Surnames Categorized "alpinists"

This is a list of surnames in which the categories include alpinists.
usage
Ball English
From Middle English bal, Old English beall meaning "ball". This was either a nickname for a rotund or bald person, or a topographic name for someone who lived near a ball-shaped feature.
Blanchard French, English
Derived from the given name Blanchard.
Cameron Scottish
Means "crooked nose" from Gaelic cam "crooked" and sròn "nose".
Chadwick English
From the name of English towns meaning "settlement belonging to Chad" in Old English.
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.
Gaspard French
From the given name Gaspard.
Graham Scottish, English
Derived from the English place name Grantham, which probably meant "gravelly homestead" in Old English. The surname was first taken to Scotland in the 12th century by William de Graham.
Hudson English
Means "son of Hudde".
Jackson English
Means "son of Jack". Famous bearers of this name include the American president Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) and the singer Michael Jackson (1958-2009).
Kennedy Irish
From the Irish name Ó Cinnéidigh meaning "descendant of Cennétig". This surname was borne by assassinated American president John F. Kennedy (1917-1963).
Leclerc French
Means "the clerk" in French.
Lowe 1 Jewish
Americanized form of Löwe.
Mathews English
Derived from the given name Matthew.
Messner German
Occupational name for a sexton or churchwarden, from Old High German mesinari.
Moore 1 English
Originally indicated a person who lived on a moor, from Middle English mor meaning "open land, bog".
Oakley English
From a place name meaning "oak clearing" in Old English. It was borne by American sharpshooter Annie Oakley (1860-1926).
Parker English
Means "keeper of the park" in Middle English. It is an occupational name for a person who was a gamekeeper at a medieval park.
Richardson English
Means "son of Richard".
Scriven English
Occupational name meaning "writer, clerk, scribe" in Old French, derived from Latin scriba.
Walker English
Occupational name for a person who walked on damp raw cloth in order to thicken it. It is derived from Middle English walkere, Old English wealcan meaning "to move".