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Appleby English From the name of various English towns, derived from Old English
æppel "apple" and Old Norse
býr "farm, settlement".
Appleton English From the name of several English towns, meaning "orchard" in Old English (a compound of
æppel "apple" and
tun "enclosure, yard").
Bailey English From Middle English
baili meaning
"bailiff" , which comes via Old French from Latin
baiulus "porter".
Brett English Originally a name given to someone who was a Breton or a person from Brittany.
Chadwick English From the name of English towns meaning "settlement belonging to
Chad " in Old English.
Chamberlain English Occupational name for one who looked after the inner rooms of a mansion, from Norman French
chambrelain .
Chambers English From Old French
chambre meaning
"chamber, room" , an occupational name for a person who worked in the inner rooms of a mansion.
Clifford English Derived from various place names that meant "ford by a cliff" in Old English.
Eaton English From any of the various English towns with this name, derived from Old English
ea "river" and
tun "enclosure, yard, town".
Homewood English From various place names derived from Old English
ham meaning "home" and
wudu meaning "wood".
Hooper English Occupational name for someone who put the metal hoops around wooden barrels.
Lamont Scottish From the medieval Gaelic given name
Lagmann , derived from Old Norse
lǫgmaðr meaning
"law man" .
Peel English Nickname for a thin person, derived from Old French
pel , Latin
palus meaning
"stake, post" (related to English
pole ).
Rimmer English Occupational name meaning
"poet" , from Middle English
rime meaning "rhyme".
Schofield English From various northern English place names, which were derived from Old Norse
skáli "hut" and Old English
feld "field".
Stanford English Derived from various English place names meaning
"stone ford" in Old English.
Watt English Derived from the Middle English given name
Wat or
Watt , a diminutive of the name
Walter . A noteworthy bearer was the Scottish inventor James Watt (1736-1819).
Willis English Derived from the given name
William . A famous bearer of this surname is actor Bruce Willis (1955-).
Wright 1 English From Old English
wyrhta meaning
"wright, maker" , an occupational name for someone who was a craftsman. Famous bearers were Orville and Wilbur Wright, the inventors of the first successful airplane.