Hoe

Two main origins:
* A variant of Ho, a Vietnamese surname.
* An English habitational surname, from the village in Norfolk.


Stonebank

Michael Stonebank ― (name of an English music producer)


Abela

Two possible origins:
* A variant of Abella, an Hispanic surname.
* Borrowed from Maltese Abela.

A surname from Maltese [in turn from Spanish].


Knowland

From know + -land, possibly from Noland.


Sabat

Various origins:
* Borrowed from Catalan Sàbat, a surname given to someone born on a Saturday.
* Borrowed from Polish Sabat.
* Borrowed from French Sabat, a nickname for a noisy or rowdy person, from Middle French sabat (“noise, racket”).


Moxon

Matronymic surname from Magge (“a medieval reduced form of Margareth”) + -son.

suf

A surname transferred from the given name.


Duddington

en-proper noun

Duddington (countable and uncountable, plural Duddingtons)

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

A habitational surname from Old English.


Papadopoulos

Borrowed from Greek Παπαδόπουλος (Papadópoulos).

bor+

Παπαδόπουλος


Zayonts

From Polish Zając, Zajonc, or via Russian Зайонц (Zajonc). All forms ultimately from Polish zając (“hare”).


Lytwin

From Ukrainian литвин (lytvyn, “Litvin”).


McVey

Variant of McBeth, from the aspirated form Mac Bheatha.


Maugeri

/maʊˈd͡ʒɛ.ɾɪ/

From the Sicilian Maugeri, a surname derived from maugeri (“herdsman”).


Badley

en-prop

Badley (countable and uncountable, plural Badleys)

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


Quarrington

en-proper noun

Quarrington (countable and uncountable, plural Quarringtons)

Recorded as Corninctune in the Domesday Book, the name derives from Old English cweorn (“quern”) + -ing + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Delbridge

Delbridge (countable and uncountable, plural Delbridges)

Habitational surname from either of two places in Devon called Thelbridge.


Pfizer

Charles Pfizer
en:Pfizer (disambiguation)

Borrowed from German Pfizer. The biotechnology company was named after one of its co-founders, German-American businessman Charles Pfizer (1824–1906).


Bretton

Bretton (countable and uncountable, plural Brettons)

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

(countable) A habitational surname from Old English.


Woodhall

Woodhall (countable and uncountable, plural Woodhalls)

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


Morganstone

Partial calque of German Morgenstein, with the first element respelt so as to appear to be the Celtic name "Morgan". Morgenstein as a name originated either as an alteration of or as a corruption of the surname Morgenstern ("morning star").


Consoli

From Italian Consoli, from Sicilian Cùnzuli, a surname derived from Sicilian cùnzulu (“consul”).


Jaggers

Variant of Jagger with post-medieval excrescent -s.


Clewell

unk

Unidentified


Lothrop

en-proper noun

Lothrop (countable and uncountable, plural Lothrops)


Wotruba

Alternative spelling of Votruba, from Czech votruba.


Otruba

From Czech otruba. Cognate of Polish Otręba.


Kravchuk

Borrowed from Ukrainian Кравчу́к (Kravčúk).


Votruba

From Czech votruba, a variant of otruba.


Rodak

Borrowed from Polish rodak (“countryman”).


Quilty

Quilty (countable and uncountable, plural Quiltys)


Davtyan

Borrowed from Armenian Դավթյան (Davtʻyan). Doublet of Davidian.


Criado

Borrowed from Spanish criado (“servant”). This surname is more common in Spain.


Poltorak

From Polish Półtorak, from Polish półtorak.


Urbieta

Borrowed from Spanish Urbieta, itself of Basque origin.


Petric

From Serbo-Croatian Petrić or Slovene Petrič.


Kubitz

Borrowed from German Kubitz, ultimately from Czech, Polish, or other Slavic language.


Sliwka

From Polish Śliwka, from śliwka (“plum”).


Haverland

Borrowed from Dutch Haverland, from haver (“oats”) + land (“country, field”).


Swieca

Borrowed from Polish Świeca, from świeca (“candle”).


Sarraute

Claude Sarraute, b. 1927


Chernyak

From Ukrainian Черня́к (Černják) or Russian Черня́к (Černják).

Yan Chernyak, b. 1909


Macedonio

Patronymic surname, borrowed from Spanish Macedonio and Italian Macedonio.


Cannavaro

en-proper-noun

Cannavaro (plural Cannavaros or Cannavaroes)

Cannavaros (plural)
Cannavaroes (plural)

From Italian Cannavaro, a surname derived from Sicilian cannavaru (“one who handles cànnava”).


Cherniak

From Ukrainian Черняк (Černjak) or Russian Черняк (Černjak).

Boris Cherniak, b. 1964


Cavaness

Americanized form of the French Huguenot name Cabaniss.


Horsky

From Czech or Slovak Horský, from horský.


Fawver

American variant of French Fèvre, which is found also in Lefèvre.


Armwood

Possibly a variant of Harmwood. Alternatively, a variant of Ormerod.


Mander

Various origins:
* English occupational surname for a basket-maker, from maund + -er.
* Borrowed from German Mander, a habitational surname.
* Borrowed from Punjabi ਮੰਦਰ (mandar), a surname of unexplained etymology.


McKnight

en-proper noun

McKnight (countable and uncountable, plural McKnights)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Neachtain, which is usually Anglicized as McNaughton.


Ybarbo

Perhaps from Basque, possibly a derivative from Basque ibar (“valley”).


Uscanga

Borrowed from Spanish Uscanga, from Basque Uzcanga.


Gulliford

Variant of Gulliver with an altered suffix caused by the association with placenames ending with ford.


Shappell

Americanized variant of the German surname Schappell.


Salzwedel

Toponymic surname borrowed from German Salzwedel.


Coccimiglio

Borrowed from Italian Coccimiglio, a surname derived from Sicilian cuccumeli.


Womersley

Womersley (countable and uncountable, plural Womersleys)

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


Lovera

Borrowed from Spanish lobera (“wolf pack or wolf lair”).


Goar

From Scots, but the ultimate source is uncertain.


Kneip

Borrowed from German Kneip (“cobbler's knife”), from the same source of English knife.


Mross

Germanized variant of a Slavic surname, from Lower Sorbian mroz, Upper Sorbian mróz, or Polish mróz, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *morzъ (“frost”).


Chwatal

Alternative spelling of Chvatal, from Czech chvátal.


Buzek

From Polish Buzek, Czech Buzek, and Czech Bůžek.


Defino

Americanized spelling of Italian De Fino.


Devoy

Anglicized form of Irish Dubhuidhe, a personal name probably derived from dubh (“dark”) + buidhe (“sallow”).


Holderness

en-proper noun

Holderness (countable and uncountable, plural Holdernesses)

From Old Norse hǫldr (“man, hero”) + nes (“headland”).


Hultz

Possibly an altered spelling of Holtz or borrowed from German Hültz.


Gaddam

Borrowed from Telugu గడ్డము (gaḍḍamu, “beard”).


Lippy

Probably an Americanized spelling of Dutch or German Lippe.


Everingham

From Old English eofor (“boar”) + -ing + hām (“homestead”).


Kines

Perhaps an Americanized spelling of German Kainz, or a variant of Keynes.


McCord

McCord (countable and uncountable, plural McCords)

Anglicized form of Northern Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Cuairt or Mac Cuarta, meaning "son of a journey," from mac + cuairt. Compare McMurtry.


Towsley

Possibly a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place.


Rowbotham

From Old English rūh (“rough, overgrown”) + botm (“bottom”), a topographic surname for someone who lived in an overgrown valley.


Kisel

From Belarusian Кісель (Kisjelʹ) or Russian Кисель (Kiselʹ), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kysělъ.


Saidi

Borrowed from Arabic سَيِّد (sayyid, “master, lord”).


Chadburn

* (surname): Variant of Chatburn.
* (telegraph): From the name of the manufacturing company, Chadburn's Telegraph Company of Liverpool.


Reitan

Borrowed from Norwegian Reitan, which derives from the plural form of reit (“farmstead”), itself from Old Norse reitr (“marked-out space”).


Westergard

From Danish, Norwegian and Swedish Westergård.


Neikirk

A habitational surname borrowed from Dutch, from the town of Nykerk in Gelderland.


McCright

Ultimately a reduced variant of McNaughton; compare McCreight.


Myres

Scottish habitational surname from a minor place near Auchtermuchty, from Middle English mire (“marsh, swamp; mire”).


Bulthuis

A topographic surname borrowed from Dutch Bulthuis, from bult (“bump, knoll”) + huis (“house”).


Frontera

Borrowed from Spanish Frontera, from frontera (“border”).


Fosdyke

From Old English Fotrs dīċ (Fotr's ditch).


Fossen

Habitational surname borrowed from Norwegian Fossen, from foss (“waterfall”).


Caister

en-proper noun

Caister (countable and uncountable, plural Caisters)

From Old English ċeaster (“city, town”), a borrowing from Latin castrum (“camp”). Doublet of castrum and Chester.


Kosch

Borrowed from a Slavic language; probably a short of form of a personal name like Mikuś or Jakus.


Amrine

Re-shaping of the German surname Amrein.


Rotert

Borrowed from German Rotert, variant of Rothert.


Rosenlund

Borrowed from Swedish Rosenlund, from ros (“rose”) + lund (“grove”).


Redhead

Redhead (countable and uncountable, plural Redheads)


Mezo

Borrowed from Hungarian Mező, from mező (“field”).


Lagace

Borrowed from French Lagace and Lagacé, variant of Lagasse.


Ponomarenko

From Ukrainian Пономаре́нко (Ponomarénko).

bor

Пономаре́нко


Weems

en-proper noun

Weems (countable and uncountable, plural Weemses)


Cortazar

Borrowed from Spanish Cortázar, from Basque Kortazar.


Hlavac

Borrowed from Czech Hlaváč, from hlaváč.


Druckenmiller

Partly Americanized form of the German surname Druckenmüller.


Kasson

Perhaps an Americanized spelling of the Hungarian surname Kászon.


Nordahl

Borrowed from Norwegian or Swedish Nordahl.


Hurren

English surname of Old French origin, from a nickname for someone with shaggy or unkempt hair, from Old French hurand, from hure (“hair”) + -ant (compare modern hure (“(head of a) shaggy boar”)).


Bouza

Toponymic surname borrowed from Galician Bouza, from bouza (“thicket, bush”).


Smet

Borrowed from Dutch Smet, variant of Smid, typically found in East Flanders.


Bort

Borrowed from Yiddish באָרד (bord, “beard”), nickname of a man with a remarkable beard.


Sick

* As a Dutch and German surname, shortened from names like Siegfried, Siegmund and similar. Compare Sieck, Zeek.
* As a Czech surname, Americanized from Šik; also Slovene, Carpathian Rusyn, and Serbo-Croatian Šic, converged from several origins such as síč (“sower”), the source of Schuetz, or Slavicized from Hungarian szűcs (“furrier”).
Compare Shick.


Kokott

Germanized alternative spelling of Kokot, from Proto-Slavic *kokotъ (“rooster”).


Luzader

Sephardic version of the Portuguese surname Lousada.


McCahill

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Cathail (“son of Cathal”).


Guile

* As an English, Scottish, and French surname, borrowed from French guile.
* Also as an English surname, variant of Gill.
* Possibly also Americanized from the German surname Geil.


Market

Topographic surname for someone who lived by a market.


Mesko

* As a Slovene and Serbo-Croatian surname, from Meško, a variant of the personal name Miško (see Misko) or otherwise derived from Mihael.
* As a Slovak surname, from Mečislav, from meč (“sword”) + sláva (“glory”).


Niswander

Altered spelling of German Neuschwander of or the Dutch cognate Nijswander.


Turrell

Turrell (countable and uncountable, plural Turrells)


Yeadon

Yeadon (countable and uncountable, plural Yeadons)

From Old English ġæh (“steep”) + dūn (“hill”).


Liistro

Borrowed from the Italian surname Italian Liistro, italianization of the Sicilian surname Lijistru, from lijistru (“privet”).


Oh

“Your son’s name. What is it?”
“Oh. Benjamin Oh.”
“Benjamin O … what?”
“No, Oh, Officer. That’s it. The last name is Oh.”

2021, Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness, Canongate Books (2022), page 294:

A surname from Korean derived from a common Korean surname.


Weekes

en-prop

Weekes (countable and uncountable, plural Weekeses)


Villaflor

Habitational surname borrowed from Spanish Villaflor.


Susko

Borrowed from Russian Сусько (Susʹko), Czech Suško or Hungarian Suskó.


Blickenstaff

Americanized form of Swiss German Blickensdorf.


Rosensteel

Americanized spelling of German Rosenstiel.


Catesby

en-proper noun

Catesby (countable and uncountable, plural Catesbys)


Savas

Both from Turkish Savaş and Greek Σάββας (Sávvas), the latter from Aramaic סבא (“grandfather, old man”). Several variants exist, such as Savvides, Savvopoulos, Savopoulos, Sava, Savvas.


Shartzer

Americanized spelling of German Schertzer.


Pirog

Both from Polish Piróg and Russian Пирог (Pirog)


Priem

Borrowed from Dutch Priem, an occupational surname for a shoemaker, from priem (“bodkin, awl”).


Bruer

Both from Norwegian Bruer and German Bruer.


Geralds

From Gerald + -s. From Anglo-Norman, from Old French, from Frankish.


Girvin

Girvin (countable and uncountable, plural Girvins)


Creagh

Anglicized form of Irish Craobhach, an epithet of the O'Neill dynasty deriving from the adjective craobhach (“branched, branching”). Compare Creevy, Cray.


Casement

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Asmuint (“son of Asmund”), a personal name derived from Old Norse Asmundr, which is composed by the elements áss (“god”) + mundr (“protection”).


Finer

Occupational surname for a refiner of metals.


Farless

unk

Unexplained


Lundblad

Borrowed from Swedish Lundblad, from lund (“grove”) + blad (“leaf”).


Obermiller

Americanized spelling of the German surname Obermüller.


Matkins

en-proper noun

Matkins (countable and uncountable, plural Matkinses)


McGough

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


Monhollen

unk

Unexplained


Sedam

Unidentified


Seshadri

Borrowed from Sanskrit शेषाद्रि (śeṣādri).


Pultz

Perhaps from Danish Pultz or German Pültz.


Seek

* As a North/Low German surname, from Seek, variant of Seeck, shortened from compound names containing the element Sieg (“victory”) (as in Siegfried) or siech (“ill”).
* As a Chinese surname, Romanized from 薛 (xuē), see Xue.


Elsworth

en-proper noun

Elsworth (countable and uncountable, plural Elsworths)

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


Girven

Variant of Girvan. Related to garbh (“rough”)


Boitnott

unk

Unidentified


Boshart

Americanized spelling of the German surname Bosshart.


Trembly

Americanized spelling of the French surname Tremblay


Altschuler

Borrowed from Yiddish אַלטשולער (altshuler), from אַלט (alt, “old”) + שולער (shuler, “schooler”), referring to the Old Synagogue (or Altschul) in Prague.


Thoresen

Borrowed from Norwegian Thoresen, variant of Thorsen.


Wences

Borrowed from Spanish Wences, clipping of the Spanish given name Wenceslao.


Pomfret

en-prop

Pomfret (countable and uncountable, plural Pomfrets)

The young lady, who made her firſt appearance in Lady Bab Lardoon, at the Haymarket on Monday night laſt, is a Miſs Prideaux, and lineally deſcended from one of the daughters and co-heireſſes of the Right Hon. John Wilmot, the witty Earl of Rocheſter, and conſequently related to the Sandwiches, Pomfrets, Coopers, and many other noble families.

1788 July 10, “Friday’s Post”, in The Ipswich Journal, number 3026, Ipswich, Suffolk, published 1788 July 12, page [2], column 1:


Ollis

unk

Unexplained


Kernahan

en-proper noun

Kernahan (countable and uncountable, plural Kernahans)


Rhyner

Borrowed from German Rhyner, a surname typically found in Switzerland.


Shimmel

Americanized spelling of German Schimmel.


Sauser

Borrowed from German Sauser, a surname typically found in Switzerland.


Hawksworth

Hawksworth (countable and uncountable, plural Hawksworths)

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


Muncaster

Muncaster (countable and uncountable, plural Muncasters)

From the Old Norse personal name Múli + the Old English noun ċeaster (“city, town”).


Loeffelholz

Americanized spelling of the German surname Löffelholz.


Hortman

Americanized spelling of the German surname Hortmann.


Clutts

Probably an Americanized spelling of German Klütz.


Starace

A surname from Italian [in turn from Greek].


McGeady

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Céadaich (“son of Céadach”), a byname from céadach (“hundredfold; great, immense”).


Brockley

Brockley (countable and uncountable, plural Brockleys)

From either the Old English personal name Broca or broc (“badger”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to brock + -ley (“lea”).

(countable) A habitational surname from Old English


Burich

Americanized spelling of Serbo-Croatian Burić.


Chilcott

Habitational surname from a place in Somerset, from the Old English personal name Ceola + cot (“cottage”).


Cott

Cott (countable and uncountable, plural Cotts)

From the Old English personal name Cotta.


Hofland

Borrowed from Dutch Hofland, from hof (“court”) + land (“land”).


Olaya

Borrowed from Spanish Olaya, itself from Asturian Olaya, from Ancient Greek Εὐλαλία (Eulalía).


Gatrell

Perhaps a voiced variant of the habitational surname Catterall.


McElderry

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Dhorca (“son of the dark-haired lad”).


Platek

Borrowed from Polish Płatek, Czech Plátek.


Tipsword

Unknown. It appears to be of English origin, but it is not found in current English records.


Standen

Habitational surname, perhaps from Old English stān (“stone”) + dene (“valley”).


Quebedeaux

Borrowed from French Quebedeaux. It is a typical Louisianan surname and today it is rare, if not completely lacking, in France and Canada.


Slaney

en-proper noun

Slaney (countable and uncountable, plural Slaneys)


Bickerdike

Graeme Bickerdike, a member of campaign organisation The HRE Group, told RAIL: "This infilling and demolition programme - costing much more than repair - has been conceived with no thought for its impact beyond the silos where distant, unaccountable officials manage their spreadsheets.

2021 May 5, Tony Streeter, “Network News: Disused structures "assets to be preserved", say MPs”, in RAIL, number 930, page 23:


Totherow

Presumably an altered form of German Dotterer.


Bream

Bream (countable and uncountable, plural Breams)

English surname, from an obsolete derivative of the root of the noun broom. Also from the adjective breme (“famous”). Compare the spelling variant Braham.


Nute

Perhaps a patronymic surname, derived from a clipped form of the personal name Canute, or an alternative form of Nutt.


Persky

Borrowed from Czech Perský, from perský (“Persian”).


Denbow

Perhaps from an Old English personal name Denebeald, which is composed of the elements Dene (“Dane”) + beald (“bold, brave”).


Kellis

A variant of Kelly or from Greek Κέλλης (Kéllis), a nickname for a bald man, from Turkish kel (“bald”).


Minasyan

Borrowed from Armenian Մինասյան (Minasyan).


McCorry

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Gothraidh (“son of Gothradh”), a Gaelicized form of the personal name Godfrey.


Gopaul

Variant of Gopal. This surname is typical of Mauritius and Trinidad and Tobago.


Mengistu

Borrowed from the Amharic personal name መንግስቱ (Mengistu).


Hovermale

Americanized spelling of German Habermehl.


Liscano

Borrowed from Spanish Liscano, variant of Lazcano.


Brau

Two possible origins:
* Borrowed from South German Bräu, an occupational surname from a shortened form of an agent noun denoting a brewer;
* Borrowed from Catalan and southern French Brau, a nickname from Catalan brau (“brave, fierce”) or Occitan brau (“wild”).


Carmer

unk

Unidentified


Hockenbury

Americanized spelling of German Hackenberger.


Kohlmann

Borrowed from German Kohlmann, an occupational surname for someone who grew and sold cabbage.


Keshishyan

Borrowed from Armenian Քեշիշյան (Kʻešišyan).


Kosel

Habitational surname borrowed from German Kosel.


McGuigan

Anglicized form of Northern Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Uiginn (“son of the viking”), from uiging (“Viking; pirate”).


Lansdown

en-proper noun

Lansdown (countable and uncountable, plural Lansdowns)

Habitational surname, probably from Old English langet (“long strip of ground”) + dūn (“hill”).


Kotsur

From East Slavic Коцур or a respelling of Kocur (from Polish or Slovak).


McAloon

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Eóin (“son of the servant of (Saint) John”).


Onstad

Borrowed from Norwegian Onstad, named after several farmsteads in Norway, many of which were prefixed with Old Norse names followed by staðr (“farmstead”); for example, Augunarstaðir (“Auðun's farm”), from auðr (“wealth”) + un (“friend”) (see vinr) + staðr.


Winkley

Habitational surname from a lost settlement in Lancashire, from an unclear first element + Old English lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). The surname could also derive from the village of Winksley, in North Yorkshire.


Hambridge

en-proper noun

Hambridge (countable and uncountable, plural Hambridges)

Perhaps from Old English hān (“projecting stone”) + bryċġ (“bridge”).


Siner

unk

Unexplained


Timbers

Unexplained


Berish

Americanized spelling of German Behrisch.


Bisel

Borrowed from French Bisel, possibly a habitational surname from Alsace.


Aslanian

Borrowed from Armenian Ասլանյան (Aslanyan).


Ureta

Borrowed from Spanish Ureta, itself from a Basque toponym.


Wilensky

Variant of Wilenski, from Polish Wileński, from wileński (“Vilnian”).


Shertzer

Americanized spelling of German Schertzer.


Barch

* As a north/Low German surname, from the Low German form of Berg (“hill, mountain”), compare Barg.
* As an Hungarian surname, from the personal name Barcs.
* As a German surname, Americanized from Bartsch, or the related Czech Barč.


Pastorius

Latinized form of German Schäfer (“shepherd”), from Latin pāstor (“shepherd”).


McMurphy

Anglicized spelling of Irish Mac Murchadha (“son of Murchadh”), a personal name composed of the elements muir (“sea”) + cath (“battle”).


Chittick

Nickname from a diminutive of Middle English chitte (“cub, whelp”), probably used as a term of endearment.


Chant

Probably a nickname from French chant (“song, melody”).


Glotfelty

Americanized spelling of Swiss German Glattfelder.


Margulies

From the Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation of Hebrew מרגליות.

der

Hebrew מרגליות


Common

Probably a variant of Cumming or a reduced form of McCommon.


Caras

Various etymologies: it could be from Turkish Çaraş, Romanian Caraș or Spanish Caras.


Fabro

Borrowed from Italian Fabro, but also a variant of the Tagalog surname Fabros.


Defreese

Americanized spelling of Dutch De Fries.


Delauder

Americanized spelling of French Delautre.


Butala

Borrowed both from Slovene Butala and Hindi बुटाला (buṭālā).


Orrick

From the Old English personal name Ordric, composed of ord (“point of a sword or spear”) + rīc (“power”).


Auelkhan

From Kazakh Әуелхан (Äuelxan, male given name), consisting of әуел (äuel, “first”) + хан (xan, “khan, ruler”), and various surnames derived therefrom, including Әуелханов m (Äuelxanov), Әуелханова f (Äuelxanova), and the patronymics Әуелханұлы m (Äuelxanūly), Әуелханқызы f (Äuelxanqyzy). Compare the Russian borrowed form Ауельхан (Aujelʹxan), etc.

bor

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Auelkhan.


Herard

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


Goslee

unk

Unexplained


McEnery

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Innéirghe (“son of Innéirghe”), a personal name apparently derived from éirghe (“rising, rise”).


Urgiles

Borrowed from Spanish Urgiles, itself of Basque origin.


Eslava

Borrowed from Spanish Eslava, itself from the Basque toponym Eslaba.


Percle

unk

Unexplained


Baller

A variant of the English surname Ball, with a suffix -er. Also borrowed from German Baller.


Valko

Borrowed from Russian or Ukrainian Валько (Valʹko). It could also be from Hungarian Valkó, a pet form of the personal name Valér.


Advani

Borrowed from Hindi आडवाणी (āḍvāṇī), from Sindhi آڏِوَاڻِي.

der

Sindhi آڏِوَاڻِي

Lal Krishna Advani, co-founder of BJP and 7th deputy Prime Minister of India.


Siqueiros

Borrowed from Spanish Siqueiros, a Galician habitational surname derived from sequeiro (“arid land”).


Stefanko

Borrowed from Russian or Ukrainian Стефанко (Stefanko).


Nowotarski

en-proper-noun

Nowotarski (countable and uncountable, plural Nowotarskis)


Leza

Borrowed from Spanish Leza, a habitational surname from Basque.


Almas

Various origins:
* Borrowed from Arabic أَلْمَاس (ʔalmās, “diamond”), a surname predominantly found in Pakistan.
* Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Almas, plural form of Alma.
* Borrowed from Hungarian Almás, from alma (“apple”), thus a metonymic occupational surname for a grower or seller of apples.


Beerbower

Americanized spelling of German Bierbauer.


McNeese

Anglicization of Irish Mac Naoise, a patronymic from a shortened form of Aonghas (“Angus”).


Kollie

This surname is mostly found in Liberia.


Marbut

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Unidentified


Launius

Borrowed from Lithuanian Launius, perhaps a nickname derived from launys (“hornless”).


Porras

Habitational surname borrowed from Spanish Porras


Ekdahl

Borrowed from Swedish Ekdahl, from ek (“oak”) + dahl (“valley”).


Huettl

Borrowed from German Hüttl, diminutive of Hütt.


Choquet

Borrowed from French Choquet, itself from Picard Choquet.

A surname from French [in turn from Picard].


Scibilia

Borrowed from Italian Scibilia, from Sicilian Xibilia (or nowadays Scibbilia).


Dwinell

Unexplained


Dagen

Borrowed/Americanized from German Dagen, variant of Degen.


Dembinski

Borrowed from Polish Dembiński and Dębiński.


Cristino

Borrowed from Spanish, Portuguese, Italian Cristino.


Hakanson

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


Harroun

Borrowed from Arabic هَارُون (hārūn), a male given name.


Kaeser

Occupational surname, borrowed from German Käser (“maker or seller of cheese”).


Livas

Borrowed from Spanish and Catalan Livas. It can be also from Greek Λίβας (Lívas).


Keady

en-proper noun

Keady (countable and uncountable, plural Keadys)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Céadaigh.


Koetter

Occupational surname, borrowed from German Kötter (“tenant, cotter”).


Macklin

Unexplained. It could be a variant of McLean.

unk

Unexplained


Lafitte

en-proper noun

Lafitte (countable and uncountable, plural Lafittes)


Dzingel

Unclear. Perhaps a variant of Dziengiel / Dzięgiel, from Polish dzięgiel (“angelica”).


Staddon

Habitational surname from any of various minor places in Devon and Somerset, from Old English stōd (“stud, stallion”) + dūn (“hill”).


Cotes

en-prop

Cotes (countable and uncountable, plural Coteses or Cotes)


Oyster

Uncertain. Perhaps a nickname for someone who cultivated or sold oysters.


Zurayq

Constantin Zurayq, b. 1909


Zureiq

Constantin Zureiq, b. 1909


Mega

en-proper-noun

Mega (countable and uncountable, plural Megas)


Culcheth

en-proper noun

Culcheth (countable and uncountable, plural Culcheths)

From Welsh cul (“narrow”) + coed (“wood, trees”).


Demaris

Origin unidentified. Perhaps a variant of Desmarais.

unk

unidentified


Bocock

From the Middle English personal name Bawcock, a pet form of Baldwin.


McKeever

en-proper noun

McKeever (countable and uncountable, plural McKeevers)


Warby

Perhaps from Old Norse vǫrðr (“warden, watcher”) + býr (“farmstead”).


Rufford

Rufford (countable and uncountable, plural Ruffords)

From Old English rūh (“rough”) + ford (“ford”); compare the doublet Rufforth.


Bruin

Bruin (countable and uncountable, plural Bruins)

* As a Dutch surname, borrowed from Dutch Bruin, from the adjective bruin (“brown”). Compare Braun.
* As an English surname, possibly a pronunciation of the French surname Brun, from the adjective brun (“brown”), related to above.
* As an Alemannic German surname, variant of Bruhin.


Spreitzer

Borrowed from German Spreitzer. This surname is mostly found in Austria.


Shetterly

unk

Origin unidentified


Tapanes

Borrowed from Spanish Tapanes. This surname is mostly found in Cuba.


Suon

Perhaps borrowed from the Khmer given name សួន (suən).


Zelazny

Borrowed from Polish Żelazny, from żelazny (“iron”).


Lobban

Scottish habitational surname, probably from Scottish Gaelic làban (“muddy place”).


Kister

Borrowed from German Kister, an abbreviation of Christopher.


Manseau

Borrowed from French Manseau, a habitational surname for someone from Le Mans.


Kravets

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


Dilly

Borrowed from French Dilly, but also a variant of Dilley.


Parthasarathy

Borrowed from Tamil பார்த்தசாரதி (pārttacārati).

bor

பார்த்தசாரதி


Dishner

Americanized spelling of German Dischner.


Herda

Borrowed from Czech Herda, nickname for a clumsy, noisy or loutish person.


Dormer

Most probably an English habitational surname, but if so the place of origin has not been identified. It could also be a reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Díorma.


Garney

unk

Unexplained


Hiester

Borrowed from German Hiester, a habitational surname.


McKinstry

Anglicized form of Irish Mac an Aistrigh.


Krisher

Americanized spelling of German Krischer.


Mangiaracina

Borrowed from Italian Mangiaracina, itself of Sicilian origin.


Lemcke

Borrowed from German Lemcke, a variant of Lemke.


Raybuck

Americanized spelling of German Rehbock.


Peterka

Borrowed from Czech, Slovak, and Slovene Peterka, from a derivative of the name Peter.


Krass

* As a German surname, from krass (“extreme, stark”).
* Also as a south German surname (Kräss), variant of Kress, itself converged from several origins such as variations of the name Christian, and the obsolete Middle High German kresse (“gudgeon”).


Jutras

Borrowed from French Jutras. This surname is mostly found in Canada.


Diffenderfer

Americanized spelling of German Diefendörfer.


Paules

Habitational surname borrowed from Spanish Paules.


Snethen

Unidentified


Ostroff

* As a Jewish surname, Westernized from Ostrov.
* As a Jewish and Slavic surname of Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian origin, shortened from Ostrovsky.


Aydelotte

Borrowed from French Aydelotte, a patronymic surname from the personal name Edelot.


Aven

Borrowed from Norwegian Aven. It could also be a variant of Avon.


Ruvolo

Borrowed from Italian Ruvolo, itself of Sicilian origin.


Ferlinghetti

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, b. 1919


Polynice

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


Lundmark

Borrowed from Swedish Lundmark, from lund (“grove”) + mark (“ground, field”).


Scholtes

Borrowed from Dutch and German Scholtes.


Volner

Borrowed from Czech Volner, an occupational surname for a wool worker, from German Wollner.


Kosa

Various:
# From a Slavic language, e.g. Polish Kosa, Slovak Kosa, Ukrainian коса (kosa); from Proto-Slavic *kosa.
# From Hungarian Kósa.


Madill

en-proper noun

Madill (countable and uncountable, plural Madills)

From Norman madle (“male”). Compare Old French masle (“male”).


Hazelrigg

Habitational surname from places so called in Cumbria, Lancashire and Northumberland, from Old Norse hasl (“hazel”) + hryggr (“ridge”).


Kacer

From Czech Kačer, from kačer (“drake”), or from Slovak Káčer, from káčer (“drake”).


Clamp

From clamp, a metonymic occupational surname for someone who worked with this tool.


Cowser

Occupational surname, from Old French cousere (“tailor”).


Longbrake

Americanized spelling of German Lamprecht.


Manzanares

Manzanares (countable and uncountable, plural Manzanareses)


Malka

Borrowed from Hebrew מַלְכָּה (malká, “queen”).


Marzo

Borrowed from Spanish and Italian Marzo. This surname is mostly found in the Philippines.


Swales

Habitational surname, from the River Swale in Yorkshire.


Leamy

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Laomdha.


Qamar

Borrowed from Arabic قَمَر (qamar, “moon”). This surname is mostly found in Pakistan.


Needleman

English translation of the Danish surname Nadelmann.


Ledingham

A habitational surname typical of Aberdeenshire.


Vickerman

Occupational surname for the servant of a vicar.


Bensley

Habitational surname from an unidentified place in England.


Azhar

Borrowed from Arabic أَزْهَر (ʔazhar, “shining, radiant”). This surname is mostly found in Pakistan.


Beristain

Borrowed from Spanish Beristain, a surname of Basque origin. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.


Babington

From the Old English personal name Babba + the connective particle -ing- + tūn (“enclosure”).


Blandino

Borrowed from Italian Blandino. This surname is also quite common in Nicaragua.


Arzuaga

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


Brailey

Habitational surname from the River Bray + ley (“meadow”).


Bearman

Occupational surname for a keeper of a dancing bear.


Unanue

Borrowed from Spanish Unanue, a surname of Basque origin.


Nead

From Middle English nede (“need, poverty, distress”), presumably used as a nickname for a poor or needy person.


Leazer

Americanized spelling of French Leasure.


Kleinsmith

Part-translation of German Kleinschmidt. This surname is mostly found in South Africa.


Amescua

Borrowed from Spanish Amescua, a variant of Amezcua. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.


Revak

Borrowed from Slovak Revák and Ukrainian Ревак (Revak).


Gateley

en-proper noun

Gateley (countable and uncountable, plural Gateleys)

From Old English gāt (“goat”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to goat + -ley (“lea”). Compare Shipley (literally “sheep lea”).


Maredia

Borrowed from Marathi मरेिडया (mareiḍyā).


Ghazi

Borrowed from Arabic غَازِي (ḡāzī, “hero, champion, conqueror”). This surname is mostly found in Iraq.


Dashnaw

Americanized spelling of Canadian French Dagenais.


Ellenbecker

Americanized form of German Ellenbecher.


Dutka

Borrowed from Polish Dutka and Ukrainian Дутка (Dutka).


Elkhatib

Borrowed from Arabic الخطيب. This surname is mostly found in Egypt.

Arabic الخطيب


Cajuste

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


Buday

Borrowed from Hungarian, Slovak Buday and Belarusian Будай (Budaj).


Cuddington

en-proper noun

Cuddington (countable and uncountable, plural Cuddingtons)

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


McGrady

McGrady (countable and uncountable, plural McGradys)

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Bhrádaigh (“son of Brádach”), a personal name probably derived from a word meaning "proud". Compare Irish bród (“pride”) and bródach (“favourite, pet; boyo”).


Jacuinde

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


Lomba

Habitational surname from Portuguese and Galician Lomba, from Galician lomba (“mountain ridge”).


Petion

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


Legarreta

Borrowed from Spanish Legarreta, from Basque.


Knapton

Knapton (countable and uncountable, plural Knaptons)

From Old English cnapa (“servant”) + tūn (“town”).


Samkova

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


Samkov

A male surname from the Slavic languages, feminine equivalent Samkova.


Mondor

Borrowed from French Mondor. This surname is mostly found in Canada.


Amezola

Borrowed from Spanish Amezola, from Basque Ametzola.


Sausedo

Borrowed from Spanish Sausedo, variant of Saucedo.


Toe

Borrowed from Kru, but also from Burmese တို (tui). This surname is mostly found in Myanmar, followed by Liberia and Burkina Faso.


McNally

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Con Allaidh (son of the wild hound) derived from cú allaid (“wild hound, wild dog”), or in Connacht Irish Mac an Fhailghigh derived from failgheach (“poor man”).


Banville

Borrowed from French Banville. This surname is mostly found in Canada.


Weygandt

Borrowed from German Weygandt, a variant of Weigand.


Zemaitis

Borrowed from Lithuanian Žemaitis, from žemaitis (“Samogitian”).


Agundez

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


Sollars

From Middle English soler (“upper floor of a house”), from Old English solor, probably an occupational surname for a servant whose duties were centered in the upper part of a house.


Ales

Various origins:
* Borrowed from Italian Ales, a regional variant of Alessi.
* Borrowed from Czech and Slovene Aleš.
* Borrowed from Spanish Ales.


Soth

Borrowed from German Soth. Also from Khmer សុទ្ (sŏt).


Shinnick

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Sionnaigh (“descendant of Sionnach”), a personal name based on sionnach (“fox”). Compare Tinney.


Nazaryan

Borrowed from Armenian Նազարյան (Nazaryan).


Fleites

Borrowed from Spanish Fleites. This surname is mostly found in Cuba.


McConaghy

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Dhonnchaidh.


Kidston

From the Old English personal name Cydd + tūn (“enclosure, estate”).


Grapes

Perhaps a habitational surname from a house bearing the sign of a bunch of grapes.


Ledwith

Probably a derivative of the old personal name Lutwidge.


Markovitz

* As a Jewish surname, variant of Markovich, Markowicz, Markowitz. This surname is mostly found in Israel.
* As a Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, and Slovene surname, Americanized from Markovic.


Herdt

* As a south German surname, from the adjective hart (“hard”), also the noun Herd (“hearth”).
* Also as a German surname, shortened from the personal name Herto, itself from the root of hart.
* As a Dutch surname, spelling variant of Herd, from hert (“stag”).


Shabani

en-proper noun

Shabani (countable and uncountable, plural Shabanis)


Palla

* As an Italian surname, borrowed from Italian Palla.
* As a Catalan and Galician surname, from palla (“straw”).
* As a Hungarian surname, variant of Pál.
* As an Indian/Punjabi Sikh surname, borrowed from Hindi पाल्ला (pāllā, “edge of a garment”).


Bézier

Pierre Bézier, b. 1910


McLeish

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac Gille Íosa (“son of the servant of Jesus”).


Woolner

en-proper noun

Woolner (countable and uncountable, plural Woolners)

From the Old English personal name Wulfnoþ, a compound of wulf (“wolf”) + noþ (“daring, courage”). The finale -r represents the pronunciation of unaccented -nough, like in Woolnough.


Eleby

Probably an altered spelling of Ellerby.


Eckerson

Patronymic surname, from the Dutch personal name Ecker.


Elpers

Borrowed from Dutch Elpers, probably a variant of Elbers.


Doshier

Probably an American variant of French Dozier.


Ponsford

Ponsford (countable and uncountable, plural Ponsfords)

Habitational surname from a place in Devon.


Hedglin

Probably a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place.


Chenard

Borrowed from French Chenard. This surname is mostly found in Canada.


Champoux

Borrowed from French Champoux. This surname is mostly found in Canada.


McKelvey

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Bhuidhe.


McRobert

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Roibeirt (“son of Roibert”), a Gaelicized form of Robert.


Careaga

Borrowed from Spanish Careaga, habitational surname from Basque Kareaga.


McDaris

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Dubhruis.


Payment

Variant of French Paiement. This surname is mostly found in Canada.


Rapalo

Borrowed from Spanish Rapalo. This surname is mostly found in Honduras.


Norrod

Variant of Norwood. Possibly an altered spelling of German Naurod or Nauroth.


McInnis

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic MacAonghais.


Eggington

en-proper noun

Eggington (countable and uncountable, plural Eggingtons)

Recorded as Ekendon in the XII and XIII centuries, the placename derives from Old English ǣċen (“oaken”) + dūn (“hill”).


du Plessis

en-proper-noun

du Plessis (plural du Plessises or du Plessis or du Plesses)

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


Boeding

Probably a habitational surname, from German Böding.


McBurney

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Biorna.


Valasek

From Czech (Valášek) and Slovak (Valašek) surname, a derivative of Valach.


Grajales

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


Rudkin

From the surname Rudd + -kin (“diminutive suffix”).


Benne

Borrowed from North German Benne, a variant of the surname Benn. Borrowed also from French Benne, a metonymic occupational surname for the maker or driver of a cart.


Shortell

Re-Anglicized form of Irish Seartal, Soirtéil, which are from the English surname Shorthals.


Insell

The two Newport station boxes, East and West, were equipped with the earliest route-setting installations in the country, developed by a former G.W.R. Signal Engineer, R. J. Insell, and brought into service in 1927.

1963 February, G. M. Kichenside, “The Newport (Mon.) resignalling scheme”, in Modern Railways, page 129:


McElrath

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Riabhaigh (“son of the brindled lad”), the same source of Gallery.


Kingscott

Kingscott (surname)
St Giles in the Wood


Pruner

Possibly an altered spelling of German Prunner.


Funnell

Variant of Fennell, found predominantly in East Sussex.


Borwick

en-proper noun

Borwick (countable and uncountable, plural Borwicks)


Chilvers

From Chilver + 's (“son or family of Chilver”), from Old English Ċēolfriþ (“Ceolfrith”), from ċēol (“ship, boat”) + friþ (“peace”).


Granquist

Borrowed from Swedish Granqvist, from gran (“spruce”) + kvist (“twig”).


Hargus

unk

Unexplained


Iturbe

Borrowed from Spanish Iturbe, from Basque.


Gilkison

From the Scottish Gaelic patronymic surname, from a pet form of Gilchrist.


Conyer

Metathisized form of the occupational surname Coyner or, possibly, an occupational surname for a dealer in rabbits or rabbit skins, from an agent derivative of Middle English coni (“rabbit”). Compare the surname Coney.


Demirjian

Borrowed from Armenian Դեմիրճյան (Demirčyan).


McDuff

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Dhuibh.


Dircks

Borrowed from Dutch and North German Dircks.


Tooze

Patronymic form, from the surname Tough, Tow and Towe, all from Old English toh (“tough”).


Bulson

Unexplained, but most probably a patronymic surname.

Unexplained


Carawan

Americanized spelling of Polish Karawan, from karawan (“hearse”).


Greenslade

Topographic surname, from Middle English grene (“green”) + slade (“valley, dale”).


Camaj

Borrowed from Albanian Camaj. This surname is mostly found in Montenegro.


Cabriales

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


Chabon

Michael Chabon, b. 1963


Charyn

Jerome Charyn, b. 1937


Hunnewell

en-proper noun

Hunnewell (countable and uncountable, plural Hunnewells)


Kilcullen

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Cuillin.


Papadakis

Borrowed from Greek Παπαδάκης (Papadákis).


McGillivray

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Bhràtha.


Swalley

unk

Unidentified origin


Fossey

Habitational surname, typical of Bedfordshire, from Old English foss (“ditch, dike”) + īeġ (“island”).


Bovell

English surname of Norman origin, from one of the towns called Bouville in France.


Schmidlin

Borrowed from German Schmidlin. This surname is mostly found in Switzerland.


Usmani

Borrowed from Urdu عثمانی (“Ottoman”). This surname is mostly found in Pakistan.


Doel

English surname, from Old English dol (“stupid”), represented in modern dull. See also Dull, Dill.


Smalldon

Habitational surname, from Old English smæl (“small, narrow”) + dene (“valley”).


Stewardson

Patronymic surname meaning "son of the steward".


de la Mare

Formed from several placenames meaning "of the pool" from French de (“of”) + la (“the”) + mare (“pool”). Compare the variant Delamere.


Worobey

From Russian воробей (vorobej, “sparrow”) or Belarusian верабей (vjerabjej). Doublet of Wrobel.


Snuffer

Americanized spelling of German Schnaufer.


Bligh

* As an Irish and Manx surname, from Ó Blighe (“descendant of Blighe”), probably Gaelicized from Old Norse Blígr, from blígja (“to gaze, stare”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyg-, from *bʰel- (“to shine”).
* As a Cornish surname, from bleydh (“wolf”). Compare Blethen.
* As an English surname of Norman origin, variant of Blythe.


Racey

Unexplained. Compare Racy, Rasey and Razey.

Unexplained


Reckner

Borrowed from German Reckner, probably a variant of Rechner.


McNelis

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Niallghuis (“son of Niallghus”), a personal name composed of Níall (“a personal name”) + gus (“choice or vigor”).


Stubbington

en-proper noun

Stubbington (countable and uncountable, plural Stubbingtons)

From Old English stybb (“tree stump”) + -ing + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Kuchinski

Variant of Polish Kuciński or Kuczyński.


Laver

Occupational surname for a washerman, from Anglo-Norman laver.


Teesdale

Teesdale (countable and uncountable, plural Teesdales)


Fazakerley

Fazakerley (countable and uncountable, plural Fazakerleys)

From Old English fæs (“border; fringe”) + æcer (“field”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Compare Ackerley.


Aparo

From the Sicilian Aparu, a surname derived from aparu (“beekeeper”).


Van Allen

French: Van Allen


Cashdollar

Americanized spelling of German Kirchthaler.


Doverspike

Americanized spelling of German Daubenspeck.


Eckmann

Borrowed from German Eckmann, topographic surname for someone who lived near a corner, from Eck (“corner”).


Oceguera

Borrowed from Spanish Oceguera, variant of Oseguera. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.


Cucchiara

Borrowed from Italian Cucchiara, from Sicilian cucchiara (“spoon”).


McElwee

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Bhuidhe (“son of the yellow-haired lad”).


Trotti

en-prop

Trotti (countable and uncountable, plural Trottis)


Ogborn

Habitational surname from either of two villages in Wiltshire called Ogbourne, from the Old English personal name Occa + burna (“stream”).


McSweeney

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Suibhne. Compare Sweeney.


Buick

The surname is a variant of Bewick, the brand is named after Scottish-American inventor David Dunbar Buick (1854–1929).


Thrupp

en-proper noun

Thrupp (countable and uncountable, plural Thrupps)

From Old English þrop, metathesized variant of þorp (“farm, village”).


Sheeder

Americanized spelling of German Schieder.


Wahlquist

Borrowed from Swedish Wahlqvist, from vall (“pasture”) + kvist (“twig”).


Appelhans

From German Appelhans or Alemannic German Appelhans.


Sawdon

Sawdon (countable and uncountable, plural Sawdons)

From Old English sealh (“willow, sallow”) + denu (“valley”).


Brompton

Brompton (countable and uncountable, plural Bromptons)

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


Belflower

Probably a partly Americanized form of the surnames Belfiore or Bellefleur.


Miescher

Borrowed from German Miescher. This surname is mostly found in Switzerland.


Anfinson

Patronymic surname borrowed from Swedish and Norwegian Anfinson.


Blando

Borrowed from Spanish and Italian Blando. This surname is mostly found in the Philippines.


McCorkle

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Thorcaill.


Armagost

Ultimately from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements *arô (“eagle”) and *gastiz (“stranger, guest”).


Bacallao

Borrowed from Spanish Bacallao. This surname is mostly found in Cuba.


Calverley

Calverley (countable and uncountable, plural Calverleys)

From Old English calfra, genitive plural of cælf (“calf”), + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).


Silkwood

Probably an English habitational surname, even though it does not appear in present-day English records.


Swoope

Probably an altered form of German Schwab.


Sooy

unk

Origin unidentified


Ovechkin

en-proper-noun

Ovechkin (countable and uncountable, plural Ovechkins)

From Russian Овечкин (Ovečkin), from овечка (ovečka), from овца (ovca).

(countable) A masculine-form surname from Russian.


Jagr

From Czech Jágr, from German Jäger, from Old High German jagōn.


Mazepin

From Slavic (Belarusian Мазепін (Mazjepin); Russian Мазепин (Mazepin)).


Kackley

Perhaps an Americanized spelling of German Kächele.


Breslow

Variant of German Breslau, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Chiarenza

From Italian Chiarenza, from chiarenza, via French from Latin clarentia, from clarus (“clear, bright, famous”) + -entia (“-ence: forming abstract nouns”).


Damman

Borrowed from Dutch Damman, occupational surname for someone whose responsibility was to look after a dike or dam, from dam.


Ferrick

Shortened Americanized form of Irish Mac Phiaraic (“son of Piers or Peter”).


Houge

Borrowed from Dutch Houge or from Norwegian Houge, a variant of Hauge.


McAfee

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Dhuibhshíthe (“son of Dhuibhshít”), a personal name composed of dubh (“black”) + síth (“peace”).


Halder

Borrowed from German Halder, but also from Bengali হালদার (haldar).


Sterkel

Borrowed from German Sterkel, variant of Störkel.


Sigley

Possibly an altered spelling of German Sigle.


Savinon

Borrowed from Spanish Saviñon. This surname is mostly found in the Dominican Republic.


McBeth

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Beatha (“son of life”).


Mattes

Borrowed from German Mattes, from a vernacular form of Matthias (“Matthew”).


Lowthorpe

en-proper noun

Lowthorpe (countable and uncountable, plural Lowthorpes)

From the Old Norse personal name Lagi + þorp (“hamlet, village”).


Lyng

Ornamental surname borrowed from Danish and Norwegian lyng (“heather”).


Rincones

Borrowed from Spanish Rincones. This surname is mostly found in Venezuela.


Shonkwiler

Americanized spelling of German Schankweiler.


Sanderford

It may be a habitational surname from a place called Sandford, from Old English sand + ford.


Belongia

Americanized spelling of French Belanger.


Alomari

Borrowed from Arabic العمري. This surname is mostly found in Saudi Arabia.

bor

Arabic العمري


Bassford

Habitational surname from any of several places called Basford, from the Old English personal name Basa + ford.


Abadi

Borrowed from Arabic ابادي and Amharic ኣባዲ (ʾabadi). This surname is mostly found in Yemen and Ethiopia.


McCaskill

en-proper noun

McCaskill (countable and uncountable, plural McCaskills)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Asgaill (“son of Asgall”), a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Ásketill, composed of the elements áss (“god”) + ketill (“kettle, cauldron”).

der

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


Vliet

Borrowed from Dutch Vliet, topographic surname for someone who lived by a brook, from vliet (“brook”).


Shuping

Americanized form of German Schüpping. This surname is mostly found in South Africa.


Tullier

Borrowed from French Tullier, occupational surname for a maker or layer of tiles.


Newnham

en-proper noun

Newnham (countable and uncountable, plural Newnhams)

From Old English nēowan, weak dative form of nēowe (“new”), + hām (“village, hamlet”).


Ridener

Possibly an altered spelling of German Reitner or Reutener.


Babino

Borrowed from Italian Babino, but it could also be an altered spelling of French Babineau.


Baldenegro

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


Artola

Borrowed from Spanish Artola, from a Basque word meaning "sheepfold". This surname is mostly found in Nicaragua.


McDonnell

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Dhomhnuill (“son of Donald”). See also MacDonald.


Waldmann

Borrowed from German Waldmann, occupational surname for a gamekeeper.


Semaan

Borrowed from Arabic سَمْعَان (samʕān). This surname is mostly found in Saudi Arabia.


McEachern

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Eichthigheirn (“son of Eichthigearn”), a personal name formed by each (“horse”) + tighearna (“lord”).


Quintrell

Cornish surname derived from an anglicisation of Old French cointerel (“beau, dandy”).


Repton

en-prop

Repton (countable and uncountable, plural Reptons)


Gaskey

Perhaps an altered spelling of French Gasquet or Gasqué.


Masias

Borrowed from Catalan Masias, a variant of Masies, from masia (“farmstead”). This surname is mostly found in Peru.


Cunsolo

From the Sicilian Cùnzulu, a surname derived from cùnzulu (“consul”).


Ducat

English occupational surname for a moneylender or minter or a nickname for a rich man, from Old French ducat (“name of a gold coin”). Also borrowed from French Ducat.


McGarry

en-proper noun

McGarry (countable and uncountable, plural McGarrys)

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Fhearadhaigh (“son of Fhearadhach”), a personal name meaning "strong", "brave", from fear (“man”).


Hustad

Habitational surname borrowed from Norwegian Hustad.


Koci

Borrowed from Czech Kočí, from kočí (“coachman”).


Foree

Possibly an Americanized spelling of French Fauré.


Garcon

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


McHale

Anglicized form of Irish mac céile (“son of the companion”) or, alternatively, from Irish Mac Haol (“son of Haol”), a Gaelicized form of Howell.

Max Cross cut a fine figure as the Colonel, Percy Penny was a somewhat unducal Duke, while Edgar McHale gave a particularly good rendering of the Major.

1922, Musical News and Herald, volumes 62-63, page 780:


Dagg

From Old French dague (“dagger”), hence a metonymic occupational surname for a maker or seller of daggers.


Sulayman

Mexmut Sulayman, b. 1968


Poissant

Borrowed from French Poissant. This surname is mostly found in Canada.


Noy

Several origins:
* A variant of the English surname Noe, related to Noah.
* Ornamental surname, from Hebrew נוי (nói, “decoration, adornment”), in part adopted as a Hebraicized form of various Ashkenazi surnames containg the unrelated German element neu (“new”)
* Borrowed from Catalan Noy, variant of Noi, nickname from noi (“boy, lad”)
* Borrowed from Lao ຍ (nya)


McIver

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Íomhair (“son of Íomhar”), Gaelic adaptation of the Old Norse name Ívarr.


Oquendo

Borrowed from Spanish Oquendo, Castilianized form of Basque Okendo. This surname is mostly found in Colombia.


Bloshinsky

Borrowed from Russian Блошинский (Blošinskij).


Azim

Borrowed from Arabic عَظِيم (ʕaẓīm). This surname is mostly found in Bangladesh.


Biot

en-proper-noun

Biot (countable and uncountable, plural Biots)


Venter

Borrowed from German and Dutch Venter. This surname is mostly found in South Africa.


Wahlgren

Borrowed from Swedish Wahlgren, from vall (“pasture”) + gren (“branch”). Compare Wallgren.


Venters

From Middle English aventurous (“bold, venturesome”), a nickname for a daring person.


McLellan

en-proper noun

McLellan (countable and uncountable, plural McLellans)


Ozuna

Borrowed from Spanish Ozuna, variant of Osuna.


Kinnie

Alternative form of Kenny
A surname from Irish.


Rodelo

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


Soley

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Unexplained


Rumore

Borrowed from Italian Rumore. It could also be an altered spelling of German Rumohr.


McFalls

Variant of McFall, with the redundant patronymic suffix -s.


Plauche

Borrowed from French Plauche. It could also be an altered spelling of German Ploch or Plache.


McMaster

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Maighstir or Mac Á Mhaighstir (“son of the master”), from maighstir (“master”).


Saintvil

Variant of Sainvil. This surname is mostly found in Haiti.


Osuna

Habitational surname borrowed from Spanish Osuna, a town in Andalusia.


Watroba

Borrowed from Polish Wątroba, from wątroba (“liver”), from Proto-Slavic *ǫtroba.


Vontroba

From Silesian wōntroba or Polish wątroba, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *ǫtroba.


Wontroba

Alternative spelling of the Polish surname Wątroba, from wątroba, or from Silesian wōntroba; ultimately from Proto-Slavic *ǫtroba.


Resetar

Occupational surname borrowed from Serbo-Croatian rešetar, Slovak rešetár, or Czech řešetář (“sievemaker”).


Wantroba

From Belarusian вантроба (vantróba), Polish wątroba, or Silesian wōntroba, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *ǫtroba.


von Daniken

From German von Däniken, from von+Däniken.


Perlow

From the German spelling of the Jewish surname Perlov.


Labrake

Americanized spelling of French Labrecque.


Khaimov

Borrowed from Russian Хаимов (Xaimov), a Russianized Hebrew last name, from חיים (ḥayím, “life”), primarily used by Central Asian Jews. This surname is mostly found in Uzbekistan.


Gadsby

en-proper noun

Gadsby (countable and uncountable, plural Gadsbys)

Habitational surname from the village of Gaddesby, in Leicestershire, from Old Norse gaddr (“spur of land”) + býr (“settlement”).


McNabb

McNabb (countable and uncountable, plural McNabbs)

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac an Abadh (“son of the abbot”).


Thunberg

/ˈtuːnˌbɜːɡ/

/ˈθuːnˌbɜːɡ/

Mnuchin, asked about climate change in a CNBC interview after his comments about Thunberg, argued there were bigger issues that also needed to be addressed. When a host noted clean air rules as an example of something that might be more urgent, Mnuchin ignored the interjection.

2020 January 23, Philip Bump, “Mnuchin said Thunberg needed to study economics before offering climate proposals. So we talked to an economist.”, in Washington Post:


Mountbatten

en-proper-noun

Mountbatten (countable and uncountable, plural Mountbattens)

Partial calque of German Battenberg (literally “Batten mountain”), equivalent to mount + Batten. The name was anglicised due to anti-German feeling during World War I. The neighbourhood is named after Lord Louis Mountbatten (1900–1979).

named-after

Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma

蒙巴頓

The surname Mountbatten rendered into other languages

Battenberg

Equivalencies of the surname Mountbatten


Hayer

Various etymologies:
* A variant of the English surname Ayer.
* A topographic surname for someone who lived by an enclosure, from Middle English hay (“enclosure, hedge”) + -er.
* Borrowed from French Hayer, an occupational surname for a warder of a woodland, from Old French haye (“hedge”).
* Borrowed from South German Hayer, from an agent derivative of Middle High German heien (“to guard, protect”).
* Borrowed from Punjabi ਹਾਈਯਰ (hāīyar), surname based on the name of a Jat clan.


Marantz

From Yiddish מאַראַנץ (marants, “orange”).


Hopton

en-proper noun

Hopton (countable and uncountable, plural Hoptons)

From Old English hop (“valley among hills”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).


Shiel

Shiel (countable and uncountable, plural Shiels)


Golphin

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Unexplained


McPeak

Anglicized form of Northern Irish Mac Péice (“son of Péic”).


Fowers

Status surname, from Old French fouuer, itself from Latin focārius (“hearth-keeper”). Compare modern French foyer.


Borley

en-proper noun

Borley (countable and uncountable, plural Borleys)

Traditionally derived from Old English bār (“boar”) + lēah (“woodland; meadow”). Equivalent to boar + -ley (“lea”).


Swistun

From Polish Świstun, Polish Świstuń, or Ukrainian Свистун (Svystun).


Munter

* As a north German (Münter) and Dutch (De Munter) surname, occupational surname for a minter; see Minter.
* Also as a German surname (and Swedish and Danish, both borrowed from the German), from the adjective Munter (“lively, merry”). Also found in Finland.


Brackenbury

Habitational surname from any of several minor places in England, such as Brackenber, Brackenborough and Breckenbrough.


Brooksbank

Habitational surname from any of various minor places in England, from brook + -s- + bank.


Badenoch

Badenoch
Badenoch, Ontario
George Badenoch
Kemi Badenoch


Shadowens

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Unidentified


Sneath

Habiational surname from Snaith in East Yorkshire, so called from Old Norse sneið (“cut off piece of land”).


Splinter

Borrowed from Dutch and North German Splinter.


Barfuss

Borrowed from German Barfuss, from barfuß (“barefoot”).


Alcindor

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


Maahs

Borrowed from German Maahs, variant of Maas.


McShea

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Séaghdha (“son of Séaghdha”), a byname meaning "fine" of "fortunate".


Thibeaux

Borrowed from French Thibeaux, variant of Thibault.


Wyeth

en-proper noun

Wyeth (countable and uncountable, plural Wyeths)


Martley

Martley (countable and uncountable, plural Martleys)

From Old English mearþ (“marten”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).


McTigue

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Taidhg (“son of the poet”), from tadg (“poet”).


Berrocal

Borrowed from Spanish Berrocal, a habitational surname from the city of Berrocal in Andalusia. This surname is mostly found in Peru.


Bakos

Borrowed from Hungarian Bakos, Slovak Bakoš or Polish Bakoś.


Dusik

Borrowed from Czech Dusík or Polish Dusik. Compare duša (“spirit, soul”).


Radillo

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


Perich

Americanized form of Serbo-Croatian Perić. Also borrowed from Catalan Perich, variant of Peric.


Latulippe

Variant of French Latulipe. This surname is mostly found in Canada.


Freudenburg

Habitational surname borrowed from German Freudenburg.


McVicar

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac á Bhiocair (“son of the vicar”).


Hanawalt

Americanized spelling of German Hanewald.


Camey

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


Cartner

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Unexplained


Dufort

Borrowed from French Dufort. This surname is mostly found in Canada.


McWaters

Anglicized form, with English genitive -s, of Scottish Gaelic Mac Bhàtair, a patronymic from a Gaelicized form of the personal name Walter.


Hillesheim

Habitational surname borrowed from German Hillesheim.


Hammoud

Borrowed from Arabic حمود. This surname is mostly found in Saudi Arabia.


Cheely

Americanized form of South German Schiele.


McEvoy

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Giolla Bhuidhe (“son of the yellow-haired lad”) and Irish Mac Fhíodhbhuidhe, a patronymic originally from fíodhbhadhach (“woodman”).


Shakerley

en-proper noun

Shakerley (countable and uncountable, plural Shakerleys)

From Old English sceácere (“robber, thief”) (from Proto-West Germanic *skākārī) + lēah (“woodland; clearing”).


Krusec

From Slovene Krušec. Compare krušec (“little piece of bread”), hruška (“pear”).


Reifsteck

Borrowed from German Reifsteck, a metonymic occupational surname for a hoop maker or cooper.


Steinborn

Borrowed from German Steinborn, from Stein (“stone”) + Born (“spring, well”).


Sorel

Borrowed from French Sorel, nickname for a person with reddish hair.


McKillip

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Fhilib (“son of Philip”).


Alms

Borrowed from German Alms, but it could also be a variant of Alm.


Inglese

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


Shill

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Unexplained


Ribar

Occupational surname, borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Ribar, from ribar (“fisherman”).


Madani

Borrowed from Arabic مدني (madaniyy, “urban, civilized”). This surname is mostly found in Algeria.


Seminario

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


Desrochers

/dəˈɹoʊˌʃeɪ/

Borrowed from French Desrochers. This surname is mostly found in Canada.


Quartararo

/kwɔɹtəˈɹɑːɹoʊ/


Racki

From Polish Racki or Serbo-Croatian Rački.


McQuaid

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Uaid (“son of Uad”).


Pintar

Borrowed from Slovene Pintar, an occupational surname for a cooper.


Renstrom

Borrowed from Swedish Renström, from ren (“reindeer”) + ström (“stream”).


Rathe

* As a German surname, variant of Rath.
* As a southern German surname, from a pet form of the name Konrad.
* As a French surname, variant of Ratte.


McAlpine

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Ailpín and Scottish Gaelic Mac Ailpein (“son of Ailpean”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of ailp (“lump; stout person”). Compare O'Halpin.


Simcoe

en-proper noun

Simcoe (countable and uncountable, plural Simcoes)


Craughwell

en-proper-noun

Craughwell (countable and uncountable, plural Craughwells)

Perhaps from Irish creach (“plunder, raid”) + maol (“bare hill”).


Odgers

Patronymic surname from the personal name Odger.


Lodes

Topographic surname for someone living by a path, road or watercourse, from Middle English lode (“way, path”), or a habitational surname from any of several minor places named Load or Lode.


Prieur

Borrowed from French Prieur, occupational surname from prieur (“prior”).


Laperle

Borrowed from French Laperle. This surname is mostly found in Canada.


Lasser

Borrowed from German Lässer, occupational surname for a physician.


Kuchler

Borrowed from German Küchler, occupational surname for a pastry cook.


McPartland

Northern Irish variant of McFarlane, without lenition.


Redburn

en-proper noun

Redburn (countable and uncountable, plural Redburns)

From Old English hrēod (“reed”) + burne (“stream, brook, burn”).


Haverly

Unexplained. Probably from a lost or unattested location.

unk

Unexplained


Hackmann

Borrowed from German Hackmann, occupational surname for a butcher or woodcutter.


Geerdes

Borrowed from Dutch and North German Geerdes.


Gellert

Borrowed from German Gellert and Hungarian Gellért.


McCary

Variant of McGarry or an Anglicized form of Irish Mac Fhiachra (“son of Fiachra”).


Harts

(surname) Borrowed from Dutch Harts, but also a patronymic form of the surname Hart.


Dorward

Scottish occupational surname for a doorkeeper, from Old English duru (“door”) + weard (“guard”).


Friedline

Americanized spelling of German Friedlein.


McLucas

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Lùcais (“son of Lucas”).


Cumings

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Cuimeinich, presumably from Anglo-Norman de Comyn, which was a surname of toponymic origin, either from Commin near Rouen or Comines near Lille. Variant of Cummings.


Baguley

en-proper noun

Baguley (countable and uncountable, plural Baguleys)

From Old English bagga (“badger”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).


Grafham

Grafham (countable and uncountable, plural Grafhams)

From Old English grāf (“grove, copse”) + hām (“homestead”).


Piven

Borrowed from Ukrainian півень (pivenʹ, “rooster”).


Kruchten

Borrowed from Dutch and German Kruchten.


McCadden

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Cadáin (“son of Cadán”).


Nehme

Borrowed from Arabic نِعْمَة (niʕma, “blessing, grace”).


Pellett

Either from a pet form of the personal name Pell, or a metonymic occupational surname for a furrier, from Old French pellet (“fur”).


Rovner

Borrowed from German Rovner, a Jewish habitational surname for someone from Rovno, in Ukraine.


Munsch

Borrowed from German Munsch, a surname typical of Alsatia.


Colebrooke

en-proper noun

Colebrooke (countable and uncountable, plural Colebrookes)

From Old English cald (“cold”) + brōc (“brook, stream, torrent”).


McAuliffe

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Amhlaoibh (“son of Amhlaoibh”), a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Óláfr.

der

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


Banez

Borrowed from Spanish Báñez, a typical Filipino surname.


Shingledecker

Americanized spelling of German Shindeldecker.


Selsor

Unidentified. Probably an Americanized spelling of German Seltzer.

unk

Unidentified


Loma

en-proper noun

Loma (countable and uncountable, plural Lomas)


Teat

Probably an Americanized spelling of German Thiet, itself a variant of Thiede.


Olinger

Olinger (countable and uncountable, plural Olingers)


Smiles

Two main origins:
* Scottish patronymic surname from Small.
* English topographic surname for someone who lived near a rabbit warren, from the plural of Old English smygel (“burrow”).


Delamere

* The placename senses are from French de (“of”) la (“the”) mer (“sea”).
* As an English and French surname, prefixed variant of Mear, itself related to the noun mere (both senses, meaning "pond" and "boundary"), a variant of Mayer, and a variant of Lemer.
Compare Delamare, de la Mare.


Troutner

Americanized spelling of German Trautner.


Underdown

English topographic surname for someone living at the foot of a hill.


Waghorn

From Middle English waggen (“to wag”) + horn (“horn”), a nickname for a hornblower.


Ingleby

Ingleby (countable and uncountable, plural Inglebys)

From Old Norse Englar (“Englishman”) + býr (“village, settlement”).

(countable) A habitation surname from Old Norse.


Shearn

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Unexplained


Shermer

Americanized spelling of German Schermer.


Bergfeld

Habitational surname borrowed from German Bergfeld.


Saadeh

Borrowed from Arabic سعادة (saʕāda, “happiness, bliss”). This surname is mostly found in Saudi Arabia.


Tickner

Topographic surname for someone who lived at a crossroads or a fork in the road, from Old English twiċen (“fork in the road”). Compare twitchel.


McGuirk

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Cuirc, patronymic from the personal name Corc.


Quihuis

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


Mosey

From a pet form of the personal name Moses.


McCarl

Probably an Americanized form of McCarroll.


Cebreros

Habitational surname borrowed from Spanish Cebreros. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.


Dente

From the Italian and Portuguese surname, from dente (“tooth”).


Arthurton

In a paper to the Institute of Locomotive Engineers on February 17 which ranged over the whole subject of auxiliary services on London Transport rolling stock, Mr. R. I. D. Arthurton, Mechanical Engineer (Development—Railways) London Transport Board, gave some pointers to the future on the Victoria Line and elsewhere.

1964 April, “News and Comment: Auxiliaries in LT stock”, in Modern Railways, page 234:


Hsi

From Mandarin 習／习 (Xí), Wade–Giles romanization: Hsi².

An excellent example of the Chinese colporteur's zeal and capacity is afforded by Hsi Fuh Ts’ing, who lives at Hwangchow in the province of Hupeh.

1929, “Along the Road”, in Another Milestone, London: British and Foreign Bible Society, →OCLC, page 67:

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

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

The ceremony held by civilians including Roger Hsi (習賢德), a professor of journalism at Fu Jen Catholic University, Yang Hua-kun, a younger cousin of Chen, and three former members of the Black Cat Squadron took place at the Air Force’s martyrs tomb in Sindian District (新店), New Taipei City (新北市).[…]
Hsi said because Chen did not marry and his direct relatives live in Fuzhou, in China’s Fujian Province, they have been unable to go to Taiwan to apply to the government for compensation and have not received any compensation for his death in 50 years.

2012 September 10, Rich Chang, “Tribute for pilot on 50th anniversary”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2012-09-11, Taiwan News, page 3:


Falgoust

Variant of French Falgoux, a habitational surname from the town of Le Falgoux, in Cantal.


Gogan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Cogadháin (“son of Cogadhán”). Also borrowed from Hungarian Gogán.


Eapen

From the Malayalam variant of the personal name Stephen.


Wishman

Americanized spelling of German Wischmann.


Lenton

en-prop

Lenton (countable and uncountable, plural Lentons)

The placename in Nottingham comes from the River Leen + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Deshaw

Americanized spelling of French Deschamps.


Frickey

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Unexplained


Burruss

Unexplained


Curti

Borrowed from Italian Curti, from Neapolitan curto (“short”).


Onate

Borrowed from Spanish Oñate, Basque habitational surname from the town of Oñati.


Eccleshall

en-proper noun

Eccleshall (countable and uncountable, plural Eccleshalls)

From Old English *eccles (“church”) + heall (“hall, dwelling house”).


Aspley

Aspley (countable and uncountable, plural Aspleys)

From Old English æspe (“aspen”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to asp + -ley (“lea”).


Huebsch

Borrowed from German Hübsch, from German hübsch (court, courtly).


Bakula

From Slovene Bakula, Serbo-Croatian Bakula, Slovak Bakuľa, or Polish Bakuła.


McKibben

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Fhibín (“son of Fibín”), a pet form of Philip. Also an Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Giobúin; compare McGibbon.


Hachem

Borrowed from Arabic هاشم. This surname is mostly found in Algeria.


Findon

Findon (countable and uncountable, plural Findons)

From either Old English finn (“coarse grass”) or fīn (“heap, pile, especially of wood”) + dūn (“hill”).


Lynott

Anglicized form of Irish Liónoid, a Gaelicization of a Norman family.


McKennon

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Fhionnáin (“son of Fionnán”), a personal name representing a diminutive of fionn (“white”).


Pummill

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Unexplained


Panicker

Borrowed from Malayalam പണിക്കർ (paṇikkaṟ).


McClung

en-proper noun

McClung (countable and uncountable, plural McClungs)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Luinge (“son of Lunge”), a personal name probably meaning "seafarer".


Liske

Borrowed from German Liske, itself from Czech liška, Slovak líška, Polish liszka, Upper Sorbian lěsk, or Upper Sorbian lěska.


Morren

* As a Scottish surname, variant of Morrin.
* As a Dutch surname, borrowed Morren, a nickname for a grumbling person, from morren (“to grumble”), or from personal names derived from the noun moer (“moor, marsh”).


Ramasamy

Borrowed from Tamil ராமசாமி (rāmacāmi). Compound of இராமர் (irāmar) + சாமி (cāmi).


Killingworth

en-proper noun

Killingworth (countable and uncountable, plural Killingworths)

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


Andalon

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


Provan

Provan (countable and uncountable, plural Provans)

Scottish habitational surname, so called from Middle English provend (“land providing revenue for a holder of religious office”). Compare prebend.

der

Glasgow Provan (Scottish Parliament constituency)


Alava

Borrowed from Spanish Álava, a Basque habitational surname.


Shone

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


Placeres

Borrowed from Spanish Placeres. This surname is mostly found in Cuba.


Patek

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


Serpas

Borrowed from Spanish Serpas. This surname is mostly found in El Salvador.


Bickerton

en-proper noun

Bickerton (countable and uncountable, plural Bickertons)

From Old English bēocere (“beekeeper”) + tūn (“enclosure, settlement”).


McBean

McBean (countable and uncountable, plural McBeans)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Northern Irish Mac Bheathain (“son of Beathan”).


Lysak

From Ukrainian Лисак (Lysak) or Polish Łysak.


Lysy

From Czech Lysý, Polish łysy, Belarusian лысы (lysy), or Ukrainian лисий (lysyj); ultimately from Proto-Slavic *lysъ (“bald”).


Tudyk

Alan Tudyk, b. 1971


Hartless

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Unexplained


Guadron

Borrowed from Spanish Guadron. This surname is mostly found in El Salvador.


McBreen

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Braoin (“son of Braon”), a nickname from braon (“drop”).


O'Donoghue

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Donnchadha (“descendants of Duncan”).


Carrig

Anglicized form of Irish Carraig, a topographic surname from carraig (“rock”).


Doughman

Possibly an altered spelling of Dowman or an occupational surname for a baker, from dough + -man.


Delorbe

Borrowed from Spanish Del Orbe. This surname is mostly found in the Dominican Republic.


Cyphert

Americanized spelling of German Seifert.


Busler

Borrowed from German Busler, a variant of Bussler.


Chaviano

Borrowed from Spanish Chaviano. This surname is mostly found in Cuba.


Linkletter

The community in Prince Edward Island is named after the village's first settler, George Linkletter.


Inscoe

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Unexplained


Orama

Borrowed from Spanish Orama, a variant of Oramas.


Mazzie

Americanized spelling of Italian Mazzei.


Keaveney

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Géibheannaigh (“son of Géibheannach”), a nickname from géibheannach (“fettered”), from géibheann (“fetter”).


Oramas

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


McNary

en-proper noun

McNary (countable and uncountable, plural McNarys)

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Náraigh (“son of Nárach”), a byname from nárach (“modest”). Compare Scottish Gaelic nàrach (“ashamed”).


Mugliston

Habitational surname, from the village of Mucklestone, in Staffordshire.


Spratling

Nickname for an old or infirm man, from Middle English sprakeling (“one with creaking legs”).


Arakelyan

Borrowed from Armenian Առաքելյան (Aṙakʻelyan).


Salvesen

Borrowed from Norwegian Salvesen, from Salve + -sen.


Bomer

Borrowed from Dutch Bomer or a variant of German Böhmer.


Wessman

Borrowed from Swedish Wessman or from German Wessmann.


McCaig

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Thaoig and Irish Mac Thaidhg (“son of Tadhg”).


Bohlander

Borrowed from German Bohländer or a variant of Bolander.


McMonagle

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac Maonghail (“son of Maonghal”), a personal name composed of the elements maoin (“riches, wealth”) + gal (“valor”).


Baglio

Borrowed from Italian Baglio, italianization of Sicilian Bagghiu, from Sicilian bagghiu (“courtyard, bailey”), from Medieval Latin ballium.


Backus

en-proper noun

Backus (countable and uncountable, plural Backuses)

Inherited from Middle English bakhous (“bakery”), from Old English bæchūs.


Vanlue

en-proper noun

Vanlue (countable and uncountable, plural Vanlues)


Muchmore

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Unexplained


Piloto

Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Piloto. This surname is mostly found in Mozambique.


Kanode

Probably an Americanized spelling of German Knoth or Kanold.


Varas

Borrowed from Spanish Varas; this surname is predominantly found in Chile.


Moorcroft

en-proper noun

Moorcroft (countable and uncountable, plural Moorcrofts)


Scothern

Scothern (countable and uncountable, plural Scotherns)

From Old English Scottas (“Scots”) + þorn (“thorny bush”).


Freilich

en-proper-noun

Freilich (plural Freiliches or Freilichs)

Ashkenazi surname, from Yiddish פֿריילעך (freylekh, “happy, cheerful”). Compare German freilich (“certainly, of course”).


Guadian

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


McQuilkin

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Cuilcein and Irish Mac Uilcín (“son of Uilcín”), a personal name derived from a Gaeliced form of Wilkin. Compare Culkin.


Embley

en-proper noun

Embley (countable and uncountable, plural Embleys)


Klostermann

Borrowed from German Klostermann, an occupational surname for a servant in a monastery, from Kloster (“monastery; cloister”) + Mann (“man”).


Sowter

Occupational surname, from sowter, obsolete form of souter.


Porro

Borrowed from Catalan, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish Porro.


Bushard

Americanized spelling of German Buschardt.


Durnin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Duirnín (“descendant of Duirnín”). Compare Dornan.


Farler

en-proper noun

Farler (countable and uncountable, plural Farlers)


Dudney

Apparently a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place, perhaps from the Old English personal name Dudda + īeġ (“island”).


Delarocha

Borrowed from Spanish De La Rocha. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.


Cohick

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Origin unidentified


Eade

From a Middle English short form of the male personal name Adam and from a Middle English short form of the female personal name Edith.


Dishong

Respelling of French Duchamp or Deschamps.


Folmer

Americanized spelling of German Vollmer.


Ocegueda

Borrowed from Spanish Ocegueda, variant of Osegueda. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.


McSherry

Anglicized form of Old English Mac Searraigh (“son of Searrach”), a personal name based on searrach (“colt, foal”).


Eades

en-prop

Eades (countable and uncountable, plural Eadeses)


Ghaly

Borrowed from Arabic غَالِي (ḡālī). This surname is mostly found in Egypt.

bor

Arabic غَالِي (ḡālī)


Allport

en-proper noun

Allport (countable and uncountable, plural Allports)

Habitational surname from a place called Alport in Derbyshire, from Old English eald (“old”) + port.


Sharland

Topographic surname for someone who lived at the shorn or separated land, from Old English sċieran (“to cut, shear”) + land.

The engineer of the line, a young Tasmanian named Sharland, decided the best course would be to take the new railway along a chain of four deep valleys. [...].

1939 July, John D. Hewitt, “Some Notable British Main Lines: 1. Settle and Carlisle, L.M.S.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 37:


Dolinsky

Borrowed from Slovak or Czech Dolinský, or a variant form of Polish Doliński.


Rosinsky

From Slovak or Czech Rosinský, or Polish Rosiński.


Nigam

Borrowed from Hindi निगम (nigam). This surname is mostly found in Uttar Pradesh.


McClimans

Variant of McClymont, with English patronymic -s.


Minkoff

Borrowed from Bulgarian Минков (Minkov).


Olivas

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


Southerden

Edward Barton Southerden
Ernie Southerden


Jindal

Borrowed from Punjabi ਜਿੰਦਲ (jindal). This surname is mostly found in Punjab.


Bhutto

en-proper-noun

Bhutto (countable and uncountable, plural Bhuttos)

Benazir Bhutto, first female Prime Minister in the Islamic world


Wrabetz

From Czech vrabec, Slovak vrabec, or Slovene vrabec, all meaning sparrow.


Brabetz

From Czech brabec (“sparrow”), a variant of vrabec.


Ostrov

Jewish surname, from the village of Ostrov in Belarus, from Russian остров (ostrov, “island”). Also a variant of Ostrow.


Pillado

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


Pallo

Borrowed from Hungarian Palló, but also from Spanish Pallo. This surname is mostly found in Ecuador.


Schmall

Borrowed from German Schmall, a variant of Schmal.


Schildt

Borrowed from German Schildt, a variant of Schild.


McAbee

Anglicized spelling of Irish Mac an Beatha (“son of life”), from beatha (“life”), originally a term denoting a monk, but later used as a personal name.


Luyendyk

Luyendyk (countable and uncountable, plural Luyendyks)


Goroll

Alternative spelling of Gorol, from Silesian gorol; ultimately from Proto-Slavic *goraľь (“mountain dweller”).


Gorall

From Polish góral, from Proto-Slavic *goraľь (“mountain dweller”).


Horal

From Ukrainian Гораль (Horalʹ) or Czech horal, from Proto-Slavic *goraľь (“mountain dweller”).


McGillicuddy

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Chuda (“son of the servant of (Saint) Chuda”), a personal name of unexplained origin.


Heppenstall

Habitational surname, from a variant of Heptonstall.


Cridland

Perhaps an habitational surname, from the Old English personal name Creoda + land. Compare also the surname Creed.


Stempinski

From Polish Stempiński, a spelling variant of Stępiński.


Nawratil

Variant of Navratil, from Czech Navrátil.


Putina

From Russian Пу́тина (Pútina). From Пу́тин (Pútin)+-а (-a).

A feminine-form surname from Russian.; feminine of Putin


Tipper

Probably an occupational surname for a maker of arrowheads, from an agent derivative of Middle English tippe (“head, tip”).


Rompza

Alternative spelling of Polish Rompca, from Kashubian rãbca (“woodcutter”) or rąbać + -ca.


Driggers

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Origin unidentified


McEwen

en-proper noun

McEwen (countable and uncountable, plural McEwens)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Eoghain (“son of Eòghan”).

der

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
John McEwen


Eychenne

Borrowed from French Eychenne, itself from Occitan Eishena.

A surname from French [in turn from Occitan].


Ismay

Matronymic surname from a somewhat rare female given name found in the 13ᵗʰ century.

A surname transferred from the given name.


Petac

From Slovene Petač. Compare Peták), a form of Peter.


Duquesne

en-proper noun

Duquesne (countable and uncountable, plural Duquesnes)


Honeywood

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


Kleve

Borrowed from German and Norwegian Kleve.


Klunder

Borrowed from Dutch Klunder or German Klünder.


Hogenson

Americanized spelling of Norwegian and Danish Haagensen or its Swedish cognate Håkensson.


Gombos

Borrowed from Hungarian Gombos or Gömbös.


McWhite

Partly translated Anglicized form of Irish Mac Faoitigh, a patronymic from a Gaelic form of English White.


Diarra

French transcription of a Fula surname. This surname is mostly found in Mali.


Cudmore

Apparently a habitational surname from a minor place, named with the Old English personal name Cudda + mōr (“moore”).


Ellinwood

Ellinwood (countable and uncountable, plural Ellinwoods)


Giard

Giard (countable and uncountable, plural Giards)


Ahrons

[...] a racy description of some of them and their performances is to be found in the late E. L. Ahrons's RAILWAY MAGAZINE articles on "Locomotive & Train Working in the Latter Part of the 19th Century."

1939 September, D. S. Barrie, “The Railways of South Wales”, in Railway Magazine, page 161:


McArdle

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac Árdghail (“son of Árdghal”), a personal name composed of the elements ard (“height”) + gal (“valor”).


Delve

Topographic surname for someone who lived near a ditch or trench, from Old English dælf (“delf, ditch”).


Allbrook

Allbrook (countable and uncountable, plural Allbrooks)

Perhaps from Old English alor (“alder”) + brōc (“brook”).

A habitational surname from Old English.


Kerswell

Kerswell (countable and uncountable, plural Kerswells)


Debenham

Debenham (countable and uncountable, plural Debenhams)

From Deben (“a local river”) + Old English hām (“village; property, estate”).


Kroft

From the German surname, Americanized from Kraft, sometimes via Czech or Dutch. Compare Croft.


Kaska

* As a Polish, Czech and Slovak surname, from Kaska or Kaška, pet form of the personal name Kazimír. Compare Kazimir.
* Also as a Czech and Slovak surname, diminutive of kaša (“porridge”), compare Kasa.
* Also as a Slovak surname, Kaška, a nickname from kaška (“primula veris”).
* As a German surname, variant of Kaske, itself Germanized from Slavic forms of Lukas, as well as the noun kaczka (“duck”).


Nayyar

Borrowed from Malayalam നയ്യാർ (nayyāṟ).


Sappenfield

A part-translation of German Sappenfeld.


Strassner

Borrowed from German Strassner, a variant of Strasser.


Titley

en-proper noun

Titley (countable and uncountable, plural Titleys)

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


Trauger

Trauger (countable and uncountable, plural Traugers)


Terral

Terral (countable and uncountable, plural Terrals)

Borrowed from French Terral or an altered spelling of Tyrrell.


Ticer

Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Deuser, itself a variant of Dietz.


Troublefield

Apparently an alternative form of Turberville.


Tuinstra

Borrowed from West Frisian Tuinstra, from West Frisian [Term?] + -stra.


Yake

Probably an Americanized form of German Jach.


Turberville

English habitational surname of Norman origin, from the towns of Saint-Ouen-de-Thouberville and La Trinité-de-Thouberville, in Normandy.

La Trinité-de-Thouberville
Saint-Ouen-de-Thouberville
Turberville


Arnall

Habitational surname from either of two places called Arnold, in Nottinghamshire and East Yorkshire, from Old English earn (“eagle”) + healh (“nook, recess, corner”).


Throneberry

Probably an Americanized spelling of German Throneburg.


Shasteen

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Origin unidentified


Srour

Borrowed from Arabic سرور (surūr, “joy, satisfaction”). This surname is mostly found in Egypt.


Ruiter

Borrowed from Dutch Ruiter, from ruiter (“knight, horseman”).


Rosenstock

Ashkenazi surname, borrowed from German Rosenstock.


Guptah

An alternative anglicisation of Gupta from Hindi गुप्ता (guptā).


McKiernan

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Thighearnáin (“son of Thighearnán”), a diminutive of tighearna (“lord, master”).


Suto

Borrowed from Hungarian Sütő, from sütő (“baker”). Borrowed also from Japanese 須藤 (Sutō).


Sanjurjo

Borrowed from Spanish Sanjurjo. This surname is mostly found in Spain.


Homfray

Trevithick's first use of steam traction on rail took place at Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, on a tramroad 9¾ miles long between the Penydarren ironworks of Samuel Homfray, and the staithes at Abercynon, where the worked iron was loaded into barges on the Glamorganshire Canal.

1951 March, E. W. Twining, “The First Railway Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 197:


Polchlopek

From Polish Półchłopek, from pół- + chłop + -ek.


Ilnitski

Respelling of Polish Ilnicki or a transliteration of Russian Ільницький (Ilʹnicʹkij).


Risdon

Habitational surname from a place in Devon.


Hucke

* As an English surname, spelling variant of Huck.
* As a German surname, from huck (“bog”); also from a pet form of the name Hugo.


Chambless

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Unexplained


Szikora

From Hungarian Szikora, from Proto-Slavic *sykora (“tit (bird)”).


Vilk

Respelling of Polish Wilk or a transliteration of Russian Вильк (Vilʹk), both from Polish wilk (“wolf”).


Hakimian

Occupational surname borrowed from Persian حکیمیان (hakimiân), from حکیم (hakim, “doctor, physician”).


Casstevens

Unexplained


Kazmarek

From Polish Kaczmarek, from Old Polish kaczma.


Celmer

Borrowed from Polish Celmer, a Slavicized form of German Zellmer.


Colcord

en-proper noun

Colcord (countable and uncountable, plural Colcords)

Occupational surname for a lime burner, from an agent derivative of Middle High German kalc (“lime”).


Devens

Devens (countable and uncountable, plural Devenses)

Probably a variant of Devine. See also Devins.


Donate

Borrowed from Spanish Donate. This surname is mostly found in Spain.


McCausland

McCausland (countable and uncountable, plural McCauslands)

Anglicized form of Northern Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Ausaláin (“son of Absolom”), from the name of a cleric.


Clavin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Fhláimhín (“son of Flaithimhín”), a personal name from a diminutive of flaith (“prince, ruler”).


Fosnaugh

Americanized spelling of German Fasnacht.


Hovhannisyan

Borrowed from Armenian Հովհաննիսյան (Hovhannisyan).

bor

Հովհաննիսյան

A surname from Armenian, equivalent to English Johnson.


Fratus

Borrowed from Italian Fratus or a corrupted form of Portuguese Freitas.


Lancon

Borrowed from French Lançon and Spanish Lancón.


Cela

Borrowed from Galician Cela, but also from Albanian Çela.


Garmany

Altered spelling of the French habitational surname Garmigny.


Nganga

Borrowed from Bantu. This surname is mostly found in Kenya.


Robleto

Variant of Robledo. This surname is mostly found in Nicaragua.


Shanafelt

Americanized spelling of German Schönefeldt.


Soots

Possibly an altered spelling of Dutch Soodts.


DeLorean

From Romanian Delorean, variant of Delurean, from dealuri, plural of deal (“hill”) + -ean (suffix indicating origin).


Schraufnagel

Borrowed from German Schraufnagel, a metonymic occupational surname for a maker of screws and nails.


McElwain

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Bheathain (“son of the servant of (Saint) Beathan”), a personal name representing a diminutive of beatha (“life”). Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Bháin (“son of the white-haired lad”), for which compare Kilbane.


Bloodsaw

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Origin unidentified


Blazier

Unexplained. Perhaps a variant of Brazier.

Unexplained


Yackel

Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Jackl or Jäckel.


Elizarraras

Borrowed from Spanish Elizarrarás, itself from Basque.


Ardelean

Borrowed from Romanian Ardelean, a habitational surname from ardelean (“Transylvanian”).


Botten

Various origins:
* English metonymic occupational surname for a maker or seller of buttons, from Old French boton (“knob, lump”).
* English topographic surname for someone who lived in a valley, from Old Norse botn (“valley bottom”), or a habitational surname from a place named with this word, like Botton, North Yorkshire.
* Borrowed from Norwegian Botten.


Staple

en-prop

Staple (countable and uncountable, plural Staples)

A habitational surname from Middle English.


Sanghvi

Borrowed from Marathi संघवी (saṅghvī). This surname is mostly found in Maharashtra.


Rhoney

Possibly an altered spelling of German Rhone.


Rabadi

Borrowed from Arabic رَبَضِيّ (rabaḍiyy).


McFaddin

en-proper noun

McFaddin (countable and uncountable, plural McFaddins)


Raspberry

Raspberry (countable and uncountable, plural Raspberrys)


Natt

Various origins:
* Borrowed from Punjabi.
* Reduced form of McNatt.
* Borrowed from German Natt, a shortened form of Nathan.


Kopko

Borrowed from Ukrainian Копко (Kopko), a reduced pet form of the personal name Прокоп (Prokop).


Hitsman

Probably an Americanized spelling of German Hitzemann.


Scuka

From Slovene Ščuka, from Slovene ščuka (“pike”).


Nevers

en-proper-noun

Nevers (countable and uncountable, plural Nevers or Neverses)


Martos

Habitational surname borrowed from Spanish Martos.


Patmore

Habitational surname from Patmore Heath in Hertfordshire, from an Old English personal name *Peatta + mere (“lake, pool”).


Hydrick

Americanized spelling of Dutch Heidrich.


Gamage

Various origins:
* English habitational surname of Norman origin from any of various places in France called Gamache or Gamaches.
* Borrowed from Sinhalese ගමගේ (gamagē).


Goldwasser

Ashkenazi surname, borrowed from German Goldwasser.


Estala

Borrowed from Spanish Estala, itself of Basque origin. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.


McKellar

en-proper noun

McKellar (countable and uncountable, plural McKellars)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Ealair (“son of Ealair”), the Gaelic equivalent of Hillary.


Glomp

Likely a variant of Glomb, in which case, derived from Polish głąb.


Cheuvront

Unexplained, but possibly of French origin.

unk

Unexplained


Fatheree

Possibly a shortened Americanized form of Irish Ó Fiachra, which is found as Feighery in Ireland.


Emley

en-proper noun

Emley (countable and uncountable, plural Emleys)

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


Hatherton

Hatherton (countable and uncountable, plural Hathertons)

From Old English hagaþorn (“hawthorn”) + dūn (“hill”).


Laidler

Various origins:
* A variant of the Scottish surname Laidlaw.
* Occupational surname for a maker of ladles, from an agent derivative of Middle English ladel (“ladle”).

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


Mandich

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Mandić, metronymic from Manda, short form of the personal name Mandalena, from Magdalena. See Maudlin.


Marien

Borrowed from Dutch, German and French Marien.


Gedney

Gedney (countable and uncountable, plural Gedneys)

From an Old English personal name *Gydda + ieġ (“island”).


Ingber

Borrowed from German Ingber (literally “ginger”), an Ashkenazi occupational surname for a dealer in spices.


Ganguly

Anglicization of Bengali গাঙ্গুলি (gaṅguli).


Demick

Probably an Americanized spelling of German Demmich or Demmig.


Dimmock

Dimmock (countable and uncountable, plural Dimmocks)


Limmer

Various origins:
* English occupational surname for an illuminator of manuscripts, from Middle English luminour, lymnour.
* Borrowed from German Limmer, an habitational surname from any of several places in Germany.
* Borrowed from Dutch Limmer, from a Germanic personal name composed of Proto-Germanic *liudiz (“people”) + *mēraz (“famous, renowned”).


Dimmick

Habitational surname from Dymock, in Gloucestershire, named perhaps from a British word akin to Welsh tymoch (“pigsty”), but more probably from Proto-Celtic *din (“fort”) + an adjectival suffix.


McNiff

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Conduibh, a patronymic from the personal name Cú Dhubh, composed of the elements cú (“hound”) + dubh (“black”).


Bielby

Bielby (countable and uncountable, plural Bielbys)

From the Old Norse personal name Beli + býr (“farmstead; settlement”).


Waithe

Waithe (countable and uncountable, plural Waithes)


McVeigh

McVeigh (countable and uncountable, plural McVeighs)


Carss

Carss, Ontario
Tony Carss
William Leighton Carss


Massingham

Habitational surname from two villages in Norfolk, from an Old English personal name Maessa + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“village, hamlet”).


Pollok

Pollok (countable and uncountable, plural Polloks)


Pember

Perhaps a habitational surname from a place called Pamber, in Hampshire. The placename is from Old English penn (“fold, enclosure”) + beorg (“mountain, hill”).


Yussuf

Borrowed from Arabic يُوسُف (yūsuf). This surname is mostly found in Somalia.


Sypolt

Americanized spelling of German Seibold.


Blincoe

Habitational surname from the village of Blencow, in Cumbria.


McCrory

McCrory (countable and uncountable, plural McCrorys)

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


Westham

Westham (countable and uncountable, plural Westhams)


Went

Went (countable and uncountable, plural Wents)

Topographic surname, from Middle English went (“crossroad, passage”).


Whysall

Habitational surname from the village of Wysall, in Nottinghamshire.


Hees

en-proper-noun

Hees (countable and uncountable, plural Heeses or Hees)


Ramnauth

Variant of Ramnath. This surname is mostly found in the Indian communities of Guyana and Mauritius.


Panas

Various origins:
* Borrowed from Greek Πανάς (Panás), a reduced form of the personal name Panagiotis, or an occupational surname for a merchant of cloths, from πανί (paní, “cloth, fabric”).
* Borrowed from Polish Panas and Ukrainian Пана́с (Panás), a hypocoristic form of various personal names.


McCarney

Anglicized form of Northern Irish Mac Cearnaigh (“son of Cearnach”), from cearnach (“victorious, triumphant”).


Eliott

A surname, variant of Elliott, variant of Elliott.


Haste

Metonymic occupation surname for someone who turned the spit for roasting meat, from Old French haste (“spit”).


Canche

Borrowed from Yucatec Maya Canché. This surname is mostly found in Yucatán.


Coey

From Old French coi (“shy, coy, timid”), a nickname for a shy person. It could also be a variant of Cowie.


McCoskey

Perhaps a variant of McCaskey or an Anglicized form of Irish Mac Coscraich (“son of Coscrach”).


Settegast

en-proper noun

Settegast (countable and uncountable, plural Settegasts)

Introduced by settlers with the name, from German Settegast.


Gookin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Guagáin. Compare McGuigan.


Dorland

Borrowed from Dutch Dorland or a variant of French Douland.


Dato

Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Dato. This surname is mostly found in the Philippines.


Duncombe

Duncombe (countable and uncountable, plural Duncombes)

Habitational surname, from Old English dūn (“hill”) + cumb (“valley”).


McMurray

McMurray (countable and uncountable, plural McMurrays)

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Muireadhaigh (“son of the seafarer”). Compare Murdock.


Eland

Various etymologies:
* English habitational surname, from the town of Elland, in West Yorkshire, or from the village of Ealand, in North Lincolnshire, all of which derive from Old English ealand (“cultivated land by a river”).
* Borrowed from Dutch Eland, a personal name composed of adel (“noble”) + land (“land”).