Surnames with 2 Syllables

Aalto Finnish
From Finnish aalto meaning "wave". A famous bearer was Finnish architect Alvar Aalto (1898-1976).

Aaron Jewish, English
From the given name Aaron.

Abbas Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Abbas.

Abbey English
Indicated a person who lived near an abbey or worked in an abbey, from Middle English abbeye.

Abbott English
English cognate of Abate.

Abdel Arabic
From the given name Abdul.

Abdul Arabic, Pashto
From the given name Abdul.

Abe 1 Japanese
From Japanese 安 (a) meaning "peace" and 倍 (be) meaning "multiple times".

Abe 2 Japanese
From Japanese 安 (a) meaning "peace" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Abel 1 English, French, Danish, Spanish, Portuguese
Derived from the given name Abel.

Åberg Swedish
From Swedish å meaning "river, stream" and berg meaning "mountain".

Abney English
From the name of a town in Derbyshire, derived from Old English meaning "Abba's island".

Abram English
Derived from the given name Abraham.

Abrams Jewish, English
Means "son of Abraham".

Abreu Portuguese, Galician
Meaning uncertain, possibly from a given name that was of Germanic origin.

Acker German, English
Denoted a person who lived near a field, derived from Middle English aker or Middle High German acker meaning "field".

Acqua Italian
Means "water" in Italian, indicating one who dwelt by or transported water.

Adair English
Derived from the given name Edgar.

Ádám Hungarian
Hungarian form of Adam.

Adam um English, French, German, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Romanian, Jewish
Derived from the given name Adam.

Adams English, Jewish
Derived from the given name Adam.

Adel Arabic
From the given name Adil.

Adler German, Jewish
Means "eagle" in German.

Aggio Italian
Possibly from the name Aggius, probably related to the Germanic name Agi.

Agli Italian
From place names like Agliè, Aglietti, Agliana and Agliate, all originating from the Latin name Allius or Alleius.

Agócs Hungarian
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Ágoston.

Agua Spanish
Means "water" in Spanish, indicating a person who lived near water or worked with water.

Ahmad Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Indian (Muslim)
Derived from the given name Ahmad.

Ahmed Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Indian (Muslim)
Derived from the given name Ahmad.

Ajam Arabic
From Arabic عَجَم (ʿajam) meaning "foreigner, non-Arab".

Alan English, Scottish
Derived from the given name Alan.

Albert English, French, Catalan, Hungarian, Romanian, German
Derived from the given name Albert.

Alberts English, Dutch
Means "son of Albert".

Alden English
Derived from the Old English given name Ealdwine.

Alfons Dutch
From the given name Alfons.

Ali Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Ali 1.

Allan English, Scottish
Derived from the given name Alan.

Allard French, English
Derived from the given name Adalhard (or the Old English cognate Æðelræd).

Allen English, Scottish
Derived from the given name Alan.

Alves Portuguese
Means "son of Álvaro".

Alvin English
Variant of Elwyn.

Amjad Arabic
Derived from the given name Amjad.

André French
Derived from the given name André.

Andrés Spanish
Derived from the given name Andrés.

Andreu Catalan
From the given name Andreu.

Andrews English
Means "son of Andrew".

Andries Dutch
Derived from the given name Andries.

Anson English
Means "son of Agnes".

Antal Hungarian
From the given name Antal.

Antić Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Anto" or "son of Ante 1".

Antón Spanish
From the given name Antón.

Anton Romanian
From the given name Anton.

Arany Hungarian
Means "golden" in Hungarian. A famous bearer of the name was Hungarian poet János Arany (1817-1882).

Arce Spanish
Means "maple tree" in Spanish.

Archer English
Occupational name for one who practiced archery, from Latin arcus "bow" (via Old French).

Arias Spanish
Possibly derived from a medieval given name of Germanic origin.

Armstrong English
Means "strong arm" from Middle English. Tradition holds that the family is descended from Siward, an 11th-century Earl of Northumbria. Famous bearers of this name include the Americans Louis Armstrong (1901-1971), a jazz musician, and Neil Armstrong (1930-2012), an astronaut who was the first person to walk on the moon.

Arnaud French
From the given name Arnaud.

Arnold English, German
Derived from the given name Arnold.

Arthur English, French
From the given name Arthur.

Ashley English
Denoted a person hailing from one of the many places in England that bear this name. The place name itself is derived from Old English æsc "ash tree" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Ashton English
Denoted a person from one of the towns in England that bear this name, itself derived from Old English æsc "ash tree" and tun "enclosure, yard, town".

Aston 1 English
From a place name meaning "east town" in Old English.

Aston 2 English
From the Old English given name Æðelstan.

Åström Swedish
From Swedish å meaning "river, stream" and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream, current, flow".

Atkins English
Means "son of Atkin", a medieval diminutive of Adam.

Attwood English
Variant of Atwood.

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

Aubert French
From the given name Aubert.

Audley English
From a place name meaning "Ealdgyð's clearing" in Old English.

Aue German
From German meaning "meadow by a river, wetland". There are many places with this name in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Austin English
Derived from the given name Austin.

Avcı Turkish
Means "hunter" in Turkish.

Avery English
Derived from a Norman French form of the given names Alberich or Alfred.

Babcock English
Derived from the medieval name Bab, possibly a diminutive of Bartholomew or Barbara.

Babić Serbian, Croatian
Matronymic surname derived from Serbo-Croatian baba "grandmother, old woman".

Bachchan Hindi
From Hindi बच्चा (bachchā) meaning "child", a word of Persian origin. This surname was adopted by the Indian poet Harivansh Rai Srivastava (1907-2003).

Baggio Italian
Originally denoted a person from the Italian town of Baggio (now part of Milan). It is probably derived from Latin Badalocum meaning "watch place".

Baglio Italian
Italian cognate of Bailey.

Bagni Italian
From Italian bagno "bath", derived from Latin balneum, referring to a person who worked as a bath house attendant.

Bailey English
From Middle English baili meaning "bailiff", which comes via Old French from Latin baiulus "porter".

Bajusz Hungarian
Means "moustache" in Hungarian.

Baker English
Occupational name meaning "baker", derived from Middle English bakere.

Bakker Dutch
Dutch cognate of Baker, from Middle Dutch backere.

Bakó Hungarian
Means "axeman" in Hungarian.

Balázs Hungarian
Derived from the given name Balázs.

Baldi Italian
Derived from the given name Baldo.

Baldwin English
Derived from the given name Baldwin.

Balık Turkish
From a Turkish word meaning "fish".

Bálint Hungarian
Derived from the given name Bálint.

Balog Hungarian
Variant of Balogh.

Balogh Hungarian
Means "left handed" in Hungarian.

Banner English
Occupational name for a flag carrier, derived from Old French baniere meaning "banner", ultimately of Germanic origin.

Baran um Polish, Slovak, Ukrainian
Means "ram, male sheep" in Polish, Slovak and Ukrainian.

Bárány Hungarian
Means "lamb" in Hungarian.

Baráth Hungarian
Derived from Hungarian barát meaning "friend".

Barber English, Scottish
Indicated a barber, one who cut hair for a living.

Bardsley English
From the name a village near Manchester, from the Old English given name Beornræd and leah "woodland, clearing".

Barker English
From Middle English bark meaning "to tan". This was an occupational name for a leather tanner.

Barlow English
Derived from a number of English place names that variously mean "barley hill", "barn hill", "boar clearing" or "barley clearing".

Barna Hungarian
Means "brown" in Hungarian.

Baron English, French
From the title of nobility, derived from Latin baro (genitive baronis) meaning "man, freeman", possibly from Frankish barō meaning "servant, man, warrior". It was used as a nickname for someone who worked for a baron or acted like a baron.

Barret English
Variant of Barrett.

Barrett English
Probably derived from the Middle English word barat meaning "trouble, deception", originally given to a quarrelsome person.

Barros Portuguese, Spanish
From the Portuguese and Spanish word barro meaning "clay, mud". This could either be an occupational name for a person who worked with clay or mud such as a builder or artisan, or a topographic name for someone living near clay or mud.

Barta Hungarian
From the given name Barta.

Barton English
From a place name meaning "barley town" in Old English.

Bartos Hungarian
From a given name that was a diminutive of Bertalan.

Bartosz Polish
Derived from the given name Bartosz.

Basile Italian, French
From the given name Basilio or Basile.

Bassi Italian
Variant of Basso, common in northern Italy.

Basso Italian
Originally a nickname for a short person, from Latin bassus "thick, low".

Bateson English
Means "son of Bate".

Battle English
From a nickname for a combative person. In some cases it may come from the name of English places called Battle, so named because they were sites of battles.

Bauer German
From Old High German bur meaning "peasant, farmer".

Baxter English
Variant (in origin a feminine form) of Baker.

Beasley English
From the name of a place in Lancashire, from Old English beos "bent grass" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Beauchêne French
From French place names derived from beau "beautiful" and chêne "oak".

Beaufort French
From various French place names derived from beau "beautiful" and fort "strong place, fortress".

Beaulieu French
From various French place names derived from beau "beautiful" and lieu "place".

Beaumont French, English
From French place names derived from beau "beautiful" and mont "mountain".

Becker German
Derived from Middle High German becker meaning "baker".

Becket English
Variant of Beckett.

Beckett English
Originally a diminutive of Beck 1 or Beck 3.

Beckham English
From an English place name meaning "Becca's homestead" in Old English (with Becca being a masculine byname meaning "pickaxe"). A famous bearer is retired English soccer player David Beckham (1975-).

Begam Indian (Muslim), Bengali (Muslim), Urdu, Punjabi
Alternate transcription of Urdu بیگم, Bengali বেগম or Gurmukhi ਬੇਗਮ (see Begum).

Begum Indian (Muslim), Bengali (Muslim), Urdu, Punjabi
From a title traditionally used as an honorific for Muslim women in India and other parts of southern Asia. It is derived from a feminine form of the Turkic title beg meaning "chieftain" (modern Turkish bey).

Bello Spanish, Italian
Means "beautiful" in Spanish and Italian, originally a nickname for an attractive person.

Belmont French, English
French and English form of Belmonte.

Bennet English
Derived from the medieval English given name Bennett.

Bennett English
Derived from the medieval English given name Bennett.

Benoit French
From the given name Benoît.

Benson English
Means "son of Benedict".

Bentley English
From a place name derived from Old English beonet "bent grass" and leah "woodland, clearing". Various towns in England bear this name.

Benton English
Denoted someone who came from Benton, England, which is derived from Old English beonet "bent grass" and tun "enclosure".

Berger 2 German, Dutch
Variant of Berg.

Bergqvist Swedish
From Swedish berg meaning "mountain" and qvist (Old Norse kvistr) meaning "twig, branch".

Bernard um French, English, Dutch, German, Czech, Slovene
From the given name Bernard.

Bernat Catalan
Derived from the given name Bernat.

Bernhard German
From the given name Bernhard.

Berry English
Derived from a place name, which was derived from Old English burh "fortification".

Berti Italian
Derived from the given name Berto.

Bertrand French
Derived from the given name Bertrand.

Biagi Italian
Means "son of Biagio".

Bianchi Italian
From Italian bianco meaning "white", originally given to a person who was white-haired or extremely pale.

Bianco Italian
Variant of Bianchi.

Bieber German, Jewish
From Middle High German biber meaning "beaver", possibly a nickname for a hard worker.

Biondi Italian
Means "fair-haired, blond" in Italian. This name was borne by the American swimmer Matt Biondi (1965-).

Biondo Italian
Variant of Biondi.

Bíró Hungarian
Derived from bíró meaning "judge" in Hungarian.

Bishop English
Means simply "bishop", ultimately from Greek ἐπίσκοπος (episkopos) meaning "overseer". It probably originally referred to a person who served a bishop.

Biskup Polish
Polish cognate of Bishop.

Björklund Swedish
From Swedish björk (Old Norse bjǫrk) meaning "birch tree" and lund (Old Norse lundr) meaning "grove".

Blackman English
From a nickname, a variant of Black.

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

Blakeley English
From name of various English places, derived from Old English blæc "black" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Blakely English
Variant of Blakeley.

Blanchard French, English
Derived from the given name Blanchard.

Blanchet French
From a diminutive of the name Blanc.

Blanco Spanish
Means "white" in Spanish. The name most likely referred to a person who was pale or had blond hair.

Blanxart Catalan
Catalan form of Blanchard.

Bodnár Hungarian
Means "cooper, barrel maker" in Hungarian.

Bogdán Hungarian
From the given name Bogdan.

Bognár Hungarian
Hungarian form of Wagner.

Böhler German
Derived from the name of several German towns called Boll or Böhl, meaning "hill".

Bokor Hungarian
Topographic name derived from Hungarian bokor "bush". This is also the name of a village in Hungary.

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

Bonnay French
Variant of Bonnet.

Bonner English
From Middle English boneire "kind, courteous", derived from Norman French bon aire "good bloodline".

Bonnet French
From the given name Bonitus.

Borbély Hungarian
Hungarian cognate of Barber.

Borchardt German
Derived from the given name Burkhard.

Borgia Italian
Italian form of Borja. This was the name of an Italian noble family who were influential during the Renaissance period.

Borja Spanish
Originally indicated a person from the Spanish town of Borja in Aragon, derived from Arabic برْج (burj) meaning "tower".

Boros Hungarian
Derived from Hungarian bor "wine". Originally it could have indicated someone who made or sold wine.

Bosco Italian
Means "forest" in Italian.

Boulos Arabic
From the given name Bulus.

Bouvier French
Means "cowherd" in French, from Latin boviarus, a derivative of bos "cow".

Bove Italian
Derived from an Italian nickname meaning "bull, ox".

Bover Catalan
Catalan cognate of Bove.

Bowie Scottish
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Buidheach, derived from buidhe meaning "yellow". A famous bearer was the American pioneer James Bowie (1796-1836), for whom the bowie knife is named. The British musician David Bowie (1947-2016), born David Robert Jones, took his stage name from the American pioneer (and the knife).

Bowman English
Occupational name for an archer, derived from Middle English bowe, Old English boga meaning "bow".

Boyko Ukrainian
Originally indicated a member of the Boykos, an ethnic group of western Ukraine.

Božić Croatian
Means "Christmas" in Croatian, a diminutive of bog meaning "god".

Bradford English
Derived from the name of the city of Bradford in West Yorkshire, which meant "broad ford" in Old English. This is also the name of other smaller towns in England.

Bradley English
From a common English place name, derived from brad "broad" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Bradshaw English
From any of the places by this name in England, derived from Old English brad "broad" and sceaga "thicket".

Brändle German
Derived from a diminutive of the Old German given name Brando.

Brandon English
From the name of various places in England meaning "hill covered with broom" in Old English.

Branson English
Means "son of Brandr".

Bravo Spanish, Portuguese
From a nickname meaning "angry, bold, brave" in Spanish and Portuguese.

Braxton English
From an English place name place name meaning "Bracca's town" in Old English.

Brewer English
Occupational name for a maker of ale or beer.

Brewster English
Variant of Brewer, originally a feminine form of the occupational term.

Bridges English
Originally denoted a person who lived near a bridge, or who worked as a bridgekeeper, derived from Middle English brigge, Old English brycg.

Brinley English
Possibly from English places named Brindley, derived from Old English berned "burned" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Bristol English
From the name of a city in England meaning "the site of the bridge".

Brodie Scottish
Originally derived from a place in Moray, Scotland. It is probably from Gaelic broth meaning "ditch, mire".

Brody Scottish
Variant of Brodie.

Bronson English
Patronymic form of Brown.

Bruno Italian, Portuguese
Means "brown" in Italian and Portuguese, a nickname for a person with brown hair or brown clothes. A famous bearer was the cosmologist Giordano Bruno (1548-1600).

Bryan English
From the given name Brian.

Bryant English
From the given name Brian.

Buckley 1 English
From an English place name derived from bucc "buck, male deer" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Budny Polish
Possibly from Polish buda meaning "hut, cabin".

Bueno Spanish
From a nickname meaning "good" in Spanish.

Bullard English
Possibly a nickname derived from Middle English bole "fraud, deceit".

Bullock English
From a nickname meaning "young bull".

Bunker English
Derived from Old French bon cuer meaning "good heart".

Bunnag Thai
From the name of Bunnag, an 18th-century general of Persian heritage.

Buono Italian
From a nickname meaning "good" in Italian.

Burgess English
From Middle English and Old French burgeis meaning "city-dweller", ultimately from Frankish burg "fortress".

Burnham English
From the name of various towns in England, typically derived from Old English burna "stream, spring" and ham "home, settlement".

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".

Burton English
From a common English place name, derived from Old English meaning "fortified town".

Busto Spanish, Italian
From the name of towns in Spain and Italy, derived from Late Latin bustum meaning "ox pasture".

Bustos Spanish
Variant of Busto.

Butcher English
Occupational name for a butcher, derived from Old French bouchier.

Butler English, Irish
Occupational name derived from Norman French butiller "wine steward", ultimately from Late Latin butticula "bottle". A famous bearer of this surname is the fictional character Rhett Butler, created by Margaret Mitchell for her novel Gone with the Wind (1936).

Cabral Portuguese
From places named from Late Latin capralis meaning "place of goats", derived from Latin capra meaning "goat".

Caldwell English
From various English place names derived from Old English ceald "cold" and wille "spring, stream, well".

Calvo Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Means "bald" in Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, from Latin calvus.

Cameron Scottish
Means "crooked nose" from Gaelic cam "crooked" and sròn "nose".

Campbell Scottish
From a Gaelic nickname cam beul meaning "wry or crooked mouth". The surname was later represented in Latin documents as de bello campo meaning "of the fair field".

Campo Spanish, Italian
Means "field" in Spanish and Italian.

Campos Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese and Spanish variant of Campo.

Camus French
Means "flat-nosed" in French. A notable bearer was the French philosopher Albert Camus (1913-1960).

Cannon English
From the ecclesiastical usage of canon, referring to a church official or servant who worked in a clergy house.

Cano Spanish
Means "white-haired, old" in Spanish, from Latin canus.

Cantrell English
Originally a name for someone from Cantrell in Devon, from an unknown first element and Old English hyll meaning "hill".

Cantù Italian
From Cantù, an Italian town located in Lombardy, itself of uncertain origin.

Carlisle English
From the name of a city in northern England. The city was originally called by the Romans Luguvalium meaning "stronghold of Lugus". Later the Brythonic element ker "fort" was appended to the name of the city.

Carlsson Swedish
Means "son of Carl".

Carlyle English
Variant of Carlisle.

Caro Spanish, Italian
From Spanish and Italian caro meaning "beloved".

Carré French
Means "square" in French, derived from Latin quadratus. It was used as a nickname for a squat person.

Carson Scottish
Meaning uncertain, possibly from the town of Courson in Normandy.

Carter English
Occupational name for a person who operated a cart to transport goods, from Norman French caretier. A famous bearer is the former American president Jimmy Carter (1924-).

Carver English
Occupational surname for a carver, from Middle English kerve "cut".

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

Castell Catalan
Catalan cognate of Castle.

Castle English
From Middle English castel meaning "castle", from Late Latin castellum, originally indicating a person who lived near a castle.

Castro Spanish, Portuguese
Means "castle" in Spanish and Portuguese, referring to one who lived near a castle. A famous bearer was Fidel Castro (1926-2016), revolutionary and president of Cuba.

Çelik Turkish
Occupational name for a metalworker, meaning "steel" in Turkish.

Černá f Czech
Feminine form of Černý.

Černý m Czech
Means "black" in Czech.

Chadwick English
From the name of English towns meaning "settlement belonging to Chad" in Old English.

Chambers English
From Old French chambre meaning "chamber, room", an occupational name for a person who worked in the inner rooms of a mansion.

Chandler English
Occupational name meaning "candle seller" or "candle maker" in Middle English, ultimately derived from Latin candela via Old French.

Chaplin English, French
Occupational name for a chaplain, or perhaps for the servant of one, from Middle English, Old French chapelain. A famous bearer was the British comic actor Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977).

Chapman English
Occupational name derived from Old English ceapmann meaning "merchant, trader".

Chaudhari Marathi, Gujarati
Alternate transcription of Marathi चौधरी or Gujarati ચૌધરી (see Chaudhary).

Chaudhary Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Nepali
From a title meaning "holder of four", from Sanskrit चतुर् (catur) meaning "four" and धुरीय (dhurīya) meaning "bearing a burden".

Chaudhri Hindi
Alternate transcription of Hindi चौधरी (see Chaudhary).

Chaves Portuguese, Spanish
From the name of a Portuguese city, derived from the Roman name Flavius (being named for the emperor Vespasian, whose family name was Flavius).

Chayka Ukrainian
Means "seagull" in Ukrainian.

Cheshire English
Originally indicated a person from the county of Cheshire in England. Cheshire is named for its city Chester.

Chester English
From the name of a city in England, derived from Latin castrum "camp, fortress".

Chiba Japanese
From Japanese 千 (chi) meaning "thousand" and 葉 (ha) meaning "leaf".

Chlebek Polish
From Polish chleb "bread", used to denote a baker.

Choudhary Hindi, Marathi
Alternate transcription of Hindi/Marathi चौधरी (see Chaudhary).

Christian English, French, German
Derived from the given name Christian.

Christians English
Derived from the given name Christian.

Churchill English
From an English place name meaning "church hill". A famous bearer was Winston Churchill (1874-1965), the British prime minister during World War II.

Cino Italian
From the given name Cino, a short form of names ending in cino.

Čížek m Czech
Means "siskin" in Czech, referring to a type of bird in the finch family.

Claesson Swedish
Means "son of Claes".

Clancy Irish
From Irish Mac Fhlannchaidh meaning "descendant of Flannchadh". The given name Flannchadh means "red warrior".

Clarkson English
Patronymic form of Clark.

Clayton English
From the name of various places meaning "clay settlement" in Old English.

Clemens English
Derived from the given name Clement. This was the surname of the author Samuel Clemens (1835-1910), also known as Mark Twain.

Clément French
Derived from the given name Clément.

Clement English
Derived from the given name Clement.

Cleveland English
Derived from a place name meaning "cliff land" in Old English.

Clifford English
Derived from various place names that meant "ford by a cliff" in Old English.

Clifton English
Derived from various place names meaning "settlement by a cliff" in Old English.

Clinton English
Derived from the English place name Glinton, of uncertain meaning, or Glympton, meaning "settlement on the River Glyme". This surname is borne by former American president Bill Clinton (1946-).

Cloutier French
Derived from French clou meaning "nail", referring to someone who made or sold nails.

Coelho Portuguese
From the Portuguese word for "rabbit", either a nickname or an occupational name referring to a hunter or seller of rabbits.

Coiro Italian
From Italian cuoio meaning "leather", ultimately from Latin corium. This was an occupational surname for a leather worker or tanner.

Colbert English, French
Derived from the given name Colobert.

Colby English
From various English place names, which were derived from the Old Norse byname Koli (meaning "coal, dark") and býr "farm, settlement".

Collins 2 English
Means "son of Colin 2".

Colson English
Means "son of Col".

Colter English
Variant of Colt using an agent suffix.

Colton English
From a place name meaning "Cola's town".

Como 1 Italian
From the given name Giacomo.

Como 2 Italian
From the name of the city of Como in Lombardy, the rival city of Milan during the Middle Ages. Its name may come from a Celtic root meaning "valley".

Comtois French
Indicated a person from Franche-Comté, a province in eastern France, which translates to "free county".

Conner English
From Middle English connere meaning "inspector", an occupational name for an inspector of weights and measures.

Conroy Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Conaire, which means "descendant of Conaire". Conaire is a nickname meaning "hound keeper".

Conti Italian
From the Italian noble title conte meaning "count", derived from Latin comes (genitive comitis) meaning "companion, attendant". It denoted a person who worked for a count or behaved like one.

Conway Welsh, English
From the name of the River Conwy in Wales, or the town situated at the mouth of the river. It is possibly derived from Welsh cyn "foremost" and the common river name suffix wy.

Cookson English
Patronymic form of Cook.

Cooper English
Means "barrel maker", from Middle English couper.

Corey English
Derived from the Old Norse given name Kóri, of unknown meaning.

Cornell English
Derived from the given name Cornelius.

Cortés Spanish
Means "polite, courteous" in Spanish.

Corti Italian
From Italian corte meaning "court, yard".