This is a list of surnames in which the meaning contains the keywords earth or land.
Årud NorwegianFrom Norwegian
å meaning "river, stream" and the archaic word
rud meaning "cleared land".
Banks EnglishOriginally indicated someone who lived near a hillside or a bank of land.
Brisbois FrenchReferred to a person who cleared land, from Old French
briser "to cut" and
bois "forest".
Fattore ItalianMeans
"land agent, bailiff, steward, farmer" in Italian.
Garland EnglishMeans
"triangle land" from Old English
gara and
land. It originally belonged to a person who owned a triangle-shaped piece of land.
Gore EnglishFrom the Old English word
gara meaning
"triangular plot of land".
Harland EnglishFrom various place names meaning
"hare land" in Old English.
Huber GermanOccupational name for a farmer, derived from Old High German
huoba "plot of land, farm".
Hyde EnglishFrom Middle English
hide, a unit of land, approximately the size necessary to support a household.
Hyland 1 EnglishTopographic name meaning
"high land", from Old English
heah and
land.
Moore 1 EnglishOriginally indicated a person who lived on a moor, from Middle English
mor meaning
"open land, bog".
Quiñones SpanishFrom various Spanish place names derived from
quiñón meaning
"shared piece of land", derived from Latin
quinque "five".
Read 2 EnglishFrom Old English
ryd, an unattested form of
rod meaning
"cleared land". It is also derived from various English place names with various meanings, including "roe headland", "reeds" and "brushwood".
Rhodes EnglishTopographic name derived from Old English
rod meaning
"cleared land", or a locational name from any of the locations named with this word.
Van der Aart DutchMeans
"from the earth", derived from Dutch
aarde "earth". It perhaps referred to either an earth bank or to a farmer.
Verhoeven DutchMeans
"from the farm" in Dutch, derived from
hoeve "farm", and so indicated a person who lived on a farm.
Whinery EnglishFrom Middle English
whin "gorse bush" and
wray "nook of land".
Witherspoon EnglishOriginally given to a person who dwelt near a sheep enclosure, from Middle English
wether "sheep" and
spong "strip of land".