FORESTEnglish, French Originally belonged to a person who lived near or in a forest. It was probably originally derived, via Old French forest, from Latin forestam (silva) meaning "outer (wood)".
FORSTGerman Derived from Old High German forst"forest". Probably unrelated to the Old French word forest, which was derived from Latin, Old High German forst was derived from foraha meaning "fir tree".
FUJIMOTOJapanese From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
FUJIOKAJapanese From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
FUJITAJapanese From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
GREENEnglish Descriptive name for someone who often wore the colour green or someone who lived near the village green.
GROVEREnglish From Old English graf meaning "grove of trees". A famous bearer was the American president Grover Cleveland (1837-1908).
GRÜNEWALDGerman Means "green forest" from German grün "green" and Wald "forest".
HAGGARDEnglish From a nickname meaning "wild, untamed, worn", from Old French, ultimately from a Germanic root.
HAWTHORNEEnglish Denoted a person who lived near a hawthorn bush, a word derived from Old English hagaþorn, from haga meaning "haw berry" and þorn meaning "thorn bush". A famous bearer was the American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), author of The Scarlet Letter.
HERSCHELGerman, Jewish Diminutive form of HIRSCH (1) or HIRSCH (2). A famous bearer was the British-German astronomer William Herschel (1738-1822), as well as his sister Caroline Herschel (1750-1848) and son John Herschel (1792-1871), also noted scientists.
HIRSCH (1)German Means "deer, hart" in German. This was a nickname for a person who resembled a deer in some way, or who raised or hunted deer.
HUMMEL (2)German, Dutch Nickname for a busy person, from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch hommel, Middle High German hummel, all meaning "bee".
KEITHScottish From a place name that is probably derived from the Brythonic element cet meaning "wood". This was the surname of a long line of Scottish nobles.
KOHLGerman Derived from Middle High German kol"cabbage".
KUROSAWAJapanese From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 沢, 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh". A notable bearer was Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998), a Japanese film director.
LANGBROEKDutch From the name of a small town in the province of Utrecht, Holland, derived from lang means "wide" and broek means "meadow".
LANGLEY (1)English From any of the various places with this name, all derived from Old English lang "long" and leah "woodland, clearing".
NORTHROPEnglish Originally denoted one who came from a town of this name England, meaning "north farm".
ORTEGASpanish From a Spanish place name (belonging to various villages) derived from ortiga "nettle".
PEACOCKEnglish From Middle English pecok meaning "peacock". It was originally a nickname for a proud or haughty person.
POLLOCKScottish From the name of a place in Renfrewshire, Scotland, derived from a diminutive of Gaelic poll meaning "pool, pond, bog". A famous bearer was the American artist Jackson Pollock (1912-1956).
POPŁAWSKIPolish From Polish poplaw meaning "flowing water, flood".
RAFFERTYIrish Anglicized form of Irish Ó Rabhartaigh meaning "descendant of Rabhartach". The given name Rabhartach means "flood tide".
RHODESEnglish Topographic name derived from Old English rod meaning "cleared land", or a locational name from any of the locations named with this word.
RIVERASpanish From Spanish ribera meaning "bank, shore", from Latin riparius.
ROSE (1)English, French, German, Jewish Means "rose" from Middle English, Old French and Middle High German rose, all from Latin rosa. All denote a person of a rosy complexion or a person who lived in an area abundant with roses. As a Jewish surname it is ornamental, from Yiddish רויז (roiz).
SANDOVALSpanish Derived from the name of a town in Spain, ultimately from Latin saltus "forest, glade" and novalis "unploughed land".
SAVAGEEnglish English nickname meaning "wild, uncouth", derived from Old French salvage or sauvage meaning "untamed", ultimately from Latin silvaticus meaning "wild, from the woods".
THORNEnglish, Danish Originally applied to a person who lived in or near a thorn bush.
VADASHungarian From Hungarian vad meaning "wild", either a nickname or an occupational name for a hunter of wild game.
VOGELGerman, Dutch From Old High German and Old Dutch fogal meaning "bird". It was originally an occupational name for a bird catcher, or a nickname for a person who liked to sing.
VOSSGerman From Middle Low German vos meaning "fox". It was originally a nickname for a clever person or a person with red hair.
WALDVOGELJewish Ornamental name derived from German Wald meaning "forest" and Vogel meaning "bird".
WOODEnglish, Scottish Originally denoted one who lived in or worked in a forest, derived from Old English wudu"wood".
WOODWARDEnglish Occupational name for a forester, meaning "ward of the wood" in Old English.
YAMADAJapanese From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".