BartonEnglish From a place name meaning "barley town" in Old English.
BoothEnglish Topographic name derived from Middle English both meaning "hut, stall".
BoyceEnglish From Old French bois meaning "wood", originally given to someone who lived by or in a wood.
CampbellScottish From a Gaelic nickname cam beul meaning "wry or crooked mouth". The surname was later represented in Latin documents as de bello campo meaning "of the fair field".
CarsonScottish Meaning uncertain, possibly from the town of Courson in Normandy.
ChávezSpanish Variant of Chaves. A famous bearer was the labour leader César Chávez (1927-1993).
FullerEnglish Occupational name for a fuller, a person who thickened and cleaned coarse cloth by pounding it. It is derived via Middle English from Latin fullo.
GarciaPortuguese, Spanish Portuguese form of García. It is also an unaccented form of the Spanish name used commonly in America and the Philippines.
GordonScottish From the name of a place in Berwickshire, Scotland, derived from Brythonic words meaning "spacious fort".
JonesEnglish, Welsh Derived from the given name Jon, a medieval variant of John. This is the most common surname in Wales.
KellerGerman Means "cellar" in German, an occupational name for one in charge of the food and drink.
KennedyIrish From the Irish name Ó Cinnéidigh meaning "descendant of Cennétig". This surname was borne by assassinated American president John F. Kennedy (1917-1963).
KingEnglish From Old English cyning"king", originally a nickname for someone who either acted in a kingly manner or who worked for or was otherwise associated with a king. A famous bearer was the American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968).
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).
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.
WhiteEnglish Originally a nickname for a person who had white hair or a pale complexion, from Old English hwit"white".
WilsonEnglish Means "son of Will". A famous bearer was the American president Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924).