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Aaij Dutch
Derived from the given name Aaij, a short form of Adriaan and other names.

Aalfs Dutch
Means "son of Aalf", a short form of Adolf.

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

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

Alexander English
Derived from the given name Alexander.

Amato Italian
From the given name Amato.

Amos Jewish
From the given name Amos.

Andrés Spanish
Derived from the given name Andrés.

Aston 2 English
From the Old English given name Æðelstan.

Babatunde Western African, Yoruba
From the given name Babatunde.

Bell 2 English
Derived from the given name Bel, a medieval short form of Isabel.

Benini Italian
Means "son of Benino" from a diminutive of Bene or Beno, short forms of Benedetto.

Benn English
From a short form of Benedict.

Bennett English
Derived from the medieval English given name Bennett.

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

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

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

Clark English
Means "cleric" or "scribe", from Old English clerec meaning "priest", ultimately from Latin clericus. A famous bearer was William Clark (1770-1838), an explorer of the west of North America.

Cole English
From a medieval short form of Nicholas or from the byname Cola.

Corrà Italian
From a short form of the given name Corrado.

Craig Scottish
Derived from Gaelic creag meaning "crag, rocks, outcrop", originally belonging to a person who lived near a crag.

Daniel English, French, German, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Romanian
Derived from the given name Daniel.

Daniels English
Variant of Daniel.

David English, French, German, Welsh, Czech, Portuguese, Romanian, Jewish
From the given name David.

Dennis English
From the given name Dennis.

Duane Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dubháin meaning "descendant of Dubhán".

Eberhardt German
Derived from the given name Eberhard.

Edwards English
Means "son of Edward".

Émile French
Derived from the given name Émile.

Enns German
Derived from a short form of the German given name Anselm.

Evered English
From the given name Everard.

Everhart German
Variant of Eberhardt.

Garey English
Variant of Geary.

Garry English
Variant of Geary.

Gary English
Variant of Geary.

Geary English
Derived from a Norman given name that was a short form of Germanic names starting with the element ger "spear".

Gehrig German
Variant of Gehring.

Gehring German
Derived from a short form of Old German names starting with the element ger "spear".

Gerig German
Variant of Gehring.

Giese German, Danish
Derived from a short form of the given name Giselbert or other Old German names beginning with the element gisal meaning "pledge, hostage".

Gilliam English
Variant of William. A famous bearer of the name is cartoonist and filmmaker Terry Gilliam (1940-).

Graham Scottish
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.

Guillaume French
From the given name Guillaume.

Guillot French
From a diminutive of the given name Guillaume.

Harris English
Means "son of Harry".

Hendry Scottish, English
Derived from the given name Henry.

Henry English
Derived from the given name Henry.

Howard 1 English
Derived from the given name Hughard or Hávarðr.

Innes 2 Scottish
From the given name Aonghus.

Jahn German
From a Low German short form of Johannes.

James English
Derived from the given name James.

Jeffery English
Derived from the given name Jeffrey.

Jeffries English
Patronymic from the given name Jeffrey.

Jinks English
Means "son of Jenk", a short form of Jenkin, a diminutive of Jen, itself a Middle English form of John.

Joyce English, Irish
From the given name Joyce.

Kariuki Eastern African, Kikuyu
Derived from the given name Kariuki.

Kinsley English
From the name of a town in West Yorkshire, meaning "clearing belonging to Cyne". The Old English given name Cyne is a short form of longer names beginning with cyne meaning "royal".

Kool Dutch
Derived from a short form of the given name Nicolaas.

Koole Dutch
Derived from a short form of the given name Nicolaas.

Larson Swedish (Anglicized), Danish (Anglicized), Norwegian (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Larsson or Larsen.

Laursen Danish
Means "son of Laur", a short form of Laurits.

Lawrence English
Derived from the given name Laurence 1. Famous bearers include revolutionary T. E. Lawrence (1888-1935) and author D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930).

Lemmi Italian
From a short form of the given name Guglielmo. It is typical of Tuscany.

Leonard English
Derived from the given name Leonard.

Leonardson English
Means "son of Leonard".

Leone Italian
Derived from the given name Leone 1.

Leoni Italian
Derived from the given name Leone 1.

Leslie Scottish
From a Scottish clan name, earlier Lesselyn, derived from a place name in Aberdeenshire, itself probably from Gaelic leas celyn meaning "garden of holly".

Ludwig German
From the given name Ludwig.

Lyon 3 French, English
From the given name Leon.

Mac Uileagóid Irish
Irish Gaelic form of McElligott.

MacWilliam Scottish
Means "son of William" in Gaelic.

Martin English, French, German, Swedish
Derived from the given name Martin. This is the most common surname in France.

Masi Italian
From the given name Maso a short form of Tommaso.

Masson 2 French
From a short form of the given name Thomasson, itself a diminutive of Thomas.

Matthews English
Derived from the given name Matthew.

Maxwell Scottish
From a place name meaning "Mack's stream", from the name Mack, a short form of the Scandinavian name Magnus, combined with Old English wille "well, stream". A famous bearer was James Maxwell (1831-1879), a Scottish physicist who studied gases and electromagnetism.

May English
Derived from the given name Matthew.

McElligott Irish
Anglicized form of the Irish Gaelic name Mac Uileagóid meaning "son of Uileagóid", a diminutive of Uilleag.

McWilliam Scottish
Means "son of William" in Gaelic.

Mitchell 1 English, Scottish
Derived from the given name Michael.

Mondo Italian
From a given name, a short form of names such as Raimondo or Edmondo.

Moses Jewish, English
Derived from the given name Moses.

Nardi Italian
From the given name Nardo, which was originally a short form of names like Bernardo or Leonardo.

Nardo Italian
Variant of Nardi.

Nardovino Italian (Rare)
Either from Nardo, a short form of names like Bernardo or Leonardo, or from Ardovino, a variant of Arduino.

Okeke Western African, Igbo
From the given name Okeke.

Okonkwo Western African, Igbo
From the given name Okonkwo.

Oliver English, Catalan, German, French
Derived from the given name Oliver.

Orellana Spanish
Originally indicated a person from one of the two towns named Orellana in Badajoz, Spain. Their names are probably derived from Latin Aureliana meaning "of Aurelius".

Patrick English
From the given name Patrick.

Patton English, Scottish
Diminutive of the medieval name Pate, a short form of Patrick.

Paul English, French, German, Dutch
From the given name Paul.

Perry 1 English
From Old English pirige meaning "pear tree", a derivative of peru meaning "pear", itself from Latin pirum. A famous bearer was Matthew Perry (1794-1858), the American naval officer who opened Japan to the West.

Raimondi Italian
Derived from the given name Raimondo.

Rao 2 Italian
Derived from the given name Raul.

Ray English
Variant of Rey 1, Rey 2, Rye or Wray.

Richard English, French, German, Dutch
From the given name Richard.

Ross English, Scottish
From various place names (such as the region of Ross in northern Scotland), which are derived from Scottish Gaelic ros meaning "promontory, headland".

Rowe 2 English
From the medieval name Row, which is either a variant of Roul or short form of Roland.

Ryan Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Riain, or else a simplified form of Mulryan.

Samuel English, Welsh, French, Jewish
Derived from the given name Samuel.

Scott English, Scottish
Originally given to a person from Scotland or a person who spoke Scottish Gaelic.

Shirley English
From an English place name, derived from Old English scir "bright" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Simms English
Derived from the medieval given name Sim, a short form of Simon 1.

Simon English, French, German, Dutch, Hungarian, Jewish
Derived from the given name Simon 1.

Simpson English
Means "son of Sim", Sim being a medieval short form of Simon 1. This is the name of a fictional American family on the animated television series The Simpsons, starting 1989.

Stevens English
Variant of Stephens.

Tanzi Italian
From a short form of the given name Costanzo.

Taylor English
Derived from Old French tailleur meaning "tailor", ultimately from Latin taliare "to cut".

Terry English
Derived from the medieval name Thierry, a Norman French form of Theodoric.

Thibault French
Derived from the given name Thibault.

Tobias English, German, Jewish
From the given name Tobias.

Todd English
Means "fox", derived from Middle English todde.

Trent English
Denoted one who lived near the River Trent in England.

Tucker English
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.

Vilhjálmsson Icelandic
Means "son of Vilhjálmur".

Vincent 1 English, French
From the given name Vincent.

Wallace Scottish, English, Irish
Means "foreigner, stranger, Celt" from Norman French waleis (of Germanic origin). It was often used to denote native Welsh and Bretons. A famous bearer was the 13th-century Sir William Wallace of Scotland.

Warshawsky Jewish
Variant of Warszawski.

Warszawski Polish, Jewish
Place name for someone from the Polish city of Warsaw, itself derived from the given name Warsz, a short form of Warcisław.

Waters 2 English
Derived from the given name Walter.

Wesley English
Variant of Westley.

Wilcox English
From a diminutive of the given name William.

Wilkerson English
Means "son of Wilkin".

Wilkie English
Double diminutive of the given name William.

Willard English
From the given name Wilheard or Willihard.

Willems Dutch
Derived from the given name Willem.

Willemse Dutch
Derived from the given name Willem.

William English
Derived from the given name William.

Williams English
Means "son of William".

Williamson English
Means "son of William".

Willis English
Derived from the given name William. A famous bearer of this surname is actor Bruce Willis (1955-).

Wilms Dutch
Derived from the given name Willem.

Wyman English
From the Old English given name Wigmund.

Zino Italian
Derived from the given name Zino, a short form of names ending with -zino, such as Lorenzino, a diminutive of Lorenzo, or Vincenzino, a diminutive of Vincenzo.