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ABBADELLI Italian Means "little priest, abbot" from the Italian abate and the diminutive suffix -elli. ABBEY English Means "dweller by the abbey" or "worker at the abbey" from the Middle English abbeye, abbaye. ALBERO Italian From the Italian albero meaning "tree" (ultimately from Latin arbor), referring to someone who lived in the woods or someone who chopped trees. ALMÁSSY Hungarian Derived from Hungarian alma meaning "apple", so it perhaps originally referred to a person who harvested or sold apples. ARKWRIGHT English Occupational name for a chest maker, from Middle English arc meaning "chest, bin" and wright meaning "maker, craftsman". AZZARÀ Italian From Southern Italy, it derives (like all the surnames with an accent on the final a) from Greek dialects of Calabria or Sicily... [more] BACHMEIER German Means "a farmer whose farm is beside a stream" from Middle High German bach "stream" and mei(g)er "steward"... [more] BACKUS English Means "bakery", an occupational name for a baker, from Old English bacan "to bake" and hus "house". BAILEY English From Middle English baili meaning "bailiff", which comes via Old French from Latin baiulus "porter". BANNER English Occupational name for a flag carrier, derived from Old French baniere meaning "banner", ultimately of Germanic origin. BARACNIK Czech Denoted a farmer in Bohemia with less land than a Sedlak, Zahradnik or Chalupnik, but more land than a tenant farmer. BAUMGARTNER German Means "a person who works at an orchard" from German baumgarten "orchard"... [more] BAUMHAUER German Means "a woodcutter" from Miggle High German boum "a tree", houwen "to chop"... [more] BEUTEL German The German word Beutel derives from the Middle High German word biutel meaning "bag"... [more] BISHOP English Means simply "bishop", ultimately from Greek επισκοπος (episkopos) meaning "overseer"... [more] BOHN German Occupational name for a grower of beans derived from Middle High German, Middle Low German bone "bean". BOOTSMA Dutch, Frisian Occupational surname meaning "boatman", derived from the Dutch word boot meaning "boat". BRISBOIS French Refers to a person who cleared land, from old French briser "to cut" and bois "forest". BUCKLEY (1) English, French Originated from the Norman surname Beauclerc meaning "beautiful or fair clergyman". BUTLER English, Irish From the Middle English word botte, which means "a vat or large trough used to contain wine"... [more] CAITO Italian Occupational name from the Sicilian càjitu "official" or "leader", ultimately from Arabic qāḍī "judge". CARMAN (1) English, Dutch Occupational name for a carter, from Middle English car "cart" and man "man". CARPENTER English From the occupation, derived from Middle English carpentier (ultimately from Latin carpentarius meaning "carriage maker"). CARTER English Occupational name for a person who operated a cart to transport goods, from Norman French cartier. CAUSER English Occupational name for one who made leggings, derived from Old French chausse "leggings". CHAMBERLAIN English Occupational name for one who looked after the master bedroom, from Norman French cambre "chamber, room". CHANCELLOR English, Scottish Occupational name for an administrator, a chancellor, from Norman French chancelier. CHANDLER English Occupational surname meaning "candle seller" or "candle maker" in Middle English, ultimately derived from Old French. CHARMCHI Iranian Means "leather worker" in Persian, from charm "leather" combined with chi, denoting an occupation. CHEVROLET French, German (Swiss) From chevaux meaning "goat" and lait meaning "milk", perhaps a name used to describe a farmer who cultivated goats. CHOWDHURY Indian Means "holder of four" in Sanskrit, from catus "all-round" combined with dhurîya "undertaking a burden"... [more] CLARK English Means "cleric" or "scribe", from Old English clerec meaning "priest", ultimately from Latin clericus... [more] CLAY English Means simply "clay", originally referring to a person who lived near or worked with of clay. COTTERILL English Derived from the occupation then known as cotter or cotier, which means "cottager"; that is, a farming small land owner. CTVRTLANIK Czech Derived from Czech ctvrt "one quarter" and lan, a medieval Czech measure of land, equal to approximately 18 hectares... [more] DEAN (2) English Occupational surname meaning "dean", referring to a person who either was a dean or worked for one... [more] DRAPER English Occupational name for a maker or seller of woolen cloth, from Anglo-Norman French draper (Old French drapier, an agent derivative of drap "cloth"). DRESCHNER German Derived from Middle High German dreschen "to thresh", "to separate the grains from a cereal plant". DREYER Dutch Means "turner" in Dutch, an occupational name for one who turned wood to create things like ornate chair legs. EARL English From the aristocratic title, which derives from Old English eorl, which means "nobleman, warrior". EL-MOFTY Arabic Means "the Mufti" (which refers to a legal expert, or the one with the fatwa)... [more] FALKENRATH German Meaning "keeper of the falon" with falk from the Germanic valke for "falcon" and rath meaning "keeper". FASHINGBAUER German From Fasching, a German carnival (Fastnacht meaning "eve of the beginning of the fast", or the time before Lent) celebrated in Austria and Catholic Bavaria, and bauer meaning "farmer". FAVAGER French From the old French or Swiss word faverges or favarges meaning a "forge", hence a name for a blacksmith... [more] FERRARI Italian Occupational name for a metalworker or smith, derived from Latin ferrum meaning "iron", and thus an Italian version of Smith. FERRO Italian, Portuguese Meaning "iron" from Latin, comes probably from a nickname for one who worked with iron. FISCELLA (2) Italian Derived from Sicilian fiscella, the word for a basket used to conserve cheese... [more] |
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