Keeper

An English surname originating as an occupation for the keeper of a castle.


Yarwood

Two main origins:
* Habitational surname from a place in Cheshire, from Old English earn (“eagle”) + wudu (“wood”).
* Anglicized form of the Welsh personal name Iorwerth, composed by the elements ior (“lord”) + berth (“handsome”).


Pininfarina

From Italian Pininfarina, from Piedmontese Pininfarina.


Chiswick

en-proper noun

Chiswick (countable and uncountable, plural Chiswicks)

From Old English ċīese (“cheese”) + wīc (“village”); equivalent to cheese + -wick.

(countable) A habitational surname from Old English.


Happy

Happy (countable and uncountable, plural Happys)

A surname transferred from the nickname.


Mitsui

Borrowed from Japanese 三井 (Mitsui) or Japanese 光井 (Mitsui).


Scaramucci

Anthony Scaramucci
White House Director of Communications

Borrowed from Italian Scaramucci, the measurement comes from Anthony Scaramucci's short time as White House Director of Communications.


O'Neil

A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], a variant of O'Neill.


Aerts

Borrowed from Dutch Aerts, a particularly common surname in Belgium.


Versluis

Borrowed from Dutch Versluis, contraction of van der Sluis.


Wiegers

Borrowed from Dutch and North German Wiegers.


Helper

A surname; variant of Halpern or Helfer.


Faas

Borrowed from Dutch Faas or German Faas.


Owenby

Habitational surname from various places in Lincolnshire named with the Old Norse personal name Auðun + býr (“settlement”).


Spinola

Borrowed from Italian Spinola, but also from Portuguese Spínola.


Skripal

Transliteration of Russian Скрипа́ль (Skripálʹ), from Ukrainian скрипаль (skrypalʹ, “violinist, fiddler”).


Docker

Probably from Old Norse dǫkk (“hollow”) + erg (“hill-pasture”).

An English habitational surname from Old Norse.


Di Pietro

en-proper-noun

Di Pietro (plural Di Pietros or Di Pietroes)

Di Pietros (plural)
Di Pietroes (plural)


Bartella

See Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܒܲܪܛܸܠܵܐ (barṭillā).


Scharnhorst

en-proper noun

Scharnhorst (countable and uncountable, plural Scharnhorsts)

From German Scharnhorst, from Low German Scharnhorst, from Middle Low German Scharnhorst, from scharn (“dirty, damp”) + horst (“wooded hill”), from Old Saxon *skarn + hurst, from Proto-Germanic *skarną + *hursti.

A habitational surname from German, borne by a famous 19th-century Prussian general and military theoreticist.


Kien

Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Vietnamese Kiến.
* Borrowed from Dutch and German Kien, a variant of Kuhn.


Reiger

Borrowed from German Reiger or a reduced form of Dutch de Reiger.


Gubbins

Patronymic surname from a variant of the personal name Gibbon.


Yoxall

From Old English ġeoces halh (yoke's nook).


Ackworth

Ackworth (countable and uncountable, plural Ackworths)

From the Old English personal name Acca + worþ (“enclosure”).


Pocket

I derived from this speech that Mr. Herbert Pocket (for Herbert was the pale young gentleman's name) still rather confounded his intention with his execution.

1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, “[HTTPS://EN.WIKISOURCE.ORG/WIKI/GREAT_EXPECTATIONS/CHAPTER_XXII CHAPTER 22]”, in Great Expectations […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC:

Pollyanna Pocket was small, with long floppy ears and a tail that coiled upwards in a little ringlet. She was a bouncy, happy young dog, who frolicked all day


Sorbon

A habitational surname from French, derived from the village.


Dodds

From Dodd + -s (“patronymic suffix”). From Middle English Dodd.


Pareto

A surname from Itanian, notably held by Vilfredo Pareto.


Van Ingen

(anthroponymy) A habitational surname from Dutch. of Dutch origin


Ingen

A surname, transferred from the placename.

(anthroponymy) A surname from Dutch.
Ellipsis of Van Ingen.


Fresnel

A surname from French, notably held by Augustin-Jean Fresnel.


Eighteen

Derived from place names such as Ayton, Eaton, and Eton.


Spong

Various origins:
* English topographic surname from Middle English spong (“narrow strip of land”).
* Borrowed from Swedish Spong, an ornamental surname from spång (“footbridge, plank”).


Cockcroft

Topographic surname from Old English cocc (“cock, rooster”) + croft (“enclosed field”).


McGreevy

* Irish surname, from mac Giolla Rua (“son of the red-haired youth”).
* Also as an Irish surname, from mac Riabhaigh (“son of the brindled”), from riabhach (“brindled”). See also Creevy, Reavey.


Carthew

From Cornish ker (“fort”) + du (“black”), a topographic or habitational surname.


Saussure

From the French surname of Norman origin, from Saussay, Eure-et-Loir in France. This placename is from Medieval Latin Salcetum, from earlier Salictum, from earlier Salcidum, a suffixed form of Latin salix (“willow”), common in placenames.


Ormerod

Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from the Old Norse personal name Ormr + Old English rōd (“cross; a measure of land area”).


Askari

Borrowed from Arabic عَسْكَرِيّ (ʕaskariyy, “soldier, policeman”).


Madrecha

A surname from Hindi, usually found among Jains of Rajasthan state in India


Ditmars

en-proper noun

Ditmars (countable and uncountable, plural Ditmarses)

Patronymic surname, from German Dittmar + -s. The neighbourhood in Astoria is named from Ditmars Boulevard, named in honor of Raymond Ditmars.


Ter-Petrosyan

From Armenian Տեր-Պետրոսյան (Ter-Petrosyan).

bor

Տեր-Պետրոսյան


Sideris

Borrowed from Greek Σιδέρης (Sidéris), occupational surname for an ironsmith.


Enderby

en-proper noun

Enderby (countable and uncountable, plural Enderbys)

From the Old Norse personal name Eindrithi + bý (“farmstead; village”).

(countable) A habitational surname from Old Norse.


Ocasio

Apparently from Spanish ocasión (“time, occasion”), but the meaning as a surname is unexplained.

unk

unexplained


Hin

Borrowed from Khmer. Borrowed also from Dutch Hin.


Altamira

Borrowed from Spanish Altamira, from Galician.

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Galician]


Toogood

Apparently a nickname from too + good, perhaps ironic in application.


McNulty

en-proper noun

McNulty (countable and uncountable, plural McNultys)

Anglicized form of Irish Mac an Ultaigh (“son of the Ulsterman”), from Ultach (“Ulsterman”).


McMurdo

en-prop

McMurdo (countable and uncountable, plural McMurdos)


McMullin

en-proper noun

McMullin (countable and uncountable, plural McMullins)

A surname from Irish, variant of McMillan.


Seif

Two possible origins:
* Borrowed from German Seif, a metonymic occupational surname for a soap-maker, from Seife (“soap”).
* A variant spelling of Saif, an Arabic surname which can be found in both Muslim and Christian communities.


Worst

Borrowed from German Worst, a variant of Wurst.


Rambeau

From French Rambaut surname, from Old French Rainbaut given name, from Proto-West Germanic *raginabalþ.


Androcydes

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀνδροκύδης (Androkúdēs).

Androcide

Any of certain male figures of Ancient Greece


Ardern

Through an array of strategies, gimmicks and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's encouragement through the day, 124,669 shots were administered by late in the day in a country of 4.9 million.
"We set a target for ourselves, Aotearoa, you've done it, but let's keep going," Ardern said, using a Maori name for New Zealand at a vaccination site, according to the Newshub news service. "Let's go for 150 [thousand]. Let's go big or go home."

2021 October 16, Lidia Kelly, “New Zealand vaccinates 2.5% of its people in a day in drive to live with COVID-19”, in William Mallard, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2021-10-16, Asia Pacific:


Cadbury

From personal name Cada + Old English byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”), meaning "Cada's fort".


Speke

* As an English surname, variant of Speak, itself a variant of Speake, all related to the placename below.
* The placename is either from Old English spec (“brushwood”) or the obsolete noun speight (“woodpecker”).


Thakuri

From Nepali ठकुरी (ṭhakurī), from Sanskrit ठक्कुर (ṭhakkura, “deity”). Cognate with Hindi ठाकुर (ṭhākur, “master”).


McCrea

McCrea (countable and uncountable, plural McCreas)

A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.


Aldous

Short form of Old English compound given names beginning with the element eald (“old”).

A surname originating as a patronymic or as a matronymic.


Romford

Romford (countable and uncountable, plural Romfords)

From Old English rūm (“broad, spacious”) + ford (“ford”).


McIndoe

Perhaps an Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Iain Duibh.


Buttigieg

→ Russian: Бу́ттиджич (Búttidžič)

Borrowed from Maltese Buttiġieġ, see there for more.

Buttigieg also speaks the language of the tech industry, from “data-driven” to “disruption”. Matt Hartman, a partner at Betaworks Ventures, appreciated how Buttigieg brought that data-driven mindset to municipal matters, such as the South Bend sewer system.

2019 July 30, Julia Carrie Wong, “Young, Ivy League and data-driven: why venture capitalists love Pete Buttigieg”, in The Guardian:

Pete Buttigieg, the U.S. transportation secretary, said that the rerouting would affect the national supply chain.

2024 March 26, Neal E. Boudette, “Automakers Are Rerouting Car Shipments Away From Baltimore”, in The New York Times:

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


Catford

Catford (countable and uncountable, plural Catfords)


Crayford

From Old English Creċġanford, Creċġan ford, Creċċan ford, equivalent to Cray (River) + ford.


Belainsky

From French Belainsky, from Polish Bielański.

A surname from French.; Synonym of Belansky


Roehampton

Roehampton (countable and uncountable, plural Roehamptons)

From Old English hrōc (“rook”) + Hampton.

A habitational surname from Old English.


Gollob

Variant of Golob, from Slovene golob (“pigeon, dove”), from Proto-Slavic *golǫbь.


Sydenham

Sydenham (countable and uncountable, plural Sydenhams)

From Old English sīdan, dative of sīd (“large, spacious, wide”) + hamm (“water meadow”).


Dimitrov

Borrowed from Bulgarian Димитров (Dimitrov).


Hoole

Hoole (countable and uncountable, plural Hooles)


Halfpenny

From halfpenny, a nickname for a tenant.

A surname transferred from the nickname.


Stanmore

Stanmore (countable and uncountable, plural Stanmores)

Recorded as Stanmere in the Domesday Book, the placename is named with Old English stān (“stone”) + mere (“pool”).


Ostrowski

Borrowed from Polish Ostrowski. Compare Ostrow, Ostrowsky, Ostrovsky.


Wanstead

Wanstead (countable and uncountable, plural Wansteads)

Probably from Old English wenn (“wen, cyst”) + stede (“place”), because the place is on rising ground above the River Roding.


Leyton

Leyton (countable and uncountable, plural Leytons)

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


Wallington

en-proper noun

Wallington (countable and uncountable, plural Wallingtons)

From Old English wealh (“foreigner; Briton, Welshman”) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Kasza

Borrowed from Hungarian and Polish Kasza.


Mahindra

Borrowed from Hindi महिंद्रा (mahindrā).


De La Hoya

The name was taken from a place name from La Hoya, Alava, Basque country, Spain.


Plumstead

en-proper noun

Plumstead (countable and uncountable, plural Plumsteads)

From Old English plūme (“plum”) + stede (“place”).


Athanasellis

Borrowed from Greek Αθανασέλλης (Athanaséllis).


Athanaselis

Borrowed from Greek Αθανασέλης (Athanasélis).


Blaby

Blaby (countable and uncountable, plural Blabys)

From the unattested Old Norse personal name *Blár, a byname from blár (“dark”), + bý (“farmstead”).


Wilby

Wilby (countable and uncountable, plural Wilbys)

Various origins:
* The village in Norfolk is named with Old English welig (“willow”) + Old Norse bý (“farmstead”).
* The village in Northamptonshire is named with the Old Norse personal name Villi + bý (“farmstead”).
* The village in Suffolk is named with Old English welig (“willow”) + bēag (“ring, circle”).

(countable) A habitational surname, from any of the three English villages.


Kerguelen

From French Kerguelen, from Breton Kergelen.

(countable) A French surname from Breton.

Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec (13 February 1734 – 3 March 1797) was a French explorer and naval officer.


Chesters

The surname is derived from the town of Chester.


Aghighi

From dialectal Iranian Persian عَقیقی (ağiği), from Classical Persian عقیق ('aqīq, “agate”), and the suffix ـی (-ī).


Portes

Borrowed from Catalan Portes, from portes, plural of porta (“door”).


Jupp

Julian Jupp: 'My, what a lovely craphole you've got. Name's Integration Officer Jupp. But you can call me "my lord" of you like.'

2018, PanicBarn, Not Tonight, No More Robots, via Windows, level/area: 4 January 2018:


Tweet

Americanized spelling of either Norwegian Tveit or North German Twiete.


Gyurcsik

/ˈd͡ʒəɹ.sɪk/


Froehle

A German and Austrian surname from German.


Hattemer

/ˈhæ.təˌməɹ/


Kunes

Variant of Kuhn, from a diminutive of Konrad.


Halvey

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAilmich (“descendant of Ailmhac”), a byname meaning "noble-son".


Schauss

A surname from German of Swabian origin.


Zuczek

From Polish Żuczek, from żuczek (“little beetle”).


O'Rourke

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ruairc (“descendant of Ruarc”), a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Hrórekr (“Roderick”).


Klobuchar

From Slovene Klobučar, from klobučar (“hatter, milliner”), from klobuk (“hat, cap”) + -ar, from Proto-Slavic *klobukъ, from a Turkic language, akin to Proto-Turkic *qalpaq (cf. English calpack).


Zipf

From the German surname, from the noun Zipf (“peak, corner, point”).


Iveson

A surname transferred from the given name.


Rosol

Borrowed from Czech Rosol or Polish Rosół.


Zabka

From a Slavic language, e.g. Czech žabka or Polish żabka.


Rashidi

Borrowed from Arabic رَشِيدِيّ (rašīdiyy).


Moriya

Borrowed from Japanese 森谷 (Moriya) or 守屋 (Moriya).


Okun

Borrowed from Polish Okuń and Russian окунь (okunʹ), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *okunь.


Dalgleish

From Scottish Gaelic dail (“field”) + glas (“green”).


Orban

* As a Hungarian surname, from Hungarian Orbán, from Latin Urbānus.
* As a Walloon (French) and German surname, from a variant of Urbain, from Latin urbānus, the same ultimate source as above.
Doublet of Urban.

A Hungarian ethnic surname from Hungarian.

A surname from Walloon French or German.


Vasconcelos

Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Vasconcelos.


Plotnik

From Russian плотник (plotnik, “carpenter”).


Coba

en-proper noun

Coba (countable and uncountable, plural Cobas)

Borrowed from Galician and Spanish Coba.


Parris

An English surname from the Celtic Parisi tribe of Yorkshire, the name of uncertain origin. Koch proposes derivation from Proto-Celtic *kʷert (“make, cause”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (compare Welsh peri).

An English habitational surname, a variant of Paris.

A French habitational surname, a variant of Paris.


Fidalgo

Borrowed from Portuguese and Galician Fidalgo.


Bettin

Two main origins:
* Borrowed from German Bettin.
* Borrowed from Italian Bettin.


McCambridge

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Ambróis (“son of Ambrose”).


Stanway

en-proper noun

Stanway (countable and uncountable, plural Stanways)


Oyama

Borrowed from Japanese 小山 (Oyama), 尾山 (Oyama) or 大山 (Ōyama).


Koussevitzky

Derived from Russian Кусеви́цкий (Kusevíckij).


Stravinsky

Transliteration of Russian Страви́нский (Stravínskij), from Polish Strawiński, from Polish Strawa, from Lithuanian Strėva (river in Lithuania).

translit

Страви́нский


Murgatroyd

From a place in Yorkshire, Mergret's royd, from Margaret and royd (“a clearing”). The surname is attested (as Mergretrode) in Yorkshire from the 14th century.


Sokolsky

Derived from Russian Соко́льский (Sokólʹskij).


Mushakoji

Borrowed from Japanese 武者小路 (Mushakōji).


Donis

Various origins:
* Borrowed from Catalan Donís, a vernacular form of Dionysius.
* Borrowed from Greek Δώνης (Dónis).


Mebarak

Borrowed from Arabic مبارك (mubārak, “blessed”).


Schurz

en-proper noun

Schurz (countable and uncountable, plural Schurzes)


Gershengorn

/ˈɡɜːɹʃənˌɡɔɹn/

From Russian Гершенгорн (Geršengorn), from German Herschenhorn.


Wywoda

From Czech vývoda or Polish wojewoda, both from Proto-Slavic *vojevoda. Less likely, from wywód.


McCool

McCool (countable and uncountable, plural McCools)


Fruhwirth

From German Frühwirth, a common surname in Austria. From früh (“early”) + Wirth (deprecated spelling of Wirt (host)).


fforde

A variant of Forde/Ford: in some blackletter typefaces, capital F looked like (and was later taken to be) two lowercase fs. Compare ffrench.

[...] his 'crime' was discovered, was summoned to see the headmaster, Sir Arthur fforde. It could potentially have been a flogging offence, but the headmaster, bizarrely, offered him a glass of nonalcoholic sherry. It no doubt helped that fforde, like [...]

2017, Sarah Winterton, The Wintertons Unmuzzled: The Life & Times of Nick & Ann Winterton, Two Westminster Mavericks, Biteback Publishing, →ISBN:


Billups

An English and Welsh surname originating as a patronymic, a variant of Philips.


Handshoe

Handshoe (countable and uncountable, plural Handshoes)


McDougall

McDougall (countable and uncountable, plural McDougalls)

Scottish surname, from Scottish Gaelic Mac Dubhghaill (“son of Dubhghall”), from dubh (“black”) + Gall (“stranger”). Compare Doyle, McDowell.


McClure

en-proper noun

McClure (countable and uncountable, plural McClures)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Uidhir and Irish Mac Giolla Uidhir (“son of the dun lad”), from Mac + gille + uidhir, obsolete form of odhar (“dun; dark”).


Konowal

From a Slavic language, e.g. Ukrainian коновал (konoval) or Polish konował.


Molchan

From Ukrainian Молчан (Molčan), Russian Молчан (Molčan), and Slovak Molčan. Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *mьlčati.


Koltun

From Polish Kołtun or Russian колтун (koltun, “knotty or matted hair”).


Tkac

From Slavic languages (Slovak, Czech, Carpathian Rusyn) meaning "weaver," ultimately from Proto-Slavic *tъkačь. Compare Tkach.


Molson

en-proper noun

Molson (countable and uncountable, plural Molsons)

From Moll + -son, the former element is an old diminutive of Mary related to Molly.


Furuya

Borrowed from Japanese 古谷 (Furuya) or 古屋 (Furuya).


Matsuzaka

Borrowed from Japanese 松阪 (Matsuzaka) or 松坂 (Matsuzaka).


Furubayashi

Borrowed from Japanese 古林 (Furubayashi).


Matsusaka

Borrowed from Japanese 松阪 (Matsusaka) or 松坂 (Matsusaka).


Tomimori

Borrowed from Japanese 冨森 (Tomimori) or 冨盛 (Tomimori).


Tominaga

Borrowed from Japanese 富永 (Tominaga) or 冨永 (Tominaga).


Furuki

Borrowed from Japanese 古木 (Furuki) or 古城 (Furuki).


Furusaka

Borrowed from Japanese 古阪 (Furusaka) or 古坂 (Furusaka).


Tarnovsky

Derived from Russian Тарно́вский (Tarnóvskij).


Bogdanoff

Transliteration of Russian Богда́нов (Bogdánov), Bulgarian Богданов (Bogdanov).


Angelov

Borrowed from Bulgarian Ангелов (Angelov).


Parvanoff

Derived from Bulgarian Първанов (Pǎrvanov).


Angeloff

Derived from Bulgarian Ангелов (Angelov).


Nikoloff

Derived from Bulgarian Николов (Nikolov).

A surname from Bulgarian, variant of Nikolov.


Stoyanov

Borrowed from Bulgarian Стоянов (Stojanov).


Tutino

Borrowed from Italian Tutino, italianized from Sicilian Tutinu. Doublet of Totino.


Dimitroff

Derived from Bulgarian Димитров (Dimitrov).


Georgieff

Derived from Bulgarian Георгиев (Georgiev).


Totino

Borrowed from Italian Totino, italianized from Sicilian Tutinu. Doublet of Tutino.


Kosaka

Borrowed from Japanese 小阪 (Kosaka), 小坂 (Kosaka), 高阪 (Kōsaka) or 高坂 (Kōsaka).


Hristov

Borrowed from Bulgarian Христов (Hristov).


Tarnovski

Borrowed from Bulgarian Търновски (Tǎrnovski).


Popoff

Borrowed from Bulgarian Попов (Popov) or Russian Попо́в (Popóv).


Stefanoff

Derived from Bulgarian Стефанов (Stefanov).


Stefanov

Borrowed from Bulgarian Стефанов (Stefanov).


Stepanoff

Derived from Russian Степа́нов (Stepánov).


Ono

Borrowed from Japanese 小野 (Ono) or 大野 (Ōno).


Ueta

Borrowed from Japanese 上江田 (Ueta), 上田 (Ueta) or 植田 (Ueta).


Milev

Borrowed from Macedonian Ми́лев (Mílev).


Tropea

en-proper noun

Tropea (countable and uncountable, plural Tropeas)


Tamaki

Borrowed from Japanese 玉城 (Tamaki), 玉木 (Tamaki) or たまき (Tamaki).


Ueno

Borrowed from Japanese 上野 (Ueno) or 植野 (Ueno).


Okuma

Borrowed from Japanese 奥間 (Okuma), 大熊 (Ōkuma) or 大隈 (Ōkuma).


Hirota

Borrowed from Japanese 広田 (Hirota) or 弘田 (Hirota).


Kuni

Borrowed from Japanese 国 (Kuni), 久邇 (Kuni) or くに (Kuni).


Hata

Borrowed from Japanese 畑 (Hata), 秦 (Hata), 羽田 (Hata) or はた (Hata).


Hafiz

Borrowed from Arabic حافظ (ḥāfiẓ, “guardian, keeper”). This surname is predominantly found in Pakistan.


Prins

Borrowed from Dutch Prins. Doublet of Prince.


Morozov

Borrowed from Russian Моро́зов (Morózov).


Andreev

Borrowed from Russian Андре́ев (Andréjev).

A male surname from Russian, feminine equivalent Andreeva


Poukh

From Belarusian поўх (poŭx), from Proto-Slavic *pъlxъ. Doublet of Povkh and Povh.


Povh

From Ukrainian повх (povx) or Slovene polh, both from Proto-Slavic *pъlxъ. Compare Povkh and Poukh.


Loboda

From a Slavic language, e.g. Ukrainian лобода (loboda), Slovene loboda, and Polish łoboda, all referring to plants of the genus Atriplex (orach, saltbush).


Bogomaz

From Russian богомаз (bogomaz) or Ukrainian богомаз (bohomaz).


Shapoval

From Ukrainian Шаповал (Šapoval), from Ukrainian шаповал (šapoval, “capmaker”).

Шаповал Шаповал#Ukrainian

A surname from Ukrainian.; A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Шаповал (Šapoval)


Homewood

Homewood (countable and uncountable, plural Homewoods)

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


MacCann

From Scottish Gaelic Mac Cana (“sons of Cana”).


Löffler

A surname from German, variant of Loeffler.


Marsay

* As an English surname, variant of Mercer.
* Also a variant of the placename Mattersey, said to be from the Old English personal name Mǣðhere (compare mǣd (“meadow”), here (“army”)), suffixed with ieg (“island”).


Kullmann

From the German surname, possibly altered from Konrad, and a variant of Kuhlmann.


Radic

From Serbo-Croatian Radić or Slovak Radič.


Purse

A metonymic occupational surname for someone who made bags or purses, from Middle English purse.


Payonk

From Polish Pająk/Pajonk, from Polish pająk (“spider”).


Pavuk

From Slovak pavúk, Belarusian павук (pavuk), or Ukrainian павук (pavuk).


Sartorius

George Rose Sartorius ― (name of a British Navy officer)

Rolf Jacob Sartorius ― (name of an American singer)


Mew

Darren James Mew ― (name of an English record producer)


Kukol

From Slovak Kúkoľ, Belarusian куколь (kukólʹ), or Russian куколь (kukolʹ).


Nansen

A Scandinavian surname. Often refers to Norwegian explorer and diplomat Fridtjof Nansen.


Draganoff

Derived from Bulgarian Драганов (Draganov).


Iskra

Borrowed from Polish and Slovene Iskra, both from iskra (“spark”).


Holota

From Ukrainian голота (holota), Czech holota, or Polish hołota.


Rychly

From Czech rychlý, Slovak rýchly, or Polish rychły (“fast”).


Stiglitz

From German Stieglitz (“goldfinch”), from Old Czech stehlec.


Michelsen

Borrowed from Danish and Norwegian Michelsen.


Braybrooke

en-proper noun

Braybrooke (countable and uncountable, plural Braybrookes)

From Old English brād (“broad”) + brōc (“brook, stream”).

A habitational surname from Old English.


Westinghouse

A surname, notably that of George Westinghouse.


Chapelon

A surname from French from French, notably that of André Chapelon.


Westerham

Westerham (countable and uncountable, plural Westerhams)

From Old English westerne (“western”) + hām (“homestead”).


Trumpeldor

From Hebrew טרוּמְפֶּלְדּוֹר.

uder

טרוּמְפֶּלְדּוֹר

Hebrew טרוּמְפֶּלְדּוֹר


Ghose

Alternative spelling of Ghosh: a surname from Bengali.


Ackroyd

Topographic surname, from Middle English ake (“oak”) + royd (“clearing”).


Priewe

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


Frobel

Germanized variant of a Slavic surname. From a Slavic word meaning "sparrow", e.g. Lower Sorbian wrobel, Upper Sorbian wrobl, or Polish wróbel, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *vorbьľь. Doublet of Wrobel.


Luy

Borrowed from Khmer លុយ (luy). This surname could also derive from Spanish Luy and German Luy.


Huy

Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Vietnamese Huy.
* Borrowed from German Huy.


Vrobel

From a Slavic word meaning "sparrow", e.g. dialectal Czech or Slovak vrobel or vrobeľ, Lower Sorbian wrobel, Upper Sorbian wrobl, or Polish wróbel, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *vorbьľь.


Vrubel

From Polish wróbel or dialectal Czech or Slovak vrubel or vrúbel, all meaning sparrow. Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *vorbьľь.


Kashuba

From Polish Kaszuba (“Kashubian”), or surnames of the same origin, e.g. Russian Кашуба (Kašuba) or Lithuanian Kašuba.


Brundall

en-proper noun

Brundall (countable and uncountable, plural Brundalls)

From an unclear first element, perhaps Old English brōmig (“broomy, overgrown with broom”), + healh (“nook, corner, angle”).


Livesey

en-prop

Livesey (countable and uncountable, plural Liveseys)

From an unrecorded Old English cognate of Old Norse hlíf (“cover, protection”) + īeġ (“island”).


Bigland

Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from Old Norse bygg (“barley”) + Old English land (“land”).


Uchitel

From Ukrainian учитель (učytelʹ) or Russian учитель (učitelʹ, “teacher”).


Kozuch

Borrowed from Slovak Kožuch or Polish Kożuch.


Coryton

From the surname Cory + -ton (in Cardiff and Essex).


Berrow

en-proper noun

Berrow (countable and uncountable, plural Berrows)

From Old English bearu (“grove”), which is from Proto-Germanic *barwaz (“grove”). Compare Beer (“a village in East Devon”).


Southam

Southam (countable and uncountable, plural Southams)

From Old English sūþ (“south”) + hām (“homestead”).


Copplestone

en-prop

Copplestone (countable and uncountable, plural Copplestones)

Perhaps from Old English copel (“unsteady, rocking”) + stān (“stone”). Alternatively, the first element might be related to Old English copp (“top, summit”), through the adjective coppel (“peaked, rounded”).


Wellesley

→ Fijian: weleti (literally “papaya”), via a ship named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington that first brought this fruit, see etymology there

Fijian: leweti (by metathesis)

Samoan: ʻesi

Tongan: lesi


Boreham

en-proper noun

Boreham (countable and uncountable, plural Borehams)

From Old English bor (“elevated place; hill”) + hām (“village, hamlet”).


Maslow

A shortened variant of Maslowski, from Polish Masłowski.


Hynes

en-proper noun

Hynes (countable and uncountable, plural Hyneses)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Eidhin (“descendant of Eidhin”).


Balcombe

Balcombe (countable and uncountable, plural Balcombes)

Recorded as Baldecombe (1279) and Balecumba (late 11th century). Probably from the Old English personal name Bealda + cumb (“valley”).


Binstead

Binstead (countable and uncountable, plural Binsteads)

From Old English bēan (“bean”) + stede (“stead”); compare the doublet Binsted.


Widdrington

Widdrington (countable and uncountable, plural Widdringtons)

→ Translingual: Widdringtonia

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


Korematsu

The slim young man told Poulsen that his name was Fred Toyosaburo Korematsu. He was a welder and had lived until recently in nearby Oakland, where he had been born in 1919, with his Japanese-born parents and three brothers.

1983, Peter Irons, Justice at War: The Story of the Japanese-American Internment Cases, University of California Press (1993), 93


Hirabayashi

Borrowed from Japanese 平林 (Hirabayashi).

On the morning of May 16, 1942, Gordon Kiyoshi Hirabayashi arrived at the FBI office in Seattle, accompanied by a local lawyer, Arthur Barnett.

1983, Peter Irons, Justice at War: The Story of the Japanese-American Internment Cases, University of California Press, published 1993, pages 87–88:


Varennes

en-proper-noun

Varennes (countable and uncountable, plural Varenneses or Varennes)


Oste

At least partially from French Oste, itself from Occitan Oste.


Huxtable

Habitational surname typical of Devon, from Old English hoc (“hook or spur of land”) + stapol (“post”).

der

Pearson: Fuckin' Huxtables an' shit, man.

2006 Oct. 1, Dennis Lehane, "Refugees", The Wire, 00:36:47

A surname from Old English, now most associated with the upper middle class black family on The Cosby Show.


Carstairs

From Cumbric *cair (“fort”) + Cumbric Tarras, a river name.


Radebaugh

en-proper noun

Radebaugh (countable and uncountable, plural Radebaughs)

Americanized spelling of German Radebach.


DeLeon

A habitational surname from Spanish, from de León (“from the province of León”)


Willmar

A surname, apparently of Belgian and Luxembourgian origin.


Staggers

Jocular modification of Stephen + -ers. See Oxford "-er".


DePaulo

A surname transferred from the given name.


Shelford

From Old English sċeald (“shallow”) + forde (“ford”). Doublet of Scalford and Shalford.


Tugwell

Apparently an occupational nickname for a tucker.


Berrington

Berrington (countable and uncountable, plural Berringtons)

Perhaps from Old English burg (“fortified place, stronghold”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).


Hendy

Nickname for a pleasant and affable man, from Middle English hende (“courteous, kind, gentle”).


Kirkby

en-proper noun

Kirkby (countable and uncountable, plural Kirkbys)

From kirk + -by. From Old Scandinavian / Old Norse kirkja+býr, a village with a church.


Lingwood

Lingwood (countable and uncountable, plural Lingwoods)

From either Old Norse lyng (“heather”) or Old English hlinc (“hill, slope, ridge, bank”) + wudu (“wood”).


Bougainville

en-proper noun

Bougainville (countable and uncountable, plural Bougainvilles)

/ˈbəʊɡənˌvɪl/

Bougainville
Louis Antoine de Bougainville

From French Bougainville
* (placename in Papua): Named for Louis Antoine de Bougainville.


Oulton

Oulton (countable and uncountable, plural Oultons)

Various origins:
* The hamlet in Cumbria derives from the Old English personal name Wulfa + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
* The village in Norfolk derives from the Old Norse personal name Ouðulf + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
* The village in West Yorkshire derives from Old English eald (“old”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Schoeppner

A surname from German, an anglicization of Schöppner.


Goldwyn

From Middle English Goldwyn, Goldwine, from Old English Goldwine (given name), from gold (“gold”) + wine (“friend”).


Kona

A surname from Telugu from Telugu కోన (kōna, “dell, corner, garden”).


Ivatt

And in 1947, LMS Chief Mechanical Engineer George Ivatt spoke about his pioneering diesel for the LMS, 10000.

2019 November 20, Philip Haigh, “A prestigious institution”, in Rail, page 69:


Bulleid

Several senior railway engineers reached the IMechE pinnacle of being appointed president: [...] and Oliver Bulleid (1947).


Gresley

Habitational surname from Church Gresley or Castle Gresley, two villages in Derbyshire, from Old English greōsn (“gravel”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).


Riddles

Robin Riddles was ILocoE president in 1951, the year the first of the BR Standard steam locomotive range he oversaw was built.

2019 November 20, Philip Haigh, “A prestigious institution”, in Rail, page 71, photo caption:


Wolterstorff

A habitational surname from German, a variant of Woltersdorf.


Jaen

en-prop

Jaen (countable and uncountable, plural Jaens)


Pewsey

en-proper noun

Pewsey (countable and uncountable, plural Pewseys)

From the unrecorded Old English personal name *Pefi + -s- + īeġ (“island; well-watered land”).


Bathgate

From Cumbric badd + ceto- (boar wood), recorded as Batket c. 1160.


McNicholas

From the Irish patronymic from the personal name Nicholas.


Golborne

Golborne (countable and uncountable, plural Golbornes)

From Old English golde (“marigold”) + burna (“stream, bourn”).


Dominey

Altered form of German Dominik or Dominick.


Stourton

From rivers by the name of Stour + -ton, except in Leeds.

A habitational surname from Old English from the place names.


Plumpton

Plumpton (countable and uncountable, plural Plumptons)

From Old English plūme (“plum”) + tūn (“settlement, town”). Doublet of Plympton.


Seaforth

en-prop

Seaforth (countable and uncountable, plural Seaforths)


de Bryan

A surname from French. Archaic form of Bryan.


de Brienne

A surname from French. Alternative form of Brienne Obsolete form of Bryan (“de Bryan”).


Thaw

Borrowed from Burmese သော် (sau). It is also an English and Scottish surname, but without a certain origin.


Dalston

en-proper noun

Dalston (countable and uncountable, plural Dalstons)

From either one of the above etymologies.


Lacaille

en-proper-noun

Lacaille (countable and uncountable, plural Lacailles)


Hyacinthe

Borrowed from French Hyacinthe; this surname is predominantly found in Chad and Haiti.


Noyes

A surname originating as a patronymic derived from Noah.


Beeston

en-proper noun

Beeston (countable and uncountable, plural Beestons)

From Middle English Bestone, from Old English *Bēostūn, from bēos (“bentgrass”) (from Proto-West Germanic *beusu (“rush”)) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Batley

Batley (countable and uncountable, plural Batleys)

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


Gulbenkian

From Armenian Գյուլբենկյան (Gyulbenkyan), Կյուլպենկյան (Kyulpenkyan).

bor

Գյուլբենկյան

Calouste Gulbenkian


Farnley

en-proper noun

Farnley (countable and uncountable, plural Farnleys)

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


Whiston

Whiston (countable and uncountable, plural Whistons)

Various origins:
* The villages in Merseyside and South Yorkshire are named from Old English hwīt (“white”) + stān (“stone”).
* The villages in Staffordshire are named from the unattested Old English personal name *Witi + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
* The village in Northamptonshire is probably named from Old English Hwiċċe (“a local tribe”) + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Desborough

Desborough (countable and uncountable, plural Desboroughs)

From the Old English personal name Deor + -s- + burg (“fortress, stronghold”).


Millbrook

Millbrook (countable and uncountable, plural Millbrooks)

From Old English mylen (“mill”) + brōc (“brook, stream”).


Seaford

Seaford (countable and uncountable, plural Seafords)

From Old English sǣ (“sea”) + ford (“ford”); equivalent to sea + ford.


Dun

* As a Scottish surname, from the placename Dun, Angus, itself probably from Scottish Gaelic dùn (“fortress”).
* As an English surname, variant of Dunn.
* As a Dutch surname, from the adjective dun (“thin”).
* As a Chinese surname, Mandarin form of surname 頓／顿 meaning "pause" or 敦 meaning "sincere."


Lean

* As a Scottish Gaelic surname, reduced form of McLean.
* As an English surname, from the adjective lean.
* As a Chinese surname, from 林 (lín) (see Lin).


Carne

en-prop

Carne (countable and uncountable, plural Carnes)

Two main origins:
* As a Cornish surname, from carn (“cairn”), from Proto-Brythonic *karn, from Proto-Celtic *karnos.
* As a French surname, from the noun charnière (“hinge, joint”). Also, from chair (“flesh”).


Girvan

en-proper noun

Girvan (countable and uncountable, plural Girvans)

Anglicisation of Scottish Gaelic Inbhir Gharbhain. Possibly from geàrr (“short”) + abhainn (“river”).
Alternatively, from garbh (“rough”).

A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.


Brinklow

Brinklow (countable and uncountable, plural Brinklows)

From Old English brince (“brink of a hill, steep slope”) + hlǣw (“mountain, hill, mound”).


Saltos

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


Penistone

en-prop

Penistone (countable and uncountable, plural Penistones)

Perhaps from Proto-Brythonic *penn (“head”) + Old English -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). No relation to penis.


Garstang

en-proper noun

Garstang (countable and uncountable, plural Garstangs)

/ˈɡɑː(ɹ)stəŋ/

From Old Norse geirr (“spear, lance”) + stǫng (“staff, pole”).


Ings

Ings (countable and uncountable, plural Ingses)


Kobets

From Belarusian, Russian, or Ukrainian Кобець, from кобец.


Lesnik

From a Slavic language, e.g. from Slovene lešnik, Czech lesník, or Polish leśnik (“forester”). Compare Lessing.


Ocenas

From Slovak Očenáš or Serbo-Croatian Očenaš.


Ocsenas

From Hungarian Ocsenás, from a Slavic language, e.g. Slovak Očenáš or Serbo-Croatian Očenaš.


Beeching

Topographic surname from either Old English bæc (“stream, brook”) or bēċe (“beech”).


Soloway

From Ukrainian соловей (solovej, “nightingale”).


Solovay

From Ukrainian соловей (solovej, “nightingale”) or Russian соловей (solovej, “nightingale”).


Salovei

From Belarusian салавей (salavjej, “nightingale”) or Russian соловей (solovej, “nightingale”).


Bily

From Czech bílý (“white”) or Ukrainian білий (bilyj, “white”).


Slavicek

From Czech slavíček and Slovak sláviček.


Peron

Borrowed from either Spanish Perón or French Péron.


Takacs

From Hungarian Takács, from Hungarian takács, from Proto-Slavic *tъkačь.


Kowall

Variant of Kowal, from Polish kowal (“smith”).


Bucknell

en-proper noun

Bucknell (countable and uncountable, plural Bucknells)

From the genitive form of either the Old English personal name Bucca or bucca (“he-goat”) + hyll (“hill”).


Foxton

Foxton (countable and uncountable, plural Foxtons)

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


Ayton

Ayton (countable and uncountable, plural Aytons)

Probably from Old English ēa (“river”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Zaba

From Polish żaba, Czech žába, or Slovak, Slovene and Serbo-Croatian žaba, all meaning frog.


Wolstenholme

Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from the Old English personal name Wulfstān, which is composed of the elements wulf (“wolf”) and stān (“stone”), + Old Norse holmr (“island”).


Honeybourne

Honeybourne (countable and uncountable, plural Honeybournes)

From Old English huniġ (“honey”) + burna (“stream, brook”).


Menaca

From Spanish Meñaca, from Basque Meñaca, from Basque Meña.


Mitford

From either Old English midd (“middle”) + ford (“ford”), thus "the middle ford", or from Old English (ġe)mȳthe (“a stream junction”) + ford (“ford”), "the meeting ford", to denote the village situated where the rivers Font and Wansbeck meet.


Marchuk

Borrowed from Ukrainian Марчук (Marčuk).


Wortley

en-proper noun

Wortley (countable and uncountable, plural Wortleys)

From Old English wyrt (“plant, vegetable”) + lēah (“wood clearing, glade”). Equivalent to wort + -ley (“lea”).


Corbridge

Corbridge (countable and uncountable, plural Corbridges)

From Old English Corebricg, from a shortened form of Corchester (“a nearby city”) + Old English bryċġ (“bridge”).


Cliffe

en-prop

Cliffe (countable and uncountable, plural Cliffes)


Cocks

en-proper noun

Cocks (countable and uncountable, plural Cockses)


Gatt

Various origins:
* A variant of Galt, a Scottish surname.
* Borrowed from South German Gatt, a short form of a personal name containing Middle High German gate (“companion”); compare modern German Gatte (“husband”).
* Borrowed from Maltese Gatt, which could derive from Italian gatto (“cat”) or be a short form of the personal name Agatha.


Greengrass

From Old English grēne (“green”) + græs (“grass”), probably a toponymic surname for a person living near a grassland.


Wyndham

Wyndham (countable and uncountable, plural Wyndhams)


Shlick

From German Schlick (“silt; mud, slime”), topographic for someone from marshy area.


Rolleston

Rolleston (countable and uncountable, plural Rollestons)

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


Maduro

Borrowed from Spanish Maduro. This surname is mostly found in Curaçao.


Methven

Probably from Pictish [Term?], equivalent to Welsh medd (“mead”) + Welsh maen (“stone”).


Edgcumbe

en-proper noun

Edgcumbe (countable and uncountable, plural Edgcumbes)


Corstorphine

Corstorphine (countable and uncountable, plural Corstorphines)

Perhaps from Scottish Gaelic cros (“cross”) + Torfin, a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Þorfinnr.


St Clair

An abbreviation of Saint Clair, variant of Saint Clare under influence from French Claire, a calque of Latin Sancta Clara (“holy Clara”), chiefly in reference to Italian Chiara Offreduccio, St. Clare of Assisi. The placenames listed below are typically spelt St Clair—abbreviated without punctuation—following Commonwealth practice.

Alternative form of Sinclair, a surname.

Alternative form of Sinclair, a male given name.

An outer suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Likely

Likely (countable and uncountable, plural Likelys)


Roseland

Roseland (countable and uncountable, plural Roselands)

Americanized form of Norwegian Røysland.


McDermitt

McDermitt (countable and uncountable, plural McDermitts)


Denio

Altered form of the French surname Daignault.


Whitehawk

Whitehawk (countable and uncountable, plural Whitehawks)

From white + hawk and white hawk
* (surname): Calque from various Amerind languages


Bezos

As Bezos describes it, AMI threatened to publish the photos if Bezos failed to make a public statement that he had “no knowledge or basis for suggesting that AMI’s coverage was politically motivated or influenced by political forces.”

2019 February 11, Quinta Jurecic, “A Turning Point for Sextortion”, in The Atlantic:

With TikTok's future now increasingly unclear, and Facebook reporting a stronger than expected performance in Q2, Zuckerberg is now a centibillionaire, joining Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates in the $100 billion club, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

2020 August 7, Jason Murdock, “Zuckerberg Becomes Centibillionaire after Trump Threatens TikTok Ban, Instagram Reels Launches”, in Newsweek:


Musk

* English (mainly Suffolk): variant of Must, itself as a surname of English origin from Middle English must (“must (fermenting juice)”).
* English (mainly Suffolk): alternatively perhaps in some cases from Middle English muske (“musk”).
* Americanized form of Dutch Musch, from Middle Dutch mussche (“sparrow”; modern Dutch mus).
* Dutch: nickname or metonymic occupational name from muskus (“musk”).

der

Since the announcement, Musk reposted claims on his social media platform X that $20,000 of American tax dollars are spent on drag shows in Ecuador, $750,000 to operate the fire alarm at the New York Metropolitan Opera House, and $350,000 to develop AI smart toilets.

2024 November 14, Rhian Lubin, “What is DOGE? Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency led by Musk and Ramaswamy”, in The Independent:

Elon Musk (b. 1971), entrepreneur and business magnate.


Turlock

en-proper noun

Turlock (countable and uncountable, plural Turlocks)

From Irish Turlough, from tuar lach, meaning "dry place".


Bystrom

Bystrom (countable and uncountable, plural Bystroms)

Borrowed from Swedish Byström, a compound of by (“village”) + ström (“stream, river”).


Yaxley

Yaxley (countable and uncountable, plural Yaxleys)

From Old English ġēac (“cuckoo”) + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

A habitational surname from Old English.


Conington

Conington (countable and uncountable, plural Coningtons)

From Old English cyning (“king”) + tūn (“enclosure; manor; town”), perhaps under the influence of Old Norse konungs (“king's”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), the source of the placenames Coniston and Coniston Cold. Doublet of Kingstown, Kingston, Kingstone, and Cunnington. Cf. also Kingsville, Kingsburg, Kingsburgh, Coningsby, and Conisbrough.


Bilston

Recorded in the Domesday Book as Billestune, from earlier 10th century Bilsetnatun, Bilsatena.


Herlong

en-proper noun

Herlong (countable and uncountable, plural Herlongs)


Timperley

Timperley (countable and uncountable, plural Timperleys)


McKillop

McKillop (countable and uncountable, plural McKillops)


Dorrington

Dorrington (countable and uncountable, plural Dorringtons)

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


Bygott

Applied by the French to Normans in reference to their swearing Middle English bi God (“by God”); see bigot for more.


Bigott

Sir Francis Bigott displayed his banners in this vicinity, and having collected a great multitude from Settrington and Pickering Lyth, he sent an imperious mandate to the Bailiffs of Scarborough.

1811, Thomas Hinderwell, The History and Antiquities of Scarborough, and the Vicinity, page 60:

Sally was the illegitimate child of Mendrick Simpleton and Barbara “Babs” Bigott, the product of a chance meeting between the two at a Halloween party in 1974.

2012, George Waas, The Great American Short Story, AuthorHouse, →ISBN:


Pulford

Pulford (countable and uncountable, plural Pulfords)

From Old English pōl (“pool, pond”) + ford (“ford”).


Escalon

Escalon (countable and uncountable, plural Escalons)

Borrowed from Spanish Escalón. The surname is predominantly found in Honduras.


Crosse

English and Irish surname, variant of Cross.


Poppleton

Poppleton (countable and uncountable, plural Poppletons)

Habitational surname from the villages of Nether and Upper Poppleton, in North Yorkshire, from Old English popel (“pebble”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Anguish

The given name, most famously borne by the character of King Anguish of Ireland, is thought to be a variant of Aengus/Angus, from Irish. The surname is probably also a variant of Angus.

Edmund Anguish of Somerleighton

1698 December 29, record from Thorington, printed in 1884 Thomas Smythe Hill, The registers of the parish of Thorington, page 56

By request, Mr. Anguish, who is an expert on comb honey, was asked to give some points on its production: Mr. Anguish uses a divisible brood chamber. […]

1907, Canadian Bee Journal, volumes 15-16, page 70:

On motion of Mr. Anguish, the House concurred in the Senate amendments to House Bill No. 115 by the following vote: Those voting yea were: Representatives Adams (Wm. H.), Adamson, Allen, Anderson (W. M.), Anguish, Aspinwall, Atkinson […]

1919, House Journal of the Legislature of the State of Washington, page 548:


Danby

Danby (countable and uncountable, plural Danbys)

From Old English Dene (“Dane”) + Old Norse býr (“farmstead”). Compare the doublet Denby.


Denby

Denby (countable and uncountable, plural Denbys)

From Old English Dene (“Dane”) + Old Norse býr (“farmstead”). Compare the doublet Danby.


Lanfear

A Cornish surname, with the first element being from lan (“church”).


Buckenham

Buckenham (countable and uncountable, plural Buckenhams)

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


Mostyn

Mostyn (countable and uncountable, plural Mostyns)


Blagoyevich

From Serbo-Croatian Blagojević (Благојевић).

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Ditton

en-proper noun

Ditton (countable and uncountable, plural Dittons)

From Old English dīċ (“ditch, trench, moat”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”); compare the doublet Deighton.


Noakes

From Middle English atten oaks (“at the oak trees”).


Halsall

From an Old English personal name, from hæle (“warrior, hero”) + healh (“nook of land”).


Bisley

en-proper noun

Bisley (countable and uncountable, plural Bisleys)

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


Branston

Branston (countable and uncountable, plural Branstons)

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


Croxall

en-proper-noun

Croxall (countable and uncountable, plural Croxalls)


Lemberg

en-proper noun

Lemberg (countable and uncountable, plural Lembergs)


Brabo

Borrowed from Portuguese Brabo, from brabo (“angry, furious”).


Lees

en-prop

Lees (countable and uncountable, plural Leeses)


Wardrop

Metonymic occupational surname for someone who was in charge of the garments worn by a feudal lord and his household.


Winstanley

en-proper noun

Winstanley (countable and uncountable, plural Winstanleys)

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


Hind

From hind, a nickname for a gentle or timid person.

A surname transferred from the nickname.


Woodgate

Woodgate (countable and uncountable, plural Woodgates)


Chagall

“What's tha most monay for a paintin' eva?” ¶ She smiled. “Well, last month I sold a Braque for two million and a Chagall oil for four million. […]”

2014, James A. Levine, Bingo's Run, New York: Spiegel & Grau, page 100:

Images of flying brides, goats, acrobats and musicians recur again and again in the work of Chagall, each time reworked through the colour spectrum in a world at once harmonious and spiritual.

2003 April 23, Sarah Bardem, “The French collections”, in The Guardian:

A surname from French; (art) used specifically of Marc Chagall (1887–1985), a Russian-French artist of Belarusian Jewish origin, renown for his use of colors and as a pioneer of modernism, incorporating elements of symbolism, fauvism, and cubism.


Malenko

From Ukrainian Маленко (Malenko), Russian Маленко (Malenko) or Маленко́ (Malenkó), or Macedonian Маленко (Malenko).


Point

Probably an altered form of French Pons.


Staveley

Staveley (countable and uncountable, plural Staveleys)

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


Kubrick

From Polish kubryk (“ship's forecastle”).


Colwick

Colwick (countable and uncountable, plural Colwicks)

Probably from Old English col (“coal”) + wīc (“abode, dwelling place, village”).


Staplehurst

Staplehurst (countable and uncountable, plural Staplehursts)

From Old English stapol (“post, pillar”) + hyrst (“wooded hillock”).


Knock

(Ireland, Scotland, Cumbria) from Irish cnoc and Scottish Gaelic cnoc


Stroll

Anglicization of Strulovitch, Strulovic, Strulović. From Russian


Dybal

From a Slavic language, e.g. Polish Dybał, from dybać, from Proto-Slavic *dybati, of uncertain origin.


Scholes

en-prop

Scholes (countable and uncountable, plural Scholeses)

Ultimately from Old Norse skáli (“hut, shed”). Doublet of Scales.


Gingras

/ˈd͡ʒiŋɡɹəs/


McNaught

en-proper noun

McNaught (countable and uncountable, plural McNaughts)

From Scottish Gaelic Mac Neachdan.
The comet was named after its discoverer, astronomer Robert H. McNaught, who discovered it in 2006.

West

C/1975 V1 or C 1976 VI or C 1975n; Great Comet of 1976


Bridgen

An occupational surname for a bridgekeeper

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

A toponymic surname for someone from Bruges


Norbury

Norbury (countable and uncountable, plural Norburys)

From Old English norþ (“north”) + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”).


Mildenhall

Mildenhall (countable and uncountable, plural Mildenhalls)

From either the Old English personal name Milda or middel (“middle”) + healh (“nook, corner, angle”).


Fauci

From the Sicilian surname Fauci, a surname derived from fauci (“sickle”).

Dr. Anthony Fauci, national infectious disease guru, is five months my senior, sharp as a tack even under withering political fire;

2021 May 17, Jane E. Brody, “A Birthday Milestone: Turning 80!”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:


Howes

Howes (countable and uncountable, plural Howeses)


Darlaston

From Middle English Derleston, Dorleston; from Old English Dēorlāf + tūn. Doublet of Dalston.


Killick

Possibly an habitational surname from the villages of Kilnwick or Kildwick.


Horley

From Old English horn + lēah (“meadow”); "clearing in a horn-shaped piece of land".


Quarmby

Quarmby (countable and uncountable, plural Quarmbys)

From Old Norse kvern (“millstone; quern, handmill”) + býr (“farmstead”).


de Stafford

From Middle English de Stafford, from Anglo-Norman de Stafford, from Middle English Stafford.

Archaic form of Stafford. A habitational surname from Middle English.


Buffett

Apparently from Middle English buffard (“idiot”).


Barwell

From Old English bār (“boar”) + wælla (“spring”).


Issaverdens

From Armenian Իսավերտենց (Isavertencʻ), a variant of Իսավերդյան (Isaverdyan).


de la Pole

From Norman de la Pole, from Middle English Pole.

Archaic form of Pole.; A surname from Norman.


Brumby

en-prop

Brumby (countable and uncountable, plural Brumbys)

From Old Norse brunnr (“water well”)+býr (“farmstead, village”).


Cappe

French: Cappe

* Clipping of Capitofsky.; Anglicization of Capitofsky.
* French Cappé
* Middle English Cappe

A surname, from anglicization of Capitofsky.

A surname from French, from French Cappé


Dinsdale

en-proper noun

Dinsdale (countable and uncountable, plural Dinsdales)

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


Coleshill

Coleshill (countable and uncountable, plural Coleshills)

From an unclear first element + Old English hyll (“hill”).


Battye

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

A surname transferred from the given name.


Malpas

en-prop

Malpas (countable and uncountable, plural Malpases)

From Old French mal (“bad”) + pas (“passage”), because of the difficulty of the terrain.


Acworth

en-proper noun

Acworth (countable and uncountable, plural Acworths)


Deeley

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Duibhghiolla (“descendant of Duibhghiolla”), a personal name composed of the elements dubh (“black”) + giolla (“lad”).


Meitner

From the German surname; after family names became required, Lise Meitner's great-great-grandfather took the surname "Meietheiner" (Meiethein (a village now known as Majetín) + -er) in the late 18th century. It is an indication that the family had lived in it a long time. The surname eventually shortened to "Meitheiner", "Meithner", "Meitner".


Otley

en-proper noun

Otley (countable and uncountable, plural Otleys)

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


Allam

Borrowed from Arabic عَلَّام (ʕallām). This surname is mostly found in Egypt.


Ardley

Ardley (countable and uncountable, plural Ardleys)

From the Old English personal name Eardwulf, which is composed of the elements eard (“homeland; earth”) and wulf (“wolf”), + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).


Eassie

Eassie (countable and uncountable, plural Eassies)


Welbourn

From Old English wella (“spring”) + burna (“stream”).


Gunstone

en-prop

Gunstone (countable and uncountable, plural Gunstones)

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


Youngs

Youngs argues that proactive external projection in the name of certain values is now central to the EU's identity formation.

2006, Hanna Ojanen, “The EU's Responsibility for Global Security and Defence”, in Hartmut Mayer, Henri Vogt, editors, A Responsible Europe?: Ethical Foundations of EU External Affairs, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 51:


Winwick

en-proper noun

Winwick (countable and uncountable, plural Winwicks)

From the Old English personal name Wina + wīc (“village”).


Bowdler

As "de Boelare", the surname dates back to the 11th century, from the name of a town, "Boelare" (now known as "Nederboelare"). Descends from Baldwin de Boelare, who was of a Flemish family and whose surname was variously recorded "de Boulers", "de Boullers", "de Bollers" or "de Bullers" when he came to England, as phonetic variations; this variation appeared later.
Alternatively, from the name of some ancient employment; may be related to buddler.


Sladen

Habitational surname from a minor place in Rochdale, Lancashire, perhaps from Old English slæf (“mud”) + denu (“valley”).


Symonds

An English patronymic surname from the given name Simon.


Starmer

A habitational surname derived from Stermore, a settlement, no longer extant, near Stowe-by-Chartley (Stafford, Staffordshire, England). The first element of the toponym is obscure, but the second element derives from the Old English mōr (“moor, mountain”).


Ashbourne

Ashbourne (countable and uncountable, plural Ashbournes)

From Old English æsċ (“ash-tree”) + burna (“stream”).


Mnuchin

From Russian Менухин (Menuxin)
* (patronymic): From Russian Менахем (Menaxem, “Menachem”) + -ин (-in, “possessive”), from Hebrew מְנַחֵם (Menahem, “a Jewish male given name”)
* (matronymic): From Russian Менуха (Menuxa, “Menucha”) + -ин (-in, “possessive”), from Hebrew מנוחה (Menuha, “a Jewish female given name”)

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

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


Reff

Borrowed from German Reff (“wooden frame”), a metonymic occupational surname for a carrier or peddler.


Redgrave

en-proper noun

Redgrave (countable and uncountable, plural Redgraves)

From Old English hrēod (“reed”) + græf (“grave; trench, ditch”).


Kidner

Apparently from Middle English kidnēre (“kidney”), but the sense is obscure.


McBain

McBain (countable and uncountable, plural McBains)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac a' Ghille Bhàin (“son of the pale or white-haired man”).


Egginton

en-proper noun

Egginton (countable and uncountable, plural Eggintons)

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


Suddaby

From Old English sūþ (“south”) and Old Norse býr (“farm, town”).


Grasse

en-proper-noun

Grasse (countable and uncountable, plural Grasses)

(countable) A habitational surname from French.


Oldfield

en-proper noun

Oldfield (countable and uncountable, plural Oldfields)

From Old English eald (“old”) + feld (“field”).


Warder

Habitational surname, from the village of Wardour, Wiltshire, named with Old English weard (“guard”) + ōra (“bank, slope”).


McCrum

Anglicized form of Northern Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Cruim (“son of the cripple”), from crom (“bent, twisted”).


Chess

The river name is a back-formation from Chesham, a town at the head of the river.


Newlyn

en-proper noun

Newlyn (countable and uncountable, plural Newlyns)

Anglicized form of Cornish Lulyn, a toponym composed of the elements lu (“fleet”) + lynn (“pool”), from Old Cornish *lin, from Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn, from Proto-Celtic *lindom.


Lithgow

Lithgow (countable and uncountable, plural Lithgows)

Scottish habitational surname from the town of Linlithgow, in West Lothian.


Casaubon

Of Gascon/French origin, meaning "good farm".

A surname. Often refers to French intellectual Isaac Casaubon.


Orick

Orick (countable and uncountable, plural Oricks)


Antrobus

Antrobus (countable and uncountable, plural Antrobuses)

Apparently from either:
* "within the woods", from the Norman French Entre-bois. (Eliding the last consonant verbally is only a latter-day variation in French originating in Paris.)
* the Old Norse personal name Eindriði + buski (“bush, thicket”).


Kasu

Borrowed from Telugu కాసు (kāsu, “a coin”).


Thota

Borrowed from Telugu తోట (tōṭa, “garden”).


Sommerfield

Diane Sommerfield
John Sommerfield
Rose Sommerfield
William F. Sommerfield


Gasquet

Borrowed from French Gasquet, itself from Occitan.


Perugu

From Telugu పెరుగు (perugu, “curd, yoghurt; to growth, increase.”).


Dorris

en-proper noun

Dorris (countable and uncountable, plural Dorrises)


Dunsmuir

From Old English personal name Dynn, genitive case Dynnes + Scots muir (“moor”).
Alternatively from either:
# Scottish Gaelic dùn (“fort, fortress”) + muir (“sea, ocean”), 'the fort by the sea'.
# Old Welsh Din Maur (“great fort”).
The collative s in the proposed Celtic sources could come via Scots on analogy with words such as Dunsmore or Dunston, in which cases the -s is a remnant of a genitive case ending.


Pingali

From Sanskrit पिङ्गल (piṅgala, “reddish-brown, tawny, yellow, gold-coloured”).


Kishore

Borrowed from Sanskrit किशोर (kiśora, “a colt; a youth, lad”).


Clarkston

en-proper noun

Clarkston (countable and uncountable, plural Clarkstons)


Vidyarthi

From Sanskrit विद्यार्थिन् (vidyārthin, “desirous of knowledge; a student, pupil.”).

uder

विद्यार्थिन्


Goly

From the Norman surname of Anglo-Norman origin, from Old English and Old French jolif. Also a Polish surname Anglicized from Goły.


Rumsfeld

The truth, in this case, that Rumsfeld was so focused on the plan of attack in Iraq and securing Saddam's overthrow with a lean force, he had no time for any plan for the aftermath.

2006 July 6, Roger Cohen, “Rumsfeld Is Correct - the Truth Will Get Out”, in The New York Times:


Vavilikolanu

From Telugu వావిలికొలను (vāvilikolanu); ultimately from వావిలి (vāvili) + కొలను (kolanu).


Thorley

en-proper noun

Thorley (countable and uncountable, plural Thorleys)

From Old English þorn (“thornbush”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to thorn + -ley (“lea”).


Walkden

Walkden (countable and uncountable, plural Walkdens)

From the Old English personal name Walca + denu (“valley”).


Krcmar

From Czech krčmář, Slovak krčmár, or Serbo-Croatian krčmar. Doublet of Kretschmer.


Shortall

Re-Anglicized form of Irish Soirtéil, a Gaelicized form of an obsolete English surname.


Smid

Borrowed from Dutch Smid or Czech Šmíd. Doublet of Schmidt and Smith.


McNair

McNair (countable and uncountable, plural McNairs)

Various origins:
* Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Iain Uidhir (“son of sallow John”), from the personal name Iain (“John”) and odhar (“dun; sallow”).
* Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac an Oighre (“son of the heir”), from oighre (“heir, inheritor”).
* Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac an Mhaoir (“son of the officer”), from maor (“officer”).


Stableford

en-proper noun

Stableford (countable and uncountable, plural Stablefords)


Miculek

/ˈmɪt͡ʃəlɛk/


Collishaw

Mat Collishaw
Raymond Collishaw
Stephan Collishaw


Swinger

Perhaps an Americanized spelling of German Schwinger or Zwinger.


Offord

Offord (countable and uncountable, plural Offords)

From Old English uppe (“up”) + ford (“ford”).


Laithwaite

From Old Norse hlaða (“barn”) + þveit (“clearing”).


Silverstone

Silverstone (countable and uncountable, plural Silverstones)


McSwain

Probably an Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Suibhne, like McSweeney or a Gaelic patronymic based on Old Norse sveinn (“boy, servant”).


McMichael

McMichael (countable and uncountable, plural McMichaels)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Mìcheil (“son of Michael”).


Wolston

en-proper noun

Wolston (countable and uncountable, plural Wolstons)

Mentioned as Ulvricetone in the Domesday Book, the placename derives from the Old English personal name Wulfrīc + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

R. W. Wolston, of Brixham, was instrumental in obtaining the Act for the railway, which was authorised on July 25, 1864, and held more than 98 per cent. of the shares.

1950 March, “The Why and the Wherefore: Brixham Branch, W.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 216:


Brassington

Brassington (countable and uncountable, plural Brassingtons)

From an unattested Old English personal name Brandsige + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).


Hammerton

Hammerton (countable and uncountable, plural Hammertons)

Recorded as Hambretone in the Domesday Book, 1086. Perhaps from Old English hamor (“hammer-sedge”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).


Stoklosa

Borrowed from Polish Stokłosa, from stokłosa (“brome”).


McNaughton

McNaughton (countable and uncountable, plural McNaughtons)

From the Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, Anglicized form of Mac Neachtain, a patronymic surname from the personal name Neachtan, a name of the god of water in Irish mythology, of uncertain ultimate origin; see Nechtan. Compare McCracken.


Beuren

en-proper-noun

Beuren (countable and uncountable, plural Beurens)


Vandievoet

A surname from Dutch. (chiefly found in Belgium)


Camm

* As an English and Norman surname, from Caen in Normandy.
* Also as an English surname, named for the Cam river, from the Celtic root of Old Irish camm (“crooked, bent”). This adjective also has surname derivatives from Scottish Gaelic and Welsh.
* As a German surname, spelling variant of Kamm.


McWilliams

McWilliams and his capsule task force continued with an impressive show.

1981, Army Trainer, volume 1, number 1, page 37:


Swickard

Americanized spelling of German Schwickardt.


Torvalds

Borrowed from Swedish Torvalds, constructed from Torvald.


Tache

Tache (countable and uncountable, plural Taches)

A surname from French. (Alternative form of Taché)


Ayling

From Old English æþeling (“prince”), diminutive of æþel (“noble”).


McPhee

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Dhuibhshìthe／MacDhuibhshith.


Callander

en-proper noun

Callander (countable and uncountable, plural Callanders)


Hougham

Hougham (countable and uncountable, plural Houghams)

From either the Old English personal name Huhha or hōh (“promontory, hill-spur”) + hām (“homestead”).


Tuxford

Partly uncertain. Oldest Domesday Book attestation is Tuxfarne. The first element is likely the Old English personal name Tuk (modern day Tuck/Tucker), genitive singular Tukes. The second element is now ford, but this is clearly a reinterpretation from the second earliest attested form Tuxforne (with vowel mutation), which leaves the original -farne element still unexplained. The modern form is equivalent to Tuck's ford.


Loxton

Loxton (countable and uncountable, plural Loxtons)

Recorded as Lochestone in the Domesday Book, the village takes its name from the Lox Yeo River + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Christon

en-proper noun

Christon (countable and uncountable, plural Christons)

From a Celtic word related to Welsh crug (“hill”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Ioannidis

Borrowed from Greek Ιωαννίδης (Ioannídis).


Geung

Transliteration of Cantonese 姜 (goeng¹).


Tree

Topographic surname for someone who lived near a conspicuous tree.


Evers

A surname from Dutch, equivalent to English Everetts


Thorington

Thorington (countable and uncountable, plural Thoringtons)

From Old English þorn (“thorn”) + -ing + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), the same etymology of Thorrington.


Shakur

Borrowed from Arabic شَكُور (šakūr, “thankful, grateful”). This surname is predominantly found in India.


Splatt

en-proper noun

Splatt (countable and uncountable, plural Splatts)


Sprott

Sprott (countable and uncountable, plural Sprotts)

* As an English surname, from Old English Sprot, possibly from the root of sprout.
* As a German surname, from the placename Sprotte.


Caulton

Gething Caulton
Kenneth G. Caulton
Ralph Caulton


Herridge

Possibly a habitational surname from the village of Eridge, in East Sussex, named from Old English earn (“eagle”) + hryċġ (“ridge”), or alternatively from the town of Harwich, in Essex, from Old English here (“army”) + wīc (“abode, dwelling place”).


McCaffrey

Anglicized form of Northern Irish Mac Gafraidh (“son of Gafradh”), a Gaelicized form of the personal name Godfrey. Compare the surname McGorry.


McCafferty

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Eachmharcaigh (“son of Eachmharcach”), a personal name composed of the elements each (“horse”) + marcach (“rider, knight”).


Orrantia

Borrowed from Spanish Orrantia, itself from Basque.


Mounsey

Habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Monceaux, in northern France.


Goldthorpe

en-proper noun

Goldthorpe (countable and uncountable, plural Goldthorpes)

From the Old English personal name Golda + þorp (“village”).


Cock

* As a Dutch and West Flemish surname, from de Cock, related to the noun cook.
* As an English surname, spelling variant of Cox.


Woolnough

From the Old English personal name Wulfnoþ, a compound of wulf (“wolf”) + noþ (“daring, courage”). Compare Woolner, which shares the same etymology.


Chorlton

Chorlton (countable and uncountable, plural Chorltons)

From Old English ċeorl (“churl: freeman, peasant”) + -tūn (“-ton: enclosure, estate, town”).


Chorlton

From Old English Ċēolfriþ (“Ceolfrith”) + -tūn (“-ton: enclosure, estate, town”).


Coupland

en-proper noun

Coupland (countable and uncountable, plural Couplands)

From Old Norse kaupa (“to buy”) + land (“land”).


Garthwaite

English habitational surname from a lost place in Northern England; the second element is probably from Old Norse þveit (“clearing, glade”).


Ch'in

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From Mandarin 秦 (Qín), Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻin².

The Mongols invaded Szechuan in 1236, and Ch’in fled to the east, where he first became a vice-administrator (t’ung-p’an) in Ch’i-chou prefecture (now Ch’i-ch’un in Hupeh province) and then governor of Ho-chou (now Ho-hsien in Anhwei province).

1991, Peng-Yoke Ho, “Ch’in Chiu-shao”, in Biographical Dictionary of Mathematicians: Reference Biographies from the Dictionary of Scientific Biography, volume 1, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 481, column 2:

Ch’in Li-chun, who had studied Japanese and now worked for a Japanese railway company in Shantung province, committed suicide. ‘The Japanese language I had studied in Japan for ten years,’ he wrote in his suicide note, ‘suddenly went out of my mind due to the stimulus on May 7; I was therefore not able to serve the company. I could not provide food and clothes for my family so I had to die.’

2014, William Mulligan, “Empire and Nations, 1915”, in The Great War for Peace, Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 130:


Pierpoint

Pierpoint (countable and uncountable, plural Pierpoints)


Hartland

Hartland (countable and uncountable, plural Hartlands)

From Old English heorot (“hart”) + land (“land”), because the village in Devon is situated on a peninsula whose form resembles a hart.
The town in New Brunswick is named after surveyor James R. Hartley (1833 - 1868).


Meir

* As a Jewish surname, borrowed from Hebrew מֵאִיר (me'ír). Compare Meyer.
* As an English surname, variant of Mayer, Mear, Mears.


Wyborn

From the Old English personal name Wīġbeorn, which is composed of the elements wīġ (“war, battle”) and beorn (“man, warrior”).


Godsmark

Gilbert Godsmark
Jonny Godsmark
Nyle Godsmark


Bosher

Metonymic occupational surname from Middle English bossher, bussher (“wood seller”), itself from Old French boschier, buschier (“wood seller”).


Mourant

Arthur Mourant
Elise Mourant
Mike Mourant


Frum

* As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish פֿרום (frum, “religious, pious, observant”)
* As a German surname, spelling variant of Fromm.


Frum

From Yiddish אברם (afrom), from Hebrew אברם from אברהם. Doublet of Abram.

A surname from Yiddish [in turn originating as a patronymic], having a father Afrom (“Abraham, Abram”)


Welford

en-proper noun

Welford (countable and uncountable, plural Welfords)

From either Old English wella (“well, spring, stream”) or welig (“willow”) + ford (“ford”).

der

A habitational surname from Old English.


Seacombe

en-proper noun

Seacombe (countable and uncountable, plural Seacombes)

From Old English sǣ (“sea”) + cumb (“narrow valley, combe”).


Hesketh

Hesketh (countable and uncountable, plural Heskeths)

Habitational surname from the village of Hesketh Bank, in Lancashire, from Old Norse hestr (“stallion”) + skeið (“racecourse”).


Butters

en-prop

Butters (countable and uncountable, plural Butterses)

A variant of Butter, or alternatively an occupational surname for a worker in a wine cellar, from Norman boterie (“wine cellar”) + genitive -s.


Stiasny

From Czech and Slovak Šťastný, from šťastný.


Sloman

Various possible origins:
* From slow + man, a nickname for a sluggish person.
* From slough + man, a topographic surname for someone who lived in or by a marshy area.
* From sloe + man, a topographic surname for someone who lived by a blackthorn.

A surname transferred from the nickname.


Lucin

en-proper noun

Lucin (countable and uncountable, plural Lucins)


Trench

en-prop

Trench (countable and uncountable, plural Trenches)


Corney

en-proper noun

Corney (countable and uncountable, plural Corneys)

From Old English *corn (“crane”) + īeġ (“island”).


Marlo

Marlo (countable and uncountable, plural Marlos)


Eckersley

Habitational surname from a lost place in Lancashire, from the Old English personal name Ecgheard + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).


Bromham

Bromham (countable and uncountable, plural Bromhams)

From Old English brōm (“brushwood”) + hām (“homestead”).


Fairey

Habitational surname from a minor place in Essex, from Old English fearh (“piglet”) + ġehæġ (“an enclosed piece of land”).


Rachman

A surname, notoriously that of Peter Rachman.


Descemet

Descemet's stripping endothelial keratoplasty

Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty


Picken

Either a nickname from Old French picon (“woodpecker”), or a patronymic surname from the personal name Picon, apparently from picon (“pointed object”).


Edensor

Edensor (countable and uncountable, plural Edensors)

From the Old English personal name Ēadin or Ēadhun + -s- + ōfer (“border, edge, riverbank”).


McFarland

McFarland (countable and uncountable, plural McFarlands)


Samp

Borrowed from Polish Samp. It could also be a hypocoristic form of the personal name Samson.


Ansusinha

From Thai อังศุสิงห์.

bor

Thai อังศุสิงห์


Albon

A surname from Middle English. (a variant of Albone)


Ticehurst

en-proper noun

Ticehurst (countable and uncountable, plural Ticehursts)

From an unknown first element + Old English hyrst (“wood”).


Conifer

In this direction Iron Duke was in the charge of Driver Golding and Fireman Conifer, again accompanied by Inspector Jackson; [...].

1960 March, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 176:


Stonie

diminutive of Stone
A surname. (a nickname)


Nottage

Nottage (countable and uncountable, plural Nottages)

From Middle English notehache (“nuthatch”).


Gowing

From the Middle English personal name Gowyn.


Yarnton

Yarnton (countable and uncountable, plural Yarntons)

Recorded as Hardintone in the Domesday Book, the village's name derives from the Old English personal name Earda + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Encke

en-proper-noun

Encke (countable and uncountable, plural Enckes)


Storrs

English surname, from several places in England derived from Middle English storth, from Old Norse storð (“brushwood”). Also a variant of Storr.


Wolseley

Wolseley (countable and uncountable, plural Wolseleys)


DeKalb

DeKalb (countable and uncountable, plural DeKalbs)

(countable) A surname. Alternative form of de Kalb


McDermott

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Diarmada (“son of Diarmaid”).


Wombwell

en-proper noun

Wombwell (countable and uncountable, plural Wombwells)

From the Old English personal name Wamba or Womba + wella (“well, spring”).


Dingwall

Dingwall (countable and uncountable, plural Dingwalls)

Probably from Old Norse þing (“assembly”) + vǫllr (“field, meadow”).


Ondo

Borrowed
* either from Basque ondo (“deep valley, ravine, gully”),
* or from Hungarian Ondó, from the given name Ond + -ó (archaic diminutive), hence unrelated to ondó (“semen”).


Palou

Borrowed from Spanish (from Catalan) or French (from Occitan Palon).


de la Poer

His grace William Beresford, 1st lord Decies, archbishop of Tuam, b. 16 April, 1743, was brother of George de la Poer, 1st marquess of Waterford, …

1825, Staff author(s), Debrett's Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2: Scotland and Ireland, Debrett's, page 1161

My son had told me that he was somewhat avoided during his visits because he was a de la Poer, [...]

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


Horsford

en-proper noun

Horsford (countable and uncountable, plural Horsfords)

From Old English hors (“horse”) + ford (“ford”).


Imahara

gloss

Japanese: イマハラ (reimportation of Japanese surname as foreign)

From Japanese Imahara (Imahara), from いまはら, from 今原.


Cotroni

en-proper-noun

Cotroni (countable and uncountable, plural Cotronis)


Podeschwa

Respelling of Podeszwa, from Polish podeszwa.


Gaetz

"I do think that some of the blue-checkmark brigade backlash on Twitter that you all in the media so predictably overreact to is non-organic," he says, using the Trumpworld shorthand for "verified" Twitter users. (Gaetz is a verified Twitter user.)

2020 March, Ryan Bort, “The MAGA Mouthpiece”, in Rolling Stone, page 42:


Hornblower

en-prop

Hornblower (countable and uncountable, plural Hornblowers)

From horn + blower. Capitalization of hornblower.


Surtees

Probably a habitational surname from an unidentified place, from Old French sur (“on, upon, above”) + Tees (“a river in England”).


Blofield

en-proper noun

Blofield (countable and uncountable, plural Blofields)

From Old English blāw (“blue”) + feld (“field”).


Airey

Airey (countable and uncountable, plural Aireys)

Habitational surname from a minor place in Cumbria, from Old Norse eyrará (“gravel-bank stream”).


Todhunter

A nickname for a hunter of foxes, from tod + hunter.


McGoldrick

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Ualghairg (“son of Ualgharg”), a personal name composed of the elements úall (“vanity, pride”) + garg (“fierce”) (from Old Irish garg, from Proto-Celtic *gargos (“rough”)).


McKee

McKee (countable and uncountable, plural McKees)


Conybeare

→ Translingual: conybeari, conybearii

Perhaps a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in Devonshire, from either cony or Old English cyning (“king”) + Old English bearu (“grove, wood”).


Wragg

From the Old Norse personal name Wraghi or Rag, a short form of any of the various names beginning with the Proto-Germanic element *raginą (“decision, advice”).


Aylard

Related to Allard, from given name Adelard (also Adelhard, Adalhard, Adalard) from French Italian Adelardo.

der

Italian <i class="Latn mention" lang="it">Adelardo</i>


Gwilliam

Anglicized form of the Welsh personal name Gwilym.


Wie

From Korean Wie (Wie), from 위 (wi), from 魏, from Chinese 魏.


Exton

# The villages in Devon and Somerset, England: from Old English Ex (“River Exe”) + tūn (“village”), 'the farm or village by the river Exe'.
# The village in Hampshire, England: from Old English Ēast Seaxe (“East Saxons”), genitive plural, Ēast Seaxna + tūn (“estate”), 'the settlement or estate of the East Saxons'.
# The village in Rutland, England: from Old English oxa (“ox”), genitive plural *exna + tūn, 'the ox farm'.


Thirlwall

/ˈθɜː(ɹ)lwɔːl/


Welburn

From Old English wella (“spring”) + burna (“stream”).


Harbach

* As a south German surname, from several places in Germany, such as Harbach in Landkreis Altenkirchen, from Middle High German Horbach.
* As an English surname, variant of Harbage, Herbage, occupational surname from Old French herberge (“shelter, inn”).


Gunby

en-proper noun

Gunby (countable and uncountable, plural Gunbys)

From the Old Norse personal name Gunni + býr (“settlement”).


Wish

There was Evans, and that marvel among actors, Wish, who is also a modest man. We had all come down to the Mermaid Club that Saturday morning, except Clayton, who had slept there overnight […]

1902, H. G. Wells, The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost:


McNamee

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Conmidhe, a patronymic from the personal name Cú Mhidhe (“hound of Meath”). See Irish cú (“hound”) and Middle Irish Mide (“Meath”).


Birchall

Birchall (countable and uncountable, plural Birchalls)

Probably a habitational surname from Old English birċe (“birch”) + hyll (“hill”).


Franchitti

en-proper-noun

Franchitti (countable and uncountable, plural Franchittis)


Lemans

From Middle English Lemans (son of Leman), from Old English Liefman.

gloss

son of <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm">Leman</i>


Ah Chee

Borrowed from Chinese 阿 + one of the Chinese names which can be romanised as Chee.


Ayerbe

Borrowed from Spanish Ayerbe, a habitational surname from Basque Aierbe.


Jablowski

Possibly a corruption of Polish Jabłoński.


Graveney

en-proper noun

Graveney (countable and uncountable, plural Graveneys)

From Old English græf (“grave; ditch, trench”) + īeġ (“island”).


Wadsley

en-proper-noun

Wadsley (countable and uncountable, plural Wadsleys)


Hinchcliffe

Habitational surname from a minor place in West Yorkshire, from the unattested Old English word *henge (“steep”) + clif (“cliff”).


Holcroft

Habitational surname from a lost or unidentified settlement in Lancashire, from Old English hol (“hollow place”) + croft (“small enclosure”).


Dronfield

en-proper noun

Dronfield (countable and uncountable, plural Dronfields)

From Old English drān (“drone, male bee”) + feld (“field”).


Verba

Borrowed from Ukrainian Верба (Verba), from Ukrainian верба (verba, “willow”). In some cases, a respelling of Czech Vrba and Slovak Vrba, from vrba (“willow”). Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *vьrba (“willow”).


Somerby

From Old Norse Sumarliði (“a personal name”) + býr (“settlement”). Compare the doublet Somersby.


Ormiston

Ormiston (countable and uncountable, plural Ormistons)

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


Gillibrand

/ˈd͡ʒɪlɪbɹænd/


Kaine

Variant spelling of Kane, Coyne or Cohen.


Massat

Borrowed from French Massat, itself from Occitan Massat.


Garswood

en-proper noun

Garswood (countable and uncountable, plural Garswoods)

Perhaps from Old English gyr (“fir tree”) + -s- + wudu (“wood”).


Lavington

Lavington (countable and uncountable, plural Lavingtons)

Habitational surname from the villages of Market Lavington and West Lavington, from the Old English personal name Lāfa + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Ackerley

Habitational surname from a lost or minor place, from Old English æcer (“field”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).


Hatague

From Spanish Hatague (“son of Hatagueno”), from Hatagueno, variant of Crisostomo (“Crisostome”), of Spanish origin.


Watton

Watton (countable and uncountable, plural Wattons)

From the Old English personal name Wata + tūn (“settlement”).


Scales

From Old Norse skáli (“shed, hut”). Doublet of Scholes.


Fourrage

Borrowed from French Fourrage, which is from fourrage (“forage, fodder”).


Neasham

Neasham (countable and uncountable, plural Neashams)

From Old English nosu (“nose; projecting piece of land”) + hām (“homestead”).


Zaraysky

Transliteration of Russian Зарайский (Zarajskij).


Bowring

en-proper noun

Bowring (countable and uncountable, plural Bowrings)


Belkadi

Borrowed from Arabic بلقاضي, a surname mostly found in Algeria.

bor

Arabic بلقاضي


Winterrowd

Americanized spelling of German Winterroth.


Loveless

en-proper noun

Loveless (countable and uncountable, plural Lovelesses)


Forge

From Old French forge (“forge, furnace”), a surname for someone who lived near or worked in a forge or smithy.


Spittle

Two main origins:
* From Middle English spitel (“lodging house”), an occupational surname for someone who was employed at a lodging house.
* Americanized spelling of German Spittel, a metonymic occupational surname for someone who worked in an infirmary, from Middle High German spital (“hospital”).


Bryanston

Bryanston (countable and uncountable, plural Bryanstons)


Wasley

Habitational surname from an unidentified place.


Edblad

Borrowed from Swedish Edblad, from ed (“isthmus”) + blad (“leaf”).


Woolcott

Woolcott (countable and uncountable, plural Woolcotts)


Chidsey

Habitational surname from the village of Chedzoy in Somerset, from the Old English personal name Cedd + -s- + īeġ (“island”).


Amistad

From Spanish amistad (“friendship”), inherited from Old Spanish amiztad, from Vulgar Latin *amīcitātem, derived from Latin amīcus (“friend”).


Litvinenko

From Ukrainian Литвиненко (Lytvynenko) or Russian Литвине́нко (Litvinénko).


Necker

en-proper-noun

Necker (countable and uncountable, plural Neckers)


Cudahy

en-proper noun

Cudahy (countable and uncountable, plural Cudahys)


Vessey

Vessey (countable and uncountable, plural Vesseys)

The surname is of Norman origin, from the place in Normandy.


Spofforth

Spofforth (countable and uncountable, plural Spofforths)

From Old English splott (“plot of land”) + ford (“ford”).


Shadwell

Shadwell (countable and uncountable, plural Shadwells)

Various origins:
* The Gloucestershire placename derives from Old English sċeard (“notch; shard; cleft, gap”) + wella (“well, spring”).
* The suburb of London is named with Old English sċeald (“shallow”) + wella (“well, spring”).
* The Norfolk placename derives from Old English scēad (“boundary”) + wella (“well, spring”).
* The West Yorkshire placename probably derives from Old English sċeadu (“shade; shady place”) + wella (“well, spring”).


Langridge

en-prop

Langridge (countable and uncountable, plural Langridges)

From Old English lang (“long”) + hryċġ (“ridge”).


Mountcastle

en-proper noun

Mountcastle (countable and uncountable, plural Mountcastles)

Perhaps a habitational surname from a now lost place, from mount + castle. Alternatively, a further Anglicization of the Irish surname Mountcashell.


Hakluyt

Possibly ultimately from the forest of Cluid. Between the 14th and 16th centuries, several individuals with the surnames Hakelute, de Hackluit or Hackluit, and Hakeluytt were recorded in Herefordshire.


Whitwell

Whitwell (countable and uncountable, plural Whitwells)


Stapeley

Stapeley (countable and uncountable, plural Stapeleys)

From Old English stapol (“post, support, stay; pillar”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to staple + -ley (“lea”).


Harpham

en-proper noun

Harpham (countable and uncountable, plural Harphams)

From Old English hearpe (“harp”) + ham (“homestead”).


Tregear

/tɹəˈɡɪə(ɹ)/


Keble

Probably a doublet of Cobbold, from the Old English personal name Cūþbeald, from cūþ (“famous”) and beald (“bold”). Alternatively from Old English ceol (“ship”) + beald (“bold”). Keeble, Kibble, Kebill, Kebble, Kebbell, Keable, Kebyll are variants. The college is named for John Keble (1792–1866), Anglican theologian and Tractarian.


Lawford

Lawford (countable and uncountable, plural Lawfords)

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


McGourty

Probably an Anglicized form of Irish Mac Dhorchaidh (“son of Dorchadh”), a personal name related to dorcha (“dark”).


MacNair

From Scottish Gaelic Mac Iain-uidhir (literally “son of John the dun”), or perhaps mac an oighre (“son of the heir”).


Crawshay

One portion of the public had flown to arms because Mr. Crawshay had jocularly talked of sending a sweep and a sootbag in the third-class train to keep respectable people out.

1851, A History of the English Railway, John Francis, page 103:


Ballindine

en-proper noun

Ballindine (countable and uncountable, plural Ballindines)


MacDowell

From Scottish Gaelic Mac Dubhghaill (literally “son of Dougal”).


Killigrew

Habitational surname from Cornish kelly (“grove”) + cnow (“hazel trees”).


Whitechurch

en-proper noun

Whitechurch (countable and uncountable, plural Whitechurches)

/ˈʍaɪt.t͡ʃɜː(ɹ)t͡ʃ/


Boleyn

A habitational surname, inherited from Middle English Boleyne, Boloyne (“Boulogne-sur-Mer”), from Old French Boloigne, from Late Latin Bolōnia, from classical Bonōnia. Doublet of Bologna and Boulogne.


Bushby

Bushby (countable and uncountable, plural Bushbys)

From either an Old Norse personal name Butr or Old Norse buskr (“bush, shrub”) + býr (“settlement”).


Langlois

Langlois (countable and uncountable, plural Langloises or Langlois)

Translingual: Langloisia

From French Langlois, from Middle French l'(le)+Anglois (literally “Englishman”).

der

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


Betley

en-proper noun

Betley (countable and uncountable, plural Betleys)

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


McWilliam

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Uilleim (“son of Uilleam”), a Gaelicized form of William.


Glendower

From Welsh Glyndŵr, from glyn (“valley”) + dŵr (“water”).


Brine

* As a Dutch surname, Americanized from Bruin.
* As an English surname, possibly from Old English bryne (“burning”).


Freeling

en-proper-noun

Freeling (countable and uncountable, plural Freelings)


McAleese

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


Hindley

en-proper noun

Hindley (countable and uncountable, plural Hindleys)

From Old English hind (“hind, female deer”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to hind + -ley (“lea”).


Makki

Borrowed from Arabic مَكِّيّ (makkiyy, “Meccan”). This surname is mostly found in Sudan.


Thursby

Thursby (countable and uncountable, plural Thursbys)

From Old Norse Þórr (“Thor”) + býr (“town, settlement”).


Sarumyan

Transliteration of Armenian Սարումյան (Sarumyan).


Hak

* As a Dutch surname, variant of Haack.
* As a Czech surname Hák, from the noun hák (“hook”).
* As a Cambodian surname, from Khmer ហាក់ (hak), itself of Chinese origin and from 和 (“peace”), compare He.
* As an Islamic name mainly in India, borrowed from Bengali হক (hok). Compare Haq.
* Also as a Chinese surname, from 郝 (hǎo), see Hao.


Lyndhurst

From Old English lind (“lime tree”) + Old English hyrst (“hurst”).


Batts

Variant of Bates, from the given name Bartholomew.


Boyardee

en-proper-noun

Boyardee (countable and uncountable, plural Boyardees)

Anglicization of Italian Boiardi, a phonetic respelling of the Italian pronunciation. Coined by Ettore Boiardi, when he anglicized and legally changed his name to Hector Boyardee, in the early 20th-century, and named his company and brand Boyardee and Chef Boy-Ar-Dee.


Gajan

Borrowed from French Gajan, itself from Occitan Gajan.


Shillibeer

(bus): Surname of the man who introduced the first London bus.


Tricker

From tricker, a nickname for a deceiver or trickster.


Negrette

Probably a variant of Negrete. This variant is mostly found in Venezuela.


Fairall

Uncertain; perhaps a variant of Fairhall.


Kilday

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Dhé.


van Halen

Alternative form of Van Halen; A surname from Dutch.


Jeacock

/ˈd͡ʒeɪˌkɒk/


Tufekci

Zeynep Tufekci


Matterface

From the Norman habitational surname, from the village of Martinvast, in Normandy.


Ascott

From Old English ēast (“east”) + cot (“cottage, hut”). Doublet of Eastcote.


Tongue

en-prop

Tongue (countable and uncountable, plural Tongues)


Huish

en-proper-noun

Huish (countable and uncountable, plural Huishes)

From Middle English Hiwis, from Old English hīwisċ, hīwisċe. Originally, a word used to refer to families or households, in general.

en:Huish (disambiguation)
en:Huish (surname)


Harby

en-proper noun

Harby (countable and uncountable, plural Harbys)

Both placenames derive from Old Norse hjǫrð (“herd of cattle”) + bý (“farmstead”).


Bredin

Irish surname, Anglicized from Mac Giolla Bhrídín, related to Mac Giolla Bhrighde (“son of the servant of (Saint) Brigit”). See also McBride.


Storr

* As an English surname, from Middle English storre (“strong, robust”), from Old English stōr. Compare Storey.
* Also as an English surname, variant of Storrs.
* As a south German surname, from the obsolete Middle High German storr (“tree stump, clod”), perhaps related to the Old English word above.


Bunney

Two main origins:
* From Middle English bony or boni (“swelling”), probably a nickname for someone having a prominent lump or swelling.
* A topographic surname from bunny (“ravine, gully”), which is from Middle English bune (“hollow stalk or stem”).


Barford

en-proper noun

Barford (countable and uncountable, plural Barfords)

Perhaps from Old English bere (“barley”) + ford (“ford”).


Ovington

Ovington (countable and uncountable, plural Ovingtons)

From either Wulfa or Ofa, two Old English personal names, + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Nevanlinna

Borrowing from Finnish Nevanlinna (from (genitive of) Neva + linna (“fortress”)); the Finnish name for a 17th-century Swedish fortress at the confluence of the Neva and Okhta Rivers, at the site of present-day Saint Petersburg, Russia. For more see Nyenschantz on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

(used attributively) Finnish mathematician Rolf Nevanlinna.

A surname from Finnish.
Finnish mathematician Rolf Nevanlinna.


Ahlfors

(used attributively) Finnish mathematician Lars Ahlfors (1907–1996).


Bulley

Bulley (countable and uncountable, plural Bulleys)

From Old English bula (“bull”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”); equivalent to bull + -ley (“lea”).


Rodley

Rodley (countable and uncountable, plural Rodleys)

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


Islip

en-prop

Islip (countable and uncountable, plural Islips)

From the name of the River Ise + Old English slæp (“slippery place”).


O'Grady

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gráda (“descendant of Gráda”), a name meaning "noble." Compare Grady.

List of people named O'Grady
O'Grady family


Huckstep

Uncertain. Often explained as derived ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Hoghstepe (literally “high steep”), which was also a surname.


Saint James

en-prop

Saint James (countable and uncountable, plural Saint Jameses)

The parishes are named after Saint James. Piecewise doublet of Santiago.


Maisonneuve

en-proper noun

Maisonneuve (countable and uncountable, plural Maisonneuves)

A surname from French, equivalent to English Newhouse.


Macnamara

MacNamara
Macnamara, Australian Capital Territory


Haldane

Scottish surname from Old Norse Halfdanr, a personal name composed by the elements halfr (“half”) + Danr (“Dane”).


Wotton

Wotton (countable and uncountable, plural Wottons)

From Old English wudu (“wood”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).


Littlewood

Habitational surname typical of Yorkshire, from any of several minor places so called. They are named with Old English lȳtel (“little”) + wudu (“wood”).


Littleworth

Littleworth (countable and uncountable, plural Littleworths)

From Old English lȳtel (“little, small”) + worþ (“enclosure”).


Mortlock

Mortlockese

derived indirectly, named after the Mortlock Islands


Housden

Habitational surname from the village of Ousden, in Suffolk.


Highet

Probably meaning “[dweller by the] high gate”.


McClurg

McClurg (countable and uncountable, plural McClurgs)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Luirg (“son of Lorg”), a personal name meaning "footman", from lorg (“find, trace”).


Billinge

One of Britain's last surviving D-Day veterans was honoured by Great Western Railway at Penzance on October 7, when 802006 was named Harry Billinge MBE. [...] Billinge, from St Austell, was one of the first soldiers to land on 'Gold' beach on June 6 1944.

2020 October 21, “Network News: GWR train naming honours D-Day veteran Harry”, in Rail, page 17:


Codling

"HS2's London tunnels will help ensure many homes and habitats in the capital remain undisturbed. This is a key part of our commitment to deliver Britain's new high-speed railway in the most environmentally friendly way and minimising disruption to our neighbours," said HS2 Ltd Client Director Malcolm Codling.

2020 October 21, “Network News: London tunnel contracts awarded with work to start in 2022”, in Rail, pages 12–13:


McWhirter

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac an Chruiteir (“son of the harpist”), from cruitear (“harpist, fiddler”).


Wensley

From Middle English Wednesleȝ, Wodnesleie, from Old English Wōdnes lēah (literally “Woden’s meadow”). Equivalent to Woden's (compare Wednesday) + -ley (“lea”).


Boldon

en-proper noun

Boldon (countable and uncountable, plural Boldons)

From the unattested Old English word *bol (“round”) + dūn (“hill”).


Dethick

Dethick (countable and uncountable, plural Dethicks)

From Old English dēaþ (“death”) + āc (“oak”), denoting an oak on which criminals were hanged.


Lesseps

en-proper-noun

Lesseps (countable and uncountable, plural Lesseps or Lessepses)


De Lesseps

De Lesseps (countable and uncountable, plural De Lesseps or De Lessepses)

De Lesseps (plural)
De Lessepses (plural)


de Lesseps

de Lesseps (plural de Lesseps or de Lessepses)

de Lesseps (plural)
de Lessepses (plural)


Courtois

en-proper noun

Courtois (countable and uncountable, plural Courtoises)


Yoro

en-proper-noun

Yoro (countable and uncountable, plural Yoros)

* (Honduras): Spanish Yoro
* (Japan): Japanese 養老 (“ようろう”) (Yōrō (Yōrō))

gloss

<i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">Yōrō</i> (Yōrō)


Pinchbeck

en-prop

Pinchbeck (countable and uncountable, plural Pinchbecks)


Yeldham

Habitational surname from the villages of Great and Little Yeldham, probably a compound of Old English gield (“tax, payment”) + hām (“homestead”).


Longden

en-proper noun

Longden (countable and uncountable, plural Longdens)

From Old English lang (“long”) + denu (“valley”).


Bamber

Habitational surname, from the village of Bamber Bridge.


Thirkill

/ˈθɜː(ɹ)kɪl/


Thorney

From Old English þorn (“thorn-tree”) + ēġ (“island”).


Laverick

From Middle English laverke (“lark”), perhaps a nickname for a good singer.


Larcombe

Habitational surname from several minor places in Devon and Somerset, from Old English lāwerce (“lark”) or lǣfer (“rush, reed”) + cumb (“valley”).


Aveyard

Likely French. From Hayvyerd. Adopted as an alias by a man named Robert Janyn in Dewsbury, Yorkshire in the 15th century.


Brunning

* As an English surname, from Old English Brūning, compare Browning.
* As a north/Low German surname Brünning, variant of Brüning.
Compare Bruenning.


Nehru

Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India.


Ovenden

Ovenden (countable and uncountable, plural Ovendens)

From the dative form of the Old English personal name Ofa + denu (“valley”).


Alim

Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Edward Lane (1801–1876), orientalist. Partly from Arabic عَالِم (ʕālim, “scholar, (specifically) expert in Islamic law and theology”), use as noun of the active participle of عَلِمَ (ʕalima, “to know”), and partly from Arabic عَالِم (ʕālim, “knowing, learned, also (as noun) scholar”) from عَلِمَ (ʕalima, “to know”).


Loosley

From Old English hlōse + lēah (“clearing with a pigsty”); see also Loosley Row.


Osorno

en-proper noun

Osorno (countable and uncountable, plural Osornos)

Borrowed from Spanish Osorno, possibly related to Basque osoren (“complete”).


Bodman

Two possible origins:
* English occupational surname for a messenger, from Middle English bode (“messenger”) + man (“man”).
* Americanized spelling of German Bodmann, itself a variant of Bodemann.