Surnames Categorized "vaudevillians"

This is a list of surnames in which the categories include vaudevillians.
usage
Atkins English
Means "son of Atkin", a medieval diminutive of Adam.
Barton English
From a place name meaning "barley town" in Old English.
Breen Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Braoin meaning "descendant of Braon", a byname meaning "rain, moisture, drop".
Brice English
From the given name Brice.
Carpentier French
French form of Carpenter.
Carrillo Spanish
Means "cheek, jaw" in Spanish, originally a nickname for a person with a distinctive cheek or jaw.
Castle English
From Middle English castel meaning "castle", from Late Latin castellum, originally indicating a person who lived near a castle.
Chang Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese (see Zhang).
Chevalier French
From a nickname derived from French chevalier meaning "knight", from Late Latin caballarius "horseman", Latin caballus "horse".
Clifton English
Derived from various place names meaning "settlement by a cliff" in Old English.
Cobb English
From a medieval English byname meaning "lump".
Dexter English
Occupational name meaning "dyer" in Old English (originally this was a feminine word, but it was later applied to men as well).
Dressler German
Means "turner" from Middle High German dreseler, an agent derivative of drehen "to turn". A turner was a person who used a lathe to create small objects from wood or bone.
Dreyer German
Variant of Dreher.
Duffy 1 Irish
Derived from Irish Ó Dubhthaigh meaning "descendant of Dubthach". Their original homeland was Monaghan where the surname is still the most common; they are also from Donegal and Roscommon.
Eaton English
From any of the various English towns with this name, derived from Old English ea "river" and tun "enclosure, yard, town".
Emerson English
Means "son of Emery". The surname was borne by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), an American writer and philosopher who wrote about transcendentalism.
Erickson English
Means "son of Eric".
Fox English
From the name of the animal. It was originally a nickname for a person with red hair or a crafty person.
Hackett English
From a diminutive of the medieval byname Hake, which was of Old Norse origin and meant "hook".
Heath English
Originally belonged to a person who was a dweller on the heath or open land.
Leach English
Originally indicated a person who was a physician, from the medieval practice of using leeches to bleed people of ills.
McIntyre Scottish
From Scottish Gaelic Mac an tSaoir meaning "son of the carpenter".
Reeve English
Occupational name derived from Middle English reeve, Old English (ge)refa meaning "sheriff, prefect, local official".
Sanderson English
Means "son of Alexander".
Sweeney Irish
Anglicized form of Mac Suibhne.
Tupper English
Occupational name for a herdsman, derived from Middle English toupe "ram".