Surnames Categorized "matronymics"

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Aafjes Dutch
Means "son of Aafje".

Aleshire German
Anglicized form of Alscher.

Alscher German
Means "son of Adalheidis".

Anson English
Means "son of Agnes".

Audley English
From a place name meaning "Ealdgyð's clearing" in Old English.

Averill English
From Middle English aueril, Old French avrill meaning "April", perhaps indicating a person who was baptized in that month.

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

Bodilsen Danish
Means "son of Bodil".

Chaikin Yiddish
From a diminutive of the given name Chaya.

Dexter English
Occupational name meaning "dyer" in Old English (originally this was a feminine word, but it was later applied to men as well).

Dwight English
From the medieval feminine name Diot, a diminutive of Dionysia, the feminine form of Dionysius.

Dyson English
Means "son of Dye".

Eads English
Means "son of Eda 2" or "son of Adam".

Eady English
From a diminutive of the given name Eda 2 or Adam.

Elena Italian
Derived from the given name Elena.

Elvis English
Variant of Elwes.

Elwes English
Derived from the given name Eloise.

Emmet English
Variant of Emmett. This name was borne by the Irish nationalist Robert Emmet (1778-1803).

Emmett English
Derived from a diminutive of the feminine given name Emma.

Evelyn English
Derived from the given name Aveline.

Everill English
Derived from the feminine given name Eoforhild.

Ganza Italian
Probably from the feminine medieval given name Allegranza or Alleganza, a derivative of Allegra. It comes from northern Lombardy.

Hayes 3 Jewish
Matronymic name derived from the given name Chaya.

Ibbot English
Variant of Ibbott.

Ibbott English
Matronymic surname derived from the medieval name Ibota, a diminutive of Isabel.

Ikin English
Derived from a diminutive of the medieval given name Ida.

Jundt German
Derived from a diminutive of the feminine given name Judith.

Kató Hungarian
Derived from a diminutive of the Hungarian feminine given name Katalin.

Maddison English
Variant of Madison.

Madison English
Means "son of Maud". A famous bearer of this surname was the fourth American president James Madison (1751-1836).

María Spanish
From the given the name María.

Maria Italian, Portuguese
From the given the name Maria.

Marić Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Marija".

Marie French
From the given name Marie.

Marion French
Derived from the given name Marion 1.

Marušić Croatian
Matronymic name meaning "son of Marija".

Maruška Czech
Derived from the given name Marie.

Maruska Czech
Variant of Maruška.

Merrill 1 English
Derived from the given name Muriel.

Minett English
From the medieval given name Minna.

Mould English
From the given name Mauld, a medieval form of Matilda.

Mynatt English
Variant of Minett.

Olayinka Western African, Yoruba
From the given name Olayinka.

Rodney English
From a place name meaning "Hroda's island" in Old English (where Hroda is an Old English given name meaning "fame").

Rose 2 English
Derived from the feminine given name Rose.

Royce English
Originally derived from the medieval given name Royse, a variant of Rose.

Rózsa Hungarian
From the feminine given name Rózsa.

Ruskin 2 English
From a diminutive of the feminine given name Rose.

Schwenke 2 German
From a given name, a Low German diminutive of Swanhild.

Silje Norwegian
Derived from the given name Silje.

Tähtinen Finnish
Derived from Finnish tähti meaning "star".

Tyson 2 English
Variant of Dyson.

Viola Italian
From the given name Viola.

Yount German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Jundt.

Zorić Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Zora".