the etymology and history of surnames
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| Apted |
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Usage: Welsh
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| Means "son of Teoda". |
| Argall |
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Usage: Welsh
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "dweller in a quiet place" from the Welsh Argol. |
| Baines (1) |
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Usage: Welsh
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| From Welsh ab Einws meaning "son of Einws". The given name Einws meanings "little anvil". |
| Banes |
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Usage: Welsh
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Baines (1). |
| Blevins |
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Usage: Welsh
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the Welsh given name Bleddyn which meant "wolf cub". |
| Bowen |
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Usage: Welsh
Extra: Statistics |
| From Welsh Ap Owain meaning "son of Owain". |
| Cadwallader |
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Usage: Welsh
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| Means "leader of the battle" from Welsh cad "battle" and gwaladr "leader". This was the name of a Welsh saint of the 7th-century. |
| Couch |
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Usage: Welsh, Cornish
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "red", indicating the original bearer had red hair. |
| Crewe |
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Usage: English, Welsh
Extra: Statistics |
| Name for someone from Crewe in Chesire, which comes from Welsh criu "weir". |
| Davies |
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Usage: English, Welsh
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Davis. |
| Evans |
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Usage: Welsh
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the given name Evan. |
| Floyd |
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Usage: Welsh
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Lloyd. |
| Hier |
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Usage: Welsh
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "tall, long" from the Welsh hir. |
| Jernigan |
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Usage: Welsh, English
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the Old Breton name Iarnuuocon meaning "iron famous". |
| Jones |
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Usage: English, Welsh
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the given name Jon (John). |
| Kendrick |
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Usage: English, Welsh
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the given name Kendrick. |
| Llewellyn |
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Usage: Welsh
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the Welsh given name Llywelyn. |
| Lloyd |
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Usage: Welsh
Extra: Statistics |
| This is an ancient surname that originates from Wales. The first bearers of the name Lloyd were thought to have originated in Mid Wales around the early 1300s. There is record of a Richard Loyt dating back to 1327, and an Ithell Lloyd in 1391. Lloyd is a nickname from the Welsh word llwyd, meaning "grey" or "hoary". |
| Maddox |
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Usage: Welsh
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the given name Madoc. |
| Morgan |
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Usage: Welsh
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the given name Morgan. |
| Morris |
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Usage: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the given name Maurice. |
| Perkins |
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Usage: English, Welsh
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of little Peter". |
| Powell |
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Usage: Welsh
Extra: Statistics |
| A contraction of the Welsh Ap Howell meaning "son of Howell". |
| Price |
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Usage: Welsh
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from Welsh ap Rhys, which means "son of Rhys". |
| Prichard |
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Usage: Welsh
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Pritchard. |
| Priddy |
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Usage: Welsh
Extra: Statistics |
| From Welsh prydudd meaning "bard". |
| Pritchard |
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Usage: Welsh
Extra: Statistics |
| From Welsh ap Richard meaning "son of Richard". |
| Pryce |
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Usage: Welsh
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Price. |
| Pugh |
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Usage: Welsh
Extra: Statistics |
| Anglicized form of ap Hugh meaning "son of Hugh". |
| Reece |
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Usage: Welsh
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the first name Rhys. |
| Rees |
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Usage: Welsh
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the first name Rhys. |
| Rhydderch |
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Usage: Welsh
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| From the first name Rhydderch. A famous bearer of this name is harpist Llio Rhydderch. |
| Rice |
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Usage: English, Welsh, Irish
Extra: Statistics |
| Anglicized version of the first name Rhys. Variant of Rees. |
| Sayer |
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Usage: Welsh
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| Means "carpenter" from the Welsh saer. |
| Tittensor |
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Usage: English, Welsh
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| Means "from Tittensor, England", Tittensor, as a place name, means "Titten's ridge". |
| Vaughan |
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Usage: English, Welsh
Extra: Statistics |
| The surname is a mutated form of Welsh fychan, which means "younger". It was a descriptive name to distinguish father from son. In English, the word fychan became vychan. |
| Vaughn |
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Usage: English, Welsh
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Vaughan. |
| Wallace |
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Usage: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "foreigner or stranger" from the Norman French le waleis. It was often used to denote native Welsh and Bretons. Borne by Sir William Wallace of Scotland. |
| Yates |
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Usage: English, Welsh
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "dweller by the gate", "gate keeper" from the Old English word geat meaning "gate". Or denotes a person hailing from Yate (Gloucestershire), England. |
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