Surnames on the List of Fictional Characters from Plays and Musicals

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Beverley English
From the name of an English city, derived from Old English beofor "beaver" and (possibly) licc "stream".

Brown English
Originally a nickname for a person who had brown hair or skin. A notable bearer is Charlie Brown from the Peanuts comic strip by Charles Schulz.

Darling English
From a nickname or byname derived from Middle English dereling, Old English deorling, meaning "darling, beloved one".

Douglas Scottish
From the name of a town in Lanarkshire, itself named after a tributary of the River Clyde called the Douglas Water, derived from Gaelic dubh "dark" and glais "water, river" (an archaic word related to glas "grey, green"). This was a Scottish Lowland clan, the leaders of which were powerful earls in the medieval period.

Dubois French
Means "from the forest", from French bois "forest".

Evans Welsh, English
Means "son of Evan".

Fairchild English
Means "beautiful child" in Middle English.

Fisher English, Jewish
Cognate of Fischer.

Fowler English
Occupational name for a fowler or birdcatcher, ultimately derived from Old English fugol meaning "bird".

Higgins Irish
From Irish Ó hUiginn meaning "descendant of Uiginn". Uiginn is a byname meaning "Viking".

Hill English
Originally given to a person who lived on or near a hill, derived from Old English hyll.

Johnson English
Means "son of John". Famous bearers include American presidents Andrew Johnson (1808-1875) and Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973).

Jones English, Welsh
Derived from the given name Jon, a medieval variant of John.

Jordan 1 English, French, German
Derived from the given name Jordan.

Jordan 2 Jewish
Derived from the name of the Jordan river, which is from Hebrew יָרַד (yaraḏ) meaning "descend" or "flow down".

Karl German
From the given name Karl.

Kelly 1 Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ceallaigh meaning "descendant of Ceallach". Famous bearers include actor and dancer Gene Kelly (1912-1996) and actress and princess Grace Kelly (1929-1982).

Kelly 2 Scottish
From a Scottish place name derived from coille meaning "grove".

Kowalski m Polish
From Polish kowal meaning "blacksmith". This is the second most common surname in Poland.

László Hungarian
Derived from the given name László.

Levi Jewish
From the given name Levi.

Loman Dutch
From various place names in the Netherlands, derived from Old Dutch loh meaning "meadow, clearing".

McClain Scottish
Variant of McLain.

McLain Scottish
Variant of McLean.

Melville Scottish
From the place name Malleville meaning "bad town" in Norman French.

Montague English
From a Norman place name meaning "sharp mountain" in Old French.

Pan 1 Provençal
Means "baker", from Latin panis meaning "bread".

Pan 2 Chinese
From Chinese 潘 (pān) meaning "water in which rice has been rinsed", and also referring to a river that flows into the Han River.

Ritter German
From Middle High German riter meaning "rider, knight", a cognate of Ryder.

Robinson English
Means "son of Robin".

Sipos Hungarian
Occupational name for a fife player or piper, from Hungarian síp "whistle, pipe".

Sweet English
From a nickname meaning "sweet, pleasant", from Old English swete.

Valjean Literature
Created by Victor Hugo for Jean Valjean, the hero of his novel Les Misérables (1862). The novel explains that his father, also named Jean, received the nickname Valjean or Vlajean from a contraction of French voilá Jean meaning "here's Jean".

Webb English
Occupational name meaning "weaver", from Old English webba, a derivative of wefan "to weave".

Williams English
Means "son of William".

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