Rusch

* As a German surname, from Middle Low German rusch (“rushes, reeds”), from Old Saxon rusk, from Proto-West Germanic *ruskijā. Compare Ruesch.
* Also as a German surname Rüsch, shortened from names derived from Old High German hrōd (“fame”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrōþi.
* As a north/Low German surname, from Middle Low German rusch (“quick, hasty, rash”), compare *hurskaz.
* Germanized from Lower Sorbian Roš, see Rosch.
Compare Rush.


Chenoweth

/t͡ʃɪˈnəʊ.ɪθ/

From Cornish chy (“house”) + nowydh (“new”).


Ewell

en-proper noun

Ewell (countable and uncountable, plural Ewells)

From Old English ēa (“river”) + well (“spring, source”).


Dilworth

Dilworth (countable and uncountable, plural Dilworths)

A habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from Old English dile (“dill, anise”) + worþ (“enclosure”).


Gormley

Gormley (countable and uncountable, plural Gormleys)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gormghail (“descendant of Gormghal”), a personal name based on gorm (“blue”) + gal (“valor”).


Luker

Either a habitational surname from the village of Lucker, in Northumberland, or an occupational surname for someone who had to watch or look after something, from Middle English lokere (“looker; watchman”).


Tryon

en-proper noun

Tryon (countable and uncountable, plural Tryons)


Nightingale

Nightingale court

derived from the surname of Florence Nightingale


Spector

From Yiddish ספּעקטאָר (spektor), an occupational surname for a teacher's assistant in a Jewish school.


Shealy

Reduced form of O'Shealy, an Anglicized form of Irish Ó Sealbhaig (“descendant of Sealbhach”), a byname from the adjective sealbhach (“wealthy”).


Welton

en-proper noun

Welton (countable and uncountable, plural Weltons)

From Old English wella (“well, spring, stream”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

(countable) A habitational surname from Old English.


Keough

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Eochaidh.


Ansari

From Arabic أَنْصَارِيّ (ʔanṣāriyy), from أَنْصَار (ʔanṣār, “helpers, supporters”)

Arabic أَنْصَارِيّ (ʔanṣāriyy)


Cathcart

en-proper noun

Cathcart (countable and uncountable, plural Cathcarts)

From Scottish Gaelic cath (“battle”) + the name of the River Cart.

(countable) A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.


Bowler

Bowler (countable and uncountable, plural Bowlers)

English occupational surname for a maker or seller of bowls, dishes and cups, from Middle English bollere.

(countable) A surname originating as an occupation.


Maynor

Maynor (countable and uncountable, plural Maynors)

English surname of Norman origin, from a Proto-Germanic personal name composed of the elements *maginą (“power, might”) + *harjaz (“army”). Compare Mayner, Mainer, Manor, Mannor.


Swindell

English surname, from habitational surnames derived from Old Norse svín (“swine”) + dalr (“valley”). Also a variant of Swindells, which is similarly from Old English swīn (“swine”) + delf (“quarry, canal”).


Humbles

Probably a metonymic occupation surname for a venison butcher or sausage maker, from Middle English numbles (“entrails of a deer”).


Landreth

unk

unclear origin


Whitford

en-proper noun

Whitford (countable and uncountable, plural Whitfords)

From Old English hwīt (“white”) + ford (“ford”).


Halliday

Halliday (countable and uncountable, plural Hallidays)


Ronquillo

From Spanish Ronquillo, of toponymic origin.


Hannigan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAnnagáin (“descendant of Annagán”), a hypocoristic form of Annach (“Hanna”).


Gurney

English surname of Norman origin, from Gournay-en-Bray in Seine-Maritime, France. Sometimes also from Great Gornhay in Tiverton, Devon, for which see Garnsey.


Bidwell

en-proper noun

Bidwell (countable and uncountable, plural Bidwells)

From Old English byden (“tub, vat”) + wella (“spring, well”).


Brundage

Brundage (countable and uncountable, plural Brundages)


Moffatt

Moffatt (countable and uncountable, plural Moffatts)


Woodford

Woodford (countable and uncountable, plural Woodfords)

From Old English wudu (“wood”) + ford (“ford”).


Arrieta

Borrowed from Spanish Arrieta, from Basque Arrieta (literally “rocky place”).


DiGiovanni

Anglicized spelling of Italian Di Giovanni.


Shanley

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Seanlaoich (“son of Seanlaoch”), a personal name composed of the elements sean (“old”) + laoch (“hero, champion”).


Boldt

German and Danish surname, from the ancient Germanic name Baldo, related to the adjective bold. Compare Bold, Bolt.


Humble

en-proper noun

Humble (countable and uncountable, plural Humbles)


Breslin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Breisláin (“descendant of Breisleán”), a diminutive of the personal name Breasal.


Medel

From the Spanish surname, possibly from Latin Emetherius, from Ancient Greek ἐμός (emós) + ἀθάνατος (athánatos, “undying, immortal”).


Swart

English and Dutch surname, from swart (“dark-haired, dark-skinned, swarthy”).


Wrobel

From Polish Wróbel or Lower Sorbian wrobel, both meaning "sparrow". Doublet of Robel and Vorobei.


Chea

From Khmer ជា (ciə), in turn borrowed from Hokkien 謝／谢 (Chiā) or Teochew 謝／谢 (zia7).


Bonney

en-proper noun

Bonney (countable and uncountable, plural Bonneys)


Eldred

Eldred (countable and uncountable, plural Eldreds)


Raby

Raby (countable and uncountable, plural Rabys)


Rothwell

Rothwell (countable and uncountable, plural Rothwells)

From Old English roþa, the genitive plural of roþ (“forest clearing”) + wella (“spring”).


Shih

From Wade–Giles Romanization of Mandarin 石 (shí), 史 (shǐ), 師／师 (shī), 時／时 (shí), 士 (shì), 釋／释 (shì), and 施 (shī). Doublet of Thach.

A surname from Mandarin of Chinese origin.


Langan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Longáin (“descendant of Longán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of long (“tall”) or long (“ship”), thus a nickname for a seafarer.


Pastrana

Borrowed from Spanish Pastrana. This surname is predominantly found in Puerto Rico.


Findlay

en-proper noun

Findlay (countable and uncountable, plural Findlays)


Bhatia

Borrowed from Hindi भाटिया (bhāṭiyā), from Sanskrit भट्ट (bhaṭṭa).


Celaya

Borrowed from Spanish Celaya, a habitational surname from Basque Zelaia.


Devaney

Two main origins:
* Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Duibheannaigh (“descendant of Duibheannach”), a personal name of unclear origin, but perhaps composed of the elements dubh (“black”) and eanach (“marshy place”).
* Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Duibheamhna (“descendant of Dubheamhna”), a personal name composed of the elements dubh (“black”) and the genitive form of Eamhain (“Navan Fort, the legendary capital of Ulster”).


Kwak

From the Korean surname, from 곽 (gwak). More at Kwak. Borrowed also from Polish Kwak.


Monte

From Spanish, Portuguese, or Italian, from monte.


Summerlin

en-proper noun

Summerlin (countable and uncountable, plural Summerlins)

unk

Unexplained


Chesney

From Norman place names meaning “oak grove” (cognate to French chênaie), from Picard quesne, from Vulgar Latin *cassanus, probably from Gaulish kassanos (“oak”).


Hou

According to the court, Tseng claimed the money to pay the salaries of three county council aides, but Tseng colluded with his wife, surnamed Hou (侯), to hire their relatives to pose as aides and pocket the money themselves.
It was found that one of the aides continued to receive a salary from April to July 2017 after having quit and remitted the money to Hou.

2024 March 27, Flor Wang, H.E. Hsieh, “Ex-Nantou County councilor's 7.5-year fraud sentence upheld”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2024-05-04, Society:


Swaney

Scottish surname probably related to Swain.


Blizzard

Altered form of Blissett, under the influence of the word blizzard.


Vong

From Khmer វង្ស (vŭəng) or Lao ວົງ (wong).


Almendarez

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


Converse

The athletic equipment company is named after its founder, Marquis Mills Converse.


Jeffcoat

From a pet form of the personal name Jeffrey.

A surname transferred from the given name.


Kilby

en-proper noun

Kilby (countable and uncountable, plural Kilbys)

From Old English ċild (“child”) + Old Norse býr (“settlement”). Compare Kelby, which shares the same etymology.


Tooley

Anglicized form of the Old Norse personal name Þórleifr, which is composed of the elements Þórr (“Thor”) and leifr (“inheritor”) (compare líf). (Note: Tooley Street in London, England, is of Old Norse origin, but is not from Þórleifr. It is a shortening of Sant Ole, meaning Saint Olaf.)


Timberlake

Justin Timberlake ― (name of a singer)


Mishra

Transliteration of Sanskrit मिश्र (miśra).


Donegan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Donnagáin (“descendant of Donnagán”), a personal name derived from a double diminutive of donn (“brown”).


Drum

en-proper noun

Drum (countable and uncountable, plural Drums)

* As an Irish surname, from Droma, a personal name from druim (“ridge”)
* As a Scottish Gaelic surname, from druim (“ridge”)
* As a German surname, from Middle High German trum and Middle Low German drum (“woodblock”), both probably from Proto-Germanic *trumaz.

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Drum (surname)


Brann

* As an English surname of Celtic/Brythonic origin, from brân (“raven”).
* As a Jewish surname, from Hebrew רב בן (ben rabi, “son of”) + the beginning of names like Nathan, Nahum, Nachman.


Sandstrom

Borrowed from Swedish Sandström, from sand (“sand”) + ström (“stream”).


Huck

* As an English surname, from Middle English Hucke, possibly from Old English Hucca, Ucca, personal names, and over time influenced by Hugh.
* As a Dutch and German surname, from a pet form of Hugo.


Espiritu

Filipino Christian surname, or anglicization of Spanish Espíritu, both references to the Holy Spirit.


Moynihan

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Muimhneacháin (“descendant of Muimhneachán”), a diminutive of Muimhneach (“Munsterman”).


Hilburn

en-proper noun

Hilburn (countable and uncountable, plural Hilburns)

Habitational surname from a now lost place, from Old English hyll (“hill”) + burne (“brook, stream”).


Moultrie

Moultrie (countable and uncountable, plural Moultries)


Birdwell

Birdwell (countable and uncountable, plural Birdwells)

From Old English bridd (“chick, chickhen; bird”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).


Arbuckle

en-proper noun

Arbuckle (countable and uncountable, plural Arbuckles)

Habitational surname from a minor place in North Lanarkshire, from Scottish Gaelic earrann (“part, section”) + buachaille (“of the herdsman”).


Blackford

en-proper noun

Blackford (countable and uncountable, plural Blackfords)


Tester

From Old French testard (“someone with a big head”), a pejorative from teste (“head”).


Mote

From the French and English surname, spelling variant of Motte, from the noun motte (“stronghold”); also a variant of Mott.


Smedley

en-proper noun

Smedley (countable and uncountable, plural Smedleys)

Perhaps from Old English smēþe (“smooth”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).


Colston

Colston (countable and uncountable, plural Colstons)

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


Fragoso

Borrowed from Galician and Portuguese Fragoso.


Akhtar

Borrowed from Persian اختر (axtar, “star”).


Glasser

A surname originating as an occupation for a glazier.


Kushner

From Yiddish Kushner, from קושנער (kushner), from קושניר (kushnir), from Ukrainian кушнір (kušnir, literally “furrier”).


Poynter

A surname originating as an occupation for a maker of cord.


Witter

From Middle English Witere, Wytere, Whittere, Whytere (surname), from Middle English whitere (“a bleacher, caulker, whitewasher”), equivalent to white + -er.


Sabol

From a Slovak or Czech variant of Sobol.


Grimaldi

Borrowed from Italian Grimaldi, patronymic form of Grimaldo.


Howarth

Habitational surname from a minor place near Rochdale, in Lancashire, from Old English hōh (“spur of land”) + worþ (“enclosure”).


Beckford

en-proper noun

Beckford (countable and uncountable, plural Beckfords)

From the Old English personal name Becca + ford (“ford”).


Mullaney

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maoilsheanaigh (“descendant of the devotee of (Saint) Seanach”).


Seltzer

Anglicised from German Sälzer (“salter”).


Hackman

From Middle English Hackeman, Hakeman, an occupational name derived from hakman, hackeman, hakkeman (“a hacker, chopper, cutter”), equivalent to hack + -man.


Drennan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Draighnáin (“descendant of Draighneán”), a byname from draighneán (“blackthorn”).


Wine

* As an English surname, from the noun wine.
* As a German surname, Americanized from Wein.


Hopp

* As an English surname, spelling variant of Hobbs.
* As a Dutch surname, from hop (“Humulus lupulus”). Also a pet form of Hubrecht, Dutch form of Hubert.
* As a German surname, spelling variant of Hoppe and Hopf.


Bloodworth

Habitational surname from Blidworth in Nottinghamshire, named with the Old English personal name Bliþa + worþ (“enclosure”).


Knorr

From the Dutch and German surname, from the root of Middle Dutch and Middle Low German cnorre, knorre (“protruberance, knot”). See gnarled.

[…] K-N-O-R-R, a very strange name indeed, […]

1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, →OCLC, section I, pages 40–41:


Roseberry

en-proper noun

Roseberry (countable and uncountable, plural Roseberrys)


Kinsella

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ceinnsealaigh.


Kittle

Kittle (countable and uncountable, plural Kittles)


Neu

From the German and Jewish surname, from the adjective neu (“new”).


Witham

Witham (countable and uncountable, plural Withams)

From the Old English personal name Wit or wiht (“bend”) + hām (“homestead”).


Qiu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 丘/邱 (Qiū)/秋 (Qiū)/裘 (Qiú), etc.


Stickney

Stickney (countable and uncountable, plural Stickneys)

From Old English sticca (“stick; long strip of land”) + īeġ (“island”).


Basinger

Altered form of the German surname Bösinger.


Strachan

en-proper noun

Strachan (countable and uncountable, plural Strachans)

The village is named with Scottish Gaelic srath (“river valley”) + eachan (“foal”). The surname could either derive from the placename or from an Anglicized form of Irish Ó Sruitheáin (“descendant of Sruitheán”), a personal name from sruith (“sage elder”) + -án (“diminutive suffix”).


Schuck

From the German surname, variant of Schuh (“shoe”). Compare Schuch.


Quackenbush

Americanized spelling of Dutch Quackenbosch, a habitational surname from quaak (“swamp”) + bosch (“woodland”).


Alcazar

From Spanish Alcázar, from alcázar, from Arabic اَلْقَصْر (al-qaṣr, “the castle”), itself from Latin castrum (“castle”). Cognate with castle.


Hallmark

The company is named after its founder, J. C. Hall, and a reference to hallmark (“official marking”).


Welling

en-proper noun

Welling (countable and uncountable, plural Wellings)


Pinder

Pinder (countable and uncountable, plural Pinders)


Atwater

Atwater (countable and uncountable, plural Atwaters)

From at + water, a toponymic surname for someone who lived by a river or lake.


Harbour

* As an English surname, from the noun harbour, British spelling of harbor. Compare Harbach.
* As a French surname, variant of Arbour.

A surname from French, variant of Arbour


Wirtz

Wirtz (countable and uncountable, plural Wirtzes)


Stockdale

Stockdale (countable and uncountable, plural Stockdales)

Habitational surname from a minor place in Cumbria, from Old English stocc (“tree trunk”) + dæl (“valley”).


Dunlop

Dunlop (countable and uncountable, plural Dunlops)


Almodovar

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Portuguese].


Bradfield

Bradfield (countable and uncountable, plural Bradfields)

From Old English brād (“broad”) + feld (“field”).


Nystrom

Borrowed from Swedish Nystrom, from ny (“new”) + ström (“stream”).


Treece

Treece (countable and uncountable, plural Treeces)

From the plural form of Old English trēow (“tree”).


Tesch

From the German surname of Slavic origin, short form of several names starting with the element teš (“to comfort, console”), from Proto-Slavic *těšiti. Compare Tetzlaff, Tessmer.


Murguia

Borrowed from Spanish Murguía, Castilianized form of Basque Murgia. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.


Towle

Towle (countable and uncountable, plural Towles)

* As an English surname, from Middle English Tolle, a pet form of Anglo-Norman Torald, common name in Normandy from Old Norse Thóraldr, from Þórr (“Thor”) + vald (“rule, power”) (from Proto-Germanic *waldą).
* The Middle English name was also Anglicized from Old Norse Tóli; see Tooley. Compare also Tolson.
* Also as an English surname, variant of Towell.


Hinckley

Hinckley (countable and uncountable, plural Hinckleys)


Sheaffer

Likely related to German Schäfer (“shepherd”). More at Schaefer.


Feeley

Reduced form of McFeeley or a variant of Falvey.


Lafond

From the French surname, variant of Lafont or from several places in France named Lafond, La Fond. Compare Lafoe, Lafon.


Krull

From the German and Dutch surname, spelling variant of Kroll and Krol.


Isham

Isham (countable and uncountable, plural Ishams)

From the name of the River Ise + Old English hām (“homestead”).


Bixby

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From Old English byxe (“box tree”) + Old Norse býr (“farm, town”).


Shuck

* As an English surname, from Old English scucca (“evil spirit”).
* As a German andJewish surname, Americanized from Schuck.


Lydon

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Loideáin (“descendant of Loideán”), a personal name of obscure origin.


Reiff

From the German surname, from Middle High German Reif (“barrel hoop, cord”). Also derived from the Germanic name Richfrit, from Proto-Germanic *rīks (“ruler”) + *friþuz (“peace”). As a Jewish surname, from German reif (“mature”).


Cavanagh

en-proper noun

Cavanagh (countable and uncountable, plural Cavanaghs)


Beech

Beech (countable and uncountable, plural Beeches)


Hoey

A variant of Haughey, a surname of Irish origin.


Killen

Killen (countable and uncountable, plural Killens)

From the Irish surname, from Coilín. See Colin.


Mayne

Mayne (countable and uncountable, plural Maynes)


DiGiacomo

Anglicized spelling of Italian Di Giacomo.


Lakin

Lakin (countable and uncountable, plural Lakins)


Arceo

From Spanish, typically a Filipino and Mexican surname.


Kirkham

Kirkham (countable and uncountable, plural Kirkhams)

From a Scandinvianized form of Old English ċiriċe (“church”) + hām (“homestead”).


Finnerty

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fionnachta (“descendant of Fionnachta”), a personal name composed of the elements fionn (“fair, white”) + sneachta (“snow”).


Hazard

en-proper noun

Hazard (countable and uncountable, plural Hazards)


Sheth

Indian surname, spelling variant of Seth, of Hindu, Jain, and Parsi origin, all from derivatives of Sanskrit श्रेष्ठिन् (śreṣṭhin, “banker, head of a guild”).


Pastore

Borrowed from Italian Pastore. Doublet of Pasteur.


Weekley

en-proper noun

Weekley (countable and uncountable, plural Weekleys)

From Old English wīċ (“village, settlement”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to wick + -ley (“lea”).


Blakeney

Blakeney (countable and uncountable, plural Blakeneys)

From either Old English blæc (“black”) (oblique definite declension blacan), or from Old English personal name Blaca (genitive singular Blacan) + īeġ (“island”).


Gorton

Gorton (countable and uncountable, plural Gortons)


Muldoon

Muldoon (countable and uncountable, plural Muldoons)

From Irish Ó Maoldúin (“descended from Maoldúin”), from Ó+Maoldúin.


Bullington

From the Old English surname; see Billington.


Krol

From the Dutch surname Kroll or the Polish surname Król.


Armitage

en-prop

Armitage (countable and uncountable, plural Armitages)

/ˈɑɹmɪtɪd͡ʒ/

/ˈɑːmɪtɪd͡ʒ/

From Middle English ermitage (“hermitage”).


Delcastillo

Borrowed from Spanish del Castillo (literally “from the castle”).


Perera

Borrowed from Spanish (cognate with Portuguese Pereira and Galician Pereira), or from Sinhalese පෙරේරා (perērā).


Cothran

Perhaps a variant of Cochrane or Cawthorne.


Piercy

en-proper noun

Piercy (countable and uncountable, plural Piercys)


Fulford

Fulford (countable and uncountable, plural Fulfords)

From Old English fūl (“dirty, muddy”) + ford (“ford”).


Murchison

Murchison (countable and uncountable, plural Murchisons)

/məːt͡ʃɪsən/


Kanter

* German, Jewish, and Dutch surname, variant of Kantor.
* Also as a German surname, variant of Kant.


Fudge

From the Middle English surname, diminutive of Fulcher.


Rhee

Rhee (countable and uncountable, plural Rhees)

For the surname, borrowed from Korean 이 (i). Doublet of Lee.


Vella

Borrowed from Italian and Maltese Vella.


Crafton

Crafton (countable and uncountable, plural Craftons)

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


Risley

Risley (countable and uncountable, plural Risleys)

From Old English hrīs (“twig, branch; brushwood”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”); equivalent to rice + -ley (“lea”). The circus term comes from the name of Richard Risley Carlisle (1814–1874), who developed this kind of act in the United States.


Heid

From the German surname, from Middle High German heide; see modern German Heide (“heathland”).


Stuck

German surname, from the noun Stück (“portion, piece”). Compare Stueck.


Croom

en-proper noun

Croom (countable and uncountable, plural Crooms)


Delisle

From French Delisle and Norman de l'Isle.


Rushton

Rushton (countable and uncountable, plural Rushtons)

From Old English risċ (“rush, reed”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Charette

Charette (countable and uncountable, plural Charettes)


Krupa

* As a Polish, Ukrainian, Carpathian Rusyn, Lower Sorbian and Slovak surname, from the noun krupa (“groats”). Compare Kruppa.
* As a Czech surname, variant of Kroupa.
* As a Serbo-Croatian surname, from krupa (“sleet, hail”), related to the above.


Northrop

Translingual: northropi


Bergin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Beirgin, an altered form of Ó hAimheirgin, a personal name probably composed of the elements amhra (“wonderful”) and gin (“birth”).


Janke

From the Low German and Dutch surname, from a pet form of Jan. More at Janke.


Blackshear

Blackshear (countable and uncountable, plural Blackshears)


Slavin

Several possible origins:
* Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Sléibhín (“descendant of Sléibhín”), a personal name probably derived from a diminutive of sliabh (“mountain”).
* Borrowed from Yiddish סלאַווין (slavin), a metronymic surname of Slavic origin, ultimately from the Proto-Slavic root *slàva (“glory, fame”).
* English surname from Middle English sclavyne (“pilgrim cloak or mantle”), perhaps a nickname for a pilgrim or for someone who sold such garment.


Cowden

en-proper noun

Cowden (countable and uncountable, plural Cowdens)


Renfrow

Renfrow (countable and uncountable, plural Renfrows)


Iyer

Borrowed from Tamil ஐயர் (aiyar), a caste of Hindu brahmins of Tamil origin.


Eskridge

Eskridge (countable and uncountable, plural Eskridges)


Dunford

Dunford (countable and uncountable, plural Dunfords)


Malley

* As an Irish surname, shortened form of O'Malley.
* As an English surname of Norman origin, from several places in France named Mailly, from Latin Mallius, a nomen.
* As a Carpathian Rusyn surname, Americanized from Mlej; see Malay. Similar Slavic variants exist such as Polish Mały, Czech and Slovak Malý, Slovene Malý; see Maly.
* Also as a Slovene and Slovak surname, from Malej; see Maley.


Housley

Habitational surname from a minor place in South Yorkshire, from Old English hūs (“house”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”). Equivalent to house + -ley (“lea”).


Devereaux

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


Houlihan

Anglicized form of Irish Ó hUallacháin (“descendant of Uallachán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of uallach (“proud, arrogant”).


Frisby

en-proper noun

Frisby (countable and uncountable, plural Frisbys)

From Old Norse frisir (“Frisians”) + býr (“settlement”).


Shabazz

From Arabic شَعْب (šaʕb, “a people”) and Arabic عَزّ (ʕazz, “to be mighty or glorious”). Also possibly from Persian شهباز (šahbâz, “royal falcon”), from شاه (shāh, “king”), + باز (bāz, “hawk, falcon”).


Mulvey

en-proper noun

Mulvey (countable and uncountable, plural Mulveys)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maoilmhiadhaigh (“descendant of Maoilmhiadhach”), a personal name composed of the elements maol (“servant, devotee”) + miadhach (“honorable”).


Wadley

en-proper noun

Wadley (countable and uncountable, plural Wadleys)

From either the Old English personal name Wada or wād (“woad”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).


Hake

* As a North Germanic surname, from Old Norse haki (“hook”), from Proto-Germanic *hakô.
* As a north German surname, spelling variant of Haack.
* As a Dutch and north German surname, from haag (“hedge”).
* As a Jewish/Yiddish surname, spelling variant of Hacke, from האַק (hak, “axe”).


Townley

Townley (countable and uncountable, plural Townleys)


Sharif

From Arabic شَرِيف (šarīf). Doublet of sharif and shereef.


Shedd

Shedd (countable and uncountable, plural Shedds)

Topographic surname for someone who lived in a hovel, from Middle English schade (“shade, shadow; shad”).


Cann

en-proper noun

Cann (countable and uncountable, plural Canns)

* As an Irish surname, reduced from McCann.
* As an English surname, from Cann in Dorset. The place name could be from Old English can, referring to a deep valley.
* Americanized from Kann, Kahn.


Blaney

Topographic surname, from Welsh blaenau, plural of blaen (“tip, point, apex”).


Tinney

Tinney (countable and uncountable, plural Tinneys)

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


Lowther

en-proper noun

Lowther (countable and uncountable, plural Lowthers)


Blaisdell

Habitational surname from a minor place in Cumbria, from the Old Norse personal name Blesi, a byname from blesi (“blaze, white spot”), + dalr (“valley”).


Drain

* As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, from Ó Dreain (“descendant of Drean”), probably from dreán (“wren, songbird”) (see Welsh dryw (“wren”)).
* Also as an Irish surname, from Ó Druacháin; see Drohan.
* As an English surname, occupational surname related to the noun drain.
* Also as an English surname, spelling variant of Drane.
* As a French surname, reduced from Derain, from Old French dererain (“the last”), nickname for the youngest son of a family; see derrière (“behind”).


Crowther

Crowther (countable and uncountable, plural Crowthers)


Lezama

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


Birchfield

Birchfield (countable and uncountable, plural Birchfields)


Weeden

English surname, spelling variant of Weedon.


Earp

Earp (countable and uncountable, plural Earps)

The definitive origin is unclear. Some are proposed, including Old English eorp (“swarthy”), from Proto-Germanic *erpaz (“light brown”); or a connection to the placenames Ypres (Belgium) or Erpe (Netherlands).


Louden

Louden (countable and uncountable, plural Loudens)

Scottish habitational surname, from the parish of Loudoun, in East Ayrshire.


Lavery

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Labhradha (“descendant of Labhraidh”), a byname from labhraidh (“spokesman”), from labhair (“to speak”).


Caddell

From the Welsh personal name Cadell, which derives from the root of cad (“battle”).


Chasteen

Americanized spelling of French Chastain.


Dowden

Patronymic surname, from an unattested Old English personal name *Dogod, perhaps derived from dugan (“to avail, serve”).


Sainz

Borrowed from Spanish Sainz, itself of Basque origin.


Lepage

A surname from French, equivalent to English Page.


Krishnan

Borrowed from Tamil கிருட்டிணன் (kiruṭṭiṇaṉ).

bor

Tamil கிருட்டிணன் (kiruṭṭiṇaṉ)


Gulledge

Probably an Americanized spelling of German Gullich or Guhlich. It could also be a variant of the English surnames Colledge and Coolidge.


Segarra

Borrowed from Catalan Segarra, a habitational surname from a place in Catalonia, probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia (compare Iberian segar (“stone, rock”)). See also Zegarra.


Ekstrom

Borrowed from Swedish Ekström, an ornamental surname composed of the elements ek (“oak”) and ström (“river, current, stream”).


Wexler

Variant of Wechsler, a Jewish surname from German Wechsler (“money changer”).


Boe

* As a Swedish surname, from bo (“farm”).
* As a Norwegian surname, from Bø, Bøe, from Old Norse býr (“farm”), related to above.
* As a Danish surname, from Bo, from the Norse name Búi.
* As a Dutch and German surname, reduced from Bode.
* As a West Frisian surname, from the name Boye.


Bogard

en-proper noun

Bogard (countable and uncountable, plural Bogards)

Shortened form of Dutch van der Bogaard.


Burlingame

Burlingame (countable and uncountable, plural Burlingames)

A variant of Burlingham, itself from the Old English personal name Bærla or Byrla + -ing (“diminutive marker”) + hām (“homestead”).


Towner

Towner (countable and uncountable, plural Towners)


Caulfield

Caulfield (countable and uncountable, plural Caulfields)


Feist

From the German surname for stout people; see feist (“fat”).


Swink

Swink (countable and uncountable, plural Swinks)


Mui

Borrowed from Cantonese 梅 (mui4). Doublet of Mei.


Deville

Deville (countable and uncountable, plural Devilles)


Lockridge

Lockridge (countable and uncountable, plural Lockridges)


Glasscock

Various origins:
* English habitational surname from a place called Glascote, in Staffordshire, from Old English glæs (“glass”) + cot (“hut, shelter”).
* Welsh habitational surname from the village of Glascoed, in Monmouthshire, from Welsh glas (“blue”) + coed (“wood”).


Coddington

Coddington (countable and uncountable, plural Coddingtons)

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


Vanhook

From the Dutch surname, from van + Hook, variant of Hoek.


Saez

Borrowed from Spanish Sáez, variant of Sainz, a surname of Basque origin.


Wheelock

Wheelock (countable and uncountable, plural Wheelocks)


Zazueta

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].


Wendling

Wendling (countable and uncountable, plural Wendlings)


Shackleford

Shackleford (countable and uncountable, plural Shacklefords)


Croy

Croy (countable and uncountable, plural Croys)


Boddie

Scottish surname, variant of Boddy, Body, Bodie.


Norvell

Scottish surname of Norman origin, reduced form of the Norman habitational surname Normanville. See Norville.


Watterson

Derived from an altered form of the given name Walter, which comes from Waltheri, a Germanic name that is derived from walt (power, authority) and heri (army).


Westerfield

Westerfield (countable and uncountable, plural Westerfields)


Barbera

/ˌbɑːrˈbɛrə/


Leftwich

Leftwich (countable and uncountable, plural Leftwiches)


Barwick

Barwick (countable and uncountable, plural Barwicks)

From Old English bere (“barley”) + wīc (“village”).


Brim

As an English surname, spelling variant of Bream.
As a Jewish surname, acronymically from Hebrew בן רבי (bén rabí, “son of Rabbi…”) followed by a Yiddish personal name. Compare Brill.


Mistry

Borrowed from Hindi मिस्त्री (mistrī). Cognate with English master.


Lonergan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Longargáin (“descendant of Longargán”), a personal name based on lonn (“strong”) + garg (“fierce”) + -án.


Peluso

Borrowed from Italian Peluso, italianization of Sicilian Pilusu, from Sicilian pilusu (“hairy”), from pilu + -usu.


Vereen

unk

Unexplained


Brittingham

Habitational surname from either of two places called Brettenham, from Old English Bryttas (“Briton”) + hamm (“enclosure”).


Plowman

A surname originating as an occupation for a plowman.


Glassman

A surname originating as an occupation for a maker of glass.


Flower

en-proper noun

Flower (countable and uncountable, plural Flowers)

* As an occupational English surname, from the noun flower, and sometimes flour.
* Also as an English surname, from Middle English flo (“arrow”).
* Also as an English surname, variant of Floor, itself from the noun floor.
* As a Welsh surname, Anglicized from Llywarch.


Gailey

Gailey (countable and uncountable, plural Gaileys)


Tye

Tye (countable and uncountable, plural Tyes)


Lesser

Into them Lesser inserts three intentionally similar heroines, annoying American expats in Cambridge, England,[ ]whose Anglophilia leads to a quite unwarranted amount of sightseeing.

2005 October 9, Lucy Ellmann, “'The Pagoda in the Garden': Are We Amused Yet?”, in The New York Times:


Heinen

From the Dutch and Low German surname, "son of Hein."


Dear

English surname, related to the adjective dear and noun deer (from Old English deor (“wild animal”), used in many senses).


Trivedi

From Sanskrit त्रिवेदिन् (trivedin, “familiar with the three Vedas”).


Breault

French surname, variant of Brault and also Breaux.


Lahr

en-proper noun

Lahr (countable and uncountable, plural Lahrs)


Galligan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gealagáin (“descendant of Gealagán”), a personal name which derives from a double diminutive of geal (“bright, white”).


Delorenzo

Very rare spelling of Italian De Lorenzo.


Deegan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Duibhginn (“descendants of Duibhgeann”), a byname composed of the elements dubh (“black”) + ceann (“head”).


Hartin

* As an Irish surname, from Ó hartáin (“descendant of Artán”), from art (“bear”).
* As an English surname, from the place Harting in Sussex.


Lasalle

en-proper noun

Lasalle (countable and uncountable, plural Lasalles)


Bresnahan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Brosnacháin (“descendant of Brosnachán”), a personal name derived from Brosna, the name of a town and a river in County Kerry.


Blackmore

en-proper noun

Blackmore (countable and uncountable, plural Blackmores)

From Old English blæc (“black”) + mōr (“moor”).


Freer

Freer (countable and uncountable, plural Freers)


Keele

From Old English cȳ, plural of cū (“cow”) + hlǣw (“mound, hill”); "hill where cows graze".


Routh

Routh (countable and uncountable, plural Rouths)

A surname from the South Asian languages


Rehm

From the German surname, from Middle High German Rehm; see Remy. Also from the noun Rahmen (“frame, loom”); see Riemer.


Dunston

Dunston (countable and uncountable, plural Dunstons)

From Old English personal name Dunn, genitive case Dunnes + tūn (“farm”).


Cogan

Cogan (countable and uncountable, plural Cogans)


Crossland

Habitational surname from a minor place in the parish of Almondbury, West Yorkshire, from Old English cros (“cross”) + land (“land”).


Lindo

As an English surname, from Lindow. For romance varieties, see lindo.


Lieu

As a Vietnamese surname, from liễu (“willow tree”).


Colgan

Colgan (countable and uncountable, plural Colgans)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Colgáin (“descendant of Colgán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive form of colg (“thorn; sword”).


Mellor

en-proper noun

Mellor (countable and uncountable, plural Mellors)

Probably from two ancient British words akin to Welsh moel (“bare”) and bre (“hill”).


Hanke

* As a German surname, from a pet form of Johan, see John, Hank.
* As an English surname, from the Middle English personal name Hanke, see Hanks.


Buettner

From the German surname, from Bütte (“cask, barrel”).


Josephson

An English surname originating as a patronymic.


Bridgewater

/ˈbɹɪd͡ʒ.wɑ.təɹ/


Linehan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Laidhghneáin (“descendant of Laidhghneán”), perhaps a personal name derived from a diminutive form of laidhghein (“snow-birth”), from ladhg (“snow”) + gein (“birth”).


Billington

en-proper noun

Billington (countable and uncountable, plural Billingtons)

Two different origins:
* The place in Bedfordshire is recorded in 1196 as Billendon, from the Old English personal name Billa + -ing (“belonging to”) + dūn (“hill”).
* The village in Lancashire is probably named with *billing (“sword-shaped, ridge-shaped”) (see bill) + dūn (“hill”).


Campion

Campion (countable and uncountable, plural Campions)


Partlow

Partlow (countable and uncountable, plural Partlows)

Either a reduced form of McPartlow, a surname of Irish origin, or an Americanized form of German Bartlau.


Cribb

English surname, from Old English cribb (“crib, manger”).


Murtha

From the Irish surname, variant of Murtagh.


Valtierra

Borrowed from Spanish Valtierra, Castilianized form of Basque Bazterra. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.


Werth

Ultimately from Alemannic German or German Werth, possibly via other languages like French or Russian Верт (Vert).


Langham

Langham (countable and uncountable, plural Langhams)

From Old English lang (“long”) + hām (“homestead”).


Southwick

Southwick (countable and uncountable, plural Southwicks)

From Old English sūþ (“south”) + wīċ (“village, specialized farm”).


Broadbent

Broadbent (countable and uncountable, plural Broadbents)

From Old English brād (“broad”) + beonet (“bentgrass, rush, reed”).


Steinbach

Steinbach (countable and uncountable, plural Steinbachs)


Stouffer

From the German surname, Americanized from Stauffer, Staufer.


Trull

Trull (countable and uncountable, plural Trulls)


Garwood

Garwood (countable and uncountable, plural Garwoods)


Purser

A surname originating as an occupation for a maker of purses.


Privett

Privett (countable and uncountable, plural Privetts)

Apparently from the unattested Old English word *pryfet (“privet”).


Caston

Caston (countable and uncountable, plural Castons)


Ugalde

Borrowed from Spanish Ugalde, from Basque Ugalde, from ur (“water”) + alde (“side”).


Lambrecht

From the German and Dutch surname, spelling variant of Lambert.


Strahan

Strahan (countable and uncountable, plural Strahans)


Sealy

Sealy (countable and uncountable, plural Sealys)


Jacobi

Borrowed from German Jacopi, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname from a Latinized patronymic from the personal name Jacob.


Hearne

Hearne (countable and uncountable, plural Hearnes)


Sibert

From German Siebert, from Siegbert, literally meaning ‘bright victory’.


Priebe

From Germanized short forms of Polabian or Pomeranian Slavic personal names such as Pribyslav or Pribygněv.


Giardina

Borrowed from Italian Giardina, from Sicilian Jardina, plural of jardinu (“garden”).


Hoekstra

Borrowed from Dutch and West Frisian Hoekstra.


Moyce

From a variant of the personal name Moses.


Sison

From Tagalog Sison, ultimately derived from Hokkien 四孫／四孙 (sì-sun).


Comfort

Comfort (countable and uncountable, plural Comforts)


Player

A surname originating as an occupation for a sportsman.


Rummage

Americanized spelling of German Rometsch.


Kantor

Jewish, Hungarian (Kántor), Slovak (Kántor), German, Czech, and Serbo-Croatian surname, from the noun cantor.


Glennon

Glennon (countable and uncountable, plural Glennons)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Leannáin (“son of Leannán”), a personal name from leann (“cloak”) + -án (“diminutive suffix”).


Loo

* As a Dutch and north German surname, from loo (“wood, clearing”).
* As a Chinese surname, spelling variant of Lu.


Bankhead

Bankhead (countable and uncountable, plural Bankheads)

Habitational surname from various Scottish minor places, from bank + head.


Haughton

Haughton (countable and uncountable, plural Haughtons)


Hirst

Hirst (countable and uncountable, plural Hirsts)


Pray

* As an Irish surname, variant of Prey, from ó Préith, a personal name from Old Irish.
* As an English surname, borrowed (via Middle English) from French pré (“meadow”).


Tolle

* As a north/Low German surname, from Middle Low German toll, see toll.
* As a German surname Tölle, variant of Toelle, itself a pet form of Bertold, see Berthold.
* As a Dutch surname, variant of Tol.


Stanger

Various origins:
* English surname, probably derived from Middle English stang (“pole”) and possibly being a topographic surname fro someone who lived by a pole or stake
* Orcadian habitational surname, from a minor place called Stanagar, in the parish of Stromness.
* Borrowed from German Stanger, an occupational surname for a maker of shafts.


Silverio

From the Spanish and Filipino surname, and anglicization of Portuguese Silvério.


Bozarth

Probably a reduced form of Swiss German Bozenhardt.


Lenoir

Lenoir (countable and uncountable, plural Lenoirs)


Smitherman

Occupational surname for someone who assisted a blacksmith, from Middle English smithiere (“blacksmith”) + -man.


Bakke

* As a Dutch surname, from bak (“bucket, bin”); also from bakkes (“face”).
* As a Norwegian surname, from bakke (“bank, hillside”).


Ancheta

Borrowed from Spanish Ancheta, from Basque Antxieta, Antzieta, and Antxeta.


Sickler

Borrowed from German Sickler, perhaps a variant of Siegler.


Mansell

Habitational surname from Old French Mansel (“someone from Le Mans”).


Scheel

North German and Dutch surname, from the adjective scheel (“squinting”).


Waid

From the German surname. See Weide (“pasture”), also derived from Middle High German weit (“woad”), see English woad.


Rockland

en-prop

Rockland (countable and uncountable, plural Rocklands)


Hilario

Borrowed from Spanish Hilario, from Galician.


Grammer

en-proper noun

Grammer (countable and uncountable, plural Grammers)

Occupational surname for a scholar or astrologer, from Old French gramaire (“grammarian, scholar, astrologer”).


Heald

English surname, from the Old English noun hielde (“hill, slope”) (see -heald).


Kennett

en-proper noun

Kennett (countable and uncountable, plural Kennetts)


Cui

Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 崔 (cuī). Doublet of Chui.


Dare

English surname, spelling variant of Dear.


Arciniega

Borrowed from Spanish Arciniega, from Basque Artziniega.


Pasley

Pasley (countable and uncountable, plural Pasleys)


Stang

From the German and Jewish surname, from the noun Stange (“pole”).


Elswick

Elswick (countable and uncountable, plural Elswicks)


Copp

From Middle English coppe, from Old English copp (“summit”).


Pineiro

From Galician Piñeiro, from piñeiro (“pine tree”).


Geraghty

From Irish mac Oireachtach (“son of a member of the Oireachtas”).

der

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


Gurung

From the Nepali surname, from the name of the Gurung people of Nepal, गुरुङ (guruṅ), an exonym itself possibly borrowed from Tibetan.


Subramanian

‘Subramanian’, the man in the aisle seat introduced himself, the South Indian name placing him confidently on the map.

2023, Santanu Bhattacharya, One Small Voice, Fig Tree, page 127:


Guth

From the German and Jewish surname, from the adjective gut (“good”). Compare Good, Gut.


Trieu

Borrowed from Vietnamese Triệu. Doublet of Zhao.


Siciliano

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


Sultana

en-proper noun

Sultana (countable and uncountable, plural Sultanas)


Gaughan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gaoithin.


Baig

* As an Islamic surname (Indian subcontinent), from Turkish beg, an older form of bey. Compare Bey, Beg.
* As a Scottish surname, variant of Begg.
* As a Catalan surname, from baig (“bay auburn”), a variant of bai (“bay (color)”).


Taveras

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


Husband

Husband (countable and uncountable, plural Husbands)


Spaeth

From Middle High German späth (“late”), probably a nickname for a tardy person; see modern German spät.


Sill

English surname, variant of Silvester (from Sylvester) and Silvano.


Harsh

From the German surname, Americanized from Harsch, from the adjective harsch.


Schoenfeld

From the German and Jewish surname, from several placenames composed of schön (“beautiful”) + Feld (“field”). Compare the variant Schonfeld.


Garren

From the French surname, one of many Norman spelling variants related to Gervase.


Tian

The pinyin romanization of Mandarin 田 (Tián).


Ayer

* As an English and Scottish surname, from the noun heir.
* Also as an English surname, from the Anglo-Norman and Middle English personal name Aier, from Proto-West Germanic *Agihari, from *agi (“fear”) + *hari (“army”).
* Also as an English surname, variant of Hair.


Hetherington

Habitational surname from a minor place in Northumberland, from either Old English hēahdēor (“deer, stag”) or hǣddre (“heather”) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Beacham

Corruption of Beauchamp via phonetically spelling the naturalized English pronunciation. From French Beauchamp


Stenson

Stenson (countable and uncountable, plural Stensons)


Sobel

Ultimately from Old East Slavic соболь (sobolĭ).


Garton

Garton (countable and uncountable, plural Gartons)

From Old English gāra (“triangular plot of land”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

A habitational surname from Old English.


Seaver

From the medieval personal name Sefare, a continuation of an unattested Old English female name composed of the elements sǣ (“sea”) + faru (“journey”).


Blakeman

en-proper noun

Blakeman (countable and uncountable, plural Blakemans)


Bolger

Two main origins:
* Occupational surname for a leather worker, from Old French boulgier, an agent derivative of boulge (“leather bag”).
* Anglicized form of Irish Ó Bolghuidhir, Ó Bolguidhir (“descendant of Bolgodhar”), a personal name composed of the elements bolg (“belly”) + odhar (“yellow; sallow”).


Keesee

Presumably an American shortened and altered form of French Lacaze.


Bedoya

Borrowed from Spanish Bedoya, itself of Basque origin.


Bicknell

Bicknell (countable and uncountable, plural Bicknells)


Sahagun

Habitational surname borrowed from Spanish Sahagún. Typically a Mexican and Filipino surname.


Delavega

From Spanish de la Vega (Spanish surname) and dela Vega (Filipino surname derived from the former), with removal of spaces between the words (done on surnames recorded in the latest decennial US Censuses).


Leader

Leader (countable and uncountable, plural Leaders)

English surname, both from the noun leader and an occupational use of lead (“heavy metal”).

A surname originating as an occupation for a person who led a horse and cart.


Glazer

A surname originating as an occupation for a glazer.


Stanfill

An English surname. Derived from Stanfield.


Hartfield

Hartfield (countable and uncountable, plural Hartfields)

From Old English heorot (“stag, hart”) + feld (“field”).


Arizmendi

Borrowed from Spanish Arizmendi, from Basque haritz (“oak”) + mendi (“mountain”).


Paynter

A surname meaning "the head/end of the land" (penn an tir) in the Cornish language.


Zaleski

From Polish Zaleski, Załęski, or Zalewski.


Kempton

Kempton (countable and uncountable, plural Kemptons)

From the Old English personal name Cempa, a byname from cempa (“soldier, warrior”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Ingham

Ingham (countable and uncountable, plural Inghams)

From the Old English personal name Inga, which is related to Ing, + hām (“homestead”). Some authorities believe that the first element could also be from Ingaevones, a Germanic tribe.


Garrard

Garrard (countable and uncountable, plural Garrards)


Darrah

Darrah (countable and uncountable, plural Darrahs)


Shear

From Middle English schyre (“pure, bright, fair”). Also a German surname, variant of Schier, itself a variant of Scheuer or from a cognate of the Middle English word.


Higbee

en-proper noun

Higbee (countable and uncountable, plural Higbees)

Unknown; even though it looks like a habitational surname, no place with this name is known in England.


Maney

Maney (countable and uncountable, plural Maneys)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maine (“descendant of Maine”), a personal name of obscure origin.


Athey

* As an English surname, contraction of Middle English at heye (“at the enclosure”).
* As an Irish surname, spelling variant of Athy.


Hendon

Hendon (countable and uncountable, plural Hendons)

From Old English hēan, dative case of hēah (“high”), + dūn (“hill”).


Stagg

Originally a nickname from Middle English stagg (“stag, hart”).

An English surname transferred from the nickname.


Haskin

* As an English surname, variant of Askin.
* Also as an English surname, from Haskayne in Halsall, of Brythonic origin, from hesg (“sedge”) + the suffix -en. Sometimes confused with Heskin and Axon.
* Also as an English surname, variant of Hoskin.
* As an Irish surname, from Ó hUiscin, a name of uncertain origin. Sometimes calqued as Waters due to its similarity to the noun uisce (“water”). Compare Hiskey.
* As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish חסקע (khaske), a pet form of חנה (khane) (see Hannah).


Escudero

Occupational surname borrowed from Spanish escudero (“esquire, shield-bearer”).


Loughlin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Lachtnáin (“descendant of Lachtnán”), a diminutive of lachtna (“gray, dun”).


Yarnell

en-proper noun

Yarnell (countable and uncountable, plural Yarnells)


Redfern

Redfern (countable and uncountable, plural Redferns)

The suburb is named after surgeon William Redfern (1774–1833).


Batey

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

A surname transferred from the given name.


Donoghue

From Irish Ó Donnchadha (“descendants of Duncan”).


Brewton

en-proper noun

Brewton (countable and uncountable, plural Brewtons)


Trumble

From an unrecorded Old English personal name Trumbeald, composed of the elements trum (“strong, firm”) + beald (“bold, brave”).


Sherwin

Perhaps a nickname for a swift runner, from Middle English scheren (“to cut, slash, slice”) + wynd (“wind”).

der

A surname transferred from the nickname.


Rossiter

en-proper noun

Rossiter (countable and uncountable, plural Rossiters)


Saville

Saville (countable and uncountable, plural Savilles)


Dunkle

Translingual: †Dunkleosteus


Manor

English surname, variant of Mayner, of Norman origin, from a Proto-Germanic personal name composed of the elements *maginą (“power, might”) + *harjaz (“army”).


Depasquale

Very rare spelling of Italian De Pasquale.


Mulvaney

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maoilmheana (“descendant of the chieftain of the Main river”).


Penton

en-proper noun

Penton (countable and uncountable, plural Pentons)


Tingley

Tingley (countable and uncountable, plural Tingleys)


Lamoureux

From French Lamoureux, from l’Amoureux, from l’+amoureux (“lover”).


Schuetz

Jewish and German surname for a watchman or rifler, from the verb schützen (“to protect”). Compare Schutz, Scheets, Scheetz, Sheats, Sheetz.


Foran

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fuartháin (“descendant of Fuarthán”), a personal name from fuar (“cold”).


Blakemore

en-proper noun

Blakemore (countable and uncountable, plural Blakemores)


Villafuerte

From Spanish, mostly a Filipino and Mexican surname.


Crisostomo

Anglicization and Filipino form of Spanish Crisóstomo


Moline

Moline (countable and uncountable, plural Molines)


Wightman

Wightman (countable and uncountable, plural Wightmans)


Mosquera

From Spanish Mosquera. Originates in Navarre, but became common in Galicia (and adapted as Galician Mosqueira). The surname commonly occurs in Colombia and Ecuador.


Ugarte

Borrowed from Spanish Ugarte, itself borrowed from Basque uharte (“island”).


Bainbridge

Bainbridge (countable and uncountable, plural Bainbridges)

From Bain (“a river in North Yorkshire”) + Old English brycġ (“bridge”).


Hennepin

Hennepin (countable and uncountable, plural Hennepins)

(countable) A surname, notably that of Louis Hennepin.


Pelham

Pelham (countable and uncountable, plural Pelhams)

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


Brough

Brough (countable and uncountable, plural Broughs)

From Old English burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of borough, burgh, and Bury.


Seguin

Seguin (countable and uncountable, plural Seguins)


Legaspi

From Spanish Legaspi; variant of Legazpi.

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].


Gaylor

Anne Nicol Gaylor, who transformed a local campaign for abortion rights into a national crusade to maintain the separation of church and state, died on June 14 at a hospice in Fitchburg, Wis., near Madison. She was 88.

2015 June 17, Sam Roberts, “Anne Gaylor, 88, Dies; Guarded Wall Between Church and State”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-29:


Pick

* As an English, Dutch, and German surname, related to pickaxe.
* As a German surname, from Low German pick (“pitch”), itself ultimately from Latin pix.
* As an English surname, from pike (“kind of fish”).


Recio

From Spanish, from recio (“strong”). A descriptive surname.


Teng

Romanization of Hokkien 鄧／邓 (Tēng). Doublet of Dinh.


Teng

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From Mandarin 鄧／邓 (Dèng), Wade–Giles romanization: Têng⁴. Doublet of Dinh.

The source said Teng Hsiao-ping, when he visited Kwangchow early this year, ordered the arrest of the younger Wang to enforce the new purification campaign.

1982 April 4, “Scandal triggers friction”, in Free China Weekly [自由中國週報], volume XXII, number 13, Taipei, page 3, column 3:

In his speech at the mass rally mentioned above, Chiang Tse-min described Teng as a loyal comrade-in-arms of Mao Tse-tung and the most prominent successor and developer of Mao Tse-tung thought. He stressed the way that both Teng and Mao formulated their policies in line with the specific situation in China.

1996, An-chia Wu, “The CCP's "Socialist Market Economy" Proposal”, in Bih-jaw Lin, James T. Myers, editors, Contemporary China in the Post-Cold War Era, University of South Carolina Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 29:

Prosecutors said a man surnamed Teng (鄧) admitted to placing a note in the front windshield wiper of a car parked in Kaohsiung’s Linyuan District (林園) in October last year.

2023 July 27, Huang Chia-lin, Jason Pan, “Court fines man for leaving ‘threatening’ note in parking furor”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-07-26, Taiwan News, page 2:


Belmont

Belmont (countable and uncountable, plural Belmonts)


Shock

* As an English surname, variant of Shuck.
* As a German surname, Americanized from Schock, itself a variant of Scheck, or from the sense Schock (“heap”). Compare Schoch.


Xue

From the Chinese surname, from Mandarin 薛 (xuē, “type of grass; name of an ancient state, fief”). More at Xue.


Kenworthy

Habitational surname from a minor place in Cheshire, apparently from the Old English personal name Cēna + worþig (“estate, enclosure”).


Srivastava

Borrowed from Hindi श्रीवास्तव (śrīvāstav).

bor

Hindi श्रीवास्तव (śrīvāstav)


Throckmorton

en-proper noun

Throckmorton (countable and uncountable, plural Throckmortons)

Possibly from Old English þroc (“beam bridge”) + mere (“pool”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Sword

Various origins:
* Metonymic occupational surname for a sword maker or armorer.
* Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Suaird (“descendant of Suard”), a Gaelicized form of Old Norse Sigvarðr.


Blanding

Blanding (countable and uncountable, plural Blandings)


Spielman

A surname from German, an anglicized or alternative form of Spielmann.


Drexler

From the German surname, from Middle High German dræhseler, Drehseler (“turner, lather”), Old High German thrāhslāri, from a Proto-Germanic source related to *þwerhaz (“crossed, turned”).


Wesolowski

From Polish Wesołowski, from various placenames derived from the adjective wesoły.


Merced

Merced (countable and uncountable, plural Merceds)


Boughton

Boughton (countable and uncountable, plural Boughtons)

From the Old English personal name Bucca, a byname from bucc (“buck, he-goat”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Halligan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hÁilleagáin (“descendant of Áilleagán”), a double diminutive of áille (“beauty”).


Gongora

Borrowed from Spanish Góngora, itself of Basque origin.


Chalk

en-proper noun

Chalk (countable and uncountable, plural Chalks)


Eichler

“We’re going to have the benefit of actually understanding ourselves as a species much, much better,” said Evan Eichler, a genome scientist at the University of Washington.

2023 May 10, Elie Dolgin, “Scientists Unveil a More Diverse Human Genome”, in The New York Times:


Rolland

Rolland (countable and uncountable, plural Rollands)


Southall

Southall (countable and uncountable, plural Southalls)

From Old English suþ (“south”) + halh (“hollow, nook”).


Parmenter

From Parmentier, from French Parmentier.


Harte

English, north/Low German, Dutch, Irish surname, variant of Hart.


Richburg

Richburg (countable and uncountable, plural Richburgs)

Probably an Americanized form of German Reichenberg.


Mulvihill

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maoilmhichíl (“descendant of the servant of (Saint) Michael”).


Dhaliwal

Borrowed from Punjabi ਧਾਲੀਵਾਲ (dhālīvāl).


Iraheta

Variant of Iracheta. This variant is mostly found in El Salvador.


Silk

A surname originating as an occupation for a seller of silk.


Rowden

en-proper noun

Rowden (countable and uncountable, plural Rowdens)


Malhotra

Borrowed from Hindi मल्होत्रा (malhotrā) or directly from Punjabi ਮਲ੍ਹੋਤ੍ਰਾ (malhotrā).


Lieb

From the German surname, from Middle High German liep (“dear”), from Old High German liob, from Proto-West Germanic *leubu (“love”).


Uriostegui

Borrowed from Spanish Uriostegui, itself of Basque origin.


Cryer

A surname originating as an occupation for a town crier.


Brambila

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish Brambila, itself from Italian Brambilla.


Pound

Pound (countable and uncountable, plural Pounds)

* As an English surname, from both senses of the noun pound meaning "measure of weight" and "enclosure."
* As a German surname, variant of Pfund, or as a north/Low German surname, from the variants of it, Pund, Pundt, all meaning "pound," thus related to the above.


Waits

An English surname originating as an occupation, a variant of Waite.


Bridwell

Perhaps a habitational surname from a minor place in the civil parish of Uffculme, from Old English bridd (“bird”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).


Govan

Govan (countable and uncountable, plural Govans)


Whitton

Whitton (countable and uncountable, plural Whittons)

Ultimately from the Old English personal name Hwīta, a byname from hwīt (“white”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Harkey

English surname, probably related to Harry or a derivative of Hard.


Garr

* As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, shortened from McGarr, from macc an gearr (“son of the short man”).
* As a German surname, from Gorr, shortened from Gregor, as well as from Karre (“cart”).


Villagrana

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


Mulhern

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maoil Chiaráin.


Vivar

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


Smit

Borrowed from Dutch Smid, from smid (“smith”). Doublet of Smith and Schmidt.


Schoch

* As a south German surname, from Schock (“heap, haystack”). Compare Schober, Schock.
* As a Germanized Slavic surname, from Lower Sorbian Čoch, also found as Zoch, from Polish czochrać (“to scratch, tousle”).


Safford

Safford (countable and uncountable, plural Saffords)


Banister

Banister (countable and uncountable, plural Banisters)

English and Norman surname, variant of Bannister.

A surname originating as an occupation for a maker of baskets.


Wetmore

Wetmore (countable and uncountable, plural Wetmores)


Tagore

Anglicisation of Bengali ঠাকুর (ṭhakur).


Soliman

Anglicization and Filipino form of Spanish Solimán, from Arabic سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān). Also an Arabic patronymic surname.

سليمان سليمان

A surname from Spanish, an anglicization and Filipino form of Solimán, or transliteration of the Arabic surname سليمان.


Alday

Borrowed from Spanish Alday, a Castilianized habitational surname from Basque Aldai.


Moffat

Moffat (countable and uncountable, plural Moffats)

From Scottish Gaelic magh (“field, plain”) + fada (“long”).

A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.


Hakim

Borrowed from Arabic حَكِيم (ḥakīm, “wise”). This surname is mostly found in Indonesia.


Dunton

en-proper noun

Dunton (countable and uncountable, plural Duntons)

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

A habitational surname from Old English.


Capobianco

Capobianco (countable and uncountable, plural Capobiancos)


Swinford

Swinford (countable and uncountable, plural Swinfords)

From Old English swīn (“swine, pig”) + ford.


Fourier

French utopian socialist and philosopher Charles Fourier


Bohl

* As a north German surname, from the personal name Baldo, from the root of the adjective bold.
* Also as a north German surname, from the place name Bohl in Germany.
* Also as a north German surname, spelling variant of Bohle.


Brisco

Brisco (countable and uncountable, plural Briscos)


Rothenberg

* As a Jewish surname, derived from German Rot (“red”) + Berg (“mountain, hill”).
* As a German and Jewish surname, from several placenames referring to Rothenberg, from earlier Rodenberg, probably of the meaning of the above.
* Also as a Jewish surname, variant of Rothenburg, itself probably a variant of Rotenburg.


Kogan

Transliteration of Russian Ко́ган (Kógan), the Russian version of the Jewish surname Cohen


Elson

en-proper noun

Elson (countable and uncountable, plural Elsons)

Possibly from Middle English elson, alternative spelling of elsen, elsyn, alsene (“an awl or some other pointed instrument or tool”), either from Middle Dutch elsene, alsene, from Old Dutch *elisna, *alasna, from Proto-West Germanic *alisnu, *alasnu, from Proto-Germanic *alasnō, or from an unrecorded Old English form.


Yong

The romanization of various Chinese and Korean surnames.


Jiminez

A surname from Spanish, variant of Jimenez.


Celestin

From French Célestin (“Celestine”), from célestin (“celestine”).


Haslam

Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from Old English hæslum, dative plural of hæsl (“hazel”).


Taulbee

Unidentified. Perhaps a variant of Dalby.

unk

Unidentified


Courtright

* As an English surname, variant of Cartwright.
* As a Dutch surname, from the city of Kortrijk in Flanders.
Compare Cortwright, Courtwright, Curtright, Cutright, Kortright.


Kimes

Unexplained


Dipasquale

Very rare spelling of Italian Di Pasquale.


Blackstock

en-proper noun

Blackstock (countable and uncountable, plural Blackstocks)


Caylor

Caylor (countable and uncountable, plural Caylors)


Amburgey

Variant of German Hamburger, with a French influence.


Beveridge

Beveridge (countable and uncountable, plural Beveridges)

From Middle English beverage, probably a nickname or an occupational surname.


Foshee

Foshee (countable and uncountable, plural Foshees)

Americanized spelling of French Faucheux.


Fromm

From the German and Jewish surname, from fromm (“pious”).


Dunkley

Possibly a habitational surname, from the village of Dinckley, in Lancashire.


Edgington

Edgington (countable and uncountable, plural Edgingtons)

Probably a habitational surname from a lost place, from the Old English personal name Eċġi + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Paton

Paton (countable and uncountable, plural Patons)

Scottish patronymic surname from a hypocoristic form of the personal name Patrick + Old French -on.


Schorr

* As a German surname, from Middle Low German schurren (“to slide”).
* Also as a German surname, from Middle High German schore (“steep rock”); see shore.
* As a Slavic surname, from Proto-Slavic *xǫtь (“quick”).
* As a Jewish surname, spelling variant of Shor.


Corr

A surname from Irish, anglicized from Irish Ó Corra, a variant of Ó Carra (whence Carr).

A surname from Irish, a variant of McCorry.


Nadler

From the German and Jewish surname, agent noun from Nadel (“needle”).


Lofgren

Borrowed from Swedish Löfgren, from löf (“leaf”) + gren (“branch”).


Scheetz

From the German surname, Americanized from Schütz, Schuetz.


Grindle

en-proper noun

Grindle (countable and uncountable, plural Grindles)


Sechrist

Americanized spelling of German Siegrist.


Toomer

From a few placenames in England, of unknown origin. However, compare the obsolete verb toom (“to empty, free up”). Another theory connects it to a contraction of Saint Omer in France, for which see French Omer.


Chumley

A pronunciation spelling of Cholmondeley, now usually pronounced /t͡sʌmliː/. Cf. Chimley and Chulmleigh.


Griffey

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gríobhtha (“descendant of Gríobhtha”), a personal name which derives from gríobh (“griffin”).


Panek

Borrowed from Polish Panek and Czech Pánek.


Leite

* As a German surname, from the female personal name Aleite, shortened from the name Adelheid.
* As a Norwegian surname, from the name of several farmsteads in Norway, from Old Norse leiti (“hill”), from Proto-Germanic *hliþą, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean, slope”).
* As a Portuguese surname, from the noun leite (“milk”).


Edenfield

Perhaps from Old Norse ey (“river”) + Old English tūn (“homestead”) + Old English feld (“field”). Derivation from Eden + field is unlikely.


Sanner

Translingual: Sanner


Spillane

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Spealáin (“descendant of Spealán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of speal (“scythe”).


Chatfield

en-proper noun

Chatfield (countable and uncountable, plural Chatfields)

Habitational surname from a place in Sussex, from the Old English personal name Ceatta + feld (“field”).


Wagstaff

Wagstaff (countable and uncountable, plural Wagstaffs)

From Middle English waggen (“to move up and down”) + staff (“staff, rod”), an occupational surname for an official who carried a staff.


Yau

From Hokkien 姚 (Iâu), Cantonese 丘 (jau1), Cantonese 邱 (jau1), Cantonese 尤 (jau4), Cantonese 游 (jau4), etc.


Jeske

Borrowed from German Jeske, a pet form of the personal name Johannes.


Meece

Habitational surname from the village of Cold Meece, in Staffordshire, from Old English meos (“moss”).


Gauna

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


Leaf

From the Old English personal names Lēofa and Lēofe, both from lēof (“dear, beloved”).


Cuff

Various etymologies:
* As an English surname, from Middle English cuffe (“glove”); see cuff.
* As an Irish surname, from mac duibh (“son of the dark one”), see Duff.
* As a Cornish surname, from cuf (“kind, dear”), from Proto-Celtic *koymo- (“nice, dear”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village, home”); see home.


Cadwell

en-proper noun

Cadwell (countable and uncountable, plural Cadwells)


Zavaleta

Borrowed from Spanish Zavaleta, from Basque Zabaleta, from zabal (“wide, ample”).


Timmer

* As a Dutch and north German surname, from Timmer (“timber”).
* Also as a north German surname, variant of Thiemer, Dittmar, corresponding to Proto-West Germanic *þeudu (“people”) + *mari (“famous”).

A surname from Dutch [in turn originating as an occupation], equivalent to English Carpenter for a carpenter from Dutch timmer (“construction, room”).


Rugg

Topographic surname, from Middle English rygge (“ridge”), from Old English hrycg.


Ulibarri

Borrowed from Spanish Ulibarri, itself from a Basque habitational surname.


Kuhlmann

From the German surname, from the adjective kühl. Compare Kuhl.


Haralson

Haralson (countable and uncountable, plural Haralsons)


Hard

* From Old English and Norman derivatives of Old French hardi (“tough, brave, hardy”). There are several Germanic variants of this origin, such as Swedish hård, Dutch hard, etc., all from Proto-Germanic *harduz.
* English topographical surname for farmers living on hard ground, from hard. This also appeared as the surname Hardacre.


Ting

From Hokkien 丁 (Teng) or Eastern Min 陳／陈 (Dìng).


Sergent

A surname originating as an occupation for a servant.


Coan

en-proper noun

Coan (countable and uncountable, plural Coans)


Kral

From Czech Král, Slovak Kráľ, or Serbo-Croatian kralj, all meaning "king".


Shute

Shute (countable and uncountable, plural Shutes)


Lizama

Borrowed from Spanish Lizama, itself from Basque.


Anchondo

Borrowed from Spanish Anchondo, a habitational surnamed from Basque aintzi (“swamp”) + -ondo (“beside”).


Escalona

From Spanish, a common surname in Venezuela, Mexico, and the Philippines.


Couto

From Galician Couto or Portuguese Couto.


Chauhan

Borrowed from Hindi चौहान (cauhān), from Hindi चाहमान (cāhmān).


Wardlow

Wardlow (countable and uncountable, plural Wardlows)

From Old English weard (“watchman, guard”) + hlǣw (“mound, hill”).


Flesher

* As an English occupational surname, from the noun flesher. Sometimes confused with Fletcher.
* As a German surname, Americanized from Fleischer.


Lian

* As a Norwegian surname, from several farmsteads with the name Li, from Old Norse hlíð (“hillside”).
* As a Chinese surname, from 連／连, 连, and 廉 (lián).


Molinaro

A surname from Italian, equivalent to English Miller.


Nees

* As a Scottish surname, variant of Neece.
* As a German and Dutch surname, Americanized from Nies, Neese.


Owings

Owings (countable and uncountable, plural Owingses)


Mellen

Mellen (countable and uncountable, plural Mellens)

From the Dutch surname, spelling variant of Melin.


Hocking

Hocking (countable and uncountable, plural Hockings)


Straka

From Czech Straka or Slovak Straka, both meaning "magpie".


Farwell

Farwell (countable and uncountable, plural Farwells)


Kollar

Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *kolarь (“wheelwright”), via various Slavic languages, Hungarian, and German, including:
* Lower Sorbian kółaŕ
* Upper Sorbian kołaŕ
* Slovak kolár
* Czech kolář
* Slovene kolar
* Serbo-Croatian kolar
* Polish kolarz


Lumley

Habitational surname from the villages of Great Lumley and Lumley Thicks, in County Durham, from Old English lumm (“pool”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).


Bruning

North/Low German and Dutch surname, from the old Germanic name *Bruno, related to modern Brun, and ultimately from the adjective bruin (“brown”). Compare Bruening.


Bench

* As an English surname, related to bank (“hill”) and bench
* As a German surname, spelling variant of Bensch, Benesch, itself Germanized from Czech Beneš.


Dahlgren

Dahlgren (countable and uncountable, plural Dahlgrens)

Borrowed from Swedish Dahlgren, from dahl (“valley”) + gren (“branch”).


Riemer

Jewish and German surname, from Middle High German riemære (modern German Riemer) and Yiddish רימער (rimer, “leather rein”); see Riemen (“strap”). Also a spelling variant of Reimer.


Haring

From the Dutch and German surname from Middle Low German harinc (“herring”).


Auerbach

Borrowed from German Auerbach, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Lipp

* As an English surname, from the noun lip.
* Also as an English surname, from an obsolete derivative of Old English leof (“beloved”).
* As a German surname, from a pet form of the name Philipp.


Yon

From French Yon, from the Latin personal name Ionis. Ionis was also named as a daughter of Ἴναχος (Ínakhos), see Ἰώ (Iṓ).


Yon

From Korean 연(延) (Yeon), 연(燕) (Yeon), 연(連) (Yeon), or 연(淵) (Yeon).


Weinstock

Borrowed from German Weinstock, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Kula

* Slavic origin: as a Czech, Polish, and Slovak surname, see Polish kula (“ball”).
* Also as a Czech surname, shortened from Mikuláš, the Czech form of Nicholas.
* As a Jewish Belarusian surname, from the placename Kulya.


Preble

Preble (countable and uncountable, plural Prebles)


Turnbow

Americanized spelling of German Dürnbach.


Beesley

Habitational surname from a place in Lancashire, from Old English beos (“bentgrass”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).


Loughran

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Luchaireáin (“descendant of Luchaireán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive form of luchair (“radiant, glittering”).


Luera

From Spanish, from Asturian-Leonese Lluera, habitational and canonized name from Nues(tr)a Señora de Lluera ("Our lady of light"), ultimately from lluz (“light”).


Enlow

en-proper noun

Enlow (countable and uncountable, plural Enlows)


Messmer

Borrowed from German Messmer, a variant of Messner.


Kravitz

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


Englund

Borrowed from Swedish Englund, from äng (“meadow”) + lund (“grove”).


Morocho

Borrowed from Spanish Morocho. This surname is mostly found in Ecuador.


Gleeson

Gleeson (countable and uncountable, plural Gleesons)


Bardwell

en-prop

Bardwell (countable and uncountable, plural Bardwells)

From either the Old English personal name Bearda or breord (“brim, rim, edge”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).


Magner

A variant of the Scottish and Scandinavian surname Magnus. Gaelicized in Ireland as Maingnéir.


Collie

en-proper noun

Collie (countable and uncountable, plural Collies)


Goodyear

Goodyear (countable and uncountable, plural Goodyears)

Probably a nickname from Middle English good + year, bestowed on someone who frequently used the expression.


Furey

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fiúra, reduced form of Ó Fiodhabhra (“descendant of Fiodhabhra”), a personal name composed of the elements fiodh (“wood, timber”) and fabhra (“eyelash; eyebrow”).


Budde

* As a North German surname, from Middle Low German budde (“vat”), Low German form of Bütte. Also see Buettner.
* As a Danish and German surname, from a derivative of the Germanic name Bodo, also found as the source of Budd (q.v.).


Brame

* As an English surname, spelling variant of Bream.
* As a French surname, of Occitan origin, from Old French brame (“cry, howl”), itself a Germanic borrowing from Frankish *brammjan (“to roar”).


Kalish

Borrowed from Polish Kalisz or Czech/Slovak Kališ.


Woodham

Woodham (countable and uncountable, plural Woodhams)


Fluker

Fluker (countable and uncountable, plural Flukers)


Stabler

* (English surname): Middle English Stabler, from stabler, from stable+-er
* (German surname): German Stäbler

A surname originating as an occupation for a stablekeeper.

A surname originating as an occupation derived from the German term for the bearer of a staff of office.


Lazcano

Borrowed from Spanish Lazcano, a habitational surname from Basque Lazkao.


Swallow

Swallow (countable and uncountable, plural Swallows)

* As an English surname, from the noun swallow (sense 2).
* Also as an English surname, from Swallow in Lincolnshire, named after its river. The placename itself could be related to the verb swell, or related to the name of the river Swale.


Adhikari

From Sanskrit अधिकार (adhikāra, “authority, government, rule, administration, jurisdiction”).


Lingo

Scottish surname, probably altered from Lingoch, a parish of Carnbee. The placename could be from the noun ling (“heather”). More at Lingo.


Teitelbaum

Borrowed from Yiddish טייטלבוים (teytlboym, “date palm”).


Farthing

/ˈfɑː(ɹ).ðɪŋ/


Weisberg

From German weiß (“white”) + Berg (“mountain”).


Kiely

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cadhla (“descendant of Cadhla”), a byname from cadhla (“beautiful”). It could also be a variant of Keeley.


Kleinschmidt

Possibly from German klein (small) + Bavarian schmidt (smith).


Towes

At the north end of Redhill Tunnel, in the Quarry Intermediate signal box in the cutting between the two tunnels, signalman Towes saw the train from Eastbourne exit the tunnel.

2022 August 24, Bruce Healey, “Wartime tunnel crash: a miraculous escape”, in RAIL, number 964, page 52:


Plyler

Americanized form of German Pleuler or Bleiler.


Welsch

* As a German surname, from welsch (“foreign, non-Germanic”).
* As a Lower Sorbian surname, Germanized from Ẃelš, Wjelš, shortened from Welisław; see Welk.


Prudhomme

Borrowed from French Prudhomme. (prud'-homme).


Cuadras

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


Hopwood

en-proper noun

Hopwood (countable and uncountable, plural Hopwoods)

From Old English hop (“valley among hills”) + wudu (“wood”).


Amann

From the German surname, variant of Ammann.


Dabrowski

Borrowed from Polish Dąbrowski, from dąb (“oak tree”).


Rieck

* As a south German surname, variant of a personal name derived from Proto-West Germanic *hrōþi + *gaiʀ (“spear”), similar to the English name Roger.
* As a north German surname, from a personal name derived from *rīkī (“powerful, mighty”).
* As a Germanized Lower Sorbian surname, from rjek (“hero”), itself a Germanic borrowing from Old High German reccho (“adventurer”).
Compare Reck.


Jarboe

Probably an Americanized form of French Charbon.


Helland

Helland (countable and uncountable, plural Hellands)


Mounce

* As an English surname of Norman origin, from Moyon in Manche, from Old French Moion, from the Latin anthroponym Modius possibly suffixed with -onem or Gaulish *dūnon (“fort”). Compare Moon.
* As a German and Alemannic German surname, Americanized from Manz.


Raposo

Borrowed from Galician and Portuguese Raposo, from raposo (“fox”).


Behan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Beacháin (“descendant of Beachán”), a personal name derived from a hypocoristic form of beach (“bee”).


Rasberry

Possibly a habitational surname from a place called Ratsbury, in the parish of Lynton.


Sterrett

en-proper noun

Sterrett (countable and uncountable, plural Sterretts)


Stead

Stead (countable and uncountable, plural Steads)


Sheetz

From the German surname, Americanized from Schütz, Schuetz.


Auld

From Scots auld (“old”). Compare the English surname Old.


Leddy

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Lideadha (“descendant of Lideadh”), a personal name of unclear origin.


Corry

en-proper noun

Corry (countable and uncountable, plural Corrys)

Two main origins:
* Reduced form of McCorry, a surname of Irish origin.
* A variant spelling of Corrie, a surname of Scottish Gaelic origin.


Bortz

From the German surname of Low German origin, from a dialectal word meaning "buttocks," ultimately from the root of Bürzel (“rump”).


Kovac

From Slovak Kováč, Slovene Kovač, or Serbo-Croatian Kòvač, all meaning "blacksmith".


Branton

From Middle English Branton, Braunton, Brampton, Brombton, Bremtone, variants of Middle English Brampdon, Bromdun, Bremedon, etc., from Old English brōmdūn, equivalent to broom + down (“hill”). Doublet of Brandon.


Kirtley

Kirtley (countable and uncountable, plural Kirtleys)


Hipolito

Anglicization of Spanish Hipólito, and a Filipino surname from Spanish

A surname from Spanish, an anglicized form of Hipólito, or a Filipino surname


Roussel

From Old French rous (“red-haired”). See also Russell.


Crampton

Crampton (countable and uncountable, plural Cramptons)


Rigg

Rigg (countable and uncountable, plural Riggs)


Musso

Musso (countable and uncountable, plural Mussos)


Dorton

Dorton (countable and uncountable, plural Dortons)


Stanko

* As a common Slavic surname, from Polish, Slovak, Ukrainian, Carpathian Rusyn, and Slovene Stanko, a pet form of Stanislav, Stanisław, based on stan (“to stay”), from Proto-Slavic *stojati (“to stand”). Compare Stanco, Stanjko.
* Also possibly shortened from Stankowski and its variations, such as Serbo-Croatian Stanković and Slovak Stankovič. See Stankovic.
Also compare Stank.


Wilford

Wilford (countable and uncountable, plural Wilfords)

From Old English welig (“willow”) + ford (“ford”).


Garlick

* As a Jewish surname, Americanized from Gorelik.
* As an English surname, from the noun garlic.
* As a German surname, Americanized from Gerlach and Garlich.


Axtell

Axtell (countable and uncountable, plural Axtells)

Two possible origins:
* An Anglicized form of the Old Norse personal name Ásketill, which is composed of the elements áss (“god”) + ketill (“kettle, cauldron”).
* Occupational surname for a salt merchant, from Middle English hacksalt (“salt-chopper”).


Rabago

Borrowed from Spanish Rábago, of Cantabrian origin. Mostly a Mexican and Filipino surname.


Sturtevant

en-proper noun

Sturtevant (countable and uncountable, plural Sturtevants)


Espejo

Borrowed from Spanish Espejo; this surname is predominantly found in Bolivia.


Markovich

From Ukrainian, Carpathian Rusyn, Belarusian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, Slovene, and Jewish surname, patronymic of forms of Mark. Compare Markowicz, Markowitz, Markovic.


Westman

From west + man. A calque of Old Norse vestmaðr, from vest (“west”) + maðr (“man”).


Prunty

Prunty (countable and uncountable, plural Pruntys)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Proinntigh (“descendant of Proinnteach”), a nickname for a generous person composed of the elements proinn (“meal; banquet”) and teach (“house”).


Kovacs

From Hungarian Kovács, from kovács (“blacksmith”), from Proto-Slavic *kovačь.


Charpentier

Translingual: Charpentiera

From French Charpentier, from Latin carpentarius.


Blakeley

en-proper noun

Blakeley (countable and uncountable, plural Blakeleys)

Habitational surname from several minor places in England, from Old English blæc (“black”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”). Equivalent to black + -ley (“lea”).


Bellew

English and Irish surname of Norman origin, from any of various places in France called Belleau.


Biondo

From the Italian surname, from the adjective biondo (“blond”).


Coogan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Cogadháin (“son of Cogadhán”), a diminutive from a reduced form of the personal name Cúchogaidh, which is composed of the elements cú (“hound”) and cogadh (“war”).


Duffin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Duibhfinn (“descendant of Dubhfionn”), a personal name composed of the elements dubh (“black”) + fionn (“fair, white”).


Toman

Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Toman, a hypocoristic form of the personal name Tomáš.
* Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Tuamáin (“descendant of Tuamán”), a diminutive of tuama (“grave, tomb, burial mound”).


Sargeant

en-proper noun

Sargeant (countable and uncountable, plural Sargeants)


Ripple

Ripple (countable and uncountable, plural Ripples)


Ganz

* As a German and Alemannic German surname, from Gans (“goose”).
* Also as a German surname, shortened from Ganso, derived from ganz (“whole”).
* Also as a German surname, possibly altered from Hans with Russian influence.
* As a Jewish surname, directly from German ganz (“whole”).


Lundstrom

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


Rockwood

Rockwood (countable and uncountable, plural Rockwoods)


Bourg

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


Schaff

* As a German surname, variant of Schaaf.
* As a Jewish surname, from German Schaf (“sheep”) or its Yiddish equivalent שאָף (shof).
* Also as a German surname, from the noun Schaff (“tub, wooden barrel”), compare Scheffel.


Haigh

Haigh (countable and uncountable, plural Haighs)


Krahn

From the German surname of Low German origin, from Middle Low German krane (“crane”). See crane. Also compare the surname Kranich.


Wendland

From the German surname, from a region of northern Germany inhabited by Wends (Slavs). See Wendt, Windland. Compare Old English Wineda land (“Slavia”).


Hardt

* As a German topographical surname, from Middle High German hart (“woods”), from Old High German hart (“forest, wood”, literally “hard”).
* As a German and Dutch nickname, cognate with hard and hardy.
Also sometimes a spelling variant of Hart.


Branco

From Portuguese Branco, from branco (“white”), originally a nickname for a light-skinned man.


Mandeville

en-proper noun

Mandeville (countable and uncountable, plural Mandevilles)


Jarosz

From Polish Jarosz or, in some cases, a transliteration of Ukrainian Ярош (Jaroš).


Millington

Millington (countable and uncountable, plural Millingtons)

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


Nascimento

From Portuguese Nascimento, from nascimento (“birth”).


Banerjee

Anglicization of Bengali বাঁড়ুজ্জে (bãṛujje).


Ryu

From Japanese 竜(りゅう) (Ryū). Doublet of Long and Yong.


Sangster

A surname originating as an occupation for a singer.


Warnes

Variant of Warne, with an excrescent -s.


Hartigan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hArtagáin (“descendant of Artagán”), from a double diminutive of art (“bear”).


Comerford

Two main origins:
* Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Cumascaigh (“son of Cumascach”), a byname from cumascach (“mixer, confuser”); compare Comiskey.
* Variant of Cumberford, an English habitational surname.


Drane

English surname, from a nickname related to the noun drone referring to idleness and laziness. Also a spelling variant of Drain.


Novack

From a Slavic language, from Novak or Nowak.


Dahlstrom

Borrowed from Swedish Dahlström, from dahl (“valley”) + ström (“stream”).


Summerfield

en-proper noun

Summerfield (countable and uncountable, plural Summerfields)


Mok

* As a Korean surname, from 목 (mok)
* As a transliteration of several Chinese surnames, from 莫, source of above. See Mok.
* As a Dutch surname, spelling variant of Mock.
* As a Hungarian surname, from the personal name Mók, probably a pet form of Mózes.


Pegg

A surname originating as an occupation for someone who sold pegs.


Fabre

From the French occupational surname meaning "smith" or "ironworker," variant of Faber and Favre, all from Latin faber (“craftsman”).


Warne

Warne (countable and uncountable, plural Warnes)

Habitational surname from a minor place in Devon recorded as Wagefen in the Domesday Book, probably from Old English wagian (“to sway, shake, quiver”) + fen (“bog, marsh”).


Jama

From the Arabic/Islamic surname, from جامع (“gatherer”).


Sowa

From Polish Sowa, from Polish sowa (“owl”).


Howley

en-proper noun

Howley (countable and uncountable, plural Howleys)

The town in Newfoundland is named after geologist and surveyor James Patrick Howley (1847 - 1918).


Millman

English occupational surname, from millman. Older senses (presumably for a grinder or vendor of meal) derive from Middle English mele (“meal, flour”) + manne. There is a Jewish variant Milman.

A surname originating as an occupation for someone who worked in a mill.


Braham

* As an English surname, probably from the roots of broom and either Old English ham (“homestead”) or hamm (“enclosure”).
* As a Jewish surname, reduced from Abraham.


Cutright

* As a Dutch surname, variant of Courtright.
* As an English surname, variant of Cartwright.


Scannell

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Scannail (“descendant of Scannal”), a byname meaning "contention".


Cray

en-proper noun

Cray (countable and uncountable, plural Crays)

* As an Irish surname, from ó Craobhaigh, a byname from craobhach (“branched”). Compare Creevy.
* As an English surname, from the River Cray, of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *garwos (“rough”).
* As a German surname, Americanized from Krey, Kray.
* As a Dutch surname, variant of Kraai, from kraai (“crow”).


Lupton

Lupton (countable and uncountable, plural Luptons)

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


Holl

* As a German and Dutch surname, from the noun hohl (“hollow hole”).
* Also as a German surname, variant of Hold, from the obsolete noun Middle High German holde (“friend, servant vassal”); also Helle.
* As an English surname, variant of Hole.
* Also as a Dutch surname, variant of Holle.


Carberry

en-proper noun

Carberry (countable and uncountable, plural Carberrys)

From Scottish Gaelic craobh (“tree”) + barran (“hedge”). The surname can also be an Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cairbre (“descendant of Cairbre”).


Stiff

English surname, from the adjective stiff.


Hsiao

From the Wade-Giles romanization of the Mandarin for 蕭／萧 (Xiāo), Wade-Giles romanization: Hsiao¹.


Feather

* As an occupational English name, from feather, used to refer to quilt makers, feather traders, etc.
* As an Americanized German surname, from Feder.

An English surname originating as an occupation.

An anglicized Americanized German surname from German, equivalent to English Feather.


Hoskin

English surname, from the Middle English personal name Osekin, pet form of many Anglo-Norman names beginning with Os- such as Osbert, Osbern, Osmund, followed by the Frisian suffix -kin. Compare Osborne, Osmond, Opie, Oswald.


Hiles

en-prop

Hiles (countable and uncountable, plural Hileses)

unk

Unexplained


Westlake

en-proper noun

Westlake (countable and uncountable, plural Westlakes)


Manahan

Of Irish origin (White surname), or from Tagalog (Asian surname)


Winsor

Winsor (countable and uncountable, plural Winsors)


Bickley

Bickley (countable and uncountable, plural Bickleys)


Fifield

Fifield (countable and uncountable, plural Fifields)

From Old English fīf (“five”) + hīd (“hide, a unit of land”).


Marquette

Marquette (countable and uncountable, plural Marquettes)


Woodburn

Woodburn (countable and uncountable, plural Woodburns)


Salvo

Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Catalan (Salvó) surname, all from the adjective salvo (“safe, saved”), or from its Latin source salvus (“safe”), found in names like Salvus and Salvone.


Moscoso

From Spanish Moscoso, from Galician Moscoso.

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Galician].


Tweed

Tweed (countable and uncountable, plural Tweeds)

en:River Tweed
en:Tweed (disambiguation)


Janda

Czech, Polish and Slovak surname, from a pet form of the name Jan, Ján, a version of "John."


Lenahan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Leanacháin (“descendant of Leanachán”), probably derived from leann (“cloak”) and not from léanach (“sorrowful”).


Stenberg

Borrowed from Swedish Stenberg, an ornamental surname composed of the elements sten (“stone”) and berg (“mountain”).


Lebaron

Spanish: Le Barón

Borrowed from French Le Baron (“the baron”), see Baron and compare Lebarron.


Wardle

en-proper noun

Wardle (countable and uncountable, plural Wardles)

From Old English weard (“fortified place”) + hyll (“hill”).

compound

A habitational surname from Old English.


Blandon

en-proper noun

Blandon (countable and uncountable, plural Blandons)

* The surname may be a variation of Blandón, a Spanish name.
* The place in Pennsylvania is thought to be from the surname Bland.


Carbonell

* As a southern French and Catalan surname, from the personal name Carbonellus, from Latin carbo (“coal”).
* As an English surname of Norman origin, from Anglo-Norman carbon (“charcoal”), related to above.


Toohey

From Irish Ó Tuathaigh (“descendant of the chief”).


Fordyce

en-proper noun

Fordyce (countable and uncountable, plural Fordyces)


Studebaker

From German Stutenbecker, from Staudenbecker, from Stauden+Becker.


Canon

* As an English, Scottish, and Irish surname, variant of Cannon.
* As a French topographical surname, from placenames derived from canne (“reed, cane, tube”).
* As a Chaldean/Chaldean Neo-Aramaic surname, variant of Kanon, Kanoun, from [script needed] (Kānūn), the Classical Syriac name of the ninth and tenth months of the Assyrian calendar, from ܟܢܘܢ ܒ.


Vallee

A surname.
A surname from French. (French Vallée)

Alternative form of Valley; A surname from English.


Germann

From the German surname, from Ger (“spear”) + Mann. Compare German, Garman, Germain.


Cadle

Cadle (countable and uncountable, plural Cadles)


Larimer

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


Donlon

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Domhnalláin (“descendant of Domhnallán”), a diminutive of the personal name Domhnall.


Buendia

From Spanish Buendía, from buen día (“good day”).


Parkman

A surname originating as an occupation for a gamekeeper.


Vacca

From the Italian surname, from the noun vacca (“cow”).


Pinero

From Spanish Piñero. Note that the omission of the tilde will make the pronunciation incorrect.


Mujica

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].


Rogge

* As a Dutch and German surname, shortened from the name Roger.
* As a Dutch and Low German surname, from rogge (“rye”).


Moylan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maoileáin (“descendant of Maoileán”), a diminutive of maol (“bald”).


Larock

French and French Canadian surname, variant of Larocque. Compare Lerock, Rock.


Lazenby

en-proper noun

Lazenby (countable and uncountable, plural Lazenbys)


Mullett

Mullett (countable and uncountable, plural Mulletts)


Maddock

Maddock (countable and uncountable, plural Maddocks)


Lamoreaux

Variant of Lamoureux, from French Lamoureux, from L’Amoureux, from l’+amoureux (“lover”).


Herlihy

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hIarfhlatha (“descendant of Iarfhlaith”), a personal name composed of the elements iarthar (“west”) + flaith (“lord”).


Tiernan

From Irish Tiarnán, from Tiarna (“lord”).


Cabe

Reduced form of MacCabe or McCabe, anglicized form of Irish Mac Cába.


Qu

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of various Mandarin surnames, including 瞿 (Qú) and 曲 (Qū).

Ch’ü was born on January 29, 1899, in a small room in the family residence in the southern portion of Changchow, a relatively small city in Kiangsu province.

[1981, Paul G. Pickowicz, “Youth in Changchow”, in Marxist Literary Thought in China: The Influence of Ch’ü Ch’iu-pai, University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1:


Mah

From Chinese 馬／马 (Cantonese: maa⁵, Hokkien: Má, Mandarin: Mǎ), or other sources.


Grinstead

Habitational surname from the villages of East and West Grinstead, from Old English grēne (“green”) + stede (“place”).


Bjorklund

Borrowed from Swedish Björklund, from björk (“birch tree”) + lund (“grove”).


Smithey

Topographic surname for someone who lived near a forge, from Middle English smythy, itself from Old Norse smiðja (“forge”).

A surname from Middle English [in turn from Old Norse].


Greenhalgh

en-proper noun

Greenhalgh (countable and uncountable, plural Greenhalghs)

From Old English grēne (“green”) + holh (“hollow”).


Mukherjee

/ˈmʊkɚˌd͡ʒiː/

Anglicization of Bengali মুখুজ্জে (mukhujje).


Helt

Helt (countable and uncountable, plural Helts)


Hotaling

Americanized spelling of Dutch Hoogteijling, an occupational surname for a productive farmer, from hoog (“high”) + teling (“cultivation, breeding”).


Furst

From the German surname, from Fürst (“the first”).


Meaux

Meaux (countable and uncountable, plural Meauxes)


Yawn

Americanized spelling of the German surname Jahn


Lumsden

Lumsden (countable and uncountable, plural Lumsdens)

The town in Newfoundland is named after Methodist minister James Lumsden (1854 - 1915).


Chappel

Chappel (countable and uncountable, plural Chappels)


Dunleavy

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Duinnshléibhe (“son of Donn Sléibhe”), a personal name composed of the elements donn (“brown”) and sléibhe, genitive form of sliabh (“mountain”).


Brizuela

Borrowed from Spanish Brizuela. This surname is mostly found in Argentina.


Caba

en-proper noun

Caba (countable and uncountable, plural Cabas)


Gayton

Gayton (countable and uncountable, plural Gaytons)


Stair

From stair, a topographic surname for someone who lived by a ladder or steps.


Schaper

North German surname, spelling variant of Schaefer.


Wolk

From the German surname, from a Low German form of Walter. Also Germanized from a Slavic name, from Czech and Slovene Volk. Also spelled as Wölk.


Bourke

From an Anglo-Norman pronunciation of burgh.


Lowrie

A surname transferred from the given name.


Pixley

Pixley (countable and uncountable, plural Pixleys)


Breed

Breed (countable and uncountable, plural Breeds)


Lanigan

Lanigan (countable and uncountable, plural Lanigans)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Lonagáin (“descendant of Lonagán”), apparently a double diminutive of lon (“blackbird”), but possibly a variant of Flanagan.


Burkhead

A variant of Birkett or an Americanized form of German Burkhart.


Banfield

en-proper noun

Banfield (countable and uncountable, plural Banfields)

English and Irish (by way of Norman) surname, from Banville in Calvados. Sometimes confused with Bonfield, Benfield, but unrelated.


Pankratz

Medieval German surname, from a vernacular form of Latin Pancratius; see Ancient Greek παγκράτιον (pankrátion).


Hollen

* As an English topographical surname, from the noun holly. Compare Hollis.
* As a Dutch surname, patronymic of Holle.


Straley

From German Strahl (“ray; beam of light”).


Bever

* As a Dutch and north/Low German surname, from the noun bever (“beaver”).
* As an English surname, variant of Beaver.


Ratzlaff

Germanized form of Slavic personal names such as Radoslav, Ratislav, etc.


Terpstra

Borrowed from West Frisian Terpstra or Dutch Terpstra.


Belford

Belford (countable and uncountable, plural Belfords)

From Old English belle (“bell; bell-shaped hill”) + ford (“ford”).


Creswell

en-proper noun

Creswell (countable and uncountable, plural Creswells)

From Old English cærse (“watercress”) + welle (“well, spring”).


Galang

Filipino surname, either from Kapampangan Galang, from Tagalog Galang.
Loosely translated as "honorable, respected".


Connally

A surname from Irish, an alternative spelling of Connelly.


Stickel

* As a German surname, from Middle High German stickel (“hill, slope”), itself from the root of stickle (“steep, high”).
* Also as a German surname, from Middle High German stickel (“spine, prickle”), also related to sense 1 of the above.


Godley

en-proper noun

Godley (countable and uncountable, plural Godleys)

From the Old English byname Gōda + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).


Pathak

Borrowed from Hindi and Nepali पाठक (pāṭhak).


Pantaleon

* From Ancient Greek Πανταλέων (Pantaléōn) used as a personal name, stemming from παν- (pan-, “all, every”) and λέων (léōn, “lion”) (Klein).
* As a Spanish surname, from Pantaleón. Compare Pantaleo.
* The saint's name is of Ancient Greek origin, as described above or from παν- (pan-, “all, every”) and ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn, “merciful, compassionate”) (Littré).


Costigan

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Oistigín (“son of Oistigín”), probably a Gaelicized form of the personal name Hodgkin.


Calton

Calton (countable and uncountable, plural Caltons)


Marcoux

From the French surname of Germanic origin, from the personal name *Markwulf, from Frankish *marku (“mark, border”) + *wulf (“wolf”).


Shick

* As a Jewish and German surname, Americanized from Schick.
* As a Czech and Slovene surname, Americanized from Šik. Compare Sick.


Koop

From West Germanic
* As a Dutch and German surname, from kopen (“to buy”).
* As a West Frisian surname, shortened from Jakob, a form of Jacob.

A surname from the West Germanic languages.

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

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


Carolan

Carolan (countable and uncountable, plural Carolans)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cearbhalláin (“descendant of Cearbhallán”), a diminutive of Cearbhall (“Carroll”).


Colquitt

en-proper noun

Colquitt (countable and uncountable, plural Colquitts)


Cozad

Cozad (countable and uncountable, plural Cozads)


Shugart

Americanized form of German Schugard, a variant of Schuchardt.