CARROLLIrish From the given name CEARBHALL. A famous bearer was Lewis Carroll (1832-1898), whose real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
CECILWelsh From the Welsh given name Seisyll, which was derived from the Roman name Sextilius, a derivative of SEXTUS.
COLOMBOItalian Either from Italian colomba"dove" indicating a dove keeper, or from the given name COLOMBO, which is derived from the same word. This was the Italian surname of the 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus.
DERRICKEnglish Derived from the given name Derrick (see DEREK). A famous bearer of this surname is the character Stephan Derrick from the German television series Derrick (1974-1998).