Surnames Categorized "surfers"

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Andrews English
Means "son of Andrew".

Ballard English
Variant of Ball using a pejorative suffix.

Blanchard French, English
Derived from the given name Blanchard.

Botha Afrikaans
South African variant of Both.

Carroll Irish
From the given name Cearbhall. A famous bearer was Lewis Carroll (1832-1898), whose real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Clark English
Means "cleric" or "scribe", from Old English clerec meaning "priest", ultimately from Latin clericus. A famous bearer was William Clark (1770-1838), an explorer of the west of North America.

Frye English
Variant of Fry.

Ho Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Hokkien)
Cantonese and Min Nan romanization of He.

Hoffman German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Hoffmann.

Hubbard English
Derived from the given name Hubert.

Laine Finnish, Estonian
Means "wave" in Finnish and Estonian.

Lynch Irish
From Irish Ó Loingsigh meaning "descendant of Loingseach", a given name meaning "mariner".

Machado Portuguese, Spanish
Denoted a person who made or used hatchets, derived from Spanish and Portuguese machado "hatchet", both from Latin marculus "little hammer".

Muñoz Spanish
Patronymic derived from the medieval Spanish given name Muño, from Latin Munnius, possibly of Germanic origin.

Öberg Swedish
From Swedish ö (Old Norse ey) meaning "island" and berg meaning "mountain".

O'Brien Irish
From the Irish Ó Briain meaning "descendant of Brian".

O'Donnell Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Domhnaill meaning "descendant of Domhnall".

O'Neill Irish
Variant of O'Neal.

Parkinson English
Means "son of Parkin", a medieval diminutive of Peter.

Parsons English
Originally denoted a son of a parson, a derivative of Latin persona "person".

Peterson English
Means "son of Peter".

Potter English
Occupational name for a potter, one who makes earthen vessels. This surname was used by J. K. Rowling for the hero in her Harry Potter series of books, first released in 1997.

Quinn Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cuinn meaning "descendant of Conn".

Richards English
Derived from the given name Richard.

Silva Portuguese, Spanish
From Spanish or Portuguese silva meaning "forest". This is the most common surname in Portugal and Brazil.

Slater English
Occupational name indicating that an early member worked covering roofs with slate, from Old French esclat "shard", of Germanic origin.

Trent English
Denoted one who lived near the River Trent in England.

Visser Dutch
Occupational name meaning "fisherman" in Dutch.

Wade 1 English
Derived from the Old English place name wæd meaning "a ford".

Weaver 1 English
Occupational name for a weaver, derived from Old English wefan "to weave".

Wright 1 English
From Old English wyrhta meaning "wright, maker", an occupational name for someone who was a craftsman. Famous bearers were Orville and Wilbur Wright, the inventors of the first successful airplane.

Young English
Derived from Old English geong meaning "young". This was a descriptive name to distinguish father from son.