Surnames Categorized "short forms"

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Aaij Dutch
Derived from the given name Aaij, a short form of Adriaan and other names.

Aalfs Dutch
Means "son of Aalf", a short form of Adolf.

Bell 2 English
Derived from the given name Bel, a medieval short form of Isabel.

Benini Italian
Means "son of Benino" from a diminutive of Bene or Beno, short forms of Benedetto.

Benn English
From a short form of Benedict.

Cino Italian
From the given name Cino, a short form of names ending in cino.

Cole English
From a medieval short form of Nicholas or from the byname Cola.

Corrà Italian
From a short form of the given name Corrado.

Ellington English
From the name of multiple towns in England. The town's name is derived from the masculine given name Ella (a short form of Old English names beginning with the elements ælf meaning "elf" or eald meaning "old") combined with tun meaning "enclosure, town".

Ellsworth English
Habitational name for a person from the town of Elsworth in Cambridgeshire. The town's name is derived from the masculine given name Ella (a short form of Old English names beginning with the elements ælf meaning "elf" or eald meaning "old") combined with worþ meaning "enclosure".

Enns German
Derived from a short form of the German given name Anselm.

Garey English
Variant of Geary.

Garry English
Variant of Geary.

Gary English
Variant of Geary.

Geary English
Derived from a Norman given name that was a short form of Germanic names starting with the element ger "spear".

Gehrig German
Variant of Gehring.

Gehring German
Derived from a short form of Old German names starting with the element ger "spear".

Gerig German
Variant of Gehring.

Giese German, Danish
Derived from a short form of the given name Giselbert or other Old German names beginning with the element gisal meaning "pledge, hostage".

Jahn German
From a Low German short form of Johannes.

Jinks English
Means "son of Jenk", a short form of Jenkin, a diminutive of Jen, itself a Middle English form of John.

Kinsley English
From the name of a town in West Yorkshire, meaning "clearing belonging to Cyne". The Old English given name Cyne is a short form of longer names beginning with cyne meaning "royal".

Kool Dutch
Derived from a short form of the given name Nicolaas.

Koole Dutch
Derived from a short form of the given name Nicolaas.

Laursen Danish
Means "son of Laur", a short form of Laurits.

Lemmi Italian
From a short form of the given name Guglielmo. It is typical of Tuscany.

Masi Italian
From the given name Maso a short form of Tommaso.

Masson 2 French
From a short form of the given name Thomasson, itself a diminutive of Thomas.

Maxwell Scottish
From a place name meaning "Mack's stream", from the name Mack, a short form of the Scandinavian name Magnus, combined with Old English wille "well, stream". A famous bearer was James Maxwell (1831-1879), a Scottish physicist who studied gases and electromagnetism.

Mondo Italian
From a given name, a short form of names such as Raimondo or Edmondo.

Nardi Italian
From the given name Nardo, which was originally a short form of names like Bernardo or Leonardo.

Nardo Italian
Variant of Nardi.

Nardovino Italian (Rare)
Either from Nardo, a short form of names like Bernardo or Leonardo, or from Ardovino, a variant of Arduino.

Patton English, Scottish
Diminutive of the medieval name Pate, a short form of Patrick.

Rowe 2 English
From the medieval name Row, which is either a variant of Roul or short form of Roland.

Simms English
Derived from the medieval given name Sim, a short form of Simon 1.

Simpson English
Means "son of Sim", Sim being a medieval short form of Simon 1. This is the name of a fictional American family on the animated television series The Simpsons, starting 1989.

Tanzi Italian
From a short form of the given name Costanzo.

Warshawsky Jewish
Variant of Warszawski.

Warszawski m & u Polish, Jewish
Place name for someone from the Polish city of Warsaw, itself derived from the given name Warsz, a short form of Warcisław.

Zino Italian
Derived from the given name Zino, a short form of names ending with -zino, such as Lorenzino, a diminutive of Lorenzo, or Vincenzino, a diminutive of Vincenzo.