Bronte

From Ancient Greek βροντή (brontḗ, “thunder”) or Βρόντης (Bróntēs, “Thunderer, name of one of the cyclops”).


Mohan

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Mocháin (“descendant of Mochán”), from a diminutive of moch (“early, timely”).


Reston

en-proper noun

Reston (countable and uncountable, plural Restons)


Cochrane

The surname has multiple origins:
# From the placename "Lowlands of Cochrane", in Paisley, Renfrewshire.
# An anglicization of Scottish Gaelic Maceachrain.
# An anglicization of Irish Ó Corcráin (“descendant of Corcrán”).

der

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

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


Widmannstetter

Johann Albrecht Widmannstetter (1506–1557)


Murano

en-proper noun

Murano (countable and uncountable, plural Muranos)


Nove

Clipping of Russian Новако́вский (Novakóvskij).

der

Новако́вский

نوف

surname clipped from the Russian Новаковский

Alexander Nove (né Алекса́ндр Я́ковлевич Новако́вский [Aleksandr Yakovlevich Novakovsky]; 1915–1994), non-Marxist socialist, Professor of Economics at the University of Glasgow, and noted authority on Russian and Soviet economic history; father of Perry Richard Nove and Charles Alexis Nove

Perry Richard Nove (born before 1951), Commissioner of the City of London Police 1998–2002; son of Alexander Nove and half-brother of Charles Alexis Nove

Charles Alexis Nove (born 1960), British radio broadcaster; son of Alexander Nove and half-brother of Perry Richard Nove


Barrie

en-proper noun

Barrie (countable and uncountable, plural Barries)


Spring

Spring (countable and uncountable, plural Springs)


Brant

English, German, Jewish and Dutch surname, variant of Brand.
The municipality in Ontario is named after Mohawk political leader Joseph Brant (1743 - 1807).


Ryley

A habitational surname from Old English.


Abee

Abee (countable and uncountable, plural Abees)


Hays

Spelling variant of Hayes, which has multiple origins.


Belleville

Belleville (countable and uncountable, plural Bellevilles)

From Belle + -ville.
* (French commune): From French Belleville, derived from belle vue (“beautiful view”).
* (neighbourhood of Paris): From French Belleville, literally “beautiful town”.
* (city in Ontario): Renamed in honour of Lady Annabella Gore after an 1816 visit with her husband, Francis Gore.


Erickson

en-prop

Erickson (countable and uncountable, plural Ericksons)

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

A surname from Danish [in turn originating as a patronymic], anglicized from Eriksen.

A surname from Norwegian [in turn originating as a patronymic], anglicized from Eriksen.

A surname from Swedish [in turn originating as a patronymic], anglicized from Eriksson.


Duff

en-proper noun

Duff (countable and uncountable, plural Duffs)

From the Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, from dubh (“dark”).


Carlin

Carlin (countable and uncountable, plural Carlins)


Kuroki

Borrowed from Japanese 黒木(くろき) (Kuroki).
The hamlet is named for general Kuroki Tamemoto, and was founded during the Russo-Japanese war.


Kemmerer

Kemmerer (countable and uncountable, plural Kemmerers)


Eagar

Eagar (countable and uncountable, plural Eagars)


Griess

Borrowed from German Griess, a variant of Gries.


Potton

Potton (countable and uncountable, plural Pottons)

From Old English pott (“pot”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Sherbrooke

French: Sherbrooke

From the English surname Shirebrook, from the Manor of Shirebrook
* (surname): Corruption of the surname Shirebrook.
* (Nova Scotian municipality): From the surname of the governor general.
* (Prince Edward Island municipality):
* (Quebec municipality): From the surname of the governor general.


Dorval

Dorval (countable and uncountable, plural Dorvals)


Neo

Borrowed from Hokkien 梁 (Niû, Niô͘), or Teochew 梁 (nion⁵ / niên⁵). Doublet of Niu.


Lansdowne

Lansdowne (countable and uncountable, plural Lansdownes)


Macfarlane

A surname, an alternative form of MacFarlane.


Warfield

Warfield (countable and uncountable, plural Warfields)

From Old English wer (“weir”) + feld (“field”).


Whalley

Whalley (countable and uncountable, plural Whalleys)


Ashcroft

Ashcroft (countable and uncountable, plural Ashcrofts)

Habitational surname from two minor places in England, from Old English æsċ (“ash tree”) + croft (“enclosed field”).


Hazelton

Haslingden, Lancashire
Hazleton, Gloucestershire
Hesleden, County Durham

From multiple placenames in England: Hesleden, County Durham, Haselden, Sussex, Haslingden, Lancashire, Hazeldon, Wiltshire, and Hazleton, Gloucestershire. From Old English hæsl (“hazel”) + denu (“valley”).

An English habitational surname from Old English.


Garrison

Garrison (countable and uncountable, plural Garrisons)


Questa

A misspelling of Spanish cuesta (“ridge, slope”).


Dyer

* As an English surname, from dyer (“one who dyes”). Compare Dexter.
* As an Irish surname, variant of Dwyer.

An English surname originating as an occupation for a dyer of cloth.


Loving

Loving (countable and uncountable, plural Lovings)


Eustis

Eustis (countable and uncountable, plural Eustises)


Gillette

Gillette (countable and uncountable, plural Gillettes)

→ Czech: žiletka

→ Ewe: žilett

→ Indonesian: silet

→ Ternate: silet

→ Polish: żyletka

→ Portuguese: gilete

→ Turkish: jilet

Gillette
Gillette (surname)
Gillette, Wyoming
King C. Gillette

Alternative form of Gillett
* Razor brand: invented by American businessman King C. Gillette.


Vaux

English, Scottish, and French name, all from placenames in France derived from Old French val (“valley”).


Wadewitz

Adrianne Wadewitz, a scholar of 18th-century British literature who became one of the most prolific and influential editors of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, died on April 8 in Palm Springs, Calif. She was 37.

2014 April 19, Noam Cohen, “Adrianne Wadewitz, 37, Wikipedia Editor, Dies in Rock Climbing Fall”, in The New York Times:

When Adrianne Wadewitz became a Wikipedia contributor 10 years ago she decided to use a pseudonym, certain that fellow scholars at Indiana University would frown on writing for the often-maligned "free encyclopedia that anyone can edit."

2014 April 23, Elaine Woo, “Adrianne Wadewitz dies at 37; helped diversify Wikipedia”, in Los Angeles Times:


Hampden

Hampden (countable and uncountable, plural Hampdens)

From Old English hām (“homestead”) + denu (“valley”).


Norwood

From north + wood. Doublet of Northwood.


Mott

* As an English surname, spelling variant of Motte.
* Also as an English surname, from a medieval pet form of Matilda. Also see Mould.
* As a German surname, from the root of the noun Moder (“swamp, decomposing mass”).


Guirl

Possibly from an alteration of French guirlande (“garland”), which suggests that the name may have originated as an occupational surname for someone who makes and sells garlands.

Mr. Guirl is a native of Indiana, and his partner, Mr. H. A. Daggett, who was born in Maine, joined him at Clay City about six years ago.

1905, Edgar Harvey Defebaugh, Barrel and Box and Packages, volume 10, page 50:

The rosette for the best succulent went to Mrs. H. Guirl for her Gibbaeum heathii, a splendid plant with some 20 heads.

1969, Cactus and Succulent Journal of Great Britain:


Turtle

A surname, thought to be derived from the turtle dove.


Gratz

From the German surname, from the city Graz in Austria. Also from a personal name from Old High German gratag (“greedy”), which could ultimately be from Proto-West Germanic *gernō; see Dutch gretig (“eager”). Also shortened from Pankratz.


Sasse

* As a Dutch and North/Low German surname, from Middle Low German sasse (“Saxon”) (modern Sasse), from Old Saxon Sahso, from Proto-West Germanic *sahsō.
* As a French surname, from the ancient Germanic name Sahso, shortened pet form of compound names containing the element sahs (“Saxon”), itself from the root of the above.


Beekes

From Dutch Beekes; see beek (“brook, stream”).


Bibbey

From a Middle English diminutive of the given name Isabel.


Hibbit

From a Middle English diminutive of the given names Isabel and Hilbert.

A surname originating as a matronymic or as a patronymic.


Hipperson

From a Middle English diminutive of the given names Isabel and Hilbert + -son.


Brienne

(obsolete) A surname from French. Ellipsis of de Brienne. Obsolete spelling of Bryan (“de Bryan”).


Arya

From Sanskrit आर्य (ā́rya, “reputable or reverend”) and its feminine form आर्या (ā́ryā).

der

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Arya.


Tibbotts

From a Middle English diminutive of the given names Theobald and Isabel.

A surname originating as a patronymic or as a matronymic.


Theobold

From a Middle English form of the given name Theobald.


Dibben

From a Middle English diminutive of the given name Theobald.


Tipson

From a Middle English diminutive of the given name Theobald + -son.


Tipple

From the medieval personal name Tebald or Tibalt. Compare Theobald.


Hibberd

From a Middle English form of the given name Hilbert.


Hibbard

en-prop

Hibbard (countable and uncountable, plural Hibbards)


Danvers

From Middle English [Term?], from Old French d'Anvers (“from Antwerp”).


Danglish

Compare Daglish, from Dalgleish, from Scottish Gaelic dail (“field”) + glas (“green”).

For we learn from the Illustrated Inventor, that Dr. Danglish, of Great Malvern, in England, has patented an improvement on the preparation of dough

1858 December, W.A. Alcott, “Manufacture of bread”, in The New England Farmer, page 574:


Roddy

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Rodaigh (“descendant of Rodach”), a personal name probably derived from rod (“spirited, furious”).


Overman

Honourable Members will perceive that it is stated, on the authority of Mr. Overman, vice-chairman of the Ampthill board, that the wages of the labourers in his neighbourhood had been raised since the law came into operation.

1838, John Henry Barrow, The Mirror of Parliament:


Burley

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


Farrell

en-proper noun

Farrell (countable and uncountable, plural Farrells)

General American, Mary–marry–merry merger


Sabharwal

Borrowed from Punjabi ਸਭਰਵਾਲ (sabhravāl).


Rehal

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


Rehal

A surname, said to be a kshatriya Punjabi surname.


Crump

Crump (countable and uncountable, plural Crumps)

* As an English surname, from the adjective crump (“crooked”). Compare Croom.
* As a German and Dutch surname, Americanized from Krump (see Krumm and Ruhm) and Kramp.

A surname from Middle English. See Crump for history and meaning!


Pyke

English and Irish surname, spelling variant of Pike.


Stout

Stout (countable and uncountable, plural Stouts)


Hussar

Americanized form of Hungarian Huszar or Czech Husar.


Badhwar

From Sanskrit बुधवार (budhavāra, “Wednesday”).


Canner

Occupational surname for a maker or seller of cans, from can + -er.


Mearns

en-proper noun

Mearns (countable and uncountable, plural Mearnses)

Scottish habitational surname for someone coming from The Mearns, an alternative name for Kincardineshire, which is named as An Mhaoirne in Scottish Gaelic, from maor (“bailiff, steward, beadle”).


Bogue

In reference to the Chinese strait, a corruption of Portuguese Boca do Tigre (literally “Mouth of the Tiger”), a calque of the Chinese name 虎門／虎门 (Hǔmén, literally “Tiger Gate”).


Hoyt

A topographical surname for someone who lived high, or on a hill.


Modi

Narendra Modi, 14th Prime Minister of India.


Montrose

From Scottish Gaelic moine (“moor”) + rois (“peninsula”).


Guadiana

en-proper noun

Guadiana (countable and uncountable, plural Guadianas)

/ˌɡwɑːdɪˈɑːnə/

/ˌɡwɑdiˈɑnə/

From Spanish Guadiana, from Old Spanish Aguadiana, derived from Arabic وَادِي (wādī, “river, valley”) + Latin Anās (ancient name of the river), related to anas (“duck”).


Kingstone

Kingstone (countable and uncountable, plural Kingstones)

From Old English Cyningestun, from cyninges (“king's”) + tūn (“fort, manor, town”). Doublet of Kingstown, Kingston, Conington, and Cunnington. Cf. also Coniston, Coniston Cold, Conisbrough, Kingsville, Kingsburg, Quainton, Queenstown, Queenston, Princetown, Princes Town, and Princeton.


Kasabian

Borrowed from Armenian Գասապյան (Gasapyan), Կասաբյան (Kasabyan), Կասապյան (Kasapyan), variants of Ղասաբյան (Ġasabyan).


Canavan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ceanndubháin (“descendant of Ceanndubhán”), a personal name composed of the elements ceann (“head”), dubh (“black”) and the diminutive suffix -án.


Gahan

The book covers in detail lead singer Dave Gahan's near-fatal heroin addiction and his painful recovery.

2001, Steve Malins, Depeche Mode: A Biography:


Shulman

Of Jewish-Ashkenazi origin, literally meaning "synagogue-man".


Sachs

From the German surname, from Sachse (“Saxon”).

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


Sneddon

Scottish topographic surname, from Old English snāw (“snow”) + dūn (“hill”).


Yardley

en-prop

Yardley (countable and uncountable, plural Yardleys)

From Old English ġerd (“stick, rod”) + lēah (“woodland, clearing”). Equivalent to yard + -ley (“lea”).

A habitational surname from Old English.


Gleason

en-proper noun

Gleason (countable and uncountable, plural Gleasons)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Glasáin (“descendant of Glasán”), a personal name which derives from a diminutive form of glas (“green, blue, grey”).


Guilford

en-proper noun

Guilford (countable and uncountable, plural Guilfords)


Laci

A surname from Old French, variant of Lacey


Pipple

A surname. A surname used in the United States.


Claw

Borrowed from Navajo Claw, variant of Clah.


Lillo

Borrowed from Italian or Spanish Lillo. This surname is predominantly found in Chile.


McCartney

A surname from Irish, notably of Sir Paul McCartney (b. 1942), one of the Beatles


Jaén

The Spanish city name likely derives from Arabic جَيَّان (jayyān), from Latin Villa Gaiena.


Brick

* As an English surname, from the noun bridge. This aligns more closely with the pronunciation of its ancestors, Middle English brigge, Old English brycg.
* As a Polish surname, from Brych, which has the same pronunciation.


Baka

Borrowed from Czech, Slovak, Hungarian and Polish Baka.


Eston

Eston (countable and uncountable, plural Estons)

From Old English ēast (“east”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

(countable) A habitational surname from Old English.


Landis

Landis (countable and uncountable, plural Landises)


Rouleau

Rouleau (countable and uncountable, plural Rouleaus)


Orme

Sir Edmund Orme never blushed, and I could see that he had no capacity for embarrassment.


Root

In July this year, Mrs. Betty Root, who is in charge of the reading centre at Reading University's Institute of Education, reported 'that there are now more backward readers than ever, in spite of the large number of teaching methods now available'.

1969, The Critical Survey, volume 4, page 3:

An English surname from Middle English from a byname from Middle English rote (“glad”).

An English surname originating as an occupation for a rote (medieval guitar)-player.

A habitational surname from Dutch for someone living near a retting place (Dutch root, from roten (“to ret”)).


Whistler

Whistler (countable and uncountable, plural Whistlers)

Continuing the Middle English Wistler, Wyzelere, an occupational surname from the Old English hwistlere (“piper”).


al-Kanadi

Borrowed from Arabic الْكَنَدِيّ (al-kanadiyy).


al-Kanadi

From the Arabic الْكَنَدِيّ (al-kanadiyy, “the Canadian”).


Messi

en-proper noun

Messi (countable and uncountable, plural Messis)


Yasui

Borrowed from Japanese 安井 or 安居 (Yasui).

Minoru Yasui was a trained army officer with a legal education who worked in the Japanese consular office.

2012, Karen Latchana Kenney, Korematsu v. the United States: World War II Japanese-American Internment Camps, ABDO Publishing Company, 89


Farber

Anglicized form of Färber, meaning "a dyer" from German Farbe "colour".


Dowling

Dowling (countable and uncountable, plural Dowlings)


Arkwright

Arkwright (countable and uncountable, plural Arkwrights)

From arkwright, an occupational surname for a chest maker.

(countable) An English surname originating as an occupation.


Danaher

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Danachair (“descendant of Danachar”), a personal name ultimately derived from dán (“craft, poem”).


Asperger

/ˈæspɜː(ɹ)ɡɚ/

Hans Asperger, b. 1906


Whitlock

From Middle English Whytlok, Whitelok, Witloc, Wictlok, Wyhtlok, Witlok, Whytlak, Whitlak; partly from Old English witlāc, wihtlāc (personal name) and partly from Middle English whyt (“white”) + lok (“lock, hair”).


Brampton

From Old English brōm (“broom”) + -tun (“enclosure”).


Hirschy

From Swiss German Hirschi, a diminutive of Hirsch.


Beamish

en-proper noun

Beamish (countable and uncountable, plural Beamishes)

Habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Beaumais, in Normandy. The village in County Durham shares the same etymology.


Rockingham

Rockingham (countable and uncountable, plural Rockinghams)

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


Ashford

From Old English æscet (“a clump of ash trees”) + ford or, alternatively, from æsc (“an ash tree”) + ford. Equivalent to ash + ford.


Psaki

From Greek Ψάκη (Psáki), from the genitive form of masculine Ψάκης (Psákis).


McGrath

McGrath (countable and uncountable, plural McGraths)

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Craith, perhaps a variant of Mac Raith (“son of Rath”), a byname from rath (“abundance, prosperity”).


Toll

* As an English surname, variant of Towle, Tole.
* As a German surname, from the adjective toll, meaning both "wonderful" and "crazy, mad." Also shortened from Bartholomäus.
* As a Dutch surname, variant of Tol, sometimes shortened from Van Toll.


Scheper

Borrowed from Dutch and North German Scheper.


Sang

As a surname, from:
*Khmer សង (sɑɑng)
*Korean 상 (sang)
*Chinese 桑 (sāng)


Driscoll

Driscoll (countable and uncountable, plural Driscolls)

From Irish Ó hEidirsceoil and Ó Drisceoil.

A surname from Irish, a variant of O'Driscoll.


McLaughlin

Anglicized from Irish Mac Lochlainn (“son of Lochlan”).


Kemp

Kemp (countable and uncountable, plural Kemps)

* As an English, Scottish, Dutch, and north/Low German surname, from the noun kemp (“champion, warrior”), similar to Kampf.
* As a Dutch and West Flemish occupational surname, from Middle Dutch canep (“hemp”) (see modern hennep).
* Also as a Dutch surname Van der Kemp, Brabantine variant of Van der Kamp, from van (“of”) + der (“the”) + kamp (“camp”), related to the first sense above.
The place names are from the surname.


Frink

On June 3, 1931, she married Orrin Frink, Jr., who had joined the mathematics faculty at Penn State in 1928 as an assistant professor.

2009, Judy Green, Jeanne LaDuke, Pioneering Women in American Mathematics: The Pre-1940 PhD's:


Fullerton

Fullerton (countable and uncountable, plural Fullertons)

From Old English fuglere (“fowler, birdcatcher”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Philo

en-proper noun

Philo (countable and uncountable, plural Philos)


Blum

Blum (countable and uncountable, plural Blums)

From the German surname, from Middle High German bluome (“flower”).


Doe

* As an English and Scottish surname, from the noun doe.
* As a Norman surname, from Old French d' Eu, from Eu, Seine-Maritime. That city's name could be from Frankish *auwju (“island, water meadow”) or otherwise a reduction of Latin Augusta.


Renfrew

en-proper noun

Renfrew (countable and uncountable, plural Renfrews)

From Scottish Gaelic Rinn Friù. from Old British rhyn frwd meaning "point at the current".

A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.


Matheus

Borrowed from Dutch and Portuguese Matheus.


Ayers

An English surname from Middle English from Middle English eir (“heir”).

An English surname transferred from the given name from the Old English given name Ealhhere.

An English and Scottish habitational surname, after the town of Ayr in Ayrshire, Scotland.


Lowery

Northern English and Irish surname, variant of Lowry.


Blevins

Blevins (countable and uncountable, plural Blevinses)

Anglicized form of Welsh Bleddyn, with the addition of the suffix -s.


Gamble

From the Old Norse byname gamall (“old”), which was occasionally used in North England during the Middle Ages as a personal name.


Daugherty

Daugherty (countable and uncountable, plural Daughertys)


Kline

A surname from German anglicized from German Klein.


Haney

Haney (countable and uncountable, plural Haneys)

Various origins:
* Variant of Hanney.
* Reduced form of McHaney.
* Americanized spelling of Norwegian Hanøy.


Galvan

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


Coffey

Coffey (countable and uncountable, plural Coffeys)

Various origins:
* Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cobhthaigh (“descendant of Cobhthach”), a byname meaning "victorious".
* Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cathbhadha (“descendant of Cathbhadh”), a byname meaning "battle tent".
* Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cathmhogha (“descendant of Cathmhugh”), a byname meaning "battle slave".


Gonzalez

From Spanish González (“son of Gonzalo”). Cognate with Portuguese Gonsalves and Gonçalves.


Levine

From French Levine, from Russian Левин (Levin), from Леви (Levi) + -ин (-in, “forming possessives & adjectives”), ultimately from Biblical Hebrew לֵוִי (“Levi”), of uncertain origin. Doublet of Levin.


Goff

* As a Welsh surname, related to Gough.
* As an English surname of Cornish and Breton origin, from gov (“smith”).
* As an Irish surname, reduced from McGoff, from McGough.


Bridges

en-proper noun

Bridges (countable and uncountable, plural Bridgeses)

A habitational surname for someone living near a bridge or at a location called Bridge or Bridges

An occupational surname for a bridgekeeper

A toponymic surname for someone from Bruges


Hogan

An anglicised form of Irish Ó hÓgáin or Ó hEochagáin.


Leach

Leach (countable and uncountable, plural Leaches)

Two main origins:
* Occupational surname for a physician, from Old English lǣċe (“doctor, physician”).
* Topographic surname for someone who lived by a boggy stream, from Old English læcc (“boggy stream”) (related to Proto-Germanic *lekaną), or from several English placenames related to this (compare Leake).


Barron

* As a Scottish surname, from Scots baron, sometimes found as McBarron; see Baron.
* As an Irish and Manx surname, from Ó Bearáin (literally “descendant of Bearán”), a personal name from bior (“spear”). See Barnes, Barrington.
* As a Spanish surname, augmentative of Barro.
* As a French and Spanish surname, variant of Baron.


Kaufman

Anglicised from German Kauffmann, an occupational surname referring to a merchant (German Kaufmann). Doublet of Chapman and Koopman.

A surname from German of German and Ashkenazi Jewish origin.


Dorsey

Dorsey (countable and uncountable, plural Dorseys)

Habitational surname from Norman de (“of”) + Orsay, a town in France.


Knowles

Knowles (countable and uncountable, plural Knowleses)

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

der

(countable) A surname from Middle English.


Chaney

en-proper noun

Chaney (countable and uncountable, plural Chaneys)


Sheppard

From Middle English, from schepherde (“shepherd”).


Vazquez

From Spanish Vázquez, itself from Galician.

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Galician].


Beach

Beach (countable and uncountable, plural Beachs or Beaches)

English surname reflecting multiple origins, including the nouns beach and beech, and Americanized from the German surname Bisch.

Beach (disambiguation)#People
Beach (disambiguation)#Places

A surname.
A surname from English
A surname from landforms


Kinney

Kinney (countable and uncountable, plural Kinneys)

A surname from Irish, an anglicization of Ó Cionaodha (“descendant of Kenneth”).

A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn originating as a patronymic], a variant anglicization of Mac Cionaodha (McKenna).


Morrow

* As an Irish surname, variant of McMorrow.
* As a French and Walloon surname, Americanized from Moreau, Morin.


Talley

Talley (countable and uncountable, plural Talleys)

*Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Taithligh (“descendant of Taithleach”), a byname from taithleach (“appeasement, pacification”).
*In Wales, from Welsh Talyllychau or Tal y Llychau.


Rollins

An English surname transferred from the given name of Anglo-Norman origin, from a diminutive of the given name Rollo.


Madden

en-proper noun

Madden (countable and uncountable, plural Maddens)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Madadháin (“descendant of Madadhán”), a diminutive of madadh (“dog”).


Meadows

en-proper noun

Meadows (countable and uncountable, plural Meadowses)

Variant of Meadow, with the patronymic suffix -s.


Hood

Hood (countable and uncountable, plural Hoods)


Sykes

Sykes (countable and uncountable, plural Sykeses)

From Middle English sike (“marshy stream, gutter, ditch”).

der

A habitational surname from Middle English.


Weeks

en-proper noun

Weeks (countable and uncountable, plural Weekses)


Yarbrough

Habitational surname, from Yarborough and Yarburgh in Lincolnshire, from a compound of Old English eorþe (“earth”) + burh (“stronghold”).


Holloway

Holloway (countable and uncountable, plural Holloways)

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

A habitational surname from Old English.


Greer

Greer (countable and uncountable, plural Greers)

A patronymic Scottish surname from Scots Gregor (“Gregory”).


Branch

Surname derived from the noun branch. In addition to being a native English surname, the noun has also been calqued from the word for "branch" in other languages, such as German Zweig, Swedish gren, etc.
The name of the town in Newfoundland is likely derived from French Branch (“a surname”) or Branche.


Rouse

* As an English surname, from Middle English and Anglo-Norman rous (“red-haired”), from Latin russus.
* As a German surname, Americanized from Raus.
* As a northern French and Walloon surname Rousé, variant of Rosé, Rose.


Slaughter

Originally named for someone who slaughtered animals for food.


Acevedo

/ˌæsɪˈveɪdəʊ/

From Portuguese Azevedo (often via Spanish Acevedo).


Hooper

A surname originating as an occupation for a person who made hoops for barrels.


Russo

From the Sicilian surname Russu, from russu (“redhead”).


Sargent

A surname originating as an occupation for a servant.


Savage

* As an English surname of Norman origin, from the adjective savage. Compare Sauvage.
* As an Irish surname, from ó Sabháin, also Anglicized as O'Savin; see Savin.
* As a Jewish and Slavic surname, Americanized from Savich, Serbo-Croatian Savić. See Savic.


Morin

* As a French and Walloon surname, variant of Maurin and More. Compare Moran, Morang, Morein, Morong, Morrin, Morrow.
* As an Italian surname, variant of Morino, pet form of the personal name Moro.
* As a Spanish surname, from moro (“Moor”), see Moro.
* As a Scottish surname, variant of Morrin.


Marquez

Borrowed from Spanish Márquez, patronymic form of Marcos.


Sweet

* As an English surname, from the adjective sweet.
* As a German and Jewish surname, translated from Suess, from süß (“sweet”).
* As a French surname, translated from Ledoux.


Velez

Anglicization of Spanish Vélez, of patronymic origin ("Son of Vela")


Bray

The town in Ireland is from Irish Bré, of uncertain origin.


Boyer

Boyer (countable and uncountable, plural Boyers)


Mejia

A surname from Spanish, an anglicization of Mejía


Fernandez

Fernandez (plural Fernandezes or Fernandezs)

Fernandezes (plural)
Fernandezs (plural)


Newell

Newell (countable and uncountable, plural Newells)

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


Pennington

en-proper noun

Pennington (countable and uncountable, plural Penningtons)


Hernandez

From Spanish Hernández (“son of Hernando”), from Hernando, variant of Fernando (“Ferdinand”), of Germanic origin.


Burnett

Burnett (countable and uncountable, plural Burnetts)

From Middle English burnet (“brown”), from Old French brunet, brunete.


Hardin

→ Crow: Chichúchi (calque)


Roach

Roach (countable and uncountable, plural Roachs or Roaches)

* As an English surname, of Norman origin, from Old French roche (“rock”). Compare Roch.
* Also as an English surname, from the River Roch; see Roch.
* Also as an English surname, shortened from Rochdale.

A surname from Anglo-Norman [in turn from Norman, in turn from Old French]


Whitley

Whitley (countable and uncountable, plural Whitleys)

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


Bender

From bender; the name was given to someone who bent things.


Hess

The Hesses were an odd pair of counterculturalists. Karen Hess, born in Nebraska, was 59; […]

2007 December 30, Betty Fussel, “Food Edenist”, in The New York Times:

A habitational surname from German of German and Ashkenazi origin, denoting a person from Hesse.


Alford

Alford (countable and uncountable, plural Alfords)

From the Old English female given name Ealdgȳþ + ford (“ford”).

I had almoſt forgotten to acquaint your honor, that one major Alford (who was in mr. Love's conſpiracy) was of the graund inqueſt at Saliſbury, and was very zealous in his highneſſe ſervice here, and his good affection and wiſe carriage here, did much advantage the buſſineſe.

1655 April 21, “Mr. Ja. Nutley to ſecreary Thurloe.”, in A Collection of the State Papers of John Thurloe, Eſq; […], volume III, London: […] the Executor of the late Mr. Fletcher Gyles; Thomas Woodward, […] Charles Davis, […], published 1742, page 399:


Aguirre

From Spanish Aguirre, from Basque ageri, "prominent".

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque] of Basque origin.


Snider

The rifle is named from the surname of its inventor.


Gilmore

Gilmore (countable and uncountable, plural Gilmores)

From Scottish Gaelic gille (“servant lad”) + Moire (“Mary mother of Jesus”).

A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.


Chavez

From Spanish Chávez, variant of Chaves, from Galician Chaves (“Chaves in Portugal and its castle”).


Calderon

A surname from Spanish, an anglicization of Calderón.


Sanford

From the placename Sandford, ultimately from Old English Sandford (literally “sand ford”).


Wilder

en-proper noun

Wilder (countable and uncountable, plural Wilders)


Acosta

From Spanish Acosta, from Catalan Acosta.

A Spanish habitational surname from Catalan.


Padilla

Padilla (countable and uncountable, plural Padillas)


Mercado

Borrowed from Spanish, from mercado (“market”).


Coppola

Borrowed from Italian Coppola, from Sicilian Còppula, from còppula (“coppola cap”), a metonymic occupational surname for a hatter.


Whitfield

Whitfield (countable and uncountable, plural Whitfields)

From Old English hwīt (“white”) + feld (“field”).


Valenzuela

From Spanish Valenzuela. As a surname, originated in Castile and León in Spain. The city in the Philippines is named after Filipino revolutionary Pio Valenzuela.


Bowman

A surname originating as an occupation for a bowman.


Rodriguez

From Spanish Rodríguez (“son of Rodrigo”), equivalent to Roderick (“son of Roderick”).


Cortez

en-proper noun

Cortez (countable and uncountable, plural Cortezs or Cortezes)


Serrano

From Spanish serrano (“highlander”) from sierra.


Levy

* As a Jewish surname, a variant of the biblical name Levi. Compare Lowy.
* As a Czech surname, from the adjective levý (“left”).
* Also a shortening of Irish Mac Duinnshléibhe (“son of the chief on the mountain”), from mac (“son”) + donn (“noble”) + sliabh (“mountain”).


Lyman

en-proper noun

Lyman (countable and uncountable, plural Lymans)


Hinton

Hinton (countable and uncountable, plural Hintons)

From either Old English hēan, dative form of hēah (“high”), or hīwan (“household”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Cotman

From Middle English Cotman, Coteman (literally “cotter, cottager”), equivalent to cot + man.

English landscape watercolourist and etcher


Ferrier

* As a Scottish and English surname, from French ferrier (“ironsmith”). Compare Farrar, Farrier.
* Also as a Scottish and English surname, from the noun ferrier (“ferryman”).


Zahir

Borrowed from Arabic ظَاهِر (ẓāhir), ظٰهِر (ẓāhir). The surname is mostly found in Afghanistan and Pakistan.


Dewberry

Dewberry (countable and uncountable, plural Dewberrys)


Morrin

* As an English surname of Norman origin, from the personal name Morin, diminutive of More, from Old French Maur, from Latin Maurus; see Moore.
* Also as an English surname, from the Middle English personal name Morwin, from Old English Mōrwine, first element uncertain, second element from wine (“friend”).
* As a Scottish surname (Dumfriesshire), variant of McMorran, from Scottish Gaelic Mac Moghráin, Mughróin (“son of Mughrón, Mughròn”), personal name from mogh (“slave”) + ròn (“slave”).
* As a French surname, variant of Morin.


Gluck

From the German surname Glück and Jewish surname (Yiddish גליק (glik)), both nouns meaning "luck." Compare Glick, Glueck.


Zhao

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 趙／赵 (Zhào). Doublet of Trieu.


Donnelly

From the Irish surname, from Ó Donnghaile (“descendant of Donnghal”), from donn (“brown-haired”) + gal (“valor”).


Pettigrew

Unknown, although possibly from the French phrase "petit cru" (small growth) from Anglo-Norman French "petit creu", thus as a nickname for a small/short man. Other interpretations include from the French phrase "pie de grue" (crane's foot), i.e., someone with long legs (cf. pedigree, from Anglo-French "pe de gru", a variant of Old French pied de gru, "foot of a crane"). Attested from the 13th century as an English surname.


Quinton

Quinton (countable and uncountable, plural Quintons)

Variant of Quentin, merged with an Old English place name meaning "queen's town".

A patronymic and habitational surname from Old English.


Pallister

Pallister (countable and uncountable, plural Pallisters)


Winn

English and Welsh surname, spelling variant of Wynn and Gwynn.


Niven

From the Scottish Gaelic variant of Nevin.


Crowder

Crowder (countable and uncountable, plural Crowders)

From crowder, an occupational surname for someone who played the crwth.


Alderson

en-proper-noun

Alderson (countable and uncountable, plural Aldersons)

From Alder + -son, from being the son of a person named Alder.


Dyson

* A patronymic English surname, from Dennis + -son, compare Tyson, Tennyson.


Winner

Michael Winner directed the 1974 action film "Death Wish".


Lambeth

en-proper noun

Lambeth (countable and uncountable, plural Lambeths)

The name is recorded in 1062 as Lambehitha, from Old English lamb (“lamb”) + hȳþ (“hithe, landing-place”), and in 1255 as Lambeth. Equivalent to lamb + hithe.


Willock

A pet form of the personal name William.

A surname transferred from the given name.


Zilch

From German Zilch. Found in America since at least the 1860s. As a 1930s placeholder surname of uncertain etymology, the eventual etymon of zilch.


Raj

en-prop

Raj (countable and uncountable, plural Rajs or Rajes)

Proprialisation of raj (“(India) reign, rule”, noun), borrowed from Hindustani
राज / راج (rāj, “reign, rule; empire, kingdom; country, state; royalty”), from Sanskrit राज्य (rājyá, “empire, kingdom, realm; kingship, royalty, sovereignty; country”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to right or straighten oneself; to govern, rule; just; right”). Doublet of Reich.


Shibuya

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Borrowed from Japanese 渋谷 (しぶや, Shibuya, literally “harsh valley”).


Kubas

Borrowed from Polish Kubas, Kubaś, or Slovak Kubaš.


Balle

Various origins:
* Borrowed from Dutch Balle, a reduced form of any of various Germanic names beginning with the element *balþaz (“bold”).
* Borrowed from Danish Balle, a habitational surname from balle (“slope; hill”).
* A respelling of Catalan Batlle, an occupational surname from batlle (“mayor”).


Staines

en-proper noun

Staines (countable and uncountable, plural Staineses)


Mair

* As a Scottish surname, variant of Marr.
* Also as a Scottish surname, from Scottish Gaelic maor (“officer”). Compare Maver, Mayer.
* As a German and Jewish surname, variant of Meyer.


Filer

Uncertain. Possibly an occupational surname from filer (one who files).
The city in Idaho was named after Walter G. Filer.


Sing

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

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Sing.

Alternative spelling of Singh A South Asian surname.


Malabari

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Malabari.


Delbrück

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Delbrück.


Rodes

Robert Rodes (1829–1864), Confederate general in the American Civil War.


Maradiya

Borrowed from Marathi मरडीया (marḍīyā). This surname is predominantly found in Maharashtra.


Folsom

Folsom (countable and uncountable, plural Folsoms)


Norrys

[...] a friend of my son's, Capt. Edward Norrys of the Royal Flying Corps, dwelt near the family seat at Anchester and related some peasant superstitions which few novelists could equal for wildness and incredibility.

1924, H. P. Lovecraft, “The Rats in the Walls”, in Weird Tales, page 26:


Kearns

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Céirín, a personal name derived from a diminutive of ciar (“dark”).


Kondo

* (surname): From Japanese 近藤 (Kondō).
* (verb): After Marie Kondo (近藤 麻理恵), Japanese organizing consultant and author.


Lapham

Lapham (countable and uncountable, plural Laphams)


Rinehart

From the German surname, Americanized from Reinhardt.


Nugent

From the Norman habitational surname from any of various places in France called Nogent.


McClellan

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Fhaolain and Irish Mac Giolla Fhaoláin (“son of the servant of Faolán”), a personal name thought to be a diminutive of Irish faol (“wolf”). Compare the surname Gilliland.


Hogarth

Of Dutch origin, hoog (“high”) + aard (“nature or character”).


Audley

en-proper noun

Audley (countable and uncountable, plural Audleys)

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


Carew

Carew (countable and uncountable, plural Carews)

From Welsh caer (“fort”) + rhiw (“hill; slope”).


Egerton

Egerton (countable and uncountable, plural Egertons)

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


Beecher

Beecher (countable and uncountable, plural Beechers)

Two possible origins:
* A variant of Beech, with the locative suffix -er.
* An Americanized form of German Bücher.


Kingsley

"The king's wood or clearing", from Old English cynges, genitive of cyng (“king”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”).


Grosvenor

/ˈɡɹəʊ.və.nə(ɹ)/

/ˈɡɹəʊv.nə(ɹ)/


Houghton

Houghton (countable and uncountable, plural Houghtons)

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


Trevelyan

From Cornish trev (“farmstead; town”) + the Cornish personal name Elyan.


Schofield

Schofield (countable and uncountable, plural Schofields)


Wolsey

A surname.; Alternative form of Wolseley


Disraeli

Disraeli (countable and uncountable, plural Disraelis or Disraelies)


Fenton

Fenton (countable and uncountable, plural Fentons)

From Middle English Fenton, from Old English fenn (“fen, marsh”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Lightfoot

Lightfoot (countable and uncountable, plural Lightfoots)

From light + foot, a nickname for a messenger of fast runner.

A surname transferred from the nickname.


Walsingham

Walsingham (countable and uncountable, plural Walsinghams)

From the Old English personal name Wæls + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”). First element equivalent to Vǫlsungr.

A habitational surname from Old English.


Worthington

Worthington (countable and uncountable, plural Worthingtons)

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


Eames

Eames (countable and uncountable, plural Eameses)

Probably from the genitive form of Old English ēam (“maternal uncle”).


Grenville

The civil parish is named after British prime minister George Grenville (1712 - 1770). Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.


Boyce

An English habitational surname from Old French for someone living near the woods.


McPherson

en-proper noun

McPherson (countable and uncountable, plural McPhersons)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac a' Phearsain (“son of the parson”), from pearsan (“parson”).


Bolingbroke

/ˈbʊlɪŋbɹʊk/

/ˈbɒlɪŋbɹəʊk/

/ˈbʊlɪŋbɹʊk/


Warburton

en-proper noun

Warburton (countable and uncountable, plural Warburtons)

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


Winslow

Winslow (countable and uncountable, plural Winslows)

From Middle English Wynselowe, from Old English Wineshlauu, from Wines (“Wine's”, personal name) + hlāw (“mound”).


Coningsby

From Old Norse *Konungsby, from konungs (“king's”) + -by (“farm, town”). Cf. Kingstown, Kingston, Coniston, Coniston Cold, Conington, &c.


Mowbray

en-proper noun

Mowbray (countable and uncountable, plural Mowbrays)

English habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Montbray, in Normandy. The name of the village comes from Old French mont (“hill”) + brai (“mud, slime”).


Edgeworth

Edgeworth (countable and uncountable, plural Edgeworths)

From Old English eċġ (“edge”) + worþ (“enclosure”).


Leith

From river-names derived from Proto-Brythonic *lleɨθ (“moist”) (compare Welsh llaith).


Balfour

Balfour (countable and uncountable, plural Balfours)

From Scottish Gaelic baile (“village, town”) + pùir, genitive form of pór (“pasture, grass”).

A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.


Beale

Translingual: bealei


Lockhart

Lockhart (countable and uncountable, plural Lockharts)


Pendleton

An English habitational surname from the places in England.


McLean

McLean (countable and uncountable, plural McLeans)

MacLean

surname meaning "son of the servant of John"

A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic, an anglicization of Mac Gille Eòin (“son of the servant of John”).

A surname from Irish, an anglicization of Mac Giolla Eoin (“son of the servant of John”).

A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], an alternate anglicization of Mac Aileáin (“son of Allen”) (McKillen).

A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], a rare anglicization of Mac an Leagha (“son of the physician”) (McKinley).


Cartier

The rural municipality is named after Canadian politician George-Étienne Cartier (1814 - 1873).


Kenton

Kenton (countable and uncountable, plural Kentons)

From either the Old English personal name Cena or cyne- (“royal”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Herrick

* As an English surname, from Old Norse Eiríkr.
* As a Dutch surname, from an assimilated Dutch form of Henry (also see Henrick), or from the Germanic elements *harjaz (“army”) + *rīks (“ruler”).
* As an Irish surname, from Ó hEirc, "descendant of Erc," eventually meaning "speckled." Also spelled as Harkin.


Fontaine

Borrowed from French Fontaine. Doublet of Fontana.


Seward

Seward (countable and uncountable, plural Sewards)


Gifford

Gifford (countable and uncountable, plural Giffords)

Two main origins:
* Habitational surname for someone from Broughton Gifford, from the Old English personal name *Gydda + -ing (“belonging to”) + ford (“ford”).
* From Old French giffard (“chubby-cheeked, bloated”), perhaps a nickname for a big eater.


Colville

en-proper noun

Colville (countable and uncountable, plural Colvilles)

Scottish habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Colleville, in Normandy, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse kol (“coal”) + the French habitational suffix -ville.


Wilmington

Meaning "Wilhelm's estate", from Wilhelm + Old English ing (“belonging to”) + Old English tūn (“homestead, settlement”)


Linton

en-proper noun

Linton (countable and uncountable, plural Lintons)

From either Old English līn (“flax”) or lind (“lime tree”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Montaigne

en-proper-noun

Montaigne (countable and uncountable, plural Montaignes)

(countable) A surname from French, equivalent to English Mountain.


Cornwallis

An English ethnic surname transferred from the nickname for someone with Cornish ancestry.


Ripley

en-proper noun

Ripley (countable and uncountable, plural Ripleys)

From the Old English folk name for the Anglian tribe, Hrype, genitive case Hrypa + Old English lēah (“woodland clearing”).


Tzetzes

From the Byzantine Greek Τζέτζης (Tzétzēs).

A surname from Byzantine Greek — famously held by:

John Tzetzes (circa 1110–1180), Byzantine poet and grammarian


Noguchi

Borrowed from Japanese 野口 (Noguchi, literally “field entrance”).


Wick

en-proper noun

Wick (countable and uncountable, plural Wicks)


Parnell

Matronymic from a medieval spoken form of Petronella.

A surname from the given name Petronella. (see Etymology)


Ricœur

A surname from French — famously held by:

Many existing textual models take for granted assumptions made by Ricœur who is one of the forestanding figures of a contemporary field referred to as hermeneutics (involved with a study of the theory and practice of texts).

2003, Zachàr Alexander Laskewicz, Music as Episteme, Text, Sign & Tool: Comparative approaches to musicality as performance, chapter two: “The Musical Text”, § 2.10: ‘Conclusion: the importance of a new approach to text’

Paul Ricœur (1913–2005), French philosopher who combined phenomenological description with hermeneutics


Norland

Norland (countable and uncountable, plural Norlands)

From Old English norþ (“north”) + land (“land”).

A habitational surname from Old English.


Delph

(For the village) from Old English delf, gedelf (“quarry”)


Wilshire

Reduced variant of Wiltshire. The Los Angeles neighborhood is named for Wilshire Boulevard.


Flanagan

Flanagan (countable and uncountable, plural Flanagans)

From Irish Ó Flannagáin (“descendant of Flannagán”), a personal name from a double diminutive of flann (“blood red”).


Milner

* As an English surname, variant of Miller, retaining the -n- of Middle English mylnere (“miller”).
* As a German surname, variant of Müller, Mueller.

A surname originating as an occupation for a miller


Barkley

en-proper noun

Barkley (countable and uncountable, plural Barkleys)


Welbeck

Welbeck (countable and uncountable, plural Welbecks)


Southgate

England’s domination of the first half was almost total, but they somehow contrived to allow Tunisia to raise themselves off the floor by virtue of rank carelessness from [Gareth] Southgate’s side.

2018 June 18, Phil McNulty, “Tunisia 1 – 2 England”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 2019-04-21:

Newark: LNER temporarily changed the name of Northgate station to Newark Southgate, to honour England's World Cup manager Gareth Southgate.

2022 December 14, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: Eastern”, in RAIL, number 972, page 24:


Bakewell

Bakewell (countable and uncountable, plural Bakewells)

From the Old English personal name Baduca + wella (“spring, stream”).


Landsberg

Habitational surname borrowed from German Landsberg.


Duffield

Duffield (countable and uncountable, plural Duffields)


Hurt

Hurt (countable and uncountable, plural Hurts)


M'Naught

The beam-engine technique was introduced by Mr M'Naught, a Scottish engineer, in 1845.


Steiner

en-prop

Steiner (countable and uncountable, plural Steiners)


Pill

English surname, both from the noun pill (originally "little ball") and from sense 3 (“inlet, tidal creek”).


Fong

Borrowed from Cantonese 方 (fong1), 房 (fong4), 馮／冯 (fung4), Taishanese 鄺／邝 (fong1), or other less common Chinese surnames.


Busk

Borrowed from Danish and Swedish Busk; alternatively, it could be an English topographic surname for someone who lived by a bush, from Old Norse buskr (“bush”).


Cao

From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 曹 (Cáo).


Congreve

Habitational surname from a minor place in Staffordshire, from Old English cumb (“valley”) + grāf (“grove”).


Ly

Borrowed from Vietnamese Lý. Doublet of Lee.


Cassel

* As an English surname, variant of Cassell.
* As a German surname, variant of Kassel, related to the above. Both senses have been adapted as Swedish surnames. Compare Castel.
* As a French surname, from the city Cassel, Nord, itself a derivative of Late Latin castellum and thus related to the above.


Cederberg

Borrowed from Swedish Cederberg, an ornamental surname composed of the elements ceder (“cedar”) and berg (“mountain”).


Chung

Romanization
* From the McCune-Reischauer transliteration of Korean 정 (jeong), from Korean 鄭, 丁, 程. Doublet of Tee.
* From transliteration of Chinese 宗, 程, 种, 仲, 钟, 鍾, 張, 张, 章, 蔣, 蒋, frequently originating from Hong Kong or Taiwan

bor

宗, 程, 种, 仲, 钟, 鍾, 張, 张, 章, 蔣, 蒋


Trang

Borrowed from Vietnamese Trang. Doublet of Zhuang.


Heeney

en-proper noun

Heeney (countable and uncountable, plural Heeneys)


Edelmann

Unadapted borrowing from German Edelmann (“nobleman”). Doublet of Edelman.


Kafka

From German Kafka, from Czech German Kavka (“jackdaw”), from either Upper Sorbian or Lower Sorbian, which are ultimately from the imitative Proto-Slavic *kavъka.
Compare Polish kawka, Czech kavka, Slovene kávka, all meaning “jackdaw”.

onomatopoeic

imitative


Bilzerian

desc

→ Armenian: Բիլզերյան (Bilzeryan) — reborrowing

Borrowed from Armenian Պիլզերյան (Pilzeryan).

bor+

A surname from Armenian, variant of Bilezerian


Horwitz

A surname, an alternative form of Horowitz.


Rodrigues

From Portuguese Rodrigues (“son of Rodrigo”). Also from Spanish Rodrigues, variant spelling of Rodríguez. The island is named after Portuguese explorer Diogo Rodrigues (c. 1490–1577).


Urquhart

en-proper noun

Urquhart (countable and uncountable, plural Urquharts)

Probably from Pictish, equivalent to Welsh ar (“on”) + cardden (“enclosure”).

A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.


Mikoyan

Borrowed from Armenian Միկոյան (Mikoyan).


Salmen

Perhaps a variant of Salmon or borrowed from German Salmen.


Bunde

* As a north/Low German surname, from Middle Low German bunde (“peasant, farmer”), see Bond.
* As a German surname, from the archaic Beunte (“enclosed piece of land”), a derivative of biwenden (“to weave, bend”), equivalent to be- + wenden.
* Also as a north/Low German surname, from the place Bünde in Westphalia.
Borrowed from German Bunde or Bünde.


Escott

From the Old English surname corresponding to east + cot (“cottage”).


Westcott

en-proper noun

Westcott (countable and uncountable, plural Westcotts)

From Old English west (“west”) + cot (“cottage; shelter”).


Zhu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 朱 (Zhū).


Winterbottom

From Old English winter (“winter”) + botm (“bottom, ground”), a topographic surname for someone who lived in a valley only in winter, while spending the summer on the upland pastures.


Ju

From various romanizations of various Chinese characters. As a prefecture, from Chinese 矩州 (Jǔzhōu, “Carpenter's-Square Prefecture”).


Asatryan

Borrowed from Armenian Ասատրյան (Asatryan).


Guiney

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


Fabergé

/ˈfæbə(ɹ)ˌʒeɪ/

From Russian Фаберже (Faberže), ultimately of French origin. The é was deliberately added to make the name sound more French.


Kerkorian

From the Western Armenian pronunciation of Armenian Գրիգորյան (Grigoryan).


Mogollon

Borrowed from Spanish Mogollón. The culture's name derives from the Mogollon Mountains, in which they lived, which in turn were named after Juan Ignacio Flores Mogollon. The surname is mostly found in Venezuela.


Mixter

Perhaps from southern French Mistre, a variant of Maitre, from Middle French maistre (“master”).

1921, Florence Kilpatrick Mixter, Out of Mist

I researching Daniel Mixter who was born in the Town of Prescott, Ontario, Canada on July 5, 1809.

1996 April 27, KdCaLeLaMg, “MIXTER Daniel; CAN; b. 1809”, in soc.genealogy.surnames (Usenet):


You

From Mandarin (for: ㄩˊ, ㄩˇ, ㄩˋ, ㄧㄡˊ) through pinyin romanization (of: 余, 于, 由 (yóu), 魚／鱼 (yú) / 鱼 (yú), 漁,／渔, 渔 (yú), 楀 (yǔ), 俞, 喻, 兪, 於／于, 遇 (yù), 虞 (yú), 郁 (yù), 尉, 禹 (yǔ), 游 (yóu), 尤 (yóu), 庾 (yǔ), 娛／娱, 娱, 茹).


Zildjian

From Armenian Զիլճյան (Zilčyan) (Western Armenian pronunciation).

Avedis Zildjian


Boothroyd

en-proper noun

Boothroyd (countable and uncountable, plural Boothroyds)

From Northern Middle English bothe (“booth, hut, shed”) + royd (“clearing”).

der

A habitational surname from Middle English.


Kasparov

From Russian Каспа́ров (Kaspárov), from Armenian Կասպարյան (Kasparyan).

Garry Kasparov is a famous chess-player.

A Russified Armenian surname from Armenian.


Weiser

en-proper noun

Weiser (countable and uncountable, plural Weisers)


Khalil

Borrowed from Arabic خَلِيل (ḵalīl, “friend”).


Loeb

*From German Löb.
*From Hebrew לֵב (“heart”) https://books.google.com/books?id=31LMY9S8IBIC&pg=PA78


Wickfield

I had my arms round Mr. Wickfield, imploring him by everything that I could think of, oftenest of all by his love for Agnes, to calm himself a little.

1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC:


Sheedy

Anglicisation of the Irish surname Ó Síoda (“descendant of Síoda”), who was likely Síoda McNamera (15th century).

An Irish surname originating as a patronymic.


Saleh

From Iranian Persian صالح (sâleh), from Arabic صَالِح (ṣāliḥ); the prophet's name literally means "pious."


Kirkpatrick

From the surname elements Kirk (from church) and Patrick (from Saint Patrick).


Coco

en-proper-noun

Coco (countable and uncountable, plural Cocos)

From the Italian Coco, a surname derived from Sicilian cocu (“cook”).


Ferreiro

Borrowed from Galician and Portuguese Ferreiro.


Joice

English surname, spelling variant of Joyce.


Kiss

* As a Hungarian surname, from Kiss.
* As an English surname of Norman origin, from Anglo-Norman cuisse (“thigh”).


Lengyel

From Hungarian lengyel (“Polish”), from Proto-Slavic *lęděninъ.


Wurlitzer

Borrowed from German Wurlitzer; the jukebox is named after Franz Rudolph Wurlitzer (1831-1914).


Bircher

Habitational surname, from Old English birċe (“birch”) + ōfer (“ridge”).


Arbuthnot

en-proper noun

Arbuthnot (countable and uncountable, plural Arbuthnots)

/ˈɑːɹ.bʌθ.nɒt/


Marter

A nickname from Middle English martren (“marten”).


Spearman

Spearman (countable and uncountable, plural Spearmans)

From spear + man, an occupational surname for a soldier armed with a spear.


Malla

Borrowed from Nepali मल्ल (malla). Borrowed also from Catalan Malla, a habitational surname from the municipality of Malla, Barcelona.


Manna

Borrowed from Italian Manna. Possible etymologies include the feminine form of Manno, or a nickname or metonym based on manna (sense 1).


Manna

Borrowed from Bengali [script needed] (Manna), a name used by the Mahishya agrarian caste.


Maze

* As an English surname, variant of Mays.
* As an English and Irish surname, variant of Maye, from Irish Ó Miadhaigh (“descendant of Miadhach”), see miadh (“esteem, respect”). Compare May.
* As a Breton surname Mazé, shortened from Mazéo, Breton form of Matthew.
* As a French surname Mazé, from a place in Maine-et-Loire, from Latin Masiacum (“estate of Masius”).
* Also as a French surname, shortened pet form of Thomas.
* Also as a French surname, variant of Mas, from the noun mas (“farmhouse”).
* As a Slovene surname, shortened from Tomaž, a form of Thomas. Or, from the verb mazati (“to grease”).
* As an Ashkenazic Jewish surname, from Hebrew מאז"ה (Mazeh), an acronym of מִזֶּרַע אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן (mi-zéra' Aharón ha-Kohén, “from the seed of Aaron the priest”), compare Cohen.


Corn

* As an English surname, from the nouns crane, corn, and quern.
* As a German surname, spelling variant of Korn, meaning "grain."


Pease

A surname originating as an occupation for a seller or grower of peas.


Baring

en-proper noun

Baring (countable and uncountable, plural Barings)


Ervin

English, Irish, and Scottish Gaelic surname, spelling variant of Irvin. Also Americanized from German Erwin.


Sinay

Two main origins:
* A variant of Sinai, a Jewish surname.
* Borrowed from a Mayan language of Guatemala, apparently from Proto-Mayan *sihnaʼng (“scorpion”).


Vajda

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


Langmuir

Scottish; see lang (“long”), muir (“moor”).


Aversa

Aversa (countable and uncountable, plural Aversas)


Dutton

Dutton (countable and uncountable, plural Duttons)

The village in Cheshire is from Old English dūn (“hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), while the civil parish in Lancashire is from the Old English personal name Dudda + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Pocock

A surname transferred from the nickname.


Murph

A surname. A diminutive of the surname Murphy.


Hara

Multiple origins, including Japanese 原 (Hara).


Mountain

Mountain (countable and uncountable, plural Mountains)


Kindred

Named after local businessman William S. Kindred.


Custer

Custer (countable and uncountable, plural Custers)

(countable) A surname. occupational name from Old French coustier (masculine) coustiere (feminine) for a maker of feather beds or cushions.


Oakes

Oakes (countable and uncountable, plural Oakeses)

From the plural of oak. The surname could also derived from a partial translation of the Irish surname Mac Dubhdara (“son of Dubhdara”), a personal name composed of the elements dubh (“black”) and darach, genitive of dair (“oak”).


Fountain

Fountain (countable and uncountable, plural Fountains)

Topographic surname for someone who lived near a fountain, spring or well.


Upham

Upham (countable and uncountable, plural Uphams)

From Old English upp (“upper”) + hām (“homestead”).
The civil parish in New Brunswick is named after Loyalist military officer and politician Joshua Upham (1741 - 1808).


Lowry

* As an Irish surname, from Ó Labhradha. See Lavery and compare McClory.
* As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Laury, Lawrie.
Also compare Lowery.

A surname transferred from the given name.


Mazarin

A surname, anglicised version of Mazarrino


Mellon

* As a Northern Irish surname, from Ó Mealláin, a name formed from a diminutive of meall (“pleasant”).
* As an English surname, of Norman origin, from Meulan in Seine-et-Oise.
* As a Dutch surname, named after a place name Millun bij Keulen.


Kennard

Kennard (countable and uncountable, plural Kennards)


Pickford

Pickford (countable and uncountable, plural Pickfords)


Ney

* As an English surname, variant of Nye.
* As a Scottish Gaelic and Irish surname, from the source of McNee.
* As a north German and Jewish surname, variant of Neu. Sometimes shortened from Neuberger.


Stowe

From Middle English stowe, from Old English stōw (“place”).


Heaton

Heaton (countable and uncountable, plural Heatons)

From Old English hēah (“high”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Pueblo

Pueblo (countable and uncountable, plural Pueblos)


Hamlin

Hamlin (countable and uncountable, plural Hamlins)

From the Anglo-Norman personal name Hamlin, a double diminutive of Old French Haimon.


Nalbandyan

Borrowed from Armenian Նալբանդյան (Nalbandyan).


Odajyan

Borrowed from Armenian Օդաջյան (Ōdaǰyan).


Devejyan

Borrowed from Armenian Դևեջյան (Deweǰyan).


Dolmayan

Borrowed from Armenian Դոլմայան (Dolmayan).


Tankyan

From Armenian Թանկյան (Tʻankyan), Թանգյան (Tʻangyan).


Agassi

Andre Agassi


Aznavour

/ˌɑːznəˈvʊɚ/

From French Aznavour, an adaptation of Armenian Ազնավուրյան (Aznavuryan).

A surname from French [in turn from Armenian].


Lamar

From a placename in Normandy, which was derived from Old French la mare (“the pool”).


Ax

From the German surname, spelling variant of Axt.


Nail

From nail, hence a metonymic occupational surname for a maker of nails, or a nickname for a tall and slender person.


Boas

From the Biblical personal name Boaz, which is from Hebrew בֹּעַז (Bōʿaz).


Mainwaring

→ Translingual: Mainwaringia

English habitational surname of Norman origin, from a lost place in Normandy.


Thorndyke

A surname, alternative form of Thorndike


Dalrymple

en-proper noun

Dalrymple (countable and uncountable, plural Dalrymples)

From Scottish Gaelic dail (“field, meadow”) + an unexplained second element.


Whittier

Whittier (countable and uncountable, plural Whittiers)

From whityer (“a whiter, whitester”, occupational name).


Bathurst

→ French: Bathurst

Bathurst
Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst

The city in New Brunswick is named after Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (1762 - 1834).


Greeley

Greeley (countable and uncountable, plural Greeleys)

Nickname for someone with a pock-marked face, from Old French greslé (“pitted, scarred”).


Fremont

Fremont (countable and uncountable, plural Fremonts)

(countable) A surname from French, anglicisation of Frémont


Dyck

From the Dutch surname, from the noun dijk (“dike”). Compare Dyke.


Stanbury

Stanbury (countable and uncountable, plural Stanburys)

From Old English stān (“stone”) + -bury.

A habitational surname from Old English.


Jervis

A spelling variant of Jarvis, from Gervase.


Dantes

Borrowed from Galician and Portuguese Dantes, probably a variant spelling of Dantas, a habitational surname. This surname is mostly found in the Philippines.


Cornell

From Cornwall, spelling conflated with the Latin family name Cornelius.


Sandford

From Old English sand (“sand”) + ford (“ford”).


Fleetwood

From Old English flēot (“pool, stream”) + wood.


Lathrop

Lathrop (countable and uncountable, plural Lathrops)


Macleod

Macleod (countable and uncountable, plural Macleods)

Anglicization of various Irish or Scottish Gaelic surnames. In Canada, the surname is also used as a common Anglicization of Cree ᒪᐦᑭᔪᐠ (mahkiyok, “the big one”) according to records of Scottish missionaries.
* (town in Alberta): see entry for Fort Macleod.

(countable) A surname from Irish, A surname from Scottish Gaelic, A surname from Cree


Sowerby

Sowerby (countable and uncountable, plural Sowerbys)

From Old Norse saurr (“mud, dirt, sour ground”) + bý (“farmstead”).

der

(countable) A habitational surname from Old Norse.


Mather

A surname originating as an occupation for someone who mowed hay.


Borgia

Borrowed from Italian Borgia, from Spanish Borja.

A surname. Famously borne by the House of Borgia, a prominent family during the Renaissance.


Rishi

From Sanskrit ऋषि (ṛṣi, “rishi, sage”), via New Indo-Aryan languages, such as Punjabi ਰਿਸ਼ੀ (riśī). Compare rishi.

en:Rishi (disambiguation)
en:Rishi (given name)
en:Rishi (surname)


Wingate

en-proper noun

Wingate (countable and uncountable, plural Wingates)

From Old English wind (“wind”) + ġeat (“gate”).

(countable) A habitational surname from Old English.


Walden

From Old English walh (“Welshman”), genitive plural wala + denu (“valley”).


Fairfield

Fairfield (countable and uncountable, plural Fairfields)

From Old English fæġer (“beautiful, fair”) + feld (“field”).


Grafton

Grafton (countable and uncountable, plural Graftons)

From Old English grāf (“grove”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Simmer

Borrowed from German Simmer or a variant of Summer.

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


Acemoglu

Borrowed from Turkish Acemoğlu, a Turkification of Armenian Աճեմյան (Ačemyan).

Daron Acemoğlu

A Turkicized Armenian surname from Armenian.


Worth

Worth (countable and uncountable, plural Worths)


Murdoch

Unknown, but possibly from Scottish Gaelic muir (“sea”), or from muireach (“mariner”); or from descendants of Clan Macpherson, also titled "Clann Mhuirich" indicating descent from "Mhuirich the Parson"; or from descendants of legendary bard Muiredach O Daly.

A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.


Pride

Two main origins:
* A nickname from Welsh prid (“precious, dear”).
* From pride, a nickname for a vain or haughty person.


Goya

Borrowed from Spanish Goya, from Basque Goia.


Medeiros

Medeiros (countable and uncountable, plural Medeiroses)

Borrowed from Galician and Portuguese Medeiros.


Barroso

Borrowed from Galician and Portuguese Barroso, a topographic surname for someone who lived in a muddy and loamy area, from barroso (“muddy”).


Sabino

Borrowed from Italian, Spanish and Portuguese Sabino.


Quintana

en-proper-noun

Quintana (countable and uncountable, plural Quintanas)

From Romance (Spanish Quintana and Portuguese Quintana).


Cerrito

Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Cerrito.


Minas

Two main origins for the surname:
* Borrowed from Greek Μηνάς (Minás), a patronymic surname.
* Borrowed from Spanish Minas or Miñas.
The given name is from Greek Μηνάς (Minás) and Armenian Մինաս (Minas).


Gonzaga

From Romance (Portuguese Gonzaga Spanish Gonzaga, Italian Gonzaga) and Philippine (Cebuano Gonzaga, Tagalog Gonzaga).
Originally from Italian Gonzaga, the name of the ruling family of Mantua. This surname is now predominantly found in Brazil. The Portuguese and Philippine name originates from Spanish. The Spanish name originates from Italian.

gloss

A surname.
A surname from the Romance languages.
A surname from Italian.

A surname.
A surname from the Romance languages.
A surname from Spanish.

A surname.
A surname from the Romance languages.
A surname from Portuguese.

A surname from the Philippine languages.


Prado

Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Prado.


Rye

* As an English surname, variant of Rea.
* Also as an English surname, from the noun rye.
* As a Norwegian surname, from several farmsteads whose name derive from Old Norse rjóðr (“forest clearing”); see the verb ryðja (“to clear”).
* As a Danish surname, from the town Ry in Skanderbord.
* The town in England is perhaps derived from Old English riþ (“river, stream”).

River Rye, Yorkshire
Rye (disambiguation)
Rye, East Sussex
Rye, New York


Healy

en-proper noun

Healy (countable and uncountable, plural Healys)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hÉilidhe (“descendant of the claimant”), from éilidhe (“claimant”), or from Irish Ó hÉalaighthe (“descendant of Éaladhach”), a personal name from ealadhach (“ingenious”).


Ducati

From Italian Ducati, from ducato (“ducat”)
* (motorcycle): Named after the company founder, Antonio Cavalieri Ducati.

A surname from Italian, equivalent to English Ducat.


Rainier

en-proper noun

Rainier (countable and uncountable, plural Rainiers)

Borrowed from French Rainier. The cherry was named after Mount Rainier.


Fujisawa

Borrowed from Japanese 藤沢 (Fujisawa) or 藤澤 (Fujisawa).


Poplar

Poplar (countable and uncountable, plural Poplars)

From poplar, also as a topographic surname for a person who lived by this tree.


Ahmadinejad

/ˌɑːməˈdiːnəʒæd/

/ˌɑːməˈdiːnədʒæd/

From Iranian Persian احمدینژاد (ahmadi-nežâd).

bor

A surname from Persian, notably borne by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad


Khamenei

/ˌkɑːməneɪˈiː/

Borrowed from Persian خامنهای (xâmene-'i).

bor+

A surname from Persian, notably borne by Ali Khamenei.


Khomeini

Borrowed from Persian خمینی (xomeyni), from خمین (xomeyn, “Khomeyn”) + ـی (-i).

A surname from Persian, notably borne by Ruhollah Khomeini.


Roussillon

Borrowed from French Roussillon, from Latin Ruscinō, Ruscinōnem. Compare Catalan Rosselló.


Corbyn

An Anglo-Norman nickname from corb (“crow”), or shortened from the Corbinian, the name of a Frankish eighth-century saint, probably from Latin corvus (“crow, raven”).


Ota

Transliteration of Japanese 大田 (Ōta). The name of the ward of Tokyo comes from the first and last characters of 大森 (Ōmori) and 蒲田 (Kamata), respectively.


Mates

Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Hungarian Mátés, a pet form of the personal name Máté.
* Borrowed from Catalan Mates, from the plural of mata (“scrub”).


McLouth

From the Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, possibly a variant of McLeod.


Hauser

en-proper noun

Hauser (countable and uncountable, plural Hausers)


Firth

Firth (countable and uncountable, plural Firths)

* As an English and Scottish surname, from Old English fyrhþe (“forest”).
* As a Scottish surname, from Firth in Orkney, itself from Old Norse fjǫrðr (“firth”).
* As a Welsh surname, from ffrith, itself borrowed from the first sense.


Rhame

Rhame (countable and uncountable, plural Rhames)


Lansford

Lansford (countable and uncountable, plural Lansfords)

Habitational surname from Old English landscearu (“boundary”) + ford.


Tappen

Tappen (countable and uncountable, plural Tappens)


Deering

Deering (countable and uncountable, plural Deerings)


Grano

Borrowed from Spanish Grano, Italian Grano.


Forman

A surname originating as an occupation, a spelling variant of Foreman.


Nagata

Borrowed from Japanese 永田 (Nagata) or Japanese 長田 (Nagata).


Idle

en-proper-noun

Idle (countable and uncountable, plural Idles)


Cando

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


Brannigan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Branagáin (“descendant of Branagán”), a personal name derived from a hypocoristic form of bran (“raven”).


Epping

en-proper noun

Epping (countable and uncountable, plural Eppings)

From Old English yppe (“upland”) + ing (“meadow”).


Boake

Barcroft Boake
Barcroft Capel Boake
John Boake


Goodenough

From Middle English, from gode (“good”) + ynogh (“enough”). Alternatively from gode (“good”) + knave (“boy, servant”).


Fallas

Two main origins:
* A variant of Fallis, an English surname.
* Borrowed from Spanish Fallas, a surname predominantly found in Costa Rica.


Gorringe

Lt Cdr Henry Honychurch Gorringe (1841–1885), American naval officer famous for successfully completing the removal of Cleopatra’s Needle from Alexandria, Egypt to Central Park, New York City

Lt Gen. Sir George Frederick Gorringe (1868–1945), British field commander active during the Second Anglo-Boer War and the First World War


Renard

Borrowed from French renard (“fox”), or from Old French Renart.


Litchfield

Litchfield (countable and uncountable, plural Litchfields)

From Old English Lyccid, from Common Brittonic, Letocetum, a placename meaning "greywood" + feld (“field”).


Zonaras

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek Ζωνᾰρᾶς (Zōnarâs).

A surname from Byzantine Greek — famously held by:

John Zonaras (fl. 12th C.), Byzantine Constantinopolitan chronicler and theologian


Binns

As he turned a corner he almost collided with Binns and Blotwell, the youngest boys in the school, who were blocking the passage […]

1959, Anthony Buckeridge, Jennings As Usual:


Gandia

Habitational surname borrowed from Catalan Gandia.


Borthwick

Borthwick (countable and uncountable, plural Borthwicks)

From Old English bord (“board”) + wīc (“village”).

A habitational surname from Old English.


Krikorian

From Armenian Գրիգորյան (Grigoryan) (Western Armenian pronunciation).


Wass

Wass (countable and uncountable, plural Wasses)


Quirino

Quirino (countable and uncountable, plural Quirinos)

Borrowed from Spanish Quirino. The province of the Philippines is named after Elpidio Quirino, the sixth president of the Philippines.


Dole

Dole (countable and uncountable, plural Doles)


Langston

From Old English lang (“long, tall”) + stan (“stone”).


Gehrig

From the German and Alemannic German surname, variant of Gehring.


Matsudaira

Staff assistance was provided by Council Director Martin Matsudaira.

1973, Staff writer(s), Report to the Governor on Discrimination Against Asians: Public Hearing Conducted on March 3, 1973, Seattle, Washington, Washington (State). Asian-American Advisory Council, page vi

Zoe Dusanne, one of the area's first gallery owners, took an interest in four of the young Japanese painters -- Nomura, Tsutakawa, Horiuchi and John Matsudaira, a Nisei painter in the area.

1982, Mayumi Tsutakawa and Alan Chong Lau, Turning Shadows Into Light: Art and Culture of the Northwest's Early Asian/Pacific Community, Young Pine Press, page 1901

Kinjiro Matsudaira became the first Japanese American mayor in the United States when the city of Edmonston, Maryland, elected him in 1927.

1996, Yoji Yamaguchi, A Student's Guide to Japanese American Genealogy, Greenwood Publishing Group, page 50:

Hew Choy Leung and Paul Matsudaira were the NUS and MIT coordinators for this joint program.

2016, Lim Hock, Phua Kok Khoo and Tan Bernard, 50 Years of Science in Singapore, World Scientific, page 197


Hosokawa

After two years with the Singapore Herald and the Far Eastern Review in Shanghai, William Hosokawa returned to the United States for a career on western newspapers.

1986, William H. Taft, Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Journalists, Routledge, published 2015, page 294:


Miyamoto

A romanization of Japanese 宮本 or みやもと (Miyamoto, “base, support of the shrine or palace”).


Yamamoto

Borrowed from Japanese 山本 (Yamamoto), meaning "(one who lives at) the base of the mountain(s)" or "(one from) Yamamoto District".

Nolan: You do know Japan have expressed concern?
Douglas: What, the whole country?
Nolan: No, not the whole... Mr Yamamoto.
Douglas: He's important, isn't he?
Nolan: He's the major shareholder.

2008 November 21, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 3, Episode 1

A surname from Japanese, one of the 10 most common in Japan.


Matsushita

en-us-Matsushita from Japan pronunciation (Voice of America).ogg


Fujikawa

To another member of the cast, Salinas-born Jerry Fujikawa, a veteran of the 442nd RCT and a member of the Hollywood Screen Actors Guild (he spoke the only Japanese dialog in "Go For Broke!"), the play is a means of showing Americans the feelings and ways of thinking of Orientals.

1953, Staff writer(s), Scene: The International East-West Magazine, Volumes 5-6, Scene Magazine Incorporated, page 10

On October 2, Hudson and her boyfriend, Danny Fujikawa, welcomed a daughter named Rani.

2019, Jessica Rusick, Kate Hudson: Fashionable Fitness Co-Founder, ABDO, page 26:


Miyagawa

/ˌmiːjəˈɡɑːwə/

Borrowed from Japanese 宮川 (みやがわ, Miyagawa, literally “shrine river”). See also Miyakawa. The surname Miyagawa is mostly found on the Ryukyu islands.


Miyakawa

/ˌmiːjəˈkɑːwə/

From Japanese 宮川 (みやかわ, Miyakawa, literally “shrine river”). See also Miyagawa.


Takeda

Borrowed from Japanese 武田 (たけだ, Takeda, literally “military field”) or 竹田 (たけだ, Takeda, literally “bamboo field”).


Ishii

* (Hopi surname): Borrowed from Hopi.
* (Japanese surname): Borrowed from Japanese 石井 (Ishii).

Lomayumtewa Ishii, b. 1959/60


Okazaki

/ˌəʊkəˈzɑːkɪ/

/ˌɒkəˈzɑːkɪ/

Borrowed from Japanese 岡崎 (おかざき, Okazaki).


Ogata

Borrowed from Japanese 緒方 (Ogata) or Japanese 尾形 (Ogata).


Moriguchi

Tomio Moriguchi, who served as chief executive officer of Uwajimaya, was one of six of her children who held executive positions within the company.

2004, Tina Grant, International directory of company histories, Volume 60, St. James Press, page 314:


Yasuda

Borrowed from Japanese 安田 (Yasuda) or 保田 (Yasuda).


Murasaki

From Japanese. From the Japanese romanization Murasaki (Murasaki), from the Japanese pronunciation むらさき, from the Japanese 村崎.


Takeuchi

Shion Takeuchi, b. 1988


Murakami

Borrowed from Japanese 村上 (Murakami, literally “upper town, upper part of a town”).


Fujiyama

Borrowed from Japanese 藤山 (ふじやま, Fujiyama).

/ˌfuːdʒɪˈjɑːmə/


Goes

Two possible origins:
* Borrowed from Dutch Goes, a habitational surname from a city in the province of Zeeland.
* Borrowed from Portuguese Goes, a habitational surname from any of several places called Góis.


Mori

Borrowed from Japanese 森 (Mori) or 毛利 (Mōri).


Gilroy

en-proper noun

Gilroy (countable and uncountable, plural Gilroys)


Fukuyama

Fukuyama (countable and uncountable, plural Fukuyamas)

Borrowed from Japanese 福山 (ふくやま, Fukuyama, literally “blessing mountain”).


Ourthe

A surname from French [in turn from Occitan].


Dalí

From Catalan Dalí, possibly from dalí (“stick for fording”), from Arabic دَلِيل (dalīl, “sign, guide”).


Booms

Borrowed from Dutch and North German Booms.


Gines

* As a Catalan surname, from the saints' name Ginés. Compare Jines.
* The city in Spain is of unclear origin, but could possibly be a corruption of the source of the saints' name above with an Arabic influence, namely جنة (“garden, paradise”), referring to the Garden of Eden.


Gien

From French, from Late Latin Giomum, probably of Celtic/Gaulish origin, from Proto-Celtic *gyemos *magos (“winter market”).


Niel

# (town): Borrowed from Dutch Niel.
# (surname): Borrowed from French Niel.


Palin

Anglicization of Welsh ap Heilyn (“son of Heilyn”).


De Santis

A surname from Italian, variant of DeSantis


Schiaparelli

en-proper-noun

Schiaparelli (countable and uncountable, plural Schiaparellis)


Picton

en-proper noun

Picton (countable and uncountable, plural Pictons)

From either the Old English personal name Pīca or pīc (“point, peak, pinnacle”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Zika

Borrowed from Czech Zika, a short form of the personal name Zikmund.


Call

* As an Irish surname, shortened from McCall.
* As an English surname, from the noun caul (“kind of headdress or cap”).
* Also as an English surname, from Middle English calwe (“bald”).
* Also as an English surname, from a Middle English derivative of Latin caulae (“sheepfold”).
* As a Catalan surname, from the noun call (“narrow track”), from Latin callis (“path”). Compare Calle.
* As a German surname, Americanized from Koll, Goll.


Galvani

From Italian Galvani, from Galvano + -i (“forming surnames”), from galba (“larva, worm, fatty”), from Gaulish of uncertain meaning. Doublet of Galvano, Galvan, and Galvao.

Luigi Galvani first described galvanism in 1792.


Brunton

en-prop

Brunton (countable and uncountable, plural Bruntons)

From a metathesized form of Old English burna (“stream”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). This surname is also common in Ireland.


Beauregard

/ˈboʊɹəɡɑɹd/


Gucci

en-proper-noun

Gucci (countable and uncountable, plural Guccis)

Borrowed from Italian Gucci. The fashion house is named after its founder, Guccio Gucci.

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Impastato

Borrowed from Italian Impastato, itself from Sicilian mpastatu.

David Impastato, b. 1903

A surname from Italian [in turn from Sicilian].


Bristow

Habitational surname for someone who lived in Bristol.


Lawler

en-proper noun

Lawler (countable and uncountable, plural Lawlers)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Leathlobhair (“descendant of Leathlobhar”), a personal name composed of the elements leath (“half”) + lobar (“leprous; sick”), a nickname for a man of unhealthy constitution.


Chara

en-proper-noun

Chara (countable and uncountable, plural Charas)

(countable) A surname.
A surname from Spanish Chará.

A surname from Slovak Chára or Czech Chára.


Shipman

Either from sheep + man, or from shipman.


Cocker

* As an English surname, from the verb cock (“to fight, wrangle”), itself from the bird. The river in Lancashire is also from the bird.
* Also as an English surname, from the noun cock (sense 3) (“heap of hay”).
* As a German surname, Americanized from Kocher.
* The river in Cumbria is of Brythonic origin, from Proto-Brythonic *kukrā (“the crooked one”).


Nemeth

From Hungarian Németh, from német (“German”). The system of braille is named for Abraham Nemeth.


Lindelöf

From Swedish Lindelöf Literally, “lime tree leaf”.

Alternative form of Lindelof: A surname from Swedish.


Lattimore

From Vulgar Latin *latimarus (“translator, interpreter”), from Latin lătīnārius (“interpreter; Latinophone”).


Latimer

en-proper noun

Latimer (countable and uncountable, plural Latimers)

From latimer (“interpreter, speaker of Latin”), q.v. The village was named after a landowner with this name.


Tame

English surname, from the adjective Middle English tame as a nickname, and in some cases a habitational surname from Thame in Oxfordshire.

A surname transferred from the nickname.


Hare

* As an Irish surname, from ó hír (“descendant of Ír”), a personal name related to Old Irish sír (“long-lasting”).
* Also as an Irish surname, from ó Haichir (“descendant of Aichear”), from aichear (“sharp”).
* As an English surname, from the noun hare, originally as a nickname.
* Also as an English surname, from Ayre.
* Also as an English surname, from the obsolete Old English hær (“stone”).
* Also as an English surname, variant of Hair.
* As a French surname, from the verb harer (“to stir up, excite”), from Old French harier, from Frankish *hariōn, from Proto-Germanic *harjōną (“to devastate, lay waste”).
* As a German surname, variant of Harr.


Kirkhill

Equivalent to kirk with hill. Compare Churchhill.


McKittrick

en-proper noun

McKittrick (countable and uncountable, plural McKittricks)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Northern Irish Mac Shitrig, a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Sigtryggr, which is composed of the elements sigr (“victory”) and tryggr (“true”).


MacGregor

MacGregor (countable and uncountable, plural MacGregors)

From Scottish Gaelic MacGriogair (“son of gregory”).


Noto

Borrowed from Italian Noto, italianization of Sicilian Notu.


Archuleta

Borrowed from Spanish Archuleta, from Basque Aretxuloeta.


Settle

en-proper noun

Settle (countable and uncountable, plural Settles)

From Old English setl (“sitting, residence”).


Constable

An English surname originating as an occupation from Old French conestable (“constable”).


Gara

Various origins:
* Borrowed from Hungarian Gara, a variant of Garay.
* Reduced form of O' Gara, a surname of Irish origin.


Broaden

Perhaps a topographic surname for someone who lived in a broad valley, from Old English brād (“broad”) + dene (“valley”). Alternatively, it could be a variant of the surname Braden.


Galla

* As a Polish, Czech, and Slovak surname, from a personal name derived from Latin Gallus, Gaulus (“a Gaul”), also see Gall.
* As an Italian surname, from gallo (“rooster”), or from Medieval Latin galla (“oak apple”), or a spelling variant of Calla, Cala.
* As an Arabic and Muslim surname, spelling variant of Kalla.


Langford

Langford (countable and uncountable, plural Langfords)

Two main origins:
* From Old English lang (“long”) + ford (“ford”).
* The village in Nottinghamshire derives from the Old English personal name Landa + ford.


Doland

Doland (countable and uncountable, plural Dolands)


Turton

en-prop

Turton (countable and uncountable, plural Turtons)

Habitational surname from a historical area in Lancashire, from Old Norse Þórr (“Thor”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Redfield

A Scottish habitational surname from Old English, from Middle Scots reid (“reed”) + fuyrd (“ford”), later influenced by red + field.


Egan

en-proper noun

Egan (countable and uncountable, plural Egans)

From Irish Ó hAodhagáin, literally, “descendant of Aodhagán”, from Old Irish Áedacán, from Áed + -acán, from áed (“fire”).


Kilgore

Kilgore (countable and uncountable, plural Kilgores)


Corona

All ultimately from Latin corōna (“crown”).
* (Corona, California): From Spanish corona (“crown, wreath”), chosen to play upon a unique feature of the city, the one-mile diameter drive that circled the center of the town.
* (Corona, New Mexico):
* (Corona, South Dakota): May be a transfer from Corona, Queens.
* (Corona, Queens): One theory is that it was renamed by music producer Benjamin W. Hitchcock, a developer who renamed the area in 1872 and sold off land for residential development. Another theory is that real estate developer Thomas Waite Howard, who became the first postmaster in 1872, petitioned to have the post office name changed to Corona in 1870, suggesting that it was the “crown of Queens County”. A third theory is that it is derived from the crown used as an emblem by the Crown Building Company, which is said to have developed the area. The Italian immigrants who moved into the new housing stock referred to the neighborhood by Italian corona or Spanish corona (“crown”).
* (surname): 1. From Spanish corona and Italian corona (“crown”), perhaps applied as a habitational name for someone who lived in a house with this sign, or as a nickname for someone who had a tonsure in fulfillment of a religious vow or who had influence and power. 2. From Italian Corona, a female given name, of the same derivation.
* (given name): From Late Latin Corōna, meaning “crown”.
* (beer): From Spanish corona (“crown”).
* (coronavirus): Clipping of coronavirus, from corona + virus.
* (cigar): From Spanish La Corona (literally “The Crown”), the name of a brand.

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“I’m sure their sales are going to be high,” Mayor Daniel Corona told FOX 13 after the vote, adding: “Pun not intended.” / Corona has argued that recreational marijuana would benefit the community, bringing with it 38 jobs and more visitors.

2018 November 20, “‘Sales are going to be high’: West Wendover approves the sale of recreational marijuana”, in The Salt Lake Tribune:


Macclesfield

From the Old English name Maccel, hence meaning field of Maccel. The Domesday Book records the name of Maclesfeld.


Natsvlishvili

From Georgian ნაცვლიშვილი (nacvlišvili).


Gwynn

en-prop

Gwynn (countable and uncountable, plural Gwynns)


Gwynne

Gwynne (countable and uncountable, plural Gwynnes)


Rattray

From Pictish, probably equivalent to Welsh rhawdd (“fortress”) + tref (“village”).

A Scottish habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic from the place name.


Drinkwater

From drink + water, a nickname given to a pauper or miser, unable or unwilling to afford beer; or alternatively, a nickname given to an innkeeper or a noted tippler.


Chilwell

en-proper noun

Chilwell (countable and uncountable, plural Chilwells)


Blackett

Blackett (countable and uncountable, plural Blacketts)

A diminutive of the surname Black or a topographic surname for someone who lived by a dark headland, from Middle English blak (“black”) + heaved (“head”).


Shanahan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Seanacháin.


Moog

Borrowed from Alsatian Alemannic German Moog, from Middle German Maag, Mage.


Kirsanov

Borrowed from Russian Кирса́нов (Kirsánov).


Ponte

Borrowed from Portuguese, Galician and Italian Ponte.


Theron

From Occitan toponyms derived from Latin torus, thorus (“embankment, elevation”), from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to extend, to stretch out”).
 Made known in the Afrikaans form by the below actress.


Steiger

* As a German surname, variant of Steger.
* Also as a German occupational surname for a foreman or mine inspector, and for someone who lived near a steep road, from Steiger (“foreman”, literally “one who ascends”) (see below).
* Also as a German surname, from the placename Steige in Alsace or Steige in Baden-Württemberg, these names themselves related to the word meaning to climb or ascend.


Chio

From Cantonese 昭 (ciu1). This surname is mostly found in Macau.


Kark

Borrowed from German Kark, variant of Kirch.


Eagan

en-proper noun

Eagan (countable and uncountable, plural Eagans)


Coates

Coates (countable and uncountable, plural Coates or Coateses)


Pilkington

English habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from the Old English personal name Pīleca + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Mancha

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


Costa

From Romance (from Portuguese Costa, Galician Costa, Spanish Costa, Catalan Costa, Occitan Costa, French Costa, Italian Costa), from Latin costa.

gloss

A surname from the Romance languages.
A surname from Italian.

A surname from the Romance languages.
A surname from Galician.

A surname from the Romance languages.
A surname from French.
A surname from Occitan.

A surname from the Romance languages.
A surname from Spanish.
A Catalonian surname from Catalan.

A surname from the Romance languages.
A surname from Portuguese.


Watford

en-proper noun

Watford (countable and uncountable, plural Watfords)

From either Old English wæt (“wet”) or wāþ (“hunting, chase”) + ford (“ford”).

A habitational surname from Old English.


Ledder

English surname, from a derivative of lead. Also a variant of Leader.

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


Dinklage

/ˈdɪŋklɪd͡ʒ/


Rolfe

English surname, spelling variant of Rolf.


Davutoğlu

Unadapted borrowing from Turkish Davutoğlu.


Galsworthy

Habitational surname from a minor place in Devonshire, from Old English gagel (“sweet gale, bog myrtle”) + -worthy, a toponymic suffix deriving from Old English worþ (“enclosure”).


Oller

Two main origins:
* Borrowed from German Öller, a variant of Öhler or Euler.
* Borrowed from Catalan Oller, an occupational surname for a potter, from Latin ollārius (“potter”).


Blank

* As a Dutch and German surname, from the adjective blank (“shining, pale, white”).
* As an English and Jewish surname, spelling variant of Blanc, Blanck.

The same preoccupation with developing a conceptual framework is evident in David Blank's Venezuela: Politics in a Petroleum Republic, a modified version of Blank's early theses.

1987, Latin American Research Review, page 238:


Chastain

en-proper noun

Chastain (countable and uncountable, plural Chastains)


Ibarra

From Spanish Ibarra, a habitational surname of Basque origin.


Mailer

* As an English surname for an enameler, via Middle English from Old French esmal. Compare Ambler.
* As a Welsh surname, variant of Meylor, from the personal name Meilyr, of Brythonic origin, corresponding to mael (“prince”) + rhi (“king”).


Dalmahoy

The wig is said to have first been worn by a chemist of that name.


Ries

* As a south German and Jewish surname, from the noun Riese (“giant”).
* Also as a German surname, from Middle Low German rīs (“brushwood, twig”), from Old Saxon hrīs.
* Also as a German surname, variant of Reis, Riess.
* As as Welsh surname, variant of Rice.


Bollen

Either a variant of Bullen or borrowed from Dutch and North German Bollen.


Fortune

/ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃən/

The name of the town in Newfoundland is derived from Portuguese fortuna (“luck, fortune”). The name may refer to a fortuitous event that occurred in the nearby bay.


Stockwell

en-proper noun

Stockwell (countable and uncountable, plural Stockwells)

From Old English stocc (“tree trunk, stump”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).


Gable

* As an English surname, related to the noun gable.
* As a German and Jewish surname, Americanized from Gabel. Also see Göbel and Goebel.


Dancer

A Visit from St. Nicholas
Santa Claus's reindeer

From dancer.
(reindeer): First attested in the 1823 poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas”

A surname originating as an occupation for a dancer or acrobat.


Agramonte

Toponymic surname borrowed from Galician Agramonte.

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Galician].


Dasher

* Americanized form of German Dascher.
* Possibly a habitational name from Dasher near Kippen in Stirlingshire.


Troost

Borrowed from Dutch and North German Troost.


Romanoff

Transliteration of Russian Рома́нов (Románov). From Рома́н (Román), from Romance Roman, from Latin Roma (“Rome”), possibly from a name for river (referring to the Tiber).


Carton

The more business he got, the greater his power seemed to grow of getting at its pith and marrow; and however late at night he sat carousing with Sydney Carton, he always had his points at his fingers' ends in the morning.

1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities:


Oganessian

From Russian Оганеся́н (Oganesján), russification of Armenian Հովհաննիսյան (Hovhannisyan).

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Adachi

en-proper noun

Adachi (countable and uncountable, plural Adachis)

Borrowed from Japanese 足立(あだち) (Adachi).


Arakawa

Borrowed from Japanese 荒川 (あらかわ, Arakawa).


Tunstall

Tunstall (countable and uncountable, plural Tunstalls)

From Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”) + steall (“stable”).


McManus

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Mághnais (“son of Magnus”).


Grady

From the Irish surname, from Ó Grádaigh (see O'Grady) or Mag Bhrádaigh (see McGrady).


Honan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hEoghanáin (“descendant of Eoghanán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of Eoghan.


Hawkshaw

Not only has front woman Kirsty Hawkshaw replaced her space-age baldness with a glamorous new look, but the music that fills the act's EastWest album is far more complex and substantial […]

1994, Billboard, volume 106, number 24, page 26:


Cardew

en-proper noun

Cardew (countable and uncountable, plural Cardews)

From Cumbric *cair (“a fort”) + Cumbric *du (“black”).


Aldrin

The astronaut Buzz Aldrin was the second person to walk on the Moon.


Sackville

Sackville (countable and uncountable, plural Sackvilles)

George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville
Sauqueville

From the Norman habitational surname, from the town of Sauqueville, in Normandy.
The town in New Brunswick is named after British politician George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville (1716 - 1785).
The civil parish is named after the town.


Legg

Legg (countable and uncountable, plural Leggs)

English surname, from a nickname derived from leg.


Oropesa

Oropesa (countable and uncountable, plural Oropesas)

Borrowed from Spanish Oropesa. The surname is predominantly found in Cuba and in the Philippines.


Seck

Borrowed from both from Wolof and German Seck.


Duterte

If the "dilawans" are to survive the Duterte administration, goes the thinking, perhaps being in the good graces of PDP-Laban may work in their favor in the long run.

2017 June 14, Mara Cepeda, “Being 'dilawan' in the Duterte-controlled House”, in Rappler:


Wigmore

A habitational surname from the village in Herefordshire.


McGowan

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gobhainn and Irish Mac Gabhann (literally “son of the smith”). Compare Scottish Gaelic gobha (“smith”).


Anstey

en-proper noun

Anstey (countable and uncountable, plural Ansteys)

From Old English ān (“one; a, an”) + stig (“path”). Compare Ansty, which shares the same etymology.

A habitational surname from Old English from the place in Hertfordshire.


Holliday

English surname from the noun holiday. Compare Christmas, and by extension the French surname Noël, Noel.


Swann

Swann (countable and uncountable, plural Swanns)

A surname transferred from the nickname.


Wight

Scottish and English surname, from the noun wight.


Gee

Northern English surname of debated meaning.


Liddell

Liddell (countable and uncountable, plural Liddells)


Bross

From a shortened form of the Latin given name Ambrosius, or from Middle High German brossen (“to sprout, bud”).


Scoville

English surname of Norman origin, from the town of Escoville, in Normandy.


Bonaventure

en-proper noun

Bonaventure (countable and uncountable, plural Bonaventures)

A surname transferred from the given name.


Tinkoff

Borrowed from Russian Тинько́в (Tinʹkóv).


Albright

From Old English Æþelbeorht. Doublet of Albert.


Coulthard

From Middle English colthard (“someone who looks after horses”), from colt (“colt”) + herde (“herdsman”).


Assad

From Arabic الأسد (al-ʔasad, literally “the lion”).

An Arab surname, notably borne by Syrian presidents Hafez al-Assad and Bashar al-Assad.


Sturdy

A nickname from Middle English stourdy (“bold, valiant, reckless”).


Kinloch

Of Scottish origin, from Scottish Gaelic ceann + loch (“head of the loch”).


Petitjean

en-proper noun

Petitjean (countable and uncountable, plural Petitjeans)


Magnussen

Borrowed from Danish and Norwegian Magnussen.


Lapierre

A surname from French, equivalent to English Stone.


Gagnon

Gagnon (countable and uncountable, plural Gagnons)


Laporte

Laporte (countable and uncountable, plural Laportes)


Duckman

Probably from duckman, a dated term for someone who raises duck to produce meat. Compare Duckmanton.


Ericsson

en-proper-noun

Ericsson (countable and uncountable, plural Ericssons)


Birk

From the Anglo-Norman surname, from Old English burh, burg (“fortification, city”).


Houser

Possibly from houser.
* (German): Anglicization of German Hauser


Biles

Uncertain or disputed. Commonly thought to derive from Old English bil (“bladed weapon”), a bill, billhook. Other theories suggest a connection to Old English bile (“beak of a bird”), or from (son of) William.


Ream

From the German surname, Anglicized from Riehm, Röhm, Roehm.


Hounslow

London Borough of Hounslow
Richard Hounslow


Harrow

Harrow School
Harrow, London
London Borough of Harrow

A surname originating as an occupation for a harrower.


Renfro

en-proper noun

Renfro (countable and uncountable, plural Renfros)


Lohan

An anglicization of Irish Ó Leocháin, from Middle Irish uí Leochain, from Old Irish úa Lothcháin.


Drouin

en-proper-noun

Drouin (countable and uncountable, plural Drouins)

From French Drouin, from Norman Drouin, corruption of Derouvin.


Aksu

Borrowed from Uyghur ئاقسۇ (aqsu, literally “white river”), from Chagatai آقسُو (Āqsū), اکسو (Aksū).


Sholto

Thus, although I spoke of Mr. Sholto’s death, I said nothing of the exact manner and method of it. With all my omissions, however, there was enough to startle and amaze them.

1890 February, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “A Break in the Chain”, in The Sign of Four (Standard Library), London: Spencer Blackett […], →OCLC, pages 163–164:


Kook

Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Dutch Kook, an occupational surname for a baker or cook
* Variant spelling of the Korean surname 극 (geuk); compare Kuk.


Jago

From Cornish Jago, from Latin Iācōbus (“James”), from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (ya‘ăqṓḇ, “Jacob”, literally “he will/shall heel”), from עָקֵב (‘āqḗḇ, “heel”) and the Biblical account of the patriarch Jacob's birth in Genesis 25:26. Doublet of Iago, Yago, James, Jacob, Jacques, Diego, Santiago, and San Diego.


Joshi

Borrowed from Hindi जोशी (jośī, “astrologer”), an occupational surname.


Rainey

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Raighne (“descendant of Raighne”), a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Rognvaldr.


Maverick

Likely a Welsh surname, from mawr rwyce, "great hero." Compared to this are the surnames Morris, Morrice, and Maurice. However, alternatively from Hebrew מבריק (maḇərīq, “brilliant, shiny”).


Colgate

en-proper noun

Colgate (countable and uncountable, plural Colgates)

→ Dutch: Colgate

→ Aukan: golugeiti (“toothpaste”)

The toothpaste brand was named after the company founder, William Colgate. The surname derives from the place name, which is probably from Old English col (“coal”) and ġeat (“gate”).
The Philippine sense is a genericized trademark from the toothpaste brand, Colgate. Compare Cebuano kulgit.

Colgate (name)
Colgate (toothpaste)
Colgate, West Sussex

Poirot's lips moved. Inspector Colgate leaned forward. Poirot was murmuring, "It's so difficult to know which pieces are part of the fur rug and which are the cat's tail."

1941, Agatha Christie, Evil Under the Sun:


Hyer

Americanized spelling of German Heier, Hayer or Heyer.