ARCHER EnglishOccupational name for one who practiced archery, from Latin
arcus "bow" (via Old French).
BANNER EnglishOccupational name for a flag carrier, derived from Old French
baniere meaning "banner", ultimately of Germanic origin.
BARNES EnglishDenoted a person who worked or lived in a barn. The word
barn is derived from Old English
bere "barley" and
ærn "dwelling".
BRASHER EnglishMeans "brass worker", derived from Old English
bræs "brass".
BUCKLEY (2) IrishFrom Irish
Ó Buachalla meaning "descendant of Buachaill", a nickname meaning "cowherd, servant".
CANNON EnglishFrom the ecclesiastical usage of
canon, referring to a church official or servant who worked in a clergy house.
CARPENTER EnglishFrom the occupation, derived from Middle English
carpentier (ultimately from Latin
carpentarius meaning "carriage maker").
CARTER EnglishOccupational name for a person who operated a cart to transport goods, from Norman French
caretier. A famous bearer is the former American president Jimmy Carter (1924-).
DEAN (2) EnglishOccupational surname meaning "dean", referring to a person who either was a dean or worked for one. It is from Middle English
deen (ultimately from Latin
decanus meaning "chief of ten").
DRAPER EnglishOccupational name for a maker or seller of woolen cloth, from Anglo-Norman French
draper (Old French
drapier, an agent derivative of
drap "cloth").
FARMER EnglishOccupational name for a tax collector, from Middle English
ferme "rent, revenue, provision", from Medieval Latin
firma, ultimately from Old English
feorm. This word did not acquire its modern meaning until the 17th century.
GARDENER EnglishOccupational surname for one who was a gardener, from Old French
jardin meaning "garden" (of Frankish origin).
GARNER (1) EnglishFrom Old French
gernier meaning "granary", a derivative of Latin
granum meaning "grain". This name could refer to a person who worked at a granary or lived near one.
GRIEVE ScottishOccupational name meaning "steward, farm manager" in Middle English, related to the German title
Graf.
HIRSCH (1) GermanMeans "deer, hart" in German. This was a nickname for a person who resembled a deer in some way, or who raised or hunted deer.
KARDOS HungarianFrom Hungarian
kard meaning "sword". It could have been applied to soldiers, sword makers, or one with a pugnacious nature.
MATHERS EnglishOccupational name meaning "mower, cutter of hay" in Old English.
PAGE English, FrenchOccupational name meaning "servant, page". It is ultimately derived (via Old French and Italian) from Greek
παιδιον (paidion) meaning "little boy".
PARKER EnglishMeans "keeper of the park" in Middle English. It is an occupational name for a person who was a gamekeeper at a medieval park.
PARSONS EnglishOriginally denoted a son of a parson, a derivative of Latin
persona "person".
RICHTER GermanMeans "judge" in German, from Middle High German
rihtære.
SADLER EnglishOccupational name for a make of saddles, from Old English
sadol "saddle".
SCARLETT EnglishDenoted a person who sold or made clothes made of scarlet, a kind of cloth, possibly derived from Persian
سقرلاط (saghrilat).
SPEZIALE ItalianMeans "grocer" in Italian, derived from Latin
speciarius "spice seller".
TUCKER EnglishOccupational 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.
TYLER EnglishOccupational name for a tiler of roofs, derived from Old English
tigele "tile". A famous bearer of this name was American president John Tyler (1790-1862).
WEAVER (1) EnglishOccupational name for a weaver, derived from Old English
wefan "to weave".
WEBSTER EnglishOccupational name meaning "weaver", from Old English
webba, a derivative of
wefan "to weave".
WOODWARD EnglishOccupational name for a forester, meaning "ward of the wood" in Old English.