Behind the Name: Surnames Categorized "athletes"

This is a list of surnames in which the categories include athletes.

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BARNES English
Denoted a person who worked or lived in a barn. The word barn is derived from Old English bere "barley" and ærn "dwelling".

CARTER English
Occupational name for a person who operated a cart to transport goods, from Norman French caretier.

HILL English
Originally given to a person who lived on or near a hill, derived from Old English hyll.

KAISER German
From Middle High German keiser meaning "emperor", originally a nickname applied to someone who acted kingly. The title ultimately derives from the Roman name CAESAR.

MONROE Scottish
Designated a person who had originally lived near the mouth of the Roe River in Derry, Ireland.

NELSON English
Means "son of NEIL". This name was borne by the British admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805).

PARKER English
Means "keeper of the park" in Middle English. It is an occupational name for a man who was the gamekeeper at the medieval park.

RHODES English
Either a topographical name derived from Old English rod meaning "a clearing in woodland", or a locational name from any of the locations named with this word.

ROGERS English
Derived from the given name ROGER.

STACY English
Derived from Stace, a medieval form of EUSTACE.

WATSON English, Scottish
Patronymic derived from the Middle English given name Wat or Watt, a diminutive of the name WALTER.

WILSON English
Means "son of WILL".