SladeEnglish Derived from Old English slæd meaning "valley".
SolerOccitan, Catalan Denoted a person from any of the numerous places in the area whose names derive from Occitan or Catalan soler meaning "ground, floor".
SteinGerman, Jewish From Old High German stein meaning "stone". It might indicate the original bearer lived near a prominent stone or worked as a stonecutter. As a Jewish name it is ornamental.
StoneEnglish Name for a person who lived near a prominent stone or worked with stone, derived from Old English stan.
SuttonEnglish From various English place names meaning "south town".
SuzukiJapanese 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).
TalbotEnglish Of Norman origin, possibly derived from an unattested Germanic given name composed of the elements dala "to destroy" and bod "message".
TanakaJapanese Means "dweller in the rice fields", from Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".
TaylorEnglish Derived from Old French tailleur meaning "tailor", ultimately from Latin taliare "to cut".
TurnerEnglish Occupational name for one who worked with a lathe, derived from Old English turnian "to turn", of Latin origin. A famous bearer is the American musician Tina Turner (1939-2023), born Anna Mae Bullock.
VarelaSpanish Derived from Spanish vara"stick". It may have originally been given to one who used a stick in his line of work, for example an animal herder.
Wang 4Yiddish Name for a Jew from Hungary, ultimately from Russian Венгрия (Vengriya) meaning "Hungary".
Ward 1English Derived from Old English weard meaning "guard, guardian".
Ward 2Irish Anglicized form of Irish Mac an Bhaird, which means "son of the bard".
WayEnglish From Old English weg meaning "way, road, path".
WebsterEnglish Occupational name meaning "weaver", from Old English webba, a derivative of wefan "to weave".
WeissGerman, Yiddish From Middle High German wiz or Yiddish װייַס (vais) meaning "white". This was originally a nickname for a person with white hair or skin.
Wright 1English From Old English wyrhta meaning "wright, maker", an occupational name for someone who was a craftsman. Famous bearers were Orville and Wilbur Wright, the inventors of the first successful airplane.