Browse Surnames

This is a list of surnames in which the meaning contains the keywords earth or land.
usage
meaning
Årud Norwegian
From Norwegian å meaning "river, stream" and the archaic word rud meaning "cleared land".
Banks English
Originally indicated someone who lived near a hillside or a bank of land.
Brisbois French
Referred to a person who cleared land, from Old French briser "to cut" and bois "forest".
Cleveland English
Derived from a place name meaning "cliff land" in Old English.
Fattore Italian
Means "land agent, bailiff, steward, farmer" in Italian.
Garland English
Means "triangle land" from Old English gara and land. It originally belonged to a person who owned a triangle-shaped piece of land.
Gore English
From the Old English word gara meaning "triangular plot of land".
Harland English
From various place names meaning "hare land" in Old English.
Hüber German
Variant of Huber.
Huber German
Occupational name for a farmer, derived from Old High German huoba "plot of land, farm".
Hyde English
From Middle English hide, a unit of land, approximately the size necessary to support a household.
Hyland 1 English
Topographic name meaning "high land", from Old English heah and land.
Laninga Frisian
From Frisian lân meaning "land".
Moore 1 English
Originally indicated a person who lived on a moor, from Middle English mor meaning "open land, bog".
Murgatroyd English
From a place name meaning "Margaret's clearing".
Quiñones Spanish
From various Spanish place names derived from quiñón meaning "shared piece of land", derived from Latin quinque "five".
Read 2 English
From 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".
Reuter 1 German
Fom Middle High German riute meaning "cleared land".
Rhodes English
Topographic name derived from Old English rod meaning "cleared land", or a locational name from any of the locations named with this word.
Ruud Norwegian
Derived from Old Norse ruð meaning "cleared land".
Ryland English
From various English place names, derived from Old English ryge "rye" and land "land".
Terranova Italian
Means "new land" in Italian.
Van der Aart Dutch
Means "from the earth", derived from Dutch aarde "earth". It perhaps referred to either an earth bank or to a farmer.
Verhoeven Dutch
Means "from the farm" in Dutch, derived from hoeve "farm", and so indicated a person who lived on a farm.
Whinery English
From Middle English whin "gorse bush" and wray "nook of land".
Witherspoon English
Originally given to a person who dwelt near a sheep enclosure, from Middle English wether "sheep" and spong "strip of land".