ButcherEnglish Occupational name for a butcher, derived from Old French bouchier.
ButtsEnglish From a nickname meaning "thick, stumpy", from Middle English butt.
CampbellScottish From a Gaelic nickname cam beul meaning "wry or crooked mouth". The surname was later represented in Latin documents as de bello campo meaning "of the fair field".
KingEnglish From Old English cyning"king", originally a nickname for someone who either acted in a kingly manner or who worked for or was otherwise associated with a king. A famous bearer was the American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968).
LamontScottish From the medieval Gaelic given name Lagmann, derived from Old Norse lǫgmaðr meaning "law man".
MarshallEnglish Derived from Middle English mareschal"marshal", from Latin mariscalcus, ultimately from Germanic roots akin to Old High German marah "horse" and scalc "servant". It originally referred to someone who took care of horses.
RoachEnglish From Middle English and Old French roche meaning "rock", from Late Latin rocca, a word that may be of Celtic origin. It indicated a person who lived near a prominent rock, or who came from a town by this name (such as Les Roches in Normandy).
Rowe 2English From the medieval name Row, which is either a variant of Roul or short form of Roland.
ShepherdEnglish Occupational name meaning "shepherd, sheep herder", from Old English sceaphyrde.
ThorntonEnglish From any of the various places in England by this name, meaning "thorn town" in Old English.
Wright 1English From Old English wyrhta meaning "wright, maker", an occupational name for someone who was a craftsman. Famous bearers were Orville and Wilbur Wright, the inventors of the first successful airplane.