Gillespie

Anglicization of Scottish Gaelic Gilleasbuig and Irish Giolla Easpaig, both meaning "servant of the bishop", with the second element of the names being derived from Latin episcopus.

Archibald

a different anglicization of the same name, but with Germanic roots

A surname from Scottish and Irish Gaelic.


Vaishampayan

From Marathi वैशंपायन (vaiśampāyan), from Sanskrit वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana, a name).


Siwa

en-proper-noun

Siwa (countable and uncountable, plural Siwas)


Nellore

Borrowed from Telugu నెల్లూరు (nellūru).


Kadapa

Borrowed from Telugu గడప (gaḍapa, “gateway”).


Chittoor

Borrowed from Telugu చిత్తూరు (cittūru).

Chittor V. Nagaiah is an eminent film actor, director and musician.


Best

From German Beste (“a river in Germany”) or from Anglo-Norman beste (“beast”).


Roche

(Cornish village) Recorded as La Roche 1233; from Anglo-Norman roche (“rock”).

An Irish and French surname from Anglo-Norman of Norman origin.


Kawa

* From Polish Kawa, from kawa (“jackdaw”), a back-formation from kawka (“jackdaw”), from Proto-Slavic *kavъka. Alternatively, from kawa (“coffee”).
* From Japanese かわ.


Tipp

From a Middle English diminutive of the given name Theobald.


Ito

Borrowed from Japanese 伊藤 (Itō) or Japanese 伊東 (Itō).

A surname from Japanese. The 6th most common surname in Japan.


Canfield

en-proper noun

Canfield (countable and uncountable, plural Canfields)

Two main origins:
* Habitational surname from the villages of Great and Little Canfield, in Essex, from the Old English personal name Cana + feld (“field”).
* Habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Canville-les-Deux-Églises, in Normandy.


Suever

Americanized version of the surname Süver from a reduced form of the Germanic personal name Siegwart. Siegwart is composed of the German words sieg + wart or warter and they translate into "Victory Guard" or "Victorious Guardian". During the 19th Century, many German immigrants surnames were changed upon arriving in the United States, this was most likely the case with Suever. Since umlaut vowels (ä, ö, ü) are commonly transcribed with ae, oe, and ue, Süver became Suever.


Packwood

Packwood (countable and uncountable, plural Packwoods)

From the Old English personal name Paca + wudu (“wood”).

A habitational surname from Old English.


Tripuraneni

Borrowed from Telugu త్రిపురనేని (tripuranēni).


Brownlee

Habitational surname from Old English brūn (“brown”) + lēah (“clearing in a forest”). Equivalent to brown + -lee (“lea”); compare Brown.


Precious

A surname transferred from the nickname, originating as a male or female nickname.


Schutter

Borrowed from either Dutch Schutter or German Schütter.


Waterman

From the occupation of waterman, from water + man.


Haas

From Dutch, German, and Jewish surname, from Middle Dutch and Middle High German hase, from Old High German hase (“hare”).


Bancroft

Bancroft (countable and uncountable, plural Bancrofts)

From Old English bēan (“bean”) + croft (“enclosed field”).

(countable) A habitational surname from Old English.


Belt

Belt (countable and uncountable, plural Belts)


Biden

Ultimately from Old French bouton (“button”), metonymic surname for a button-maker, of Germanic origin. See button.

Heading into 2016 and 2020, if you told the hotshots from Obamaworld that you thought Biden would be a good candidate, they would uniformly offer a look of infinite patience, tolerance and condescension and say something like, “Well, I could understand how someone would think that.”

2021 March 20, Maureen Dowd, “Old Pol, New Tricks”, in The New York Times:

Joe Biden, 46th and current president of the United States (2021–present).


Soros

From Hungarian Soros, from Hungarian soros.

More specifically George Soros, financier.


Eddington

Eddington (countable and uncountable, plural Eddingtons)

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


Skikavich

Mrs Alene Skikavich, 919 William St. London.

1985, Ontario Genealogical Society, Families: Volumes 24-25:

I am trying to import bitmaps with transparent backgrounds from Adobe Photoshop to Director.

1998, Moira Skikavich, “Importing Bitmaps”, in macromedia.director.basics (Usenet):

See Julia Skikavich, 'Politicians, citizens push for electoral reform discussions', White Horse Daily Star, 21 April 2005.

2008, André Blais, To Keep Or To Change First Past The Post?, page 139:


Waller

Possibly from de valler (of the valley).


Fordham

From Old English ford + either hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“promontory”).


Danial

Borrowed from Arabic دَانِيَال (dāniyāl, “Daniel”); this surname is found among both Muslims and Christians.


Tam

Borrowed from Cantonese 譚／谭 (taam4), Cantonese 談／谈 (taam4), etc.


Connolly

Anglicization of Irish Ó Conghalaigh and Ó Conghaile, patronyms of Conghalach. Doublet of Conley


Garfunkel

From Yiddish גאָרפֿינקל (gorfinkl, “carbuncle”).


Morganfield

en-proper noun

Morganfield (countable and uncountable, plural Morganfields)


Gaye

A surname transferred from the nickname.


Gallagher

Gallagher (countable and uncountable, plural Gallaghers)

From Irish Ó Gallachóir, from Old Irish Ó Gallchobhair, Ó Gallchobhoir, a surname meaning "descendants of Gallchobair".


Cash

Cash (countable and uncountable, plural Cashes)

Variant of Case. In the US adopted by German immigrants named Kirch and Kirsch.


Barreiro

Borrowed from Galician and Portuguese Barreiro.


Braga

en-proper-noun

Braga (countable and uncountable, plural Bragas)

From Portuguese Braga, Old Galician-Portuguese Braga, from Latin Bracara Augusta, named after a Celtic tribe, the Bracari, whose name is thought to be from Proto-Celtic *Bracara.


Qin

en-proper noun

Qin (countable and uncountable, plural Qins)

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 秦 (Qín), from Middle Chinese (*dzin), from Old Chinese (*dzin).

Qin and Meng applied for permission to have a child from authorities in Huangshan city in eastern Anhui province, where her residency is registered, said the officer, who gave only his surname, also Qin.

2015 May 19, “China teacher allowed to give birth and ordered to abort”, in AP News, archived from the original on 2023-03-11:


Bellamy

Of Norman origin, from beu or bel (good, fair, handsome) and ami (friend). Could also be a locational surname from the Norman town of Bêlleme (Belesme).


O'Casey

Sean O'Casey, Irish Playwright, Is Dead at 84.


Gens

Borrowed from German Gens, a variant of Jens.


Alluri

Transliteration of Telugu అల్లూరి (allūri).


Connelly

Anglicised form of the Irish surnames Ó Conghalaigh and Ó Conghaile, patronyms of the given name Conghalach.


Faulkner

en-proper noun

Faulkner (countable and uncountable, plural Faulkners)

A variant of the Scottish surname Falconer.


Chaves

From Galician, Portuguese, and Spanish Chaves, a city and castle in Portugal. Doublet of Chavez.

A surname from Ibero-Romance.
A Hispanic surname from Spanish.
A surname from Galician.

A surname from Ibero-Romance.
A Hispanic surname from Spanish.
An Andalusian Jewish surname.

A surname from Ibero-Romance.
A surname from Portuguese.


Painter

Painter (countable and uncountable, plural Painters)

A surname transferred from the common noun.


Bhupathiraju

A surname from Telugu of some Kshatriyas in India.


Challa

Borrowed from Telugu చల్లా (callā). This surname is mostly found in Andhra Pradesh.


Anumula

Anumula (countable and uncountable, plural Anumulas)


Bulusu

Borrowed from Telugu బులుసు (bulusu); this surname is predominantly found in Andhra Pradesh.


Kosaraju

/ˈkoʊsəɹɑd͡ʒu/

Borrowed from Telugu కొసరాజు (kosarāju).


Bobbili

Bobbili (countable and uncountable, plural Bobbilis)

Borrowed from Telugu బొబ్బిలి (bobbili).


Halford

Halford (countable and uncountable, plural Halfords)

From Old English healh (“nook, corner; recess”) + ford (“ford”).


Schrute

Compare German dialectal Schrute (“turkey”).


Mifflin

An English surname of unexplained origin.

unk

unexplained


Halpern

From Hebrew הלפרן, an Ashkenazi habitational surname from the city of Heilbronn, in Germany.


Ebert

Chiefly Upper and Middle German variant of German Eberhard.


Orwell

From Middle English Orewelle (attested in Chaucer).

An English surname (George Orwell took his name from the River Orwell).


Furness

* The placename is of Old Norse origin, from the obsolete futh (“rump”) + nes (“headland”), possibly referring to Piel Island. The surname is from the place.
* As an English surname of Norman origin, variant of Furneaux, Furnace.
* As a Norwegian surname, old variant of Furnes, from several farmstead names derived from Old Norse fura (“pine”) + nes (“headland”).


Scala

* As an Italian surname, from Scala.
* As a Slavic and Jewish surname, from Polish Skała, Czech Skála, Carpathian Rusyn and Slovak Skala.


Borges

Borrowed from Portuguese and Catalan Borges.


Bird

* As an English and Scottish surname, from the noun bird.
* As an Irish surname, Anglicized/translated from several names erroneously thought to contain the element éan (“bird”) such as Ó hÉinigh (see Heagney), Ó hÉanna (see Heaney), Ó hÉanacháin (see Heneghan) and Mac an Déaghanaigh (see McEneaney).
* Similarly translated from several other languages containing the word bird, such as German Vogel, French Loiseau, Czech Ptáček see Ptacek), Pták, Polish Ptak.
* This also extends to Native American names, such as Lakota ziŋtkala (“bird”). Compare Eagle, Hawk; Blackbird, Kingbird, Redbird, etc.


Carlson

A surname originating as a patronymic. of Scandinavian origin.


Shipp

A surname transferred from the common noun referring to someone who worked on a ship


Milne

Scottish occupational surname for a miller or someone who lived at a mill, from Old English mylen (“mill”). Compare Mill and Milner.


Olson

In the USA, a common anglicization of Swedish Olsson and Danish and Norwegian Olsen, all meaning "son of Olaf".


Self

* From self. A surname taken up by freed slaves, who have become of themselves, they being self-owned.

A freed slave surname originating as an occupation.


Sloan

en-proper noun

Sloan (countable and uncountable, plural Sloans)


Byrne

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Broin (“descendant of Bran”), a personal name based on bran (“raven”).


Shepard

Shepard (countable and uncountable, plural Shepards)


Sharp

* As an English, Scottish and occasionally Irish (translated from géar) surname, from the adjective sharp.
* As a German surname, Americanized from scharf (“sharp”), same meaning as above.


Smithson

Smithson (countable and uncountable, plural Smithsons)

A surname originating as an occupation or as a patronymic for a son of a smith.


Larson

Originally from a Middle English pet form of Lawrence + -son. In the United States, a common anglicization of the Swedish Larsson and Danish and Norwegian Larsen.

A surname transferred from the given name.


Toomey

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Tuama (“descendant of Tuaim”), a personal name apparently derived from tuaim (“burial mound”).


Sneed

Sneed (countable and uncountable, plural Sneeds)

From Old English snǣd (“something cut off, morsel”), a topographic surname for someone who lived by a detached piece of land.


Sheen

From Old English Sceon (“shelter, shed”), from Proto-Germanic *skūrō.


Myers

en-proper noun

Myers (countable and uncountable, plural Myerses or Myers)

* As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Meidhir (“descendant of Meidhir”), named based on meidhir (“mirth”).
* As an English surname, variant of Myer.
* Also as an English surname, the noun mire.
* As a Dutch and German surname, Americanized from Meyers, Mayers, Meyer, Mayer.


Small

Inherited from Old English smæl (“small”). Compare Smail. First attested in the 1200s.


Rowe

* As an English surname, from Middle English Rowe, from the noun row. Compare Rew and Rawe.
* Also as an English surname, variant of Rolfe, Rough, Ralph, Rowson.


Doyle

From Irish Ó Dubhghaill (“descendant of Dougal”).


Barber

A surname originating as an occupation for a barber.


Lowe

* As an English and Scottish surname, spelling variant of Low.
* As a German surname, spelling variant of Löwe, Loewe.
* As a Jewish surname/Yiddish surname, from German Löwe (“lion”).
* Also as a Jewish surname, Germanized from Levy.


Starr

en-proper noun

Starr (countable and uncountable, plural Starrs)

* As an English surname, from the noun star.
* As a Jewish surname, spelling variant of Star.

A surname.
An English surname from nature


Shepherd

Shepherd (countable and uncountable, plural Shepherds)

An English surname originating as an occupation.


Barrett

Barrett (countable and uncountable, plural Barretts)

From the Irish surname converged from several origins, including Barόid, Bairéid, Middle English Baraud (“quarrelsome”) from Old English, and Norman Baraud, from Old French barat (“trickery, deception”).


Yates

From the Old English surname, from yate, obsolete form of gate.


Shipley

From Old English scēap (“sheep”) + lēah (“meadow, field, pasture”), thus a field for grazing sheep; equivalent to sheep + -ley. Compare Gateley (literally “goat lea”).


Aldridge

en-proper noun

Aldridge (countable and uncountable, plural Aldridges)

From Old English alor (“alder”) + wīc (“farmstead”).

A habitational surname from Old English.


Biggs

Biggs (countable and uncountable, plural Biggses)


Truman

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


Shelton

From Old English scylfe (“deck, shelf”) + tun (“town”). Doublet of Skelton.


Brogan

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Brógáin (“descendants of Brógán”), probably from a diminutive of bróg (“shoe”).


Baird

en-proper noun

Baird (countable and uncountable, plural Bairds)


Burns

Burns (countable and uncountable, plural Burnses or Burns)


Slater

From Middle English Slatere, Slatare, Sclatere, from Middle English sclater (“slater”).


Beal

Named after several places in England, from Old English beo (“bee”) + hyll (“hill”).


Babcock

Babcock (countable and uncountable, plural Babcocks)

A pet form of the Middle English personal name Babb.


Craft

* As an English surname, from the noun craft.
* Also as an English surname, from Croft in Leicestershire.
* As a German, Jewish, Danish, and Swedish surname, Americanized from Kraft.


Bracken

* As an Irish surname, from Ó Breacáin (“descendant of Breacán”), from Breacán, a name diminutive of breac (“spotted”)
* As an English surname, from Middle English bracken (“fern”)
* As an English habitational surname, from Bracon Ash in Norfolk, Bracken in Yorkshire
* As a German surname, from Middle Low German braak (“fallow”)
Also compare Brackeen.


Tate

From Middle English *Tate, partially from Old English Tāta, from Proto-West Germanic *tait, from Proto-Germanic *taitaz (“radiant, glad, cheerful, tender”); and partially from Old Norse Táta, a personal name of unknown meaning. Doublet of Tait and Zeiss.


Bosworth

en-proper noun

Bosworth (countable and uncountable, plural Bosworths)

From Old English boswurþ (“cattle enclosure”), from *bōs (attested in derivative bōsih, bōsiġ, bōsg (“cattle-stall”)) + wurþ, weorþ, worþ (“an enclosed place”). See also boose.


Stark

en-proper noun

Stark (countable and uncountable, plural Starks)

* As a Scottish and English surname, from the adjective stark.
* As a Jewish, German, and Swedish surname, from stark (“strong”), related to the above. This surname also appears in Czech and Slovak as Štark.


Cardwell

The civil parish is named after British politician Edward Cardwell, 1st Viscount Cardwell (1813 - 1886).


Feeney

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fiannaidhe (“descendant of Fiannaidhe”), a byname meaning "warrior", from fiann (“army”).


Finch

A surname transferred from the nickname, from finch as a byname or for a catcher and seller of finches.


Cannon

* As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Canann, Ó Canáin (“descendant of Cano, Canán”), the name being from cano (“wolf cub”). Comparable to McCann, McConnon, Connon.
* As an English surname, from the noun canon.
* As a French surname, variant of Canon.


Barr

As a Scottish Gaelic and Irish surname, from barr (“height, hill, tip”). As an English surname, from bar.


Duffy

en-proper noun

Duffy (countable and uncountable, plural Duffys)

From the Irish surname, from Ó Dubhthaigh (literally “descendant of Dubhthach”) and Mac Duibhshíthe (literally “son of Duibhshíth”), from dubh (“black”) + sìth (“peace”), comparable to the surname Duff.

A surname from Irish, an anglicization of Ó Dubhthaigh (“descendant of Dubhthach”). Dubhthach is a byname derived from dubh (“black”).

A surname from Irish, an anglicization of Ó Doithe.

A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn originating as a patronymic], an alternate anglicization of Mac Dhuibhshíthe (McPhee).


Fitzpatrick

Translation of the Irish surname Mac Giolla Phádraig (“son of the devotee of Saint Patrick”), through Fitz, from Old French fils, from Latin fīlius.

Jones began to be very importunate with the lady to unmask; and at length having prevailed, there appeared not Mrs Fitzpatrick, but the Lady Bellaston herself.

1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:


Faber

From the French occupational surname meaning "smith" or "ironworker," variant of Favre, both from Latin faber (“craftsman”). Doublet of Dobry.


Cargill

Cargill (countable and uncountable, plural Cargills)

Probably from Pictish [Term?]. The first element is equivalent to Welsh caer (“fort, ramparts”).

A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.


Gore

From any of various places named Gore, from gore (“a triangular piece of land where roads meet”).

Al Gore was the 45th Vice-President of the United States.


Cranston

Cranston (countable and uncountable, plural Cranstons)

From the genitive form of Old English cran (“crane”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).


Foreman

A surname originating as an occupation for someone who was the manager of a farm.


Carmichael

Carmichael (countable and uncountable, plural Carmichaels)

→ Translingual: Carmichaelia

From Scottish Gaelic caer (“fort, stronghold”) + the personal name Michael.

der

(countable) A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.


Erskine

en-proper noun

Erskine (countable and uncountable, plural Erskines)

Erskine (disambiguation)
Erskine (surname)


Foss

Meaning "fox". From Old Saxon fohs, fuhs, from Proto-West Germanic *fuhs, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz.


Foley

Foley (countable and uncountable, plural Foleys)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Foghladha (“descendant of Foghlaidh”), a byname from foghlaí (“plunderer, pillager, marauder, robber”).


Castle

en-proper noun

Castle (countable and uncountable, plural Castles)

en:Castle (disambiguation)
en:Castle (surname)

(countable) A surname transferred from the common noun referring to someone who lived in or worked in a castle


Kerr

Kerr (countable and uncountable, plural Kerrs)

* As an English and Scottish topographic surname for someone who lived by a patch of wet ground overgrown with brushwood, from Middle English kerr (“brushwood”), possibly related to Irish Gaelic ceàrr (“left-handed”) and/or Old Norse kjarr.
* As an Irish surname, variant of Carr.
* As a German surname, Americanized from Kehr.
* As a Scottish Gaelic surname, from mac gille chéir (“son of the dusky laid”), from ciar (“black”).


Crenshaw

(melon): Named after American horticulturist Edwin Crenshaw.


Carver

From Middle English Carver, Kerver, Kervor, Kervour, Kervoure, Kervere, from Middle English carver, kervere (“carver, wood-cutter, sculptor”). More at carver.


Street

Street (countable and uncountable, plural Streets)

Street, County Westmeath
Street, Somerset
en:Street (disambiguation)


Cobb

Cobb (countable and uncountable, plural Cobbs)


Barrow

English surname, from placenames derived from Old English bearu (“grove”).
The place in Furness is of Celtic origin, from *barros (“promontory, peak”) + Old Norse ey (“island”).


Stone

Stone (countable and uncountable, plural Stones)

(countable) An English occupational and habitational surname from Old English, for someone who lived near a stone worked with stone, from Old English stan.


Crane

Crane (countable and uncountable, plural Cranes)

* As an English surname, from the noun crane.
* As a Dutch surname, spelling variant of Krane.
* As a German surname, adaptation of Krahn and Krahnich.

Crane (surname)
Crane#Places
River Crane


Farley

From Old English fearn (“fern”) + lēah (“woodland”). Equivalent to fern + -ley (“lea”) and doublet of Farnley.

A habitational surname from Old English derived from the place names.


Booker

A surname originating as an occupation for either a scribe or bookbinder, or a bleacher of cloth.


Taft

Taft (countable and uncountable, plural Tafts)


Snyder

Snyder (countable and uncountable, plural Snyders)

From the Dutch surname for a tailor, from the verb snijden (“to cut”). Also Americanized from the German surname Schneider.

A surname from Dutch [in turn originating as an occupation] anglicized from Dutch Snijder, German Schneider or Alemannic German Schnyder, all meaning "tailor".


Bishop

en-prop

Bishop (countable and uncountable, plural Bishops)

en:Bishop (artillery)
en:Bishop (disambiguation)
en:Bishop (surname)

(countable) An English surname originating as an occupation.


Walton

Variously from Old English weall (“wall”) or wealh (“Celt, Welshman”) + tūn (“settlement”)


Buck

* For both the English surname and given name, originally a nickname for someone who resembled a buck.
* Also as an English topographic surname, from Middle English buk (modern beech).
* As a German and Dutch surname, shortened from Burkhard, compare Burkhart.
* As a north German and Danish surname, from Middle Low German bûk (“belly”), from Old Saxon būk, from Proto-West Germanic *būk, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz. Compare Bauch.
* Also as a German and Dutch surname, variant of Bock.
* Also as a German surname, variant of Puck.
* As a Germanized Lower Sorbian surname, from buk (“beech”).

An English surname transferred from the nickname.


Serkis

Adaptation of Armenian Սարգսյան (Sargsyan).

Andy Serkis


Heberden

International: Heberdenia

French: Heberden


Hibbert

From a Middle English form of the given name Hilbert.


Porter

en-proper noun

Porter (countable and uncountable, plural Porters)

French: Porter

From Middle English Porter, from porter (“porter”),
* From Old French portier (“doorman”), from porte (“door”)
* From Old French portour (“bearer”), from porter (“to carry”)

der

<i class="Latn mention" lang="en">doorman</i>

<i class="Latn mention" lang="en">bearer</i>


Hopper

* As an English and Scottish surname, from the verb hop; identical to hopper.
* As a German surname, from hoppen (“to stumble, limp”), related to above.
* As a Dutch surname, from hop (“Humulus lupulus”).


Salazar

From Spanish Salazar, from sala (“hall”) + Basque zahar (“old”).

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].


Goode

en-proper noun

Goode (countable and uncountable, plural Goodes)


Huff

Huff (countable and uncountable, plural Huffs)


Harmon

* As an English surname, by way of Norman/Anglo-Norman/Middle English/Old French from Proto-West Germanic *hari (“army”) + *mann (“man”), similar to Herman. Also Americanized from German variants such as Harmann, Hermann. Compare Harman.
* As an Irish surname, variant of Hargadon, from Ó hArgadáin (literally “descendant of Argadán”), from a diminutive of airgead (“silver”).


Good

* As an English surname, from the adjective good.
* Also as an English surname, from the personal name Gōde, which represents the first part of names such as Godfrey, Gottfried, etc.
* As a German surname, Americanized from Gut, Guth.
* As a Dutch surname, Americanized from Goed, Goede.


Hurley

From Old English hyrne (“corner”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”).

A surname from Irish, an anglicization of Ó hUirthile.

An English surname from Old English, a variant of Harley.


Holbrook

Holbrook (countable and uncountable, plural Holbrooks)

From Old English hol (“hole; hollow, sunken”) + brōc (“stream, brook”).


Heath

Heath (disambiguation)#Places
Heath (name)


Hartley

en-proper noun

Hartley (countable and uncountable, plural Hartleys)

From Old English heorot (“hart, stag”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to hart + -ley (“lea”).


Guthrie

Guthrie (countable and uncountable, plural Guthries)

Of various origins, including:
*An anglicization of Irish gaothair;
*An anglicization of Scottish Gaelic mag Uchtre; or
*An anglicization of Irish Ó Fhlaithimh.


Hilton

From many placenames in England and Scotland, including:
* Old English hyll (“hill”) + tun (“settlement”); sometimes the first element is interpreted as Old English hield (“slope”) or helde (“tansy”)
* From Norman Hildun, from Old English hild (“battle”) + húnn (“bear cub”)


Golden

Golden (countable and uncountable, plural Goldens)

* As an English surname, from the adjective golden.
* As an Irish surname, from mag Ualghairg; see McGoldrick.


Horton

Horton (countable and uncountable, plural Hortons)

The majority of the English toponyms derive from Old English horh (“mud, slime”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”). The village in Gloucestershire derives from Old English heorot (“stag, hart”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”)


Raju

Borrowed from Telugu రాజు (rāju, “king”), from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan).

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


Chadwick

Chadwick (countable and uncountable, plural Chadwicks)

Derived from Old English Ċeadda (“Chad”) + Old Norse vík.

com

A habitational surname from Old English.


Lockwood

en-proper noun

Lockwood (countable and uncountable, plural Lockwoods)

From Old English loc (“lock; enclosure, fold”) + wudu (“wood”); analysable as lock + wood.


Acharya

From Sanskrit आचार्य (ācārya, “one who is learned in conduct”), from आचार (ācāra, “rules, conduct”).


MacNeven

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


Mayhew

Anglicized form of Norman Mahieu, a common form of the personal name Matthew.


Mahoney

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Mathghamhna (“descendant of Mathghamhain”), a personal name composed of the elements math (“bear”) and gamhain (“calf”).


Maddox

en-proper noun

Maddox (countable and uncountable, plural Maddoxes)

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


Massey

Massey (countable and uncountable, plural Masseys)

* As an English surname, from the personal name Massy, a pet form of Matthew. Compare Mace.
* Also as an English surname of Norman origin, from several places in Normandy such as Macey in Manche, Massy in Seine-Maritime, Macé-sur-Orne in Orne, La Ferté Macé in Orne.
* Also as an English surname, variant of Marsay (see Marcey).
* As a French surname, variant of Massé (see Masse).
* As a southern French surname of Italian origin, from several places named Massa in Italy.


Michaels

Michaels (plural Michaelses or Michaels)


Meade

Meade (countable and uncountable, plural Meades)

Two main origins:
* A variant of Mead, a topographic or occupational surname.
* Anglicized form of Irish Midheach, superseded spelling of Míoch (“Meathman, a native of Meath”).


Maynard

Maynard (countable and uncountable, plural Maynards)


Mead

Two main origins:
* A topographic surname for someone who lived by a meadow, from Old English mǣd (“meadow”).
* A metonymic occupational surname for a brewer or seller of mead, from Old English medu (“mead”).


Neff

* As a German, Alemannic German and Jewish surname, from the noun Neffe (“nephew”).
* Americanized variant of Naff.
* As a Dutch surname, variant of Neve, related to the nephew sense above.
* As an Irish surname, shortened from McNeff, McNiff.


Pruett

From the Middle English surname, from prou (“brave”) (see prowess) + -et.


Farr

English surname, from Old English fearr (“bull”). As a German surname, of the same meaning and source (Farre).


Reeve

A surname originating as an occupation for a bailiff.


Farrow

Farrow (countable and uncountable, plural Farrows)

Hypercorrected form of Farrar, where the original ending -ar was regarded as an error and consequently changed to -ow.


Little

Little (countable and uncountable, plural Littles)


Reeves

* A patronymic form of the occupational name Reeve.


Osborn

An English surname transferred from the given name.


Orr

Your God is a reproachful God. But guilt was not the way to get at George Orr; if he had been a man much given to guilt feelings he would not have lived to thirty.

1971, Ursula K. LeGuin, The Lathe Of Heaven:


Astor

Name of John Jacob Astor (1763–1848), born in Walldorf, near Heidelsberg, in the Electoral Palatinate.
Astor was the descendant of Savoyard Waldensians who had fled to Germany in the preceding century.
Likely from the Occitan astur "hawk".


Mullins

Mullins (countable and uncountable, plural Mullinses)


Beasley

Beasley (countable and uncountable, plural Beasleys)


Hooker

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


Beckett

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Sanderson

Sanderson (countable and uncountable, plural Sandersons)

From Sander + -son. From the Middle English Sander, a shortened form of Alexander + suffix -son.

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Dome

Various origins:
* English occupational surname for a judge, from Old English dēma (“judge”).
* Borrowed from French Dome, a habitational surname.
* Borrowed from Hungarian Döme, a hypocoristic form of the personal name Demeter.


Grames

Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Grammes.


Barnett

Barnett (countable and uncountable, plural Barnetts)


Barnard

Barnard (countable and uncountable, plural Barnards)

A surname transferred from the given name.


Bradbury

Bradbury (countable and uncountable, plural Bradburys)

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


Odell

Odell (countable and uncountable, plural Odells)


Clarkson

From Middle English clerc (“cleric”) + -son, equivalent to Clark + -son.

As a rookie in 2014-15, Clarkson became a starter for the Lakers the game after Bryant suffered a torn rotator cuff in the 43rd game of the year.

2021 April 13, Bill Oram, “Remembering Kobe Bryant’s final game: Five years later, five untold stories about the Lakers legend’s 60-point night”, in The New York Times:

A surname originating as an occupation or as a patronymic for a son of a scribe or priest.


Benton

Benton (countable and uncountable, plural Bentons)

From either Old English bēan (“bean”) or *beonet (“bentgrass”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Bonner

Bonner (countable and uncountable, plural Bonners)


Cousins

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

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


Winters

A surname originating as a patronymic from Winter


Ebben

Borrowed from north German Ebben, from a short form of Ebbert.


Blanchard

en-proper noun

Blanchard (countable and uncountable, plural Blanchards)


Henley

Henley (countable and uncountable, plural Henleys)

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


Butts

en-prop

Butts (countable and uncountable, plural Buttses)


Kulis

Borrowed from Polish Kuliś, Czech Kuliš and Serbo-Croatian Kuliš.


Garvey

Reduced form of Irish Ó Gairbhshíth (“descendant of Gairbhshíth”), a personal name composed of the elements garbh (“rough, cruel”) and síth (“peace”).


Chisholm

en-proper noun

Chisholm (countable and uncountable, plural Chisholms)

Scottish habitational surname, from Old English ċīese (“cheese”) + holm (“piece of dry land in a fen”) or helm (“shed, barn”).


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. Variant of Cumings, Cumming.


Mosley

From several places in England, including the derivations:
* Old English mos (“peat bog”) + leah (“woodland, clearing”), equivalent to moss + -ley (“lea”).
* Old English mus (“mouse”) + leah (“woodland, clearing”), equivalent to mouse + -ley (“lea”).
* From the Old English byname Moll.


Zimmerman

The case inspired widespread rallies and “Million Hoodie Marches” in early 2012, after Sanford, Fla., police refused to charge Zimmerman with a crime, saying they couldn’t counter his self-defense claim. A special state prosecutor indicted him 44 days later. The trial began June 10.

2013 July 10, Patrik Jonsson, “George Zimmerman speaks, but won’t testify in his defense”, in The Christian Science Monitor:


Phipps

From Middle English Phipp, a diminutive of Philip + genitive (mainly patronymic) suffix -s.


Gould

en-proper noun

Gould (countable and uncountable, plural Goulds)

Translingual: Gouldia


Penn

* As an English surname, named after various places such as Penn in Buckinghamshire or Staffordshire, of Brythonic origin, from Proto-Brythonic *penn (“(hill) top, head”).
* Also as an English surname, from the noun pen (“enclosure”).
* Also as an English surname, spelling variant of Parnell.
* As a German surname, from Sorbian pien (“tree stump”), from Proto-Slavic *pьňь.


Klimas

Borrowed from Lithuanian or Polish Klimas.


Redmond

A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], an anglicization of Mac Réamoinn (“son of Raymond”).


Ewing

en-proper noun

Ewing (countable and uncountable, plural Ewings)


Phelps

Phelps (countable and uncountable, plural Phelpses)

From Philip + genitive (mainly patronymic) suffix -s.


Hutton

Hutton (countable and uncountable, plural Huttons)

From Old English hōh (“ridge, spur”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Chang

From the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin 張／张 (Zhāng) Wade-Giles romanization: Chang¹. Doublet of Teo.

Former Chinese warlord Chang Hsueh-liang, who along with Chinese Communists kidnapped Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek and changed the course of Chinese history, died in Hawaii on Oct. 15, Taiwan and Chinese news agencies reported. He was 100.[…]
Chang was born June 3, 1901, in the northeastern province of Liaoning, the son of Manchurian military strongman Chang Tso-lin.

2001 October 16, Benjamin Kang Lim, “Chang Hsueh-liang, 100, Dies”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-10-22:

Zhang Xueliang, whose name was also rendered Chang Hsueh-liang, was born in 1901 in Manchuria. His father, Zhang Zuolin, a leading warlord known as "the Old Marshal," was assassinated in 1928 by the Japanese. "The Young Marshal" emerged in his place as one of the most powerful military figures in China.

2001 October 19, Nicholas Kristof, “Zhang Xueliang, 100, Dies; Warlord and Hero of China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2009-10-24, World:


Chang

From the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin 章 (Zhāng) Wade-Giles romanization: Chang¹.


Chang

From Chinese 鄭／郑, either via Hakka Chhang or Cantonese zeng⁶.


Sanchez

[…]—clearing out by military murders,—since they are executions without judicial trials—the descendants of the Sanchezs, the Garcias and the Remirezs,—the brave men who had achieved all that has been done for liberty and independence,—the result of Spain’s surrender of her colony by the Treaty of Bâle.

1862, Richard Hill, Haïti and Spain: A Memorial, by Richard Hill, Dedicated to the Honorable W. H. Seward, Secretary of State at Washington, Jamaica: M. De Cordova & Co., […], page 10:

A surname from Spanish [in turn originating as a patronymic] of Spanish origin.


Winch

Winch (countable and uncountable, plural Winches)

Various origins:
* A topographic surname for someone who lived at a place where boats were hauled up onto the land by means of pulleys, from Old English winċe (“winch”).
* From the second part of Old English hlēapewince (“lapwing”), probably a nickname.


Scully

Reduced Anglicized spelling of Irish Ó Scolaidhe.


Mulder

A surname from Dutch, equivalent to English Miller.


Polansky

From Czech Polanský, Slovak Polanský or a variant of Polanski.


Yang

From various atonal romanizations of various Chinese characters, including 楊／杨 (yáng, “Willow”) and 洋 (a river name).

A surname from Chinese of various origins.

A surname from Korean of various origins.


Nietzsche

You would not like Nietzsche, sir. He is fundamentally unsound.

A surname from German, most famously borne by Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), German philosopher.


Mignon

Borrowed from French Mignon.
* (surname): Occasionally of Walloon origin.


Hashimoto

Borrowed from Japanese 橋本 (Hashimoto, literally “base of bridge”).


Sieben

North German and Dutch surname, a patronymic form of Siebe, from the personal name Siebert.


Pott

* As an English surname (and north German adaptations), from the noun pot. Compare Potter.
* Also as a north German surname, from Low German Pütt (“pool; mine shaft, pit”) (high German Pfütze).


Lake

en-proper noun

Lake (countable and uncountable, plural Lakes)


Colquhoun

Habitational surname borrowed from Scottish Gaelic, possibly from cùil (“nook, angle, corner”) + cumhang (“narrow, close”).


Ramirez

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


Montijo

Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Montijo. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.


Batson

From a diminutive form of Bartholomew + -son.


Monforte

Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Monforte, both habitational surnames.


Callahan

From Irish Ó Ceallacháin, from Ceallachán, diminutive of the given name Ceallach.


Valley

Valley (countable and uncountable, plural Valleys)

San Fernando Valley
Valley, Anglesey
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Triplett

Triplett (countable and uncountable, plural Tripletts)

unk

Unexplained


Seckel

The pear originated on a farm near Philadelphia, afterwards owned by a Mr. Seckel.


Plummer

en-proper noun

Plummer (countable and uncountable, plural Plummers)


Enders

Enders (countable and uncountable, plural Enderses)


Axon

English surname, from the Middle English personal name Ackeson, equivalent to Acke (a pet form of Adam) + -son. The first element could also be from a variant of the female name Agatha, see also Agate.


Humphry

Humphry (countable and uncountable, plural Humphrys)


Haber

* As a Jewish and German surname, from the noun Haber (“oat”), more commonly spelled as Haver.
* Also as a Jewish surname, from the German name (Habern) for Habry in the Czech Republic. This name is from Czech habr (“hornbeam”).

(used attributively) German chemist Fritz Haber, who co-invented the Haber process for producing ammonia from hydrogen and nitrogen.

Haber world

planet with an atmosphere largely comprised of hydrogen and nitrogen


Curie

A surname from French, especially referring to Marie Curie and her husband Pierre Curie.


Stade

Stade (countable and uncountable, plural Stades)


Steines

Borrowed from German Steines or, perhaps, a variant of Staines.


Body

* As an English surname, from Middle English body, probably a nickname for a corpulent person; and occupational surname from Middle English bode (“messenger”) + -y (diminutive ending). Equivalent to bode (“messenger, herald”) + -y.
* As a French surname, variant of Bodin.
* As a Hungarian surname Bódy, variant of Bódi, Bodi.

A surname transferred from the nickname.


Draper

en-prop

Draper (countable and uncountable, plural Drapers)

English occupational surname, from the noun draper.

(countable) An English surname originating as an occupation for a draper (cloth merchant).


Siemens

en-proper-noun

Siemens (countable and uncountable, plural Siemenses)


Leibniz

A surname from German — famously held by:

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716), German mathematician, philosopher, and polymath


Violett

unk

Unexplained


Tran

Anglicization of Vietnamese Trần. Doublet of Tan.


Yazzie

Borrowed from Navajo, from Navajo yázhí (“little one”), a commonly adopted surname when the BIA required Native Americans to take surnames for the purpose of official records.


Lewinsky

From a Slavic language, which added a patronymic suffix to the ultimately Hebrew root לוי (leví, “priest”), an occupational surname.


Oxnard

Named after founding settler Henry T. Oxnard. His surname comes from Old English oxanhierde, a compound of oxna + hierde, meaning oxherd.

An occupational surname from Old English.


Spear

From Middle English spere (“spear”), a nickname for a tall thin person or for someone who used a spear, or an occupational name for a maker of spears.


Pauling

Variant of Paulin; the surname of Linus Pauling derives from its German cognate.

A surname transferred from the given name.


Goss

* As an English surname, spelling variant of Gosse.
* As a German surname, from a personal name related to the adjective gut (“good”) or Gott (“god”).


Beer

* As an English surname, from the place name in Devon (see Etymology 1 above); also from Old English bār (“boar”).
* As a north German and Dutch surname, from beer (“bear”). See also the surnames Baer and Bahr.
* As an Alemannic German surname, spelling variant of Bier (“beer”).


Jass

Borrowed from German Jass, possibly a short form of a Slavic surname.


Porritt

→ Translingual: Porrittia


Pells

From a Pell as a pet-form of Peter + the patronymic suffix -s.


Peate

From a Middle English pet-form of Peter.


Pither

From a Cornish equivalent of English Peter.


Pethers

From a Pether + the patronymic suffix -s.


Parrell

From a Middle English diminutive form of Peter, from Old French.


Pithers

From a Pither + the patronymic suffix -s.


Peterkin

From a medieval pet-form of the given name Peter + -kin.


Perrett

From a Middle English diminutive form of Peter, from Old French Pierre.


Peddie

en-proper noun

Peddie (countable and uncountable, plural Peddies)


Pierson

Pierson (countable and uncountable, plural Piersons)

A patronymic surname transferred from the given name.


Parkin

From a Middle English pet-form of Peter, from Per + -kin.


Perrin

From a Middle English pet-form of Peter, from an Old French diminutive of Pierre.


Petrie

From a Scots diminutive form of Peter and Patrick.


Perret

Variant of Perrett or borrowed from French Perret.


Parrott

From a Middle English diminutive form of Peter, from Old French Perrot.


Phillott

From a medieval diminutive of the given name Philip.


Phillpott

From Middle English Philipot, a diminutive of Philip.


Phipp

From a Middle English diminutive of Philip.


Filson

From Phil, a diminutive of Philip + -son.


Phillpots

From Middle English Philipot, a diminutive of Philip + genitive (mainly patronymic) suffix -s.


Phipson

From Phipp (“a diminutive of Philip”) + -son.

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Phips

From Middle English Phipp, a diminutive of Philip + genitive (mainly patronymic) suffix -s.


Philpin

From a Middle English diminutive form of Philip.


Philbin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Philbín, a patronymic from a Gaelic pet form of the personal name Philip.


Philcox

Phil (“short form of Philip”) + Middle English cock (“a male diminutive suffix”) + -s (“genitive (mainly patronymic) suffix”).


Philps

From Philip + genitive (mainly patronymic) suffix -s.


Luckman

From the given name Luke + man, "servant of Luke".


Lockitt

From Middle English [Term?], a diminutive of the given name Luke.


Filkins

From Filkin (“a medieval diminutive of Philip”) + -s (“genitive (mainly patronymic) suffix”).


Phippen

From a Middle English diminutive of Phipp, a pet form of Philip.


Holley

* As an English surname, spelling variant of Holly.
* Also as an English surname, from Old English hol (“hollow”) leah (“wood, clearing, meadow”) or Old English hol ēage (“eye”), perhaps a nickname for someone with a missing eye.
* Also as an English surname, singular variant of Hollis.

A topographic surname from Middle English.


Chee

Borrowed from Navajo Chee, Hokkien 徐 (Chhî), Cantonese 朱 (zyu1), etc.


Acri

en-proper noun

Acri (countable and uncountable, plural Acris)


Caton

en-prop

Caton (countable and uncountable, plural Catons)


Alderman

Occupational surname for a member of the governing body of a city, from alderman.

An English surname originating as an occupation.


Bercow

John Bercow ― name of a British politician


Beckles

A surname. derived from the name of the Suffolk town Beccles


Brazier

A surname originating as an occupation for a worker in brass.


Bear

* As an English surname, related to bear
* As a German surname, spelling variant of Baer and Bahr


Carder

A surname originating as an occupation for a carder.


Abbot

en-proper noun

Abbot (countable and uncountable, plural Abbots)


Begley

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Beaglaoich (“descendant of Beaglaoch”), a personal name composed of the elements beag (“small”) + laoch (“warrior, hero”).


Bloomer

From Middle English Blomer, from Middle English bloma (“ingot of iron”).


Cagney

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Caingnigh (“descendant of Caingneach”), a byname from caingneach (“troublesome”).


Beaton

en-proper noun

Beaton (countable and uncountable, plural Beatons)

Several origins:
* Habitational surname of Norman origin, from the town of Béthune in northern France
* Patronymic surname and pet name from a short form of Bartholomew or Beatrice
* Variant of McBeth


Bethune

Bethune (countable and uncountable, plural Bethunes)

From the Norman habitational surname, from the city of Béthune, in Artois.


Attenborough

Translingual: Attenborosaurus, attenboroughi, attenboroughianus, attenboroughii

From Middle English Addyngborough, with the d changed to t by dissimilation, from earlier Adinburks, Adigburc, Hadinbur, meaning “The burh of the Eādings” or possibly “the burh of Eadda”.


Cantrell

Various origins:
* Habitational surname from a minor place in Devon, from an unexplained first element + Old English hyll (“hill”).
* From Old French chanterelle (“small bell, treble”), a metonymic occupational surname for a bellmaker or ringer.
* A diminutive of Canter.


Ashdown

en-proper noun

Ashdown (countable and uncountable, plural Ashdowns)

Perhaps a habitational surname from a lost place in Berkshire, from Old English æsċ (“ash tree”) + dūn (“mountain, hill”); compare Ashdon, which shares the same etymology. The Battle of Ashdown refers to it.


Creelman

From creelman, an occupational surname for someone who used a creel for catching or storing fish.


Almond

Marc Almond (born 1957), English musician


Dowdall

Irish habitational surname for someone who came from Dovedale, in Derbyshire; it can also be an Irish adaptation of the English surname Dudley.


Coppersmith

Occupational surname for a maker of copper goods, from coppersmith.


Edwardes

A surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given name Edward.


Hatch

English surname from the root of hatch (“gate”).


Eagleman

* Native American surname translated from names like Lakota waŋblí (“eagle”) Wičaša (“man”).
* Also Americanized from the Jewish surname Egelman, Igelmann, from German Igel (“hedgehog”) + Mann. Compare Igel.


Frith

English and Scottish surname, spelling variant of Firth.


Cleverly

Perhaps a variant of Cleveley, through an irregular development, or a possibly a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in Hampshire, from Old English clǣfre (“clover”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) and thus equivalent to clover + -ley (“lea”).


Grainger

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


Hennessey

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


Farlow

en-proper noun

Farlow (countable and uncountable, plural Farlows)

From Old English fearn (“fern”) + hlǣw (“hill, mountain”).

A habitational surname from Old English.


Duckworth

Duckworth (countable and uncountable, plural Duckworths)

Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from Old English dūce (“duck”) + worþ (“enclosure”).


Cockfield

Cockfield (countable and uncountable, plural Cockfields)

From the Old English personal name Cocca or Cohha + feld (“field”).


Greaves

Topographic surname for someone who lived near a brushwood or thicket, from Old English grǣfe (“brushwood, thicket”).


Haseltine

en-proper noun

Haseltine (countable and uncountable, plural Haseltines)


Hebb

As an English and Dutch surname, shortened from Herbert.


Hawker

Hawker (countable and uncountable, plural Hawkers)


Bain

* As a Scottish surname, from Scottish Gaelic bàn (“white, fair”), also found in McBain.
* As an English surname, from Old English ban (“bone”). Also from bayn (“hospitable”), from Old Norse beinn (“straight”).
* As a French surname, from Old French bain (“bath”), from Latin balneum.
* As a German surname, spelling variant of Behn.


Farnworth

Farnworth (countable and uncountable, plural Farnworths)

From Old English fearn (“fern”) + worþ (“enclosure”).


Headley

Headley (countable and uncountable, plural Headleys)


Kitchen

Steve Kitchen was a fast-talking, enthusiastic entrepreneur who had developed a couple of successful Atari video games.

2004, Andy Hertzfeld, Revolution in The Valley, page 268:


Hackett

Hackett (countable and uncountable, plural Hacketts)

Several etymologies:
* A variant of the Scottish surname Halkett.
* English surname, from a pet form of the medieval personal name Hack.
* From Middle English haket (“kind of fish”), hence perhaps a nickname for someone supposed to resemble such a fish, or a metonymic occupational surname for a fisherman or fish seller.
* It could also be a reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Eachaidh, from which also the surnames Caughey and McGaffey.


Havelock

The parish in New Brunswick is named after British military officer Henry Havelock (1795 – 1857).


Driver

Blank's former girlfriend Debi Newberry (Minnie Driver), whom he jilted in high school, now works as a radio DJ.

2005, Maria Pramaggiore, Tom Wallis, Film: A Critical Introduction, page 210:


Goring

Goring (countable and uncountable, plural Gorings)

From Old English Garingas (“people of Gara”), a short form of the various compound names with the first element gār (“spear, arrow, dart”).


Gant

* As a French and English surname, from gant (“glove”).
* As a German and Swiss/Alemannic German surname, possibly related to Gand (“scree”); compare Gander. Or, related to Gans (“goose”).


Entwistle

Entwistle (countable and uncountable, plural Entwistles)

From either Old English henn (“hen”) or ened (“duck”) + twisel (“fork; bifurcation”).


Cowell

* As an Irish and Manx surname, shortened from McCawell, Anglicized from Mac Cathmhaoil (“son of Cathmhaol”), meaning "battle chief," see Caulfield.
* Also as an Irish surname, shortened from Mac (Giolla) Comhghaill (“son of (the devotee of) Saint Comhghal”), see Cool.
* Also as an Irish surname, shortened from McCool.
* As an English surname, from several places named Cowhill, analyzable as cow + hill, or from Cowleigh in Worcestershire, equivalent to cow + Leigh.
* Also as an English surname, variant of Cole.
* As a Polish, Carpathian Rusyn and Jewish surname, Americanized from Kowal.


MacAuliffe

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


Broomfield

Broomfield (countable and uncountable, plural Broomfields)

From Old English brōm (“broom, gorse”) + feld (“field”).


Frampton

Frampton (countable and uncountable, plural Framptons)

From the name of the River Frome + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Hyland

Two main origins:
* A Scottish and English topographic surname, from Old English hēah (“high”) or hīeġ (“hay”) + land (“land”).
* A reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAoileáin, a variant of Ó Faoláin, from which Whelan.


MacDougall

Scottish Gaelic Mac (“son of”) + Dougal.

A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.


McSorley

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Somhairle.


Knott

en-proper noun

Knott (countable and uncountable, plural Knotts)

From Middle English Knut, a male given name from Old Norse Knútr.


Lush

* As an English surname, from the original sense of the adjective lush (“relaxed, slack”).
* As a German surname, Americanized from Lüsch, from several placenames in Germany, derived from the obsolete Middle High German liesche (“reeds”). Also East German of Slavic origin, such as Lower Sorbian łuža (“swampy land”), from Proto-Slavic *luža.


Lister

English occupational surname from the archaic noun litster (“dyer”).

A surname originating as an occupation for a textile dyer.


Lemon

Lemon (countable and uncountable, plural Lemons)


Norrington

Topographic surname for someone who lived to the north of a settlement, from Old English norþ (“north”) + in + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Compare Northington, which shares the same etymology.


Lindon

Habitational surname from many places in England, from Old English lind (“lime”) or lin (“flax”) + dun (“hill”).


Lucey

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Luasaigh, an altered form of Mac Cluasaigh (“son of Cluasach”), a nickname derived from cluas (“ear”).


Lynnwood

From Old English hlynn (“roaring stream, waterfall”) + Old English wudu (“woods, forest”).


Dunham

en-proper noun

Dunham (countable and uncountable, plural Dunhams)

Habitational surname from any of various places in England, from Old English dūn (“hill”) + hām (“homestead”).


Palfrey

Metonymic occupational surname for a man responsible for the maintenance and provision of saddle-horses, from Middle English palfrey.


Mayor

* As an English surname, variant of Mayer.
* As a Spanish surname, from the adjective mayor (“older, elder”).
* Also as a Spanish surname, from the archaic noun major (“mayor, chief”), itself related to the above.
* As a Jewish surname, variant of Meyer.


McLoud

McLoud (countable and uncountable, plural McLouds)


Beresford

Beresford (countable and uncountable, plural Beresfords)

→ French: Beresford

Habitational surname from a minor place in Staffordshire, from Old English befer (“beaver”) + ford (“ford”).
The town in New Brunswick is named after military officer and politician William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford (1768 - 1854).


Clopton

Clopton (countable and uncountable, plural Cloptons)

From Middle English Clopton, from Old English *clopp (“rock, hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Kershaw

From Old English; equivalent to kirk (“church”) + shaw (“grove”).


Quill

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cuill (“descendant of Coll”), a byname from coll (“hazel tree”).


Quealy

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Caollaidhe (“son of Caollaidhe”), an ancient Irish personal name. Compare Keeley.


Kington

en-proper noun

Kington (countable and uncountable, plural Kingtons)

From Old English cyning (“king”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Sergeant

A surname originating as an occupation for a servant.


Purdon

Purdon (countable and uncountable, plural Purdons)


Lovett

Lovett (countable and uncountable, plural Lovetts)

A nickname from Anglo-Norman louet (“wolf-cub”), a diminutive of lou (“wolf”); this nickname may have also been used as a personal name.

(countable) A surname from Anglo-Norman.


Runte

From the German surname, from a name based on the obsolete noun runn (“mud”).


Geddes

A Scottish habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic from the village.

A Scottish surname originating as a patronymic from Geddie, perhaps a nickname derived from gedd (“pike”).


McCauley

McCauley (countable and uncountable, plural McCauleys)

Two main origins:
* Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Amhalghaidh (“son of Amhalghadh”), a personal name of uncertain origin.
* Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Amhlaoibh (“son of Amhlaoibh”), a Gaelicized form of Old Norse Óláfr (“Olaf”).

der

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


Breckenridge

/ˈbɹɛkənɹɪd͡ʒ/


Peacock

en-proper noun

Peacock (countable and uncountable, plural Peacocks)

From peacock, a nickname for a vain and conceited person.

A surname transferred from the nickname.


Sharrock

Habitational surname from a place in Lancashire, from Old English sċora (“bank; shore”) + āc (“oak”).


Thwaite

Habitational surname from any of several small villages in England, ultimately from Old Norse þveit (“paddock”).


Shattuck

Shattuck (countable and uncountable, plural Shattucks)


Carrington

Carrington (countable and uncountable, plural Carringtons)

Two main origins:
* The village in Greater Manchester is named with the unattested Old English personal name *Cāra + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
* The village in Scotland is named with the Old English personal name Cērihere + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Melton

Melton (countable and uncountable, plural Meltons)

From Old English middel (“middle”) + tūn (“enclosure”). Compare Middleton and Milton.


Rutter

* As an English surname, from rote (musical instrument), as well as from Old French routier (“robber”)
* As a Dutch surname, from Middle Dutch ruter (“freebooter”), itself cognate with the Old French term. Also see Reuter.


Laughton

Laughton (countable and uncountable, plural Laughtons)

From Old English lēac (“leek”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Sorley

From Scottish Gaelic Somhairle, from Old Norse Sumarliði.


Palmerston

Most places were named after Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, usually known as Lord Palmerston.


Ravenscroft

Ravenscroft (countable and uncountable, plural Ravenscrofts)

Habitational surname from a minor place in Cheshire, from the Old English personal name Hræfn, a byname from hræfn (“raven”), + -s- + croft (“enclosed field”).


Clapton

Clapton (countable and uncountable, plural Claptons)

From Middle English Clopton, from Old English *clopp (“rock, hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Watling

From Old English Wæcelinga, from Old English wæcla, possibly related to Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz (“Celt; later Roman”).


Harman

* As an English surname, from Proto-West Germanic *hari (“army”) + *mann (“man”), similar to Hermann.
* As an Irish surname, variant of Hargadon.
* As a Jewish surname, variant of Haar, from the German noun Haar (“hair”).
* As a German surname, Americanized from Harmann, Hermann, Herrmann. Compare Harmon.


Kane

* As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, from Ó Catháin, Mac Catháin (“descendant of Cathán”), a name meaning "warrior," from cath (“battle”). Compare O'Kane and Keane.
* As an English surname, variant of Cane.
* As a Jewish surname, variant of Kahane and Kanne.
* As a German surname, Americanized from Köhn, Kohn.
* As a Finnish surname, Americanized from Nykänen.


Horner

en-proper noun

Horner (countable and uncountable, plural Horners)


Scruton

Scruton (countable and uncountable, plural Scrutons)

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


Tyrwhitt

/ˈtɜː(ɹ)ʍɪt/


Broughton

en-proper noun

Broughton (countable and uncountable, plural Broughtons)

From Old English beorg (“mountain, hill”) or brōc (“brook, stream, torrent”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Spooner

Spooner (countable and uncountable, plural Spooners)


Underhill

Underhill (countable and uncountable, plural Underhills)

From under + hill, a topographic surname for someone who lived at the foot of a hill.


Higham

Higham (countable and uncountable, plural Highams)

From Old English hēah (“high”) + hām (“homestead”).


Arden

Derived from the Brythonic ardu meaning "high"


Rawdon

Rawdon (countable and uncountable, plural Rawdons)

From Old Norse rauðr (“red”) + Old English dūn (“hill”).


Worrall

Worrall (countable and uncountable, plural Worralls)

From Old English wīr (“bog myrtle”) + healh (“nook, corner of land”).


Paddington

Paddington (countable and uncountable, plural Paddingtons)

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


Cowley

Cowley (countable and uncountable, plural Cowleys)

Various origins:
* The village in Gloucestershire is from Old English cū (“cow”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”); equivalent to cow + -ley (“lea”).
* The hamlet in Derbyshire is from Old English col (“coal”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”); equivalent to coal + -ley (“lea”).
* The other places in England are from the Old English personal name Cufa + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).


Marsden

Marsden (countable and uncountable, plural Marsdens)

From Old English mearc (“mark, sign; boundary”) + -s- + denu (“valley”).


Warden

A surname originating as an occupation for a warden.


Woodcock

en-proper noun

Woodcock (countable and uncountable, plural Woodcocks)

From Old English wuducoc (“woodcock”), a nickname for a stupid or gullible person.


Shoemaker

From shoe + maker. Capitalization of shoemaker.


Shoemaker

From German Schumacher, from Schuhmacher (“shoemaker”).

Alternative form of Schumacher. Anglicization of Schuhmacher. A surname from German.


Fitzroy

Fitzroy (countable and uncountable, plural Fitzroys)

From Middle English [Term?], from Anglo-Norman fitz (du) roy (“son [of the] king”). Equivalent to Fitz- + roy.


Whitworth

en-proper noun

Whitworth (countable and uncountable, plural Whitworths)

From Old English hwīt (“white”) + worð (“enclosure”).


Lock

There are three possibilities:
* From the words Old English loc (“lock”).
* From Middle English loke, itself from loca (“enclosure”) or *Loca (“Loki”) (theonym of the latter).
* From Middle English locke, from locc (“lock of hair”).


Webber

Webber (countable and uncountable, plural Webbers)

A surname originating as an occupation for a weaver.


Wisner

From German Wiesner, from Wiesen (“meadows”).


Warton

From Old English weard (“guard, lookout”) + tūn (“enclosure, settlement”).


Waugh

Waugh (countable and uncountable, plural Waughs)

Probably from Old English walh (“foreign”), perhaps applied originally to the Welsh-speaking Britons who survived in Scotland well into the Middle Ages.


McDowell

McDowell (countable and uncountable, plural McDowells)

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic MacDubhghaill (“son of the dark stranger”), equivalent to mac + Dubhghall.

(countable) A surname.
A surname from Irish.

(countable) A surname.
A surname from Scottish Gaelic.


Sweeney

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Suibhne, from subha + -ne (pleasant). Compare McSweeney.


Putney

From Old English personal name Putta, genitive case Puttan + hȳþ (“landing place”).


Light

English surname, from both senses of light.


Staunton

Staunton (countable and uncountable, plural Stauntons)

From Old English stān (“stone”) + tūn (“enclosure; town, settlement”). Compare Stanton, which shares the same etymology.


Winder

Winder (countable and uncountable, plural Winders)

From winder, an occupational surname for a winder of wool.

(countable) A surname originating as an occupation.


Braithwaite

From Old Norse breiðr (“broad”) + þveit (“clearing”).


Oxley

Oxley (countable and uncountable, plural Oxleys)

From Old English oxa (“ox”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”). Equivalent to ox + -ley (“lea”).


Bloomfield

Bloomfield (countable and uncountable, plural Bloomfields)


Pemberton

Pemberton (countable and uncountable, plural Pembertons)


Wolcott

Wolcott (countable and uncountable, plural Wolcotts)

Habitational surname from a place in Somerset, from Old English wielle (“well, spring”) + cot (“cottage, shelter”).


Swinton

Swinton (countable and uncountable, plural Swintons)

From Old English swīn (“pig, swine, wild boar”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Bingham

en-prop

Bingham (countable and uncountable, plural Binghams)

Uncertain. Perhaps from Old English Bynna (given name) + -ing + hām (“home, property”), or from Old Norse bingr (“stall, bed”) + hām.

An English habitational surname for someone from the town in Nottinghamshire, or Melcombe Bingham in Dorset.


Haywood

en-proper noun

Haywood (countable and uncountable, plural Haywoods)

From Old English ġehæg (“fence, enclosure”) + wudu (“wood”).


Stoughton

Stoughton (countable and uncountable, plural Stoughtons)

From Old English stoc (“house, dwelling”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Doublet of Stockton.


Sedgwick

From Sicges (genitive singular of Old English personal name Sicg) + wīċ (“dairy farm”).


Woolley

Woolley (countable and uncountable, plural Woolleys)

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


Bingley

Bingley (countable and uncountable, plural Bingleys)

From the Old English personal name Bynna + -ing (“belonging to”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

Mr. Bingley was good-looking and gentlemanlike; he had a pleasant countenance […]

1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], Pride and Prejudice: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:


Wadsworth

Wadsworth (countable and uncountable, plural Wadsworths)

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


Stetson

(hat): From Stetson, the brand of a manufacturer of felt hats founded by John B. Stetson.


Hadley

From Old English hæð (“heath”) + Old English leah (“woodland clearing”). Equivalent to heath (compare Heath) + -ley.

suf

compare <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">Heath</i>


Hatfield

en-proper noun

Hatfield (countable and uncountable, plural Hatfields)


Burnham

Burnham (countable and uncountable, plural Burnhams)

From Old English burna (“stream”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“water meadow”).


McCann

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Cana (“son of Cana”), a nickname from cana (“wolf cub”).


Eaton

Eaton (countable and uncountable, plural Eatons)

From Old English ea (“river”) + tun (“homestead”). As a surname, it is given to someone living near a river or on an island, or any of the various places in England called "Eaton". See also Eton, which is a doublet.

(countable) An English habitational surname from Old English.


Mercer

English and Catalan surname, variant of Mercier.


Malebranche

/ˌmæləˈbɹɑnʃ/

/ˌmɑləˈbɹɑnʃ/

Unadapted borrowing from French Malebranche.


Makara

Borrowed from Polish Makara and Ukrainian Макара (Makara).


Neri

Borrowed from Italian Neri; this surname is also well-attested in Spanish-speaking countries.


Lawton

en-proper noun

Lawton (countable and uncountable, plural Lawtons)

From Middle English [Term?], from Old English [Term?], from hlāw (“hill, ound”) + tūn (“homestead”) (-ton).

gloss

<i class="Latn mention" lang="en">-ton</i>


Greenwood

en-proper noun

Greenwood (countable and uncountable, plural Greenwoods)

* The village in Nova Scotia was named for the heavily forested location of the settlement.


Pugliese

Italian pugliese. Analyzable as Puglia + -ese

A surname from Italian; compare Pugliesi.


Linwood

From Old English lind (“linden tree”) + Old English wudu (“woods, forest”).


Hatton

Hatton (countable and uncountable, plural Hattons)


Pugliesi

en-proper-noun

Pugliesi (plural Pugliesis or Pugliesies)


Pauley

From a medieval diminutive of the given name Paul.

A surname transferred from the given name.


Pawson

From a medieval diminutive of Paul + -son.


Quaile

From a Manx form of McPhail. Also an English nickname from the quail bird.


McPhail

Anglicization of the Scottish Gaelic Mac Phàil and Irish Mac Phóil, both meaning "son of Paul".


McFall

en-proper noun

McFall (countable and uncountable, plural McFalls)


Pollins

From Paulin + the genitive (mostly patronymic) suffix -s.


Powles

From Powell + the genitive (mostly patronymic) suffix -s.


Pawling

A variant of Paulin.
In New York State, the name originated as a misprint of Pauling, which was never corrected.


Quayle

From a Manx form of McPhail (also compare Fayle). Also an English nickname from the quail bird.


Paulin

From a Middle English form of the Latin saint's name Paulīnus.


Dimity

The given name is apparently from the name of the light cotton fabric, dimity. However, since it is found primarily as an Irish name, it may have originated as a feminine equivalent of Dermot.

The Diaper family lived in Sassafras street—the Dimity family in Pepperidge street; and the fathers of the Diaper girls and the Dimity girls were worth about the same money, and had both made it in the lumber line.

1843, N. P. Willis, “Meena Dimity: Or Why Mr. Brown Crash Took His Tour”, in George R. Graham, Rufus W. Griswold, editors, Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature and Art, volumes 22-23, page 134:


Novak

Usually from Czech Novák or Slovak Novák, but possibly also from Serbo-Croatian Nȍvāk, Slovene Novák, or Hungarian Novák.


Leman

From Middle English Leman, from Old English Liefman.


Comstock

The noun sense is from Anthony Comstock (and the Comstock laws which he propagated). From combe (“valley”) + stoc (“dwelling”).


Hussey

From the Norman habitational surname, from the town of Houssaye.


Clough

* As an English surname, from the noun clough.
* As a Welsh surname, from cloff (“lame”), from Late Latin cloppus, perhaps ultimately imitative of a limping person.
* As an Irish place name, from Irish an Chloch, "the stone".

onomatopoeic

imitative

A surname transferred from the common noun.


Tsarnaev

From Russian Царна́ев (Carnájev), from Chechen царна (carna).

In 2009 Tsarnaev was reportedly arrested for assaulting his girlfriend.

2013 April 19, Miriam Elder, “Tamerlan Tsarnaev – American life of dead Boston bombing suspect”, in The Guardian, retrieved 2013-04-19:

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, of Cambridge, was still being sought, officials said. He is believed to be the suspect who was identified as wearing a white baseball cap in surveillance video from the area where the bombings took place.

2013 April 19, Matt Pearce, Neela Banerjee, Laura J. Nelson, Richard Serrano, “Bombing suspects are brothers: Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev”, in Los Angeles Times, retrieved 2013-04-19:


Tubbs

Patronymic surname from the personal name Tubbe.


O'Shea

Anglicisation of the Irish surname Ó Séaghdha.


Dempsey

en-proper noun

Dempsey (countable and uncountable, plural Dempseys)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Díomasaigh (“descendant of Díomasach”), a byname deriving from díomasach (“proud, arrogant”).


Channing

en-proper noun

Channing (countable and uncountable, plural Channings)


Lyle

A Scottish habitational surname from Old French from Old French l'isle (“the island”).


McBride

McBride (countable and uncountable, plural McBrides)

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Brighde (“son of the servant of (Saint) Brigit”). Compare Kilbride, Bredin.


Crichton

en-proper noun

Crichton (countable and uncountable, plural Crichtons)

From Welsh carreg (“rock”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), analysable as the modern -ton.


Coward

From Old English cūhierde (“cowherd”). Doublet of Cowherd and cowherd.


Overton

en-proper noun

Overton (countable and uncountable, plural Overtons)

From Old English ōfer (“riverbank”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A habitational surname from Old English.


Grimm

Mr. Grimm pleaded guilty to a single count of tax fraud and was convicted in July 2015; he went on to serve eight months in prison. Lawmaker, law enforcer and lawbreaker — that’s a heck of a résumé, and alliterative, too!

2017 February 18, John Schwartz, “Tax Advice From Lawmakers Turned Lawbreakers”, in The New York Times:


Worthing

Worthing (countable and uncountable, plural Worthings)

* The name of the village in Norfolk derives from Old English worþig (“enclosure”).
* The name of the town in West Sussex derives from the unattested Old English personal name *Weorþ + -ing (“belonging to”).


Joss

Angel (TV series)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Firefly (TV series)
Joss Whedon

Verb usage evolved from the name of Joss Whedon, creator of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly.


Jinnah

Borrowed from Urdu جِناح (jināh), from Gujarati ઝીણા (jhīṇā).

A surname from Gujarati, most prominently of the family of Muhammad Ali Jinnah.


Saw

Various origins:
* English metonymic occupational surname for a sawyer, from saw. Compare Sawyer.
* Borrowed from Hindi साव (sāv); this surname is predominantly found in Jharkhand state.
* Borrowed from Burmese စော (cau:), a nickname meaning "honorable".


Morran

Gabriel's will left "my plantation whereon I now live to my loving wife Elizabeth Morran during her natural life and after her decease to my son John Morran."

1995, Patrick Edward Moran, Moran Exodus from Offaly, page 16:


Macpherson

A surname, alternative form of MacPherson, including in Singapore.


Malmquist

Borrowed from Swedish Malmqvist, from malm (“ore”) + kvist (“twig”).


Cuenca

From Spanish Cuenca, from cuenca (“valley; watershed”).


Carline

Probably an altered spelling of Carlin or an Americanized spelling of German Kärlein.


Flaubert

Gustave Flaubert, a French author


Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac, a French author


Verne

Verne (countable and uncountable, plural Vernes)


Pink

* As an English surname, from Old English pinca (“chaffinch”). This would not be a native Germanic inheritance as the expected form would be finc, thus probably borrowed or contaminated from Vulgar Latin *pincio (see French pinson) and its related parallels.
* Also as an English surname, from rare Middle English pink (“something small”), presumably related to pinkie.
* As a German occupational surname for a blacksmith, from imitative pink(e)pank, after the sound of hammering.
* As a Lower Sorbian surname, variant of Pjeńk, see Penk.

onomatopoeic

imitative


Machi

Two possible origins:
* Borrowed from Italian Machi or Machì, a surname of unexplained origin.
* Borrowed from Japanese 真地 (Machi), an uncommon surname in Japan.


Mirza

From Persian میرزا (mirzâ), from earlier میرزاد (mirzâd), composed of میر (mir, “commander”) (from Arabic title أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”)) and the suffix ـزاد، ـزاده (-zâd, -zâde, “child of, son of”), from زادن (zâdan). Akin to Amir, amir, emir and admiral.

मिर्झा

title denoting the rank of a high nobleman or prince


Brookings

Brookings, Oregon
Brookings, South Dakota


Conquest

An English surname from Old French, from Old French conqueste (“conquest”), probably originally a nickname.


Elfers

en-proper noun

Elfers (countable and uncountable, plural Elferses)


Patch

English and German surname of uncertain origin; perhaps from a nickname related to Peter.

By the Master's report made in the said causes, dated the 18th of June, 1849, the said Master certified that the total amount then due and owing to the Plaintiff John Patch for such arrears of the annuities and annual payments of the said Susanna Jemima Hicks amounted to the sum of 4,489l. 15s.[…]

1857, Charles Stewart Drewry, Sir Richard Torin Kindersley, John Jackson Smale, Reports of Cases Decided in the High Court of Chancery, volume 3, page 368:

Tim Patch, also known as "Pricasso" for painting up to 20 portraits a day using his penis and sometimes his buttocks, was a guest on Breakfast with O'Neil on Thursday morning. ... "Sexpo is also about a little bit of naughty fun. Miss Nude Australia, Adrianna Starr, revealed a little more than her personality on air on Friday morning, and Pricasso produced a live demonstration of his unique talent."

2008 February 9, Make friends, “Face Painting anyone? from someone who paints with his penis?”, in australia.radio.broadcast.moderated (Usenet):

Among my uncle Roger's farm servants, Esau Fletcher and Peter Patch came to the parsonage house.


Dunwoody

Dunwoody (countable and uncountable, plural Dunwoodys)


Livermore

The surname is probably habitational, from Livermere. The city is named after Robert Livermore.

Livermore (surname)
Livermore, California


O'Malley

Anglicisation of the Irish surname Ó Máille meaning "from/of Umaill".


Walcott

Walcott (countable and uncountable, plural Walcotts)

From Old English wealh (“foreigner, Briton, Welshman”) + cot (“cottage”); compare the doublet Walcot.


Gillingham

en-proper noun

Gillingham (countable and uncountable, plural Gillinghams)

/ˈɡɪ.lɪŋ.əm/

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


O'Dea

Anglicisation of Irish Ó Deághaidh (“descendant of Deághadh”), a personal name held by tenth-century Irish chieftain, from deagh (“good”) + ádh (“luck, fate”).


Nimitz

From German, from a West Slavic language; compare Niemiec, Niemetz, Niemietz, Nemetz, Nimatz, Nimtz, Nemec. Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *němьcь (“foreigner, German”).


Napp

Various origins:
* As an English surname, variant of Nabb or reduced from McNabb.
* As a German surname, a variant spelling of Knapp.
* English metonymic occupational surname for a maker or seller of tablecloths, from Old French nappe (“table cloth”).
* Borrowed from German Napp, a metonymic occupational surname for a bowl or cup maker, from Middle Low German nap (“bowl, mug”), from Old Saxon *hnapp, from Proto-West Germanic *hnapp.


Rapp

From the German surname, from Middle High German rapp, rabe (“raven”). See modern German Rabe.


Armani

en-proper-noun

Armani (countable and uncountable, plural Armanis or Armanies)


Armani

Clipping of Al-Armani.. From Arabic الأرمني Literally, “the Armenian”

der

Arabic الأرمني

m-g

the <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">Armenian</i>


Babenberg

A surname from German, famously borne by a ruling family from Austria


Balbi

Borrowed from Italian Balbi; this surname is also frequently attested in Argentina and Brazil.


Bazzi

Borrowed from Arabic بزي; this surname is mostly found in Lebanon. It could also be borrowed from Italian Bazzi.


Figueroa

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Galician].


Boileau

en-proper-noun

Boileau (countable and uncountable, plural Boileaus)

A surname from French, equivalent to English Drinkwater.


Caltagirone

en-proper noun

Caltagirone (countable and uncountable, plural Caltagirones)


Barletta

Barletta (countable and uncountable, plural Barlettas)


Cervantes

Borrowed from Spanish Cervantes; see there for more.


Escher

Escher (countable and uncountable, plural Eschers)


Galli

* As an Italian surname, spelling variant of Gallo
* As an Alemannic German surname, spelling variant of Galle
* As a Hungarian surname, spelling variant of Gáli, itself from a pet form of Ecclesiastical Latin Gallus. Also see Gal.


Falcone

en-proper-noun

Falcone (countable and uncountable, plural Falcones)


Rainbow

Two main origins:
* From an altered form of the Old French personal name Rainbaut, which is composed of the Proto-Germanic elements *raginą (“advice, counsel”) and *balþaz (“strong, bold”).
* Translation of German Regenbogen, a Jewish Ashkenazi ornamental surname.


Guglielmi

A surname from Italian. equivalent to Williams


Lollobrigida

en-proper noun

Lollobrigida (countable and uncountable, plural Lollobrigidas)


Lando

Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Italian Lando, a patronymic surname from a personal name of Germanic origin.
* Borrowed from Hungarian Landó, a pet form of the personal name Lándor.


Monna

Borrowed from Japanese もんな (Monna) itself from Japanese 門奈 (Monna). Kanji possibly mean 門 (family, kin) and 奈 (apple), but this is unlikely.


Lombardo

en-proper-noun

Lombardo (plural Lombardos or Lombardoes)

From Romance (Italian Lombardo from lombardo; Spanish Lombardo from lombardo; Portuguese Lombardo from lombardo) from Latin Longobardus, from Germanic. Analyzable as Lombard + -o.

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A habitational surname from the Romance languages


Marino

en-prop

Marino (countable and uncountable, plural Marinos)


Pasteur

French pasteur, "shepherd". Doublet of Pastore.


Mura

Borrowed from Catalan, French and Italian Mura.


Grand

en-proper noun

Grand (countable and uncountable, plural Grands)


Santoni

Borrowed from Italian Santoni or, more rarely, derived from Corsican via French.


Valentini

en-proper-noun

Valentini (countable and uncountable, plural Valentinis)


Severino

Borrowed from Italian, Portuguese and Spanish Severino.


Versace

Versace (countable and uncountable, plural Versaces)

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Renault

Borrowed from French Renault, itself derived from Proto-Germanic *Raginawaldaz. Doublet of Reynold.


Vasco

Borrowed from Portuguese Vasco; see there for more.


Crespi

Borrowed from Italian Crespi or Catalan Crespí.


Wooster

In this manner Mr. Wooster's party had been arranged, and to this party the Grangers were bidden.

1871, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, The Lovels of Arden, volume 2, page 16:


Sham

It could be from Arabic شَام (šām, literally “Syria”), from which it spread also to Gujarat. Perhaps also an altered spelling of French Cham.


Voorhees

en-proper noun

Voorhees (countable and uncountable, plural Voorheeses)

Anglicization of Dutch (van) voor Hees (“(from) before Hees”).


Tatum

From Tatham, from Old English Tāta, a personal name of unknown meaning + hām.


Buller

en-proper noun

Buller (countable and uncountable, plural Bullers)

Occupational surname for a scribe or copyist, from an agent derivative of Middle English bulle (“letter, document”).


Defoe

An English surname originating as a patronymic.

Daniel Defoe (c. 1659 to 1661 – 1731), English trader, writer, journalist and pamphleteer best known for writing Robinson Crusoe


Cowan

A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic; an anglicization of mac Eoghainn (“son of Ewen”)

A surname from Irish; an anglicization of mac Eógain (“son of Owen”)

A Jewish surname from Hebrew; a variant of Cohen.


Manrique

A patronymic surname borrowed from Spanish Manrique.


Cuzco

en-prop

Cuzco (countable and uncountable, plural Cuzcos)

Borrowed from Spanish Cuzco, from Quechua Qusqu.


Crilly

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Raghailligh (“son of Raghailleach”). Compare Crawley.

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It had been Mr. Crilly's home since the early settlement of the pioneers in that region.

1903, Benjamin F. Gue, From 1866 to 1903, page 240:


Wake

English and Scottish surname from Old Norse vakr (“vigilant, wakeful”).

The testator, in this cause, devised and bequeathed an equal fifth part of his real estate, and of his residuary personal estate, to the plaintiff Mrs. Wake, the wife of the plaintiff Mr. Wake[…]

1838, The Law Journal Reports, volume 7, page 93:


Borrow

George Borrow wrote novels and travelogues based on his experiences travelling around Europe.


Galvano

From Italian Galvano, from Latin Galbanus, from Galba + -anus (“-an”), from galba (“larva, worm, fatty”), from Gaulish of uncertain meaning. Doublet of Galvao, Galvan, and Galvani.


Botha

en-proper noun

Botha (countable and uncountable, plural Bothas)

From Afrikaans Botha. Doublet of Both.
* (Botha, Alberta): Named after Louis Botha.


Torlakian

From Armenian Թոռլաքյան (Tʻoṙlakʻyan), Թոռլակյան (Tʻoṙlakyan), Թորլաքյան (Tʻorlakʻyan).


River

River (countable and uncountable, plural Rivers)


Calabrese

From the Italian calabrese (“Calabrian”).


Ox

(constellation): Semantic loan from Chinese 牛宿 (Niúxiù).
: (surname): From ox, the animal.
: (Oxford): Clipping


Roof

* As an English surname, spelling variant of Rolfe.
* As a German surname, from a personal name ultimately derived from Proto-West Germanic *hrōþi (“fame, glory, renown”); also Americanized from Ruff, itself shortened from Rudolf (and from the same root).


Ryal

From Old English ryge (“rye”) + hyll (“hill”).


Rahal

A surname, with one or more origins, found in Europe (especially Germany and Slovakia) and America.


Rahal

Perhaps borrowed from Arabic رحال (raḥḥāl, “traveller, voyager”).

bor

A surname from Arabic, variously said to be found in Algeria, Lebanon, Syria, or Punjab.


Annand

From Old Norse annan (accusative of annarr).


Markarian

From Armenian Մարգարյան (Margaryan), reflecting its pronunciation.


Ryall

A surname from Anglo-Norman, alternative form of Ryal.


Liang

From Mandarin 梁 (Liáng). Doublet of Niu.


Ch'i

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 齊／齐 (Qí), Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻi².


Qi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 齊／齐 (Qí).


Torrens

en-proper noun

Torrens (countable and uncountable, plural Torrenses)

Borrowed from Catalan Torrens. It is also a variant of the surname Torrence.


Bogan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Bogáin (“descendant of Bogán”), a personal name from a diminutive form of bog (“soft, tender”).


Yeo

Yeo (countable and uncountable, plural Yeos or Yeoes)


Yeo

Borrowed from Hokkien 楊／杨 (Iûⁿ, Iôⁿ), Teochew 楊／杨 (ion5), Teochew 姚 (io5), Korean 여(呂) (Yeo), etc.

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楊／杨 (Iûⁿ, Iôⁿ)

(Malaysia, Singapore) A surname from Hokkien.

(Malaysia, Singapore) A surname from Teochew.


Core

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē, “maiden”).


Redwood

In government their last two Welsh Secretaries were John Redwood (Wokingham) and William Hague (Richmond).

2004, Alan Trench, Has Devolution Made a Difference?: The State of the Nations 2004:


Gull

In reference to the seagulls found in Torquay, a coastal town.


Hoyle

en-proper noun

Hoyle (countable and uncountable, plural Hoyles)


Timoshenko

A surname from Russian [in turn from Ukrainian]


Conrado

Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Conrado.


Cirilo

Borrowed from Spanish Cirilo or Portuguese Cirilo.


Duarte

en-prop

Duarte (countable and uncountable, plural Duartes)

Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Duarte.

Tenants Mauricio Alves Lucas, Samantha Rodrigues Siqueira, and Dayse Duarte (left to right) say they are owed deposits back from Spencer Accommodation

2018 May 30, Jack Power, “Landlord criticised for witholding ^([sic]) deposits from 39 tenants”, in Irish Times:


Bebel

August Bebel, a socialist leader and writer.


Riedel

A surname from German, equivalent to English Ridge


Arai

Borrowed from Japanese 新井 (Arai) or 荒井 (Arai).


Graden

Scottish habitational surname from a place in Berwickshire.


Brauer

Occupational surname, borrowed from German Brauer (“brewer”).


Rayburn

en-proper noun

Rayburn (countable and uncountable, plural Rayburns)

Scottish habitational surname, from Raeburn, a place in the Scottish Borders name from Scots rae (“roebuck”) + burn (“stream”).


Borys

From Ukrainian Бори́с (Borýs). Compare Belarusian Барыс (Barys), Russian Бори́с (Borís).


Enfield

From Old English Ēana (given name) or ēan (“lamb”) + feld (“field”).

An English habitational surname from Old English.


Halley

Two main origins:
* Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAilche (“descendant of Ailche”), a personal name of unclear origin.
* Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hÁille (“descendant of Áille”), a byname from áille (“beauty”).


Herbart

A surname from German, notably borne by the German philosopher and educator Johann Friedrich Herbart.


Helvétius

From French Helvétius, from Latin Helvētius.

A surname from French, notably borne by Claude Adrien Helvétius, a French philosopher and littérateur


Hamer

* As an English surname, from the place in Lancashire, from Old English hamor (“cliff”), apparently a rare use instead of the sense for "hammer" (compare Old Norse hamarr (“stone, cliff”).
* As an English surname of Norman origin, variant of Amer.
* As a Dutch surname, from hamer (“hammer”).
* As a German and Jewish surname, variant of the noun Hammer (“hammer”), with several Slavic derivatives.


Lott

* As an English surname, from the noun lot.
* As a German surname, pet form of Ludwig.


Edelman

Borrowed from German Edelmann (“nobleman”). Doublet of Edelmann.


Wynn

From the Welsh surname, from the name Gwyn. Also spelled as Wynne.


Killeen

en-proper noun

Killeen (countable and uncountable, plural Killeens)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cillín.


Burnet

Burnet (countable and uncountable, plural Burnets)


Canning

* The civil parish in New Brunswick is likely named after British prime minister George Canning (1770 - 1827).
* The village in Nova Scotia is named after British prime minister George Canning (1770 - 1827).


Denton

Denton (countable and uncountable, plural Dentons)

From Old English denu (“valley, den”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A habitational surname from Old English.


Hegel

A surname from German, notably borne by the German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel.


Riddle

Named after Ryedale in Yorkshire, as well as a spelling variant of Riddell.


Bode

* As a Dutch and German surname, from bode (“messenger”).
* As a German and Danish surname, from the name Bodo, derived from Old Saxon bodo (“messenger”), related to above.
* As a Dutch and German surname, from Bude (“booth, small house”).


Vail

Vail (countable and uncountable, plural Vails)

The town in Colorado was named after Vail Pass, which in turn was named after highway engineer Charles Vail. The surname likely comes from the obsolete term vail, meaning "submission", of Anglo-Norman origin.


Coin

Borrowed from French Coin. It could also be a variant of the surname Coyne from Irish.

A surname from Irish.; Alternative form of Coyne


Peck

* As an English surname, variant of Speake with loss of the initial letter.
* Also as an English (and sometimes Irish) surname, variant of Peak, Petch, Peach.
* As a south German surname, variant of Beck. Compare Pek, also found in Poland.
* As a Dutch and north German surname, from pek (“pitch, tar, resin”).
* As a Hungarian, Czech, Polish, Serbo-Croatian and Slovene surname, Americanized and Germanized from Pek, Pék meaning "baker," itself ultimately from the German verb backen.


Lay

* As an English surname, spelling variant of Lee.
* As a Scottish surname, reduced from McClay.
* As a Khmer surname, Khmer ឡាយ (laay).
* As a French surname, from several place names in France. The river is from Medieval Latin Ledius.
* As a German surname, from various placenames in Bavaria and Rhineland.


Colo

Colo (countable and uncountable, plural Colos or Coloes)


Ely

From Old English Ēlīg, of uncertain origin.


Rolla

Rolla (countable and uncountable, plural Rollas)


Hus

* As a Polish, Czech, Slovak (Hús) and Jewish surname, from husa (“goose”). Compare Husa.
* As a Dutch surname, variant of Huss, also found in German, from the nouns huis or Haus, and derivatives of Proto-West Germanic *hugi (“spirit, mind”) (as in Hugh).
* As a Norwegian surname, from hus (“house”). This sense also entered French through Frankish *hūs.
Compare Paulhus.

der

A surname from Czech, notably borne by Jan Hus, a Czech religious reformer.


Mueller

From German Müller (“miller”). Doublet of Miller.


Cramer

en-proper noun

Cramer (countable and uncountable, plural Cramers)


Schaefer

From German Schaefer (“shepherd”), an occupational surname; from Middle High German schæfære, from late Old High German scāphare.

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


Getter

Probably an altered spelling of German Götter.


Muller

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


Ziegler

"This use was sporadic, sometimes 'bingeful,' but never at an addictive level," Ziegler said.

1990 September 28, “Fuhr Suspended One Year by NHL for Using Drugs”, in Los Angeles Times:

A surname from German, notably held by Viggo Brun.


Gallup

Gallup (countable and uncountable, plural Gallups)

English surname, possibly from the verb gallop; or also possibly shortened from Galpin.


Aldrich

/ˈɔːldɹɪt͡ʃ/


Flack

From Middle English flack (“sod, turf”); see flag (sense 4).


Martirosyan

From Armenian Մարտիրոսյան (Martirosyan).


Woo

From an irregular romanization of various Mandarin Chinese surnames including 吳／吴 (Wú), 伍 (Wǔ), 武 (Wǔ), and 巫 (Wū), or from Cantonese 胡 (wu4).


Woo

From Korean 우 (u).
* (surname): from Korean 禹, 于


Earnshaw

Habitational surname from a place in Lancashire, from Old English earn (“eagle”) + healh (“nook, angle, recess”).


Date

Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Marathi दाते (dāte), from Sanskrit दाता (dātā), nominative singular of दातृ (dātṛ, “giver, donor”).
* Borrowed from Japanese 伊達 (Date, “a city in Hokkaido Prefecture”), a habitational surname.


Thorp

* As an English surname, spelling variant of Thorpe.
* As a North Germanic surname, spelling variant of Torp, from a placename derived from Old Norse þorp (“farm”).


Moder

Various origins:
* Borrowed from German Moder, from a Proto-Germanic personal name composed of the elements *mōdaz (“boldness, courage”) + *harjaz (“army”).
* Borrowed from Slovak Móder, an occupational surname from Middle High German mader (“reaper”).
* Borrowed from Polish Moder, from Middle Low German mōder (“mother, womb; mare”).
* Borrowed from Slovene Moder, a nickname for a wise man, from moder (“wise, prudent”).
* Borrowed from Swedish Modér, an ornamental surname whose first element is from mo (“sandy heath”).


Teixeira

Exiting in the order of their deaths: Senhora Teixeira, holding her unlit torch loose-handed, helping Maria Elena up the stair.

1997, Patricia Anthony, God's Fires, page 344:


Loyal

en-proper noun

Loyal (countable and uncountable, plural Loyals)


Toadlena

Borrowed from Navajo Tóháálį́, from tó (“water”) + háálį́ (“it flows up and out”).


Pinochet

A surname from French; especially when referring to Augusto Pinochet, Chilean general and military dictator.


Tann

From the German surname, from a rare literary word meaning "forest" (see below).


Pasos

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


Brandenburger

/ˈbɹændənbɜːɡə/

/ˈbɹændɚnbɝɡɚ/


Daimler

Daimler (countable and uncountable, plural Daimlers)

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Kenner

Kenner (countable and uncountable, plural Kenners)


Durrell

Nickname from a diminutive of Old French dur (“hard”).


Gander

* As an English surname, from the noun gander.
* Also as an English surname, spelling variant of Ganter, itself related to French ganter (“to glove”).
* As a north German surname, from Gandern in Brandenburg.
* Also as a north German surname, from Ganter (“male goose”).
* As a south German and Alemannic German surname, from Gand (“scree”).
The town in Newfoundland is named after Gander Bay or Gander Lake, the names of which derive from the noun gander.


Morell

* As an English surname, from the personal name Morel, a diminutive of Middle English and Old French more (“dark”), from Latin Maurus. Compare Moore.
* As a French surname, Americanized from Morel. Also compare Morell.
* The placename is named after Jean Francois Morel, a French settler from Saint-Malo who arrived near the current settlement around 1720.


Winkler

Winkler (countable and uncountable, plural Winklers)


Pence

Americanized spelling of German Pentz or Benz.

(US politics) Used specifically of Mike Pence

A surname.
Used specifically of Mike Pence


Minto

Refers to the Minto Hills near the Scottish village. A pleonastic compound of Old Welsh minid (“mountain”), from Proto-Brythonic *mönɨð, from Proto-Celtic *moniyos, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to tower, stand out”), and Old English hōh (“hill spur, promontory”), from Proto-Germanic *hanhaz (“heel”), from Proto-Indo-European *kenk-, *kemǝk- (“joint, legbone”). The latter element was added after the meaning of the former had become obscure. Recorded as Munethov in 1166 and Mynetowe in 1296.


Peres

A surname from Portuguese [in turn originating as a patronymic]


Ulmer

en-proper noun

Ulmer (countable and uncountable, plural Ulmers)


Lo

From Mandarin 洛 (Luò) Wade–Giles romanization: Lo⁴.

Ts’ao Chih’s “Goddess of the Lo” at first reading appears to depart from the prevailing current of realism which I have outlined above, describing as it does a vision of Fu-fei, the goddess of the Lo River, as she reveals herself to the poet.

1971, Burton Watson, “Introduction”, in Chinese Rhyme-Prose, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 57:

The waters of the Lo River enjoyed a reputation as venerable as those of the great Ho itself, into which it ultimately empties.

1973, Edward H. Schafer, The Divine Woman: Dragon Ladies and Rain Maidens in T'ang Literature, San Francisco: North Point Press, published 1980, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 68:

He also spent time lecturing in neighbouring counties, such as the free school in Lo-ning 洛寧, Honan, later known as the Lo-hsi shu-yüan 洛西書院 or ' Academy West of the [River] Lo.'

1980, Papers on Far Eastern History, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 22:


Lo

From Cantonese 盧／卢 (lou⁴) and Hokkien 盧／卢 (Lô͘).


Lo

From Mandarin 羅／罗 (Luó) or Cantonese 羅／罗 (lo⁴).


Platt

English habitational surname from Platt Bridge, from Old French plat (“footbridge”).


Tesla

From Serbo-Croatian Tesla/Тесла, from Proto-Slavic *tesla. Cognate with German Dechsel, Dutch dissel, Russian тесло́ (tesló), Polish ciosła, Latin tēla. Doublet of tela and toile.


Stolberg

Habitational surname borrowed from German Stolberg.


Saroyan

William Saroyan


Emmet

From a Middle English diminutive of the female given name Emma.


Fallon

Fallon (countable and uncountable, plural Fallons)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fallamhain (“descendant of Fallamhan”), a personal name related to follúnaitheoir (“ruler, governor”).


Streck

From the German surname, variant of Strecker.


Cove

en-proper noun

Cove (countable and uncountable, plural Coves)

From Old English cofa (“cave, cove, hollow, cavern”).


Ord

* As an English surname, from the dialectal noun ord (“point, place”). Compare Ort.
* As a Scottish Gaelic surname, habitational name from Ord in Peeblesshire or Banffshire, from òrd (“hammer”).
* The city in Nebraska is named after Edward O. C. Ord.
* The river in Australia is named after Harry Ord.


Barrington

en-proper noun

Barrington (countable and uncountable, plural Barringtons)

* As an English surname, from several placenames, such as the one in Gloucestershire, from the Old English personal name Beorn + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). There is also the placename in Somerset of Norman origin, probably named after Barentin in Seine-Maritime, from Medieval Latin Barentinum, Barentini, of pre-Latin origin, perhaps of Celtic/Gaulish origin and identical with Barenton, both names from a Gaulish word related to water.
* As an Irish surname, from Ó Bearáin (literally “descendant of Bearán”), see Barnes, Barron.

(countable) A habitational surname from Old English.


Chai

Borrowed from Mandarin 柴 (Chái), Mandarin 翟 (Zhái), Hakka 蔡 (Chhai), etc.


Fillmore

From Old English full (“filled, fertile”) + mere (“lake”).


Romas

Various origins:
* Borrowed from Ukrainian Ромась (Romasʹ).
* Borrowed from Greek Ρώμας (Rómas).
* Borrowed from Catalan Romàs.


Nagy

A Hungarian ethnic surname from Hungarian, equivalent to English Grand.


Reef

Borrowed from North German Reef, possibly related to Reep (“rope”), or otherwise from obsolete rif (“body”) (from Proto-West Germanic *hrif).


Monro

A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic, variant of Monroe.


Keyser

From the Dutch surname, from keizer (“emperor”). Compare German Kaiser.


Gujar

Borrowed from Hindi गूजर (gūjar), from Sanskrit गुर्जर (gurjara).


Jansen

Through immigration from Dutch Jansen. Doublet of Johnson.


Marston

From Old English mersc (“marsh”) + tūn (“enclosure, settlement”).


Gumm

* As an English surname, from Old English guma (“man”).
* As a German surname, shortened from various ancient Germanic names such as Gundemar, from *gunþiz (“battle”) + *mērijaz (“great; famous”).


Lopez

A surname from Spanish of English speakers.