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Nameseekers - Glossary of surname meanings
Category: People and society > Surnames
Date & country: 14/09/2007, UK
Words: 259
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AbbotMeaning as a surname: A baptismal name `son of Abraham`.
AckermanMeaning as a surname: An occupational name for a ploughman or farmer.
AdamsMeaning as a surname: Descendant of a man named Adam, from the Hebrew word meaning of `red earth`.
AndersonMeaning as a surname: Son of Andrew.
AndreMeaning as a surname: From the Greek Andreas meaning manly.
AndrewsMeaning as a surname: Greek name meaning `manly or warrior like`.
AppletonMeaning as a surname: From a place in which there was an orchard.
ArkwrightMeaning as a surname: A maker of bins or metal chests
ArmitageMeaning as a surname: Someone from Armitag in County Staffordshire.
ArmstrongMeaning as a surname: Nickname for a strong man.
ArrowsmithMeaning as a surname: A maker of iron arrow tips.
Ash or AsherMeaning as a surname: Dweller near an ash tree.
AsquithMeaning as a surname: Someone from Askwith in Yorkshire meaning `dweller near an ash tree`.
AtkinsMeaning as a surname: Son of Anthony.
AttleeMeaning as a surname: From the old English word `lear` meaning `dweller at the pasture or meadow`.
AugerMeaning as a surname: From the Old English word `ealdgar` meaning `spear`.
Austen or AustinMeaning as a surname: From the Latin word Augustus which meanings increasing.
BaileyMeaning as a surname: Name for a bailiff or one who lived near a bail, the wall of a fort.
BaldwinMeaning as a surname: Brave friend.
BallMeaning as a surname: Nickname for a bald man.
BanksMeaning as a surname: Someone who lives near a riverbank, or Irish for corpulent.
BarkerMeaning as a surname: A tanner who used tree bark when turning hides into leather.
BarnesMeaning as a surname: Meanings include bear, spear, young aristocrat or one who worked in barns.
BeanMeaning as a surname: Meaning pleasant, kindly or a seller of beans.
BennettMeaning as a surname: Descendant of Benedict, meaning blessed.
BewesMeaning as a surname: Someone who came from the Norman town of Bayeux
BlairMeaning as a surname: From the Gaelic blar - battlefield.
BlighMeaning as a surname: Nickname for a happy person.
BloggsMeaning as a surname: A maker of of blocks as in shoemaking.
Bloom or BloomerMeaning as a surname: An ironworker who ran liquid metal into moulds.
BoothMeaning as a surname: Someone who lived in a hut or bothy, probably a shepherd.
BothamMeaning as a surname: Someone who lived in a broad valley.
BronteMeaning as a surname: From a Gaelic name meaning bestower, a generous person.
BrookerMeaning as a surname: Dweller at the brook.
BuchananMeaning as a surname: Low ground belonging to the cannon or cannon's house.
BurbageMeaning as a surname: Fort or manor on a brook (various places).
BurdMeaning as a surname: Girl, maiden.
BurgessMeaning as a surname: Citizen, freemason inhabitant of a borough.
BurnMeaning as a surname: Stream.
BurtonMeaning as a surname: From a settlement near a fortified manor.
CadburyMeaning as a surname: From Cada's fortress. Cada probably meant lump as in fat person.
CalderMeaning as a surname: Rocky, violent water. Places in Cumberland.
CambridgeMeaning as a surname: Bridge over the Cam, place in Gloucestershire.
CampbellMeaning as a surname: From the Gaelic carn beul, meaning crooked mouth.
CapperMeaning as a surname: Cap maker.
CarmenMeaning as a surname: Male person.
ChaplinMeaning as a surname: The servant of a clergyman.
ChegwinMeaning as a surname: From a place with a white house. (Cornish)
ChurchillMeaning as a surname: West Country settlement with a church on a hill.
ClarkMeaning as a surname: Member of a minor religious order who had not taken vows of celibacy.
ClaytonMeaning as a surname: Place in the clay or place with good clay for pottery.
CleveMeaning as a surname: Cliff, slope or river bank.
CliffMeaning as a surname: Cliff, slope or river bank.
ColemanMeaning as a surname: A charcoal burner.
CollardMeaning as a surname: Double dim.
ConnerMeaning as a surname: Inspector, examiner.
CrawfordMeaning as a surname: From several places derived from Crawe (crow) and Ford (river crossing
CruiseMeaning as a surname: A bold or fierce man.
CurtisMeaning as a surname: Someone courteous, whose manners are suitable for the royal court.
D'EathMeaning as a surname: Camouflaged form of the name Death.
DaintyMeaning as a surname: Nickname for someone considered fine, handsome or pleasant.
DangerfieldMeaning as a surname: Originally from a French town called Angerville.
DavisonMeaning as a surname: Descendant of David, a biblical name meaning `beloved`.
DeanMeaning as a surname: From a valley.
DeathMeaning as a surname: One who played the part in plays or pageants.
DenchMeaning as a surname: Descendant of a Dane.
DewhurstMeaning as a surname: `Wet wood` a place in Lancashire.
DexterMeaning as a surname: A male dyer
DimblebyMeaning as a surname: Settlement near a ravine.
DiverMeaning as a surname: `Rope dancer, tight rope walker`.
DolittleMeaning as a surname: A reputation for idleness.
DrakeMeaning as a surname: `Dragon` or standard bearer`.
DraperMeaning as a surname: Cloth maker/seller.
DrewMeaning as a surname: Ghost or phantom.
DunlopMeaning as a surname: Muddy hill.
DuranMeaning as a surname: Son of Durant
EastMeaning as a surname: Newcomer from the east, dweller to the east of the village.
EastwoodMeaning as a surname: From a wood to the east of a settlement.
EavesMeaning as a surname: Rim, edge or border.
EdisonMeaning as a surname: Descendant of Edith, meaning prosperity and strife.
EdmeadMeaning as a surname: God nature, humble minded person.
EdmondsMeaning as a surname: Old English name meaning prosperity and protector.
EdridgeMeaning as a surname: Prosperity/happiness powerful.
EdwardMeaning as a surname: Prosperity/happiness guardian.
EffordMeaning as a surname: Ford useable at ebb tide. Places in Cornwall Devon and Hampshire.
EllimanMeaning as a surname: Oil maker, seller.
EllingerMeaning as a surname: Dweller at the alder trees
EnfieldMeaning as a surname: Open country with lambs. Place in Middlesex.
ErwinMeaning as a surname: Wild boar friend.
EscottMeaning as a surname: Eastern cottage. Place in Devon.
EvansMeaning as a surname: Descendant of Evans, a Welsh form of John.
EwerMeaning as a surname: Water bearer.
EwhurstMeaning as a surname: Places in Hampshire, Surrey & Sussex.
EytonMeaning as a surname: Place on a river.
FairbanksMeaning as a surname: Someone who lived near a bank of ferns.
FairfaxMeaning as a surname: A loyal person.
FieldMeaning as a surname: Lived on a cleared field.
FinchMeaning as a surname: A reference to the bird, which formally had a reputation for stupidity.
FinlayMeaning as a surname: `Fair hero` Gaelic.
FirthMeaning as a surname: Living on or near scrubland.
