Fokker

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From Dutch Fokker
* (aeroplanes): From the company name, Fokker, after its founder, Anthony Fokker.


Kana

Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Czech Káňa, a variant of Kan.
* Borrowed from Tamil கனா (kaṉā); this surname is predominantly found in Tamil Nadu.


Hao

From atonal romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 郝 (Hǎo).

Former Premier Hao Pei-tsun (郝柏村), who was the most powerful man in Taiwan's military during the rule of the late President Chiang Ching-kuo (蔣經國), yesterday revealed that Taiwan had long ago acquired the ability to produce nuclear weapons, without actually having launched any test explosions.
"Following the success of [Taiwan's] nuclear program, President Chiang openly declared that Taiwan had become a nuclear-capable country, but that it would not bring the research results into production," Hao said, speaking to reporters at a book launch for his two-volume work published under the title of Eight-year's diary as the Chief of the General Staff.

2000 January 8, Brian Hsu, “Ex-military chief confirms nuclear weapons program”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-05-10, Local News, page 2:


Hao

Alternative form of Haobam, a surname from Manipuri.

Alternative form of Haobijam, a surname from Manipuri.


Reep

Borrowed from Dutch Reep, an occupational surname for a ropemaker, from reep (“rope”). Also an English metonymic occupational surname for a porter or a basket maker, from Middle English hrip (“basket”).


Abercrombie

Of Scottish Gaelic origin, said to be from the earlier Abarcrumbach.


Fleuri

From Latin Florius, from flos (“flower”).


DiPalma

From Italian di and Palma, originally spelled Di Palma. The Italian surname Palma itself ultimately comes from the word palma (“palm”). "Di Palma" could possibly have originated as a way to identify that a person was from one of a few places in Italy called Palma.


Buttowski

Brad Buttowski


Nied

Borrowed from German Nied, a common element in placenames, possibly related to nieder (“low”).


Kho

Kho Sin-Kie, was an Indonesian-born tennis player who represented the Republic of China in the Davis Cup.

A Chinese surname from Hokkien, commonly found in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, most notably borne by:


McGee

en-proper noun

McGee (countable and uncountable, plural McGees)


Cernik

From the Czech and Slovak surname, from černý (“black”). Compare Chernick.


Cerna

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


Lindbergh

Lindbergh (countable and uncountable, plural Lindberghs)


Stork

Two main origins:
* English surname from stork, a nickname for a thin man with long legs.
* Borrowed from German Stork, probably a nickname or a habitational surname from a place in Hesse.


Chengyu

A surname. Of Chinese ancestry. Also used in English-language transliterations.


Millar

A surname originating as an occupation, a variant of Miller.


MacLean

From Scottish Gaelic MacGilleEathain, meaning "son of the servant of John".

A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.


Whyte

From whyte (“white”). Uncertain semantics.


McCallum

McCallum (countable and uncountable, plural McCallums)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Caluim (“son of Calum”).


McIntyre

en-proper noun

McIntyre (countable and uncountable, plural McIntyres)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac an t-Saoir (“son of the craftsman”), from saor (“craftsman”).


McMillan

en-proper noun

McMillan (countable and uncountable, plural McMillans)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Maoláin (“son of Maolán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of maol (“bald, tonsured”).


McGregor

en-proper noun

McGregor (countable and uncountable, plural McGregors)

(countable) A surname from Scottish Gaelic.


McKay

From Irish Mac Aodha and Scottish Gaelic MacAoidh (literally “son of Aodh”). Related to McCoy and McGee.


Mendel

* As a south German surname, variant of Meindl, from a pet form of Mein.
* As a Jewish given name, from the Yiddish personal name מענדל (Mendl), a diminutive form of מאַן (man, “man”), an affectionate form of מנחם (m'nachém), or ultimately from Old Spanish Mendes through Ladino.


Pennycook

Alastair Pennycook and Gerda de Klerk show in their papers that promotion of MT in education can be and has been used as a mechanism to maintain the status quo to the detriment of marginalized groups wishing to enhance their sociopolitical status.

1974, International Journal of the Sociology of Language:


Rosenberg

en-proper noun

Rosenberg (countable and uncountable, plural Rosenbergs)


Viner

An occupational surname for a wine-grower, from Old French vignor.


Briar

As a surname Middle English brere (“briar”).

A topographic surname from Middle English.


Tinley

A habitational surname from Old English.


Briley

Uncertain. Possibly a variant of Brierley.


Keenan

From Irish Cianán, a diminutive of Cian.


Bodie

* As a Scottish surname, variant of Body, Boddy, Boddie.
* As a French surname, variant of Bodi, see Beaudin.

A surname transferred from the nickname.


Yahya

From Arabic يَحْيَى (yaḥyā), equivalent to John in the Qur'an.


Kase

Modern spelling variant of Case. The surname derives from German Käse.


Kole

The surname is an anglicization of German Kohl. The given name is a modern spelling variant of Cole.


Farrah

Variant of Farrar, from Middle English ferreor (“iron worker, smith”). The given name was popularized by the American actress Farrah Fawcett (1947-2009). Her name is often interpreted as a variant of Farah.


Coen

* (Jewish): Variant of Cohen.
* (given name): As a modern given name, also a variant of Koen.


Yousef

Borrowed from Arabic يُوسُف (yūsuf), equivalent to English Joseph.


Mayson

As a surname, Middle English May's son, personal name shortened from Matthew and many other origins. The modern given name is mostly a spelling variant of Mason.

A surname transferred from the given name.


Raina

Borrowed from Kashmiri راینا (rāynā). This surname is mostly found in Kashmir. Borrowed also from Italian Raina.


Rayden

An English habitational surname from Old English.


Tenley

From Tineley in Northumberland or Teenley in West Yorkshire.


Brentley

Possibly an invented name. Compare Brent, Brantley.


Axton

From Axton, Kent, Old English Acca (a personal name) + Old English stan (“stone”).


Jagger

Occupational surname from Yorkshire, jagger (“peddler”). The modern given name use is partly after Mick Jagger.


Saylor

From Old French sailleor (“dancer, acrobat”).


Maison

A spelling variant of Mason. The surname can also be from French Maison (“house”).


Callan

Borrowed from Irish Ó + Cathaláin "descendant of Cathalán (“little Cathal”).


Alden

From Old English Ealdwine, from eald (“old”) + wine (“friend”); equivalent to Alwin. In some cases a variant of Haldane.


Ivory

The surname is habitational from Ivry in Normandy, and in some cases patronymic from a diminutive of Ivor. The modern given name is associated with ivory.


Crew

From Crewe in Cheshire, Old Welsh ciu (“weir”).


Kenley

* Shortened from McKenley, variant of McKinley
* Habitational from Old English Cena (“a man's name”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”).


Gannon

Derived from Irish Mag Fhionnáin "son of Finan".


Talon

The surname derives from Old French talon (“heel”) as a nickname for a deformity, or for a swift runner; also diminutive of Talbot and Talleyrand. The modern given name is associated with English talon.


Quintin

Both from French Quintin and Spanish Quintín.


Agustin

Borrowed from Spanish Agustín. Doublet of Augustine.


Kenna

* As a Scottish surname, shortened from McKenna.
* As a Manx and Irish surname, from Ó Cionaoith (“descendant of Cionaoth”), a name usually Anglicized as Kenneth.

A surname from Irish, a variant anglicization of Ó Cionaodha (Kinney).

A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn originating as a patronymic], a variant anglicization of Mac Cionaodha (McKenna).


Bria

Borrowed from Italian Bria, a surname of uncertain meaning.


Danna

As a surname from French D’Anna (“of Anna”). The given name is more probably a feminine form coined from Dan or Daniel.

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Everleigh

en-proper noun

Everleigh (countable and uncountable, plural Everleighs)

From Old English eofor (“wild boar”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”). Compare the Dutch toponym Everlo.


Bronson

From Middle English Brun (“a man named Brown's”) + son.


Ansley

en-proper noun

Ansley (countable and uncountable, plural Ansleys)

From Old English ānsetl (“hermitage”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

(countable) A habitational surname from Old English.


Brixton

(district of London): Thought to originate from Brixistane, meaning "the stone of Brixi (a Saxon lord)".


Harlan

American contraction of Harland, from Old English har (“grey”) / hara (“hare”) + land (“land”).


Sky

From sky. As a surname, a translation of German Himmel and an anglicization of Ashkenazic surnames ending in -sky.


Rowen

From Middle English rown (“rowan tree”).


Chanel

Chanel (countable and uncountable, plural Chanels)

From French Chanel. As a given name, principally after Coco Chanel.


Jamison

A Scottish surname transferred from the given name.


Omari

Borrowed from Arabic عمري. The surname is predominantly found in Tanzania.


Juniper

A topographic surname from juniper. In some cases matronymic from an equivalent of Jennifer influenced by folk etymology.


Issac

A Spanish surname transferred from the given name.


Deacon

* English occupational surname for someone working in the household of a deacon.
* Also as an English surname, variant of Dicken.
* As an Irish surname, from Ó Deocáin, "descendant of Deocán."


Cason

As an English surname, a corruption of the place name Cawston in Norfolk. Also borrowed from Italian Cason, from a Venetan form of casa (“house”).


Harlow

From Old English hær (“rock”) or here (“army”) + hlæw (“hill”).

A habitational surname transferred from the place name.


Finnegan

Borrowed from Irish Ó Fionnagáin descendant of "Fionnagán", meaning "little white one" and itself came from the Old Irish Finnacán, though the name may rarely be anglicised as Finnegan as well.


Maddux

A surname from Welsh, variant of Maddox.


Blakely

Blakely (countable and uncountable, plural Blakelys)


Ryland

From Old English ryge (“rye”) + land (“land”).


Amari

The surname is of multiple origins, including:
* A variant of Amaro, from Italian Amaro.
* A variant of Amar, from Arabic عَمَّار (ʕammār). See also Umari, Umar, Omar, and Amar.
* A Japanese surname ultimately deriving from Japanese 余り (amari, “remainder, surplus”).


Greyson

A surname originating as an occupation, variant of Grayson.


Brantley

Anglicized from Alemannic German Brändle, Brändli, "firebrand."


Liberty

en-proper noun

Liberty (countable and uncountable, plural Libertys)

From liberty. As an American surname, often a translation of French Canadian LaLiberté. Doublet of Liberdade. As an American surname, a surname taken up by freed slaves.

A freed slave surname originating as an occupation.


Everly

Everly (countable and uncountable, plural Everlys)

Habitational surname, from a variant of Everleigh.


Jaxson

A surname of modern usage, variant of Jackson


Zahra

Borrowed from Arabic زَهْراء (zahrāʔ), an epithet of Fatima, the daughter of Muhammad. As a surname, it is predominantly found in Egypt.

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


Rhett

Name of a South Carolina family, anglicized from Dutch de Raedt, from Middle Dutch raet (“advice”).


Kinsley

Kinsley (countable and uncountable, plural Kinsleys)

From Old English Cyne (“Royal (a man's name)”) + -s (“'s”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”).


Dash

From Old English de + Old English æsc "(residing) near an ash tree".


Hershel

Borrowed from Yiddish הירשעל (hirshel), a diminutive of הירש (hirsh, “deer, buck”).


Dalia

Several etymologies:
* Borrowed from Italian Dalia
* Borrowed from Arabic دَالِيَة (dāliya), a surname mainly found in Egypt
* Borrowed from Bengali ডালিয়া (ḍaliẏa)


Soloman

A surname transferred from the given name, a variant of Solomon.


Ainsley

en-proper noun

Ainsley (countable and uncountable, plural Ainsleys)

Habitational surname for someone from Annesley, Nottinghamshire or Ansley, Warwickshire, both from Old English anne (“alone, solitary”) or ānsetl (“hermitage”) + lēah (“woodland, clearing”).


Halsey

Places in England, from Old English hals (“neck of land”) + Old English īeġ (“island”)


Rohan

Habitational surname from Rohan in Morbihan, Brittany. Also a variant of Rowan, Ruane.


Rohan

A romanization of Japanese 露伴 or ろはん (Rohan).


Budd

From Old English Budda, a nickname of uncertain meaning.


Macey

* As an English surname, variant of Massey.
* As a Slavic surname, Americanized from Slovak Macej, Carpathian Rusyn [script needed] (Mačej), Polish Maciej, all variants of Matthew.


Hardie

Scottish variant of Hardy. Also shortened from McHardie, Anglicized from Scottish Gaelic mac C(h)ardaidh (“son of the craftsman”), from ceardaí.


Jarrett

Variant of Garrett, a medieval form of Gerard and Gerald.


Maryam

Borrowed from Arabic مَرْيَم (maryam) and Persian مریم (maryam). Doublet of Mary and Miriam.


Hyman

Anglicisation of Hyam, from Hebrew חַיִּים (ḥayím, “life”).

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


Leland

Shortened from McLeland, McClellan, from Irish Mac Giolla Fhaoláin, "son of servant of (Saint) Faolán (=Little Wolf)".


Colt

en-proper noun

Colt (countable and uncountable, plural Colts)

From colt, as a nickname or occupational name for someone who looked after horses and asses. The given name may also be short for Colton. The revolver is named after American inventor Samuel Colt (1814–1862).


Paxton

en-proper noun

Paxton (countable and uncountable, plural Paxtons)

From Old English Pæcces + tūn (literally “settlement of (a person named) Pæcc”).


Moises

Moises (countable and uncountable, plural Moiseses)

Borrowed from Portuguese Moises and Spanish Moisés.


Easton

From Old English ēast (“east”) + tūn (“settlement”). Doublet of Aston.


Yee

Borrowed from Cantonese 余 (jyu⁴) or Taishanese 余 (yi³) or Hokkien 余 (Î) or Cantonese 爾／尔 (ji⁵).


Rey

Multiple origins; in most cases borrowed from Spanish Rey. Doublet of Roy.


Balaguer

Balaguer (countable and uncountable, plural Balaguers)

Borrowed from Catalan Balaguer; in its turn derived from Andalusian Arabic بلغي (“Balàghey”).


Assadian

Wordtech points to no evidence that Assadian (who testified that he was an engineer) personally participated in any sales of Robocopiers or nonstaple components.

2012, Jerome Rosenstock, The Law of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Invention, volume 1:


La Trobe

French surname from the Midi-Pyrénées region. Derived from Occitan la troba ('one finds it'). May have indicated a profession such as a troubadour (Occitan trobador).


Horan

Anglicized form of Irish Ó hUghróin (“descendant of Ughrón”) or Ó hOdhráin (“descendant of Odhrán”).

bor

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


Devan

A surname, alternative spelling of Devon


Martorell

A surname from Catalan — famously held by:

Joanot Martorell (1413–1468), Valencian knight and author of the chivalric romance Tirant lo Blanch


Pecheur

Fisher

equivalent surname of English language origin


Fisker

From North Germanic (Scandinavian) Fisker. Doublet of Fisher.

A surname from the North Germanic languages.


Pescheur

From French Pescheur and Middle French Pescheur.

Fisher

equivalent surname of English-language origin


Baptista

From Romance ( Spanish Baptista and Portuguese Baptista ).

A surname from the Romance languages, Spanish, or Portuguese.


Trumper

Two main origins:
* Borrowed from German Trümper.
* Occupational surname for one who played the horn or trumpet, from Old French trompeur.


Yiannopoulos

Borrowed from Greek Γιαννόπουλος (Giannópoulos).

Γιαννόπουλος


Moslawi

From Arabic مُصْلَاوِيّ (muṣlāwiyy), from مَوْصِل (mawṣil, “Mosul”).

A habitational surname, of Mesopotamian origin, Abbreviation of al-Moslawi.


Gaas

* (surname): Possibly borrowed, among other languages, from French Gaas (itself from Occitan).


Helton

From helde ‘slope’ + tun ‘farmstead or settlement’. The Old English surname is said to have originated in Cumbria, England. The motto is Artibus et armis which means by art and arms. The name could be a derivative of Hilton or Elton.


Nye

en-proper noun

Nye (countable and uncountable, plural Nyes)

Topographic surname which derives from a misdivision of Middle English atten (“at the”) + ei (“island”) or æ (“river, waterway”).


Wormwood

Wormwood (countable and uncountable, plural Wormwoods)

Having got the address from the school records, Miss Honey set out to walk from her own home to the Wormwoods’ house shortly after nine.

2013, Roald Dahl, Matilda, London: Puffin, →OCLC, page 86:


Ivanov

A male surname from Russian, feminine equivalent Ivanova


Fillon

François Fillon


Mouse

The surname is sometimes an Americanized spelling of German Maus.


Marr

* As a Scottish surname, from the district of Mar in Aberdeenshire, itself named after the clan (see also Clan Mar).
* As an English surname, from placenames derived from Old Norse marr (“marsh, pool, fen”).
* As a Chinese surname, Romanized from 馬／马 (mǎ), see Ma.


Lederer

A surname originating as an occupation for a tanner.


Ledbetter

Ledbetter (countable and uncountable, plural Ledbetters)


Kempster

A surname originating as an occupation for a wool comber.


Rachid

Borrowed from French Rachid, itself from Arabic رَاشِد (rāšid).

A surname from French [in turn from Arabic].


Hillier

A surname originating as an occupation for a tiler.


Partridge

Mrs Partridge, upon this, immediately fell into a fury, and discharged the trencher on which she was eating, at the head of poor Jenny […]

1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:


Whitefield

Jones had no sooner quitted the room, than the petty-fogger, in a whispering tone, asked Mrs Whitefield, “If she knew who that fine spark was?”


Entz

From German Enz or Alemannic German Enz.


Font

* As a southern French and Catalan surname, from font (“spring, well”).
* As an English surname, variant of Fant.


Follin

The sound is incredibly disappointing as not only are the in-game effects poor but the majestic Tim Follin music from the other home conversions is entirely absent!

2019, Kieren Hawken, The A-Z of Amstrad CPC Games, volume 1:


Hemsworth

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

A habitational surname from Old English.


Lodge

Lodge (countable and uncountable, plural Lodges)


Spielberg

Spielberg (countable and uncountable, plural Spielbergs)


Affleck

Scottish habitational surname, from the village of Auchinleck, in Ayrshire.


Tocqueville

(fully de Tocqueville) A surname from French — famously held by:

François-Hippolyte Clérel de Tocqueville (1797–1877), senator of the French Third Republic

Alexis Charles Henri Clérel de Tocqueville (1805–1859), French diplomat, political scientist, historian, and author of De la Démocratie en Amérique (two volumes, 1835–1840) and L’Ancien Régime et la Révolution (1856)


Hollister

Hollister (countable and uncountable, plural Hollisters)

The surname is a feminine derivative of Hollier, itself from Old French holier (“adulterer, lecher”), in this case extended to refer to a female brothel-keeper, (i.e. a madam). The originally feminine occupational suffix -ster has given rise to many such personal names which today might instead be either masculine or ungendered altogether. For example, from masculine dyer, came both formerly feminine variants Dyster and Dexter; from masculine weaver/webber, came the formerly feminine Webster, among others.


Gargett

/ˈɡɑː(ɹ)ɡɪt/

/ˈɡɑː(ɹ)d͡ʒɪt/


Rumsby

Perhaps an alternative pronunciation of Ramsby, itself a variant of Ranby.


Hobday

From the personal name Hob + Middle English day (“servant”).


Brophy

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Bróithe (“descendant of Bróth”), a personal name or byname of unknown origin.


Shankland

Habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in Scotland, most likely from Old English sċanca (“leg”) + land (“land”).


Storey

Originates from the Old Norse personal epithet “Stóri”, a derivative of “Storr” which means “large” or “big”. Even though it has been established that the root of the name is “Storr”, R.E.K. Rigbeye, in his book The Storey’s of Old claims that the suffix “ey[e]”, in the variant of Storey, is equivalent to the Icelandic “ig” and signifies “water”. According to him, “Storr” also denotes large in the sense of vast and rough.


Fotheringham

Habitational surname from a minor place in Scotland, near Forfar, from Old English fodring (“grazing”) + hām (“homestead”).


Tierney

Anglicized from Irish Gaelic Ó Tiarnaigh "descendant of Tiarnach", a diminutive of tiarna (“lord, master”).


Naismith

Naismith (countable and uncountable, plural Naismiths)


Hanley

Hanley (countable and uncountable, plural Hanleys)

From Old English hēan, weak dative case of hēah (“high”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Compare Henley, which shares the same etymology.


Nuttall

Nuttall (countable and uncountable, plural Nuttalls)

→ Translingual: Nuttallia, Nuttallides, Nuttallina, Nuttallochiton, Nuttallornis, nuttallii, nuttalli, nuttallianus, nuttalliae

From Old English hnutu (“nut”) + healh (“nook, corner”).


Stockley

Stockley (countable and uncountable, plural Stockleys)

From Old English stocc (“log, stump, tree trunk”) + lēah (“clearing, glade”). Equivalent to stock + -ley (“lea”).


Kelleher

From Irish Ó Céileachair (“descendant of Céileachar”), from the male given name Céileachar (literally “spouse-loving”), from céile (“spouse, companion”), from Old Irish céile, from Primitive Irish ᚉᚓᚂᚔ (celi, “follower, devotee”, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *keiliyos; + -ach (“of”, relation-forming suffix), from Old Irish -ach, from Proto-Celtic *-ākos, from Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂kos, *-eh₂ḱos.


Comrie

en-proper noun

Comrie (countable and uncountable, plural Comries)

From Scottish Gaelic comar (“confluence”) + the locative suffix -ach.

A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.


Winther

Both from Danish Winther and Norwegian Winther.


Hedlund

Borrowed from Swedish Hedlund, an ornamental surname composed of the elements hed (“heath”) and lund (“grove”).


Overgaard

Borrowed from Danish Overgaard, Norwegian Øvergaard and Swedish Övergaard.


Kalas

Various origins:
* Borrowed from Hungarian Kalász, an ethnic surname for a member of a Turkic people.
* Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Kalaš, a patronymic from the personal name Kála.
* Borrowed from Polish Kałas.


Rizzo

Borrowed from Old Italian and Neapolitan Rizzo and/or front Sicilian Rizzu.


Haugen

Haugen (countable and uncountable, plural Haugens)


Nygaard

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


Moen

en-proper-noun

Moen (countable and uncountable, plural Moens)


Blom

Borrowed from Dutch and Swedish Blom, an ornamental surname from either bloem (“flower”) or blomma (“flower”).


Lombardi

Lombardi. ¶ Walsh. ¶ Shanahan. ¶ Steve from West Valley? ¶ The world is about to find out whether regular fans can take their place alongside the greatest offensive minds in the annals of professional football.

2017 February 14, Jason Chilton, “Salt Lake Screaming Eagles prepare to test their fan-run franchise model in debut game”, in Sports Illustrated:

If coming second is coming nowhere, as all sports-people tend to to be taught (remember the words of Mr Lombardi), then this is most true in those individual sports where careers tend to be brief, and opportunities to win fewest.

1998 June 4, “Superhuman heroes”, in The Economist:

National Football League
National Football League

(American football) used specifically of Vince Lombardi (1913–1970), best known as the head coach of the National Football League's Green Bay Packers.


Hyam

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


Trotsky

From Russian Троцкий (Trockij), from Polish place name Troki.


Soden

From Old French soudan (“sultan”), a nickname for someone who behaved in an outlandish and autocratic manner or for someone who had played the part of a sultan in a pageant.


Lihou

en-proper noun

Lihou (countable and uncountable, plural Lihous)


Cheeseman

An English surname originating as an occupation for someone who made cheese.


Fargo

Named for Northern Pacific Railway director and Wells Fargo Express Company founder William Fargo.

He was gut shot. Blood-caked fingers pressed over the wound, he turned toward Fargo, his revolver rising.

2003, Jon Sharpe, Trailsman #261, The: Desert Death Trap, →ISBN:


Shockley

Probably a habitational surname from the village of Shocklach, in Cheshire, from Old English sċucca (“goblin, evil spirit, demon”) + læcc (“boggy stream”).


Buchan

A Scottish surname and clan (Clan Buchan).


Jolicoeur

Borrowed from French Jolicoeur/Jolicœur.


Godbout

en-proper-noun

Godbout (countable and uncountable, plural Godbouts)

From French Godbout. The river and village are named after early local settler Nicolas Godeboust. The village and river were earlier spelled as "Godebout" before migrating to the current North American standard spelling of the surname "Godbout" for this term that is still "Godebout" in Europe.


Belcourt

en-proper noun

Belcourt (countable and uncountable, plural Belcourts)


Vachon

en-proper-noun

Vachon (countable and uncountable, plural Vachons)

(countable) A surname from French, equivalent to English Coward or Cowherd.


Lavallée

(Canada) A surname from French. Alternative form of Lavallee


Lacombe

From French Lacombe. The city in Alberta is named after Albert Lacombe, a French Roman Catholic missionary to the Cree and Blackfoot First Nations.


Daigneault

Borrowed from French Daigneault, variant of Dagneau, a form of Daniel. Compare Daigneau, Daignault.


Wemyss

en-proper noun

Wemyss (countable and uncountable, plural Wemysses)

From Scottish Gaelic uaimh (“cave”) + -es (“place of”).


Mottershead

Habitational surname from a lost place in the parish of Mottram St. Andrew, in Cheshire, from the Old English personal name Mōtere, a byname from mōtere (“speaker”), + -s- + heafod (“head; summit, top of a hill”).


Ogilvie

en-proper noun

Ogilvie (countable and uncountable, plural Ogilvies)

From the toponym Ogilvie Glen in Scotland, of Celtic origin: compare Proto-Celtic *ouxselos (“high”) and Scottish Gaelic beinn (“mountain, hill”).


Poundmaker

Capitalization of poundmaker; translated from synonyms terms in native languages of North America.

A surname originating as an occupation. A Plains Amerind surname derived from the given name.


Gosling

* As an English surname, spelling variant of Joslin.
* Also as an English surname, from Middle English gosling (“young goose”), partly borrowed from Old Norse gæslingr; equivalent to modern goose + -ling.
* As a German surname, from a personal name based on gut (“good”).


Godwaine

TILLER, William, of Fordingbridge, wheelwhright, 21 b., & Susannah Godwaine, of Burcombe, co. Wilts.

1893, William John Charles Moens, Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences Granted by the Bishop of Winchester. 1689 to 1837:


Fanta

Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Czech Fanta, from the phrase fantit se (“to go crazy”), from fant (“crazy, eccentric person”), probably borrowed from German Fant (“dandy, inexperienced person”).
* Borrowed from Amharic ፋንታ (fanta).


Gauss

From German Gauß, which was then spelt as Gauſs or Gauss in Antiqua.

A surname, most commonly referring to German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855).


Hiller

From hill + -er, given to people who lived by a hill.


Standifer

Americanized form of German Steindörfer.


Eachus

English habitational surname from any of various minor places named with Old English ēcels (“additional part of an estate”), from ēcan (“to increase”).


Naik

Borrowed from Hindi नाईक (nāīk). This surname is mostly found in Odisha.


Dimopoulos

Borrowed from Greek Δημόπουλος (Dimópoulos).


McNeill

From Scottish Gaelic Mac (“son of”) + Niall (“possibly "the champion”).

compound

A surname from Scottish Gaelic of Scottish origin


McClanahan

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac Leanacháin (“son of Leanachán”), a personal name which ultimately derives from leann (“cloak, mantle”).


Koutsos

Borrowed from Greek κουτσός (koutsós, literally “limp person”).


Nuckolls

Unclear. Possibly ultimately from Nichols, a vernacular form of the given name Nicholas. Unlikely to be related to the noun "knuckles". A form of this name; "Knuckles", only seems to
appear after the 17th century, thus the spelling could be influenced by the noun becoming a homophone with the name due to the loss of the initial /k/ consonant.


Coutts

The bank takes its name from James Coutts and his descendants, who became partners at the bank in the 1750s and 60s.
The surname is also spelled Couts.


Carruth

Scottish habitational surname, from a place in Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire.


Culpepper

From Middle English Coulpeper, Cullepeper, equivalent to cull (“to cull, gather”) + pepper, i.e. ("spice-gatherer").


Featherston

en-proper noun

Featherston (countable and uncountable, plural Featherstons)


Spickard

Spickard (countable and uncountable, plural Spickards)

Probably an Americanized form of German Spickert, Speckardt or Speckhardt.


Woodlock

From an Old English personal name Wudlac, composed of the elements wudu (“wood”) + lāc (“play, sport; battle, strife”).


McBee

McBee (countable and uncountable, plural McBees)


Poston

Poston (countable and uncountable, plural Postons)

Two main origins:
* Topographic surname for someone who lived near a poster or back gate, from Old French posterne (“postern”).
* Habitational surname from a minor place in Shropshire, from the Old English personal name Possa + þorn (“thorn”).


Scribner

Scribner (countable and uncountable, plural Scribners)


Ashworth

Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from Old English æsċ (“ash tree”) + worþ (“enclosure”).


Willingham

Willingham (countable and uncountable, plural Willinghams)

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


Ventura

From Italian, Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish surname, from a medieval form of Bonaventura, Buenaventura, meaning "good fortune."


Goldstone

Goldstone (countable and uncountable, plural Goldstones)


Rockett

From a diminutive of Anglo-Norman roque (“rock”).


Lichfield

Lichfield (countable and uncountable, plural Lichfields)

From Old English Lyccid, from Common Brittonic, Letocetum, a placename meaning "greywood" + feld (“field”).


Congleton

Congleton (countable and uncountable, plural Congletons)

/ˈkɒŋɡəltən/

From Old English cung (“mound”) + hyll (“hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Keighley

Keighley (countable and uncountable, plural Keighleys)

Recorded as Middle English Chichelai in the Domesday Book, the town is named with the Old English personal name Cyhha + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).


Tilbury

Tilbury (countable and uncountable, plural Tilburys)

From the Old English personal name Tila + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).


Rotherham

Rotherham (countable and uncountable, plural Rotherhams)

From Rother (“a river in South Yorkshire”) + Old English hām (“homestead”).

Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham
Rotherham


Trowbridge

Trowbridge (countable and uncountable, plural Trowbridges)

From Old English trēow (“tree”) + brycġ (“bridge”).


Bridgwater

Bridgwater (countable and uncountable, plural Bridgwaters)

Recorded as Brigewaltier in the Pipe rolls, the town's name derives from Old English bryċġ (“bridge”) + the personal name Walter, from the local landowner Walter of Douai.


Kettering

Kettering (countable and uncountable, plural Ketterings)


Skipton

Skipton (countable and uncountable, plural Skiptons)

From Old English sċēap (“sheep”) (with change from sh to sk due to Scandinavian influence) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Huntingdon

Huntingdon (countable and uncountable, plural Huntingdons)

From Old English Huntandūn, equivalent to hunta (“hunter”) + dūn (“hill, mountain”).


Trimble

Trimble (countable and uncountable, plural Trimbles)


Farnham

Farnham (countable and uncountable, plural Farnhams)

From Old English fearn (“fern”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“water meadow”).


Blyth

From Old English blīþe. The surname derives partly from the place names, partly from a nickname.


Clitheroe

Clitheroe (countable and uncountable, plural Clitheroes)


Leyland

Leyland (countable and uncountable, plural Leylands)


Westbury

Westbury (countable and uncountable, plural Westburys)

From Old English west (“west”) + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”), alternatively west + -bury.


Selby

Selby (countable and uncountable, plural Selbys)

From Old Norse selja (“willow, sallow”) + býr (“settlement, farm”).


Eccles

From Middle English Eccles, from Old English *Eccles, borrowed from pre-Proto-Brythonic *eglēs (“church”), whence Proto-Brythonic *egluɨs. The sound change *ē > *uɨ is regular in Proto-Brythonic, but had evidently not yet occurred when place-name instances of *eglēs in the north were being borrowed into Old English; Jackson (1953) dates this change to the late 7th century. *g > *k is regular assuming borrowing into Old English, which did not have intervocalic /g/ except after a nasal. A number of toponyms in northern Britain are composed of Eccles plus a term of English origin, e.g. Eccleston (+ -ton), Eccleshill (+ hill). Doublet of ecclesia.


Faversham

Faversham (countable and uncountable, plural Favershams)

From Old English Fefreshām, of which the second element is hām (“homestead”) and the first element is of uncertain origin; it may come from Latin faber (“smith, craftsman”).


Stockton

Stockton (countable and uncountable, plural Stocktons)

From Old English stocc (“log; stump, tree trunk”) or stoc (“house, dwelling”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). By surface analysis, stock + -ton. Doublet of Stoughton.


Ramsbottom

en-proper noun

Ramsbottom (countable and uncountable, plural Ramsbottoms)

From either Old English ramm (“ram”) or hramsa (“ramsons”) + botm (“bottom, ground”).


Grantham

Grantham (countable and uncountable, plural Granthams)

From either the Old English personal name Granta or grand (“gravel”) + hām (“homestead”).


Burnley

From Brun (a river name meaning "brown") + Old English lēah (“meadow, clearing”).


Longfield

Longfield (countable and uncountable, plural Longfields)

From Old English lang (“long”) + feld (“field”).


Needham

Needham (countable and uncountable, plural Needhams)

From Old English nīed (“need, necessity”) + hām (“homestead”), i.e. a place that provided a poor living.


Mower

A surname originating as an occupation for a mower of hay.


Stockwood

Stockwood (countable and uncountable, plural Stockwoods)


Cheswick

en:Cheswick, Northumberland
en:Cheswick, South Gloucestershire

From Old English ċȳse + wīc; alternatively, cheese + -wick.


Kingswood

Kingswood (countable and uncountable, plural Kingswoods)

From Old English cyning (“king”) + -s- + wudu (“wood”).


Stapleton

Stapleton (countable and uncountable, plural Stapletons)

From Old English stapol (“post, pillar”) + tūn (“enclsoure; settlement, town”).


Waltham

Waltham (countable and uncountable, plural Walthams)

From Old English weald (“forest”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“enclosed land”).

A habitational surname from Old English for someone from any of various villages in England.


Whitchurch

Whitchurch (countable and uncountable, plural Whitchurches)

From Old English hwit + cirice (“white church”), presumably built from whitish stone.


Thornbury

en-proper noun

Thornbury (countable and uncountable, plural Thornburys)

From Old English þorn (“thorn”) + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).


Seaton

Seaton (countable and uncountable, plural Seatons)

From Old English sǣ (“sea, lake”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Yu

Transliteration:
* (Mandarin): From Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin (for: ㄩˊ, ㄩˇ, ㄩˋ, ㄧㄡˊ) (余, 于, 由 (yóu), 魚／鱼 (yú) / 鱼 (yú), 漁,／渔, 渔 (yú), 楀 (yǔ), 俞, 喻, 兪, 於／于, 遇 (yù), 虞 (yú), 郁 (yù), 尉, 禹 (yǔ), 游 (yóu), 尤 (yóu), 庾 (yǔ), 娛／娱, 娱, 茹)
* (Korean): From Korean 유 (yu) or 류 (ryu) (柳, 劉, 兪, 庾)
* (Japanese): From Japanese ゆう or ユウ (優, 夕, 友, 有, 勇, 祐, 裕, 雄, 悠, 由宇, 侑)

gloss

優, 夕, 友, 有, 勇, 祐, 裕, 雄, 悠, 由宇, 侑

(優, 夕, 友, 有, 勇, 祐, 裕, 雄, 悠, 由宇, 侑)

Synonym of You; A surname from Mandarin.


Bramhall

en-proper noun

Bramhall (countable and uncountable, plural Bramhalls)

From Old English brōm (“broom”) + healh (“corner, angle, nook”).

A habitational surname from Old English.


Prestwich

Prestwich (countable and uncountable, plural Prestwiches)

From Old English prēost (“priest”) + wīċ (“settlement”).


Shaughnessy

Shaughnessy (countable and uncountable, plural Shaughnessys or Shaughnessyes or Shaughnessies)

Shaughnessys (plural)
Shaughnessyes (plural)
Shaughnessies (plural)

French: Shaughnessy


Knighton

Knighton (countable and uncountable, plural Knightons)


Travolta

A surname from Italian. Most famously borne by American actor John Travolta


Senn

South German surname for a dairy farmer, probably related to Sahne (“cream”).


Yarrow

* The river is believed to be of Celtic/Brythonic origin and related to Welsh garw (“rough”).
* English and Scottish surname derived from the river, though likely influenced by the noun yarrow.


Pendle

From Proto-Brythonic *penn ("head, top") + Old English hyll (“hill”).


Whittlesey

Whittlesey (countable and uncountable, plural Whittleseys)

From the Old English personal name Wittel + -s- + īeġ (“island”).


Welland

Welland (countable and uncountable, plural Wellands)

No definite suggestion can be made about the origin of the placename in Worcestershire; perhaps from the Old English unattested personal name *Wēna + land (“land”).


Crook

* The English surname is derived from the noun crook (“bend, hook”).
* The places in Durham and Cumbria are of Brythonic origin, from crug (“hill, mound”).


Ildefonso

Borrowed from the Spanish personal name Ildefonso. This surname is mostly found in the Philippines.


Tideswell

Tideswell (countable and uncountable, plural Tideswells)

From the Old English personal name Tidi + -s- + wielle (“well, spring”).


Derwent

From Middle English Derwent, Derwente, Derwynd, from Celtic dwr-gent ("clear water").


Bruton

An English surname originating as an occupation.


Lundy

Irish and Scottish surname from a variant of Lundie.


Plympton

Plympton (countable and uncountable, plural Plymptons)

From Middle English, from Old English Plymentun (c. 900), from plymen (“growing with plum trees”), from plume. Doublet of Plumpton.


Dart

Metonymic occupational surname for a maker of darts, from Middle English dart.


Gu

From either Mandarin 谷 (Gǔ) or 古 (Gǔ), from Chinese.


Bourne

The placename and English surname are derived from Old English burna (“stream”), whence also the common noun bourne (“stream”).


Pulaski

Pulaski (countable and uncountable, plural Pulaskis)

Americanised or Anglicised form of Polish Pułaski.


Walworth

Walworth (countable and uncountable, plural Walworths)

From Old English wealh (“Briton”) + worþ (“enclosure”). Compare Walsworth.


Bampton

Bampton (countable and uncountable, plural Bamptons)

From Old English bēam (“beam, tree”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

(countable) A habitational surname from Old English


Isaacs

A surname originating as a patronymic, derived from Isaac


Rhody

Perhaps a respelling of the German surname Rohde.


Naidu

Borrowed from Telugu నాయుడు (nāyuḍu), possibly with equivalents in other Indian languages.


Wofford

From either Old English wealh (“Welsh”) + ford, meaning "Welshman's ford", or from Old English wulf (“wolf”) + ford, to mean "wolf ford".


McCully

From the Scottish Gaelic variant of McCullough.


McElveen

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Mhín (“son of the gentle lad”).


Hadlock

en-proper noun

Hadlock (countable and uncountable, plural Hadlocks)

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

unk

Unexplained


Yilmaz

From Turkish Yılmaz, which is from yılmaz, meaning ("fearless, intrepid").


Carino

Anglicization of Spanish Cariño, or borrowing from Italian Carino, from carino


Doolittle

en-proper noun

Doolittle (countable and uncountable, plural Doolittles)

From do + little (nickname for an idler).


Horgan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hArgáin, a contracted form of Ó hArragáin, from which Harrigan.


Nesmith

Nesmith (countable and uncountable, plural Nesmiths)

Occupational surname for a maker of knives or nails, from Middle English knyf (“knife”) or nayl (“nail”) + smith.

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


Ashmore

Ashmore (countable and uncountable, plural Ashmores)

From Old English æsċ (“ash-tree”) + mere (“pond, pool, lake”).


McCracken

McCracken (countable and uncountable, plural McCrackens)

Northern Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Reachtain, a variant of Mac Neachtain (see McNaughton).


Gosnell

From earlier Gosnold, possibly from a former place called Gosenwold, a compound of Old English gōs (“goose”) + Middle English wold (“plain”), from Old English weald, Anglian Old English wald.


Monson

Monson (countable and uncountable, plural Monsons)


Holcombe

Holcombe (countable and uncountable, plural Holcombes)

From Old English holh (“hollow”) + cumb (“combe, narrow valley”).


Broadwell

Broadwell (countable and uncountable, plural Broadwells)

From Old English brād (“broad”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).


Latham

Latham (countable and uncountable, plural Lathams)

Habitational surname from any of various places in northern England, from the dative plural form of Old Norse hlaða (“storehouse, barn”).


Ronda

Ronda (countable and uncountable, plural Rondas)


Crabtree

Crabtree (countable and uncountable, plural Crabtrees)


Alsip

A variant of Alsop, originating as a habitational name from Alsop en le Dale, England.


Stith

English surname of uncertain origin. Compare the obscure adjective stith (“hard, strong”), which could be related to stithy (“anvil”).


Nachman

* As a Jewish surname, from Hebrew נחמן, a name meaning "consoler," from נחם (“to comfort”). Compare Nachtman.
* As a German surname, Americanized from Nachmann, Nachtmann, meaning "night watchman," see Nachtman.


McAtee

Anglicized spelling of Irish Mac an tSaoi (“son of the sage”), from saoi (“sage”).


Acree

Acree (countable and uncountable, plural Acrees)

Two main origins:
* Americanized form of Norwegian and Swedish Akre.
* Possibly an altered form of Ackary.


Loughton

Loughton (countable and uncountable, plural Loughtons)

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


Surry

A spelling variant of Surrey found in some place names.


Melrose

Melrose (countable and uncountable, plural Melroses)

From Scottish Gaelic maol (“bare, barren”) + ros (“promontory, headland”).

A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.


McCreary

McCreary (countable and uncountable, plural McCrearys)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac Ruaidhrí (“son of Ruaidhrí”), a personal name composed of the elements ruadh (“red”) + rí (“king”).


Bolling

Originally a nickname for someone with a large head with close-cut hair, similar to a bolling/pollard.


Benkert

From German; given to someone who makes benches, or given to someone from any of several places named Benk.


Bostic

From Slovene Boštic; from an old short form of the given name Sebastijan.


Gilstrap

Gilstrap (countable and uncountable, plural Gilstraps)

Habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place; the first element is unclear, while the second is Old English þorp (“village”).


Atwell

Originally designating a person who lived near a well.


Amick

Probably from German Emig, itself a reduced form of Emmerich.


Magee

Magee (countable and uncountable, plural Magees)


Cooner

Probably an Americanized form of German Kühner.


Curl

* As an English surname, from the noun curl.
* As a German surname, variant of Kerl.


Elmore

English surname, from Middle English Ailmer, from Old English Æþelmær.


Broyles

Americanized form of German Breil or Breyhel; compare Briles.


Ledgerwood

Alright, you're listening to All Hit Radio and it's 53° at 13 minutes past the hour, and right now on our all-request line, I've got Mike Ledgerwood on the phone!

1977, “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft”, in Passage, performed by The Carpenters:


Lanford

From Old English hlynn (“roaring stream”) + ford (“ford”).


Arrington

Arrington (countable and uncountable, plural Arringtons)

From the Old English personal name Earna, a byname from earn (“eagle”), + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


McNew

Apparently an altered spelling of an unidentified Scottish or Irish surname. This form is not found in Britain or Ireland.


Donnan

Donnan (countable and uncountable, plural Donnans)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Donnáin (“descendant of Donnán”), a personal name which derives from donn (“brown, brown-haired”) + -án (“diminutive suffix”).


Mayes

English surname, variant of May with genitival -s.


Hurtado

Borrowed from Spanish Hurtado, from the past participle of the verb hurtar (“to rob”), perhaps a reference to an illegitimate or kidnapped child.


Headrick

en-proper noun

Headrick (countable and uncountable, plural Headricks)

Scottish habitational or topographic surname, from Old English headrig (“ridge at the end of a field”).


Pendarvis

Habitational surname from Cornish Pendarves, from pen (“head”) + dar (“oak”) + vez (“field”).


McCabe

A common spelling variant of MacCabe, anglicized form of Irish Mac Cába.


Tabares

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


McMahan

en-proper noun

McMahan (countable and uncountable, plural McMahans)


Brereton

Brereton (countable and uncountable, plural Breretons)

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


Bollinger

From German Bollinger. Originally a name for someone from any of several places called Bollingen and Bolling.


Flaherty

From Irish Flaithbheartach, Flaithbheartaigh (“bright ruler”), from flaith (“prince, ruler”) + Proto-Celtic *berxtos (“bright, shining”), cognate with Proto-Germanic *berhtaz (“bright, shining”).


Wahba

Borrowed from Arabic وَهْبَة (wahba, “gift, present”); this surname is predominantly found among Christians and Muslims of Egypt.


Busby

en-proper noun

Busby (countable and uncountable, plural Busbys)

From Old Norse buskr (“bush”) + býr (“homestead, village”).


Gault

From Old French gaut "woods", from Frankish wald, from Proto-West Germanic *walþu.


Abushanab

Borrowed from Arabic أَبُو شَنَب (ʔabū šanab).


Mahaffey

Mahaffey (countable and uncountable, plural Mahaffeys)

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Dhuibhshíthe (“son of Dhuibhshíth”), a personal name composed of the elements dubh (“black”) + síth (“peace”). Compare McAfee.


Pendergrass

en-proper noun

Pendergrass (countable and uncountable, plural Pendergrasses)

/ˈpɛn.dɚˌɡɹæs/

/ˈpɛn.dəˌɡɹɑːs/


Shenton

Shenton (countable and uncountable, plural Shentons)

From the name of the River Sence, which is from Old English sċenċ (“drinking cup”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Cassell

* As an English and Irish surname, from the city Cassel, Nord, itself from Late Latin castellum.
* Also as an English surname, variant of Castle.
* Also as an Irish surname, shortened/Anglicized from Ó Caisile, variant of Ó Caiside, see Cassidy.
* As a German surname, variant of Kassel.


Harkness

A topographic name, from Old English hearg (“altar; grove; temple”) + ness (“promontory, cape, peninsula”).


Harpootlian

From Armenian Հարբութլյան (Harbutʻlyan).


Loaiza

Borrowed from Spanish Loaiza, itself from Basque. This surname is mostly found in Colombia.


Goolsby

Probably a reduced form of Gooldsbury, a variant of Goldsborough.


Hewins

Scottish patronymic surname, from the personal name Ewan.


Kilburn

en-proper noun

Kilburn (countable and uncountable, plural Kilburns)

From either the unattested Old English personal name *Cylla or cyline (“kiln”) + burna (“stream, brook”).


Chitwood

Chitwood (countable and uncountable, plural Chitwoods)


Doig

Doig (countable and uncountable, plural Doigs)

Reduced Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Doig.


Quarles

Quarles (countable and uncountable, plural Quarleses)

From Old English hwerflas, plural form of hwerfel (“circle”), perhaps referred to an ancient circle of stones.


Harling

Harling (countable and uncountable, plural Harlings)

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


McRae

McRae (countable and uncountable, plural McRaes)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Raith (“son of grace”), from mac + rath. Compare the Irish form McGrath.


Bree

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Breaghaigh. This surname is also borrowed from Dutch Bree.


Burlingham

en-proper noun

Burlingham (countable and uncountable, plural Burlinghams)

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


Ard

A Scottish habitational name from any of several places called Aird, whose names in turn derive from Scottish Gaelic àird (“promontory, height”) or àirde (“height”), from àrd (“high”).


Skelton

en-proper noun

Skelton (countable and uncountable, plural Skeltons)

From Old English scylfe (“deck, shelf”) + tun (“town”). Doublet of Shelton. The alteration of /ʃ/ to /sk/ is down to Old Norse influence.

A habitational surname from Old English from the place names.


McKinley

Anglicized from Scottish Gaelic Mac Fhionnlaoich, "son of Fionnlaoch (=Fair Warrior)".


Mendiola

Borrowed from Spanish Mendiola, from Basque Mendiola (literally “mountain hut”).


Westfield

en-proper noun

Westfield (countable and uncountable, plural Westfields)

From Old English west (“west”) + feld (“field”). Doublet of Westerveld.
The former village in New Brunswick may be named after Westfield, Massachusetts. The civil parish is named after the village.


Cheney

Cheney (countable and uncountable, plural Cheneys)


McIntire

A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.


Walk

* As a German surname, variant of Walke.
* As an English surname, from the noun and verb walk.


McFadden

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic MacPhaidein and Irish Mac Pháidín.


Slattery

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Slatara (“descendant of Slatra”), a byname meaning "strong, robust, bold".


McCollum

en-proper noun

McCollum (countable and uncountable, plural McCollums)

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Coluim (“son of Colum”).


McAllister

McAllister (countable and uncountable, plural McAllisters)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Alasdair (“son of Alexander”).


Seabrook

en-proper noun

Seabrook (countable and uncountable, plural Seabrooks)

From either the Old English personal name Sǣga or sǣge (“slowly moving”) + brōc (“brook, stream”).


Toole

From Irish Ó Tuathail (literally “descendant of Tuathal”), from Proto-Celtic *Toutowalos (literally “land chief”).

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Mundy

Scottish habitational surname, from the town of Munday. It can also be a variant of the surname Monday.


Plant

en-proper noun

Plant (countable and uncountable, plural Plants)

English and French surname, from the noun plant. Also compare Plantier.


Sotomayor

From a habitational surname Spanish Sotomayor, from a locality in Galicia called Galician Soutomaior, from souto (“grove”) + maior (“larger”).


Peebles

* The town in Scotland is from Scots Peebles, from Scottish Gaelic Na Pùballan, of Brythonic origin, from Proto-Brythonic *pėbɨll (“tent, temporary settlement”), from Vulgar Latin păpiliō, from Latin pāpiliō.
* The surname is Scottish and derived from the town.


Farhan

Borrowed from Arabic فرحان (farḥān, “happy”). This surname is mostly found in Iraq.


Hargrove

English surname, from placenames such as Hargrave in Cheshire, Hargreave in Little Neston, or Hartgrove in Dorset. All of these names probably derive from Old English hār (“hoar”) + grǣfe (“grove”).


Bigby

From the Old Norse personal name Bekki + býr (“settlement, town”).


Liberator

Originally given to someone who liberated slaves; a liberator.


Lanier

From Old French lanier, from laine (“wool”).


Peden

From Scottish Gaelic Paidin (“little Pat”), diminutive of Pàdraig (“Patrick”).


Blanton

en-proper noun

Blanton (countable and uncountable, plural Blantons)

Unexplained; perhaps a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in England.

unk

Unexplained


Hurd

A surname originating as an occupation for a herdsman.


Sipes

Probably an altered form of German Seip.


Stuckey

en-proper noun

Stuckey (countable and uncountable, plural Stuckeys)

Habitational surname from the village of Stiffkey, in Norfolk, from Old English styfic (“clearing in a wood”) + īeġ (“island”).


Teachey

en-proper noun

Teachey (countable and uncountable, plural Teacheys)

Americanized spelling of Swiss German Dietschi.


Florez

From Spanish Flórez, Latin American Spanish spelling variant of Flores.


Reaves

A patronymic form of the occupational name Reeve.


Murrieta

Murrieta (countable and uncountable, plural Murrietas)

Borrowed from Spanish Murrieta, itself of Basque origin.


Wyman

Wyman (countable and uncountable, plural Wymans)

* As an English surname, from the Old English personal name Wigmund, composed of the elements wīġ (“war, battle”) + mund (“security, protection”).
* As a German surname, Americanized from Weimann. Compare Wiman.


Modesitt

Probably of French origin. Compare Modisette.


MacPherson

MacPherson (countable and uncountable, plural MacPhersons)


Worley

Worley (countable and uncountable, plural Worleys)


Sammis

Borrowed from Dutch and North German Sammis.


Drawdy

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Draoda, a rare Connacht name.


Bagby

Bagby (countable and uncountable, plural Bagbys)

From the Old Norse personal name Baggi + býr (“farmstead”); compare Begbie, which shares the same etymology.


Kozlowski

Borrowed from Polish Kozłowski; from kozioł ("goat").


Manley

Manley (countable and uncountable, plural Manleys)

* As an English surname, from Old English mæne (“common, shared”) + lēah (“woodland”). Equivalent to mean + -ley (“lea”).
* Also as an English surname, from the adjective manly (“brave, manly”).
* As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Máinle; see Malley.
* Also as an Irish surname, from Ó Maonghaile (“descendant of Maonghal”), from maoin (“wealth”) + gal (“valor, fury”).


Tinsley

Tinsley (countable and uncountable, plural Tinsleys)

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


Roxburgh

Roxburgh (countable and uncountable, plural Roxburghs)

From the Old English personal name Hrōc, a byname from hrōc (“rook, kind of crow”), + -s- + burg (“fortified place”).


Wardlaw

Habitational surname typical of Scotland, from Old English weard (“watchman”) + hlǣw (“hill, mound”).


Stratton

Stratton (countable and uncountable, plural Strattons)

From Old English strǣt (“street, paved high-way”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Collado

From Spanish, prevalent in the Philippines, Spain, and Latin America.


Featherstone

en-proper noun

Featherstone (countable and uncountable, plural Featherstones)

From Middle English featherston, fetherstane, from Old English feoþerstān, fiþerstān (literally “four-stone”), from Old English fiþer- (“four”) + stān (“stone”).


Binette

Canadian variant of Binet, short form of Robinet, pet form of Robert.


Ables

Derivative of Scots Abel (“son or servant of someone called Abel”). Possibly a respelling of German Abels.


McMenamin

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Meanman (“son of Meanma”), a personal name derived from meanma (“mind, spirit, courage”).


Musselwhite

Unexplained. Perhaps a habitational surname from a lost place in Southern England, from Old English muscle (“mussel”) + wiht (“bend, curve”).

unk

Unexplained


Edson

From Ed + -son; originally given to the son of a man named Ed.


Winton

en-proper noun

Winton (usually uncountable, plural Wintons)

From either the Old English personal name Wine, which is a byname from wine (“friend”), or winn (“pasture”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Molnar

From Hungarian Molnár; from molnár ("miller"}, also found in several Slavic languages. Sometimes Americanized from Dutch Molenaar. Doublet of Miller.


Stenhouse

Stenhouse (countable and uncountable, plural Stenhouses)


Edge

English topographic surname, derived from the noun edge. Compare Eck.


Makarov

Borrowed from Russian Макаров (Makarov). A transliteration of the Russian surname Макаров (Makarov).


Weir

en-proper noun

Weir (countable and uncountable, plural Weirs)


McMinn

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Méinn.


Scriven

Scriven (countable and uncountable, plural Scrivens)

Two possible origins for the surname:
* English occupational surname for a scribe copyist or clerk, from Middle English scrivein (“scribe”), itself from Old French escrivain.
* English habitational surname from the village in North Yorkshire, which is named with Old English scræfen (“hollow place with caves or pits”).


Balmer

From balm + -er; the name was given to someone who treated people with medicine or ointments.


Brookins

A topographic surname for someone who lived by a stream, from a derivative of Old English brōc (“stream, brook”).


Graydon

Translingual: graydoni


Overby

Borrowed from Danish Overby or Norwegian Øverby.


Casebeer

Americanized spelling of German Käsebier.


Swadley

English habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place.


Pozzi

From Italian pozzi ("wells"), plural of pozzo ("well").


McMorris

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Mhuiris (“son of Morris”).


Skewes

Habitational surname from a minor place in Cornwall, from Cornish skaw (“elder bush”).


Nava

From Spanish, Catalan and Asturian-Leonese surname, from several placenames derived from nava (“plain, treeless plateau”), from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, probably Basque naba (“plain, valley”). See Navarra.


Pilkinton

en-proper noun

Pilkinton (countable and uncountable, plural Pilkintons)


Darrington

Darrington (countable and uncountable, plural Darringtons)

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


McNatt

McNatt (countable and uncountable, plural McNatts)


Gilliland

Reduced Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Fhaoláin and Irish Mac Giolla Fhaoláin (“son of the servant of (saint) Faolán”), a personal name thought to be a diminutive of Irish faol (“wolf”). Compare the surname McClellan.


Zarate

Borrowed from Spanish Zárate, itself from a Basque toponym.

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].


Corbett

en-proper noun

Corbett (countable and uncountable, plural Corbetts)

From Anglo-Norman corbet (“little crow; carrion crow”), probably a nickname for someone with dark hair or complexion.


Palacio

From either Spanish palacio ("palace") or Portuguese palácio ("palace").


Hollingsworth

en-proper noun

Hollingsworth (countable and uncountable, plural Hollingsworths)


McNeil

McNeil (countable and uncountable, plural McNeils)

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Néill (“son of Níall”).


Plumley

en-proper noun

Plumley (countable and uncountable, plural Plumleys)

From Old English plūme (“plum”) + lēah (“woodland; clearing”). Equivalent to plum + -ley (“lea”).


Downey

Downey (countable and uncountable, plural Downeys)

Various origins:
* Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dúnadhaigh (“descendant of Dúnadhach”), a personal name which derives from a diminutive form of dúnadh (“closing, securing, fastening”).
* Irish surname from a reduced form of McEldowney or Muldowney.
* Scottish habitational surname from the barony of Downie or Duny, named from Scottish Gaelic dùn (“hill”) + the locative suffix -ach.


Mahon

en-proper noun

Mahon (countable and uncountable, plural Mahons)


Woodside

Woodside (countable and uncountable, plural Woodsides)


McElroy

/ˈmækl̩ˌɹɔɪ/

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Ruaidh (“son of the red-haired lad”). See also gillaroo.


Littlejohn

/ˈlɪ.ɾɫ̩.d͡ʒɔn/

/ˈlɪ.ɾɫ̩.d͡ʒɑn/


Huang

Borrowed from Mandarin 黃／黄 (Huáng), from Chinese for yellow. Doublet of Wong, Huynh, and Hoang.


Krawczyk

From Polish Krawczyk, literally "tailor's son".


Palacios

From either Spanish palacios ("palaces") or Portuguese palácios ("palaces"), or from Palacio + -s.


Jiang

Taiwan Friends of Tibet (TFOT) yesterday criticized former Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) chairman Wu Poh-hsiung (吳伯雄) for inviting Sichuan Province Governor Jiang Jufeng (蔣巨峰) to Taiwan, saying that Jiang was responsible for the repression and killing of Tibetan protesters during demonstrations in the province.

2011 May 12, Loa Iok-sin, “Invitation to Sichuan’s governor criticized by activists”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2011-05-14, Taiwan News, page 3:

Third Master might be a bit of a bore, but Mr. Yee surrounds him with so many surreal landscapes and witty action sequences — a combination of computers, wires and limber spines — that you’ll hardly notice. Jiang Mengjie is spunky and sweet as a prostitute with a magpie’s eye for gold and a connoisseur’s eye for Third Master.

2016 December 8, Jeannette Catsoulis, “Review: You Quit? Think Again, ‘Sword Master’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2016-12-08:

Jiang Yanyong, a military surgeon heralded within China for exposing Beijing’s hush-up of the SARS epidemic in 2003 but who was later detained and silenced after using his renown to seek justice for the government’s Tiananmen Square crackdown, died March 11 in Beijing. He was 91.
His death was reported in the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post and by Chinese human rights activist Hu Jia, who told Western news agencies that Dr. Jiang died of pneumonia at a military hospital.

2023 March 15, Brian Murphy, “Jiang Yanyong, doctor who exposed China’s SARS coverup, dies at 91”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-15, Obituaries:


Jiang

Disagreement over whether to execute Mao Tse-tung's widow, Jiang Qing, has forced postponement of a special court's verdict in her trial along with others accused of misdeeds during the Cultural Revolution, according to reliable sources.

1981 January 15, Bryan Johsnon, “Jiang's Fate Delays Verdict From Trial Of Chinese Radicals”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2017-08-27:

Jiang Tianyong, 46, was arrested after working with the country’s detained human rights lawyers, questioning whether they were being tortured, speaking to foreign media and encouraging the public to protest on their behalf.
Mr Jiang made the confession in a court in the southern city of Changsha and said he regretted his acts and pleaded for the chance to return to his family.

2017 August 23, Didi Tang, “Chinese activist Jiang Tianyong ‘confesses’ plot to overthrow the state”, in The Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-11-21:

His father, Jiang Shijun, was an accountant in an electric power company and then a manager of a ferry company. His mother, Wu Yueqing, came from a farming family. Two of his uncles were activists in the Communist movement against the Nationalist government, and after one was killed in a skirmish in 1939, the young Mr. Jiang was designated the successor of the uncle’s family.

2022 November 30, Chris Buckley, Michael Wines, “Jiang Zemin, Leader Who Guided China Into Global Market, Dies at 96”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-11-30, Asia Pacific:


Jiang

Since the publication of our 1979 Chinese edition, there has been much progress in this theory. Refer to, for instance, the bibliography in the book by Jiang Boju (Lectures on Nielsen Fixed Point Theory, Cont. Math. ,14, Amer. Math. Soc.) or the forthcoming article by R.F. Brown (Nielsen Fixed Point Theory, in Complete Work of Jakob Nielsen (in English)).

1989, Kiang Tsai-han, “Evaluation of the Nielsen Number”, in The Theory of Fixed Point Classes, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 55:

The confirmation of the Shandong party secretary, Jiang Chunyun, as a deputy prime minister, drew "no" votes or abstentions from a spectacularly large 36 percent of deputies.

1995 March 22, Philip Bowring, “In China After Deng, It Appears the Successor May Be Bureaucracy”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-11-21, Opinion:

The strong-worded critical commentaries, believed to reflect official opinion, came one day after the foreign ministry spokeswoman, Jiang Yu, on Sunday said China “regrets” the start of military action in Libya.

2011 March 21, Keith B. Richburg, “China, after abstaining in U.N. vote, criticizes airstrikes on Gaddafi forces”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2012-01-08, World:


Jiang

Moreover, the influential legal scholar Jiang Shigong of Peking University has also accused the bank of supporting the “Five Eyes” intelligence agencies of the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand; he says HSBC constitutes a national security threat to China.

2020 June 18, John Pomfret, “Just like Zoom, more companies should expect political pressure from China”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-06-19, Global Opinions:

Several Beijing law professors earlier served as advisers to the Chinese government’s office in Hong Kong, including Jiang Shigong and Chen Duanhong, both of Peking University. They declined to be interviewed.

2020 August 2, Chris Buckley, “‘Clean Up This Mess’: The Chinese Thinkers Behind Xi’s Hard Line”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-08-03, Asia Pacific:

Jiang Shigong is the new vice-president of Minzu University of China in Beijing, according to its website. He is also a standing member of the university’s top decision-making body, the Communist Party committee.
It is unclear when Jiang was appointed to the position but the move was reported by Chinese media over the weekend.

2023 October 16, Yuanyue Dang, “Chinese adviser on Hong Kong moves to ethnic minorities university”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-10-16, Politics:


Colfax

From coal + fox, describing a fox with black marks.


Schupp

* As a German surname, from the noun Schuppe (“fish scale”).
* Also possibly from Schupp ("raccoon, fur of the raccoon"), itself a borrowing from Russian шуба (šuba, “fur coat”).
Compare Shoop, Shupe, Shupp.


St. Clair

An abbreviation of Saint Clair, variant of Saint Clare under influence from French Claire, a calque of Latin Sancta Clara (“holy Clara”), chiefly in reference to Italian Chiara Offreduccio, St. Clare of Assisi. The placenames listed below are typically spelt St. Clair—abbreviated with punctuation—following North American practice.

Alternative form of Sinclair, a surname.

Alternative form of Sinclair, a male given name.

A township in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.

St. Clair County
St. Clair County#English

A city in St. Clair County, Michigan, United States.

Blue Earth County
Blue Earth County#English

A small city in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States.

Schuylkill County
Schuylkill County#English

A borough of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States.


Bleck

English surname, spelling variant of Black


Vicious

Originally a nickname for a vicious person.


Sandusky

From Polish Sadowski, modified in the United States under the influence of etymology 1.


Atchison

The coin is named after Atkinson, a coin minter in the beginning of James VI reign.


Barbour

From Old French barbour; name was given to a barber.


Clemson

en-proper noun

Clemson (countable and uncountable, plural Clemsons)

From a short form of the personal name Clement + -son.


Gwinnett

Gwinnett (countable and uncountable, plural Gwinnetts)


Chilton

Chilton (countable and uncountable, plural Chiltons)

Chilton
Chilton, Oxfordshire
Domesday Book
Medieval Latin

From Old English ċilda tūn, a compound of ċilda (genitive plural of ċild (“child”)) + tūn (“town”). The name of Chilton, Oxfordshire is attested under various spellings in Medieval Latin texts of the 11th and 12th centuries: Cilda tun, Childatun, Chiltune, Chiltuna, Ciltone, Cilletone (in the Domesday Book), and Childestuna.


Tarrant

Tarrant (countable and uncountable, plural Tarrants)


Goldwater

a U.S. politician who ran for President as a Republican


Dempster

A surname originating as an occupation for a judge.


Xia

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 夏 (Xià).


Avila

A surname from Spanish of Spanish and Galician origin.


Zuniga

Anglicization of Spanish Zúñiga, from Basque Zuñiga.


Davila

From Spanish Dávila (“from Ávila”) or from Galician Davila (“from Vila”).

A surname from Spanish, of Spanish or Galician origin


Delarosa

From Spanish de la Rosa. Also a respelling of the Filipino surnames Dela Rosa or dela Rosa.


Meza

From Spanish Meza, a toponymic surname from Old Spanish meza (“plateau, mesa”). Compare Modern Spanish mesa (“table, mesa”).

A toponymic surname of Spanish origin, most frequently found in this spelling in Latin America.


Truong

Borrowed from Vietnamese Trương. Doublet of Zhang.


Krueger

South German and Jewish surname Krüger, from the noun senses Krug (“jug”) and Krug (“inn, pub”). Compare Krug, Kruger.


Xiong

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 熊 (Xióng).


Ayala

From Spanish Ayala, from Basque Aiara, after a town in Álvara, Basque Country.


Dailey

Dailey (countable and uncountable, plural Daileys)


Esparza

Borrowed from Spanish Esparza, a habitational surname from Basque Espartza.


Huynh

Borrowed from Vietnamese Huỳnh, from 黃 (“yellow”). Doublet of Huang and Wong.


Maloney

Maloney (countable and uncountable, plural Maloneys)

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maol Dhomhnaigh (“descendant of the devotee of Sunday”), from maol (“devotee”) and Domhnach (“Sunday”).


Donahue

en-proper noun

Donahue (countable and uncountable, plural Donahues)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Donnchadha (“descendant of Donnchadh”), a personal name composed of the elements donn (“brown-haired”) + cath (“battle”).


Dang

Borrowed from Vietnamese Đặng or Eastern Min 鄭／郑 (Dâng).


Gorman

en-proper noun

Gorman (countable and uncountable, plural Gormans)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gormáin (“descendant of Gormán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive form of gorm (“dark blue; noble”). Compare O'Gorman.


Vos

From Dutch Vos. Doublet of Fox and Fuchs.


Guevara

Borrowing from Spanish Guevara, from Basque.

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque], mostly associated to Che Guevara


Choi

* (Chinese surname): From a romanization of Cantonese 蔡 (coi³). Doublet of Tsai and Cai.
* (Korean surname): From a romanization of Korean 최(崔) (Choe). Doublet of Cui and Chui.


Lam

Borrowed from Cantonese 林 (lam4) or Cantonese 藍／蓝 (lam4). Doublet of Lin and Lim.


Womack

unk

Unexplained


Kessler

Borrowed from German Kessler, Keßler (“kettler, kettle-smith, tinker”). See also Kessel (“kettle”).


Esquivel

Borrowed from Spanish Esquivel, Castilianized form of Basque Ezkibel.


Salgado

From Spanish Salgado, from Galician Salgado.

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Galician].


Delatorre

From Spanish de la Torre, or dela Torre (Filipino surname driving from the former), with space between the words removed.


Quiroz

Borrowed from Spanish Quiroz, variant of Quiros.


Dye

en-proper noun

Dye (countable and uncountable, plural Dyes)


Pryor

Pryor (countable and uncountable, plural Pryors)

From Middle English Prior, Priur (surname), from Middle English prior, priour (“prior”). More at prior.


Herron

* As an English surname, spelling variant of Heron
* As an Irish surname, from Ó hearáin, "descendant of Earán, from éaradh (“dread, fear, distrust, denial”).


Sheehan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Síodhacháin (“descendant of Síodhachán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of síodhach (“peaceful”).


Ngo

Borrowed from Vietnamese Ngô, from Hokkien 吳／吴 (Ngô͘).

A surname from Vietnamese [in turn from Hokkien].


Ngo

Borrowed from Tagalog Ngo, from Hokkien 吳／吴 (Ngô͘).

A surname from Tagalog [in turn from Hokkien].


Renteria

From Spanish Rentería, a Castilianization of Basque Errenteria, a habitational name from either of two Basque towns in Gipuzkoa and Biscay provinces.


Hoang

Borrowed from Vietnamese Hoàng. Compare Huang.


Bautista

Borrowed from Spanish Bautista, from San Juan Bautista (“Saint John the Baptist”). Doublet of Batiste and Batista.


Yanez

Patronymic surname borrowed from Spanish Yáñez.


Kenney

en-proper noun

Kenney (countable and uncountable, plural Kenneys)


Kumar

Transliteration of Hindi कुमार (kumār), etc.


Bui

Borrowed from Vietnamese Bùi. Doublet of Pei.


Saucedo

From Spanish Saucedo, from sauce (“willow”) + -edo. Compare Salcedo.


Gamez

A surname from Spanish, variant of Gomez.


Liu

like Taishanese, Hakka, Northern Min, Hokkien, etc;from Mandarin 劉

From several Chinese surnames, including:
* From Mandarin 劉／刘 (liú). Doublet of Lau and Luu.
* From Cantonese 廖 (liu⁶). Doublet of Liao.

A surname from Chinese.
A surname from Mandarin.

A surname from Chinese.
A surname from Cantonese.


Schafer

A surname from German [in turn originating as an occupation], equivalent to English Shepherd.


Edmonds

Edmonds (countable and uncountable, plural Edmondses)


Harden

Harden (countable and uncountable, plural Hardens)


Leyva

A surname from Spanish, mostly known as the second surname of the leaders of the disbanded Mexican Beltrán-Leyva drug cartel.


Heard

Occupational Middle English surname for shepherds or cowherds, from herde, from Old English heord (“herd”).


Jeffries

From Jeffrey + the patronymic suffix -s.


Dewitt

From Dutch de Witt. The verb sense alludes to the 17th-century assassination by lynching of Dutch politicians Cornelis de Witt and Johan de Witt.


Chamberlain

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Chamberlain.wav


Carranza

Borrowed from Spanish Carranza, Castilianized form of Basque Karrantza, a habitational surname.


Thurman

From an Old Norse personal name, formed by Þórr (“Thor”) + mundr (“protection”).


Kauffman

Anglicised from German Kauffmann, an occupational surname referring to a merchant.

A surname from German of German and Ashkenazi Jewish origin.


Hoskins

Hoskins (countable and uncountable, plural Hoskinses)


Dwyer

Dwyer (countable and uncountable, plural Dwyers)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Duibhidhir (“descendant of Duibhuidhir”), a personal name composed of the elements dubh (“black, dark”) + odhar (“sallow, tawny”).


Uribe

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].


Hinkle

en-proper noun

Hinkle (countable and uncountable, plural Hinkles)


Maher

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Meachair (“descendant of Meachar”), a personal name meaning "fine", "majestic".


Zheng

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 鄭／郑 (Zhèng).

The Cing Dynasty inherited the aboriginal policies of the Dutch colonist and the Jheng government in that it appointed “native officials” to rule themselves.

[2007 October 18, “Development of the Aboriginal Area”, in Chiayi County Government [嘉義縣政府全球資訊網], archived from the original on 2016-09-16:


Bullard

en-proper noun

Bullard (countable and uncountable, plural Bullards)


Beatty

Beatty (countable and uncountable, plural Beattys)

Two main origins:
* From a pet form of the personal name Bartholomew.
* Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac an Bhiadhtaigh (“son of the victualer”), from biadhtach (“victualer, hospitaller”).


Vickers

en-proper noun

Vickers (countable and uncountable, plural Vickerses)


Dooley

Dooley (countable and uncountable, plural Dooleys)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dubhlaoich (“descendant of Dubhlaoch”), a personal name composed by the elements dubh (“black”) + laoch (“hero”).


Duong

Borrowed from Vietnamese Dương, Khmer ដួង (duəng) or Khmer ឌួង (duəng).


Bunch

en-proper noun

Bunch (countable and uncountable, plural Bunches)


Miner

Miner (countable and uncountable, plural Miners)


Curran

Curran (countable and uncountable, plural Currans)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Corraidhín (“descendant of Corraidhín”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of corradh (“spear”).


Dugan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dubhagáin (“descendant of Dubhagán”), a personal name based on a double diminutive of dubh (“black”).


Farris

en-proper noun

Farris (countable and uncountable, plural Farrises)


Devine

Devine (countable and uncountable, plural Devines)

Reduced Anglicized form of either of two Irish surnames, Ó Duibhín (“descendant of Duibhín”), a byname from a hypocoristic form of dubh (“black”), or Ó Daimhín (“descendant of Daimhín”), a byname from a hypocoristic form of damh (“stag”).


Whaley

Whaley (countable and uncountable, plural Whaleys)

From Old English wielle (“well, spring”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to well + -ley (“lea”).

A habitational surname from Old English.


Montalvo

Habitational Spanish surname from many places in Spain, ultimately from Latin montem albus "white mountain."


Waddell

Waddell (countable and uncountable, plural Waddells)

Various origins:
* A variant of the Scottish surname Weddle.
* An English topographic surname for someone who lived at the hill where woad grew, from Old English wād (“woad”) + hyll (“hill”).


Patino

Anglicization of Spanish Patiño, Hispanicization of Portuguese Patinho, from patinho


Larkin

Larkin (countable and uncountable, plural Larkins)


Locklear

An English surname also used by the Lumbee people in the United States.


Hollis

English topographical surname from the noun holly. Compare Hollen, Holley.


Hagan

From the Irish surname, from Ó hÁgáin, "descendant of Ógán, diminutive of óg (“young”). Also from Ó hAodhagáin, "descendant of Aodhagán, from aodh (“fire”).


Benoit

A surname from French, equivalent to English Benedict.


Ybarra

From Spanish Ybarra, variant of the Basque surname Ibarra.


Purcell

Purcell (countable and uncountable, plural Purcells)


Doan

Various origins:
* Variant of Doane.
* Borrowed from Vietnamese Đoàn. Doublet of Duan.

A surname from Irish. Alternative form of Doane


Delossantos

Borrowed from Spanish de los Santos (literally “of the saints”).


Hyatt

The surname has several provenances. It can be:
#from Hebrew חיט (khayát, “tailor”);
#a variant of the surname Highet.


Wiseman

en-proper noun

Wiseman (countable and uncountable, plural Wisemans)


Jorgensen

From Danish and Norwegian (Jørgensen) and north German (Jörgensen) surname, patronymic from Jørgen, Jörgen + -sen. Compare George, Jergensen, Jergenson, Jorgenson, Yorgensen.


Burkett

Burkett (countable and uncountable, plural Burketts)


Cronin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cróinín (“descendant of Cróinín”), a byname derived from a diminutive form of crón (“swarthy”).


Coulter

en-proper noun

Coulter (countable and uncountable, plural Coulters)

→ Translingual: coulteri


Milligan

Milligan (countable and uncountable, plural Milligans)

From Irish Ó Maolagáin (“descendant of Maolagán”).


Dietz

From the Middle High German and Old High German surname, a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *Þeudarīks, related to Dietrich.


Diehl

From the German surname, from personal names deriving from the base Diet- (such as the first element of Dietrich), eventually from Proto-West Germanic *þeudu (“people”).


Waite

en-proper noun

Waite (countable and uncountable, plural Waites)

A surname originating as an occupation for a watchman.


Fitch

Fitch (countable and uncountable, plural Fitches)

English surname, possibly from Old French fiche (“iron post”). A connection with the noun fitch (“polecat”) is unlikely as the surname predates it by at least 300 years.


Spicer

Spicer (countable and uncountable, plural Spicers)

A surname originating as an occupation for a spice dealer.


Hilliard

Hilliard (countable and uncountable, plural Hilliards)


Humphries

From Humphrey + the patronymic suffix -s.


Pettit

Pettit (countable and uncountable, plural Pettits)


Doty

English surname, probably a variant of Doughty.


Xu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 徐 (Xú) or 許／许.

A Chinese surname from Mandarin from 徐 (Xú) or 許／许.


Baca

Possibly from ancestral grant of Spanish nobility, Cabeza de vaca (indicated with the skull of a cow on the coat of arms).


Bowling

Bowling (countable and uncountable, plural Bowlings)

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Bowling (surname)


Fortescue

Fortescue (countable and uncountable, plural Fortescues)

From Anglo-Norman Fortescu, from Norman Fort-Escu, from Old French fort+escut. Literally, “strong shield”.


Smiley

Smiley (countable and uncountable, plural Smileys)

A Scottish surname transferred from the nickname, perhaps originally a byname for a happy, smiling person.


Araujo

Borrowed from Spanish Araújo. Probably from arar (“to plough”), hence ploughland.


Valdes

Valdes (countable and uncountable, plural Valdeses)

From Spanish Valdés, from Asturian Valdés.


Levin

Levin (countable and uncountable, plural Levins)

From Russian Левин (Levin), from Леви (Levi) + -ин (-in, “forming possessives & adjectives”), ultimately from Biblical Hebrew לֵוִי (“Levi”), of uncertain origin. Doublet of Levine.


Crum

* As an Irish and Scottish surname, from McCrum.
* As a German, Dutch, and Jewish surname, from Krom.


Carmona

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


Cavazos

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


Bermudez

A surname from Spanish, an anglicization of Bermúdez


Sadler

Sadler (countable and uncountable, plural Sadlers)

A surname originating as an occupation for a saddler.


Cordero

From Spanish Cordero, ancient surname originally used to refer to a shepherd.


Saldivar

Borrowed from Spanish Saldívar, from Basque Zaldivar.


Stringer

Stringer (countable and uncountable, plural Stringers)

A surname originating as an occupation for a stringer.


Arriaga

Borrowed from Basque Arriaga, a habitational surname of Basque origin.


Waldron

Waldron (countable and uncountable, plural Waldrons)


Chavarria

Borrowed from Spanish Chavarria, from Basque Txabarria.


Tobin

Tobin (countable and uncountable, plural Tobins)

From Irish Tóibín, from Anglo-Norman de Saint Aubyn (compare Saint Aubin), from Latin Sanctus Albīnus.


Smallwood

Smallwood (countable and uncountable, plural Smallwoods)


Soriano

Soriano (countable and uncountable, plural Sorianos)

From Spanish, from soriano (“demonym for people living in Soria”).


Quigley

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Coigligh. Compare Cogley.


Staples

Staples (countable and uncountable, plural Stapleses)


Trejo

Habitational surname borrowed from Spanish Trejo.


Crandall

Reduced Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Raonuill.


Dinh

Borrowed from Vietnamese Đinh. Doublet of Teng.


Hathaway

en-prop

Hathaway (countable and uncountable, plural Hathaways)

Two possible origins:
* A topographic surname for someone who lived by a path across a heath, from Old English hǣþ (“heath, untilled land”) + weġ (“way”).
* A metronymic surname from the rare Old English personal name Heaþuwig, which is composed of the elements heaþu (“stife, contention”) and wīg (“war”).

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Yes, it must be hell. It hasn't stopped Hathaway, though. The star of The Princess Diaries and The Princess Diaries 2 is now the star of One Day, playing complicated, mousey Yorkshireperson Emma Morley.

2011 August 21, “Pass notes, No 3,030: Anne Hathaway”, in The Guardian:


Acuna

A surname from Spanish, an anglicization of Acuña


Caballero

From Spanish caballero, originally an occupational surname for a knight.


Alarcon

A surname from Spanish, an anglicization of Alarcón.


Torrez

From Spanish Tórrez, variant of Torres mostly found across Latin America.


Hawk

* As an English surname, occupational surname for a hawker. This may have been inherited from Middle English hauek (“hawk”), from Old English hafoc.
* Also as an English surname, from Middle English halke (“isolated nook”), from Old English healh (“nook”) + diminutive suffix -oc.


Cottrell

en-proper noun

Cottrell (countable and uncountable, plural Cottrells)

From Old French coterel, a diminutive of cotier (“cottager”).


Vallejo

/ˌvəˈleɪ.əʊ/


Nunn

Nunn (countable and uncountable, plural Nunns)


Burrell

Burrell (countable and uncountable, plural Burrells)


Tapia

A topographic surname from Basque, denoting someone from Tapia de Casariego in Asturias.


Haskins

Haskins (countable and uncountable, plural Haskinses)


Hogue

Habitational surname borrowed from French Hogue.


Eastman

Eastman (countable and uncountable, plural Eastmans)


Cheung

From Cantonese 張／张 (zoeng¹), 章 (zoeng¹) or 蔣／蒋 (zoeng²). Doublet of Zhang and Chang.

Hong Kong former district councillor Sam Cheung has welcomed a baby boy into the world whilst the democrat is in custody awaiting a start date for his national security law trial.[…]
In the review of Cheung’s bail status on March 15, Senior Counsel Lawrence Lok mentioned the pregnancy of Cheung’s wife as one of the reasons why the activist had “minimal chances” of re-offending or continuing to offend against the Beijing-imposed security law.

2021 September 8, Kelly Ho, “Hong Kong democrat Sam Cheung, detained awaiting security law trial, welcomes newborn son”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 2021-11-03, Hong Kong:


Washburn

Washburn (countable and uncountable, plural Washburns)


Desai

Borrowed from Marathi देसाई (desāī, “leader of a village”), or from Gujarati દેસાઈ (desāī). This surname is mostly found in Maharashtra and Gujarat.


Hairston

Habitational surname from a place in Scotland.


Trejos

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


Corley

en-proper noun

Corley (countable and uncountable, plural Corleys)

From Old English *corn (“crane”), genitive plural, *corna + lēah (“woodland clearing”), 'the cranes' wood or clearing'.


Casas

Borrowed from Spanish Casas, from casas (plural of casa).


Perdue

Perdue (countable and uncountable, plural Perdues)


Barnhart

Barnhart (countable and uncountable, plural Barnharts)


Woodson

Woodson (countable and uncountable, plural Woodsons)


Naylor

An English occupational surname for a maker of nails.


Purvis

Purvis (countable and uncountable, plural Purvises)

Perhaps from Middle English purveys (“provisions, supplies”), hence a metonymic occupational surname for an official responsible of obtaining supplies.


Doran

en-proper noun

Doran (countable and uncountable, plural Dorans)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Deoradháin (“descendant of Deoradhán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of deoradh (“pilgrim, exile, stranger”).


Hawley

en-proper noun

Hawley (countable and uncountable, plural Hawleys)

Two main origins:
* The village in Hampshire is from Old English heall (“hall, dwelling, house”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to hall + -ley (“lea”).
* The village in Kent is from Old English hāliġ (“holy, sacred”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to holy + -ley (“lea”).


Henriquez

Borrowed from Spanish Henríquez, variant of Enríquez.


Balderas

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


Hsu

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

In 1953, station director Cheng Tsung-yuan used timber from trees blown down in high winds to construct a hexagonal hall that would represent Liouguei. It was named Tsu Ching Hall, after Hsu Ching-chong, first agriculture director of the Taiwanese provincial government.

2011 December 29, “Shanping Forest Ecological Science Park”, in Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, archived from the original on 2023-08-06:


Pulido

From Spanish, from pulido. Doublet of Polite.


Zavala

Borrowed from Spanish Zavala, itself from Basque.


Kohler

South German surname, from Köhler (“charcoal burner”).


Mock

* As an English surname, related to Old English muga (“stack of hay”), or alternatively from the verb mock.
* As a German surname, spelling variant of Maag. Also from a derivative of the source of "heap" above; compare German Low German Muck.
* As a Dutch surname, from Middle Dutch mocke (“wanton woman, slut”) and perhaps West Flemish mokke (“fat child”), also related to the sense of heap above.


Monahan

Anglicization of Irish Ó Manacháin, commonly anglicized as Monaghan.


Stauffer

South German surname, from the obsolete Middle High German noun stouf (“stoup”) (related to Proto-West Germanic *staupijan (“to pour out”)).


Finney

en-proper noun

Finney (countable and uncountable, plural Finneys)

Habitational surname from several minor places in Cheshire, from either Old English finig (“heap”) or finn (“coarse grass”) + ġehæġ (“an enclosed piece of land”).


Alfaro

From a Spanish toponymic surname originating in Alfaro, La Rioja, most commonly used in Latin America.


Anguiano

Borrowed from Spanish Anguiano, itself of Basque origin.


Ransom

Ransom (countable and uncountable, plural Ransoms)


Means

Means (countable and uncountable, plural Meanses)

Various origins:
* Reduced form of McMeans, a surname of Irish origin.
* Habitational surname from the villages of East and West Meon, in Hampshire.
* A nickname from Middle English mene (“inferior in rank”), which is from Old English ġemǣne (“common, general”), or Middle English mene (“moderate in behaviour”), which is from Old French mëen, mean.


Covington

en-prop

Covington (countable and uncountable, plural Covingtons)

From Old English Cofingtun, from Cofa (a masculine given name) + -ing (“belonging to”) + -tun (“settlement”, literally “Cofa's town”).

An English habitational surname from the village in England.


Cleary

en-proper noun

Cleary (countable and uncountable, plural Clearys)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cléirigh (“descendant of the cleric”), from cléireach (“cleric”).


Conroy

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Conraoi (“descendant of Cú Raoi”). It is also an Anglicized form of Irish Ó Conaire (“descendant of Conaire”).


Corcoran

en-proper noun

Corcoran (countable and uncountable, plural Corcorans)

From Irish Ó Corcráin (literally “descendant of Corcrán”). Variant of Cochrane.


Bello

* As an Italian and Spanish surname, from the adjective bello (“handsome, beautiful”).
* As a Catalan surname, shortened from Abello.
* As a Galician surname, variant of Vello, either a variant of Vela or from Latin vetulus.
* As a Assyrian/Chaldean (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic) surname, from the name of the ancient king Βῆλος (Bêlos).
* As a west African surname, Yola and Hausa variant of Ballo (see Barro).


Purdy

From Norman pur die (“by God”). Compare French pardieu (“by God”).


Pyle

en-proper noun

Pyle (countable and uncountable, plural Pyles)


Woodall

Woodall (countable and uncountable, plural Woodalls)

From Old English wudu (“wood”) + heall (“hall, dwelling, house”).


Hinds

Hinds (countable and uncountable, plural Hindses)


Chau

From Cantonese 周 (zau¹). Doublet of Zhou.


Horvath

From Hungarian Horváth, from horvát (“Croatian”), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *xъrvatъ. Doublet of Croat.


Leary

A surname from Irish, an alternate anglicization of Ó Laoghaire (literally “descendant of Leary”) (O'Leary).


Calvert

Calvert (countable and uncountable, plural Calverts)

From Middle English calfhirde, equivalent to modern calf + herd.


Mahan

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Macháin (“descendant of Machán”).


Tilley

en-proper noun

Tilley (countable and uncountable, plural Tilleys)


Zambrano

From Spanish, of Basque origin. Usually a common surname in Ecuador.

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].


Hwang

From Chinese 黃／黄 (huáng) (also Mandarin 黃／黄 (huáng), Korean 황 (hwang)...)


Gamboa

Borrowed from Spanish Gamboa, from Basque Ganboa.


Mehta

From Sanskrit महिता (mahitā, “great, esteemed”).


Reardon

en-proper noun

Reardon (countable and uncountable, plural Reardons)


Mulligan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maolagain, from maolagán (“person with cropped hair”), from maol (“bald”).


Coughlin

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cochláin (“descendant of Cochlán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of cochal (“cloak, hood”).


Fierro

* As a Spanish-Asturian-Leonese surname, from fierro (“iron”). Compare DelFierro.
* As an Italian surname, variant of Ferro.


Parish

en-proper noun

Parish (countable and uncountable, plural Parishes)


Randle

Randle (countable and uncountable, plural Randles)


Blackman

Blackman (countable and uncountable, plural Blackmans)


Heredia

Heredia (countable and uncountable, plural Heredias)

Borrowed from Spanish Heredia, itself of Basque origin.


Parham

Parham (countable and uncountable, plural Parhams)


Higginbotham

Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, now called Oakenbottom, from Old English ǣċen (“oaken”) + botm (“bottom; broad valley”).


Urbina

Borrowed from Spanish Urbina, a habitational surname from Basque.


Negrete

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


Monroy

From Monroy, is the mix of mon ("my" in French) and roy (variant of "king"). The precise meaning of Monroy would be "my king".


Wray

Wray (countable and uncountable, plural Wrays)

From Old Norse vrá (“nook, corner, recess”).


Kilpatrick

Kilpatrick (countable and uncountable, plural Kilpatricks)


Laws

Laws (countable and uncountable, plural Lawses)


Minton

Minton (countable and uncountable, plural Mintons)


Donohue

Variant of O'Donoghue, from Irish Ó Donnachú.


Whittington

Whittington (countable and uncountable, plural Whittingtons)


Forrester

Forrester (countable and uncountable, plural Forresters)

An occupational or topographic surname originating as an occupation for someone who worked or lived in a forest.


Breen

Breen (countable and uncountable, plural Breens)


Alcala

From Spanish Alcalá, from Arabic القَلْعة (al-qalʕa, “the citadel, the fort”).


Lofton

Unexplained. Perhaps a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place, from Old Norse lopt (“upper chamber, attic”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

unk

Unexplained


Meehan

en-proper noun

Meehan (countable and uncountable, plural Meehans)

→ Translingual: Meehania

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Miadhacháin (“descendants of Miadachán”), a diminutive of miadhach (“honourable”).


Elizondo

Borrowed from Spanish Elizondo, from Basque.


Coy

The community is named after local merchant George McCoy.


Carnes

en-proper noun

Carnes (countable and uncountable, plural Carneses)


Dowd

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dubhda (“descendant of Dubhda”), a byname derived from dubh (“black”).


Humphreys

Humphreys (countable and uncountable, plural Humphreyses)

From Humphrey + the patronymic suffix -s.


Henery

Variant of Henry or a reduced form of McHenery.


Hamby

Perhaps a variant of either Hanby or French Hambye.


Herrmann

From the German surname, variant of Hermann.


Rincon

Rincon (countable and uncountable, plural Rincons)


Stamper

After a trip to Tokyo at the end of 1983, a business partner of the Stampers had sent them a Nintendo Famicom […]


Creech

Creech (countable and uncountable, plural Creeches)


Slack

* As an English and Dutch surname, from the adjective slack.
* Also as an English surname, from the noun slack (“shallow valley”).
* Possibly also a Slovene surname Americanized from slak (“bindweed”), from Proto-Slavic *sъvolkъ.


Argueta

Borrowed from Spanish Argueta, itself of Basque origin.


Farrar

Farrar (countable and uncountable, plural Farrars)

English occupational surname for a blacksmith or an ironworker, from Old French ferrier (“smith”). Compare Farrow, Ferrier.


Squires

Squires (countable and uncountable, plural Squireses)


Dent

Dent (countable and uncountable, plural Dents)


Coburn

Coburn (countable and uncountable, plural Coburns)


Whiting

Whiting (countable and uncountable, plural Whitings)


Hills

Hills (countable and uncountable, plural Hillses)


Kruger

From German Krüger and Afrikaans Kruger; see Krueger.


Witherspoon

Scottish habitational surname, perhaps from Middle English wether (“ram”) + spong (“narrow strip of land”).


Myer

* As an English surname of Norman/French origin, from the archaic noun mire (“physician”). Compare Mee, Mayer.
* As an English topographic surname, from mire (“marsh”), from Old Norse mýrr.
* As a German surname, Americanized from Meyer, Mayer, Maier.


Yancey

Yancey (countable and uncountable, plural Yanceys)


Beebe

Beebe (countable and uncountable, plural Beebes)


Irizarry

Borrowed from Spanish Irizarry, from Basque Irizarri.


Noriega

A surname from Spanish, most associated with Panaman president and dictator Manuel Noriega.


Briscoe

Briscoe (countable and uncountable, plural Briscoes)

From Old Norse bretar (“Britons”) or birki (“birch”) + skógr (“wood”).


Felton

Felton (countable and uncountable, plural Feltons)

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

A habitational surname from Old English.


Nesbitt

Nesbitt (countable and uncountable, plural Nesbitts)

From Old English nosu (“nose”) + bita (“bit, fragment, morsel”) or byht (“bight, bend, angle”).


Huddleston

Huddleston (countable and uncountable, plural Huddlestons)

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


Ceballos

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


Chong

Borrowed from Hakka 張／张 (Chông), Cantonese 莊／庄 (zong1), Hakka 莊／庄 (Chông), Cantonese 鍾／钟 (zung1), Hakka 鍾／钟 (Chûng), Korean 정(鄭) (Jeong), etc.


Newcomb

Newcomb (countable and uncountable, plural Newcombs)

Nickname for a new arrival in a place, from Middle English neowecomen (“just arrived; newcomer”). The intrusive -b is the result of placenames ending in -combe, which is from combe (“wooded valley”).


Kwon

From Chinese 關／关 (guān), via various dialects.


Furman

A surname transferred from the given name.


Rahman

“Let us go, Officer . . .” She read the name on his lapel tag. “Officer Rahman. Honor the meaning of your name and show compassion.”

2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 259:


Marlow

en-proper noun

Marlow (countable and uncountable, plural Marlows)

From Old English mere (“lake, pool”) + hlǣw (“mountain, hill”).


Sarmiento

Common Hispanic and Filipino surname, from Spanish