This is a list of surnames in which the categories include Jackson Browne lyrics.
BaileyEnglish From Middle English baili meaning "bailiff", which comes via Old French from Latin baiulus "porter".
BallEnglish 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.
BanksEnglish Originally indicated someone who lived near a hillside or a bank of land.
Bell 1English From Middle English belle meaning "bell". It originated as a nickname for a person who lived near the town bell, or who had a job as a bell-ringer.
Best 1English Derived from Middle English beste meaning "beast", an occupational name for a keeper of animals or a nickname for someone who acted like a beast. A famous bearer of this surname was soccer legend George Best (1946-2005).
BirdEnglish Occupational name for a person who raised or hunted birds.
BlackEnglish Means either "black" (from Old English blæc) or "pale" (from Old English blac). It could refer to a person with a pale or a dark complexion, or a person who worked with black dye.
BlueEnglish From a nickname for a person with blue eyes or blue clothing.
BondEnglish Occupational name for a peasant farmer, from Middle English bonde. A famous bearer is the fictional spy James Bond, created by Ian Flemming in 1953.
Bone 1English Derived from Old French bon meaning "good".
BridgesEnglish Originally denoted a person who lived near a bridge, or who worked as a bridgekeeper, derived from Middle English brigge, Old English brycg.
ChevroletFrench From a diminutive of chèvre meaning "goat", indicating a person who cultivated goats.
ChurchEnglish From the English word, derived from Old English cirice, ultimately from Greek κυριακόν (kyriakon) meaning "(house) of the lord". It probably referred to a person who lived close to a church.
FordEnglish Name given to someone who lived by a ford, possibly the official who maintained it. A famous bearer was the American industrialist Henry Ford (1863-1947).
GatesEnglish Originally denoted a person who lived near the town gates.
GlassEnglish, German From Old English glæs or Old High German glas meaning "glass". This was an occupational name for a glass blower or glazier.
GoldEnglish, German, Jewish From Old English and Old High German gold meaning "gold", an occupational name for someone who worked with gold or a nickname for someone with yellow hair. As a Jewish name it is ornamental.
GoodEnglish From a nickname meaning "good", referring to a kindly person.
GreenEnglish Descriptive name for someone who often wore the colour green or someone who lived near the village green.
HeadEnglish From Middle English hed meaning "head", from Old English heafod. It may have referred to a person who had a peculiar head, who lived near the head of a river or valley, or who served as the village headman.
HillEnglish Originally given to a person who lived on or near a hill, derived from Old English hyll.
KingEnglish From Old English cyning"king", originally a nickname for someone who either acted in a kingly manner or who worked for or was otherwise associated with a king. A famous bearer was the American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968).
LittleEnglish Meaning simply "little", it was originally a nickname given to a short person.
LongEnglish Originally a nickname for a person who had long limbs or who was tall.
LoveEnglish From the Old English given name Lufu meaning "love".
SongChinese, Korean From Chinese 宋 (sòng) referring to the Song dynasty, which ruled China from 960 to 1279.
StoneEnglish Name for a person who lived near a prominent stone or worked with stone, derived from Old English stan.
StrandNorwegian, Swedish, Danish From Old Norse strǫnd meaning "beach, sea shore". It was originally given to someone who lived on or near the sea.
StreetEnglish Habitational name for a person who lived in a place called Street, for example in Somerset. It is derived from Old English stræt meaning "Roman road", from Latin strata.
StrongEnglish Nickname derived from Middle English strong or strang meaning "strong".
SunChinese From Chinese 孙 (sūn) meaning "grandchild, descendant". A famous bearer of the surname was Sun Tzu, the 6th-century BC author of The Art of War.
SwallowEnglish From the name of the bird, from Old English swealwe, a nickname for someone who resembled or acted like a swallow.
SweetEnglish From a nickname meaning "sweet, pleasant", from Old English swete.
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".
WallEnglish Originally denoted a person who lived near a prominent wall, from Old English weall.
WashingtonEnglish From a place name meaning "settlement belonging to Wassa's people", from the given name Wassa and Old English tun meaning "enclosure, yard, town". A famous bearer was George Washington (1732-1799), the first president of the United States. This surname was sometimes adopted by freed slaves, resulting in a high proportion of African-American bearers.
Waters 1English Originally given to a person who lived near the water.
WayEnglish From Old English weg meaning "way, road, path".
WestEnglish, German Denoted a person who lived to the west of something, or who came from the west.
WhiteEnglish Originally a nickname for a person who had white hair or a pale complexion, from Old English hwit"white".
WoodEnglish, Scottish Originally denoted one who lived in or worked in a forest, derived from Old English wudu"wood".
YoungEnglish Derived from Old English geong meaning "young". This was a descriptive name to distinguish father from son.