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Aldershof Dutch
Means "Aldert's courtyard" from the given name Aldert combined with Dutch hof "yard, court".

Althaus German
Name for a person dwelled in or by an old house, from German alt "old" and haus "house".

Althuis Dutch
Dutch cognate of Althaus.

Aoki Japanese
From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Appelhof Dutch
Indicated a person who lived by or at an apple garden, from Dutch appel "apple" and hof "yard, court".

Attwood English
Variant of Atwood.

Atwood English
From Middle English meaning "dweller at the wood".

Avcı Turkish
Means "hunter" in Turkish.

Baumann German, Jewish
From Middle High German bumann meaning "farmer, builder".

Beethoven Dutch (Archaic)
From a place name derived from Dutch beet "beet, beetroot" and hoven "farms". This name was borne by the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), whose family was of Flemish origin. The surname is now mostly extinct.

Bengoetxea Basque
Means "the house furthest down" from Basque bengo "furthest down" and etxe "house".

Blackwood English, Scottish
From an English place name meaning "black wood".

Bolton English
From any of the many places in England called Bolton, derived from Old English bold "house" and tun "enclosure".

Bosch 1 Dutch, Low German
Derived from Middle Dutch bosch meaning "wood, forest".

Bouwmeester Dutch
Means "architect, builder" in Dutch.

Boyce English
From Old French bois meaning "wood", originally given to someone who lived by or in a wood.

Buchholz German
From Middle High German buoche "beech" and holz "wood".

Burroughs English
Variant of Burrows.

Burrows English
Topographic name derived from Old English beorg meaning "hill, mountain" or burg meaning "fort". Alternatively, it could come from a compound of bur "room, cottage, dwelling" and hus "house".

Casal Spanish
From the Spanish word casal meaning "farmhouse, country house", ultimately from Late Late casalis, from Latin casa.

Casale Italian
Italian cognate of Casal.

Casales Spanish
Variant of Casal.

Casas Spanish
From Spanish casa meaning "house", of Latin origin.

Dallas 1 English
From Old English dæl meaning "valley" and hus meaning "house".

De Smet Flemish
Flemish variant of Smit.

Dwerryhouse English
Indicated a person who worked or lived at a dyehouse, which is a place where dyeing was done.

Fabbro Italian
Variant of Fabbri.

Fabre Occitan, French
Occitan form of Fèvre.

Fabron French
Diminutive form of Fabre.

Faure Occitan, French
Occitan form of Fèvre.

Favero Italian
Variant of Fabbri.

Favre French
Southern French variant of Fèvre.

Favreau French
Diminutive of Favre.

Gardener English
Occupational surname for one who was a gardener, from Old French jardin meaning "garden" (of Frankish origin).

Goffe English
Derived from Breton or Cornish goff meaning "smith", referring to a metalworker.

Goldschmidt German
Occupational name meaning "goldsmith" in German.

Greenwood English
Topographic name for someone who lived in or near a lush forest, from Old English grene "green" and wudu "wood".

Häusler German
Name for someone who lived in a house with no land, derived rom Old High German word hus meaning "house".

Haywood English
From various place names meaning "fenced wood" in Old English.

Hoefler German
Variant of Hofer.

Hofer German
Occupational name for a farmer, from German Hof "farm", from Old High German hof "yard, court".

Hoffmann German
From Middle High German hofmann meaning "farmer".

Höfler German
Variant of Hofer.

Hofmann German
Variant of Hoffmann.

Hofmeister German
Means "master of the household", from Old High German hof "yard, court, house" and meistar "master" (from Latin magister).

Holmwood English
Variant of Homewood.

Holtz German
German cognate of Holt.

Hölzer German
German cognate of Holt.

Holzer German
German cognate of Holt.

Holzknecht German
Occupational name for a forester's helper, from Old High German holz "wood" and kneht "servant, apprentice".

Holzmann German
Derived from Old High German holz "wood" and man "man", a name for someone who lived close to a wood or worked with wood.

Homewood English
From various place names derived from Old English ham meaning "home" and wudu meaning "wood".

House English
Referred to a person who lived or worked in a house, as opposed to a smaller hut.

Houtkooper Dutch
Means "buyer of wood" in Dutch.

Hunter English, Scottish
Occupational name that referred to someone who hunted for a living, from Old English hunta.

Jäger German
Means "hunter" in German, from Old High German jagon meaning "to hunt".

Keith Scottish
From a place name that is probably derived from the Brythonic element cet meaning "wood". This was the surname of a long line of Scottish nobles.

Kertész Hungarian
Occupational name meaning "gardener" in Hungarian.

Kimura Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Kuroki Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Lefebvre French
Variant of Lefèvre.

Lockwood English
From an English place name meaning "enclosed wood".

Mac Ghabhann Irish
Means "son of the smith" in Irish.

Madeira Portuguese
Occupational name for a carpenter, from Portuguese madeira "wood".

Maki 2 Japanese
From Japanese 真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree".

Mason English
Occupational name for a stoneworker or layer of bricks, from Old French masson, of Frankish origin (akin to Old English macian "to make").

Maurer German
Occupational name meaning "wall builder" in German.

Millhouse English
Name for someone whose house was in a mill or who worked in a mill.

Miyake Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 宅 (yake) meaning "house, home".

Montero Spanish
Means "hunter" in Spanish, an agent derivative of monte meaning "mountain, wilderness".

Namgung Korean
From Sino-Korean 南 (nam) meaning "south" combined with 宮 (gung) meaning "palace, house". This is the most common Korean compound surname.

Norwood English
Originally taken from a place name meaning "north wood" in Old English.

Ola Basque
From Basque ola meaning "hut, small house, forge".

Palomer Provençal
Means "pigeon keeper" from Latin palumbes "pigeon".

Prescott English
From the name of various English places meaning "priest's cottage" in Old English.

Rautio Finnish
Means "smith" in Finnish.

Robledo Spanish
Means "oak wood" from Spanish roble "oak", ultimately from Latin robur.

Salas Spanish
Variant of Sala.

Sasaki Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" (repeated, indicated by the iteration mark 々) and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Sawyer English
Occupational name meaning "sawer of wood, woodcutter" in Middle English, ultimately from Old English sagu meaning "saw". Mark Twain used it for the main character in his novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876).

Schmid German
Variant of Schmidt.

Schmidt German
Occupational name derived from Middle High German smit "smith, metalworker", a cognate of Smith.

Schmitt German
Variant of Schmidt.

Schmitz German
Variant of Schmidt, originating in the Rhine area in western Germany.

Sepp Estonian
Means "smith" in Estonian.

Seppä Finnish
Means "smith" in Finnish.

Seppänen Finnish
Variant of Seppä.

Sitz 2 German
Means "house owner", derived from Old High German siz "seat, domicile".

Skov Danish
Topographic name meaning "forest, wood" in Danish, from Old Norse skógr.

Skovgaard Danish
From a place name, derived from Danish skov "forest, wood" and gård "farm, yard".

Smeets Dutch
Variant of Smit.

Smets Dutch
Variant of Smit.

Smits Dutch
Variant of Smit.

Smythe English
Variant of Smith.

Suzuki Japanese
From Japanese 鈴 (suzu) meaning "bell" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood". This is the second most common surname in Japan. A notable bearer was the artist Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770).

Tjäder Swedish
Means "wood grouse" in Swedish.

Underwood English
Means "dweller at the edge of the woods", from Old English under and wudu.

Van Althuis Dutch
Dutch cognate of Althaus.

Vila Catalan
Catalan form of Villa.

Vilaró Catalan
Catalan variant of Vilar.

Villalba Spanish
Denoted a person from one of the various Spanish places by this name. It is derived from Spanish villa "town" and alba "white".

Villalobos Spanish
Habitational name for a person from the town of Villalobos, Spain, which is derived from Spanish villa "town" and lobo "wolf".

Villanueva Spanish
Originally denoted someone who came from one of the various Spanish towns by this name, derived from villa "town" and nueva "new".

Villar Spanish
Spanish cognate of Vilar.

Villaverde Spanish
Originally denoted a person from one of the various Spanish towns by this name, derived from villa "town" and verde "green".

Walkenhorst German
Possibly derived from a German place name Falkenhorst, from Falken meaning "falcons" and Horst meaning "thicket".

Wood English, Scottish
Originally denoted one who lived in or worked in a forest, derived from Old English wudu "wood".

Woodcock English
Nickname referring to the woodcock bird.

Woodham English
Indicated a person who had a home near a wood, derived from Old English wudu "wood" and ham "home, settlement".

Woodhams English
Variant of Woodham.

Woodrow English
From a place name meaning "row of houses by a wood" in Old English.

Woods English, Scottish
Variant of Wood.

Woodward English
Occupational name for a forester, meaning "ward of the wood" in Old English.

Wootton English
Derived from Old English wudu "wood" and tun "enclosure, town".

Xylander German
From Greek ξύλον (xylon) meaning "wood, timber" and ἀνδρός (andros) meaning "man". This surname was a Greek translation of German surnames of the same meaning.

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