ChevalierFrench From a nickname derived from French chevalier meaning "knight", from Late Latin caballarius "horseman", Latin caballus "horse".
CliftonEnglish Derived from various place names meaning "settlement by a cliff" in Old English.
CobbEnglish From a medieval English byname meaning "lump".
DexterEnglish Occupational name meaning "dyer" in Old English (originally this was a feminine word, but it was later applied to men as well).
DresslerGerman 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.
Duffy 1Irish 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.
EatonEnglish From any of the various English towns with this name, derived from Old English ea "river" and tun "enclosure, yard, town".
EmersonEnglish Means "son of Emery". The surname was borne by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), an American writer and philosopher who wrote about transcendentalism.