FlowerEnglish From Middle English flour meaning "flower, blossom", derived from Old French flur, Latin flos. This was a nickname given to a sweet person. In other cases it could be a metonymic occupational name for a maker of flour (a word derived from the same source).
GoldEnglish, German, Jewish From Old English and Old High German gold meaning "gold", an occupational name for someone who worked with gold or a nickname for someone with yellow hair. As a Jewish name it is ornamental.
LittleEnglish Meaning simply "little", it was originally a nickname given to a short person.
LongEnglish Originally a nickname for a person who had long limbs or who was tall.
Moon 2English Originally indicated a person from the town of Moyon in Normandy.
QueenEnglish From a given name that was derived from Old English cwen meaning "queen, woman". In some occurrences it may have been a nickname.
RakeEnglish Originally a name for a dweller on a narrow pass or hillside, from Old English hrace meaning "throat, gorge".
RidgeEnglish Denoted a person who lived near a ridge, from Old English hrycg.
SilverEnglish From a nickname for a person with grey hair, from Old English seolfor"silver".
SpencerEnglish Occupational name for a person who dispensed provisions to those who worked at a manor, derived from Middle English spense "larder, pantry".
SunChinese From Chinese 孙 (sūn) meaning "grandchild, descendant". A famous bearer of the surname was Sun Tzu, the 6th-century BC author of The Art of War.
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.
YoungEnglish Derived from Old English geong meaning "young". This was a descriptive name to distinguish father from son.