Behind the Name: Surnames Categorized "athletes"

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the description is the meaning and history write-up for the name
separate search terms with spaces
search for an exact phrase by surrounding it with double quotes
- example: "lord of the rings" will match names from the novel 'The Lord of the Rings'
this field understands simple boolean logic
- force a term to be included by preceding it with a + sign
- force a term to be excluded by preceding it with a - sign
- example: +greek +(legend myth) -zeus will match Greek names of myths or legends not about Zeus
ignore name meanings: keywords from the name meanings are ignored

syllables can only be counted in names that have been assigned pronunciations
names without pronunciations are excluded from results

the pattern will be compared to the name
* is a wildcard that will match zero or more letters
- example: *oo* will match names which contain oo
_ is a wildcard that will match exactly one letter
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see the pronunciation key for a guide on how to write the sounds
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names without pronunciations are excluded from results
* is a wildcard that will match zero or more letters in the pronunciation
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- example: (s)(s)rah will match names which have two syllables and then the sound rah
(c) will match a consonant
(k) will match a consonant or consonant cluster
(v) will match a vowel
(p) will match a plosive or stop consonant
(p) will match a fricative consonant
(n) will match a nasal consonant
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BARNESEnglish
Denoted a person who worked or lived in a barn. The word barn is derived from Old English bere "barley" and ærn "dwelling".

BLACKEnglish
Means either "black" (from Old English blæc) or "pale" (from Old English blac). It could refer to a person with a pale or a dark complexion, or a person who worked with black dye.

BROWNEnglish
Originally a nickname for a person who had brown hair or skin. A notable bearer is Charlie Brown from the 'Peanuts' comic strip by Charles Schulz.

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

ELLIOTTEnglish
Derived from a diminutive of the given name ELIAS.

EVERETTEnglish
From the given name EVERARD.

EVERSDutch
Means "son of EVERT".

FLEMINGEnglish
Given to a person who was a Fleming, that is a person who was from FLANDERS in the Netherlands.

GRAYEnglish
From a nickname for a person who had grey hair or grey clothes.

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

HORTONEnglish
From the names of various places in England which are derived from Old English horh "dirt, mud" and tun "enclosure, yard, town".

INOUEJapanese
Means "above the well", from Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit", an unwritten possessive marker の (no), and 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper".

KAISERGerman
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.

MALLORYEnglish
From Old French maloret meaning "unfortunate, unlucky", a term introduced to England by the Normans.

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

MORRISEnglish, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Derived from the given name MAURICE.

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

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

PATTERSONEnglish, Scottish
Means "son of PATRICK".

RHODESEnglish
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.

RICEWelsh
Anglicized version of the given name RHYS.

ROGERSEnglish
Derived from the given name ROGER.

SCOTTEnglish, Scottish
Originally given to a person from Scotland or a person who spoke Scottish Gaelic.

SHEPHERDEnglish
Variant of SHEPARD.

STACYEnglish
Derived from Stace, a medieval form of EUSTACE.

SUTTONEnglish
From various English place names meaning "south town".

TACHIBANAJapanese
From Japanese 橘 (tachibana) meaning "orange, tangerine".

TAYLOREnglish
Derived from Old French tailleur meaning "tailor", ultimately from Latin taliare "to cut".

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

WILSONEnglish
Means "son of WILL".

WOODWARDEnglish
Occupational name for a forester, meaning "ward of the wood" in Old English.

YAMADAJapanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

	Usage
	Initial letter
	Source
	Meaning	expand search to ancestral names the meaning is anything from the name's write-up that is surrounded by "double quotes" separate search terms with spaces search for an exact phrase by surrounding it with double quotes example: "lord of the rings" will match names from the novel 'The Lord of the Rings' this field understands simple boolean logic force a term to be included by preceding it with a + sign force a term to be excluded by preceding it with a - sign example: +greek +(legend myth) -zeus will match Greek names of myths or legends not about Zeus expand search to ancestral names: meanings for names further up the family tree will be included in the search
	Description	ignore name meanings the description is the meaning and history write-up for the name separate search terms with spaces search for an exact phrase by surrounding it with double quotes example: "lord of the rings" will match names from the novel 'The Lord of the Rings' this field understands simple boolean logic force a term to be included by preceding it with a + sign force a term to be excluded by preceding it with a - sign example: +greek +(legend myth) -zeus will match Greek names of myths or legends not about Zeus ignore name meanings: keywords from the name meanings are ignored
	Origin
	Length
	Syllables	syllables can only be counted in names that have been assigned pronunciations names without pronunciations are excluded from results
	Pattern	the pattern will be compared to the name * is a wildcard that will match zero or more letters example: oo will match names which contain oo _ is a wildcard that will match exactly one letter example: __z will match names which have two letters and then a z
	Sound	case sensitive see the pronunciation key for a guide on how to write the sounds sounds can only be searched in names that have been assigned pronunciations names without pronunciations are excluded from results * is a wildcard that will match zero or more letters in the pronunciation example: lee will match names which end with the sound lee* (s) will match exactly one syllable in the pronunciation example: (s)(s)rah will match names which have two syllables and then the sound rah (c) will match a consonant (k) will match a consonant or consonant cluster (v) will match a vowel (p) will match a plosive or stop consonant (p) will match a fricative consonant (n) will match a nasal consonant case sensitive: check this if you wish distinguish between unstressed lowercase sounds and stressed uppercase sounds
	Related name
	Relationship	expand search to ancestral names the "relationship" is how the name relates to its parent name example: searching for diminutive will return Betsy because it is a diminutive of its parent Elizabeth selecting *(all core forms)* will exclude peripheral forms such as diminutives, short forms, and combinations expand search to ancestral names: relationships between names further up the family tree will be included
	Popularity
	Namesake
	User list	enter a behindthename.com username to search that user's public personal name lists to limit your search to a specific list, put the name of the list in brackets after the username
	Category	separate multiple categories with a comma * is a wildcard that will match zero or more letters in the category
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