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VOCLAIN French Alteration of the name Vauclain, which is a variant of Vauquelin, possibly derived from the Norman-French name Walkelin or Wakelin, meaning "the son of Wakling" or "the wealthy one". VOGT German From the Middle High German occupational name voget, vogt, voit meaning "overseer, bailiff, lawyer". VOLLAN Norwegian From the Old Norse word völlr (see VOLL (1)), originally given to someone who lived near a farmstead. VOLTOLINI Italian From the important alpine valley of Lombardy called Valtellina, near Lake Como... [more] VON GRIMMELSHAUSEN German Means "from Grimmel's houses", from von meaning "from"; Grimmel, a name or place, alternatively a word of uncertain meaning; and hausen, the plural of the word for "house". VON INGERSLEBEN German Originally indicated a person from Ingersleben, Germany, which means "INGE's village". VONNEGUT German Possibly means "(dweller by the) good hunting track" from the Germanic vonn "hunting track" and gut "good". VOSSEN Dutch From the given name Vos, which comes from the Frisian name Fos, which is from Old Germanic given names beginning with the element folk meaning "people". VROOM Dutch, Flemish Derived from the given name Frumoldus, which comes from Old German fruma-walda, which means "benefit" and "ruler with advantage". VRUBEL Czech From the Czech word vrabec "sparrow" which in the Silesian dialect was transformed into the form Vrubel. WAKAHISA Japanese Means "forever young" from the Japanese waka "young" and hisa "longevity, ancient". WAKEFIELD English The English surname of Wakefield is of local origin, being one of those surnames derived from the place where the original bearer once lived or held land... [more] WALKENHORST German Derived from the place name Falkenhorst in Germany, which means "wooded hill inhabited by falcons". WALKER English Occupational surname for a person who walked on damp raw cloth in order to thicken it... [more] WALLACH Yiddish From Middle High German walhe, walch "foreigner from a Romance country", probably a nickname for someone from Italy. WALTON English From any of several villages in England, from Old English wald "wood", wall "wall", or wælla "stream, spring" and ton "town". WANG (3) German Place name for someone who lived on or near a grassy area, from Middle German wang, literally "cheek", but also in southern German having the sense "grassy slope or field". WARD (3) Yiddish Adopted by bearers of Yiddish surnames like WARSZAWSKI or WARSHAWSKY that start with a similar sound to the English name Ward. WARDROBE English Means "warder of the robes", from the Old French warder, garder "to watch" and robe. WARE English Most examples of this surname are probably derived from the Old English wær meaning "(dweller by the) dam, weir"... [more] WARREN (1) English Name for a person who lived near a warrene, Norman French meaning "animal enclosure" (of Germanic origin). WARSZAWSKI Polish Place name for someone from the city of Warsaw, which became the capital of Poland after the destruction of Kraków by fire. WARWICK English From the name of a town, itself derived from Old English wer "weir, dam" and wic "dairy farm". WASH English Derived from the Old French name Gace, Old German Wazzo and Frisian Watso which all are diminutives of Old German names beginning with Wad- or Warin-. WASHINGTON English From a place name meaning "town of Wassa", from Old English tun, meaning town, and Wassa, a given name derived from Wāðsige, composed of the elements wāð "hunt" and sige "victory"... [more] WATKINS English Derived from the Middle English given name Wat or Watt, which was a diminutive of the name WALTER. WATSON English, Scottish Patronymic form of the English and Scottish name Watt, which came from the extremely popular Middle English given name Wat or Watt, which was a diminutive of the name WALTER... [more] WAXWEILER German Denoted a person from Waxweiler, a village in the Eifel region of Germany just north of Trier. WAYNE English Occupational surname meaning "wagon maker", derived from Old English wægn "wagon"... [more] WEAVER English Occupational name meaning simply "weaver" from the Old English wefan, Middle English weven... [more] WECHSLER German, Jewish Means "money changer, banker" from the German word Geldwechsler "money changer". WEDEKIND German From an Old German given name composed of the elements witu "woods" and chind "child". WEEKES English Means "dweller in an outlying settlement (dependent on a larger village)" from the Old English wic. WEMBLEY English Habitational name perhaps derived from Wembley in Greater London, named from the Old English given name Wemba and leah meaning "woodland, clearing". WENTRCEK Czech Referred to one whose characteristics made him stand out, such as being taller or shorter than normal, bald-headed, more clever, more stubborn, and so on... [more] WESTBROOK English From a place in southern England (Hampshire, Devon) meaning "from west of the brook". WESTERBERG Swedish, German Means "west of the mountain", originally referring to a person who lived there. WETTERMAN German Means "weatherman" perhaps referring to someone who foretold the weather, from the German wetter. WICKHAM English Habitational name from any of various places so called, for example in Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Hampshire, Berkshire, and Oxfordshire... [more] WIECK German Means "dweller in an outlying settlement that was dependent on a larger village" from the Latin vicus. WILDGRUBE German Possibly means "dweller by the wild (animal's) den" from the German grube "hollow, pit" and wild "wild, untamed". WILLOUGHBY English From Old English wilig meaning "willow" plus Old Norse byr meaning "farm" or "village"... [more] WINCHESTER English From an English place name, derived from the given name Venta, of unknown meaning, combined with Latin castra "encampment". WINTER English, German, Swedish From the Old English winter or the Old High German wintar (Middle High German winter) meaning "winter"... [more] WINTERBOTTOM English Bottom means "vale" or "lowland", so Winterbottom probably refers to a winter pasture in a lowland valley. WINTHER (1) German From the German given name Winther (Old High German winid "Wend, Sorb" and heri "army"). WINTON English Derived from the name of villages meaning "enclosure belonging to WINE" in Old English. WITHERSPOON English Originally given to a person who dwelt at or near a sheep enclosure, Middle English wether "sheep" and spong "strip of land". WOLANSKI Ukrainian Denoted a person who came from one of the places in Poland called Wola, Wolany... [more] WOLFE English Means "wolf" either from the many Germanic names beginning with the element wolf or as a nickname. WOOD English, Scottish Originally denoted one who lived in or worked in a wood or forest, derived from Middle English wode. WOODHAM English Means "from the home near the wood", derived from Old English wudu "wood" and ham "home". WORTHAM English Wortham is derived from a place name in Suffolk, England meaning "enclosed homestead". WRAY English Denoted someone who hailed from any of the various places of that name in Northern England from the Old Norse vrá meaning "corner, recess". WRIGHT (1) English From Old English wryhta meaning "worker", an occupational name for someone who was a craftsman... [more] WRIGHT (2) English Americanized form of French Le Droit, a nickname for an upright person, from Old French droit "right". WYMAN (1) English From the Old English name Wigmund composed of elements meaning "war" and "protection". WYNDHAM English Means "from the house on the lane", based on the Scottish word wynd, a "lane", and the Anglo-Saxon ham, a "home"... [more] XYLANDER Dutch, German From Greek xylon, which meant "wood, forest", and andros, which meant "man"... [more] YAMADA Japanese From yama meaning "mountain" and ta meaning "rice field" (t changes to d after a vowel). YAMAGUCHI Japanese From a very common place name meaning "mountain entrance", from yama "mountain", and guchi "mouth"... [more] YAMAMOTO Japanese Means "base of the mountain" from yama, meaning "mountain", and moto, meaning "base, origin". YAP English From a nickname for a clever or cunning person, from Middle English yap, meaning "devious, deceitful, bent, shrewd". YATES English, Welsh Means "dweller by the gate", "gate keeper" from the Old English word geat meaning "gate"... [more] YORK English From the name of the English city, which probably was derived from a Brythonic word meaning "yew tree". YU (2) Chinese Derives from a Chinese place name called 虞, one located in Henan province and the other in Shanxi province. ZABALA Basque Name for someone who lived in any of the various places in Biscay and Araba called Zabala, which is derived from the Basque zabal, meaning "large" or "broad" and a, the definite article. ZABAT Greek Probably means "dweller by the shallow water" from the Greek zabatos, diabatos meaning "fordable, crossable". ZAMBRANO (1) Spanish Derived from a habitational name for someone "from Zamora", or a habitational name for someone of Zambrana, a town in the Araba province in Basque Country. ZAMBRANO (2) Italian Though of uncertain derivation, it may be based on Zammarano, a habitational name for someone from Zammaro, part of San Gregorio d'Ippona in Vibe Valentia province. ZAMORANO Spanish Means "a person from Zamora", Zamora being the name of both a province in Spain and its capital city. ZAPPA Italian Means "hoe, mattock" from the Italian zappa, probably denoting an agricultural worker... [more] ZILBERSCHLAG German, Jewish Occupational surname for a silversmith from Yiddish zilber "silver" and schlag "strike". ZIMMAN Jewish Assigned to families migrating via Ellis Island in the early part of the 20th century... [more] ZIMMERMANN German, Jewish From the German word for "carpenter", derived from Middle High German zimber "timber, wood" and mann "man". ZINO Italian Derived from the given name Zino, a nickname for many names ending with -zino, for example Bonifazzino, Lorenzino, Vincenzino. |
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