BakerEnglish Occupational name meaning "baker", derived from Middle English bakere.
Best 1English Derived from Middle English beste meaning "beast", an occupational name for a keeper of animals or a nickname for someone who acted like a beast. A famous bearer of this surname was soccer legend George Best (1946-2005).
BlairScottish From any one of several places of this name in Scotland, which derive from Gaelic blàr meaning "plain, field, battlefield".
BurtonEnglish From a common English place name, derived from Old English meaning "fortified town".
CarsonScottish Meaning uncertain, possibly from the town of Courson in Normandy.
FordEnglish Name given to someone who lived by a ford, possibly the official who maintained it. A famous bearer was the American industrialist Henry Ford (1863-1947).
GloverEnglish Occupational name for a person who made or sold gloves, from Middle English glovere.
Gough 2Irish Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Mag Eochadha meaning "son of Eochaidh".
GrantEnglish, Scottish Derived from Norman French meaning "grand, tall, large, great". A famous bearer was the American general and president Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885).
GuinnessIrish Variant of McGuinness. The name is well known because of the Guinness brand of ale, established in 1759 by Arthur Guinness.
HarrelsonEnglish Means "son of Harold". A famous bearer of this surname is the American actor Woody Harrelson (1961-).
JacksonEnglish Means "son of Jack". Famous bearers of this name include the American president Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) and the singer Michael Jackson (1958-2009).
RidleyEnglish Denoted a person who hailed from one of the various places of this name in England. The places are derived from Old English hreod "reed" or ryddan "to strip, to clear" combined with leah "woodland, clearing".
RussellEnglish From a Norman French nickname that meant "little red one", perhaps originally describing a person with red hair.
Shaw 2Scottish From a given name or byname that was derived from Gaelic sitheach meaning "wolf" (Old Irish sídach).