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Sempers English From the name of various towns named
Saint Pierre in Normandy, all of which commemorate Saint
Peter .
Sessions English From the name of the city of Soissons in northern France, itself derived from the name of the Celtic tribe of the Suessiones.
Sipos Hungarian Occupational name for a fife player or piper, from Hungarian
síp "whistle, pipe".
Skeates English From the Old Norse nickname or byname
skjótr meaning
"swift" .
Solís Spanish From the name of a village in Asturias, Spain, derived from Spanish
sol "sun".
Sörös Hungarian From Hungarian
sör meaning
"beer" . Originally the name was given to beer brewers.
Spanos m Greek Means
"hairless, beardless" in Greek, ultimately from
σπάνιος (spanios) meaning "scarce, rare".
Sparks English From an Old Norse nickname or byname derived from
sparkr meaning
"sprightly" .
Styles English Locational name for one who lived near a steep hill, from Old English
stigol "stile, set of steps" .
Suess German Variant of
Süß . A famous bearer was the American children's author Dr. Seuss (1904-1991), who was born Theodor Seuss Geisel.
Süß German From Old High German
suozi meaning
"sweet" .
Szekeres Hungarian Occupational name for a cartman, derived from Hungarian
szekér meaning "cart, wagon".
Tavares Portuguese From any of the numerous places in Portugal called Tavares, likely of pre-Roman origin.
Terrazas Spanish Originally a name for a person from Terrazas in the Spanish city of Burgos, a place name meaning "terraces".
Travers English , French From an English and French place name that described a person who lived near a bridge or ford, or occasionally as an occupational name for the collector of tolls at such a location. The place name is derived from Old French
traverser (which comes from Late Latin
transversare ), which means
"to cross" .
Triggs English From a byname derived from Old Norse
tryggr meaning
"true, loyal" .
Vadas Hungarian From Hungarian
vad meaning
"wild" , either a nickname or an occupational name for a hunter of wild game.
Vámos Hungarian Means
"customs officer" in Hungarian, a derivative of
vám "customs".
Van As Dutch Means
"from Asch" , a town in the Netherlands, meaning "ash tree".
Vargas Spanish , Portuguese Means
"slope, flooded field, pastureland" or
"hut" , from the Spanish and Portuguese dialectal word
varga .
Vass Hungarian Derived from Hungarian
vas meaning
"iron" , referring to a worker in iron, a miner of iron ore or a vendor of iron goods. Alternatively, from the same root word, it may have been a nickname referring to one with a distinctively strong constitution.
Ververs Dutch Occupational name derived from Dutch
verver meaning
"dyer, painter" .
Villalobos Spanish Habitational name for a person from the town of Villalobos, Spain, which is derived from Spanish
villa "town" and
lobo "wolf".
Vivas Catalan From the Catalan byname
vivas meaning
"may you live" , which was bestowed upon children to bring good luck.
Vlachos m Greek Means
"Romanian, Wallachian" in Greek, from Old Slavic
volxŭ "Romance-speaker" (of Germanic origin).
Vörös Hungarian Means
"red" in Hungarian, referring to a person with red hair or face.
Voss German From Middle Low German
vos meaning
"fox" . It was originally a nickname for a clever person or a person with red hair.
Watkins English Derived from the Middle English given name
Wat or
Watt , which was a diminutive of the name
Walter .
Watts English Patronymic derived from the Middle English given name
Wat or
Watt , a diminutive of the name
Walter .
Weiss German , 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.
Wells English Derived from Middle English
wille meaning
"well, spring, water hole" .
Willis English Derived from the given name
William . A famous bearer of this surname is actor Bruce Willis (1955-).
Yates English From Old English
geat meaning
"gate" , a name for a gatekeeper or someone who lived near a gate.