Cundy

Habitational surname of Norman origin, from any of various places in France called Condé.


Fees

Borrowed from German Fees, a variant of Feese.


McElhannon

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Chonáin (“son of the servant of Saint Conan”).


Viter

From Ukrainian вітер (viter), from Proto-Slavic *větrъ.


Curvin

unk

Unexplained


Gissendanner

Americanized spelling of Swiss German Giezendanner.


Syndercombe

English habitational surname from a minor place in the parish of Clatworthy, in Somerset, from Old English sinder (“cinder, dross, slag, scoria”) + cumb (“valley”).


Bulnes

→ Translingual: Bulnesia


Cutbush

From cut + bush, perhaps an occupational surname for a cutter of firewood.


Towneley

Habitational surname from a minor place near Burnley, in Lancashire, from Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to town + -ley (“lea”).


Kolovrat

From Slavic, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kolovortъ.


Toroyan

Borrowed from Armenian Թորոյան (Tʻoroyan).


Cowher

Probably an Americanized form of German Kaucher.


Shelest

Transliteration of Ukrainian Шелест (Šelest), from шелест (šelest). Less commonly, a respelling of Polish Szelest, from szelest.


Veres

# From Hungarian Veres or Romanian Vereș, both from Hungarian veres (“red”).
# From Ukrainian Верес (Veres), from Ukrainian верес (veres, “heather”), from Proto-Slavic *versъ (“heather”).


Bernabeu

Borrowed from Catalan Bernabeu or Spanish Bernabéu.


Mayhorn

Probably an altered form of German Meyern, Mayern, even though these two surnames are apparently no longer found in German-speaking countries.


Petrakis

Borrowed from Greek Πετράκης (Petrákis).


Lodhi

Borrowed from Hindi लोधी (lodhī); this surname is predominantly found in Madhya Pradesh.


Menez

Two possible origins:
* Variant spelling of Spanish Menes, mainly found in the Philippines.
* Borrowed from French Menez or Ménez, a topographic surname from Breton menez (“mountain”).


Socarras

Borrowed from Spanish Socarras or Socarrás; this surname is predominantly found in Cuba.


Ronchetti

en-proper-noun

Ronchetti (plural Ronchettis or Ronchetties)

Ronchettis (plural)
Ronchetties (plural)


Mieles

Borrowed from Spanish Mieles; this surname is predominantly found in Ecuador and Colombia.


Tamanaha

Borrowed from Japanese 玉那覇 (Tamanaha, “round mushroom”).


Schwegler

→ Translingual: Schwegleria


Siliezar

Borrowed from Spanish Siliezar, probably a variant of Salazar; this surname is predominantly found in Guatemala and El Salvador.


Olazabal

Borrowed from Spanish Olazábal, a surname from Basque ola (“forge ironworks; cabin, hut”) + zabal (“wide”).


Shewchuk

Alternative romanization of Shevchuk, with W used to transliterate Ukrainian в (v), from Ukrainian Шевчук (Ševčuk). Mostly found among Ukrainian Canadians.


Olynyk

Romanization of Ukrainian Олійник (Olijnyk), a spelling variant of Oliynyk, from олія (olija, “cooking oil”), probably as an occupational surname.


Sawchuk

Alternative romanization of Savchuk, with W used to transliterate Ukrainian в (v), from Ukrainian Савчук (Savčuk). Mostly found among Ukrainian Canadians.


Hawryluk

Two possible origins:
* Borrowed from Polish Hawryluk, a patronymic surname from the personal name Hawryło.
* Alternative romanization of Havryliuk, from Ukrainian Гаврилюк (Havryljuk), patronymic form of Гавріїл (Havrijil, “Gabriel”). Mostly found among Ukrainian Canadians.


Kostiuk

Ukrainian National system romanization of Ukrainian Костюк (Kostjuk), patronymic form of Кост (Kost, “diminutive of "Konstantyn" (Constantine)”).

Romanization of Ukrainian#Ukrainian National transliteration


Krawchuk

Alternative romanization of Kravchuk, with W used to transliterate Ukrainian в (v), from Ukrainian Кравчук (Kravčuk). Mostly found among Ukrainian Canadians.


Boychuk

Romanization of Ukrainian Бойчук (Bojčuk).


Stadnyk

Romanization of Ukrainian Стадник (Stadnyk).


Hnatiuk

Romanization of Ukrainian Гнатюк (Hnatjuk).


Winings

Perhaps an altered form of German Weinings.


Wittmeyer

Borrowed from Alsatian German Wittmeyer.


Badman

English occupational surname for the servant of someone called Badd or Batt, but possibly, in some cases, a nickname for a reprobate, from bad + man.

A surname transferred from the nickname.


Pow

Three possible origins:
* A variant of the English surname Poe.
* Borrowed from Cantonese 包 (baau1) and 鮑／鲍 (baau1); compare Bao, which derives from the standard Chinese pronunciation of these characters.
* Borrowed from Hokkien 傅 (pò͘); compare Fu, which derives from the standard Chinese pronunciation of these characters.


Serobyan

Borrowed from Armenian Սերոբյան (Serobyan).


Sheather

From sheather, an occupational surname for a maker of scabbards.


Badour

Two possible origins:
* A surname of French origin, from an altered form of Bédard, from a variant of Old French baudour (“joy, boldness”), or, alternatively, a habitational surname from a small village in Corrèze.
* Variant of Badr, a surname of Arabic origin.


Vertz

Partly Americanized form of German Würtz.


Amberson

en-proper noun

Amberson (countable and uncountable, plural Ambersons)

Patronymic surname, from Ambrose + -son. It could also be an Americanized form of some Scandinavian surname, such as Norwegian Ambrossen.

A surname transferred from the given name.


Vanderleest

Borrowed from Dutch van der Leest, a habitational surname from a place called Leest.


Aldersey

Aldersey (countable and uncountable, plural Alderseys)

From the Old English personal name Ealdhere, which is composed of the elements eald (“old”) and here (“army”), + -s- + ġehæg (“enclosure”).

A habitational surname from Old English.


Whitgift

Whitgift (countable and uncountable, plural Whitgifts)

From either the Old English personal name Hwīta or the Old Norse personal name Hvíti + Old Norse gipt (“gift, dowry”) or Old English ġift (“dowry”).


Ashodian

Alternative romanization of Armenian Աշոտյան (Ašotyan).


Currams

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


Ruddle

Ruddle (countable and uncountable, plural Ruddles)


Soy

Various origins:
* Borrowed from Khmer សយ (sɑɑy, “mane”), probably a nickname.
* Probably a clipping of Soya, a surname of Kashmiri origin.
* Borrowed from Turkish Soy, a nickname from soy (“ancestry, lineage, descent”).


Thelusma

Borrowed from Haitian French Thélusma, probably an altered form of the personal name Thélémaque.


Stavropoulos

Borrowed from Greek Σταυρόπουλος (Stavrópoulos).

bor

Σταυρόπουλος


Swainston

Habitational surname from a minor place in the parish of Elwick, County Durham, from the Old Norse personal name Sveinn + -s- + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Todman

Occupational surname for a fox hunter, from tod + -man.


Tetro

Two possible origins:
* A respelling of French Tétreau.
* Borrowed from Italian Tetro, a nickname from tetro (“gloomy, sullen, dark”).


Sweeden

en-proper noun

Sweeden (countable and uncountable, plural Sweedens)

From a reduced variant of Dutch van Zweeten. It could also be a variant of Sweeting.


Darbinyan

Borrowed from Armenian Դարբինյան (Darbinyan).


Mummey

Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Mumme.


Pinkhasov

Jewish eastern Ashkenazi surname from the Hebrew personal name פִּינְחָס (Pīnəḥās) + the Russian suffix -ov.


Nesser

Nesser (countable and uncountable, plural Nessers)


Palmerton

Palmerton (countable and uncountable, plural Palmertons)

Possibly a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place.


McCathern

Probably an altered form of McCahern or McGahern, both variants of McEachern.


FitzMaurice

A surname; alternative form of Fitzmaurice.


Ferriter

Two possible origins:
* Occupational surname for someone who hunts rabbits with ferrets, from Middle English fereter (“ferreter”); this surname is well-established also in Ireland.
* Americanized spelling of German Vorreiter, an occupational surname for someone who rides ahead.


Kritz

* As a German surname, borrowed from German Kritz, from the noun Grütze (“grits”).
* Also as a German surname, Germanized Slavic form of the name Christian, influenced by Czech Kříž. Compare Kriz.
* Also as a German surname, variant of Kreutz, from Kreuz (“cross”); compare Cross.
* As a Jewish/Yiddish surname, from קראַץ (krats, “scratch”), for which see kratzen.


Manago

Various possible origins:
* Borrowed from Italian Manago, from an altered form of monaco (“monk”).
* An altered form of the French surname Manigault.
* Borrowed from Tagalog Mañago, a variant of Maniago.


McClory

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac Labhradha (“son of Labhraidh”), a personal name which derives from the verb labhair (“to speak”). Compare Lavery.


Withee

en-proper noun

Withee (countable and uncountable, plural Withees)


Radi

Borrowed from Arabic رَاضِي (rāḍī), a personal name based on the adjective رَاضٍ (rāḍin, “satisfied, pleased”); as a surname, it is predominantly found in Iraq.

bor

Arabic رَاضِي (rāḍī)


Locatelli

From Italian Locatelli, from Lombard, from Bergamasque (“lmo-bmo”). From being a person from the village of Locatello.

A surname from Italian, Lombard, or locations


Kunda

Two possible origins:
* Borrowed from Polish Kunda.
* Borrowed from Gujarati કુંડા (kuṇḍā), a surname of the Lohanas, an Indian trading or mercantile jati.


Cavanah

Either a variant of Kavanagh or a reduced form of McCavana.


Dowis

Probably an Americanized form of Dutch Douwes.


Ohayon

Sephardic surname, likely derived from Arabic. Cognate with Hebrew אוחיון.

cog

Hebrew אוחיון


Colfer

Perhaps an Irish variant of the English surnames Culver or Colliver.


McCavana

Anglicized form of Northern Irish Mac an Mhanaigh (“son of the monk”), from manach (“monk”).


Woolfall

Habitational surname from a minor place in Huyton, Lancashire, from the Old English personal name Wulfa, a byname from wulf (“wolf”), + healh (“nook, corner, angle”).


Hockenhull

en-proper noun

Hockenhull (countable and uncountable, plural Hockenhulls)

Perhaps from Old English ācen (“oaken”) or from the genitive form of the personal name Hocca + hyll (“hill”).


Tuddenham

en-proper-noun

Tuddenham (countable and uncountable, plural Tuddenhams)

From the genitive form of the Old English personal name Tudda + hām (“homestead”).


Elwick

en-proper noun

Elwick (countable and uncountable, plural Elwicks)

From the Old English personal name Ella + wīc (“village”).

(countable) A habitational surname from Old English.


Makaryan

Borrowed from Armenian Մակարյան (Makaryan).


Muret

Borrowed from French Muret, itself from Occitan Murèth.


Dagan

Borrowed from Hebrew דָּגָן (dagán, “grain, corn”), probably a metonymic occupational surname.


Causer

Probably an occupational surname for a maker of leggings or other apparel for legs and feet, from Old French chausse (“footwear, leggings”) + -er.


Chizek

Americanized form of Czech Čížek, Slovak Čížik and Slovene Čižek, all nicknames meaning "siskin".


McMackin

Anglicized form of Northern Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Maicín (“son of the young man”), from a diminutive of mac (“son”).


Coughran

en-proper noun

Coughran (countable and uncountable, plural Coughrans)


Cizik

Borrowed from Slovak Čížik, from čížik (“siskin”).


Holtrop

Borrowed from Dutch and North German Holtrop.


Funderburke

Americanized form of German Von Der Burg.


Cleveley

Habitational surname from a minor place in the parish of Enstone, Oxfordshire, from Old English clif (“cliff; river-bank”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to cliff + -ley (“lea”).


Holan

Two possible origins:
* Borrowed from Czech Holan, Holaň, Holáň, all nicknames from holy (“naked, bare”).
* Borrowed from Norwegian Holan, habitational surname from several minor places, ultimately from Old Norse hóll (“round hill, mound”).


Asaturyan

Borrowed from Armenian Ասատուրյան (Asaturyan).


Lukach

Americanized spelling of Hungarian Lukács, or Serbo-Croatian Lukać and Slovene Lukač.


Ledee

Borrowed from French Ledée, a variant of Ledé; this surname is also found in Puerto Rico.


McCreight

Ultimately a reduced variant of McNaughton; compare McCright.


Rawl

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Raghaill, a variant of Ó Raghailligh, from which O'Reilly.


Pelico

Possibly borrowed from Catalan Pelicó, a nickname from pelicó (“downy; hairy”); this surname is predominantly found in the Guatemala.


Orebaugh

Americanized spelling of German Orbach or Auerbach.


Orjuela

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


Sickle

Probably an Americanized form of German Sickel.


Slappey

Probably an Americanized form of Swiss German Schläppi.


Novitsky

Borrowed from Russian Новицкий (Novickij) and Ukrainian Новицький (Novycʹkyj), or a phonetic respelling of Polish Nowicki.


Trimnell

From the Middle English personal name Trimenel, a double diminutive of Trim.


Rattue

Perhaps a nickname from regional Middle English rad (“red”) + hewe (“color, hue”).


Fenning

Topographic surname for someone who lived by a fen or marsh, from fen + -ing.


Isakhanyan

Borrowed from Armenian Իսախանյան (Isaxanyan).


Shastri

An occupational surname from Hindi शास्त्री (śāstrī, “scholar; scientist”).


Bailer

Two possible origins:
* Borrowed from South German Bailer, a variant of Beiler.
* A variant of the English surname Baylor.


Brandwein

Borrowed from German Brandwein, a Jewish Ashkenazi metonymic occupational surname for a distiller, from Branntwein (“spirit, booze”).


McGarity

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Oireachtaigh (“son of Oireachtach”), a personal name which ultimately derives from oireacht (“assembly”).


Bizzarro

From Italian Bizzarro. Doublet of bizarre.


Serpe

Two possible origins:
* Borrowed from Italian Serpe, a nickname for a treacherous or malignant person, from serpe (“snake”).
* Borrowed from French Serpe, a metonymic occupational surname for a maker or seller of billhooks and sickles, from serpe (“billhook, sickle”).


Jaggard

From the personal name Jackard, a pejorative form of Jack.


Umfreville

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


Woolfitt

Habitational surname from a minor place in the parish of Tickhill, South Yorkshire, now known as Woolthwaite, but called Woolfit in 1817. The name derives from Old Norse úlfr (“wolf”) + þveit (“clearing, glade, meadow”).


Cashmore

Habitational surname from Cashmoor, in Dorset.


Bolf

Borrowed from Czech and Serbo-Croatian Bolf, a variant of Volf.


Voskanyan

Borrowed from Armenian Ոսկանյան (Oskanyan).


Turcott

Two possible origins:
* Variant of Turcotte, a surname of French origin.
* Borrowed from Ukrainian туркот (turkot, “grumbler”), a surname used by the Jewish community.


Rookstool

Americanized spelling of German Ruckstuhl.


Yamin

Borrowed from Arabic يَمِين (yamīn, “right, right side, right hand”).


McCalla

en-proper noun

McCalla (countable and uncountable, plural McCallas)


Neenan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Naoidheannáin (“descendant of Naoidheannán”), a nickname from naoidhean (“infant, baby”).


Sanossian

From Armenian Սանոսյան (Sanosyan). From the name Sanos.


Morain

Borrowed from French Morain, a variant of Morin.


Knipple

Americanized spelling of German Knüppel.


Kinniburgh

Habitational surname from the town of Conisbrough, in South Yorkshire.


Garnham

Variant of Gernon and later modified as if derived from a place-name.


Mansergh

en-proper-noun

Mansergh (countable and uncountable, plural Manserghs)

From the Old Norse personal name Mann + -s- + erg (“shieling, hill-pasture”).


Durnford

en-proper noun

Durnford (countable and uncountable, plural Durnfords)

From Old English dierne (“secret, hidden”) + ford (“ford”).


Lacko

* As a Czech, Carpathian Rusyn, Serbo-Croatian, Slovene and Slovak surname, from a pet form of the name Ladislav (and sometimes Lazar).
* As a Hungarian surname, from Lackó, a pet form of László, related to the above.


Papikyan

Borrowed from Armenian Պապիկյան (Papikyan).


Combee

Either a shortened and altered form of McCombie or a variant of Cumby.


Felske

Borrowed from German Felske, possibly from Fels (rock) + German Low German -ke.


Gionet

Borrowed from Canadian French Gionet, a variant of Guionnet or Guyonnet.


Budhram

Borrowed from Hindi बुधराम (budhrām), a personal name composed of the elements बुद्ध (buddh, “Buddha”) and राम (rām, “Rama; pleasing, charming”). This surname is predominantly found in Guyana, while is rare in India.


McColl

McColl (countable and uncountable, plural McColls)

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Colla, a personal name of uncertain origin.


Kimpton

Kimpton (countable and uncountable, plural Kimptons)

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


Fedorko

From Ukrainian (Федорко (Fedorko)), Slovak, Carpathian Rusyn and Polish surname, from a pet form of the personal name Fedor, a rendition of the name Theodore.


Cruey

Americanized form of an unidentified surname, possibly German Krüer or Dutch Kruijer.


Lapidot

See also: Lapidoth
Romanization of Hebrew לַפִּידוֹת (Lapīḏōṯ, literally “torches”), a pluralization of לפיד (lapíd, “torch”).


Dendle

Perhaps a variant of Dando, with final -l.


Clemence

From clemence, from Latin clēmentia (“mercy; mildness”).


Essington

en-proper noun

Essington (countable and uncountable, plural Essingtons)

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


Rivett

Rivett (countable and uncountable, plural Rivetts)

Metonymic occupational surname for a maker or seller of rivets, from Old French rivet (“rivet, fastener”).


Kharatyan

Borrowed from Armenian Խառատյան (Xaṙatyan).


Haluza

From Czech Haluza, from haluza; or Ukrainian Галуза (Haluza), from галу́за (halúza). Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *galǫzь.


Holway

Holway (countable and uncountable, plural Holways)

From Old English holh (“hollow”) + weġ (“way”); compare the doublet Holloway.


Thelwall

Thelwall (countable and uncountable, plural Thelwalls)

From Old English þel (“board, plank”) + wēl (“deep pool”), later confused with wella (“well, spring, stream”).


Petkov

Borrowed from Bulgarian Петков (Petkov).


Purdin

Purdin (countable and uncountable, plural Purdins)


Olgin

Borrowed from Spanish Olgín, a variant of Olguín.


Hollowood

A topographic surname for someone who lived by a wooded hollow, from Middle English holwe (“hollow”) + wode (“wood”).


Patrikyan

Borrowed from Armenian Պատրիկյան (Patrikyan).


Thumma

Two possible origins:
* An altered form of German Thumm, or of some other similar surname.
* Borrowed from Telugu తుమ్మా (tummā); this surname is predominantly found in Telangana state.


Tipping

From a pet form of the Old English Tippa, a personal name of uncertain origin.


Rozen

Two possible origins:
* Borrowed from Hebrew רוזן (rozen, “prince, count, ruler”), perhaps a Hebraicized form of Rosen.
* Borrowed from Polish Rożeń, a nickname from rożen (“broach spit”) or róg (“horn”).


Salmonson

Respelling of Danish and Norwegian Salmonsen, or Swedish Salmonsson.


Verble

Possibly an Americanized form of Dutch van der Bles.


Beman

Variant spelling of Beeman or German Biemann.


Kempston

en-proper noun

Kempston (countable and uncountable, plural Kempstons)

Probably from Proto-Brythonic *kam (“crooked, bent”) (from Proto-Celtic *kambos), in reference to a sharp bend of the River Ouse, + -s- + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Szewczuk

Borrowed from Polish Szewczuk, itself from Ukrainian Шевчук (Ševčuk).

A surname from Polish [in turn from Ukrainian].


Rudie

Perhaps an Americanized spelling of German Rude or Rudi.


Marbeck

Habitational surname from several minor places in England, from Old English ġemǣre (“border, limit”) + Old Norse bekkr (“brook, creek”).


Awada

bor

Arabic عَوَاضَة (ʕawāḍa)


Ziff

Artificial surname, from Hebrew זִיו (zív, “brightness, radiance, brilliance”).


Yielding

Habitational surname from the villages of Yeldon, in Bedfordshire, or Yalding, in Kent.


Andrae

Borrowed from German Andrae, also written Andrä.


Vamplew

Probably an Anglicized form of Dutch van Ploeg or a reduced form of van der Ploeg, both from ploeg (“plow”).


Lambourne

en-proper noun

Lambourne (countable and uncountable, plural Lambournes)

Probably from Old English lām (“clay, loam”) + burna (“stream”).


Brigstock

en-proper-noun

Brigstock (countable and uncountable, plural Brigstocks)

From Old English bryċġ (“bridge”) + stoc (“house, dwelling; place”).


Goodacre

Three possible origins:
* An English topographic surname for someone who farmed a productive piece of land, from Middle English good (“good”) + aker (“acre, field”).
* An English habitational surname from a minor place in Devon, from Middle English goot (“goat”) + aker (“acre, field”).
* An Americanized spelling of the German surname Gutacker, from gut (“good”) + Acker (“field”).


Martinyan

Borrowed from Armenian Մարտինյան (Martinyan).


Rookard

Perhaps a variant of Rookyard, or an Americanized form of German Rückert.


Thain

Status surname for a noble retainer or attendant, from Middle English theyn (“thane; noble”).


O'Bansawin

French: O’Bansawin

Anglicization of the French Obonsawin, from Abenaki Obomsawin, meaning pathfinder; adapted to the O' typical of Irish surnames.


Pierre-Louis

Borrowed from French Pierre-Louis; this surname is predominantly found in Haiti.


Glouchevitch

Borrowed from French Glouchevitch, itself from Serbo-Croatian Glušević.

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


Puskuldjian

From Armenian Փյուսկյուլճյան (Pʻyuskyulčyan).

bor

Փյուսկյուլճյան


Moncion

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


Nydam

Borrowed from Danish Nydam, from ny (“new”) + dam (“dam”), or an Americanized spelling of Dutch Nijdam, from nij (“new”) + dam (“dam”).


McKnockiter

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac an Fhùcadair (“son of the fuller”), from fùcadair (“fuller; napper of cloth”).


Rookyard

Habitational surname from a minor place in Old Newton, Suffolk.


Harbeson

en-proper noun

Harbeson (countable and uncountable, plural Harbesons)


Tsarukyan

Borrowed from Armenian Ծառուկյան (Caṙukyan).


Huffstutler

Americanized form of German Hochstätler.


Jabeen

Borrowed from Urdu جبین (jabīn), a personal name which ultimately derives from Arabic جَبْهَة (jabha, “forehead”).


Oxendine

Habitational surname from any of various places in England called Oxendean or Oxenden; this surname is characteristic of the Tuscarora and Lumbee native american tribes, but it is also associated with the Pedee people and the Turks of South Carolina.

Lumbee
Oxendine
Pedee people
Turks of South Carolina
Tuscarora people


Brouhard

Borrowed from French Brouhard, a variant of Brouard.


Ripka

* As a Slovak and Czech surname, from a diminutive of ryba (“fish”), see Ryba.
* As a German surname, Germanized from the above, sometimes via Polish.
* As a Ukrainian surname, from a diminutive of ріпа (ripa, “turnip”), compare Repka.


Doghramadjian

From Armenian Դողրամաջյան (Doġramaǰyan).


Demara

Two possible origins:
* Borrowed from Spanish Demara, possibly a habitational surname from a place in Aragon.
* Altered form of French Desmarais.


Screaton

Habitational surname from the village of Screveton, in Nottinghamshire.


Antras

Borrowed from French Antras, itself from Occitan Antràs.


Hayrapetyan

Borrowed from Armenian Հայրապետյան (Hayrapetyan).


Cregar

Americanized form of Dutch Krijger or German Krieger.


Himebaugh

Americanized spelling of German Heimbach.


Houff

A variant of Huff, or an altered spelling of German Hauff.


Massiah

West Indian and Guyanese surname of unexplained origin.


Grunert

Borrowed from German Grunert or Grünert.


Israelson

Respelling of Danish and Norwegian Israelsen, or Swedish Israelsson. It could also be a Jewish Ashkenazi patronymic surname from the personal name Israel + -son.


Marceaux

Marceaux (countable and uncountable, plural Marceauxes)


Marohl

Probably a derivative of German Marhold.


Keator

Probably an Americanized spelling of German Küter.


Patnaik

Borrowed from Odia ପଟ୍ଟନାୟକ (paṭṭanāyaka).


Passow

Borrowed from German Passow, a habitational surname.


Pamphile

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


Cowlishaw

Habitational surname from either of two minor places in Derbyshire and Lancashire, from Old English coliġ (“coaly”) + sċeaga (“copse, thicket”).


Tierrablanca

Borrowed from Spanish Tierrablanca, a Mexican topographic surname from tierra (“earth, land, ground”) + blanca (“white”).


Rigor

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


Tiraturyan

Borrowed from Armenian Տիրատուրյան (Tiraturyan).


Waltermire

Americanized spelling of German Walthermeyer.


Barkdoll

Americanized spelling of Swedish Bergdahl.


Bahadur

Borrowed from Hindi बहादुर (bahādur, “brave, valiant”).


Bridgland

Habitational surname from an unidentified place in England, probably in Kent, perhaps from Old English bryċġ (“bridge”) + land (“land”).


McRoss

en-proper-noun

McRoss (countable and uncountable, plural McRosses)


Lusted

Habitational surname from a minor place in Cudham, Greater London, which is recorded as Luckestethel in 1317; the placename probably derives from Old English loc (“lock, bolt, enclosure”) + stede (“place”).


Bridgeland

en-proper-noun

Bridgeland (countable and uncountable, plural Bridgelands)


Sheepy

Sheepy (countable and uncountable, plural Sheepys)

From Old English sċēap (“sheep”) + īeġ (“island”).


Sibson

en-proper noun

Sibson (countable and uncountable, plural Sibsons)

From the Old English personal name Sigeberht, which is composed of the elements siġe (“victory”) and berht (“bright, clear”), + -s- + dūn (“hill”).


Allchin

Habitational surname from a lost place called Alchhorn, in Buxted, Sussex; compare Alcorn.


Honegger

Borrowed from Alemannic German Honegger. Originating from Switzerland.


Chilingaryan

Borrowed from Armenian Չիլինգարյան (Čʻilingaryan).


Roxborough

Roxborough (countable and uncountable, plural Roxboroughs)


Bearer

Possibly an occupational surname for a carrier or porter, from Middle English berere, but no evidence has been found that this surname became hereditary. Alternatively, it could be a variant of other surnames, such as Berrier, Berrow, or Berard.


Begun

Two possible origins:
* Borrowed from Belarusian бегу́н (bjehún, “runner”), a nickname used in the local Jewish community.
* A variant of Begum, an Indian surname found in the Muslim community.


Ausmus

Americanized form of North German Asmus.


Schultheiss

Borrowed from German Schultheiß (“mayor”), an occupational surname. Compare the variant Schultheis.


Wernette

Altered form of German Wernet, through French Wernette.


Theard

Borrowed from French Theard; this surname is also well-attested in Haiti.


Sullivant

→ Translingual: Sullivantia


Gooderham

From the Old Norse personal name Guðormr, which is composed by the elements guð (“god”) and ormr (“snake”). This patronymic surname has been altered by folk etymology as if it were a habitational surname.


Verey

From Middle English verrei, verie (“true, reliable”), from Old French verai (“real, genuine”), a nickname for a trustworthy person.


Soppitt

Habitational surname from a minor place near Otterburn, Northumberland, which was recorded as Sokpeth in the past. This placename may derive from Old English soc (“suck, sucking”), probably meaning "moisture collecting in the soil" or "drainage of a dunghill", + pæþ (“path, track”).


Wyton

en-proper-noun

Wyton (countable and uncountable, plural Wytons)

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


Hamden

en-proper noun

Hamden (countable and uncountable, plural Hamdens)


Hambardzumyan

Borrowed from Armenian Համբարձումյան (Hambarjumyan).

bor

Համբարձումյան


Sibaja

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


Pinela

Borrowed from Portuguese Pinela; this surname is predominantly found in Ecuador and Puerto Rico.


Pesantes

Borrowed from Spanish Pesantes; this surname is predominantly found in Ecuador and Peru.


Rawe

Two possible origins:
* From Middle English rawe (“row”), a topographic surname for someone who lived by a hedgerow or in a row of houses.
* From Middle English rawe (“raw”), a nickname for an ignorant or unskilled youth.


Ranjan

Ultimately from the Sanskrit personal name रञ्जन (rañjana, “pleasing, charming, rejoicing”).


Anzures

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


Soltys

Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Šoltys／Šoltýs or Polish Sołtys.


Kerestedjian

From Armenian Քերեսթեճյան (Kʻerestʻečyan).


Hammaker

Americanized spelling of Dutch Haemmaker, or altered spelling of German Hammacher.


Javid

Borrowed from Iranian Persian جاوید (jâvid), from Classical Persian جاوید (jāwēd). Doublet of Javed.


Gharib

Borrowed from Arabic غَرِيب (ḡarīb, “stranger, foreigner”).


Godino

Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Godino.


Ransley

Habitational surname from a lost manor in Penshurst, Kent, which is recorded as Reneslegh in 1292, Ranshlegh in 1435 and Raneleights Heath in 1800. This placename derives from an uncertain first element + Old English lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).


Inkpen

en-proper noun

Inkpen (countable and uncountable, plural Inkpens)

From an unrecorded Old English element *ing (“hill, peak”), which has been postulated to explain a number of placenames such as Ingon or Ingham, + penn (“enclosure; fold”). The second element may alternatively be Proto-Brythonic *penn (“head; top, height”), but that's less likely.


Otterburn

en-proper-noun

Otterburn (countable and uncountable, plural Otterburns)

From Old English oter (“otter”) + burna (“stream”).


Tunbridge

Tunbridge (countable and uncountable, plural Tunbridges)

Habitational surname from any of various places called Tunbridge or Tonbridge, from Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”) + bryċġ (“bridge”).


Karamanyan

Borrowed from Armenian Քարամանյան (Kʻaramanyan).


Bilefsky

Dan Bilefsky


Densley

Apparently a habitational surname from one or more unidentified places in southwestern England.


DeVincent

Americanized form of Italian De Vincentis.


Chismar

Americanized form of Czech and Slovak Čižmář, or Carpathian Rusyn and Serbo-Croatian Čižmar, all occupational surnames for a shoemaker, from the noun čižma (“boot”).


Errett

From the Old English personal name Ēadrǣd, which is composed of the elements ēad (“prosperity”) and rǣd (“advice, wisdom”).


Filatiev

Borrowed from Russian Филатьев (Filatʹjev).


Aghjayan

Borrowed from Armenian Աղջայան (Aġǰayan).


Cedotal

Altered form of French Chedotal, variant of Chedotel.


Buley

Two possible origins:
* A variant of the English surnames Beaulieu or Bulley.
* An Americanized form of Czech, Polish and Slovak Bulej.


Fredlund

Borrowed from Swedish Fredlund, an ornamental surname composed of the elements fred (“peace”) and lund (“grove”).


Bucknor

Americanized form of German Buchner, or a variant of the Scottish surname Buckner.


Ghazal

Borrowed from Arabic غَزَال (ḡazāl, “gazelle; delicate person”).


Passfield

en-proper-noun

Passfield (countable and uncountable, plural Passfields)

From the Old English personal name Passa + feld (“field”).


Inskip

en-proper noun

Inskip (countable and uncountable, plural Inskips)

From Proto-Brythonic *ɨnɨs (“island”) + Old English cȳpe (“osier-basket, especially for catching fish”).


Sambrook

en-proper noun

Sambrook (countable and uncountable, plural Sambrooks)

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


Linstead

Linstead (countable and uncountable, plural Linsteads)

Habitational surname from the villages of Linstead Magna and Linstead Parva, in Suffolk, from Old English līn (“flax”) or hlin (“maple tree”) + stede (“place”).


Goodstein

Partial translation of German Gutstein, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Lukose

Borrowed from Malayalam ലൂക്കോസ് (lūkkōsŭ).


Proa

Borrowed from Galician Proa and Portuguese Prôa; this surname is predominantly found in Mexico.


Reagor

Probably an Americanized form of German Rieger or Reger.


Vigrass

From Anglo-Norman vigrus, itself from Old French vigorous (“hardy, strong”), a nickname for a strong and powerful man.


Henstridge

Henstridge (countable and uncountable, plural Henstridges)

From Old English henġest (“stallion”) + hryċġ (“ridge”).


Talati

From the Gujarati occupational surname for a village accountant.


Swaringen

Perhaps an Americanized form of German Schweringen.


Pickler

Borrowed from German Pickler, or an altered form of South German Pichler.


Stave

Various origins:
* Borrowed from North German Stave, an occupational surname for a judge or church official, from Middle Low German Staf (“staff”).
* Borrowed from Norwegian Stave, a habitational surname from five farmsteads in the country.
* Americanized form of Polish Staw, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Loomes

Post-medieval variant of Loom, with excrescent -s.


Tresidder

Habitational surname from a minor place in Constantine, Cornwall, from Cornish tre (“estate, farm”) (compare Proto-Brythonic *treβ (“settlement, town”)) + an unrecorded Cornish personal name *Seder or *Sider.


Rollyson

en-proper noun

Rollyson (countable and uncountable, plural Rollysons)


Staves

Staves (countable and uncountable, plural Staveses)


Stanwix

Stanwix (countable and uncountable, plural Stanwixes)

From Old English stān (“stone”) + Old Norse veggr (“wall”).


Varderesyan

Borrowed from Armenian Վարդերեսյան (Varderesyan).


Serdiuk

Derived from Ukrainian сердю́к (serdjúk).


Yeck

Americanized spelling of German Jäck, Jeck.


Troha

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian and Slovene Troha.


Van Ryn

Borrowed from Dutch van Ryn, an archaic variant of van Rijn.


Scobie

Scottish habitational surname from a lost settlement in Perthshire named with Scottish Gaelic sgolbach (“thorny place”).


Haycox

Variant of Haycock, with post-medieval excrescent -s.


Whitter

English occupational surname for a whitewasher, caulker or bleacher, from Middle English whitere, an agent derivative of Old English hwītian (“to whiten”).


Renjilian

Borrowed from Armenian Ռենջիլյան (Ṙenǰilyan).


Dingilian

Borrowed from Armenian Դինգիլյան (Dingilyan).


de Bourg

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


Abdellatif

Variant of the personal name Abdullatif.


de Burgo

/dəˈbɜː(ɹ)ɡoʊ/

A surname from the Latin form, for someone who lived in a fortified place.


Apt

Two possible origins:
* A variant of Abt, a surname of German origin.
* Borrowed from Yiddish אַפּט (apt), a habitational surname from the town of Opatów, in Poland.


Barson

Patronymic surname from a short form of Bartholomew + -son.


Fouracre

From four + acre, a topographic or status surname for someone occupying or owning a holding of four acres.


Merrington

en-proper-noun

Merrington (countable and uncountable, plural Merringtons)

Recorded as Muridon in the XIII century, the village in Shropshire is named with Old English myrġe (“merry, pleasant”) + dūn (“hill”). The surname could also derive from Kirk Merrington, in County Durham.


Telfeyan

Borrowed from Armenian Թելֆեյան (Tʻelfeyan).


Rhule

Probably an altered spelling of German Rühl or Rühle.


Witting

Borrowed from German Witting. It could also be a variant of Whiting.


Similien

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


Virts

Americanized from of German Wirtz or Würtz.


Feast

From either Middle English fist (“fist”), perhaps a nickname for an aggressive person, or from Middle English fest (“fart”).


McGruder

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Grudaire (“son of the brewer”), from grudaire (“brewer”).


Rumbo

Borrowed from Galician Rumbo, a habitational surname.


Egarian

Borrowed from Armenian Եկարյան (Ekaryan).


Frangulyan

Borrowed from Armenian Ֆրանգուլյան (Frangulyan).


Statton

Probably a variant of Staton or Staddon.


Pysher

Perhaps an altered spelling of German Beischer.


Inglefield

en-proper noun

Inglefield (countable and uncountable, plural Inglefields)


Treweek

Habitational surname from a minor place in Stithians, Cornwall, from Cornish tre (“estate; farmstead”) + gwyk (“village; forest”).


McPhedran

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Pheadarain (“son of Pheadaran”), a pet form of Peadar (“Peter”).


Chegwin

From Cornish chy (“house”) + guyn (“white”), a topographic or habitational surname.


Englefield

en-proper-noun

Englefield (countable and uncountable, plural Englefields)

From Old English engle (“angle”) + feld (“field”).


Combellack

Unexplained, but probably a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place.

unk

Unexplained


Shawforth

en-proper noun

Shawforth (countable and uncountable, plural Shawforths)

From Old English shaw (“wood or grove”) + ford (“ford”).


Calderbrook

Calderbrook (countable and uncountable, plural Calderbrooks)

/ˈkɔːldəɹbɹʊk/

From Old English Calder (“River Calder”) + broc (“brook”).


Spotland

en-proper noun

Spotland (countable and uncountable, plural Spotlands)

From Old English Spodden (“River Spodden”) + land (“land”).


Hattersley

en-proper noun

Hattersley (countable and uncountable, plural Hattersleys)

From a short form of hēah dēor (“stag deer”) + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).


Mikhailov

Borrowed from Ukrainian Михайлов (Myxajlov).


Jaruda

Borrowed from Japanese 春田 (Haruda), possibly through Spanish.


Mirzakhanyan

Borrowed from Armenian Միրզախանյան (Mirzaxanyan).


Geertz

Hildred Geertz, b. 1927


McGarrigle

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Fhearghail (“son of Fearghal”), a personal name composed of the elements fear (“man”) and gal (“courage”).


Sarmazian

Borrowed from Armenian Սարմազյան (Sarmazyan).


Topoozian

Borrowed from Armenian Թոփուզյան (Tʻopʻuzyan).


Lizalde

Borrowed from Spanish Lizalde, shortened form of Elizalde, a surname of Basque origin.


Iftikhar

Borrowed from Arabic اِفْتِخار (iftiḵār, “haughtiness, loftiness”), a popular surname in Pakistan.


Eveleth

en-proper noun

Eveleth (countable and uncountable, plural Eveleths)


Childrey

Childrey (countable and uncountable, plural Childreys)

From either the Old English personal name Cilla or cille (“spring”) + rīþ (“stream, rivulet”).


Wheatcroft

Wheatcroft (countable and uncountable, plural Wheatcrofts)

From Old English hwǣte (“wheat”) + croft (“enclosed field”).


Cotney

Perhaps a variant of Catney or Courtney.


Birkbeck

Birkbeck (countable and uncountable, plural Birkbecks)

Habitational surname from a minor place in Westmorland, from Old Norse birki (“birch”) + bekkr (“stream”).


Crimmins

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cruimín (“descendant of Cruimín”), a byname from a diminutive of crom (“bent, crooked”).


McGehee

en-proper noun

McGehee (countable and uncountable, plural McGehees)


Edgren

Borrowed from Swedish Edgren, an ornamental surname composed of the elements ed (“isthmus”) and gren (“branch”).


Winstone

Winstone (countable and uncountable, plural Winstones)

From the Old English personal name Wynna + stān (“stone”).


Pilley

Pilley (countable and uncountable, plural Pilleys)

From Old English pīl (“pile, post”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to pile + -ley (“lea”).


Bazoian

Borrowed from Armenian Բազոյան (Bazoyan).


Chorbajian

Borrowed from Armenian Չորբաջյան (Čʻorbaǰyan).


Brinsfield

Probably an Americanized form of Dutch Brunsveld.


Callens

Borrowed from Dutch Callens; this surname is predominantly found in Belgium.


Fritchman

Americanized form of German Fritschmann.


Astridge

Perhaps a habitational surname from one or more places called Ashridge.


Geoffrion

Borrowed from Canadian French Geoffrion.


Barsham

en-proper-noun

Barsham (countable and uncountable, plural Barshams)

From the Old English personal name Bār, a byname from bār (“boar”), + -s- + hām (“homestead”).


Hannington

Hannington (countable and uncountable, plural Hanningtons)

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


Treglown

Habitational surname from a minor place near St Keverne, Cornwall, from Cornish tre (“estate; farmstead”) + an unidentified second element.


Cambo

The Scottish place-name, historically Camboc (1171), is from Pictish cam (“bent, crooked”) + -oc, a noun-forming suffix.

There is no doubt that Judge Cambo was a man of integrity and ability. Some even told that he had a conscience. In his youth he was considered sentimental and went so far, upon occasion, as to write poetry.

1916, The Bridgemen's Magazine, page 359:

[…] ex-Minister of Agriculture Cambo, said to be one of Spain's leading financial powers. Mr. Cambo appears to be the head of the new enterprise, which has the backing of a group of Barcelona bankers and other prominent Spaniards.

1924, United States. Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Foreign Crops and Markets, page 126:


Wycliffe

en-prop

Wycliffe (countable and uncountable, plural Wycliffes)

From Old English wiht (“bend”) + clif (“escarpment, hill-slope; riverbank”).


Koiliaris

Borrowed from Greek Κοιλιάρης (Koiliáris).


DeForest

From Middle French de Forest, from de+forest; Literally, “forest”.

A surname from French, equivalent to English Forest or Woods, equivalent to the modern French surname Deforet.


Grimwood

Patronymic surname from a Germanic personal name composed of the Proto-Germanic elements *grīmô (“mask”) and *wardaz (“guard”).


Kachmar

Americanized spelling of Czech Kačmář, Slovak Kačmár and Polish Kaczmarz.


Murder

English surname from the verb murder, originally given to someone who had a reputation of being a murderer or was accused of committing murder.


Lagerquist

From Swedish Lagerqvist, an ornamental surname composed of the elements lager (“laurel”) and kvist (“twig”).


Paskett

From a pet form of the medieval personal name Pask.


Nogle

Possibly an altered form of German Nagel.


Stormes

Variant of Storm, with post-medieval excrescent -s.


Catley

Habitational surname from either of two minor places in Herefordshire and Lincolnshire.


Scullard

Variant of Scoular or Schollar, with excrescent -d.


Rokeby

en-proper-noun

Rokeby (countable and uncountable, plural Rokebys)

From the Old Norse personal name Hroca, a byname from hrókr (“rook”), + bý (“farmstead”).

(countable) A habitational surname from Old Norse.


Padillo

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


O'Mara

A variant of O'Meara, from Irish Ó Meadhra (“descendant of Meadhair”).


Toves

Borrowed from Chamorro Toves, a surname of unexplained origin.


Yankowski

Americanized spelling of Polish Jankowski.


Stafforth

From Old English staithe (“landing place”) + ford.

An English habitational surname from the place name Strafforth.


Strafforth

An English habitational surname from the place name.


Naldrett

A topographic surname for someone who lived near an alder grove, from a misdivision of Middle English atten (“at the”) + aldrett (“alder grove”).


Allsebrook

Habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in England, perhaps from the Old English personal name Alfsiġe + brōc (“brook, stream”).


Yousefi

Borrowed from Iranian Persian یوسفی (yusefi).


Boranyan

Borrowed from Armenian Բորանյան (Boranyan).


Baray

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish Baray, a surname of unexplained origin.


Auslander

Borrowed from German Ausländer, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Beightol

Americanized spelling of German Bechtel.


Venkat

Borrowed from Telugu వెంకట్ (veṅkaṭ), from Sanskrit वेङ्कट (veṅkaṭa).


Asby

en-proper noun

Asby (countable and uncountable, plural Asbys)

From Old Norse askr (“ash tree”) + býr (“farmstead”).


Zhivago

Zhivago (countable and uncountable, plural Zhivagos)


Epshteyn

From Yiddish עפּשטײן (epshteyn) (whence also Hebrew אֶפְּשְׁטֵיין (épshtein)). Doublet of Epstein and Eppstein.

cog

אֶפְּשְׁטֵיין


LaPierre

A surname from French, variant of Lapierre.


Stroganoff

From Russian Строганов (Stroganov, “m”), also Строганова (Stroganova, “f”).

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Romanek

Borrowed from Czech Románek or Polish Romanek.


Sween

* As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, reduced form of McSween.
* As a Norwegian surname, variant of Sveen, from Old Norse svíð (“land cleared by burning”), from svíða (“to burn”).


Mycock

Patronymic surname from an unrecorded Middle English personal name *Mycok, a pet form of shortened form of Michael.


Atlow

en-proper-noun

Atlow (countable and uncountable, plural Atlows)

From the Old English personal name Eatta + hlāw (“hill; tumulus”).


Hulland

Hulland (countable and uncountable, plural Hullands)

From Old English hōh (“heel; spur of land”) + land (“land; estate”).


Rittgers

Perhaps an altered spelling of German Röttgers or Rüttgers.


Meaburn

Habitational surname from the villages of King's Meaburn and Maulds Meaburn, from Old English mead (“meadow”) + burn (“stream”).


Knollys

en-proper noun

Knollys (countable and uncountable, plural Knollyses)

Topographic surname for someone who lived at the top of a hill, from a genitive or plural form of Middle English knoll (“hilltop, hillock”).

der

(countable) A surname from Middle English.

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Dearden

Habitational surname from a minor place near Edenfield, in Lancashire, from Old English deer (“deer”) + den (“den or valley”).


Newall

en-proper noun

Newall (countable and uncountable, plural Newalls)

Two main origins:
* A variant of Neville or Noel.
* Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Tnúthghail (“descendant of Tnúthgal”), a personal name composed by the elements tnúth (“desire; envy”) + gal (“valor”).


Rittman

en-proper noun

Rittman (countable and uncountable, plural Rittmans)


Chayka

From Ukrainian ча́йка (čájka), Polish czajka, or Slovene čajka. Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *čajьka.


Ramsaran

Trinidadian surname of Indian origin, from Hindi रामशरण (rāmaśraṇ).


Solovyov

Borrowed from Russian Соловьёв (Solovʹjóv).


Parly

en-proper-noun

Parly (countable and uncountable, plural Parlys)


Kinnick

Anglicized form of the Scottish Gaelic personal name Coinneach.


Lindvall

Borrowed from Swedish Lindvall, an ornamental surname composed of the elements lind (“lime tree”) and vall (“grassy field”).


Aldwinckle

Habitational surname from the village of Aldwincle, in Northamptonshire.


McGusty

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Oiste, a Gaelicized form of the personal name Hodge, a diminutive of Roger.


Gonsiorek

Phonetic respelling of Polish Gąsiorek, from gąsiorek.


Lancefield

The name may come from Glasgow; John Haswell was born in Lancefield, Glasgow in 1812. Two streets in the Anderston area exist, Lancefield Quay and Lancefield Street, but it is no longer recorded as a place name.


Guillard

A surname from French [in turn from Proto-Germanic].


Togawa

Romanization of Japanese 戸川 (とがわ, Togawa) or 戶川.


Pouyanne

Borrowed from French Pouyanne or Pouyanné.


Brissett

Variant of French Brissette; this surname is predominantly found in Jamaica.


Fahim

Borrowed from Arabic فَاهِم (fāhim, “understanding, perceptive”); this surname is predominantly found in Bangladesh, transliterated from Bengali ফাহিম (fahim).


Todorovski

Borrowed from Macedonian Тодоровски (Todorovski).


Vandeputte

Borrowed from Dutch van de Putte or via French Vandeputte.


DeGidio

From an incorrect subdivision of the Italian surname D'Egidio.


Demark

Altered spelling of French Demarcq, or alternatively an Americanized form of Italian De Marco.


Gilbo

Americanized spelling of French Guilbault.


Fristoe

en-proper noun

Fristoe (countable and uncountable, plural Fristoes)


Crowdell

Possibly a development of Cardle, from McArdle.


Balkwill

Perhaps a habitational surname from a lost settlement in Devon named with Old English balca (“ridge”) + wella (“well, stream, spring”). Alternatively, it could be a variant of Bakewell.


Baverstock

en-proper-noun

Baverstock (countable and uncountable, plural Baverstocks)

Recorded as Babestoche in the Domesday Book, the placename is from the Old English personal name Babba + stoc (“outlying farm”).


Conrath

en-proper noun

Conrath (countable and uncountable, plural Conraths)


Woolstencroft

Habitational surname from a minor place in Agden, Cheshire, from the Old English personal name Wulfstān + croft (“enclosure”).


Shevel

* From Ukrainian Шевель (Ševelʹ) or Russian Шевель (Ševelʹ), perhaps related to Proto-Slavic *ševeliti.
* Less commonly, a variant of Sheffield.


Withinshaw

Habitational surname from the settlement of Wythenshawe, a district of Manchester.


Kessner

→ Translingual: Kessneria


Hanscombe

Habitational surname from a minor place in the parish of Shillington, in Bedfordshire, from the Old English personal name Hān + -s- + camp (“open country”).


Shillington

Shillington (countable and uncountable, plural Shillingtons)

From the Old English personal name Scyttel + -ing + dūn (“hill”).


Massad

Borrowed from Arabic مساد; this surname is predominantly found in Yemen.


Jellicoe

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Karakasheva

From Bulgarian Каракашева (Karakaševa), possibly related to Russian Карабашево (Karabaševo).


Cleenewerck

Borrowed from French Cleenewerck, ultimately from Dutch.


Vayda

Borrowed from Hungarian Vajda, from Hungarian vajda, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *vojevoda.


Kierkegaard

/ˈkɪərkəɡɑːrd/

/ˈkɪərkəɡɔːr/


Mastriano

en-proper-noun

Mastriano (plural Mastrianos or Mastrianoes)

Mastrianos (plural)
Mastrianoes (plural)


Palhares

Borrowed from Portuguese Palhares and much less probably from French Palharés.


Radić

A Serbo-Croatian surname from Serbo-Croatian


Rampey

Probably an altered form of German Rampe.


Koska

Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Koška or Polish Kośka.


Kritikos

Borrowed from Greek Κρητικός (Kritikós).


Spevak

Borrowed from Czech Spěvák and Slovak Spevák.


Burts

Probably an altered spelling of German Buss.


Levkowitz

From Levko (a personal name) + -witz (“son of”).


Drugovich

en-proper-noun

Drugovich (plural Drugovichs or Drugoviches)

Drugovichs (plural)
Drugoviches (plural)


Barrelier

Unadapted borrowing from French Barrelier.


Moresby

The Cumbrian settlement was recorded as Moresceby c.1160, the farmstead or village of a man called Maurice.


Densham

Probably a habitational surname from a minor place in Woolfardisworthy, Devon, recorded as Denewoldesham in the XIII century, named with the Old English personal name Deneweald + -s- + hām (“homestead”).


Matley

en-proper noun

Matley (countable and uncountable, plural Matleys)

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


Birkin

Birkin (countable and uncountable, plural Birkins)

From Old English bircen (“birchen”), probably influenced by Old Norse birkinn.


Ayyadurai

From Tamil அய்யா துரை (ayyā turai, “nobleman, ruler, chief”).

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"Surprise!!!!! We got married!" "The Nanny" alum tweeted Sunday, sharing a snapshot of herself with her new husband, inventor-entrepreneur Shiva Ayyadurai.

2014 September 8, Nardine Saad, “Fran Drescher of 'The Nanny' marries Shiva Ayyadurai”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 2023-01-22:

Ola CEO and co-founder Bhavish Aggarwal — pictured in the top image alongside Vogo CEO and founder Anand Ayyadurai — said he hopes that the deal and integration will improve last-mile transportation options across India.

2018 December 18, Jon Russell, “Ola, Uber's India rival, invests $100M in scooter rental startup Vogo”, in TechCrunch, archived from the original on 2022-12-06:

CLRI scientist N Ayyadurai says recombinant DNA technology was used to edit the DNA of the bacteria to enable it to grow collagen. The bacteria which is naturally present in raw skin or hide gives leather it strength and flexibility. Layers of collagen are assembled to make the bioleather.

2023 February 21, U. Tejonmayam, “This leather is fashioned in a lab”, in The Times of India, archived from the original on 2023-02-22:


Rotenberry

Probably an Americanized form of German Rotenberg.


Waker

Either from waker, a nickname for a watchful person, or a variant of Walker.


Blatherwick

Habitational surname from the village of Blatherwycke, in North Northamptonshire.


McClumpha

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Iomchadha (“son of the servant of (Saint) Imchad”), a personal name of uncertain origin.


Van Den Berghe

Borrowed from Dutch van den Berghe; this surname is predominantly found in Belgium.


Grabham

Habitational surname from a lost settlement in Somerset, perhaps from Middle English grubbe (“grub, insect, larva”) + Old English hām (“homestead”).


McCamey

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Shimidh (“son of Jamie”).


Haussmann

Borrowed from German Haußmann/Haussmann, possibly via French Haussmann.


Barthes

Borrowed from French Barthes/Barthès, itself from Occitan.


Versaci

en-proper-noun

Versaci (countable and uncountable, plural Versacis)


Esperandieu

Borrowed from French Espérandieu, itself from Occitan.


Springham

Habitational surname from a minor place in Hellingly, Sussex, from Old English spring (“spring, well, source”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“water meadow”).


Mattimore

Irish surname from a pet form of Matthew + Irish mór (“large, great”).


Terlemezian

From Armenian Թերլեմեզյան (Tʻerlemezyan).


Yono

Perhaps borrowed from Aramaic יונא (yōnā, “dove”).


Arbizu

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


Coppard

From an unattested Middle English personal name *Coppard, perhaps a pejorative form of a hypocoristic form of Jacob.


Faulconbridge

Habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Fauquembergues, in Pas-de-Calais.


Alcauter

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


Ajanel

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


Allsbrook

en-proper noun

Allsbrook (countable and uncountable, plural Allsbrooks)


Balenciaga

/bəˌlɛnsiˈɑːɡə/

From Basque, from Balencia (“Valencia”) + -aga (“place of”). Compare Basque Zubiaga.

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On Saturday night a dinner was held for Nicolas Ghesquiere of Balenciaga beneath Tiepolo’s hallucinatory and superpopulated ceiling at the Palazzo Clerici.

2007 June 28, Guy Trebay, “Looking Like a Billion Bucks”, in New York Times:

A surname from Basque, denoting origin or inhabitation in the Valencia region of Spain.


Bogden

Americanized form of the Slavic personal name Bogdan.


Sellinger

Either a variant of Salinger or borrowed from German Sellinger, a Bavarian habitational surname.


Pannullo

en-proper-noun

Pannullo (plural Pannullos or Pannulloes)


Missey

Americanized form of French Missier, a variant of Messier.


Burbury

Habitational surname from the village of Birdingbury, in Warwickshire.


Bulbrook

Habitational surname from a lost settlement in Suffolk, perhaps from Old English bula (“bull, steer”) + brōc (“brook, stream”).


McAvaney

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Aibhne (“son of Aibhne”).


Rhinesmith

Americanized form of German Reinschmidt.


Mitnick

Americanized form of Polish Mytnik, Russian Мытник (Mytnik) and Ukrainian Митник (Mytnyk).


Boluarte

Borrowed from Spanish Boluarte, ultimately from Basque.


Baumgaertner

From German Baumgärtner (“arborist”, literally “tree-gardener”).


Batuman

Elif Batuman, b. 1977


Grosseteste

From Middle English Grosseteste, ultimately from Anglo-Norman.

Robert Grosseteste, b. ca. 1168


Grossetete

Borrowed from French Grossetête or possibly from Middle English.


Ravindran

Borrowed from Malayalam രവീന്ദ്രൻ (ravīndraṉ), from Sanskrit रवींद्र (ravīṃdra).


Lozon

Borrowed from French Lozon, a variant of Lauzon.


Fernyhough

Habitational surname from a minor place near Endon, Staffordshire, from Old English fearniġ (“ferny”) + healh (“nook, corner”).


Zytkow

From Polish Żytkow, from Russian Житков (Žitkov).


Pustilnik

Borrowed from Russian Пустильник (Pustilʹnik).


Borofsky

Borrowed from Russian Боровский (Borovskij).


Ovchinnikov

Borrowed from Russian Овчинников (Ovčinnikov).


Gordinho

en-proper-noun

Gordinho (plural Gordinhos or Gordinhoes)


Mariage

A surname from French, equivalent to English Marriage


Hogston

Habitational surname from Hoxton, an area in the London Borough of Hackney.


Brockbank

Topographic surname from Middle English brook (“brook, stream”) + bank (“ridge, slope, bank”).


Hildebran

en-proper noun

Hildebran (countable and uncountable, plural Hildebrans)


Karsgaard

Ambassador David A. Karsgaard is a graduate of the University of Manitoba and British Columbia . As member of the Canadian Foreign Service , he has served as Second Secretary in New Delhi , Counsellor in Bonn and[…]

1997, Institute of Policy Studies (Singapore), Humanitarian Action and Peace Keeping Operations: Debriefing and Lessons ; Report and Recommendations of the International Conference Singapore, February 1997, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, →ISBN:

[At] night some of the hospital staff came caroling to Dr. Karsgaard's house.

2010 06, Phyllis Irwin, Dr. Memsaab: Stories of a Medical Missionary Mom, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 16:

Carrie Karsgaard draws on Andreotti and de Souza's 2008 work in decolonizing education to critique curriculum from the currently very popular Free the Children organization. Karsgaard points out the colonial patterns visible,[…]

2018 August 16, Global Citizenship, Common Wealth and Uncommon Citizenships, BRILL, →ISBN, page 3:

We benefited for several seasons from the help of Sorina Spanou (co-field director 2001–2003), Andrew McCarthy, Phil Karsgaard and Ben Blakeman (supervisors). We are also grateful to Michelle Gamble who supervised bioarchaeology[…]

2019 July 31, Edgar Peltenburg, Diane Bolger, Lindy Crewe, Figurine Makers of Prehistoric Cyprus: Settlement and Cemeteries at Souskiou, Oxbow Books, →ISBN:

Karsgaard and MacDonald, for example, emphasise their conceptual framework and findings in one paper but give the details of their complex set of operations elsewhere (Karsgaard and MacDonald, 2020; Karsgaard et al., 2018).

2022 September 24, Gillian Rose, Visual Methodologies: An Introduction to Researching with Visual Materials, SAGE, →ISBN:


Anglade

Anglade (countable and uncountable, plural Anglades)

Borrowed from French Anglade, itself from Occitan.

A habitational surname from French [in turn from Occitan].


Ostreicher

From German Österreicher Literally, “Austrian”.


Cazaux

Borrowed from French Cazaux, itself from Occitan Casals.


Dhanraj

From a Hindi personal name composed of the elements धन (dhan, “wealth, riches”) and राज (rāj, “kingdom, rule, royalty”).


Crnkovich

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Crnković and Slovene Črnkovič, patronymic from the hypocoristic nickname Crnko, Črnko (“black-haired one”), from črn (“black”).


Gayan

Borrowed from French Gayan, itself from Occitan Gajan.


McAughtrie

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Uchtraigh (“son of Uchtragh”), probably a Gaelicized form of Anglo-Scandinavian Uchtred.


Arbas

* (river in Haute-Garonne): From French Arbas.
* (surname): From Spanish Arbas/Arbás.
* (village in Haute-Garonne): From French Arbas, itself from Occitan Arbast.


Lannes

Borrowed from French Lannes, itself from Occitan.


Groulx

en-proper-noun

Groulx (plural Groulxs or Groulxes or Groulx)

Groulxs (plural)
Groulxes (plural)
Groulx (plural)


Groseilliers

Groseilliers (plural Groseillierses or Groseilliers)

Groseillierses (plural)
Groseilliers (plural)


Pennant

Welsh place names are conceivably from Welsh pen + nant.


Harbottle

en-proper noun

Harbottle (countable and uncountable, plural Harbottles)

From Old English hȳra (“hireling”) or hȳr (“hire, wages”) + bōtl (“dwelling house”).


Carlston

Altered form of Swedish Carlsson, or Danish and Norwegian Carlsen.


Cocking

Cocking (countable and uncountable, plural Cockings)

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


Iturbide

Borrowed from Spanish Iturbide, a surname of Basque origin.

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].


Falkingham

Habitational surname from the village of Folkingham, in Lincolnshire.


Dorries

Borrowed from German Dörries, modified from Latin Īsidōrus, from Ancient Greek Ἰσίδωρος (Isídōros, literally “gift of Isis”).


Sadat

en-proper-noun

Sadat (countable and uncountable, plural Sadats)

Ultimately from Arabic سَادَات (sādāt), plural of سَيِّد (sayyid, “master; Sayyid”).


Ruelas

From Galician/Portuguese Ruelas, usually via Spanish as it is very prevalent in Mexico, while rare in Brazil and apparently extinct in Portugal.


Gumenyuk

Transliteration of Ukrainian Гуменюк (Humenjuk) (alternatively via Russian Гуменюк (Gumenjuk)).

translit

A surname from Russian [in turn from Ukrainian].


Mudryk

From Ukrainian Мудрик (Mudryk), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *mǫdrъ (“wise”).


Mudrik

From Czech Mudřík and Slovak Mudrík. Also, an alternative spelling of Ukrainian Мудрик (Mudryk). All ultimately from Proto-Slavic *mǫdrъ (“wise”).


Molcan

Borrowed from Slovak Molčan. Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *mьlčati.


Dunckley

en-proper noun

Dunckley (countable and uncountable, plural Dunckleys)


Pistorius

From Latin Pistorius, from pistor. A latinized surname for a baker or miller.


Milgram

From Yiddish מילגרוים (milgroym, “pomegranate”).


Bonfield

en-proper noun

Bonfield (countable and uncountable, plural Bonfields)

English and Irish habitational surname of Norman origin, from an altered form of any of three places in France called Bonneville.

(countable) A habitational surname from Norman.


Blomkamp

A surname from Dutch, equivalent to English Bloomfield


Prigozhin

/pɹɪˈɡoʊʒɪn/

From Russian Пригожин (Prigožin). Doublet of Prigogine.


Prigogine

en-proper-noun

Prigogine (countable and uncountable, plural Prigogines)

From French Prigogine, from Russian Пригожин (Prigožin). Doublet of Prigozhin.

A surname from Russian, variant of Prigozhin


Harmison

Patronymic surname, from a variant of the personal name Armin + -son.


Matott

Altered form of French Méthot, reflecting the Canadian French and American pronunciation.


Longie

Americanized form of French Langer. It is most common among the Spirit Lake Tribe of the Dakota people.


Colbeck

A topographic or habitational surname, from Old English cald (“cold”) + bæċ (“beck, stream, brook”).


Prose

Borrowed from German Pröse, from a short form of the personal name Ambrose.


Landstrom

Borrowed from Swedish Landström, an ornamental surname composed of the elements land (“land”) and ström (“stream, river”).


Matlin

A surname from German, variant of Mattlin


Hackwell

Probably a habitational surname; possibly from Hockwill or Hawkwell.


Mowsley

en-proper noun

Mowsley (countable and uncountable, plural Mowsleys)

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

A habitational surname from Old English (seemingly rare today).


Sovereign

Americanized form of an unidentified German surname.


Maurya

A transliteration of Sanskrit मौर्य (maurya), originally an adjective from the noun मयूर (mayūra, “peacock”), ultimately borrowed from Proto-Dravidian *mayVr. This is widely known as the surname of the rulers of the Mauryan Empire.


Aedo

Borrowed from Spanish Aedo. This surname is most commonly found in Chile.


Obregon

/ˈɔb.ɹɛˌɡɔn/

/ˈoʊ.bɹɛˌɡɔn/


Obrador

/ˈəʊbɹədɔː(ɹ)/


Yupanqui

Borrowed from Spanish Yupanqui, from Quechua.

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Quechua]


Cordano

/kɔː(ɹ)ˈdɑːnəʊ/


Vidaurre

Borrowed from Spanish Vidaurre, variant of Vidaurri. From Basque.

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque]


Poloncarz

From Polish Połoncarz, a non-standard spelling of Połącarz.


Solondz

Likely a Germanized form of the Polish surname Żołądź, from żołądź (“acorn”); ultimately from Proto-Slavic *želǫdь (“acorn”).


Zolandz

From Polish Żołądź, from żołądź (“acorn”); ultimately from Proto-Slavic *želǫdь (“acorn”).


Wondolowski

From Polish Wondołowski, a non-standard spelling of Wądołowski.


Blethen

From the Anglicized form of the Welsh personal name Blethyn.


Weimann

* As a German surname, variant of Weinmann.
* Also as a German surname, a variant of Weigmann, Weigman, itself from Weichmann, from a Germanic personal name composed of *wīg (“battle”) + *mann (“man”).
Also compare Wyman.


McClancy

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Fhlannchaidh (“son of Flannchadh”), a personal name which is derived from flann (“red”).


Pervez

From Urdu پرویز (prvez), from Persian پرویز.


Viscuso

Borrowed from Italian Viscuso, a nickname from Sicilian viscusu (“tough, tenacious”).

A surname from Italian [in turn from Sicilian].


Yarosz

Respelling of Polish Jarosz or from Ukrainian Ярош (Jaroš).


Imbach

Borrowed from Alemannic German Imbach. Originating from Switzerland.


Yarosh

From Ukrainian Ярош (Jaroš). In some cases, a respelling of Polish Jarosz, Czech Jaroš, or Slovak Jaroš.


Chattopadhyay

Borrowed from Bengali চট্টোপাধ্যায় (coṭṭōpaddhaẏ).

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চট্টোপাধ্যায়

A surname from Bengali, more usually anglicised as Chatterjee.


Solås

A surname from Norwegian, variant of Solas


Solás

A surname from Spanish, variant of Solas


Solas

* (Norwegian surname): Norwegian Solås
* (Spanish surname): Spanish Solás


Illarionova

Borrowed from Russian Илларионова (Illarionova).


Merkulov

Borrowed from Russian Меркулов (Merkulov).


Paljevic

Borrowed from Albanian Paljeviç or Serbo-Croatian Паљевић (Paljević), derived from the suffix -љевић.

A surname from Albanian or Serbo-Croatian


Sekhniashvili

Borrowed from Georgian სეხნიაშვილი (sexniašvili).


Verbitsky

Borrowed from Russian Вербицкий (Verbickij).


Kher

A Hindu Brahmin surname from Kashmiri or Marathi.


Guralnik

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


Sebright

(chicken): Named after Sir John Saunders Sebright, who developed this ornamental breed in the early 19th century.


Gorrie

Short form of McGorrie, from Scottish Gaelic Mac Goraidh, from Old Norse Guðrøðr, from Old Norse Guðfríðr, from Proto-Germanic *gudą (“god, deity, divine”) + Proto-Germanic *frīdaz (“peace, tranquility, friendship”). Doublet of Godfrey and Jeffrey. Related to Icelandic Guðfríður, German Godafride, Latin Godefridus and Irish McGorry.


Sisley

From the popular Middle English female given name Sisely, from Old French Cecile, Cicile, ultimately from Latin Caecilia.


Kingsmill

Habitational surname from any of various places in England called King's Mill.


Norgrove

Habitational surname from either of two minor places in Worcestershire, from Old English norþ (“north”) + grāf (“grove, copse”).

A habitational surname from Old English.


Ashbury

en-proper noun

Ashbury (countable and uncountable, plural Ashburys)

The first element comes from Old English æsċ (“ash tree”), while the second element could be either from beorg (“mountain, hill”) or byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).


Melnychuk

Borrowed from Ukrainian Мельничук (Melʹnyčuk).


Barclift

Perhaps an altered form of Berkeley, through its variant Barclay.


Ariano

Borrowed from Italian Ariano; this surname is also found in Central America.


Anacker

en-proper noun

Anacker (countable and uncountable, plural Anackers)


Eginton

Variant of Egginton, Eggington, or Edgington.


Jankauskas

Borrowed from Lithuanian Jankauskas, itself from Polish Jankowski.

A surname from Lithuanian [in turn from Polish].


Cheah

From Hakka 謝／谢 (Chhia) or Teochew 謝／谢 (Zia⁷) or Hokkien 謝／谢 (Chiā).


Mariategui

Borrowed from Spanish Mariátegui, from Basque.


Liskov

Borrowed from Russian Лисков (Liskov), of toponymic origin from Лиски (Liski), Лыски (Lyski), or Лысково (Lyskovo), + -ов (-ov).


Russiano

en-proper-noun

Russiano (plural Russianos or Russianoes)


Skutnik

The name is thought to derive from Romanian scuti (“to absolve”); compare Romanian Scutelnici. The common noun comes from Martin Leonard Skutnik III, a guest at the 1982 State of the Union address; see quotations below.


Cullane

Anglicized from the Irish Irish Coilean, from Irish coileán (“pup, youth, trickster”), Old Irish cuilén (“pup, cub”), from Proto-Celtic *kolignos (“whelp”), possibly of non-Indo-European origin.


Minhaj

From Arabic مِنْهَاج (minhāj, “method, order, way”).


Dudayev

From Russian Дудаев (Dudajev); Transliteration of Russian Дудаев (Dudajev). From Chechen [Term?]


O'Cullane

Anglicization of Irish Ó Coileáin, derived from Irish Coileáin, itself derived from coileán (“pup, youth, trickster”), Old Irish cuilén (“pup, cub”), from Proto-Celtic *kolignos (“whelp”), possibly of non-Indo-European origin.


Couzen

A Middle English surname from Norman terminology. From Anglo-Norman, from Old French cusin, cosin, cousin (“cousin”) (French cousin, cousine). Literally, “familial relative”.

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French <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">cousin, cousine</i>


Pimsleur

Borrowed from French Pimsleur, a Jewish surname, perhaps a variant of German Pinsler, ultimately from Pinsel (“paintbrush”) + -er.


Nemo

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The "clownfish" meaning comes from the film Finding Nemo, where Nemo is a clownfish.


Huamani

Borrowed from Spanish Huamaní, of Quechua origin.


Chavarry

Borrowed from Spanish Chávarry, from Basque.


Cerron

Borrowed from Spanish Cerrón. This surname is most commonly found in Peru.


Mamani

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Aymara]


Ouyang

In the eighth month of the year, Ou-yang was exiled to Ch'u-chou prefecture in eastern-central Anhui, where he was to remain until early in 1048 when he became Prefect of Yang-chou.

[1976, Jonathan Chaves, “Life”, in Mei Yao-chʻen and the Development of Early Sung Poetry, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 24:


Carvallo

Borrowed from Spanish Carvallo, from Galician.

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Galician]


Rubendall

Americanized spelling of German Ruppenthal.


Fishpool

en-proper-noun

Fishpool (countable and uncountable, plural Fishpools)


Kennar

Kennar (countable and uncountable, plural Kennars)


Ximenez

Borrowed from Spanish Ximénez, archaic spelling of Jiménez.

A surname from Spanish, variant of Jimenez.


Lucksinger

A variant of Luchsinger. Borrowed from German Luchsinger.


Qwan

From Chinese; more commonly spelled as Kwan or Kuan.


Ossé

Borrowed from Haitian Creole or French. Originating from Haiti.


Shnorhokian

Borrowed from Armenian Շնորհոքյան (Šnorhokʻyan).


Blackmere

From Old English blæc (“black”) + mere (“pond, pool, lake”).


Hajtamiri

Hajtamiri (plural Hajtamiris or Hajtamiries)

Hajtamiris (plural)
Hajtamiries (plural)


Lemaitre

From French Lemaître Literally, “the master”.

A surname from French, equivalent to English Masters


Merrihew

Most probably a variant of Meredith, or possibly Mayhew.


Morazan

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


Gotobed

Probably a nickname, from go + to + bed.

A surname transferred from the nickname.


Noska

Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Noška, derivative of Nosek. Also from nôška, diminutive of noša (“backpack”) (compare nosiť (“to carry”)).


Ivanenko

Borrowed from Ukrainian Іване́нко (Ivanénko).


Demopoulos

Borrowed from Greek Δημόπουλος (Dimópoulos). Variant of Dimopoulos.


Dukakis

Borrowed from Greek Δουκάκης (Doukákis).


Puttenham

From Old English personal name Putta, genitive case Puttan + hām (“homestead, settlement”).


Kirschenman

A rarer respelling of Kirschenmann, from German Kirschenmann. Ultimately from Middle High German.


Kirschenmann

Borrowed from German Kirschenmann. Ultimately from Middle High German.


Beaner

A surname originating as an occupation, from being a bean-seller


Lindelof

From Swedish Lindelöf Literally, “limeleaf”.


Redenbaugh

Altered form of German Redenbach or Rettenbach.


Lanagan

Either a shortened and altered form of McClanahan, or a variant of Lanigan.


Wingrave

en-proper noun

Wingrave (countable and uncountable, plural Wingraves)

Probably from the Old English personal name Wīġa + -ing (“belonging to”) + grāf (“grove”).


Leguizamo

en-proper-noun

Leguizamo (plural Leguizamos or Leguizamoes)

Leguizamos (plural)
Leguizamoes (plural)

From Spanish Leguizamo, from Leguizamon, from Basque Legizamon.


Syu

Borrowed from Mandarin 徐 (Xú) Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Syú.


Syu

Borrowed from Mandarin 許／许 (Xǔ) Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Syǔ.

[…]because Syu Cao-de (許曹德) and Cai You-cyuan (蔡有全), both victims of political persecution, were once again placed under arrest for calling for[…]

2005, A New Constitution for Taiwan: Symposium on a New Constitution for Taiwan, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 116:

It was a really bad situation for Cao Cao. However, at this time, Syu You, the advisor to Yuan Shao, unexpectedly chose to defect to the side of Cao Cao.

2006, 36計 [36 Strategies], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 39:

Only two of the products specified on their labeling that they were intended for medical use, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) technical specialist Syu Jhih-yu (許芷瑀) said.
The other 13 contravened Article 69 of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act (藥事法) for using words such as “disinfect” or “kills germs” on their labeling, which is punishable by fines of NT$600,000 to NT$25 million, Syu said.

2020 August 19, Lo Chi, Jake Chung, “Most hand sanitizers fail to meet standards: office”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-08-19, Taiwan News, page 3:

“China’s ban on citrus didn’t really affect us,” said Syu Man, a manager for a fruit exporter in southern Taiwan that ships a type of pomelo across East Asia, primarily to Japan.

2022 August 15, Mike Ives, Zixu Wang, “Mostly Bluster: Why China Went Easy on Taiwan’s Economy [为何中国难以用经济手段惩罚台湾？]”, in 纽约时报中文网, transl., The New York Times [纽约时报], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-08-15, 亚太:

“中国大陆对柑橘的限制没有太影响我们，”台湾南部一家水果出口商经理许曼说，这家出口商运往东亚的产品是一种柚子，主要市场是日本。


Toward

A surname, apparently taken from the place name.


Ballerino

Ballerino (plural Ballerinoes or Ballerinos)

Ballerinoes (plural)
Ballerinos (plural)


Foxley

From Old English fox + lēah (“wood, clearing”).


Kolodiy

From Ukrainian Колодій (Kolodij), from Ukrainian колодій (kolodij, “wheelwright”), from Proto-Slavic *kolodějь.


Kolodej

From Russian колодей (kolodej), Ukrainian колодій (kolodij), Czech koloděj, or Slovak kolodej. Less commonly, a respelling of Kolodziej. Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kolodějь.


Kolessar

Alternative spelling of Kolesar. From Slovak kolesár or Serbo-Croatian kolesar, both meaning "wheelwright".


Popil

From Ukrainian попіл (popil) or Carpathian Rusyn попіль (popilʹ); ultimately from Proto-Slavic *popelъ (“ash”). Doublet of Popiel.


Kolodzej

From Polish Kołodziej, Upper Sorbian kołodźej, or Belarusian каладзей (kaladzjej). Alternatively, from Russian Колодзей (Kolodzej), itself from Polish or Belarusian. Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kolodějь (“wheelwright”).


Slavick

Alternative spelling of Slavik, from Czech slavík and Slovak slavík, both meaning "nightingale".


Swartney

From Old English sweartan, dative of sweart (“black”) + īeġ (“island”), "black island". Compare Whitney.


Oxenham

From Old English oxna, the genitive plural of oxa (“ox”) + hām (“home”).


Oxendale

From Old English oxna, the genitive plural of oxa (“ox”) + dæl (“dale”).


P'eng

From Mandarin 彭 (Péng) Wade–Giles romanization: Pʻêng².

In the meantime, P'eng's Third Army Corps had captured Ch'angsha on July 29 and proclaimed a soviet government of three provinces (Kiangsi, Hunan, and Hupeh), with Li Li-san as its chairman in absentia.

1966, John E. Rue, “The General Front Committee”, in Mao Tse-tung in Opposition, 1927-1935, Stanford, Cali.: Stanford University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 215:

P’ENG TEH-HUAI (c. 1900– ), Chinese revolutionist and Communist military leader, was born of a peasant family in the central Chinese province of Hunan and in the hsien (county) that was the birthplace of Mao Tse-tung. A participant in the Northern Expedition (1926—27) led by Chiang Kai-shek to unite China under a single government, P’eng joined the Communists in 1928 and quickly became a top military commander in the forces led by Chu Teh and Mao.

1968, Donald W. Klein, “P’ENG TEH-HUAI”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 17, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 552, column 2:

Lin P’ei's mother warned him that though P’eng P’ai had no need to fear starvation, the Lin family was not so fortunate. P’eng claims that he bought some time against this threat by a Tom Sawyeresque ruse.

1977, Roy, Jr. Hofheinz, “Origins of a Revolution: P’eng P’ai in Haifeng, 1922-1924”, in The Broken Wave: The Chinese Communist Peasant Movement, 1922-1928, Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, England: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 149:

P’eng Shu-tse lived through these tumultuous events, and, during a great part of them, not as a spectator but as a political leader and strategist of the working-class movement.

1980, Shu-tse P’eng, edited by Leslie Evans, The Chinese Communist Party in Power, New York: Monad Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 8:

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

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

Gradually Mao’s military forces, and his prestige in the CCP, began to grow. First a column of CCP soldiers led by Chu Teh, then a rebel KMT unit led by P’eng Te-Huai, and finally two bandit gangs merged with Mao’s forces.

2016, Elliott Liu, “The Turn to the Countryside”, in Maoism and the Chinese Revolution: A Critical Introduction, PM Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 14:

"Calli, hon, it's Mrs. P’eng."
I smooth my hair,
swing the door open,
find
Mrs. P’eng,
her rounded belly,
and Jinsong.[…]
Mrs. P’eng asks if I'm feeling better,
says they're headed
to the county fair
and wouldn't I like to come?

2017, Ellie Terry, “Passing the Time”, in Forget Me Not, 1st edition (Poetry), New York: Feiwel and Friends, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 198–199:


Ts'ai

From Mandarin 蔡 (Cài), Wade–Giles romanization: Tsʻai⁴.

Ts'ai Ch'ien 蔡乾 was born in 1908 in Changhua near Taichung, Taiwan (Formosa). His father was an accountant in a rice shop and a descendant of the three hundred Fukienese families who went to Taiwan with Koxinga, who led a rebellion there against the Manchus.
At the age of six Ts'ai Ch'ien entered primary school, studied Japanese, and graduated after eight years. He taught at the same school, in Changhua, for one year.[…]
In Shanghai Ts'ai studied sociology and learned something about Marxism.

1957, Edgar Snow, Random Notes on Red China, Harvard University Press, published 1968, →OCLC, page 103:

Ts’ai Yüan-p’ei (also named Ho-ch’ing and Chieh-min) (1876-1940) was born in Shanyin County, Chekiang Province. He passed the second civil service examination in 1889 and the third in 1892 which secured for him the highest degree, han-lin.

1960, Tse-tsung (周策縱) Chow, “The Initial Phase of the Movement: Early Literary and Intellectual Activities, 1917-1919”, in The May Fourth Movement: Intellectual Revolution in Modern China, Harvard University Press, published 1980, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 47:

The origins of what paper cognoscenti call “true paper,” which requires the breaking-down and reconstitution of plant fibers, are often dated to A.D. 105 and linked to Ts’ai Lun, a eunuch in the court of Emperor Han Ho Ti of China.

2012 February 17, Mark Levine, “Can a Papermaker Help to Save Civilization?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2014-04-24:


LaMorte

Alternative letter-case form of Lamorte.


LaMarque

Alternative letter-case form of Lamarque.


Balitskiy

Transliteration of Russian Бали́цкий (Balíckij).


Balitsky

From Ukrainian Балицький (Balycʹkyj) or Баліцький (Balicʹkyj), Russian Бали́цкий (Balíckij), or a respelling of Polish Balicki.


Stalworth

Nickname for a well-built or brave person, from Middle English stalworth (“physically strong, hardy, robust; brave, courageous”), from Old English stǣlwierþe (“able to stand in good stead, serviceable”).


Chatzimanolakis

From Greek Χατζημανωλάκης (Chatzimanolákis).

bor

Χατζημανωλάκης


Maserejian

From Armenian Մահսերեջյան (Mahsereǰyan).


Tarache

Borrowed from Spanish Tarache, this surname is most commonly found in Venezuela.


Jayapal

Susheela Jayapal, b. 1962


Soum

Borrowed from French Soum, itself from Occitan.

A surname from French [in turn from Occitan].


Haiblum

Isidore Haiblum, b. 1935


Jhang

The Mandarin 張／张 (Zhāng) Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Jhang.

The big blow in the decisive third game came from catcher Jin-De Jhang, whose three-run triple gave Altoona all the breathing room it needed.

2017, “Minor Leagues”, in Baseball America 2018 Almanac, Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 372:

For the second straight game, the Altoona Curve beat the Akron RubberDucks, 4-3, in walk-off fashion on a game-winning single by Jin-De Jhang on Thursday at Peoples Natural Gas Field.[…]
After Logan Hill was hit by a pitch, Elvis Escobar pinch ran for Craig at second base prior to Jhang’s game winner.

2018 June 1, “Jin-De Jhang gives Altoona Curve second straight walk-off win”, in The Express, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-09-25, Local Sports:

Council official Du Jhang Mei-jhuang (杜張梅莊) last month said that 10,000 of the 260,000 hectares of land designated as Indigenous Reserved Land have been “lost” through fraudulent sales and deed transfers.

2022 April 2, “EDITORIAL: Indigenous issues need attention”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-04-01, Editorials, page 8:

Some of the places are being opened for the first time, such as the former residence of Jhang Syue-liang (張學良). Meanwhile, a car used to transport former dictator Chiang Kai-shek’s (蔣中正) is also on display for the public to sit in.

2022 August 7, Lyla Liu, “Creative Expo Taiwan features ocean party, foot bath, and Formosa ice shop”, in Taiwan News, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-08-15, Culture:


Balikian

Borrowed from Armenian Պալիքյան (Palikʻyan).


Moroukian

Borrowed from Armenian Մորուքյան (Morukʻyan).


Alboreto

en-proper-noun

Alboreto (plural Alboretos or Alboretoes)


Loadholt

Possibly an altered form of Swiss German Leuthold.


Harcum

Altered form of the English habitational surname Harcombe.


Harcombe

Habitational surname from two minor places in Devon, from Old English hara (“hare”) + cumb (“valley”).


McCorquodale

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Thorcadaill (“son of Thorcadall”), a personal name composed of the Old Norse elements Þórr + ketill (“kettle”).

der

A surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn from Old Norse].


Hiciano

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


Kallam

Two possible origins:
* A variant of Kelham, an English habitational surname from a place in Nottinghamshire.
* Borrowed from Telugu కళ్ళం (kaḷḷaṁ), a surname that is predominantly found in Andhra Pradesh.


Barnsdale

en-proper noun

Barnsdale (countable and uncountable, plural Barnsdales)

From the Old English personal name Beorn + -s- + dæl (“valley, dale”).

Barnsdale
Barnsdale Gardens
John Barnsdale


Mamikonyan

Borrowed from Armenian Մամիկոնյան (Mamikonyan).


Rouch

A surname from French, variant of Rouge.


Auric

en-proper noun

Auric (countable and uncountable, plural Aurics)


Treffry

Habitational surname, from Cornish tre (“house, homestead”) + fry (“nose; hill spur”).


Eacott

Habitational surname from a minor place in Gloucestershire called Eycotfield, from Old English ēa (“river, running stream”) + cot (“cottage”).


Esho

From a variant of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܝܼܫܘܿܥ (īšoʿ).


Hjort

Borrowed from Danish, Norwegian and Swedish Hjort, a nickname from hjort (“hart, stag”).


Clouatre

Borrowed from French Clouâtre, a variant of Cloître.


McGeachy

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Eachaidh (“son of the horseman”).


Conahan

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Connachaín (“son of Connachán”).


Tournay

en-proper noun

Tournay (countable and uncountable, plural Tournays)


Canet

From Catalan Canet via Spanish or from French Canet.


Devreux

Variant of Devereux, a surname of Anglo-Norman origin. From d' + Evreux (meaning from Évreux, a city in Normandy).


Devereux

From Middle English Devereux, derived from Anglo-Norman. From d' + Evreux (meaning from Évreux, a city in Normandy).


Zub

en:Zub (disambiguation)
en:Zub (surname)


Tancharoen

Maurissa Tancharoen, b. 1975


Le Breton

A surname, alternative form of Lebreton.


Helies

Borrowed from French Héliès, ultimately from Breton.


Jerezano

Borrowed from Spanish Jerezano. This surname is most commonly found in Honduras.


Cazayoux

Most prevalent in Louisiana. Possible respelling of a French surname as it is absent from France. Cazailloux is a toponym of Dordogne.


Holzhauser

A surname from German, variant of Holshouser


Boreanaz

Borrowed from Italian Boreanaz, ultimately from Slovene Berginc.

David Boreanaz, b. 1969

A surname from Italian [in turn from Slovene].


Covill

Reginald Covill, (1905 - 2002)


Llorach

Borrowed from Catalan Llorach or via Spanish Llorach.


Hawkingson

Variant of Hawkinson and Hawking or Hawkings + -son


Hawkwing

From hawk + wing. Calque of Amerind names.


Halkin

* Hal + -kin: Middle English Halkin, variant of Hawkin, from Henry (“Hal”).
* From Slavic (masculine: Belarusian Галкин (Halkin) or Ukrainian Галкин (Halkyn)), feminine: Галкина
* From Welsh Helygain

A surname from Middle English [in turn originating as a patronymic, in turn transferred from the given name]

A surname from Welsh [in turn from placenames]

галка галка#English

A masculine surname from Slavic, variant of Galkin; feminine: Halkina

A surname from Slavic [in turn from animals] or from Ukrainian or Belarussian; (animal: галка (jackdaw))

Галька Галька#English

Галина Галина#English

A surname from Slavic [in turn originating as a matronymic, in turn transferred from the given name, in turn from Ancient Greek]; (given name: Галька and Галина)


Farreng

Borrowed from French Farreng, itself from Occitan.


Gornichec

American spelling of Croatian Gorničec. May possibly be brought from Polish as Górniczec, made from górnik + -ec.


Peckinpah

But she is not one of those who think that much will be gained by analysis of the maker's imagined influences. The cult of the footage is rife with subcults, claiming every possible influence. Truffaut, Peckinpah ... The Peckinpah people, among the least likely, are still waiting for the guns to be drawn.

2003, William Gibson, Pattern Recognition (Bigend cycle; book 1), New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 4:


Doehring

Borrowed from German Döhring, a variant of Döring.


Dugue

Borrowed from French Dugué, a common surname in Haiti.


Cubit

From Middle English cubite (“cubit; elbow”), probably applied as a nickname for someone with strong or remarkable forearms.


Demyan

(surname): Borrowed from Ukrainian Дем’ян (Demʺjan).


Oustalet

Borrowed from French Oustalet, itself from Occitan Ostalet.


Byland

Habitational surname from several minor places in England, perhaps from Old English byġe (“curve, bend”) + land (“land”).


Hookway

Habitational surname from a minor place near Crediton, Devon, from Old English hōc (“hook; hook-shaped bend in a river”) + weġ (“way, path, road”).


Shapcott

Perhaps a habitational surname, from Old English sċēap (“sheep”) + cot (“cottage”).


Groene

Borrowed from either German Gröne, a variant of Grün, or Dutch Groene, a variant of Groen.


Mobius

A surname from German, variant of Möbius.


Oustau

Borrowed from French Oustau, itself from Occitan Ostau.


Essenmacher

From a variant of German Assenmacher, an occupational surname for a cartwright.


Ortet

Borrowed from French Ortet, itself from Occitan Ortet.


Ossau

Borrowed from French Ossau, itself from Occitan Aussau.


Osmin

At least partially from French Osmin, itself from Occitan Osmin.


Ossun

Borrowed from French Ossun, itself from Occitan Ossun.


Walek

From Polish Wałek, Walek, and from Czech Válek.


Kamisato

en-proper-noun

Kamisato (plural Kamisatos or Kamisatoes)

From Japanese Kamisato (Kamisato) (上里, 上郷).


Cawkwell

en-proper noun

Cawkwell (countable and uncountable, plural Cawkwells)

From Old English ċealc (“chalk”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).

A habitational surname from Old English.


Laque

Borrowed from Catalan Laqué, a variant of Llaqué, a topographic surname from a diminutive of llac (“pond”).


Kaschak

Americanized form of Slovak Kaščák or Kaščak.


Leichliter

Americanized form of South German Lechleiter.


Landero

Borrowed from Spanish Landero, a surname predominantly found in Mexico.


Hirose

Borrowed from Japanese 広瀬 (Hirose) or 廣瀬 (Hirose).


Lafrenz

Borrowed from German Lafrenz, a variant of the personal name Laurenz.


Kornblum

Borrowed from German Kornblum, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Portuondo

Borrowed from Spanish Portuondo, a topographic surname from Basque portuondo (“close to the port”).

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].


Sloley

en-proper-noun

Sloley (countable and uncountable, plural Sloleys)

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


Metge

At least partially from French Metge, ultimately from Occitan.

Robert Henry Metge, b. 1850


Yankelovich

Yankelovich (plural Yankelovichs or Yankeloviches)

Yankelovichs (plural)
Yankeloviches (plural)

Borrowed from Russian Янкелович (Jankelovič).

bor+

Daniel Yankelovich, b. 1924


Dragicevich

en-proper-noun

Dragicevich (plural Dragicevichs or Dragiceviches)

Dragicevichs (plural)
Dragiceviches (plural)


Chaban

Borrowed from Polish, Russian Чаба́н (Čabán) or Ukrainian Чабан (Čaban). Also possibly from French Chaban and Spanish Chabán.


Freckleton

en-proper noun

Freckleton (countable and uncountable, plural Freckletons)

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


Stupak

Borrowed from Ukrainian Ступак (Stupak).


Artingstall

Habitational surname from a lost place in Cheshire, probably from Old English alor (“alder tree”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”) + steall (“place; stead”).


Sidman

Sidman (countable and uncountable, plural Sidmans)

From an unrecorded Middle English personal name Sideman or Sedeman, perhaps from Old English sidu (“custom, habit”) + mann (“man, person”).


Tosado

Borrowed from Spanish Tosado; this surname is predominantly found in Puerto Rico.


Flockton

en-proper-noun

Flockton (countable and uncountable, plural Flocktons)

From Old English flocc (“group, division, troop”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Sabbaghian

Borrowed from Persian صباغیان (sabbâğiyân).


Namatjira

An Indigenous Australian surname
Albert Namatjira


Rascol

Borrowed from French Rascol or Romanian Răscol.


Cammorata

Probably a corruption of Italian Cammarata.


Bennelong

A Dharug surname
(history) Woollarawaree Bennelong

A Dharug surname
Woollarawaree Bennelong


Shrake

Americanized form of German Schreck or Schröck.


Gwyer

* As a possibly habitational surname of Norman origin, from a minor place Gohier in the department of Maine-et-Loire, of Germanic origin, from the male name Godehar, Godahari, Gunherius, presumably composed of *god + *hari.
* Also possibly from Gohier, an ancient form of Godard, Goddard.


Changchien

Borrowed from Mandarin 張簡／张简 (Zhāngjiǎn) Wade–Giles romanization: Chang¹-chien³.

The play begins even before the audience members sit down; they first walk through an exhibit that culminates with a full-size art installation piece (the Play Company requested that details not be revealed here). Then a Chinese artist named Lin Bo (played by Louis Ozawa Changchien) enters and recounts how he was jailed for dissidence.

2016 August 18, Diep Tran, “Truth, Lies and Chinese Art Inspire ‘a Puzzle Box of a Play’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2016-08-22, Theater:

Chen lastly visited 100-year-old former martial artist Changchien Chan Ching-yeh (張簡詹清葉) in Daliao District (大寮).

2021 October 10, Fang Chih-hsien, Kayleigh Madjar, “Kaohsiung centenarians receive visit from mayor”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-10-09, Taiwan News, page 3:


Brownbridge

Unclear, perhaps an altered form of Brambridge or a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place.


Beteta

Borrowed from Spanish Beteta, a habitational surname from a small village in Castile-La Mancha; this surname is predominantly found in Guatemala.


Scotney

Habitational surname of Norman origin, from a small settlement in Seine-Maritime called Etocquigny.


Horsepool

Habitational surname from any of various lost settlements in England, perhaps from Old English hors (“horse”) or the personal name Hersa + pōl (“pool”).


Chettle

en-proper-noun

Chettle (countable and uncountable, plural Chettles)

Probably from Old English ceotol, a variant of ċietel (“kettle, cauldron”), here in the topographical sense of a "deep valley surrounded by hills".


Trakhtenberg

Borrowed from Russian Трахтенберг (Traxtenberg), ultimately from German Trachtenberg. A variant of Trachtenberg.


Boitano

Borrowed from Italian Boitano, possibly from Boita + -ano.


Malas

* From Arabic ملص.
* From Greek Μαλάς (Malás) or Μάλας (Málas).
* From Polish Małas.


Suppan

Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *županъ, from *župa (“area, district”), via:
* Austrian German Suppan, an occupational surname for an administrator in a Slavic-speaking region.
* Germanized form of Župan and Zupan; from Lower Sorbian župan, Upper Sorbian župan, Serbo-Croatian župan, Slovene župan and Slovene zupan.
Compare Saupe, Schuppan, Supan.


Schuppan

Germanized form of Župan, from Lower Sorbian župan, Upper Sorbian župan, Serbo-Croatian župan, and Slovene župan, all meaning "head of a district." Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *županъ, from *župa (“area, district”).


Martikyan

Borrowed from Armenian Մարտիկյան (Martikyan).


Goolishian

Borrowed from Armenian Գուլիշյան (Gulišyan).


Valengin

en-proper noun

Valengin (countable and uncountable, plural Valengines or Valengin)


Zortman

Zortman (countable and uncountable, plural Zortmans)


Wandersee

Borrowed from German Wandersee, probably an altered form of Dutch van der Zee.

A surname from German [in turn from Dutch].


Austell

Austell (countable and uncountable, plural Austells)


Shinholster

Probably an Americanized form of Swiss German Schönholzer.


Vlahos

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


Chekhov

Borrowed from Russian Че́хов (Čéxov, literally “Czech”).

bor+

A male surname from Russian, feminine equivalent Chekhova


Tannahill

Habitational surname from a minor place in Ayrshire.


Simpler

Probably an altered form of German Simperl or Semperl.


Woodhatch

Topographic surname for a keeper of a gate to a wood, from Old English wudu (“wood”) + hæċ (“hatch, door”).


Parrill

From a pet form of the personal name Peter.


Spindle

Originally a nickname for someone who made, sold, or used spindles.

A surname transferred from the nickname.


Nettell

At Clapham, Operations Trainer Ed Nettell told RAIL: "Depot driver training takes two or three days, depending on the depot.

2023 July 12, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Training starts on heavily delayed SWR Arterios”, in RAIL, number 987, page 22:


Shaftoe

Habitational surname from two minor places in Hartburn, Northumberland, from Old English sċeaft (“shaft, pole”) + hōh (“heel; spur of land”).


Kemery

Perhaps a variant of Kembery or Cambrey.


Gowland

Habitational surname from a minor place in Moor Monkton, Yorkshire.


LeBlanc

A surname from French, a camel case spelling variant of Leblanc


Creaser

Among the passengers was Mr. F. W. Creaser, now aged 90, who travelled with the first train on the day the branch was opened.

1949 September and October, “Notes and News: The Meltham Branch, L.M.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 342:


Lindh

Borrowed from Swedish Lindh, a variant of Lind.


Litalien

Borrowed from French Litalien, an ethnic surname for people of Italian descent.


Jalal

Borrowed from Arabic جَلَال (jalāl); this surname is predominantly found in Pakistan.


McLester

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac an Fhleasdair (“son of the fletcher (arrow-maker)”), an occupational surname. Compare Fletcher.


Woodhurst

en-proper noun

Woodhurst (countable and uncountable, plural Woodhursts)

From Old English wudu (“wood”) + hyrst (“wooded hillock”).

The first two runs were timed by Mr. H. J. J. Griffith, and the third by Mr. Arthur H. Woodhurst.

1949 November and December, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 367:


Bromwell

Habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in Herefordshire, from Old English brōm (“broom”) + wella (“spring, stream”).


Falconi

Borrowed from Italian Falconi. This surname is highly attested in South America too.


Angomjambam

From Manipuri ꯑꯉꯣꯝꯖꯥꯝꯕꯝ (ʼangomjaambam).


Huiningshumbam

From Manipuri ꯍꯨꯏꯅꯤꯡꯁꯨꯝꯕꯝ (hooʼineengsoombam).


Kayenpaibam

From Manipuri ꯀꯌꯦꯟꯄꯥꯏꯕꯝ (kayenpaaʼibam).


Kakyenlakpam

From Manipuri ꯀꯛꯌꯦꯟꯂꯥꯛꯄꯝ (kakyenlaakpam).


Keithellakpam

From Manipuri ꯀꯩꯊꯦꯜꯂꯥꯛꯄꯝ (keithellaakpam).


Khangjarakpam

From Manipuri ꯈꯪꯖꯔꯥꯛꯄꯝ (khangjaraakpam).


Diazgranados

Transliteration of Spanish Díazgranados.


Khumbongmayum

From Manipuri ꯈꯨꯝꯕꯣꯡꯃꯌꯨꯝ (khoombongmayoom).


Khundrakpam

From Manipuri ꯈꯨꯟꯗ꯭ꯔꯥꯛꯄꯝ (khoond͟raakpam).


Khongbantabam

From Manipuri ꯈꯣꯡꯕꯥꯟꯇꯥꯕꯝ (khongbaantaabam).


Khudrakpam

From Manipuri ꯈꯨꯗ꯭ꯔꯥꯛꯄꯝ (khood͟raakpam).


Khwairakpam

From Manipuri ꯈ꯭ꯋꯥꯏꯔꯥꯛꯄꯝ (kh͟waaʼiraakpam).


Laiphrakpam

From Manipuri ꯂꯥꯏꯐ꯭ꯔꯥꯛꯄꯝ (laaʼiph͟raakpam).


Lairenlakpam

From Manipuri ꯂꯥꯏꯔꯦꯟꯂꯥꯛꯄꯝ (laaʼirenlaakpam).


Lairikyengbam

From Manipuri ꯂꯥꯏꯔꯤꯛꯌꯦꯡꯕꯝ (laaʼireekyengbam).


Laithangbam

From Manipuri ꯂꯥꯏꯊꯥꯡꯕꯝ (laaʼithaangbam).


Langpoklakpam

From Manipuri ꯂꯥꯡꯄꯣꯛꯂꯥꯛꯄꯝ (laangpoklaakpam).


Leiphrakpam

From Manipuri ꯂꯩꯐ꯭ꯔꯥꯛꯄꯝ (leiph͟raakpam).


Moirangmayum

From Manipuri ꯃꯣꯏꯔꯥꯡꯃꯌꯨꯝ (moʼiraangmayoom).


Khwairampam

From Manipuri ꯈ꯭ꯋꯥꯏꯔꯥꯝꯄꯝ (kh͟waaʼiraampam).


Moirangthem

From Manipuri ꯃꯣꯏꯔꯥꯡꯊꯦꯝ (moʼiraangthem).


Minshull

Habitational surname from either of the two villages of Church Minshull and Minshull Vernon, from the Old English personal name Mann + sċielf (“cliff, crag”).


Arakelov

Borrowed from Russian Араке́лов (Arakélov), a Russified form of Armenian Առաքելյան (Aṙakʻelyan).

(mathematics, used attributively) Soviet-Armenian mathematician Suren Arakelov.


Crowner

Occupational surname for a coroner, from Middle English crouner.