BureauFrench From Old French burel, a diminutive of bure, a type of woollen cloth. It may have originated as a nickname for a person who dressed in the material or as an occupational name for someone who worked with it.
CoiroItalian From Italian cuoio meaning "leather", ultimately from Latin corium. This was an occupational surname for a leather worker or tanner.
CorwinEnglish Derived from Old French cordoan"leather", ultimately from the name of the Spanish city of Cordova.
DraperEnglish Occupational name for a maker or seller of woollen cloth, from Anglo-Norman French draper (Old French drapier, an agent derivative of drap "cloth").
DyerEnglish Occupational name meaning "cloth dyer", from Old English deah "dye".
FullerEnglish Occupational name for a fuller, a person who thickened and cleaned coarse cloth by pounding it. It is derived via Middle English from Latin fullo.
GerebenHungarian Means "hackle, hatchel" in Hungarian (a hackle is a tool used to comb out fibers).
Lane 2French Derived from a French word meaning "wool", designating one who worked in the wool trade.
MetaxasmGreek Derived from Greek μέταξα (metaxa) meaning "silk", referring to a silk merchant or another occupation dealing with silk.
MussoliniItalian From Italian mussolina meaning "muslin", a type of cloth, itself derived from the city of Mosul in Iraq. This name was borne by the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini (1883-1945).
Ó SíodaIrish Means "descendant of Síoda", a byname meaning "silk" in Irish.
RainesEnglish Originally denoted a person from Rayne, Essex, England (possibly from an Old English word meaning "shelter") or from Rennes, Brittany, France (from the name of the Gaulish tribe of the Redones).
ScarlettEnglish Denoted a person who sold or made clothes made of scarlet, a kind of cloth, possibly derived from Persian سقرلاط (saqrelat).
TessaroItalian Occupational name meaning "weaver", ultimately from Latin texarius.
TuckerEnglish Occupational name for a fuller of cloth, derived from Old English tucian meaning "offend, torment". A fuller was a person who cleaned and thickened raw cloth by pounding it.
WalkerEnglish 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".
Weaver 1English Occupational name for a weaver, derived from Old English wefan "to weave".