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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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NegusMeaning as a surname: Gooseherd.
NeilMeaning as a surname: From the Irish for `champion`.
NewmanMeaning as a surname: Newly arrived in an area.
NicholasMeaning as a surname: From the Greek for `victory and people`
NighingaleMeaning as a surname: A good singer.
NolanMeaning as a surname: From the Gaelic for `Noble`
NortonMeaning as a surname: Living in `a north settlement`.
NunnMeaning as a surname: Pious as a nun.
OakleyMeaning as a surname: Dweller in an oak clearing.
OgilvyMeaning as a surname: Scottish for a `high plain`.
OwenMeaning as a surname: Well born or noble.
PackardMeaning as a surname: An itinerant hawker.
PagettMeaning as a surname: A young boy acting as a household servant.
PaineMeaning as a surname: Country dweller.
ParfittMeaning as a surname: Fully accomplished professionally.
ParkerMeaning as a surname: Gamekeeper.
PatelMeaning as a surname: Hindi for village leader.
PhillipsMeaning as a surname: Greek for horse lover.
QuantMeaning as a surname: Finely dressed or clever.
QuickeMeaning as a surname: Lively; or someone who worked on a dairy farm; or dweller near poplars
QuirkeMeaning as a surname: From a Gaelic word meaning heart.
RamsbothamMeaning as a surname: From the bottom of a valley of wild garlic.
RennieMeaning as a surname: Descendant of Reynold.
RichardMeaning as a surname: Germanic name meaning power, brave.
RimmerMeaning as a surname: The rhymer, poet or singer.
RobertsMeaning as a surname: Germanic name meaning fame, bright.
RoganMeaning as a surname: Gaelic meaning `Red hair or ruddy complexion.
RyanMeaning as a surname: Devotee of St.Riaghan
SawyerMeaning as a surname: Someone who sawed wood.
ScrutonMeaning as a surname: From the settlement of Scurfa's people.
ShackletonMeaning as a surname: From a settlement on a tongue of land.
ShakespeareMeaning as a surname: A quarrelsome soldier
ShawMeaning as a surname: From a small wood or copse.
ShearerMeaning as a surname: A sheep-shearer.
SixsmithMeaning as a surname: A maker of sickles or ploughshares.
SpencerMeaning as a surname: A household servant.
StewartMeaning as a surname: An estate manager.
TaylforthMeaning as a surname: From a ford over the river Tayle in County Devon.
ThomasMeaning as a surname: An Aramaic name meaning `twin`.
ThorpeMeaning as a surname: An old Norse word for `village`.
TuckerMeaning as a surname: A fuller, who cleaned and thickened freshly woven cloth.
TullyMeaning as a surname: From the Gaelic for `peace loving` or `flood`.
TurnerMeaning as a surname: A wood turner.
UnwinMeaning as a surname: From the Old English Humwin meaning `bear cub` or `friend`.
UrquhartMeaning as a surname: From the barony of this name on Loch Ness.
ValentineMeaning as a surname: Strong, healthy.
VaughanMeaning as a surname: From the Welsh for `little`
VenablesMeaning as a surname: From the French, meaning `hunting ground`
WaddingtonMeaning as a surname: From the settlement of `Wada's people`.
WagstaffMeaning as a surname: A functionary who wielded a staff of office.
WainwrightMeaning as a surname: A wagon-maker.
WaltersMeaning as a surname: Germanic, meaning `rule` and `army`.
WelshMeaning as a surname: Man from Wales `Welshman`.
WentzellMeaning as a surname: Czech name meaning `Greater Glory`
WhitbreadMeaning as a surname: Baker, or nickname for a man with a white beard.
WilsonMeaning as a surname: Descendant of William, meaning `willpower` and `protection`.
YaleMeaning as a surname: From Ial in Denbighshire.
YatesMeaning as a surname: Gate-keeper.
ZolaMeaning as a surname: Italian meaning `clod, bank of earth`.
