This is a list of surnames in which the categories include English verbs.
BattleEnglish 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.
Burns 1English, Scottish Derived from Old English burna"stream, spring". A famous bearer was the Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759-1796).
ChaseEnglish Occupational name for a hunter, from Middle English chase"hunt".
CloseEnglish From Middle English clos meaning "enclosure", a topographic name for someone who lived near a courtyard or farmyard.
CookEnglish Derived from Old English coc meaning "cook", ultimately from Latin coquus. It was an occupational name for a cook, a man who sold cooked meats, or a keeper of an eating house.
CrossEnglish Locative name meaning "cross", ultimately from Latin crux. It denoted one who lived near a cross symbol or near a crossroads.
ParentEnglish, French Derived from Old French parent meaning either "notable" (from Latin pārēre meaning "to be apparent") or "parent" (from Latin parere meaning "to produce, to give birth").
Read 1English Means "red" from Middle English read, probably denoting a person with red hair or complexion.
SpearEnglish From Old English spere"spear", an occupational name for a hunter or a maker of spears, or a nickname for a thin person.
Wade 2English From the Old English given name Wada, a derivative of the word wadan "to go".