Salcedo

From Spanish Salcedo, from Old Spanish salce (“willow tree”), from Latin salix (“willow”).


Vergara

From Spanish, from Basque Bergara. A common surname among Colombians, Chileans and Filipinos.


Whitmore

en-proper noun

Whitmore (countable and uncountable, plural Whitmores)

From Old English hwīt (“white”) + mōr (“moor”).


Moseley

Moseley (countable and uncountable, plural Moseleys)


Sauer

From the German surname, from Middle High German sur (“sour”) (modern German sauer).

A surname from German of Austrian origin.


Newberry

From Old English nīewe (“new”) + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“stronghold”).


Falcon

Falcon (countable and uncountable, plural Falcons)

* From Spanish Falcón
* Calque from Amerindian languages, for the bird falcon.

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Falcon (surname)

A surname, from Native Indigenous Amerindian languages.


Centeno

Borrowed from Spanish Centeno, an occupational surname for someone who grew or worked with rye, from Latin centenum, based on a notion that one stalk of rye would produce one-hundred grains.


Manzo

Borrowed from Spanish and Italian Manzo.


Barstow

Barstow (countable and uncountable, plural Barstows)

From Middle English Bayrestowe, derived from Old English beġer (“berry”) + stōw (“place, location”).


Tamayo

Borrowed from Spanish Tamayo, from Basque.


Valdivia

Valdivia (countable and uncountable, plural Valdivias)


Pimentel

Borrowed from Portuguese Pimentel, from pimenta.


Chiu

From several different Chinese surnames, including:
* Cantonese 趙／赵 (ziu⁶)
* Hokkien 周 (Chiu)
* Mandarin 邱 (Qiū), Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻiu¹. Doublet of Qiu.

Exactly one year to the day a predawn fire destroyed the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre’s (雲門舞集) home in Pali, Taipei County, founder Lin Hwai-min (林懷民) stood in front of the Taipei Story House on Wednesday, a huge banner with dancer Chiu I-wen (邱怡文) leaping in the air hanging behind him.

2009 February 13, Diane Baker, “A slice of Cloud Gate life”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-07-15, Features, page 14:

“Ma’s problems are that he appointed unsuitable people to senior positions, and he failed to declare the disaster a national emergency, which prevented the military to be mobilized right away,” Chiu Yi, a lawmaker, told The Associated Press.

2009 August 19, Marc McDonald, “Two Taiwan Ministers Offer to Quit Over Typhoon Response”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2016-07-20, Asia Pacific:

She told staff members that when she was in her 20s, she met a man surnamed Chiu (邱), who was born to Taiwanese and Japanese parents.

2013 December 27, Huang Chien-hua, Jason Pan, “Father united with son after 50 years”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-07-02, Taiwan News, page 4:

When asked to confirm that a new base has been built in Sanzhi District to withstand a HEMP attack, Minister of National Defense Chiu Kuo-cheng (邱國正) on Monday (Oct. 30) said the work was part of an ongoing project, reported Liberty Times.

2023 October 30, Keoni Everington, “Defense ministry confirms New Taipei Naval base hardened against nuclear electromagnetic pulse attack”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2023-11-14, Politics:

Tainan City Council Speaker Chiu Li-li (邱莉莉), Deputy Speaker Lin Chih-chan (林志展) and eight co-defendants were acquitted Monday of charges of rigging the city council's speaker and deputy speaker elections in December 2022.
The Tainan District Court said prosecutors presented insufficient evidence to convict Chiu and Lin, both of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), as well as three city councilors and five others who were indicted in the case.

2024 April 29, Yang Ssu-jui, Shih Hsiu-chuan, Matthew Mazzetta, “Tainan City Council speaker, deputy cleared of vote rigging charges”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2024-04-29, Politics:


Arellano

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].


Hook

Hook (countable and uncountable, plural Hooks)

* As an English surname, from the noun hook.
* As a Swedish surname, from hök (“hawk”).
* As a Dutch surname, Americanized from Hoek; compare Vanhook.


Weinstein

Borrowed from German Weinstein or Yiddish ווײַנשטיין (vaynshteyn). The verb is from the behavior of Harvey Weinstein, Hollywood movie mogul.

An occupational or ornamental surname from German.


Tong

Tong (countable and uncountable, plural Tongs)

For the surname: Borrowed from Cantonese 湯／汤 (tong1), Cantonese 唐 (tong4), Mandarin 佟 (Tóng), Mandarin 童 (Tóng), etc.


Zeigler

From German Ziegler, a common surname meaning "bricklayer".


Devlin

From Irish Ó Duibhlin. Doublet of Dolan.


Benavidez

From Spanish Benavidez, from Buenafe + -ez.


Cardoza

From the Portuguese surname, from several placenames derived from cardoso (“rich in thistles”), from cardo. Compare Cardosa.


Denney

A Scottish surname originating as a patronymic, a variant of Denny.


Wendt

German and Danish surname, from Wende, the German name for Slavic people (particularly Sorbs and Kashubs) from the borders of Germany and Poland. Compare Wendland, and the semantics of Serbin.


Foy

From Middle French foy (“faith”) and placenames such as Sainte-Foy, variously from sainte foy (“holy faith”) and from the French name of St. Faith.


Beaty

Beaty (countable and uncountable, plural Beatys)


Tolliver

Anglicized from the occupational surname Tagliaferro, from tagliaferro (“iron-cutter”).


Huntley

Huntley (countable and uncountable, plural Huntleys)


Trammell

Altered form of German Tremmel, Tremel or Treml.


Armendariz

Borrowed from Spanish Armendáriz, from Basque Armendaritz.


Burden

Burden (countable and uncountable, plural Burdens)


Clevenger

Clevenger (countable and uncountable, plural Clevengers)

From claviger, an occupational surname for a keyholder.


Gaffney

Gaffney (countable and uncountable, plural Gaffneys)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gamhna (“descendant of Gamhain”), a byname from gamhain (“calf”).


Munguia

Borrowed from Spanish Munguía, Castilianized spelling of Basque Mungia, a habitational surname from a town near Bilbao.


Almonte

Habitational surname borrowed from Spanish Almonte.


Dong

Tung Chung-shu of the Han describes the emotional nature of T’ien in the following words: “Heaven has its own feelings of joy and anger and a mind which experiences sadness and pleasure, analogous to those of man.”⁵⁴

[1967, Vincent Y. C. Shih, “The Classics and Confucianism”, in The Taiping Ideology: Its Sources, Interpretations, and Influences (Far Eastern and Russian Institute Publications on Asia), number 15, University of Washington Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 173:


Ragsdale

en-proper noun

Ragsdale (countable and uncountable, plural Ragsdales)


Stoll

From the German surname, from the noun Stollen (“prop, frame”).


Condon

Condon (countable and uncountable, plural Condons)


Houck

Houck (countable and uncountable, plural Houcks)

From the Dutch surname, variant of Hoek.


Matson

Matson (countable and uncountable, plural Matsons)


Cornwell

From Old English crana (“cranes”) + wælla (“spring”).


Doughty

From doughty, a nickname for a powerful and brave man, especially a champion jouster.

A surname transferred from the nickname.


Cheatham

From Middle English, variant of Cheetham, from historical Cheetham in Lancashire, from Chet + ham; first element from Brythonic/Celtic *cęd (“wood, forest”), from Proto-Celtic *kaitos, from Proto-Indo-European *kayt-, *ḱayt- (“forest, wasteland, pasture”), related to Latin bū-cētum (“pastureland”, literally “cow-pasture”).


Gilchrist

en-proper noun

Gilchrist (countable and uncountable, plural Gilchrists)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Gillechrìosd (“servant of Christ”), from gille + Crìosd.


Chowdhury

Borrowed from Bengali চৌধুরি (cōudhuri).


Breaux

French surname, variant of Brault, Braud. Compare Breau, Breaud, Bro, Brow.


Moffett

en-proper noun

Moffett (countable and uncountable, plural Moffetts)


Faulk

* As a German surname, Americanized from Falk, Folk, Volk, and similar.
* As an English surname, variant of Falk (see Faulks).


Angulo

From the Spanish surname, named after Encima-Angulo in Spain; said to be named after a Scottish Gaelic settler who aided in the reconquista, ultimately from an Anglo-Norman contraction of Angle. See Nagle and Costello.


Quinonez

From Spanish Quiñónez, Latin American Spanish spelling variant of Quiñones.


Reinhardt

From the German and Jewish surname, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Raginaharduz, composed of Germanic elements *raginą (“counsel”) + *harduz (“strong”).


Fine

* As an English surname, from the adjective fine.
* As an English and Irish surname, variant of Finn.
* As a German and Jewish surname, Americanized from Fein.


Leggett

Leggett (countable and uncountable, plural Leggetts)


Fennell

Metonymic occupational surname for a grower or seller of fennel.


Pepper

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


Willey

Willey (countable and uncountable, plural Willeys)

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

A habitational surname from Old English.


Galvin

Galvin (countable and uncountable, plural Galvins)

Two main origins:
* Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gealbháin (“descendant of Gealbhán”), a personal name composed of the elements geal (“bright”) and bán (“white”).
* Borrowed from French Galvin, either a variant of Gauvain or a nickname for a drunkard, from Old French galer (“to enjoy oneself”).


Altamirano

en-proper noun

Altamirano (countable and uncountable, plural Altamiranos)


Ezell

unk

Unexplained


Patten

en-proper noun

Patten (countable and uncountable, plural Pattens)


Coyne

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cuáin (“descendants of Cuán”), a byname from a diminutive of cú (“hound, dog”). It could also be an anglicized form of Ó Cadhain.


Smalley

Smalley (countable and uncountable, plural Smalleys)

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


Hannon

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAinchín (“descendant of Ainchín”), a personal name possibly related to Annach or, alternatively, a variant of ainghein (“unborn”). It could also be a variant form of Hannan or Hanahan.


Grogan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Grúgáin (“descendant of Grúgán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive form of grúg (“anger”) or a reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gruagáin (“descendant of Gruagán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive form of gruag (“hair”). Compare McGrogan.


Stanfield

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en:Stanfield (surname)


Tello

From Spanish personal name Tello, derived from the Latin Tellūs (“Earth”).


Haggerty

Anglicized form of Irish Ó hÉigceartaigh (“descendant of Éigceartach”), a personal name meaning "unjust".


Turpin

en-proper noun

Turpin (countable and uncountable, plural Turpins)


Dockery

Dockery (countable and uncountable, plural Dockerys)

Two main origins:
* Variant of Dockray, an English habitational surname.
* Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dochraidh, a variant of Ó Dochartaigh, from which Doherty.


Geary

Geary (countable and uncountable, plural Gearys)

* As an Irish surname, from Ó Gadhra, from gadhar (“hound”)
* As an English surname, from gar (“spear”), as well as a nickname derived from Middle English gery (“unpredictable”)
* As a German surname, from Gehring and Gehrig.


Grigsby

Grigsby (countable and uncountable, plural Grigsbys)

Habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in Lincolnshire, from an unclear first element + Old Norse bý (“farmstead”).


Jauregui

Borrowed from Spanish Jáuregui, habitational surname from Basque jauregi (“palace”).


Zelaya

Borrowed from Spanish Zelaya, from Basque Zelaia, habitational surname from zelai (“field”).


Newsom

California has been on the forefront of plastic bag bans. In 2007, Mr. Newsom, as mayor of San Francisco, signed a law that made the city the first in the nation to ban plastic bags in grocery stores.

2024 September 23, Soumya Karlamangla, “California Bans All Plastic Bags After Its First Effort Backfired”, in The New York Times:


Carman

Carman (countable and uncountable, plural Carmans)


Snowden

Snowden (countable and uncountable, plural Snowdens)


Estevez

From Spanish, from Galician Estévez, patronymical surname from Estevo (“Stephan”).

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Galician].


Irby

Irby (countable and uncountable, plural Irbys)


Morey

Morey (countable and uncountable, plural Moreys)


Pulliam

[ˈpʰʊɫ.jə̃m]

From Anglo-Norman pulain (“foal, colt”), from Old French polain (“foal, colt”). Alternatively, it may derive from Welsh ap (“son of”) and William.


Levesque

A surname from French, equivalent to English Bishop.


Birch

Birch (countable and uncountable, plural Birches)


Boland

Various origins:
* Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Beolláin (“descendant of Beollán”), a personal name of uncertain origin.
* A variant of Bowland, an English habitational surname.
* Borrowed from German Boland, a surname of uncertain origin.


Nagle

From Norman Irish surname, originally "de Angulos". Related to Angulo and Costello. Also spelled as Neagle and Nangle.


Brackett

en-proper noun

Brackett (countable and uncountable, plural Bracketts)


Seeley

From Middle English seely (“happy”). As a German surname, from Seele (“soul”).


Kroll

* As a German and Dutch surname, from a nickname meaning "curly (haired);" see curl.
* As a German and Polish surname, spelling variant of Krol.
* Also as a German surname, from Kröll, from the Germanic personal name Rollo, from Proto-Germanic *hrōþiz (“fame, victory”).


Applegate

en-proper noun

Applegate (countable and uncountable, plural Applegates)


Wheat

Wheat (countable and uncountable, plural Wheats)


Rao

* As an Italian surname, reduced from Radulfo. See Rolf, Ralph, Raul, etc.
* As an Indian surname, from Marathi राव (rāv), Gujarati રાવ (rāv), Telugu రావు (rāvu), etc.; all ultimately from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan, “king”).
* As a Chinese surname, from the place name 饒／饶 (ráo). More at Rao.


Kolb

Borrowed from German Kolb surname, related to modern Kolben (“club”).


Low

* As an English and Scottish surname, from the obsolete noun low (“mound, barrow”).
* Also as an English and Scottish surname, from the adjective low.
* Also as an English and Scottish surname of Norman origin, from Anglo-Norman leu (“wolf”).
* Also as a Scottish surname, from a pet form of Lawrence. Compare Lowry.
* As a German and Jewish surname, variant of Löwe, Lowe, Loew.
* As a Chinese surname, variant of Lau, Lou; also Li, Luo.


Radford

Radford (countable and uncountable, plural Radfords)

From Old English rēad (“red”) + ford (“ford”).


Alcaraz

From Spanish Alcaraz, from Arabic الكرز (al-Karaz), from ال (al-, “the, place of the”) + كرز (karaz, “cherry”).


Plunkett

From the Norman habitational surname, from the village of Pleugueneuc, in Brittany, said to be from Breton plou (“parish”) (from Latin plebs) + the personal name Guenec, formed from gwenn (“white”). As an Irish surname, it has been Gaelicized in Pluincéid.


Mello

Borrowed from Italian and Portuguese Mello.


Aranas

Borrowed from Spanish Arañas. This surname is mostly found in the Philippines.


Faulks

From the Anglo-Norman personal name Faulques, a name from the same ultimate source as falcon.


Whiteside

Whiteside (countable and uncountable, plural Whitesides)

From Old English hwīt (“white”) + sīde (“side; slope of a hill”).


Urena

Borrowed from Spanish Ureña, itself from Basque.


Hein

From German, Dutch, Low German, Danish, and Jewish surname, all from the first element of the Germanic name Heinrich.


Dunning

Dunning (countable and uncountable, plural Dunnings)


Hamel

Hamel (countable and uncountable, plural Hamels)


Newkirk

Newkirk (countable and uncountable, plural Newkirks)


Menard

Menard (countable and uncountable, plural Menards)


Wolford

Wolford (countable and uncountable, plural Wolfords)

Habitational surname from the villages of Great and Little Wolford, in Warwickshire, from Old English wulf (“wolf”) + weard (“guard, protector”).


Botello

Borrowed from Galician or Spanish Botello.


Clawson

Clawson (countable and uncountable, plural Clawsons)


Martell

Martell (countable and uncountable, plural Martells)


Millard

Millard (countable and uncountable, plural Millards)


Butterfield

Butterfield (countable and uncountable, plural Butterfields)


Moulton

Moulton (countable and uncountable, plural Moultons)

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


Lusk

Lusk (countable and uncountable, plural Lusks)


Tsai

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

The two elementary-school students graduating this year, Yang Hao-lung (楊昊龍) and Chang Wei-shih (張煒世), started out from the school at 8:30am yesterday and jogged to Jinsha Township (金沙) Office before riding a tandem bicycle to the entrance of the ancient trail into Taiwu Mountain (太武山), bordered by the Tsai (蔡) family’s ancestral house.

2015 June 23, Jake Chung, “Students graduate on Taiwu Mountain”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-10-21, Taiwan News:


Skidmore

Skidmore (countable and uncountable, plural Skidmores)


Harwood

Harwood (countable and uncountable, plural Harwoods)

From Old English hara (“hare”) or hār (“hoar, grey”) + wudu (“wood”).


Zamudio

Borrowed from Spanish Zamudio, itself from a Basque toponym.


Beaulieu

Beaulieu (countable and uncountable, plural Beaulieus)

From Old French beau + lieu, French Beaulieu.


Epstein

Borrowed from German Epstein. See also Eppstein, Epshteyn.


Gao

Gao (countable and uncountable, plural Gaos)

At least one lineage, the Kaos of Kuan-shan, had charitable land endowed for this purpose by a member in the seventeenth century.

[1979, Hilary J. Beattie, “Land and taxation”, in Land and Lineage in China: A Study of Tʻung-chʻeng County, Anhwei, in the Ming and Chʻing Dynasties, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 86:


Bone

Bone (countable and uncountable, plural Bones)


Rust

* As an Alemannic German surname, from Rust
* As a German surname, from Middle Low German ruste, from Old Saxon rasta, from Proto-West Germanic *rastu, from Proto-Germanic *rastō (“rest, pause”).
* As an English and Scots surname, from Old English rust (“red, ruddy”), from Proto-Germanic *rustaz.


Ellington

Ellington (countable and uncountable, plural Ellingtons)

From either the Old English personal name Ella or ǣl (“eel”) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

(countable) A habitational surname from Old English.


Currier

A surname originating as an occupation for a currier.


Baltazar

* As a Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, German, Hungarian, Slovak surname, from the Biblical name Balthazar.
* As an Italian surname, variant of Baldassarre.


Etheridge

Etheridge (countable and uncountable, plural Etheridges)


Maxey

Maxey (countable and uncountable, plural Maxeys)

From the genitive case of the personal name Mack + Old English eġ (“island; low-lying land”).


Minter

English occupational surname, from the noun minter. Parallels are found in German and Dutch as Munter.


Lafferty

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Laithbhearthaig. Compare Flaherty.


Deguzman

Filipino surname of Spanish origin, usually written as de Guzman


Brinkman

Borrowed from Dutch Brinkman or a variant of German Brinkmann. Either way, equivalent to brink ("edge, border") + man ("person, human; male human").


Snead

en-proper noun

Snead (countable and uncountable, plural Sneads)


Ratcliff

Ratcliff (countable and uncountable, plural Ratcliffs)


Flannery

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Flannabhra (“descendant of Flannabhra”), a personal name derived from flann (“blood red”) + abhra (“eyebrow”). The bridge convention was invented by American player William (Bill) L. Flannery.


Phelan

en-proper noun

Phelan (countable and uncountable, plural Phelans)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Faoláin (“descendant of Faolán”), a hypocoristic form of faol (“wolf”). Doublet of Whelan.


Chapin

* As a Spanish and French surname, from the noun chapín (“type of overshoe”).
* As an English surname, variant of Chopin, also found as the variants Chopping, Chappin.


Gandy

en-proper noun

Gandy (countable and uncountable, plural Gandys)


Rojo

From Spanish, from rojo. A descriptive surname. Doublet of Rosso.


Hanlon

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAnluain (“descendant of Anluan”), a personal name composed of the intensive prefix an- + lúan (“light, radiance; warrior”).


Meador

en-proper noun

Meador (countable and uncountable, plural Meadors)


Earley

Earley (countable and uncountable, plural Earleys)


Logsdon

A habitational surname from Middle English.


Venables

en-prop

Venables (countable and uncountable, plural Venableses)

Probably derived from Latin venabulum (“hunting spear”), in the sense of "hunting ground". The surname arrived in England through Norman.


Taggart

From Scottish Gaelic Mac an t-Sagairt (literally “son of the priest”).


Chaffin

A nickname for a bald man, from Middle English chaffin, a diminutive of Old French chauf (“bald”).


Ferry

en-proper noun

Ferry (countable and uncountable, plural Ferrys)

Two main origins:
* A reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fearadhaigh (“descendant of Fearadhach”), a personal name probably derived from an adjective derivative of fear (“man”).
* A metonymic occupational surname for a ferryman or a topographic surname for someone who lived by a ferry crossing, from Middle English feri (“ferry”).


Cone

en-proper noun

Cone (countable and uncountable, plural Cones)


Kimmel

From German Kümmel, from Old High German kumil.

Of the men Kimmel interviewed about bangbus porn, about half knew about the sites and had been to them.

2014, Tom Digby, Love and War: How Militarism Shapes Sexuality and Romance, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 120:

I mean, mood. Courteney Cox showing Kimmel her completely empty pantry over Zoom while explaining that her family is snacking more than usual is relatable content.

2020 April 22, Julia Alexander, “The joy of spying on celebrity homes over Zoom and Instagram Live”, in The Verge:

But the Oscars host, Jimmy Kimmel, doesn’t seem to have gotten the message. His commercial promoting the Oscars includes several references to Rock, a former host himself. And the spot, a spoof of “Top Gun: Maverick,” explains that ABC was intent on finding an M.C. “who’s unflappable — and unslappable.”

2023 March 12, Stephanie Goodman, “How the Slap Has Changed the Oscars”, in The New York Times:


Luttrell

From a diminutive of Old French loutre (“otter”), either a nickname for someone thought to resemble this animal, or a metonymic occupational surname for someone who hunted otters for their pelts.


Xie

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation for 謝／谢 (Xiè).


Free

Free (countable and uncountable, plural Frees)

English surname, from Old English freo (“freeborn”).


Thiel

* As a North German and Dutch surname, from a pet form of Dietrich, Diederik.
* As an east German surname, from Lower Sorbian Bartyl, a name derived from Bartholomäus.


Eggleston

Eggleston (countable and uncountable, plural Egglestons)

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


Upchurch

Upchurch (countable and uncountable, plural Upchurches)

From Old English upp (“up”) + ċiriċe (“church”).


Mosqueda

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


Abney

Abney (countable and uncountable, plural Abneys)

From the genitive form of the Old English personal name Abba + īeġ (“island”).


Kohn

* As a Jewish surname, variant of Cohen.
* As a north German surname (also Köhn), Low German form of Konrad.
Compare Koehn, and Kane.


Ralston

Ralston (countable and uncountable, plural Ralstons)

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


Bohannon

Bohannon (countable and uncountable, plural Bohannons)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Buadhachanáin (“descendant of Buadhachanán”), a double diminutive of buadhach (“victorious”).


Pfeifer

From the German and Jewish surname, spelling variant of Pfeiffer.


Perryman

en-proper noun

Perryman (countable and uncountable, plural Perrymans)


Windham

Windham (countable and uncountable, plural Windhams)

From Wymondham, from personal name Wigmund's + hām (“home”).


Swafford

Habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place.


Smyth

Variant of Smith, from Middle English Smyth.


Godoy

Borrowed from Spanish Godoy, a habitational surname from Galician.


Echeverria

Anglicization of Spanish Echeverría, from Basque Etxeberria (“new house”), from etxe (“house”) and berri (“new”).

A surname from Basque, an anglicization of Echeverría, of Basque origin.


Hardman

Hardman (countable and uncountable, plural Hardmans)


Littlefield

Littlefield (countable and uncountable, plural Littlefields)


Rafferty

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Rabhartaigh (“descendants of Rabhartach”), a personal name derived from rabharta (“flood, tide”).


Smoot

Likely from the Dutch smout, someone who sold or worked with animal fat.


Scholl

* As a German and Dutch surname, from Scholle (“clod of earth”).
* Also as a Dutch and north German surname, from schol (“flounder”).
* Also as a German surname, spelling variant of Schell.


Hennessy

Anglicized from Irish Ó hAonghusa (“descendant of Angus”).


Poirier

Borrowed from French Poirier, from poirier (“pear tree”).


Lindley

en-proper noun

Lindley (countable and uncountable, plural Lindleys)

Two possible origins:
* The places in North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire are named with Old English līn (“flax”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”), with epenthetic -d-. Equivalent to line + -ley (“lea”).
* The deserted medieval village in Leicestershire is named with Old English lind (“lime tree”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to lind + -ley (“lea”).


Seal

* As an English surname, spelling variant of Sale
* As an occupational English surname, related to seal
* As an occupational English surname, from Old French sele (“saddle”)
* As an English nickname-derived surname, from seal (the animal)
* As a Jewish surname, spelling variant or semantic loan of Siegel


Broome

Broome (countable and uncountable, plural Broomes)


Neeley

Neeley (countable and uncountable, plural Neeleys)


Coble

* As an English surname, from Middle English cobel (“coble, rowboat”), a metonymic occupational surname for a maker of such or a sailor. See modern coble.
* As a German surname, Americanized from Kobel, Goebel.


Fahey

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fathaidh (“descendant of Fathadh”), a byname from fothadh (“base, foundation, support”).


Hoppe

* As a Dutch and German surname, spelling variant of Hopp.
* Also as a German surname, nickname from hoppen (“to hop”); see hüpfen.
* As a Danish surname, from the German surname Hopf, as well as Danish hoppe (“mare, horse”).
* As an English surname, spelling variant of Hopper.


Colburn

en-proper noun

Colburn (countable and uncountable, plural Colburns)

From Old English cōl (“cool”) + burna (“stream”).


Handley

Handley (countable and uncountable, plural Handleys)


Biddle

en-prop

Biddle (countable and uncountable, plural Biddles)


Buford

From Old English burg (“castle”) + ford (“ford”).


Card

A surname originating as an occupation for a carder of wool.


Hardwick

en-proper noun

Hardwick (countable and uncountable, plural Hardwicks)

From Old English heord (“herd”) + wīċ (“village”). Compare Hardwicke, which shares the same etymology.


Vuong

Borrowed from Vietnamese Vương, from 王 (“king”). Doublet of Wang and Wong.

A surname from Vietnamese, equivalent to English King.


Glynn

Glynn (countable and uncountable, plural Glynns)


Gaona

Borrowed from Spanish Gaona, perhaps of Basque origin.


Lumpkin

Lumpkin (countable and uncountable, plural Lumpkins)

→ Russian: Ла́мпкин (Lámpkin)


Cady

Cady (countable and uncountable, plural Cadys)


Gallant

Gallant (countable and uncountable, plural Gallants)


Goebel

From the German surname, a pet form of Godebert, corresponding to Proto-West Germanic *god (“good”) + *berht (“bright”).


Paez

Anglicization of Spanish Páez, of Galician origin, patronymic form of Paio (“Pelagio”), from Latin Pelagius


Quinlan

* As an Irish surname, from Ó Caoindealbháin, a personal name from caoin + dealbh + -án.
* Also as an Irish surname, from Ó Conalláin. See Connell.


Gingerich

Anglicised form of German Güngerich, originally a compound of Old High German gund (“battle”) + rīchi (“powerful”).


Whatley

Whatley (countable and uncountable, plural Whatleys)

From Old English hwǣte (“wheat”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to wheat + -ley (“lea”). Identical to Wheatley.


Sanabria

* Fernández de Prada aludes to Celtic origin Senabriga: sena- (mount) + -brigā (fortress).


Sanborn

Sanborn (countable and uncountable, plural Sanborns)


Pickard

Pickard (countable and uncountable, plural Pickards)

A surname originating as an ethnonym, relating to someone from Picardy.


Nunley

Habitational surname from a minor place in Wroxall, Warwickshire, from Old English nunne (“nun, priestess”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to nun + -ley (“lea”).


Beattie

Beattie (countable and uncountable, plural Beatties)


Homan

Homan said the revolving-door syndrome is particularly frustrating and she and others have been pushing for the repeat offenders to be prohibited from returning.

2007 August 8, Betsy Powell, “BLT taking bite out of crime”, in Toronto Star, Canada, retrieved 2015-12-01:

Mr. Homan has been the agency’s executive associate director of enforcement and removal operations, the division that carries out the removals.

2017 January 31, Ron Nixon, “Trump Names Thomas Homan as Acting Immigration Enforcement Chief”, in The New York Times:


Paulino

From Spanish or Portuguese, a given name as surname.


Dunne

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Duinn (“descendant of Duinn”), a byname from donn (“brown”).


Saxton

Saxton (countable and uncountable, plural Saxtons)

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


Smoots

Smoots (countable and uncountable, plural Smootses)

Possibly an Americanized form of Dutch Smouts.


Guo

From Mandarin 郭 (Guō). Doublet of Kuo and Kwok. More at Guo.


Greenlee

Habitational surname from several minor places in England, named from Old English grēne (“green”) + lēah (“clearing, glade”). Equivalent to green + -lee (“lea”); compare Green and Greene.


Freedman

* Anglicization of German Friedmann
* Corruption of Friedman
* freed + man. A surname taken up by freed slaves.

A German and Jewish surname from German.

A freed slave surname originating as an occupation.


Loza

Multiple etymologies, including:
* toponyms in Spain, probably from Spanish loza (“earthenware”)
* Polish łoza (“grey willow”), Ukrainian лоза (loza, “willow, osier”), Russian лоза (loza, “vine”), or similar terms in related languages; ultimately from Proto-Slavic *loza


Yun

Borrowed from:
* Korean 윤(尹) (Yun).
* Khmer យុន (yun)


Cable

Cable (countable and uncountable, plural Cables)


Galbraith

Scottish ethnic surname from Scottish Gaelic gall (“stranger, foreigner”) + Breathnach (“Briton”).


Vickery

en-proper noun

Vickery (countable and uncountable, plural Vickerys)


Kidwell

Kidwell (countable and uncountable, plural Kidwells)


Bratton

Bratton (countable and uncountable, plural Brattons)


Kovach

From Slovak Kováč, Slovene Kovač, Serbo-Croatian Kòvač, Hungarian Kovács, or Polish Kowacz, all from a word of Slavic origin meaning "blacksmith", from Proto-Slavic *kovati (“to forge”).


Ling

From Mandarin 令 (Lìng)， 凌 (Líng) or Eastern Min 林 (Lìng).


Keeling

Keeling (countable and uncountable, plural Keelings)


Cosgrove

Cosgrove (countable and uncountable, plural Cosgroves)

Two main origins:
* English habitational surname from the village in Northamptonshire, which is named with the Old English personal name Cof + -s- + grāf (“grove, thicket”); recorded as Covesgrave in 1086 (DB).
* Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Coscraigh (“descendant of Coscrach”), a byname from coscrach (“victorious, triumphant”).


Chew

en-proper noun

Chew (countable and uncountable, plural Chews)

* As an English surname, Chew has a number of separate origins:
** A toponymic surname referring to a place in Billington, Lancashire. It was originally spelled Cho, from Middle English cho, which is possibly a descendant of Old English *cēo (“gill”), denoting a ravine.
** A toponymic surname referring to Chew Magna or Chew Stoke in Somerset, England.
** A nickname from Old English ċīo, ċēo, which refers to smaller chattering species of crow, in particular the red-billed chough.
* As a Chinese surname, borrowed from Hokkien 周 (Chiu), Teochew 周 (ziu1), Cantonese 趙／赵 (ziu6), etc.


Weatherford

Weatherford (countable and uncountable, plural Weatherfords)


Hoy

Hoy (countable and uncountable, plural Hoys)

(Orkney, Shetland) From Old Norse há (“high”) + ey (“island”).


Halstead

Halstead (countable and uncountable, plural Halsteads)


Barnhill

Barnhill (countable and uncountable, plural Barnhills)

From Old English bearn (“barn”) + hyll (“hill”).


Craddock

Craddock (countable and uncountable, plural Craddocks)


Moy

Moy (countable and uncountable, plural Moys)


Robinette

Variant of Robinett, from French Robinet.


Peace

en-prop

Peace (countable and uncountable, plural Peaces)


Barahona

Borrowed from Spanish Barahona, of Basque origin.


Tennant

en-proper noun

Tennant (countable and uncountable, plural Tennants)


Durand

Durand (countable and uncountable, plural Durands)


Carreon

A surname from Spanish, an anglicization of Carreón


Shorter

Shorter (countable and uncountable, plural Shorters)


Littleton

Littleton (countable and uncountable, plural Littletons)

From Old English lȳtel (“small, little”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Slagle

Americanized spelling of German Schlegel.


Jang

Jang (countable and uncountable, plural Jangs)


Jang

From Korean Revised Romanization of Korean 장 (jang); from 張, 章, 莊, 蔣; from Chinese.

A surname from Korean.
A Korean surname from Chinese.


Evangelista

From Spanish Evangélista, from evangélista (“evangelist”).


Cranford

Cranford (countable and uncountable, plural Cranfords)


Gainey

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Géibheannaigh (“son of Géibheannach”), a personal name derived from géibheannach (“fettered”).


Deanda

Borrowed from Spanish De Anda, from the Basque toponym Anda.


Lemay

From the French surname, from several places in France called Le May. Compare Lamay, May.


Matheny

en-proper noun

Matheny (countable and uncountable, plural Mathenys)

Borrowed from French Matheny, perhap a habitational surname from a place called Mathenay.


Delrosario

Spelling of Spanish del Rosario without spaces. A common surname in the Philippines; also occurs in the Dominican Republic.


Sharkey

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Searcaigh (“descendant of Searcach”), from searcach (“beloved”).


Swope

Perhaps an altered form of German Schwab.


Purnell

en-proper noun

Purnell (countable and uncountable, plural Purnells)


Belton

Belton (countable and uncountable, plural Beltons)

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


Bannister

en-proper noun

Bannister (countable and uncountable, plural Bannisters)

English surname of Norman origin, from the archaic noun banaste (“basket, wickerwork”); see banne (“wicker basket”). Not related to banister.

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


Logue

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maolaodhóg (“descendant of the servant of (Saint) Maodhóg”). Compare Molloy.


Hauck

From the German surname, variant of the personal name Hugo; also see Hugh.


Geer

* As an English surname, spelling variant of Geary
* As a German surname, from Ger (“spear”)
* As a Dutch surname, from van den Geer, from geer (“headland”)


Fuqua

en-proper noun

Fuqua (countable and uncountable, plural Fuquas)


Burchett

English topographic surname for someone who lived by a birch grove, from Old English birċet (“birch grove”).


Glick

Jewish and German surname, variant of Gluck.


Galan

From Spanish Galán, from galán (“gallant”). Doublet of Gallant.


Creamer

Occupational surname for a seller of dairy products, from an agent derivative of Middle English creme (“cream”).


Fogarty

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fógartaigh (“descendant of Fógartach”), a personal name from fógartha (“proclaimed; banished, outlawed”).


Whitcomb

en-proper noun

Whitcomb (countable and uncountable, plural Whitcombs)


Houle

* As a French surname, variant of Houde.
* Also as a French surname, from placenames called La Houle, from houle (“hollow”).
* As an English surname, variant of Hole.


Schoen

As a German surname, from schön (“beautiful, nice”). As a Dutch surname, from schoen (“shoe”).


Ibanez

A surname from Spanish, an anglicization of Ibáñez.


True

True (countable and uncountable, plural Trues)


Mercier

From French Mercier, from French mercier. Compare Mercy, Marshall.


Melgar

From Spanish, usually a common Guatemalan surname.


Fain

* As a Jewish surname, variant of Fein.
* As an English surname, variant of Fayne.
* As a French surname, from placenames deriving from Latin fanum (“temple”) and Vulgar Latin *fangus (“mud, swamp”).


Ahern

Anglicized form of Irish Ó hEachtighearna (“descendant of Eachthighearna”), a personal name composed by the elements each (“horse”) + tighearna (“master, lord”).


Canty

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó an Cháintighe (“descendant of the satirist”), from cáinteach (“satirical”).


Asbury

en-proper noun

Asbury (countable and uncountable, plural Asburys)


Kersey

Kersey (countable and uncountable, plural Kerseys)

From Old English cærse (“cress”) + īeġ (“island”).


Camara

A surname from Portuguese, equivalent to English Chambers.

A surname.
A West African surname from Wolof.


Durkin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Duarcáin (“son of Duarcán”), a personal name from a diminutive of duairc (“surly, morose”).


Brittain

Brittain (countable and uncountable, plural Brittains)

Habitational surname from Anglo-Norman Bretaigne (“Brittany”).


Farrington

Farrington (countable and uncountable, plural Farringtons)


Shumate

Borrowed from French Chaumette or de la Chaumette.


Armour

Armour (countable and uncountable, plural Armours)

Armour (disambiguation)#Places
Armour (surname)


Clegg

Clegg (countable and uncountable, plural Cleggs)


Sayre

Sayre (countable and uncountable, plural Sayres)


Morel

From French, Spanish and English surname, from the personal name Morel, a derivative of Late Latin Maurellus, from Latin Maurus (“Moor”). See also Mauro, Moreau. In French, sometimes directly from Old French more (“dark”), from the same word. Compare also More, Morell.


Denning

Denning (countable and uncountable, plural Dennings)

Two main origins:
* English patronymic surname from the Old English personal name Dynna.
* Borrowed from German Denning, a habitational surname from a place in Bavaria.


Deyoung

Very rare spelling variant of DeYoung, anglicized from Dutch de Jong.


Dykstra

Borrowed from West Frisian Dykstra or Dutch Dijkstra, a topographic surname from Old Frisian dik (“dike”), from Proto-West Germanic *dīk.


Battaglia

Borrowed from Italian Battaglia. Doublet of Battle.


Tiller

Tiller (countable and uncountable, plural Tillers)


Magnuson

From the North Germanic/Scandinavian surname, from Swedish Magnusson, Danish and Norwegian Magnussen, all from Old Norse Magnusen, a patronym meaning "son of Magnus," from Latin Magnus, from magnus (“great”).

A Scandinavian surname, equivalent to English Manson.


Fung

From Cantonese 馮／冯 (fung⁴) or Hakka 洪 (Fùng). Doublet of Feng and Phung.


Lacroix

From French Lacroix, from la (“the”) + croix (“cross”).


Ballinger

Ballinger (countable and uncountable, plural Ballingers)

/ˈbælɪndʒəɹ/


Yuen

Borrowed from Cantonese 袁 (jyun4) or 阮 (jyun2).


Allman

Allman (countable and uncountable, plural Allmans)

English surname from Norman aleman (“German”). Compare French allemand (“German”).


Garman

* As an Irish surname, from Mac Gormáin Ó Gormáin; see Gorman. Also compare Garmon.
* As an English surname, from the Middle English personal name Gormund, from Old English Gārmund, presumably from gar (“spear”) + mund (“protection”).
* Also as an English surname, from gore (“triangular piece of land”) + man. Compare Gore.
* As a German surname, Americanized from Garmann, Gärmann, from Ger (“spear”) + Mann.
* Also as a German surname, Americanized from Germann. Compare German.


Jackman

Jackman (countable and uncountable, plural Jackmans)


Lum

As an English surname, from Middle English Lumb, from Old English Lumm, from lumm (“pool”). Analyzable as being from English lum (“pool”).
As a Chinese surname, from Cantonese 林 (lam4).

Alternative forms: Limb, Lumb, Lumm

An English surname transferred from the place name.


Tilton

Tilton (countable and uncountable, plural Tiltons)

Habitational surname from the village of Tilton on the Hill, in Leicestershire, from the Old English personal name Tila + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Szabo

From Hungarian Szabó, from szabó (“tailor”).


Knowlton

Knowlton (countable and uncountable, plural Knowltons)

From Old English cnoll (“knoll, summit”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).

A habitational surname from Old English.


Hair

* As a Scottish Gaelic and Irish surname, from ó héir (“descendant of Ír”), a personal name related to Old Irish sír (“long-lasting”), similar to Hare, O'Hare, Haire.
* As an English surname, from the noun hair.
* As a Scottish surname, variant of Ayre, Ayer.
* As a Dutch and German surname, Americanized from Haar, from haar (“sandy ridge”) (from Proto-Germanic *harugaz) and from the adjective Haar (“hair”).


Lovato

Borrowed from Italian Lovato, from Medieval Latin Lupātus, from the Latin cognomen Lupus + -ātus.


Zeng

From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 曾 (Zēng).


Shi

Romanization of Mandarin 石 (shí), 史 (shǐ), 師／师 (shī), 時／时 (shí), 士 (shì), 釋／释 (shì), and 施 (shī)

A surname from Mandarin of Chinese origin, the 63rd most common in China.


Flanigan

Flanigan (countable and uncountable, plural Flanigans)


Whiteman

Whiteman (countable and uncountable, plural Whitemans)


Everson

Everson (countable and uncountable, plural Eversons)


Fenner

Fenner (countable and uncountable, plural Fenners)


Gearhart

From the German surname, Americanized from Gerhardt. Compare Gayheart.


Pitman

Pitman (countable and uncountable, plural Pitmans)


Burrow

English surname, from the noun borough. Also from the noun burrow and the two senses were often conflated. Compare Burrough, Burgh.


Leiva

From Spanish Leiva; this surname is predominantly found in Argentina.


Nutt

Nutt (countable and uncountable, plural Nutts)


Usher

Usher (countable and uncountable, plural Ushers)

A surname originating as an occupation for an usher.


Kuo

From Mandarin 郭 (Guō). Doublet of Guo and Kwok.


Griswold

An English habitational surname from Middle English from gris (“grey (from French, i.e., the language of the Royal Court after 1066”) + wold (“forest, e.g. “Yorkshire Wolds”).


Fryer

Fryer (countable and uncountable, plural Fryers)


Carnahan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cearnacháin (“descendant of Cearnachán”), a personal name from cearnach (“victorious”) + -án (“diminutive suffix”).


Lavender

en-proper noun

Lavender (countable and uncountable, plural Lavenders)


Sumpter

Sumpter (countable and uncountable, plural Sumpters)

From Middle English sumpter (“carrier, or driver of pack animals”).


Plante

* As a French surname, from French Plante, from the noun plante.
* As an English surname, variant of Plant.


Upshaw

Habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place, from Old English upp (“up; upper”) + sċeaga (“copse, thicket”).


Matheson

en-proper noun

Matheson (countable and uncountable, plural Mathesons)


Feng

The atonal pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 灃／沣 (Fēng) and, as the city and surname, its alternative form 豐／丰 (Fēng).


Feng

The atonal pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 馮／冯 (Féng). Doublet of Fung and Phung.

At the time Feng Yü-hsiang arrived in Pukow, Feng Kuo-chang had seemed to be gaining the upper hand over Tuan and his clique.

1966, James E. Sheridan, Chinese Warlord: The Career of Feng Yü-hsiang, Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 69:


Feng

The atonal pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 鳳／凤 (Fèng).


Jorgenson

Americanized from Danish or Norwegian Jørgensen, north German Jörgensen; see Jorgensen. Less commonly a form of Swedish Jörgensson, Jörgenson, of the same meaning. Compare also Jergensen, Jergenson.


Berryman

Berryman (countable and uncountable, plural Berrymans)

Habitational surname, from Old English byrg, dative of burg (“stronghold, fortress”) + man.


Timmerman

A surname from Dutch, equivalent to English Carpenter.


Strunk

From the German surname meaning "tree trunk" (see below).


Keiser

From the Dutch and German surname, spelling variant of Keyser and Kaiser.


Garrido

Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Garrido.


Zamarripa

Borrowed from Spanish Zamarripa, itself of Basque origin.


Bare

Bare (countable and uncountable, plural Bares)


Whitehurst

Whitehurst (countable and uncountable, plural Whitehursts)

Habitational surname from a minor place in Cheshire, from Old English hwīt (“white”) + hyrst (“hurst, hillock, wooded hill”).


Whittle

Whittle (countable and uncountable, plural Whittles)


Tolentino

From Spanish and Portuguese, after St. Nicholas of Tolentino (San Nicolás de Tolentino), from Tolentino in Italy.


Molloy

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maolmhuaidh (“descendant of Maolmhuadh”), a personal name composed of maol (“chieftain”) + muadh (“noble, big”). It could also be an Anglicized form of Ó Maolmhaodhóg (“descendant of the servant of (Saint) Maodhóg”); compare Logue.


Strother

From Middle English Strother (surname and placename), from strother (“marsh”), probably from Old English strōd (“marshy land”) (in Scots, beside forms with -th-, stroder and other forms with -d- are attested), whence also Strood.


Hildreth

en-proper noun

Hildreth (countable and uncountable, plural Hildreths)


Gurrola

Shortened form of the Spanish habitational surname Egurrola, of Basque origin. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.


Lilley

Lilley (countable and uncountable, plural Lilleys)

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


Boling

From various origins, including German Böhling and English Bolling and Bowling.


Rayas

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


Bussey

Bussey (countable and uncountable, plural Busseys)

Habitational surname of Norman origin, from any of various places in Normandy called Boucé or Bucy.


Diallo

Borrowed from French Diallo, in turn from Fula, possibly jalo (“hoe”). Doublet of Jallo, Jallow

A Fula surname from French [in turn from Fula].


Arriola

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].


Stidham

Stidham (countable and uncountable, plural Stidhams)

Apparently a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place.


Chiang

From Mandarin 江 (Jiāng), Wade–Giles romanization: Chiang¹.

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. To support this argument, Chiang said that mainland China had deliberately avoided patterning its version of the market after the Western model in order to prevent the intrusion of decadent Western ideology.

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:


Chiang

From Mandarin 姜 (Jiāng), Wade–Giles romanization: Chiang¹.


Chiang

From Mandarin 蔣／蒋 (Jiǎng), Wade–Giles romanization: Chiang³.

As early as August we had publicly withdrawn our opposition to consideration of this question and indicated our support of the concept of the "two Chinas," Chiang Kai-shek's Republic of China on Taiwan and the Communist People's Republic of China, each to have membership in the world organization.
It had not been easy for me to take a position that would be so disappointing to our old friend and loyal ally, Chiang.

1978, Richard Nixon, RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon, Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 556:

When Chiang Kai-shek died in 1975, it was widely assumed that he had wanted to be buried someday on the mainland, although he is not known to have left any explicit instructions. His body was embalmed and placed in what is officially still a temporary mausoleum here, and the same was done with his son.
If the Chiang family has its way, as now seems likely, both former presidents of Taiwan will finally be buried next spring.

2004 September 9, Keith Bradsher, “The Chiangs, Father and Son, Can't Rest in Peace Just Yet”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-06-09, Dasi Journal:

In the past few weeks, the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) mayoral candidate for Taipei Chiang Wan-an’s (蔣萬安) ancestry has come under attack by several pundits.
Since Chiang threw his hat in the ring, he has been purporting himself as the descendant of the Chiang family to garner support from pan-blue voters.
In January, he said that his name “Wan-an” was given to him by his grandfather — former president Chiang Ching-kuo (蔣經國) — as a reminder of his ancestral roots. On more than one occasion, he stated that he has always been proud of being a Chiang, and that he would follow in his ancestors’ — Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) and Chiang Ching-kuo — footsteps to make Taiwan a better place. He further underscored this lineage by placing an artistic image of himself with Chiang Ching-kuo, side-by-side, on his mayoral campaign flags.

2022 September 30, “EDITORIAL: What’s in the Chiang name?”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-09-29, Editorials, page 8:


Ferro

* As an Italian, Spanish (occasionally Sephardic Jewish), Portuguese, Maltese, Galician surname, all from the noun ferro (“iron”).
* As an English surname, variant of Farrar.


Amezcua

Borrowed from Spanish Amezcua, from Basque Ametzkoa, a habitational surname from ametz (“Pyrenean oak”).


Samaniego

From Spanish Samaniego, a habitational surname from Basque.


Harwell

Harwell (countable and uncountable, plural Harwells)

* (hamlet in Nottinghamshire): From the Old English personal name Hāra, a byname from hār (“grey; grey-haired”), + wella (“well, spring, stream”)
* (village in Oxfordshire): From Old English hēore (“pleasant”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).


Urrutia

Borrowed from Spanish Urrutia, itself from Basque urruti (“far, distant”).


Pang

From:
* various Chinese surnames, including Mandarin 龐／庞 (páng), Cantonese 彭 (paang⁴) and Hokkien 馮／冯 (pâng)
* Khmer បាង (baang).


Bosley

Bosley (countable and uncountable, plural Bosleys)


Pomeroy

Pomeroy (countable and uncountable, plural Pomeroys)


Milburn

Milburn (countable and uncountable, plural Milburns)

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


Winfield

Winfield (countable and uncountable, plural Winfields)


Dabney

Dabney (countable and uncountable, plural Dabneys)

Habitational surname of Norman origin, from de (“of”) and the toponym Aubigny or Aubigné, from Medieval Latin Albiniacus, from the Roman gens, Latin Albinius.


Kwan

From any of four Chinese surnames: 關／关 (guān), 官 (guān), 管 (guǎn), or 灌 (guàn).


Newland

Newland (countable and uncountable, plural Newlands)


Moncada

Borrowed from Spanish Moncada, a habitational surname derived from Catalan Montcada.


Phung

Borrowed from Vietnamese Phùng, from Chinese 馮／冯 (ㄈㄥˊ). Doublet of Feng, Fung.

A surname from Vietnamese [in turn from Chinese].


Rigsby

Habitational surname from a place in Lincolnshire.


Vandenberg

Dutch van (“of”) + den (“the”) + berg (“hill”).


Hogg

From Old English hogg (“hog”), a metonymic occupational surname for a swineherd.


Gerlach

Gerlach (countable and uncountable, plural Gerlaches)

From the German and Dutch surname, a personal name of Germanic origin, composed of *gaiʀ (“spear”) and *laik (“sport, game”), meaning something like "spear-thrower." Compare Garlick, Garlock, Carlock.

(countable) A surname from the Germanic languages or originating as an occupation.


Fiedler

Occupational surname, borrowed from German Fiedler (“fiddler”).


Enright

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Ionnrachtaigh (“son of Ionnrachtach”), a byname meaning "attacker"; compare Hanratty.


Marler

From marler, an occupational surname for someone who hewed or quarried marl.


Feller

Likely an occupational surname from English feller (“one who fells trees; a lumberjack”).


Slayton

en-proper noun

Slayton (countable and uncountable, plural Slaytons)


Landa

Landa (countable and uncountable, plural Landas)


Destefano

Very rare spelling of Italian De Stefano.


Araiza

Variant of Arraiza. This variant is mostly found in Mexico.


Ackley

Ackley (countable and uncountable, plural Ackleys)

English habitational surname, from Old English āc (“oak”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”), equivalent to oak + -ley (“lea”). Compare Oakley, which has the same origin.


Berkowitz

Germanized spelling of Polish Berkowicz, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.


Hartwell

Hartwell (countable and uncountable, plural Hartwells)


Woolsey

A surname.; Alternative form of Wolseley


Varghese

Borrowed from Malayalam വർഗീസ് (vaṟgīsŭ).


Suh

From Korean 서(徐) (Seo). Cognate with English Xu (from Mandarin).


Hung

From Mandarin or Cantonese 洪 (Mandarin: Hóng, Cantonese: hung⁴) or Cantonese 孔 (hung²).


Bozeman

Bozeman (countable and uncountable, plural Bozemans)


Barringer

Americanized spelling of German Behringer.


Heffernan

Anglicized form of Irish Ó hIfearnáin (“descendant of Ifearnán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive form of ifreannach (“demon”), from ifreann (“hell”).


Gaskins

en-proper noun

Gaskins (countable and uncountable, plural Gaskinses)


Durr

* As a German surname, from the adjective dürr (“dried up”). Compare Duerr.
* As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Doraidh, from doraidh (“difficult, uneven”) (compare dúr). Compare Dore.


Utley

Utley (countable and uncountable, plural Utleys)

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


Siebert

From the German surname, ultimately corresponding to Proto-Germanic *segaz (“victory”) + *berhtaz (“bright”).


Arango

Borrowed from Spanish Arango, habitational surname of Basque origin.


Fontana

Fontana (countable and uncountable, plural Fontanas)

From Romance. From Vulgar Latin fontana.


Shively

Shively (countable and uncountable, plural Shivelys)

Americanized spelling of Swiss German Schäublin or Scheublin.


Encarnacion

Anglicization of Spanish Encarnación, and a Filipino surname, both a reference to the Incarnation


Beardsley

Beardsley (countable and uncountable, plural Beardsleys)


Martindale

Martindale (countable and uncountable, plural Martindales)


Baxley

Baxley (countable and uncountable, plural Baxleys)


Winfrey

A surname transferred from the given name.


Trainor

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Thréinfhir (“son of Thréinfhear”) a personal name composed of the elements tréan (“strong”) + fear (“man”). Compare Cranor.


Hetrick

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


Holbert

From Proto-Germanic *Hulþaberhtaz, from *hulþaz (“favourable, gracious, loyal”) + *berhtaz (“bright”).


Hargrave

en-proper noun

Hargrave (countable and uncountable, plural Hargraves)

Habitational surname, from Old English hār (“grey”) or hara (“hare”) + graf (“grove”) or grǣfe (“thicket”).


Bickel

From the Old English surname, from Bickleigh in Devon, from the personal name Bicca (“pickaxe”) + leah (“wooded area”). For the first element see Proto-Germanic *pikkōną.


Rountree

Topographic surname, from Middle English rown (“rowan”) + tre (“tree”).


Turney

Turney (countable and uncountable, plural Turneys)

Habitational surname of Norman origin, from any of various places in France called Tournai, Tournay or Tourny.


Flagg

Flagg (countable and uncountable, plural Flaggs)

Both the surname and village are from Old English flag (“slab”), itself borrowed from Old Norse flaga, from Proto-Germanic *flaką (“something flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, broad, plain”).


Rickman

Billington liked Rickman's 'voice, presence and air of ironic melancholy . . . what I miss is any internal tension'. Likewise, Jack Tinker in the Daily Mail was impressed by Rickman but not the rest of the production.

2012 May 31, Maureen Paton, Alan Rickman: The Unauthorised Biography, Random House, →ISBN:


Cooksey

en-proper noun

Cooksey (countable and uncountable, plural Cookseys)

Habitational surname from a minor place in Worcestershire, from the Old English personal name Cucu + -s- + īeġ (“island”).


Boynton

Boynton (countable and uncountable, plural Boyntons)

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


Porterfield

Porterfield (countable and uncountable, plural Porterfields)

From porter + field, a Scottish topographic surname from the hereditary lands owned by a porter.


Leeper

English surname from both senses of leap: the verb (sense 1), and the noun leap (“basket”).


Kerrigan

Kerrigan (countable and uncountable, plural Kerrigans)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ciaragáin (“grandson/descendant of Ciaragán”), a byname from a double diminutive of ciar (“black”).


Joslin

en-proper noun

Joslin (countable and uncountable, plural Joslins)

English surname, borrowed through French from a Germanic name, from *Gauzelin, a diminutive of names formed from Gaut, from Proto-Germanic *gautaz (“Geat”). The name was also influenced by French Josse (see Joyce).


Yeh

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 葉／叶 (Yeh⁴).

THE most conspicuous example of a single gift to modern education in China by an individual is that of Mr. Yeh Ching-chong of Shanghai. Himself a man of humble origin and scant education, he came from Ningpo (Chinhai) to Shanghai in his youth and shared in the splendid prosperity of this rapidly developing city.[…]He left an enthusiastic supporter in the person of his eldest son, Mr. Yeh Sung-ching, who added another Tls. 100,000 to his father's gift and thus made possible the completion of handsome buildings without the necessity of withdrawing too much money from the permanent endowment.

1904 June, John C. Ferguson, “Educational Benefactions of Wealthy Chinese.”, in The East of Asia Magazine, Shanghai: North-China Herald Office, page 24:


Beeman

From beeman, an occupational surname for a beekeeper.


Lavin

Various origins:
* A reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Láimhín, variant of Ó Flaithimhín (“descendant of Flaithimín”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of flaith (“ruler”).
* English metronymic surname from the medieval female given name Lavina, from Latin Lavinia.
* Borrowed from Spanish Lavín, a habitational surname from a place near Santander.
* Respelling of Lavigne.


Haile

Haile (countable and uncountable, plural Hailes)


Mulcahy

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maolchathaigh (“descendant of the devotee of (Saint) Cathach”), a byname from cathach (“warlike”).


Caraway

From the Middle English occupational surname, probably for a spice merchant, related to caraway.


Buell

* As a Welsh surname, variant of Bowell, itself a variant of Powell (also see Howell).
* As a Dutch surname, from the noun beul (“hangman”).


Doane

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dubháin (“descendant of Dubhán”), a diminutive of dubh (“black”), or a reduced Anglicized form of Ó Damháin (“descendant of Damhán”), from a diminutive of damh (“ox, stag”).


Burchfield

en-proper noun

Burchfield (countable and uncountable, plural Burchfields)

Topographic surname, from Old English birċe (“birch”) + feld (“open country”).


Harrigan

Harrigan (countable and uncountable, plural Harrigans)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hArragáin, a corruption of Ó hÁnradháin (“descendant of Ánradhán”), a diminutive of ánradh (“warrior”). Compare Hanrahan and Horgan.


Rathbun

from Middle English rath (Old English hræth) ‘eager, swift’ + bon (Old English bān) ‘bone’, specifically here the leg bone. In some instances the name was recorded with bayn (Old Norse beinn) ‘bone, leg’ in place of native English ban(e). This form of the surname is now rare in Britain.


Cantwell

Cantwell (countable and uncountable, plural Cantwells)

Perhaps a variant of Canwell, a habitational surname.


Wessel

* As a Dutch and German surname, pet form of Werner.
* Also as a German surname, from Wesel in Westphalia.


Soper

A surname originating as an occupation for a soaper.


Totten

Possibly from a diminutive of the nickname totte (“simpleton, fool”).

A surname transferred from the nickname.


Hartzell

Hartzell (countable and uncountable, plural Hartzells)


Lizarraga

Borrowed from Spanish Lizárraga, from Basque lizarr (“ash tree”) + the locative suffix -aga.


Woodbury

Woodbury (countable and uncountable, plural Woodburys)

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


Rigby

Rigby (countable and uncountable, plural Rigbys)


Lamont

Lamont (countable and uncountable, plural Lamonts)


Ramsdale

Habitational, in some cases at least likely a variant of Ramsden as dale is equivalent to Old English dene (“valley”); compare Baxendale.


Shreve

Israel Shreve, an American colonel of the Continental Army


Money

Money (countable and uncountable, plural Moneys)

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1991, Eli Coleman, John Money: A Tribute, page xiv:


Grillo

From Italian Grillo, from the italianization of the Sicilian surname Agriḍḍu, a surname derived from agriḍḍu (“cricket”). Doublet of Agrillo.


Heaney

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hÉighnigh (“descendant of Éighneach”), or an Anglicized form of Ó hÉanna (“descendant of Éanna”), a personal name of unclear origin, possibly containing the element éan (“bird”). Compare Bird, Heagney.


Pinkney

en-proper noun

Pinkney (countable and uncountable, plural Pinkneys)


Mawson

Mawson (countable and uncountable, plural Mawsons)


Crittenden

Crittenden (countable and uncountable, plural Crittendens)


Yin

From the romanization of various Chinese characters.


Pender

Pender (countable and uncountable, plural Penders)


Luevano

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish Luévano, perhaps a misspelling of Cuévano.


Brigham

Brigham (countable and uncountable, plural Brighams)

From bryċġ + hām, "homestead by the bridge".


Mulholland

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maolchalann (“descendant of Maolchalann”).


Gilmour

en-proper noun

Gilmour (countable and uncountable, plural Gilmours)

Variant of Gilmore, from Scottish Gaelic gille (“servant lad”) + Moire (“Mary mother of Jesus”).

A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.


Horsley

Horsley (countable and uncountable, plural Horsleys)

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


Pfaff

Borrowed from German Pfaff, from Middle High German pfaffe (“cleric”).


McQueen

* As a Scottish Gaelic and Irish surname, from Mac Shuibhne (“son of Suibhne”), a byname meaning "pleasant." See McSweeney.
* Also as a Scottish and Irish surname, from Mac Shuain, based on Old Norse sveinn (“boy servant”). Also compare Swain, McSwan.
* Also as a Scottish and Irish surname, Anglicized form of Irish Mac Caoimhín (literally “son of Kevin”).
* As a French surname, Americanized from Moquin.


Rascon

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


Probst

Borrowed from German Propst (“provost”).


Stowell

en-proper noun

Stowell (countable and uncountable, plural Stowells)

From Old English stān (“stone”) + wella (“spring, well, stream”).


Hsieh

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation for 謝／谢 (Xiè) Wade-Giles romanization: Hsieh⁴.

“Of course, I know there might be limits to freedom of speech, but overall I don’t think being absorbed by China would be that bad,” said Mr. Hsieh, a poet who works at a cafe in New Taipei City.

2022 March 1, Amy Qin, Amy Chang Chien, “Watching the War in Ukraine, Taiwanese Draw Lessons in Self-Reliance”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-03-01, Russia-Ukraine War:


Dacosta

From Romance (from Galician Dacosta, Portuguese da Costa), from Latin costa.


Holgate

en-proper noun

Holgate (countable and uncountable, plural Holgates)


Weddle

Scottish habitational surname, from a place called Wedale, in the Scottish Borders. This placename could derive from Old English wedd (“pledge, security”) + dæl (“dale, valley”).


Hannan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAnnáin (“descendant of Annán”), a personal name of uncertain origin.


Boylan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Baoighealláin (“descendant of Baoigheallán”), a diminutive of Baoigheall, a personal name composed of the elements baoth (“vain, foolish”) + geall (“pledge, token”).


Reza

From Iranian Persian رضا (rezâ), from Classical Persian رضا (rizā).


Cumming

en-proper noun

Cumming (countable and uncountable, plural Cummings)

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


Embleton

en-proper noun

Embleton (countable and uncountable, plural Embletons)


Mansour

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


Copley

Copley (countable and uncountable, plural Copleys)

From Old English copp (“hilltop”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).


Parsley

Parsley (countable and uncountable, plural Parsleys)

Altered form, later assimilated by folk etymology to the herb name parsley, of the medieval family name Passelewe, from Old French passer (“to pass”) + la (“the”) + ewe (“water”), probably a nickname for a ferryman or a person who travelled overseas.


Waltz

Waltz (countable and uncountable, plural Waltzes)


Thornhill

Thornhill (countable and uncountable, plural Thornhills)


Abad

From Spanish, of occupational origin. Doublet of Abbott.

A surname from Spanish of Spanish occupational origin.


Morehouse

Morehouse (countable and uncountable, plural Morehouses)


Izaguirre

Borrowed from Spanish Izaguirre, from Basque Izagirre.


Vandiver

Vandiver (countable and uncountable, plural Vandivers)

Americanized form of Dutch van Duiver, a habitational surname for someone from Duiven.


Tait

From Middle English Tayte, Tayt, Teyt (personal name), from Middle English tayt, teyte (“cheerful, merry”), from Old Norse teitr (“cheerful, glad”), from Proto-Germanic *taitaz (“glad, delicate, tender, radiant”). Cognate with Old English tāt (“glad”, attested in names), Old High German zeiz (“loving, pleasant, tender”).

cog

A Scottish surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person.


Wingfield

en-proper noun

Wingfield (countable and uncountable, plural Wingfields)


Farah

Borrowed from Arabic فَرَح (faraḥ, “joy”).


Newhouse

Newhouse (countable and uncountable, plural Newhouses)

* From new + house.
* Calque of German Neuhaus. Derived from Neuhaus (cf. Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr.), anglicization of German Neuhaus. From neu+Haus.
Cognate with, Catalan Casanova, French Maisonneuve, German Neuhaus, Italian Casanova, Occitan Casanova.

A surname.
A habitational surname from English

A surname from German, variant of Neuhaus


Ritz

From the German surname, from the personal name Rizo, partially from Richard and partially from Heinrich. Also shortened from Moritz.


Hua

Amid a severe labor shortage, companies have boosted wages to try to attract and retain workers, driving the average annual salary to an eight-year high in 2023, said Stanley Hua (花梓馨), general manager of 104 Human Resource Institute, at a news conference, citing the results of a Taiwan salary trends survey.
However, amid an economic slowdown, the figure represents only a 2.5 percent increase from a year ago, lower than the 3.1 percent year-on-year hike recorded last year, Hua said.

2023 November 29, Liu Chien-ling, Evelyn Kao, “Taiwan's annual average wage rises to eight-year high: Job bank survey”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2023-11-29, Business:


Southwood

Southwood (countable and uncountable, plural Southwoods)


Niles

Niles (countable and uncountable, plural Nileses)


Barham

Barham (countable and uncountable, plural Barhams)

Two possible origins:
* The villages in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk are named with Old English beorg (“hill”) + hām (“homestead”).
* The village in Kent is probably named with an unattested Old English personal name *Beora, a derivative of bera (“bear”), + hām (“homestead”).

A habitational surname from Old English.


Hasty

Hasty (countable and uncountable, plural Hastys)

Two main origins:
* From a pet form of the Norman personal name Asketin, derived from Old Norse Ásketill, composed of the elements áss (“god”) and ketill (“sacrificial cauldron”).
* From Middle English hasty (“quick, speedy”), a nickname for a brisk or impetuous person, or possibly for a messenger.


Leake

* As an English but ultimately North Germanic surname, from Old Norse lœkr (“stream, brook”). The Norse word is found in many English place names, such as Leck in Lancashire, and the surname could have been from these names. Compare the variant Leach.
* Also as an occupational English surname, from the noun leek.


Whitehouse

Whitehouse (countable and uncountable, plural Whitehouses)


Almazan

From Spanish Almazán, after the town in Soria, Spain, of Arabic origin.


Sung

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From Chinese 宋 (Sòng) Wade–Giles romanization: Sung⁴.


Hatley

Hatley (countable and uncountable, plural Hatleys)

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


Koller

* As a south German surname, spelling variant of Kohler.
* Also as a German surname, from Koller (“horse collar”).
* Also as a German surname, from Westphalian/Rhenish dialect of the place name Köln (“Cologne”).


Kingsbury

Kingsbury (countable and uncountable, plural Kingsburys)

Originally from Old English Cingesberia, Chinesburie, &c., from cyninges (“king's”) + burh (“fort, manor, town”). Later derived from earlier places named Kingsbury and from people bearing the surname. Equivalent to king's -bury. Doublet of Kingsburg, Kingsburgh, and Conisbrough. Cf. Kingstown, Kingston, Kingsville, Coniston, Conington, and Queensbury.


Campo

en-proper noun

Campo (countable and uncountable, plural Campos)


Bumgarner

Alternative spelling of German Baumgartner (“tree gardener”).


Engstrom

Borrowed from Swedish Engström, from äng (“meadow”) + ström (“stream, current”).


Dew

Dew (countable and uncountable, plural Dews)


Thach

Borrowed from Vietnamese Thạch. Doublet of Shih.


Click

Click (countable and uncountable, plural Clicks)


Nolte

From German Nolte, from a short form of the given name Arnold.


Diep

From the Vietnamese surname, compare Điệp and Diệp.


Meacham

Meacham (countable and uncountable, plural Meachams)


Rule

Rule (countable and uncountable, plural Rules)


Gabbard

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2024 November 13, Julian E. Barnes, “Trump Chooses Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence”, in The New York Times:


Dipietro

Dipietro (plural Dipietros or Dipietroes)

Very rare spelling of Italian Di Pietro.


Stilwell

Stilwell (countable and uncountable, plural Stilwells)


Yim

Borrowed from Cantonese 嚴／严 (jim⁴) or Cantonese 閻／阎 (jim⁴).


Burwell

Burwell (countable and uncountable, plural Burwells)


Dejong

Rare anglicized spelling of Dutch de Jong.


Avendano

Anglicization of Spanish Avendaño, a surname of Basque origin.


Coakley

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Caochlaoich (“son of Caochlaoch”), a personal name composed of the elements caoch (“blind”) + laoch (“hero”).


Denman

en-proper noun

Denman (countable and uncountable, plural Denmans)


Nowell

From Middle English Nowel, from Old French noel (“Christmas”).


Castanos

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


Lavelle

Lavelle (countable and uncountable, plural Lavelles)


Wilber

Wilber (countable and uncountable, plural Wilbers)


Chaparro

Borrowed from Spanish Chaparro, from Basque txapar (“plump, chubby”).


Roden

Roden (countable and uncountable, plural Rodens)


Kissinger

/ˈkɪsənd͡ʒɚ/


Messenger

A surname originating as an occupation for a messenger.


Folk

* As a German surname, variant of Volk (“people, tribe”).
* As an English surname, variant of Foulk, related to the noun folk, thus cognate with the above.


Slate

Metonymic occupational surname for a slater.


Aguila

Aguila (countable and uncountable, plural Aguilas)

Anglicization of Spanish Águila. Also a common Filipino surname. Doublet of Eagle.

A surname from Spanish, an anglicized spelling of Águila.


Kiernan

From Irish Tighearnán, from Tighearna (“lord”).


Chaffee

Chaffee (countable and uncountable, plural Chaffees)

From Old French chauf (“bald”), perhaps through Norman.


Roa

Roa (countable and uncountable, plural Roas)


Shriver

An anglicization of German Schreiber, originally designating a clerk or a writer.


Xiao

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin for 肖 (Xiāo) and 蕭／萧 (Xiāo).


Parton

Parton (countable and uncountable, plural Partons)

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


Tankersley

Tankersley (countable and uncountable, plural Tankersleys)


Benefield

Benefield (countable and uncountable, plural Benefields)

Recorded as Beringafeld in the Cartularium Saxonicum, the placename derives from the Old English personal name Bera + -ing (“belonging to”) + feld (“field”). The -n- in the present name is most probably due to Anglo-Norman assimilation.


Abeyta

Abeyta (countable and uncountable, plural Abeytas)

Borrowed from Spanish Abeyta, a surname of Basque origin.


Quiroga

Borrowed from Galician Quiroga, from the town of Quiroga, Galicia.


Harr

* As a North German surname, from variants/ancestors of the noun Heer (“army”), similar to Herbert, Hermann.
* As an English surname, variant of Hare.


Grimaldo

From the Spanish and Italian surname, of Germanic origin, corresponding to Proto-West Germanic *grimm (“mask”) + *waldan (“rule”).


Schick

* As a German and Jewish surname, from the adjective Schick (“well-mannered, proper”) (see below). This is also borrowed into Czech as Šik, compare Sik.
* Also as a German surname, variant of Schiek, itself a variant of Schieck, from Middle High German schiec (“twisted, crooked”) (compare modern schief).
Compare Shick, Sheek.


Boardman

en-proper noun

Boardman (countable and uncountable, plural Boardmans)


Tapp

* As an English surname, from the personal name Tapp, from Old English *Tæppa, thought to be related to the adjective top. Compare the placename Taplow, and the surname Taplin.
* Also as an English surname, variant of Topp.
* Also as an English surname, possibly related to the nouns tape or tap.
* As a German surname, from a derivative of the ancient Germanic name Theudobrand, from *þeudō (“people”) + *brandaz (“sword”).
* Also as a German surname, of Low German origin, from obsolete Middle Low German tappe (“oaf”), which could be related to zapfen (“tap, draw liquor”).


Suazo

From Spanish, variant of Zuazo, from Basque.


Dizon

Common Filipino surname, of ultimately Hokkien origin.

A Filipino surname from Kapampangan/Tagalog/Cebuano [in turn from Spanish, in turn from Hokkien], common among Filipinos of Chinese ancestry.


Thurmond

Thurmond (countable and uncountable, plural Thurmonds)


Truax

Anglicization of Trieux. From French Trieux


Boatman

A surname originating as an occupation for a boatman.


Shupe

From the German surname, Americanized from Schupp.


Markle

Markle (countable and uncountable, plural Markles)


Jaffe

Borrowed from Hebrew יפה (yafé, “beautiful, comely”).


Stackhouse

Stackhouse (countable and uncountable, plural Stackhouses)


Kuhl

From the German surname, from the noun Kuhle (“hollow, cave”). Also from the adjective kühl (“cool, fresh”).


Crossley

Crossley (countable and uncountable, plural Crossleys)

From Old English cross (“cross”) + leah (“woodland clearing”).


Milliken

en-proper noun

Milliken (countable and uncountable, plural Millikens)


Seale

Seale (countable and uncountable, plural Seales)


Grimsley

Grimsley (countable and uncountable, plural Grimsleys)


Frizzell

* As an English and Irish surname, from Old French frisel (“ribbon, tassel, fringe”), a nickname for someone with an ornate style of dress; see frise (“border, frieze”).
* As a Scottish surname, from Anglo-Norman fresel (“strawberry”) (see fraise).
* Also as a Scottish surname, Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Friseal, a Gaelicized form of Fraser.


Crabb

en-proper noun

Crabb (countable and uncountable, plural Crabbs)

* As an English and Scottish surname, from the noun crab (both senses)
* As a German, Dutch, and occasionally Danish surname, spelling variant of Krabbe.


Treadwell

Treadwell (countable and uncountable, plural Treadwells)

Metonymic occupational surname for a fuller, from tread + well.


Lally

Two main origins:
* Reduced form of Mullally, a surname of Irish origin.
* Borrowed from French L’Ally or a variant of Laly.


Dorr

Dorr (countable and uncountable, plural Dorrs)


Elston

Elston (countable and uncountable, plural Elstons)


Prendergast

Prendergast (countable and uncountable, plural Prendergasts)

From the Irish and Welsh surname, perhaps derived from a now lost settlement in Flanders called Brontegeest. This surname was then brought to England through the Norman Conquest.


Boatright

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


Pelaez

Anglicization of Spanish Peláez, from Pelayo


Callender

Occupational surname for a calender. It could also be a variant of the habitational surname Callander.


Tolley

Tolley (countable and uncountable, plural Tolleys)


Hight

English topographic surname, from the noun height. Compare Haight.


Hamill

Hamill (countable and uncountable, plural Hamills)

Of multiple origins, but chiefly a reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hÁdhmaill (“descendant of Ádhmall”), a nickname from ádhmall (“active”).


Tyrrell

en-proper noun

Tyrrell (countable and uncountable, plural Tyrrells)

Perhaps from a Norman nickname for a stubborn person, from Old French tirel (“an animal which pulls on the reins”), a derivative of tirer (“to pull”). Woulfe suggests that it may be from the personal name Thurold or Þorvaldr, from Old Norse Þórr (“Thor”) + valdr (“rule”).


Carrico

From the Portuguese habitational surname, from carriço (“reed, sedge”).


Bane

* As an English surname, from the archaic noun bane (“murderer”).
* As an English, Scottish, and Irish surname, variant of Bain.
* As a French surname, from the noun banne (“wicker basket”).


Madigan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Madagáin (“descendant of Madagán”), a variant of the personal name Madadhán, which is from madadh (“dog”) + -án (“diminutive suffix”).


Pridgen

Possibly from Old French preux (“wise; brave”) + Jehan (“John”).


Slaton

en-proper noun

Slaton (countable and uncountable, plural Slatons)


Tolson

* As an English surname, from Middle English personal name Tolle (see Towle) + -son.
* Also as an English surname, from the place Toulston in Yorkshire.


Pelton

Pelton (countable and uncountable, plural Peltons)

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


Hanrahan

Reduced Anglicized form of Ó hÁnradháin (“descendant of Ánradhán”), a diminutive of ánradh (“warrior”). Compare Harrigan and Horgan.


Parkhurst

Parkhurst (countable and uncountable, plural Parkhursts)


Theisen

Borrowed from German, Danish and Norwegian Theisen, a patronymic surname from a reduced form of the personal name Matthias.


Petry

English surname, first attested as Medieval Latin Petrus (“Peter”).


Honaker

From German Honacker, from Middle High German hōch (“high”) (with dative -n) and acker (“field”).


Shrestha

Borrowed from Nepali श्रेष्ठ (śreṣṭha, “excellent”).


Loveland

Loveland (countable and uncountable, plural Lovelands)


Laroche

French surname, from several placenames or nicknames from la roche (“the rock”). Compare Roche.


Marlin

Marlin (countable and uncountable, plural Marlins)


Carmody

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cearmada (“descendant of Cearmaid”), a personal name of unknown origin.


Nordstrom

Borrowed from Swedish Nordström, an ornamental surname composed of the elements nord (“north”) and ström (“stream”) .


Franzen

en-proper noun

Franzen (countable and uncountable, plural Franzens)


Gonsalez

A surname from Spanish, variant of Gonzalez.


Dulaney

Dulaney (countable and uncountable, plural Dulaneys)


Priddy

Priddy (countable and uncountable, plural Priddys)


Wold

* As a Norwegian surname, spelling variant of Vold, Voll.
* As an English surname, from wold (“forest”).


Speight

English surname, from the noun speight (“woodpecker”).


Kite

Kite (countable and uncountable, plural Kites)


Marriott

Marriott (countable and uncountable, plural Marriotts)


Bracey

Bracey (countable and uncountable, plural Braceys)

English habitational surname of Norman origin, from either of two places in France called Brécy.


Arbogast

Southwest German and French surname, of Germanic origin, corresponding to Proto-West Germanic *arbī (“inheritance”) + *gasti (“stranger”).


Harker

en-proper noun

Harker (countable and uncountable, plural Harkers)


Burgin

Burgin (countable and uncountable, plural Burgins)


Worsham

Worsham (countable and uncountable, plural Worshams)

From the Old English personal name Wulfmǣr + -s- + hām (“homestead”).


Markey

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Marcaigh (“descendant of Marcach”), a byname from marcach (“rider, horseman, cavalryman”).


Lowder

An English surname, a variant of Lowther.


Galdamez

Borrowed from Spanish Galdámez, Castilianized form of Basque Galdames, a habitational surname. This surname is mostly found in El Salvador.


Hensel

From German Hänsel or Hensel; see also Hansel, Ansell, Anselm, Henschel.


Karp

* As a German, Polish, and Jewish surname, from Yiddish and German Karpfen (“carp”).
* As a German, Polish, and Russian surname, reduced from the Koine Greek saint names Καρπόφορος (Karpóphoros, “fruit-bearing”) and Πολύκαρπος (Polúkarpos, “rich in fruit”), from πολυ- (polu-) + καρπός (karpós).


Dilley

en-proper noun

Dilley (countable and uncountable, plural Dilleys)

Possibly a pet form of an unrecorded Old English personal name *Dylla, found in placenames such as Dillington or Dilton.


Sokol

From several Slavic languages, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *sokolъ (“falcon”).


Vermillion

Vermillion (countable and uncountable, plural Vermillions)


Brookshire

Brookshire (countable and uncountable, plural Brookshires)

Unexplained, but perhaps related to Brookshaw.

unk

Unexplained


Aycock

From a pet form of any of various personal names beginning with A- + the Middle English hypocoristic suffix -cok. Compare, for example, Adcock, Alcock, Hancock, Wilcock.


Halloran

en-proper noun

Halloran (countable and uncountable, plural Hallorans)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAllmhuráin (“descendant of Allmhurán”), a personal name derived from a hypocoristic form of allmhurach (“foreigner”).


Stillman

en-proper noun

Stillman (countable and uncountable, plural Stillmans)


Decastro

From Spanish de Castro, a common Filipino surname, but also a Hispanic surname.


Deming

Deming (countable and uncountable, plural Demings)


Bey

* As a north German and Dutch surname, variant of Beye, Baye, vowel variants of the Danish surname Boye.
* Also as a German surname, Germanized from Lower Sorbian baj (“storyteller”), from Proto-Slavic *bajь, related to *bajati (“to tell”). Compare Bay.
* As a French surname, from several placenames in France, from a regional variant of bief (“mill-race”).
* As an Islamic surname (generally Algeria), from Turkish bey (see Beg). See also Pasha, Agha.


Claxton

Claxton (countable and uncountable, plural Claxtons)

From either the Old Norse personal name Klakkr or Old English clacc (“hill, peak”) + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Bushey

Bushey (countable and uncountable, plural Busheys)

From Old English bysċe (“bush, thicket”), with possible influence from Old French boisseie (“woodland”).


Flinn

Flinn (countable and uncountable, plural Flinns)


Naughton

Naughton (countable and uncountable, plural Naughtons)


Elwell

Elwell (countable and uncountable, plural Elwells)

From Old English hæl (“omen”) + wielle (“well, spring”), presumably in reference to a pagan river worship.


Tedder

Two main origins:
* From the Middle English personal name Thedere, Teddere, which is either from Old English Þēodhere, from þēod (“nation”) + here (“army”), or from the Norman personal name Theudher, which shares the same etymology.
* Occupational surname from Middle English teddere (“one who teds”), from the verb tedden (“to ted, to spread hay for drying”).


Wyckoff

Borrowed from Dutch Wyckoff, from wijk (“district”) + hof (“farmstead”).


Steger

* As a German surname for someone who lived near a steep path, from Steiger (“one who ascends”). This surname is also very common in Slavic countries.
* As an English surname, variant of Stigger, Sticker (from the noun sticker, referring to several uses of "one who sticks").


Ridgway

Ridgway (countable and uncountable, plural Ridgways)


Wieland

From German, Alemannic German, and Jewish surname, corresponding to Proto-West Germanic *wīg (“battle”) + *land.


Pfister

South German and Alemannic German surname, from the noun Pfister (“baker”).


Schaaf

From the German surname, from Schafe (“sheep”). Also compare Schaap.


Beckley

Beckley (countable and uncountable, plural Beckleys)


Lowrey

Lowrey (countable and uncountable, plural Lowreys)

From a pet form of the personal name Lawrence.

A surname transferred from the given name.


Wesson

A patronymic surname from Wes + -son, literally son of Wes, the latter a diminutive of the male given name Wesley.


Garmon

* As an Irish surname, variant of Gorman.
* As an English and German surname, variant of Garman.


Appleby

Appleby (countable and uncountable, plural Applebys)

From Old English æppel (“apple”) and Old Norse býr (“farm, town”), from the root of the verb Old Norse búa (“to dwell”).

A surname derived from the English place name.


Wortham

From Old English worþ (“enclosure”) + hām (“homestead”).


Skeen

From the Scottish Gaelic surname, from sceathan (“thorn bush”), from Proto-Celtic *skʷiyats (“hawthorn”), from Proto-Indo-European *skw-iy-h₂e-ts, from *skwey-.


Riddell

Scottish and English surname from the Norman personal name Ridel, of uncertain origin; possibly of Germanic origin, from the root of ride, or from Old French ridel (“small hill”), a diminutive of ride (“fold”), itself from Germanic.


Cashman

Cashman (countable and uncountable, plural Cashmans)


Leffler

A surname from German, variant of Loeffler.


Spell

From the German surname, perhaps related to Speller.


Hix

Hix (countable and uncountable, plural Hixes)


Sink

From the Dutch and northern German surname, from Zink (“cornetto, trumpet-like instrument”).


Eubank

Eubank (countable and uncountable, plural Eubanks)

Topographic surname, from Old English īw (“yew”) + banc (“bank, hillock, embankment”).


Warnock

Warnock (countable and uncountable, plural Warnocks)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Giolla Mhearnóg (“son of the servant of (Saint) Mearnóg”), the patron saint of Kilmarnock.


Dhillon

Borrowed from Punjabi ਢਿੱਲੋਂ (ḍhillõ).
Surname is from the Jatt Clan in Punjab


Corpuz

Common Filipino surname, a variant of Corpus (due to seseo), a reference to the Corpus Christi


Dishman

en-proper noun

Dishman (countable and uncountable, plural Dishmans)

Americanized form of North German Dischmann, an occupational surname for a joiner.


Gehring

From the German and Alemannic German surname, from Gehring, a short form of Gerhard; equivalent to Gerard + -ing.


Bushnell

Bushnell (countable and uncountable, plural Bushnells)


Groom

Groom (countable and uncountable, plural Grooms)

An English surname originating as an occupation for a servant.


Tew

Two possible origins:
* English habitational surname from the villages of Great, Little and Duns Tew, in Oxfordshire, all from Old English tīewe (“row; lenghty object”) or tīwe (“meeting place, court”).
* Welsh nickname for a fat man, from Welsh tew (“plump”).


Lessard

en-proper noun

Lessard (countable and uncountable, plural Lessards)


Elizalde

Borrowed from Spanish Elizalde, a habitational surname from Basque.


Rigdon

Rigdon (countable and uncountable, plural Rigdons)

Apparently an altered spelling of Rigden.


Hagerman

Hagerman (countable and uncountable, plural Hagermans)


Meng

From non-English surnames:
* From Khmer មេង (meing)
* From Mandarin 孟 (Mèng).
* From German Meng

A surname.
A Chinese surname from Mandarin.

A surname.
A Cambodian surname from Khmer.

A surname.
A Germanic surname from German.


Lalonde

Borrowed from French Lalonde, from Norman Lalonde, from Old Norse lundr (“woods”).

A surname from Norman, equivalent to English Woods.


Roebuck

Roebuck (countable and uncountable, plural Roebucks)


Leech

* As an English surname, variant of Leach.
* As an Irish surname, from Ó maol mhaodhóg; see Logue.

A surname originating as an occupation, derived from the profession leech, a former word for a physician.


Legrand

Borrowed from French Legrand (literally “Great, Grand”).

bor

A surname from French, equivalent to English Grand.


Matz

From the German surname, pet forms of Mattheus and Matthias; see Matthew.


Greenway

en-proper noun

Greenway (countable and uncountable, plural Greenways)


Mak

* As a Chinese surname, borrowed from Cantonese 麥／麦 (mak6).
* As a Polish surname, borrowed from Polish Mak, or shortened from Polish Makary.
* As a Ukrainian surname, shortened from Ukrainian Макар (Makar).
* As a Hungarian surname, shortened from Hungarian Makár.

A surname.
A surname from the Slavic languages.
A surname from Polish.

A surname.
A surname from the Slavic languages.
A surname from Ukrainian.


Jeong

A surname from Korean, a more recent transliteration of Chung.


Georgeson

An English and Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.


Forest

Forest (countable and uncountable, plural Forests)


Frisch

* As a German and North Germanic surname, from a pet form of Friedrich. Compare Fritz.
* Also as a German and Jewish surname, from the adjective frisch.


Brotherton

en-prop

Brotherton (countable and uncountable, plural Brothertons)

From Old English brōþor (“brother”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”). Compare Bretherton.

A habitational surname from Old English.


Bissell

en-proper noun

Bissell (countable and uncountable, plural Bissells)


Coney

Coney (countable and uncountable, plural Coneys)


Calzada

Borrowed from Spanish Calzada, from calzada. Doublet of Causey.


Forde

Forde (countable and uncountable, plural Fordes)


Dyke

Dyke (countable and uncountable, plural Dykes)

* As an English surname, from the noun dyke.
* As a Dutch surname, Americanized from Dijk (also compare Dyck).


Haug

* As a German surname, variant of Hugo, which shares the same origin as Hugh. Compare Hauck.
* As a Norwegian surname, from Old Norse haugr (“hill mound”).


Crumpton

Crumpton (countable and uncountable, plural Crumptons)


Granado

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


Toland

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Tuathaláin (“descendant of Tuathalán”), a pet form of the personal name Tuathal.


Tighe

en-proper noun

Tighe (countable and uncountable, plural Tighes)


Nave

* As an English surname, from the noun knave.
* As a German surname Näve, variant of Neff, see Neve.
* As a Portuguese surname, from nave (“plain”), borrowed from Spanish nava, compare Nava.


Haworth

Haworth (countable and uncountable, plural Haworths)

From Old English haga (“enclosure, yard; hedge”) + worþ (“enclosure”).


Musgrave

en-proper noun

Musgrave (countable and uncountable, plural Musgraves)

From Old English mūs (“mouse”) + grāf (“grove”).


Torgerson

Americanized form of Norwegian Torgersen or Sweden/Swedish: Torgerson.


Sorrentino

From Italian Sorrentino, from sorrentino (“Sorrentine”), ultimately from Latin Surrentum (“Sorrento”).


Coston

Coston (countable and uncountable, plural Costons)


Naves

Various origins:
* Borrowed from Portuguese Naves, a habitational surname.
* Borrowed from Spanish Naves, a habitational surname from Naves (Llanes), in Asturia.
* Borrowed from French Naves, a habitational surname from Naves, Corrèze.


Harrod

Harrod (countable and uncountable, plural Harrods)


Chipman

The civil parish is named after lawyer and politician Ward Chipman Jr. (1787 - 1851).

An English surname originating as an occupation for a merchant.


Gurule

Borrowed from Spanish Gurulé, from French Grolet.


Scharf

South German and Jewish surname, from the adjective scharf (“sharp”) or its Yiddish equivalent שאַרף (sharf). Compare Sharp, Sharf, Sarff.


Siu

Borrowed from Cantonese 蕭／萧 (siu1) or 邵 (siu6).


Halbert

Halbert (countable and uncountable, plural Halberts)


Burford

Burford (countable and uncountable, plural Burfords)


Gottschalk

From German, Jewish, and Danish surname, equivalent to Gott (“god”) + Schalk (“servant”).


Ready

Ready (countable and uncountable, plural Readys)


Burciaga

Borrowed from Spanish Burciaga, probably of Basque origin.


Koval

From Ukrainian Коваль (Kovalʹ, “blacksmith”).


Gasper

Gasper (countable and uncountable, plural Gaspers)


Bly

English surname, from Old English bliþe (“friendly, gentle”).


Arzate

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].


Holladay

Holladay (countable and uncountable, plural Holladays)


Whiteley

Whiteley (countable and uncountable, plural Whiteleys)


Malek

From Czech Málek, Polish Małek, Slovene Malek, or a variant of the Muslim name Malik.


Swindle

* As an English surname, variant of Swindell.
* As a German surname, Americanized from Schwindell, a diminutive of the lost Middle High German adjective swinde (“impetuous, wild”).


Merriweather

From merry + weather, nickname for someone with a sunny disposition.

A surname transferred from the nickname.


Cockerham

Cockerham (countable and uncountable, plural Cockerhams)

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


Cool

Ellipsis of McCool.; A surname from Irish, anglicized form of McCool.


Dillingham

From Dullingham in East Cambridgeshire, dating back to Old English; from the personal name Dulla + -ing + ham. The first element may be related to dæl (“divide, separate, pay over”), referring to a dealer.


Gandara

From Galician Gándara, from gándara (“wetland”).


Gustin

Gustin (countable and uncountable, plural Gustins)


Lewin

Lewin (countable and uncountable, plural Lewins)


Stringfellow

A surname originating as an occupation for a stringer.


Sheehy

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Síthigh (“descendant of Sítheach”), a byname from sítheach (“peaceful”).

der

Until her courageous effort, Sheehy suggests, menopause was a word seldom uttered aloud, certainly not in mixed company. She attributes this silence to "menophobia," fear of menopause.

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Berkley

en-proper noun

Berkley (countable and uncountable, plural Berkleys)


Huckaby

A habitational surname, derived from the village of Huccaby in Devon, England.


Aguinaga

Borrowed from Spanish Aguinaga, a habitational surname of Basque origin, from hagin (“yew”) + the suffix -aga.


Villalba

Villalba (countable and uncountable, plural Villalbas)

From the Spanish surname, from villa (“settlement, farmstead”) + albo (“white”).


Southworth

Southworth (countable and uncountable, plural Southworths)

Habitational surname from a minor place in Cheshire, from Old English sūþ (“south”) + worþ (“enclosure”).


Creed

From the Old English personal name Creoda.


Fulk

* As an English surname, variant of Foulk, itself related to the noun folk.
* As a German surname, variant of Volk (from the noun Volk (“people”)), Falk (from Falke (“falcon”)).


Dull

* As a German surname, from dialectal tull (“stout, corpulent”) (see the adjective doll), or a variant of Thiel. See Duell.
* As a Scottish surname, it is a habitational name from Dull in Perthshire (see Etymology 2).
* As an English surname, variant of Dill, Doel.

A surname. of Scottish and German origin.


Lozoya

Habitational surname borrowed from Spanish Lozoya.


Henshaw

Henshaw (countable and uncountable, plural Henshaws)

From the Old English personal name Heþin + -s- + healh (“corner, angle, nook”).


Racine

Racine (countable and uncountable, plural Racines)

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


Endicott

Endicott (countable and uncountable, plural Endicotts)


Elwood

en-prop

Elwood (countable and uncountable, plural Elwoods)

From the Middle English personal name Elwald, Elwold, Alwold, which is composed of the Old English elements ælf (“elf”) and weald (“rule”).

(countable) A surname transferred from the given name.


Thaxton

en-proper noun

Thaxton (countable and uncountable, plural Thaxtons)


Benham

Benham (countable and uncountable, plural Benhams)


Barley

Barley (countable and uncountable, plural Barleys)

* The village in Hertfordshire is from "Beora's ley," from *Beora + -ley (“clearing, lea”). The former is a personal name from Old English bera (“bear”).
* The village in Lancashire is from Old English bar (“boar”) or bere (“barley”) + leah (“clearing”).
* As an English surname, from the noun barley. As a south German surname, spelling variant of Behrle, Beerli, themselves related to the noun bear.


Moncrief

Scottish habitational surname from a place near Perth, from Scottish Gaelic monadh (“mountain, hill”) + craoibhe, genitive of craobh (“tree”).


Brockway

en-proper noun

Brockway (countable and uncountable, plural Brockways)


Kornegay

Kornegay (countable and uncountable, plural Kornegays)

Americanized spelling of German Kornegger.