (“black”) and giolla (“lad, boy”).


Randon

A variant of Rand or borrowed from French Randon.


Gegg

Borrowed from South German Gegg, a variant of Geck.


Moragne

Possibly a metathesized variant of French Morange.


Poliquin

Borrowed from Canadian French Poliquin, a variant of Peloquin.


Presa

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


McGinty

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Fhionnachtaigh (“son of Fionnachtach”), a variant of the personal name Fionnshneachtach, which is composed of the elements fionn (“fair”) and sneachtach (“snowy”).


Kirillov

Borrowed from Russian Кириллов (Kirillov).


Kirilov

Borrowed from Bulgarian or Russian Кирилов (Kirilov).


Orbach

Borrowed from German Orbach, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Tabrizi

Borrowed from Persian تبریزی (tabrizi), a habitational surname for someone from Tabriz.


Vahey

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac an Bheathadh (“son of life”), from beatha (“life”).


Loffler

A surname from German, variant of Loeffler.


Sarff

From the German surname, Americanized from Scharf, Scharff. See also Sharff.


Siemak

Borrowed from Polish Siemak, from Russian Семак (Semak) or Ukrainian Семак (Semak).


Zelenskyy

Transliteration of Ukrainian Зеле́нський (Zelénsʹkyj).

translit

Volodymyr Zelenskyy (born 1978), Ukrainian politician, the sixth and current president of Ukraine since 2019.


Lardiner

From Middle English Lardiner, Lardener, an occupational surname from lardener (“servant employed to look after the larder”); compare Lardner.


Beese

Two main origins:
* An English or Welsh surname, perhaps a variant of Biss.
* Borrowed from German Beese, from Middle Low German bēse (“reed, bulrush”).


Bayle

Borrowed from French Bayle, itself from Occitan.

A surname from French [in turn from Occitan].


Arancibia

Borrowed from Spanish Arancibia, Castilianized form of Basque Arantzibia.


Dobrovskii

Borrowed from Russian Добровский (Dobrovskij), a variant of Дубровский (Dubrovskij).


Teoh

Borrowed from Hokkien 張／张 (Tiuⁿ, Tioⁿ). Doublet of Teo, Tiu, and Tio.


Villacres

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


Velador

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


Sader

Two main origins:
* English surname of unknown origin.
* Borrowed from Arabic صادر, a personal name based on صَدْر (ṣadr, “chest, breast, bosom”).

unk

unknown


Wion

English surname of Norman origin, from the local form of the Proto-Germanic personal name *Wido, from which Guy.


Shotley

en-proper-noun

Shotley (countable and uncountable, plural Shotleys)

Recorded as Scoteleia in the Domesday Book, the English village is probably named with Old English Sċott (“Scot, Scottish person”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to Scot + -ley (“lea”).


Kolpakov

Borrowed from Russian Колпаков (Kolpakov).


Stargel

Unknown; compare Stargell, Sturgell and Sturgill.


Relford

Unknown; compare Relaford, Releford and Reliford.


Gopalakrishnan

Borrowed from Tamil கோபாலகிருஷ்ண (kōpālakiruṣṇa).

bor

கோபாலகிருஷ்ண

Tamil கோபாலகிருஷ்ண (kōpālakiruṣṇa)


Kantrowitz

Jewish Ashkenazi surname, from a Germanized form of Polish Kantorowicz.


McKeen

en-proper noun

McKeen (countable and uncountable, plural McKeens)


Gumley

Gumley (countable and uncountable, plural Gumleys)

From the Old English personal name Guma, a byname from guma (“man; hero”), + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).


Orness

A variant of Urness or an Americanized spelling of Norwegian Årnes.


Moghaddam

Borrowed from dialectal Iranian Persian مقدم (moğaddam), from Classical Persian مقدم (muqaddam).


Bracebridge

Bracebridge (countable and uncountable, plural Bracebridges)

Perhaps from the unattested Old English element *bræsċ (“twigs, underwood”) + bryċġ (“bridge”).

(countable) A habitational surname from Old English


Neron

Borrowed from French Néron or Spanish Nerón.


Katsaros

Borrowed from Greek Κατσαρός (Katsarós), a nickname from κατσαρός (katsarós, “curly haired”).


Kowitz

Borrowed from German Kowitz, a Germanized form of Proto-Slavic *kovačь (“smith”).


Melikyan

Borrowed from Armenian Մելիքյան (Melikʻyan).


Olalde

Borrowed from Spanish Olalde, a habitational surname of Basque origin from a small village in the municipality of Fruiz.


Galyen

Unknown; compare Galyan, Galyean and Galyon.


Hensarling

Americanized spelling of German Henzerling.


Clasby

Variant of Gillespie from Co. Galway, Ireland.


Campau

Americanized spelling of French Campeau, itself a variant of Champeau.


Montefinise

Probably an Americanized spelling of Italian Montefinese.


Cherelus

Probably of French origin; this surname is predominantly found in Haiti.


Helfand

Borrowed from Yiddish העלפֿאַנד (helfand, “elephant”), a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Manjoo

Borrowed from Hindi मंजू (mañjū). This surname is predominantly found in Uttar Pradesh.


Dombrosky

Americanized spelling of Polish Dąbrowski.


McMeans

Variant of McMahon, with the addition of the patronymic suffix -s.


Cerro

Cerro (countable and uncountable, plural Cerros)

Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Italian Cerro, a habitational surname from any of various places called Cerro, from cerro (“Turkey oak”).
* Borrowed from Spanish Cerro, a topographic surname for someone who lived by a hill or ridge, from cerro (“hill, hillock”).


Spiegelman

Borrowed from German Spiegelmann, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Korsakoff

Americanized spelling of Russian Ко́рсаков (Kórsakov).


Hsü

Borrowed from Mandarin 許／许 (Xǔ) or 徐 (Xú) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsü.

For a general survey of thought during the Ch’ing dynasty (1644-1911) see Liang Ch’i-ch’ao, Intellectual Trends in the Ch’ing Period, translated from the Chinese by Immanuel C. Y. Hsü (Harvard University Press, 1959).

1948, Yu-lan Fung, “Bibliography”, in Derk Bodde, editor, A Short History of Chinese Philosophy, The Free Press, →OCLC, page 350:

About 726 he married the grand-daughter of Hsü Yü-shih, who had been Chief Minister in 657, and lived for some years at the family residence of the Hsüs in An-lu, north of Hankow.

1969, Arthur Waley, The Poetry and Career of Li Po, 701-762 A.D., London: George Allen & Unwin, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 9:

The party that visited China as a family group, a journey that resulted in “China Day by Day,” was larger than the Cohens' and needs some explanation. Co‐authors are Francis L. K. Hsu, professor of anthropology at Northwestern University, his daughter Eileen Hsü‐Balzer, at present working for a doctorate in anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania, and Eileen's husband Richard (Dick) L. Balzer, Yale Law School graduate and writer.

1974 December 22, Emily Hahn, “As Mao directed, the old serves the new”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-28:

When Hsü shot and killed the governor, Chʻiu Chin was implicated. Authorities claimed that she was simultaneously planning an uprising in Shao-hsing.

2002, Annping Chin, Four Sisters of Hofei, Scribner, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 7:

There then ensued what Immanuel Hsü has called ‘the Great policy debate in China: maritime defence vs frontier defence’—but which we may see as simply the latest episode in the long-running debate over Xinjiang that began with the conquest of Zungharia and Altishahr under the Qianlong emperor in the 1750s.

2007, James A. Millward, Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang, London: Hurst & Company, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 125:


Marsolek

Americanized spelling of Polish Marszołek.


Langsam

Borrowed from German Langsam, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Brimley

Brimley (countable and uncountable, plural Brimleys)

From Old English brōm (“broom”) + lēah (“wood”). Equivalent to broom + -ley and doublet of Bromley.


Ouston

en-proper-noun

Ouston (countable and uncountable, plural Oustons)

From an unclear first element + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Kudelka

Borrowed from Czech Kudělka or Slovak Kúdelka.


Aharoni

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Hebrew אהרוני


Mis

Various origins:
* Borrowed from Polish Miś, a pet form of Michał or a nickname from miś (“bear”).
* Borrowed from Slovene Miš, a nickname from miš (“mouse”).
* Borrowed from Dutch Mis, a reduced form of the personal name Amijs.
* Borrowed from Yucatec Maya Mis; this surname is predominantly found in Yucatán.


Sommerfeldt

Borrowed from German and Norwegian Sommerfeldt.


Puccinelli

→ Translingual: Puccinellia


Limones

Borrowed from Spanish Limones; this surname is predominantly found in Mexico.


Grigalashvili

From Georgian გრიგალაშვილი (grigalašvili).

გრიგალაშვილი


Shampine

Probably an altered spelling of Champagne.


Shedden

en-proper noun

Shedden (countable and uncountable, plural Sheddens)

Scottish habitational surname from a place in Renfrewshire.


McCaskey

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Ascaidh (“son of Ascadh”), from a pet form of the Old Norse personal name Ásketill.


Bolter

From bolter, an occupational surname for a sifter of flour, or for a maker of bolts.


Thornquist

From Swedish Thörnqvist, an ornamental surname from a variant of torn (“thorn”) + kvist (“twig”).


Whisby

en-proper noun

Whisby (countable and uncountable, plural Whisbys)

From the Old Norse personal name Hvítr, a byname from hvítr (“white”), + -s- + býr (“farmstead”).


Kotchko

Perhaps an Americanized spelling of Czech Kočko


Arvanitis

Borrowed from Greek Αρβανίτης (Arvanítis).


Eaglesham

en-proper-noun

Eaglesham (countable and uncountable, plural Eagleshams)

From the Old English personal name Eċġwulf, composed of the elements eċġ (“edge”) and wulf (“wolf”), + -s- + hām (“homestead”).


Tolstykh

Borrowed from Russian Толсты́х (Tolstýx) or Ukrainian Толстих (Tolstyx).


Twiddy

unk

Unexplained


Beazer

en-proper noun

Beazer (countable and uncountable, plural Beazers)

unk

Unexplained


Arvayo

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


Cetina

Three possible origins:
* Borrowed from Spanish Cetina, a habitational surname from a small village in Aragona.
* Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Cetina, a habitational surname from a small village in Croatia or from the river which flows by it.
* Borrowed from Slovene Četina, a nickname for a hairy or bearded man, from a dialect form of ščetina (“bristle”).


Calligas

Borrowed from Greek Καλλιγάς (Kalligás).

A surname from Greek, equivalent to English Farrier.


Wolgamott

Americanized spelling of German Wohlgemuth.


Tetterton

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


Telleria

Borrowed from Spanish Tellería, a habitational surname of Basque origin.


Timblin

en-proper noun

Timblin (countable and uncountable, plural Timblins)

From a pet form of the personal name Timothy.


Hordley

en-proper-noun

Hordley (countable and uncountable, plural Hordleys)

Perhaps from Old English hord (“hoard, treasure”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to hoard + -ley (“lea”).


Zipkin

Metronymic surname from the Yiddish pet form of the personal name Zipporah.


Ostergaard

Borrowed from Danish Østergaard and Swedish Östergaard.


Molinero

Borrowed from Spanish Molinero, an occupational surname from molinero (“miller”).


Maulding

Variant of Mauldin or metathesized form of Maudlin.


Niro

Borrowed from Italian Niro, from Neapolitan niro (“black”).


O'Fallon

en-proper noun

O'Fallon (countable and uncountable, plural O'Fallons)


Goates

Perhaps a variant of Goate, or an Americanized spelling of German Götz.


Burback

Americanized spelling of German Burbach.


Donmoyer

Probably an Americanized spelling of German Dannmeyer or Dommeier.


Arbuthnott

en-proper-noun

Arbuthnott (countable and uncountable, plural Arbuthnotts)

/ˈɑːɹ.bʌθ.nɒt/

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Obar Bhuadhnait, a placename composed of a Pictish element meaning "confluence" + the stream name Buadhnat, which means "virtuous" or "healing", because this stream was regarded as holy.


McChristian

Northern Irish patronymic surname from the personal name Christian.


Bellas

Topographic surname for someone who lived near a belltower, from Middle English belle (“bell”) + hous (“house”).


Dowless

unk

Unexplained


Tindale

en-proper noun

Tindale (countable and uncountable, plural Tindales)

From the name of the river Tyne + Old English dæl (“valley”).


Aglionby

Aglionby (countable and uncountable, plural Aglionbys)

From the Norman personal name Agyllun, which probably derives from Old French aguillun (“point, thorn”), + Old Norse býr (“farmstead”).

The other returns having come in, the result of the poll, that Sir James Graham had been superseded by Major Aglionby, was declared at Carlisle soon after 11 a.m.

1942 May-June, Charles E. Lee, “The Brampton Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 140, relating to an election in 1837:


Cragle

Americanized spelling of German Kregel or Krögel.


McKenney

McKenney (countable and uncountable, plural McKenneys)


Glauber

Borrowed from German Glauber, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Sannes

Borrowed from Norwegian Sannes, a variant of Sandnes.


Slight

Scottish surname from Middle English slight (“smooth; slim, slender, skinny”), a nickname for a slim or skinny person.


Naegler

→ Translingual: Naegleria


Elham

Borrowed from Persian الهام (elhâm), itself borrowed from Arabic إِلْهَام (ʔilhām, “inspiration”). Related to Ilham.


Sadd

From Middle English sad (“considered, thoughtful, serious”), a nickname for a serious or solemn person.


Frogge

From Middle English frogge (“frog”), a derogatory nickname for someone who looked like a frog in some way.


Mogridge

Habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in Devon, from the Old English personal name Mogga + hryċġ (“ridge, spur”).


Northmore

Probably a habitational surname from a place in England called Northmoor.


Gunnerson

Americanized spelling of numerous Scandinavian surnames, such as Swedish Gunnarsson, or Danish and Norwegian Gundersen.


Moggridge

→ Translingual: Moggridgea


Hanbury

Two main origins:
* Habitational surname of Old English origin, from either of the two villages in England.
* Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAinmhire (“descendant of Ainmhire”), a personal name composed of the elements ain- (“bad, unnatural”) + mire (“madness, frenzy, mania”).


McPheron

From the Scottish Gaelic variant of McFerrin.


Knippel

Borrowed from German Knippel, a variant of Knüppel.


Knezevic

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Knežević (meaning "son of a prince"), from Proto-Slavic *kъ̏nędzь.


Orocio

Borrowed from Spanish Orocio; this surname is predominantly found in Mexico.


Tigert

Americanized spelling of German Teikert or Deikert.


Thronson

Americanized form of Norwegian Throndsen or Trondsen.


Summerhays

Probably a topographic surname from Middle English somer (“summer”) + heye (“enclosure, yard”).


Strathman

From German Strathmann, a variant of Stratmann.


Maslany

From Polish Maślany, from maślany; Belarusian Ма́сляны (Másljany), from ма́сляны (másljany); or Ukrainian Масляний (Masljanyj), from масляний (masljanyj); ultimately from Proto-Slavic *maslěnъ.


Safley

unk

Unexplained


Shacklett

en-proper noun

Shacklett (countable and uncountable, plural Shackletts)

unk

Unexplained


Scarff

From northern Middle English scarfe (“cormorant”), itself from Old Norse skarfr (compare Icelandic skarfur (“cormorant”)), either a nickname for someone who resembled a cormorant or a byname from Old Norse Skarfi.


Bradner

en-proper noun

Bradner (countable and uncountable, plural Bradners)

Two main origins:
* English habitational surname from a place called Bradnor Hill, in Herefordshire, named with Old English brādan, dative form of brād (“broad, wide”), + ōra (“hill slope”).
* An altered spelling of South German Brettner, an occupational surname for someone who cut shingles or boards.


McDaniels

McDaniels (countable and uncountable, plural McDanielses)

Variant of McDaniel, with redundant patronymic -s.


Zhdanov

Borrowed from Ukrainian Жданов (Ždanov), from Russian Жданов (Ždanov). The Ukrainian city is Named after Soviet politician Andrei Aleksandrovich Zhdanov.


Whiteway

en-proper noun

Whiteway (countable and uncountable, plural Whiteways)

From Old English hwīt (“white”) + weġ (“way, road”).


Bachar

Various origins:
* Borrowed from Hebrew בֶּכֶר (békher), a Jewish Sephardic surname.
* Borrowed from Polish Bachar, perhaps a nickname from bach (“child”) or bachorz (“belly”).
* Americanized spelling of Slovene Bačar, a habitational surname from any of various places in Slovenia called Bača.


Aroche

Borrowed from Spanish Aroche; this surname is predominantly found in Guatemala.


Allday

From the unrecorded Old English personal name *Ǣþeldæġ, which is composed of the elements ǣþel (“noble”) and dæġ (“day”).


Canwell

Habitational surname from a minor place in Staffordshire, named either with Old English canne (“can, cup, container”) or the personal name Cana + wella (“well, spring, stream”).


Underhay

Probably a topographic surname, from Old English under (“under”) + heġe (“hedge; fence”).


Klymchuk

Borrowed from Ukrainian Климчук (Klymčuk).


Harthill

en-proper-noun

Harthill (countable and uncountable, plural Harthills)

From Old English heorot (“deer, hart”) + hyll (“hill”).


Washabaugh

Americanized spelling of German Weschebach or Waschenbach.


McGibbon

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Giobúin (“son of Gibbon”), a pet form of the personal name Gilbert.


Sarra

Borrowed from Italian Sarra or Catalan Sarrà.


Elford

en-proper noun

Elford (countable and uncountable, plural Elfords)

From either the Old English personal name Ella or alor (“alder”) + ford (“ford”).


Rusinko

Borrowed from Ukrainian Русинко (Rusynko).


Reny

Americanized form of either French René or Hungarian Rényi.


Goncalo

Borrowed from Portuguese Gonçalo, variant of Gonçalvo.


Repetto

Borrowed from Italian Repetto; this surname is also well attested in Argentina and Uruguay.


Asis

Borrowed from Spanish Asís; this surname is predominantly found in the Philippines.


Slota

Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Slota or Polish Słota.


McCrillis

Of Irish or Scottish Gaelic origin; perhaps a variant of McNelis.


Mirando

Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Mirando.


Schwertfeger

Borrowed from German Schwertfeger (literally “swordsmith”).


Chirol

Valentine Chirol, b. 1852


Pelcastre

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish Pelcastre.


Attal

From Arabic عَتَّال (ʕattāl, “porter”) or via French Attal.


Margarito

Borrowed from Spanish Margarito; this surname is predominantly found in Mexico.


Khatiwada

Borrowed from Nepali खतिवडा (khatiwaḍā).


Ostrovsky

Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian and Jewish surname, borrowed from Островский (Ostrovskij). Compare Ostrowsky.


Maulden

en-proper noun

Maulden (countable and uncountable, plural Mauldens)

From Old English mǣl (“mark, sign; cross, crucifix”) + dūn (“hill”).


Razi

Borrowed from Persian رازی (râzi), a habitational surname for a person coming from Ray, Iran. This surname is also well attested in Pakistan.


Mendia

Borrowed from Spanish Mendía, a surname of Basque origin.


Hellstrom

Borrowed from Swedish Hellström, an ornamental surname composed of the elements häll (“stone, rock”) and ström (“river, stream”).


Levay

Borrowed from Hungarian Lévay, a Jewish surname originating from the personal name Levi.


Galstyan

Borrowed from Armenian Գալստյան (Galstyan).


Lince

Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Lince.


Burklow

Americanized spelling of Swiss German Bürkle or Bürkli.


McCoskrie

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac Coscraigh (“son of Coscrach”), a byname from coscrach (“victorious, triumphant”). Compare Cosgrove.


Upperton

en-proper-noun

Upperton (countable and uncountable, plural Uppertons)

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


Mildmay

en-proper-noun

Mildmay (countable and uncountable, plural Mildmays)

Two possible origins:
* From Old English milde (“mild”) + mægden (“girl, virgin”), a nickname for a young woman.
* From Old English milde (“mild”) + dēma (“judge”), a nickname for a merciful judge or person.


Sorokine

Possibly derived from Russian Соро́кин (Sorókin) via French Sorokine.


Kalfus

Probably an Americanized spelling of German Kalbfuss.


Cords

A variant spelling of Cordes, or an Americanized form of German Kordts.


Elizardo

Borrowed from the Spanish male given name Elizardo.


Rosiles

Borrowed from Spanish Rosiles; this surname is predominantly found in Mexico.


McQuain

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Cuáin (“son of Cuán”), a diminutive of cú (“hound”).


Duerson

Probably an Americanized form of North German Dührssen or Dyrssen.


Hechavarria

Borrowed from Spanish Hechavarría, a variant of Echeverria, a surname of Basque origin.


Diaby

African surname predominantly found in Guinea and Mali.


Chisley

Americanized form of German Schüssler or a variant of Chesley.


Creach

# Variant of Creech.
# Americanized spelling of German Krietsch.
# Borrowed from French Créac’h, itself from Breton.


Covalt

Ultimately of Dutch origin; compare Covault.


Cruttenden

Probably a habitational surname from a lost village in Kent, perhaps from Old English crūċ (“cross”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”) + denn (“woodland pasture”).


Surl

en-proper noun

Surl (countable and uncountable, plural Surls)


Rawls

Patronymic from a medieval form of the personal name Ralph.


Etcheverry

Americanized spelling of Basque Etxeberri.


Soter

From the Greek personal name Σωτήριος (Sotírios).


Coel

* As an English surname, derived from the noun coal.
* As a German surname, Americanized from Kohl.
* As a Dutch surname, Americanized from Kool.
* As a Scottish Gaelic and Irish surname, variant of McCool.


Buss

* Occupational surname for a cooper, from Old French busse (“cask, barrel”).
* Cognominal surname for someone rotund, like a barrel.
* Toponymic surname for someone living or working near a bush or thicket of bushes, from Middle English bush.
* Patronymic surname derived from a hypocoristic form of personal names beginning with Burg, such as Burghardt.


Pontiff

From pontiff, a nickname for someone who had played the role of the pope in a medieval religious play, or for a vain and pompous person.


Joven

Borrowed from Spanish Joven; this surname is predominantly found in the Philippines.


Ozaeta

Borrowed from Spanish Ozaeta, a habitational surname of Basque origin.


Seddington

en-prop

Seddington (countable and uncountable, plural Seddingtons)

From Old English sūþ (“south”) + -ing + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Milleson

Scottish matronymic surname from the personal name Mille + -son.


Suthar

Borrowed from Gujarati સુથાર (suthār, “carpenter”).


Skaff

Borrowed from Lebanese Arabic سكاف (sakkāf, “shoemaker”).


Schmieg

Borrowed from German Schmieg, a variant of Schmiege.


Waldridge

en-proper noun

Waldridge (countable and uncountable, plural Waldridges)

From the Old English personal name Wealda + hryċġ (“ridge”). The surname could also be a variant of Wooldridge.


Michelli

Borrowed from Italian Michelli, a variant of Micheli.


Wrice

Unclear, but perhaps a variant spelling of Rice.


Orta

Borrowed from Catalan, Galician and Portuguese Orta, a topographic surname from horta (“kitchen garden”).


Wendorff

Borrowed from German Wendorff, a variant of Wendorf.


Trivino

Borrowed from Spanish Triviño; this surname is predominantly found in Colombia.


Trueba

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


McCarroll

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


Aley

en-proper noun

Aley (countable and uncountable, plural Aleys)


Nickens

Apparently a patronymic from the personal name Nick.


Guediguian

Borrowed from Armenian Կետիկյան (Ketikyan), possibly via French Guédiguian.


Etura

Borrowed from Spanish Etura, from Basque Etura.


Bengoechea

Borrowed from Spanish Bengoechea, Castilianized form of Basque Bengoetxea.


Aslin

Two main origins:
* English surname from the Old French personal name Asceline, a pet form of Asse.
* Borrowed from Swedish Åslin, an ornamental surname from ås (“ridge”).


Boldman

Americanized form of German Boldemann or Bollmann.


Weiand

Borrowed from German Weiand, a variant of Wiegand.


Willenbring

Borrowed from German Willenbring, a variant of Willenbrink.


Yuhas

Americanized spelling of Hungarian Juhász.


Savicki

From Belarusian Савіцкі (Savicki), Ukrainian Сави́цький (Savýcʹkyj), Савіцький (Savicʹkyj), Russian Савицкий (Savickij), or a respelling of Polish Sawicki.


Olander

Borrowed from Swedish Ölander, a habitational surname for someone from the island of Öland.


Reusser

Occupational Alemannic German and south German surname, from several words such as
* Reuse (“fish trap”)
* Obsolete Middle High German riusen (“to complain, moan”)
* Obsolete reussen (“to castrate”)


Torreblanca

Borrowed from Spanish Torreblanca; this surname is predominantly found in Mexico.


Mundford

en-proper-noun

Mundford (countable and uncountable, plural Mundfords)

From the unattested Old English personal name *Munda + ford (“ford”).


Sylvan

en-proper noun

Sylvan (countable and uncountable, plural Sylvans)

An altered form of French Sylvain, or borrowed from Swedish Sylvan.


Birtwistle

Habitational surname from a lost village in Lancashire, from Old Norse birki- (“birchen”) + Old English twisel (“fork, bifurcation”).


Pillay

Variant spelling of Pillai; this variant is predominantly found in South Africa.


Krasnow

Jewish surname, from the Polish or German spelling of Russian Краснов (Krasnov).


Moland

en-proper noun

Moland (countable and uncountable, plural Molands)


Klossner

Klossner (countable and uncountable, plural Klossners)


Lukens

Altered spelling of Dutch Luikens or German Lückens.


Girgenti

Borrowed from Italian Girgenti, itself from Sicilian Girgenti (“Agrigento”).

A surname from Italian [in turn from Sicilian].


Lorang

Altered spelling of French Lorrain or Lorein.


Eufracio

Borrowed from Spanish Eufracio; this surname is predominantly found in Mexico.


Filpo

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


Friedt

Borrowed from German Friedt, a variant of Fried.


Gornick

Americanized spelling of Slovene Gornik or Górnik.


Cogbill

Unclear, but possibly a nickname from either Middle English cok (“cock, rooster”) + bill (“beak”) or Middle English cokebelle (“small bell”).


Dustman

Variant spelling of Northern German Dustmann.


Bruggemann

Borrowed from German Brüggemann; compare Brueggemann.


Cante

Borrowed from Spanish Cante; this surname is predominantly found in Guatemala.


Gravlin

unk

Unexplained


Bulstrode

Apparently a nickname for someone who mounted a bull, from bull + strode.


Dowdeswell

en-proper-noun

Dowdeswell (countable and uncountable, plural Dowdeswells)

From the unattested Old English personal name *Dogod + -s- + wella (“well, spring, stream”).


Filyaw

Americanized spelling of French Filiault.


Hernon

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hIarnáin (“descendant of Iarnán”), possibly a diminutive of íarn (“iron”).


Kisamore

Americanized form of German Geismar, a habitational surname.


Lizano

Borrowed from Spanish Lizano; this surname is predominantly found in Costa Rica.


Kenoyer

Respelling of German Kneuer, a variant of Knauer.


Kaid

Borrowed from Arabic قَائِد (qāʔid); this surname is predominantly found in Algeria.


McCreery

en-proper noun

McCreery (countable and uncountable, plural McCreerys)


Ramus

Two main origins:
* Borrowed from French Ramus, from Old French ramu (“branch”), a topographic surname for someone who lived in a wooded place.
* Borrowed from Dutch Ramus, from a personal name composed of the Proto-Germanic elements *hrabnaz (“raven”) and *waldą (“might, power, force”).


Mustafic

Bosniak and Serbo-Croatian surname, from Mustafić, patronymic from the Islamic personal name Mustafa.


Overley

Overley (countable and uncountable, plural Overleys)

From Old English uferra (“higher”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).


Pinkstaff

Pinkstaff (countable and uncountable, plural Pinkstaffs)

Possibly an Americanized form of German Pinsdorf or Binstock.


Comegys

unk

Unexplained


Herrema

Borrowed from West Frisian Herrema, a variant of Heerema.


Milbourne

en-proper noun

Milbourne (countable and uncountable, plural Milbournes)

From Old English mylen (“mill”) + burna (“stream, bourn”); compare the doublet Milburn.


Kozyr

From Ukrainian Козир (Kozyr) and Belarusian Козыр (Kózyr). Cognate of Russian козырь (kozyrʹ).


Geldzahler

Borrowed from German Geldzahler, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Hollingworth

Hollingworth (countable and uncountable, plural Hollingworths)

From Old English holen (“holly”) + worþ (“worth”).


Kelham

Kelham (countable and uncountable, plural Kelhams)

Recorded as Calun in the Domesday Book, the village's name probably derives from the dative plural form of Old Norse kiǫlr (“keel, ridge”), with reference to the line of hill north-west of the village.


Bodwell

Perhaps a variant of Bidwell or Bardwell.


Beever

→ Translingual: Beeveria


Ceniceros

Borrowed from Spanish Ceniceros; this surname is predominantly found in Mexico.


Oyhenart

Borrowed from French Oyhénart, ultimately from Basque.


Barkus

Various origins:
* A reduced form of Barkhouse, a topographic surname for someone who lived by a tannery.
* Borrowed from Lithuanian Barkus, a variant of Bartkus.
* Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Barkus, a surname with an unexplained origin.


Orpustan

Borrowed from French Orpustan, ultimately from Basque.


Shainyan

Borrowed from Russian Шаиня́н (Šainján), from Armenian Շահինյան (Šahinyan).


Tumanyan

Borrowed from Armenian Թումանյան (Tʻumanyan).


Sportsman

Possibly an altered form of Dutch Sportmans.


Thorndike

Thorndike (countable and uncountable, plural Thorndikes)

Topographic surname for someone who lived by a sort of palisade made with thornbushes, from Old English þorn (“thornbush”) + dīc (“ditch; dike”).
The town was named after Israel Thorndike, a landowner.


Scrogham

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


Theodorou

Borrowed from Greek Θεοδώρου (Theodórou).


Muckle

Two possible origins:
* From Middle English muchel (“big”), a nickname for a big man.
* Borrowed from German Mückle, a diminutive of Muck.


Oakey

Oakey (countable and uncountable, plural Oakeys)

Two possible origins:
* From the Old Norse personal name Áki.
* English topographic surname composed of the Middle English elements ook (“oak”) and hegge (“hedge, bush, shrub”).


Mergenthaler

Borrowed from German Mergenthaler, variant of Morgenthaler. From Morgen (morning) + Thal (obsolete spelling of Tal, "valley") + -er (equivalent to English demonym-former -er).


McComas

McComas (countable and uncountable, plural McComases)

Anglicized form of Northern Irish Mac Thómais (“son of Thomas”).


Olley

Habitational surname of Norman origin, from any of various villages called Ouilly in Normandy; compare Duley.


Kightlinger

Americanized spelling of German Keitlinger.


Rostomyan

Borrowed from Armenian Ռոստոմյան (Ṙostomyan).


Hirson

Hirson (countable and uncountable, plural Hirsons)


Justman

Variant of German Justmann, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Gebremedhin

Borrowed from Amharic ገብረመድኅን (gäbrämädḫən).


Nersisyan

Borrowed from Armenian Ներսիսյան (Nersisyan).


Brommer

Borrowed from Dutch and North German Brommer.


Detert

Borrowed from North German Detert, a variant of Deter.


Gath

Various origins:
* A reduced form of McGath, a Scottish surname.
* A variant of Garth, an English topographic surname.
* Borrowed from North German Gath, a topographic surname from Middle Low German gate (“street, alley”).


Barkhouse

Topographic surname for someone who lived by a tannery or an occupational surname for someone who worked in one, from Middle English barkhous (“tannery”).


Denruyter

Borrowed from Dutch Denruyter. Most pervalent in the region of Tienen, Belgium.


Compher

Americanized spelling of South German Kumpfer.


Goracke

Borrowed from German Goracke, a surname of Slavic origin.


Israyelyan

Borrowed from Armenian Իսրայելյան (Israyelyan).


Hillenburg

Possibly a variant of German Hellenberg.


Loutzenhiser

Americanized spelling of German Lautzenhäuser; compare Lautzenheiser.


Layland

en-proper noun

Layland (countable and uncountable, plural Laylands)


Tadevosyan

Borrowed from Armenian Թադեւոսյան (Tʻadewosyan).


Kostenko

Borrowed from Ukrainian Костенко (Kostenko).


Ortigoza

Borrowed from Spanish Ortigoza; this surname is predominantly found in Paraguay.


McGary

McGary (countable and uncountable, plural McGarys)


Sickles

Sickles (countable and uncountable, plural Sickleses)

Possibly an altered form of German Sickel.


Struhar

Borrowed from Czech Struhař and Slovak Struhár. Compare the noun strouha (“ditch”).


Moflet

From the French surname, from the obsolete adjective moflet (“tender, soft”), which is also possibly connected to English muffin.


Rajapaksa

Borrowed from Sinhalese රාජපක්ෂ (rājapakṣa).


Wisenbaker

Americanized spelling of German Weissenbacher.


Yeakley

Americanized spelling of German Jäckle; compare Yeagley.


Sene

Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Serer Sène; this surname is predominantly found in the Thiès Region of Senegal.
* Possibly a respelling of French Sené, a nickname from Old French sené (“sage, wise”).


Van Nortwick

Americanized spelling of Dutch van Noortwijk.


Vindiola

Borrowed from Spanish Vindiola; this surname is predominantly found in Mexico.


McIlwrick

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Riabhaich (“son of the brindled lad”), from gille (“lad”) and riabhach (“brindled, speckled”). Compare McElrath, which derives from the Irish variant of the surname.


Cleator

en-proper noun

Cleator (countable and uncountable, plural Cleators)

From Old Norse klettr (“rock, cliff”) + erg (“shieling”), because of the presence of an outcrop of limestone cliffs near the village.


Robayo

Borrowed from Spanish Robayo; this surname is predominantly found in Colombia.


O'Dor

Anglicization of the Central European surname Romanian Odor or Hungarian Ódor


Lifshitz

Borrowed from Hebrew ליפשיץ, a Jewish Ashkenazi habitational surname from the Polish city of Głubczyce.

bor

Hebrew ליפשיץ


Ramanujan

Borrowed from Tamil இராமானுசன் (irāmāṉucaṉ).

Tamil இராமானுசன் (irāmāṉucaṉ)


Beglaryan

Borrowed from Armenian Բեգլարյան (Beglaryan).


Bayardo

Borrowed from Spanish Bayardo; this surname is predominantly found in Mexico.


Estigarribia

Borrowed from Spanish Estigarribia, a surname of Basque origin.


Alexopoulos

Borrowed from Greek Αλεξόπουλος (Alexópoulos).


Carnicero

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


Bordley

en-proper noun

Bordley (countable and uncountable, plural Bordleys)

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


Arsenyan

Borrowed from Armenian Արսենյան (Arsenyan).


Patman

Occupational surname for the servant of someone called Pat.


Sridharan

Borrowed from Tamil சிறீதரன் (ciṟītaraṉ).


Sassone

A surname from Italian [in turn originating as an ethnonym].


McCaleb

Variant of McKillip, under the influence of the unrelated personal name Caleb.


Sixto

Borrowed from Spanish Sixto; this surname is predominantly found in Mexico.


Amirkhanyan

Borrowed from Armenian Ամիրխանյան (Amirxanyan).


Amirkhanian

Variant of Amirkhanyan, borrowed from Armenian Ամիրխանյան (Amirxanyan).


Leibel

From Yiddish לייבל (leybl), a pet form of the personal name לייב (leyb).


Lebeck

Lebeck (countable and uncountable, plural Lebecks)

→ Translingual: Lebeckia


McAleer

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Northern Irish Mac Giolla Uidihir (“son of the servant of (Saint) Odhar”), a byname from odhar (“dun; dull, dark”). Compare McLear and McClure.


Misakian

Variant of Misakyan, borrowed from Armenian Միսակյան (Misakyan).


Misakyan

Borrowed from Armenian Միսակյան (Misakyan).


Gemberling

Americanized spelling of South German Gamperling.


Farman

Two main origins:
* From the Old Norse personal name Farmaðr, a byname from farmaðr (“seafarer, merchant”); alternatively, an occupational surname sharing the same origin.
* Borrowed from Urdu فرمان (farmān, “firman, command, order; decree, edict”); this surname is predominantly found in Pakistan.


Georgiadis

Borrowed from Greek Γεωργιάδης (Georgiádis).


McKonly

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Conghaile (“son of Conghal”), a personal name composed of the elements con, genitive form of cú (“hound”), and gal (“valor; fury”).


Birchley

Habitational surname from a minor place in Merseyside, from Old English birċe (“birch”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to birch + -ley (“lea”).


Jablonsky

From Czech or Slovak Jablonský. In some cases, from Polish Jabłoński.


Kostanyan

Borrowed from Armenian Կոստանյան (Kostanyan).


Diedrick

Americanized spelling of German Diedrich.


Diffley

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Duibhghiolla (“descendant of Duibhgiolla”), a personal name composed of the elements dubh (“black”) and giolla (“lad”).


Maness

en-proper noun

Maness (countable and uncountable, plural Manesses)


Djordjevic

Americanized spelling of Serbo-Croatian Đorđević.


Eltringham

Habitational surname from a minor place near Mickley, in Northumberland, from the dative form of the Old English personal name Ælfhere, which is composed of the elements ælf (“elf”) and here (“army”), + hām (“homestead”). The -t- was presumably inserted for the sake of euphony.


Ottesen

Borrowed from Danish and Norwegian Ottesen.


Coonradt

Americanized spelling of Dutch Koenraadt or German Kühnrat.


Gilboy

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Giolla Bhuidhe (“descendant of the blond lad”), from giolla (“lad”) and buidhe (“yellow”).


Althaus

Borrowed from German Althaus, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Manasyan

Borrowed from Armenian Մանասյան (Manasyan).


Gamet

Two main origins:
* Borrowed from French Gamet, a pet form of the personal name Gamo, which is probably based on the Proto-Germanic lemmas *gamaną (“pleasure, joy”) or *gamalaz (“old, weak”).
* Borrowed from Tagalog Gamet.


Elvey

From the Old English personal name Ælfwīġ, which is composed of the elements ælf (“elf”) and wīġ (“war, battle”).


Yeremyan

Borrowed from Armenian Երեմյան (Eremyan).


Redcay

Perhaps an Americanized spelling of German Radke.


Mossey

Perhaps an altered form of French Mossé.


McMiller

Scottish patronymic from the occupational surname Miller.


Orris

English surname from a vernacular form of the personal name Horace.


Weighell

Habitational surname for someone from the village of Wighill, in North Yorkshire.


Moomjian

From Armenian Մումջյան (Mumǰyan), a variant of Մոմջյան (Momǰyan).


Saadat

Borrowed from Persian سعادت (sa'âdat, “happiness”).


Shammas

Borrowed from Arabic شماس (šammās, “deacon, sexton”), a popular surname in the Christian community.


Walmersley

en-proper noun

Walmersley (countable and uncountable, plural Walmersleys)

From the Old English personal name Waldmǣr, which is composed of the elements weald (“power, authority”) and mǣre (“famous”), + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).


Sedrakyan

Borrowed from Armenian Սեդրակյան (Sedrakyan).


Zelenska

A surname from Ukrainian, masculine equivalent Zelenskyy.


Haroyan

Borrowed from Armenian Հարոյան (Haroyan).


Verdecia

Borrowed from Spanish Verdecia; this surname is predominantly found in Cuba.


McClurkin

McClurkin (countable and uncountable, plural McClurkins)

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Cléireacháin (“son of the little priest”), from cléireach (“priest, cleric”) + án (“diminutive suffix”).


Manoyan

Borrowed from Armenian Մանոյան (Manoyan).


Mikhael

From Arabic مِيكَائِيل (mīkāʔīl, “Michael”); this surname is predominantly found in Egypt and Lebanon.


McGillis

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Íosa (“son of the servant of Jesus”); compare McLeish.


Degante

Borrowed from Spanish Degante; this surname is predominantly found in Mexico.


Tomasyan

Borrowed from Armenian Թոմասյան (Tʻomasyan).

A surname from Armenian, equivalent to English Thompson.


Lugardo

Borrowed from Spanish Lugardo; this surname is predominantly found in Mexico.


Hirschfield

Partial translation of German Hirschfeld, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Fehringer

Borrowed from Austrian German Fehringer.


Lamerton

en-prop

Lamerton (countable and uncountable, plural Lamertons)

From the name of the River Lumburn + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Rushall

en-proper-noun

Rushall (countable and uncountable, plural Rushalls)

The village in Wiltshire is named with the Old English personal name Rust + -s- + healh (“angle, corner, nook”).


Noroyan

Borrowed from Armenian Նորոյան (Noroyan).


Cardena

Borrowed from Spanish Cardeña; this surname is predominantly found in Colombia.


Castillejo

Borrowed from Spanish Castillejo; this surname is predominantly found in Spain and Peru.


Capilla

Borrowed from Spanish Capilla; this surname is predominantly found in Spain and Mexico.


Colli

Borrowed from Italian Colli; this surname is also widely attested in Mexico, Guatemala, Brazil and Argentina.


Forsen

Borrowed from Swedish Forsén, an ornamental surname based on the element fors (“waterfall”).


Aramyan

Borrowed from Armenian Արամյան (Aramyan).


Docken

Borrowed from German Docken or a variant form of Norwegian Dokken.


Pashayan

Borrowed from Armenian Փաշայան (Pʻašayan).


Fremin

Borrowed from French Frémin, a metathesized variant of Firmin.


Hedeen

Variant of Swedish Hedén, an ornamental surname based on the element hed (“heath, moor”).


Gargan

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


McNiven

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Naoimhín (“son of Naoimhín”), a diminutive of naomh (“saint”); compare McNevin, which derives from the Irish variant of this surname.


Andreasyan

Borrowed from Armenian Անդրեասյան (Andreasyan).

A surname from Armenian, equivalent to English Anderson.


Labib

Borrowed from Arabic لَبِيب (labīb, literally “sensible, reasonable”); this surname is predominantly found in Egypt.


Outman

Americanized form of either Dutch Uitman or North German Utmann.


Rebert

Borrowed from either French Rebert, a variant of Robert, or German Rebert, a variant of Reber.


Pokres

Probably a variant of Pokrass, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Piaf

From French Piaf, from the nickname piaf (“sparrow”), possibly of onomatopoeic origin.


Iskandaryan

Borrowed from Armenian Իսկանդարյան (Iskandaryan).


Pokrass

Borrowed from Russian Покрасс (Pokrass), a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Stavely

en-proper noun

Stavely (countable and uncountable, plural Stavelys)


Zeron

Borrowed from Spanish Zerón; this surname is predominantly found in Honduras.


Clipperton

Named after English privateer John Clipperton (1676–1722).


Horsfield

Either a variant of Horsfall or a habitatonal surname from a lost place in England, from Old English hors (“horse”) + feld (“field”).


Delduca

From Italian Del Duca, from del+duca, from being a surname of someone who worked for a duke (“duca”).


Cambray

en-prop

Cambray (countable and uncountable, plural Cambrays)


Upjohn

Anglicized form of Welsh ap (“son of”) + John.


Barreno

Borrowed from Spanish Barreno; this surname is predominantly found in Guatemala.


Waln

unk

Unexplained


McMunn

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Mhunna (“son of the servant of (Saint) Munnu”), from the personal name Munnu.


Weckerly

Americanized spelling of German Weckerle.


Wiers

Borrowed from Dutch and North German Wiers.


Ocheltree

en-proper noun

Ocheltree (countable and uncountable, plural Ocheltrees)

Variant of the Scottish surname Ochiltree.


Rehnquist

Americanized form of Swedish Rehnqvist, an ornamental surname composed of the elements ren (“strip of land”) + kvist (“twig”).


Trnka

Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Trnka, a topographic surname from trnka (“blackthorn”).


Ude

Two main origins:
* Borrowed from German Ude, a patronymic surname from a medieval personal name.
* Borrowed from Igbo Udé; this surname is predominantly found in Enugu State.


Cronholm

Borrowed from Swedish Cronholm, an ornamental surname composed of the elements krona (“crown”) and holm (“islet”).


Silerio

Borrowed from Spanish Silerio; this surname is predominantly found in Mexico.


Rosebrook

Americanized form of German Rosebrock or Rosenbach.


Stoneback

Americanized form of German Steinbäck or Swedish Stenbäck.


Raudenbush

Americanized spelling of German Raudenbusch.


McNeilage

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Niallghuis (“son of Niallghus”).


Mezger

Borrowed from German Mezger, a variant of Metzger.


Torello

Borrowed from Italian Torello or Catalan Torelló.


Torno

Various origins:
* Borrowed from Italian Torno, a metonymic occupational surname for a turner, from torno, older form of tornio (“lathe”).
* Borrowed from Spanish Torno, a habitational surname from the village of El Torno, in Extremadura.
* Altered spelling of a German or Polish habitational surname from the city of Tarnów, in Poland.


Saxman

en-proper noun

Saxman (countable and uncountable, plural Saxmans)


Saint Clare

A calque of Latin Sancta Clara (“holy Clara”), chiefly in reference to Italian Chiara Offreduccio, St. Clare of Assisi.

(uncommon) Alternative form of Sinclair, a surname.

(uncommon) Alternative form of Sinclair, a male given name.


Aharonyan

Borrowed from Armenian Ահարոնյան (Aharonyan).


Pense

Pense (countable and uncountable, plural Penses)


Venkatesan

Borrowed from Tamil வெங்கடேசன் (veṅkaṭēcaṉ).

bor

Tamil வெங்கடேசன் (veṅkaṭēcaṉ)


Barwise

en-proper-noun

Barwise (countable and uncountable, plural Barwises)

Habitational surname from a minor place in Westmorland, from Old English beorgas, plural form of beorg (“mountain, hill”).


Wingham

en-proper noun

Wingham (countable and uncountable, plural Winghams)

From the Old English personal name Wīga, a byname from wīġ (“war”), + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”).


Balderstone

en-proper-noun

Balderstone (countable and uncountable, plural Balderstones)

From the Old English personal name Baldhere, which is composed by the elements beald (“bold, brave”) and here (“army”), + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Turkel

Two main origins:
* From a reduced form of the Old Norse personal name Þórketill, which is composed of the elements Þórr (“Thor”) and ketill (“cauldron”).
* A Jewish Ashkenazi surname, possibly from Yiddish טערקלטויב (terkltoyb, “turtle dove”).


Dagnall

en-proper noun

Dagnall (countable and uncountable, plural Dagnalls)

From the unattested genitive form of the Old English personal name *Dagga + healh (“nook, corner, angle”).


Khosrovyan

Borrowed from Armenian Խոսրովյան (Xosrovyan).


Staruh

From Polish Staruch and Ukrainian Старух (Starux).


Espejel

Borrowed from Spanish Espejel; this surname is predominantly found in Mexico.


Brener

Variant of Brenner, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Depoyan

From Armenian Տեփոյան (Tepʻoyan) (Western Armenian pronunciation).


Cottier

Borrowed from French Cottier, or a variant of Cotter.


Emswiler

Probably a respelling of German Emmersweiler, a habitational surname.


Eom

Borrowed from Korean 엄 (eom), which is written using the same character as the Chinese surname 嚴／严 (yán).


Delpino

Borrowed from Italian Delpino; this surname is also well-attested in South America.


Ibarlucea

Borrowed from Spanish Ibarlucea, from Basque ibar (“valley”) + luzi (“long”).


Maytag

* (surname): Americanized form of German Maitag.
* (washing machine): The Maytag Washing Machine Company was founded in 1893 by businessman Frederick Maytag.


Levonyan

Borrowed from Armenian Լևոնյան (Lewonyan).


Enquist

From Swedish Enqvist, an ornamental surname composed of the elements en (“juniper”) and kvist (“twig”).


Dukart

Borrowed from German Dukart, a variant of Duckart.


Farha

Borrowed from Arabic فَرْحَة (farḥa, “delight, pleasure”).


Chubbuck

en-proper noun

Chubbuck (countable and uncountable, plural Chubbucks)

Americanized spelling of German Schuback or Schubach.


Azurmendi

Borrowed from Spanish Azurmendi, from azur (“sky blue”) + Basque mendi (“mountain”).


Palgrave

en-proper-noun

Palgrave (countable and uncountable, plural Palgraves)

From either the Old English personal name Palla or pāl (“stake, pole”) + Old English grāf (“grove”).


Yardumian

Borrowed from Armenian Յարդումյան (Yardumyan).


Ottey

unk

Unexplained


McLamb

Altered form of McClave; compare McClam.


Palmgren

Borrowed from Swedish Palmgren, an ornamental surname composed of the elements palm (“palm”) and gren (“branch”).


Fiscus

Borrowed from German Fiscus, a Latinization of the surname Korb.


Arslanyan

Borrowed from Armenian Արսլանյան (Arslanyan).


Oshana

Borrowed from Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܐܘܫܥܢܐ (ʾōšaʿnā, “Hosanna”); this surname is predominantly found among the Assyrian community of Iraq.


Wolkow

From Russian Волков (Volkov) or Polish Wołków.


Hingston

Perhaps a habitational surname from the village of Hinxton, in Cambridgeshire.


Goodgame

Nickname for a merry or sporty person, from Middle English good (“good”) + game (“entertainment, sport”).


Shakaryan

Borrowed from Armenian Շաքարյան (Šakʻaryan).


McClam

Altered form of McClave; compare McLamb.


Tornquist

Variant of Swedish Törnqvist, an ornamental surname from torn (“thorn; tower”) and kvist (“twig”).


Tayman

* As a German surname, possibly altered from Dehmann, Demann, shortened from Deneman, from the personal name Dene, which could be a shortened form of Daniel, + Mann (“man”).
* As an English surname, variant of Tyman.


Surenyan

Borrowed from Armenian Սուրենյան (Surenyan).


Shakya

Borrowed from Nepali शाक्य (śākya), from Sanskrit शाक्य (śākya), which is most likely from Sanskrit शक् (śak, “to be able”). Alternatively, from Sanskrit शाखा (śākhā, “branch, teak”); see Shakya for more.


Shawcross

Probably a habitational surname from Shaw Cross, a suburb of Dewsbury, a town in West Yorkshire, from Old English sċeaga (“copse, thicket”) + croft (“enclosed field”).


Barseghyan

Borrowed from Armenian Բարսեղյան (Barseġyan).


Vlachos

Borrowed from Greek Βλάχος (Vláchos, “Wallachian”), an ethnic surname.


Rosenbach

Borrowed from German Rosenbach, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Barbo

Borrowed from Italian, Portuguese and Spanish Barbo, all from barbo (“barbel”), perhaps a nickname.


Shefford

en-proper-noun

Shefford (countable and uncountable, plural Sheffords)

From Old English sċēap (“sheep”) + ford (“ford”).


Aragones

Borrowed from Spanish Aragonés, from aragonés (“Aragonese”). Mostly found among Spaniards and Filipinos.

A surname from Spanish [in turn originating as an ethnonym].


Uva

Borrowed from Italian and Portuguese, from uva (“grapes”).


Abonce

Borrowed from Spanish Abonce; this surname is predominantly found in Mexico.


Sharoyan

Borrowed from Armenian Շառոյան (Šaṙoyan).


Morgenthaler

Borrowed from Swiss German Morgenthaler.


Plump

Borrowed from North German Plump, a nickname from plump (“crude, clumsy”).


McRorie

From the Scottish Gaelic variant of McCrory.


Strulovitch

Strulovitch (plural Strulovitchs or Strulovitches)

Strulovitchs (plural)
Strulovitches (plural)

Anglicization of Strulovic, from Strulović, from Russian


Avetyan

Borrowed from Armenian Ավետյան (Avetyan).


Langenderfer

Americanized spelling of German Langendörfer.


Jurich

Americanized form of Serbo-Croatian Jurić and Slovene Jurič.


Koons

Americanized spelling of Dutch Koens or German Kuntz.


Menken

Borrowed from Dutch and North German Menken.


O'Quinn

en-proper noun

O'Quinn (countable and uncountable, plural O'Quinns)

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Coinn (“descendant of Conn”).


Petrova

Borrowed from Bulgarian and Russian Петрова (Petrova), feminine form of Петров (Petrov).

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


Judkins

Possibly a patronymic surname from a pet form, with intrusive -d-, of Juk.

A surname transferred from the given name.


Chakarian

A variant of Shakaryan, via French Chakarian.


Grater

Two main origins:
* From Old French grateor (“one who grates”), hence possibly an occupational surname for a furbisher.
* Borrowed from German Gräter, an occupational surname for a worker in a granary or warehouse, from Middle High German grede (“granary, warehouse”).


Gulasarian

From Armenian Գյուլասարյան (Gyulasaryan).

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Bridenstine

Americanized spelling of German Breitenstein.


Rainbird

From the Old French personal name Rainbert, which is composed of the Proto-Germanic elements *raginą (“decision, advice, counsel”) and *berhtaz (“bright, shining”).


Shulgin

Borrowed from Russian Шульги́н (Šulʹgín).


Arshakyan

Borrowed from Armenian Արշակյան (Aršakyan).


Cagley

Americanized spelling of German Kegler or Kägli.


Bugay

Two main origins:
* Americanized spelling of Polish Bugaj.
* Borrowed from Tagalog Bugay; this surname is predominantly found in Central Luzon.


Busher

Americanized spelling of either German Buscher or French Bouchard.


Wintringham

en-proper noun

Wintringham (countable and uncountable, plural Wintringhams)

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

A habitational surname from Old English.


Duchesneau

Borrowed from Canadian French Duchesneau.


Bult

* As a Dutch surname, from several placenames derived from bult (“bump, hump”).
* As an English and Dutch surname, variant of Bolt.


Delauter

Americanized spelling of French Delautre.


DelFierro

Borrowed from Spanish Del Fierro, del (“of the”) + fierro (“branding iron”).


McPhillips

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Philib (“son of Philip”); compare McKillip.


Periton

en-proper noun

Periton (countable and uncountable, plural Peritons)


Kauk

Possibly an altered spelling of German Kauke.


Overturf

Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Oberdorf.


McClay

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Northern Irish Mac an Leagha (“son of the physician”), from leigheas (“remedy, cure”).


Carris

Either a variant spelling of Carras or borrowed from Portuguese Carris, a habitational surname from the plural form of carril (“thoroughfare”).


Thurnham

en-proper noun

Thurnham (countable and uncountable, plural Thurnhams)

From Old English þorn (“thornbubsh”) + hām (“homestead”).


Norell

Borrowed from Swedish Norell, an ornamental surname based on norr (“north”).


Noronha

Borrowed from Portuguese Noronha, a habitational surname from the town of Noreña, in northern Spain.


Tanori

Borrowed from a Mexican native language.


Sejour

Borrowed from French Séjour; this surname is predominantly found in Haiti.


Troth

From troth, a nickname for someone who was inclined to take oaths.

A surname transferred from the nickname.


McGrail

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Réill, a variant of Mac Néill, from which McNeil.


Shrubsole

Habitational surname from a lost place in Kent, probably from the unattested Old English personal name *Sceobba + sol (“mud, wet sand, mire”).


Wali

Borrowed from Arabic وَلِيّ (waliyy, “prophet, saint”).


Whisner

Perhaps an altered spelling of German Wisner.


Weberg

Borrowed from Norwegian and Swedish Weberg.


Walkley

en-proper noun

Walkley (countable and uncountable, plural Walkleys)

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


Yalamanchili

Borrowed from Telugu యలమంచిలి (yalamañcili).


McRury

From the Scottish Gaelic variant of McCrory.


Comberbach

en-proper-noun

Comberbach (countable and uncountable, plural Comberbaches)

From Old English Cumbra (“Cumbrian”) + bæce (“stream in a valley”).


Kava

Transliteration of Ukrainian Кава (Kava) or a phonetic respelling of Polish Kawa, from kawa (“jackdaw”); ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kavъka (“jackdaw”).


Villefranche

From French Villefranche (literally “Freetown”), from ville (“town, city”) + franche, feminine singular of franc (“free”).

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Snigur

Alternative transliteration of Ukrainian Снігур (Snihur), from Ukrainian снігур (snihur, “bullfinch”).


Snihur

Transliteration of Ukrainian Снігур (Snihur), from Ukrainian снігур (snihur, “bullfinch”).


Snegur

Transliteration of Russian Снегур (Snegur), from Ukrainian снігур (snihur, “bullfinch”) or Russian снегирь (snegirʹ, “bullfinch”).


Meitei

en-proper noun

Meitei (countable and uncountable, plural Meiteis)


Boschee

Two main origins:
* Altered form, under French influence, of Dutch Bosch.
* Americanized form of French Bauché, an occupational surname for a tiler, from bauche (“clay tile”).


Allnutt

From the Middle English personal name Alnoth, from Old English Æþelnōþ, which is composed of the elements æþele (“noble”) and nōþ (“daring, courage”).


Belka

Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Polish Belka, a nickname for a tall, upright man, from belka (“beam, timber”).
* Borrowed from Czech Bělka, from a pet form of the female given name Běla.


Rissmiller

Americanized form of German Rissmüller or Reismüller.


Kassis

Borrowed from Arabic قِسِّيس (qissīs, “priest, pastor, parson”).


Sternbach

Borrowed from German Sternbach, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Valla

Various origins:
* Borrowed from Italian Valla, a variant of Valle.
* Borrowed from Norwegian and Swedish Valla, from vall (“pasture, meadow”).
* Borrowed from Albanian Valla, a variant of Vallas.


Kachur

Transliteration of Ukrainian Качур (Kačur), from Ukrainian качур (kačur, “drake”).


Risso

Borrowed from Italian Risso; this surname is also well-attested in South America.


Trabue

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Unexplained


Bullis

Probably a metonymic occupational surname for someone employed in a cattle shed, from a reduced form of Middle English bulehus (“bull house”).


Obergefell

en-proper-noun

Obergefell (countable and uncountable, plural Obergefells)

/ˈoʊbərɡəˌfɛl/


Impson

Patronymic surname from an unclear personal name.


Girten

Possibly a variant of Girton or of German Gerten.


Speechley

Habitational surname from a variant form of Spetchley, a village in Worcestershire.


McSkean

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Sceacháin (“son of Sceachán”), a personal name from a diminutive of sceach (“briar, thornbush”).


Haffenden

Habitational surname from a lost place called Heffinden, in Kent.


Jaspers

Borrowed from Dutch and North German Jaspers.


Lamplugh

en-proper noun

Lamplugh (countable and uncountable, plural Lamplughs)

From Cumbric *lann (“enclosure, churchyard”) + Cumbric *bluch (“bald, bare”) (compare Welsh llan (“parish”) + blwch (“bare”)).


Klus

Borrowed from Polish Kłus, Kluś or Kłuś.


Christopoulos

Borrowed from Greek Χριστόπουλος (Christópoulos).

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Calabaza

Borrowed from Spanish Calabaza, from calabaza (“pumpkin”).


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Hovsepyan

Borrowed from Armenian Հովսեփյան (Hovsepʻyan).

A surname from Armenian, equivalent to English Josephson.


Cordts

Borrowed from German Cordts or a variant of Dutch Cords.


Marentes

Borrowed from Spanish Marentes, a habitational surname from a village in Asturias.


Mavridis

Borrowed from Greek Μαυρίδης (Mavrídis).


Murmu

Transliteration of Santali ᱢᱩᱨᱢᱩ (murmu).


Larrow

Probably an Americanized spelling of French Lareau.


Klipp

Borrowed from German Klipp, variant of Klippe. Compare Cliff; both are ultimately from Proto-Germanic *klibą.


Ramero

Borrowed from Spanish Ramero, a variant of Ramiro.


Somes

Habitational surname from the village of Soham, in Cambridgeshire.


Shillingburg

Americanized spelling of German Schellenberg.


McTrusty

From the Scottish Gaelic patronymic surname from the personal name Tristan, or alternatively a variant of McKinstry.


Shahbazyan

Borrowed from Armenian Շահբազյան (Šahbazyan).


Wiker

Borrowed from Norwegian and Swedish Wiker.


Vessell

Metonymic occupational surname for a maker of household vessels, from Middle English vessel, itself from Old French vaissel.


Mincer

Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Polish Mincer, the local spelling of the German surname Mintzer.
* Metonymic occupational surname for a butcher, a cook, or a warrior, from a derivative of Middle English mincen (“to mince”).


Startz

* As a south German surname, variant of Stertz and German Starz.
* As an Americanization of a Germanized Slavic name, from Upper Sorbian starc, Lower Sorbian starc, or Slovene stȃrəc (dialectal stȃrc), all meaning "old man"; ultimately from Proto-Slavic *starьcь (“old man”)
* As a dialectal Bavarian surname, from Starz (“tail”) (see Steiß (“tail, coccyx”))
Compare Starck.


Hardacre

Topographic surname for someone who lived on a patch of poor, stony land, from Middle English hard (“hard”) + aker (“acre, field”).


Gardham

en-proper noun

Gardham (countable and uncountable, plural Gardhams)

Recorded as Gerdene in the Domesday Book, tha placename derives from the dative plural form of Old Norse gerði (“fenced field”).


Wykeham

Wykeham (countable and uncountable, plural Wykehams)

The second element is Old English hām (“homestead”), while the first one (in North Yorkshire at least) is from Old English wic; recorded as Wicham in 1086 (DB).


Sislyan

Borrowed from Armenian Սիսլյան (Sislyan).


Ainley

Habitational surname from the village of Ainley Top.


Sandercock

From a pet form of Sander, a reduced form of Alexander.


Knoroz

Transliteration of Russian Кнороз (Knoroz), perhaps from Proto-Slavic *kъnorzъ.


Markosyan

Borrowed from Armenian Մարկոսյան (Markosyan).


Asfour

Borrowed from Arabic عُصْفُور (ʕuṣfūr, “small bird; sparrow”).


Blyden

Altered form of an English habitational surname such as Bladen or Blyton.


Befort

Borrowed from French Befort, an assimilated form of Belfort.


Zahniser

Altered form of German Zahnhäuser or Zahneiser.


Abramovich

Americanized form of Russian Абрамо́вич (Abramóvič) or Serbo-Croatian Abramović.


Aristakesyan

Borrowed from Armenian Արիստակեսյան (Aristakesyan).

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Sawh

Variant of Saw; this variant is found mainly in Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana, but it's not used in India.


Wiard

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Unexplained


Berhow

Possibly an Americanized form of German Berkau.


Arumugam

Borrowed from Tamil ஆறுமுகம் (āṟumukam).


Robart

Borrowed from French Robart, a variant of Robert.


Zaldua

Borrowed from Spanish Zaldúa, a surname of Basque origin.


Arrillaga

Borrowed from Spanish Arrillaga, a surname of Basque origin.


Yeghiazaryan

Borrowed from Armenian Եղիազարյան (Eġiazaryan).


Potthast

→ Translingual: Potthastia


Quinnell

From the Middle English female given name Quenilda, from Old English Cwēnhild, which is composed of the elements cwēn (“queen”) and hild (“battle, war”).


McAndrews

en-proper noun

McAndrews (countable and uncountable, plural McAndrewses)

Variant of McAndrew, with the addition of the redundant English excrescent -s.


Berberyan

From Armenian Պերպերյան (Perperyan), Բերբերյան (Berberyan).


Kilker

Probably an altered spelling of Swiss German Kilcher.


DeVerell

Alternative letter-case form of Deverell.


Gulezian

From Armenian Գյուլեզյան (Gyulezyan), Կիւլէզեան (Kiwlēzean).


Brookfield

Brookfield (countable and uncountable, plural Brookfields)

From Old English brōc (“brook”) + feld (“field”).

(countable) A habitational surname from Old English, from any of the villages in England.


Fritcher

Americanized spelling of German Fritsche.


Fleischhacker

Borrowed from German Fleischhacker, an occupational surname for a butcher.


Dennington

Dennington (countable and uncountable, plural Denningtons)

From the Old English personal name Denegifu, which is composed of the elements Dene (“Dane”) + gifu (“gift”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Cosma

Borrowed from Italian and Romanian Cosma.


Arzumanyan

Borrowed from Armenian Արզումանյան (Arzumanyan).


Ostrom

Borrowed from Swedish Öström, an ornamental surname composed of the elements ö (“island”) and ström (“stream”).


McCammon

McCammon (countable and uncountable, plural McCammons)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Northern Irish Mac Ámoinn (“son of Ámoinn”), a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Amundr, which is composed of the elements agi (“awe, terror”) and mundr (“protection”).


Mesropyan

Borrowed from Armenian Մեսրոպյան (Mesropyan).


Krutz

Borrowed from German Krütz, a variant of Kreutz.


Rasey

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Unexplained


Orduna

Borrowed from Spanish Orduña, a habitational surname from Basque.


Nahapetyan

Borrowed from Armenian Նահապետյան (Nahapetyan).


Nicklin

From a hypocoristic form of the personal name Nicholas.


Stumpff

→ Translingual: Stumpffia


Sajjad

Borrowed from Arabic سَجَّاد (sajjād, “bowing in reverence; one who prostrates himself in worship”).


McBlain

Reduced Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Blatháin (“son of the servant of Saint Blane”).


Rulo

en-proper noun

Rulo (countable and uncountable, plural Rulos)

Probably an Americanized spelling of a French surname, such as Rouleau or Rulon.


Buchdahl

Germanized variant of Bohdal, from bůh + dal.


Rowarth

en-proper-noun

Rowarth (countable and uncountable, plural Rowarths)

From Old English rūh (“rough”) + worþ (“enclosure”).


Zardaryan

Borrowed from Armenian Զարդարյան (Zardaryan).


Culverwell

Habitational surname from several minor places in England, from Old English culfre (“dove, pigeon”) + wielle (“spring”).


Wehbe

Variant of Wahba; this surname is predominantly found in Lebanon and Syria and its bearers are both Muslims and Christians.


Shafiq

Borrowed from Arabic شفيق (shafīq, “compassionate”); this surname is predominantly found in Pakistan.


Andrepont

Apparently of French origin; this surname is predominantly found in Louisiana.


Brakke

* As a Norwegian surname Brække, variant of Brekke.
* As a Dutch surname, from Middle Dutch bracke (“bloodhound”), from Frankish *brakko, from Proto-Germanic *brak (“dog that hunts by scent”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₂g- (“to smell”).


Brearley

en-proper noun

Brearley (countable and uncountable, plural Brearleys)

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


Vilsaint

Borrowed from French Vilsaint; this surname is predominantly found in Haiti.


White Eagle

Calque of any of several indigenous languages of North America.


Cumberledge

Habitational surname from a minor place in Staffordshire.


Ulin

Various origins:
* An altered form of Dutch Ulijn, a derivative of the personal name Hugh.
* Borrowed from Swedish Ulin, an ornamental surname from an unknown source.
* Borrowed from Mexican and Guatemalan Spanish Ulín, of unexplained origin.


Mocchi

Borrowed from Italian Mocchi or French Mocchi.


Sahadeo

Trinidadian and Guyanese surname, from an altered form of Hindi सहदेव (sahdev).


Shupert

Americanized spelling of German Schupert, a variant of Schubert.


Revette

Probably an altered spelling of French Revett.


Yapp

Nickname for a clever or cunning person, from Middle English yap (“deceitful, shrewd”), from Old English gēap (“crooked, bent; devious, cunning”).


Neyhart

Probably an altered form of German Neuhart.


Sirek

Borrowed from Czech Šírek or Polish Sirek.


McAuliff

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


Stucke

German surname Stücke, a variant of Stueck, itself derived from the noun Stück (“piece, portion”), which has many broad senses. Compare Stuck.


Binsted

en-proper noun

Binsted (countable and uncountable, plural Binsteds)

From Old English bēan (“bean”) + stede (“stead”); compare the doublet Binstead.


Zaldana

Borrowed from Spanish Zaldaña, a variant of Saldaña.


Anzaldo

Borrowed from Spanish Anzaldo, from Italian Ansaldo.


Ghukasyan

Borrowed from Armenian Ղուկասյան (Ġukasyan).


Proby

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Unexplained


Cornhill

en-proper-noun

Cornhill (countable and uncountable, plural Cornhills)

From Old English corn (“corn”) + hyll (“hill”).


Dowbiggin

Dowbiggin (countable and uncountable, plural Dowbiggins)

From the Old Norse personal name Dúfa, a byname from dúfa (“dove”), + bygging (“building, structure”).


Burniston

en-proper noun

Burniston (countable and uncountable, plural Burnistons)

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


Karakashyan

Borrowed from Armenian Կարակաշյան (Karakašyan).


Hollibaugh

Americanized spelling of German Hollerbach or Hollenbach.


Grew

→ Translingual: Grewia


Truss

From Old French trousse (“bundle, pack”), a metonymic occupational surname for a peddler.


Contractor

From contractor, an occupational surname for a supplier of goods or services; this surname originated in India, but derives from the English word.


Grunfeld

Borrowed from German Grünfeld, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Hawken

From Middle English Hawkyn, Haukyn, a pet form of Haw.


Trajtenberg

Borrowed from Spanish Trajtenberg, ultimately from German Trachtenberg. A variant of Trachtenberg.

A surname from Spanish [in turn from German].


Canoy

Two main origins:
* Variant of Kanoy, an Americanized form of German Kney.
* Borrowed from Cebuano Canoy; this surname is predominantly found in Central Visayas and Northern Mindanao.


Dykhouse

Partly Americanized form of Dutch Dijkhuis.


Norrby

Borrowed from Swedish Norrby, an ornamental surname composed of the elements norr (“north”) and by (“village; farm”).


Nazaretyan

Borrowed from Armenian Նազարեթյան (Nazaretʻyan).


Ordish

→ Translingual: Ordishia

Habitational surname from a minor place in Derbyshire called Highoredish.


Nikoghosyan

Borrowed from Armenian Նիկողոսյան (Nikoġosyan).

A surname from Armenian, equivalent to English Nicholson.


Folley

Two main origins:
* English topographic surname from Old French feuillie (“leafy bower or shelter; clump of trees”).
* English nickname for an eccentric or foolish person, from Old French folie (“foolishness”).


Gibert

Borrowed from Catalan and French Gibert.


Eshbach

en-proper noun

Eshbach (countable and uncountable, plural Eshbachs)


McHaffie

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Cathbhaidh (“son of the servant of (Saint) Cathbhadh”).


Eschbach

en-proper noun

Eschbach (countable and uncountable, plural Eschbachs)


Pinkins

Probably a patronymic from a diminutive of Pink.


Lemler

Borrowed from German Lemler, a variant of Lemmler.


Titchmarsh

Titchmarsh (countable and uncountable, plural Titchmarshes)

From the Old English personal name Ticcea + mersċ (“marsh, bog, swamp”).


Bickerstaffe

en-proper-noun

Bickerstaffe (countable and uncountable, plural Bickerstaffes)

From Old English bīcere (“beekeeper”) + stæþ (“bank, shore; landing place”).


Langthorne

Langthorne (countable and uncountable, plural Langthornes)

From Old English lang (“long”) + þorn (“thornbush”).


Thorold

Thorold (countable and uncountable, plural Thorolds)

From the Middle English personal name Thurold, Thorold, Thorald, from the Old English Thorweald, Thorwald, Turwald etc. and variations, suffix from Old English weald, likely influenced and reinforced by cognate Old Norse Þóraldr, a personal name composed of the elements Þórr (“Thor”) and valdr (“ruler”).


Brandeis

A surname transferred from the place name


Saraydarian

From Armenian Սարայդարյան (Saraydaryan).


Seraydarian

From Armenian Սերայդարյան (Seraydaryan).


Plumridge

Habitational surname from a minor place in Middlesex, from Old English plūme (“plum”) + hryċġ (“ridge”).


Muhlestein

Borrowed from German Mühlestein, variant of Mühlstein.


Nagao

Borrowed from Japanese 長尾 (Nagao, “long tail”).


Smack

Possibly an Americanized form of German Schmack.


Oraha

From a vernacular form of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܐܒܪܗܡ (ʾaḇrāhām, “Abraham”); this surname is common among the Assyrian community.


Oxenbridge

Habitational surname from a minor place in the parish of Iden, in Sussex, from Old English oxan (“oxen”) + bryċġ (“bridge”).


Hadlington

Variant of Adlington with prosthetic H-.


Knutton

en-proper-noun

Knutton (countable and uncountable, plural Knuttons)

Probably from Old English cnotta (“knot hillock”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Petikyan

Borrowed from Armenian Պետիկյան (Petikyan).


Hendrich

Hendrich (plural Hendrichs or Hendriches)

From German Hendrich, variant of Heinrich.


Sunak

en-prop

Sunak (countable and uncountable, plural Sunaks)


Wence

Probably an Americanized form of German Wenz.


Shinners

→ Translingual: Shinnersia


Minhas

Borrowed from Punjabi ਮਿਨਹਾਸ (minhās), a Rajput and Jat surname.


Van Sciver

Americanized form of Dutch van Schuyven.


Plessis

en-proper-noun

Plessis (plural Plessises or Plesses or Plessis)

Plessises (plural)
Plesses (plural)
Plessis (plural)


Mowson

From the unattested Middle English word *maugh, *maw, *mough, *mow, from Old Norse mágr (“son-in-law”), + -son. It could also be a variant of Mawson and Moulson.


Boissonneault

Borrowed from Canadian French Boissonneault.


Kynaston

en-proper noun

Kynaston (countable and uncountable, plural Kynastons)


Bonnin

Borrowed from Catalan and French Bonnin.


Shusterman

Americanized spelling of German Schustermann, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Stargardt

Germanized form of a West Slavic placename (see Stargard, Kashubian Stôrgard). Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *starъ (“old”) + *gordъ (“town, city”).


Sukiasyan

Borrowed from Armenian Սուքիասյան (Sukʻiasyan).


Rickles

Altered spelling of Rickels or Rickells.


Resor

Probably a variant spelling of Rasor or Reser.


Stanchfield

Stanchfield (countable and uncountable, plural Stanchfields)

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

unk

Unexplained


Sunkara

Borrowed from Telugu సుంకర (suṅkara), from Sanskrit स्वर्णकार (svarṇakāra).


Trewhitt

Habitational surname from a minor place in the parish of Rothbury, in Northumberland, perhaps from Old Norse tri (“dry, resinous wood”) + þveit (“glade, clearing”).


Claringbold

From the Old French personal name Clarembald, a hybrid from Latin clārus (“famous”) and Proto-Germanic *balþ (“strong, bold”).


Akeley

en-proper noun

Akeley (countable and uncountable, plural Akeleys)

From Old English āc (“oak”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”); equivalent to oak + -ley (“lea”). Compare Ackley, Oakley and Oakleigh, which have the same origin.


Degeyter

Borrowed from Dutch Degeyter, occasionally via French.


Vartivarian

From Armenian Վարդիվառյան (Vardivaṙyan).


Barcroft

Habitational surname from one or more minor places in England, from Old English bere (“barley”) + croft (“enclosed field”).


Meheut

Borrowed from French Méheut, from Breton.


Pingleton

Probably an English habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place.


Neat

English metonymic occupational surname for a herdsman or a nickname for someone thought to resemble an ox or a cow, from Middle English neat (“ox, cow”), from Old English neat.


Goldsack

Probably an Anglicized form of German Goldsak, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Mihok

Borrowed from Hungarian Mihók and Slovak Mihok.


Baghramyan

Borrowed from Armenian Բաղրամյան (Baġramyan).


Smitheram

Unexplained, but perhaps a variant of Smitherman.


Manter

Manter (countable and uncountable, plural Manters)


Estok

Borrowed from Hungarian Estók or Slovak Eštok.


Fussey

unk

Unexplained


Eggelton

Probably a variant spelling of Eggleton.


Horscroft

Toponymic surname for someone who lived by or worked at an enclosure for horses, from Middle English hors (“horse”) + croft (“enclosed field”).


McCrystal

Anglicized form of Northern Irish Mac Criostal, a variant of Criostar, Gaelicized form of Christopher.


Artunyan

Borrowed from Armenian Արթունյան (Artʻunyan).


Escarsega

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].


Bucker

Variant of Booker or borrowed from German Bücker.


Dulle

Borrowed from North German Dulle, a variant of Dull.