BrownEnglish Originally a nickname for a person who had brown hair or skin. A notable bearer is Charlie Brown from the Peanuts comic strip by Charles Schulz.
BunkerEnglish Derived from Old French bon cuer meaning "good heart".
CaldwellEnglish From various English place names derived from Old English ceald "cold" and wille "spring, stream, well".
CarpenterEnglish From the occupation, derived from Middle English carpentier (ultimately from Latin carpentarius meaning "carriage maker").
CastroSpanish, Portuguese Means "castle" in Spanish and Portuguese, referring to one who lived near a castle. A famous bearer was Fidel Castro (1926-2016), revolutionary and president of Cuba.
HidalgoSpanish Means "nobleman" in Spanish. The Spanish word is a contraction of the phrase hijo de algo meaning "son of something". This surname was typically in origin a nickname or an occupational name for one who worked in a noble's household.
MasonEnglish Occupational name for a stoneworker or layer of bricks, from Old French masson, of Frankish origin (akin to Old English macian "to make").
MazurPolish Indicated a person from either Mazovia (Polish Mazowsze) or Masuria (Polish Mazury), regions in Poland.
MendozaSpanish, Basque From a Basque place name derived from mendi "mountain" and hotz "cold".
MoffettScottish From the town of Moffat in Scotland, meaning "long field" in Gaelic.
MoralesSpanish Derived from Spanish moral meaning "mulberry tree", of Latin origin.
MoreiraPortuguese Derived from Portuguese amoreira meaning "mulberry tree".
NashEnglish Derived from the Middle English phrase atten ash"at the ash tree". A famous bearer was the mathematician John Nash (1928-2015).
PalmerEnglish Means "pilgrim", ultimately from Latin palma "palm tree", since pilgrims to the Holy Land often brought back palm fronds as proof of their journey.
RoachEnglish From Middle English and Old French roche meaning "rock", from Late Latin rocca, a word that may be of Celtic origin. It indicated a person who lived near a prominent rock, or who came from a town by this name (such as Les Roches in Normandy).
ThorntonEnglish From any of the various places in England by this name, meaning "thorn town" in Old English.
TorresSpanish, Portuguese Name for a person who lived in or near a tower, ultimately from Latin turris.
UnderwoodEnglish Means "dweller at the edge of the woods", from Old English under and wudu.
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.