Submitted Name Save Type Surname (from location) Usage English Edit Status Status [history·contributorshide contributors] Added 1/12/2020 by namefix Edited 1/12/2020 by namefix Meaning & History habitational name from any of various places, for example in Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, and Staffordshire, named with Old English cirice or Old Norse kirkja 'church' + Old English tun 'enclosure', 'settlement'.