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TYSON (1) English Derived from a nickname for a quarrelsome person, from Old French tison meaning "firebrand". UNDERHILL English Means "dweller at the foot of a hill" or from a locational name from Underhill in Devon, which was named after the Old English under "under" and hyll "hill", or from Underhill in Kent, named after the Old English under and helde "slope". UNDERWOOD English, Scottish From a Scottish and English place name for a man who lived at the edge of the woods... [more] VERNON English Locational name in the Eure region of Normandy, from the Gaulish element vern "alder (tree)" with the genitive case maker -onis making it "place of the alders". VICTOR Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish Derived from the male given name VICTOR. WAKEFIELD English The English surname of Wakefield is of local origin, being one of those surnames derived from the place where the original bearer once lived or held land... [more] WALKER English Occupational surname for a person who walked on damp raw cloth in order to thicken it... [more] WALTON English From any of several villages in England, from Old English wald "wood", wall "wall", or wælla "stream, spring" and ton "town". WARDROBE English Means "warder of the robes", from the Old French warder, garder "to watch" and robe. WARE English Most examples of this surname are probably derived from the Old English wær meaning "(dweller by the) dam, weir"... [more] WARREN (1) English Name for a person who lived near a warrene, Norman French meaning "animal enclosure" (of Germanic origin). WARWICK English From the name of a town, itself derived from Old English wer "weir, dam" and wic "dairy farm". WASH English Derived from the Old French name Gace, Old German Wazzo and Frisian Watso which all are diminutives of Old German names beginning with Wad- or Warin-. WASHINGTON English From a place name meaning "town of Wassa", from Old English tun, meaning town, and Wassa, a given name derived from Wāðsige, composed of the elements wāð "hunt" and sige "victory"... [more] WATKINS English Derived from the Middle English given name Wat or Watt, which was a diminutive of the name WALTER. WATSON English, Scottish Patronymic form of the English and Scottish name Watt, which came from the extremely popular Middle English given name Wat or Watt, which was a diminutive of the name WALTER... [more] WAYNE English Occupational surname meaning "wagon maker", derived from Old English wægn "wagon"... [more] WEAVER English Occupational name meaning simply "weaver" from the Old English wefan, Middle English weven... [more] WEEKES English Means "dweller in an outlying settlement (dependent on a larger village)" from the Old English wic. WEMBLEY English Habitational name perhaps derived from Wembley in Greater London, named from the Old English given name Wemba and leah meaning "woodland, clearing". WESTBROOK English From a place in southern England (Hampshire, Devon) meaning "from west of the brook". WICKHAM English Habitational name from any of various places so called, for example in Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Hampshire, Berkshire, and Oxfordshire... [more] WILLOUGHBY English From Old English wilig meaning "willow" plus Old Norse byr meaning "farm" or "village"... [more] WINCHESTER English From an English place name, derived from the given name Venta, of unknown meaning, combined with Latin castra "encampment". WINTER English, German, Swedish From the Old English winter or the Old High German wintar (Middle High German winter) meaning "winter"... [more] WINTERBOTTOM English Bottom means "vale" or "lowland", so Winterbottom probably refers to a winter pasture in a lowland valley. WINTON English Derived from the name of villages meaning "enclosure belonging to WINE" in Old English. WITHERSPOON English Originally given to a person who dwelt at or near a sheep enclosure, Middle English wether "sheep" and spong "strip of land". WOLFE English Means "wolf" either from the many Germanic names beginning with the element wolf or as a nickname. WOOD English, Scottish Originally denoted one who lived in or worked in a wood or forest, derived from Middle English wode. WOODHAM English Means "from the home near the wood", derived from Old English wudu "wood" and ham "home". WORTHAM English Wortham is derived from a place name in Suffolk, England meaning "enclosed homestead". WRAY English Denoted someone who hailed from any of the various places of that name in Northern England from the Old Norse vrá meaning "corner, recess". WRIGHT (1) English From Old English wryhta meaning "worker", an occupational name for someone who was a craftsman... [more] WRIGHT (2) English Americanized form of French Le Droit, a nickname for an upright person, from Old French droit "right". WYMAN (1) English From the Old English name Wigmund composed of elements meaning "war" and "protection". WYNDHAM English Means "from the house on the lane", based on the Scottish word wynd, a "lane", and the Anglo-Saxon ham, a "home"... [more] YAP English From a nickname for a clever or cunning person, from Middle English yap, meaning "devious, deceitful, bent, shrewd". YATES English, Welsh Means "dweller by the gate", "gate keeper" from the Old English word geat meaning "gate"... [more] YORK English From the name of the English city, which probably was derived from a Brythonic word meaning "yew tree". |
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