BergmanSwedish From Swedish berg meaning "mountain" and man (Old Norse maðr) meaning "person, man", originally a name for a person living on a mountain.
BoltonEnglish From any of the many places in England called Bolton, derived from Old English bold "house" and tun "enclosure".
BradleyEnglish From a common English place name, derived from brad "broad" and leah "woodland, clearing".
ChaseEnglish Occupational name for a hunter, from Middle English chase"hunt".
ChungKorean Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 정 (see Jeong).
ClintonEnglish Derived from the English place name Glinton, of uncertain meaning, or Glympton, meaning "settlement on the River Glyme". This surname is borne by former American president Bill Clinton (1946-).
CooperEnglish Means "barrel maker", from Middle English couper.
DouglasScottish From the name of a town in Lanarkshire, itself named after a tributary of the River Clyde called the Douglas Water, derived from Gaelic dubh "dark" and glais "water, river" (an archaic word related to glas "grey, green"). This was a Scottish Lowland clan, the leaders of which were powerful earls in the medieval period.
EmersonEnglish Means "son of Emery". The surname was borne by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), an American writer and philosopher who wrote about transcendentalism.
FaulknerEnglish, Scottish Occupational name meaning "keeper of falcons", from Middle English and Scots faulcon, from Late Latin falco, of Germanic origin.
GrahamScottish, English Derived from the English place name Grantham, which probably meant "gravelly homestead" in Old English. The surname was first taken to Scotland in the 12th century by William de Graham.
HamiltonEnglish, Scottish From an English place name, derived from Old English hamel "crooked, mutilated" and dun "hill". This was the name of a town in Leicestershire, England (which no longer exists).
Holland 1English From various English places of this name, derived from Old English hoh "point of land, heel" and land "land".
Lee 2Korean, Chinese Korean form of Li 1, from Sino-Korean 李 (i). This is the second most common surname in South Korea. It is also a variant Chinese romanization of Li 1.
Lewis 1English Derived from the given name Lewis. The author C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) was a bearer of this surname.
MachadoPortuguese, Spanish Denoted a person who made or used hatchets, derived from Spanish and Portuguese machado"hatchet", both from Latin marculus "little hammer".
MeadowsEnglish Referred to one who lived in a meadow, from Old English mædwe.
MercerEnglish Occupational name for a trader in textiles, from Old French mercier, derived from Latin merx meaning "merchandise".
MillerEnglish Occupational surname meaning "miller", referring to a person who owned or worked in a grain mill, derived from Middle English mille "mill".
RosenbergGerman, Swedish, Jewish Means "rose mountain" in German and Swedish. As a Swedish and Jewish name it is ornamental.
SimpsonEnglish Means "son of Sim", Sim being a medieval short form of Simon 1. This is the name of a fictional American family on the animated television series The Simpsons, starting 1989.
SmithEnglish Means "metalworker, blacksmith" from Old English smiþ, related to smitan "to smite, to hit". It is the most common surname in most of the English-speaking world. A famous bearer was the Scottish economist Adam Smith (1723-1790).
StoneEnglish Name for a person who lived near a prominent stone or worked with stone, derived from Old English stan.
TaylorEnglish Derived from Old French tailleur meaning "tailor", ultimately from Latin taliare "to cut".
TrumpGerman Derived from Middle High German trumbe meaning "drum". This surname is borne by the American president Donald Trump (1946-).
WalkerEnglish Occupational name for a person who walked on damp raw cloth in order to thicken it. It is derived from Middle English walkere, Old English wealcan meaning "to move".
Waters 1English Originally given to a person who lived near the water.