ACCIAI ItalianDerived from medieval Italian
accia meaning
"axe", ultimately from Latin
ascia.
ARCHER EnglishOccupational name for one who practiced archery, from Latin
arcus "bow" (via Old French).
ARMATI ItalianFrom Italian
armato meaning
"armed, armoured, equipped".
ARMBRUSTER GermanMeans
"crossbow maker" from German
armbrust "crossbow". The word
armbrust was originally from Latin
arcuballista meaning "bow ballista", but was modified under the influence of German
arm "arm" and
brust "breast".
BECK (4) EnglishFrom Old English
becca meaning
"pickaxe", an occupational surname.
BECKHAM EnglishFrom an English place name meaning "Becca's homestead". The byname
Becca means "pickaxe" in Old English. A famous bearer is retired English soccer player David Beckham (1975-).
BOWMAN EnglishOccupational name for an archer, derived from Middle English
bowe, Old English
boga meaning "bow".
CANNON EnglishFrom the ecclesiastical usage of
canon, referring to a church official or servant who worked in a clergy house.
FAUCHER FrenchOccupational name meaning
"mower" in French, ultimately from Latin
falx meaning "sickle, scythe".
FLETCHER EnglishOccupational name for a fletcher, someone who attached feathers to the shaft of an arrow. It is derived from Old French
fleche meaning "arrow".
GEARY EnglishDerived from a Norman given name that was a short form of Germanic names starting with the element
ger "spear".
GEHRING GermanDerived from a short form of Germanic names starting with the element
ger "spear".
HACKETT EnglishFrom a diminutive of the medieval byname
Hake, which was of Old Norse origin and meant "hook".
KARDOS HungarianFrom Hungarian
kard meaning
"sword". It could have been applied to soldiers, sword makers, or one with a pugnacious nature.
KLADIVO CzechMeans
"hammer" in Czech, a nickname for a blacksmith.
KNEF GermanOccupational name for a shoemaker, derived from Low German
knif meaning
"shoemaker's knife".
KOLBE GermanFrom Middle High German
kolbe meaning
"club".
KUNDAKÇI TurkishFrom Turkish
kundak meaning
"stock, wooden part of a rifle".
LAPOINTE FrenchMeans
"the point (of a lance)" in French, possibly a nickname for a soldier.
LISTER ScottishAnglicized form of the Gaelic
Mac an Fleisdeir meaning
"son of the arrow maker".
LONGSTAFF EnglishOccupational name for an official who was equipped with a ceremonial staff, or a nickname for a tall person.
MACHADO Portuguese, SpanishDenoted a person who made or used hatchets, derived from Spanish and Portuguese
machado "hatchet", both from Latin
marculus "little hammer".
MARTEL (2) French, EnglishNickname for a smith, derived from Old French
martel "hammer", ultimately from Late Latin
martellus.
MAZZA ItalianFrom a nickname (perhaps occupational) meaning
"maul, mallet" in Italian.
MESSER GermanOccupational name for a person who made knives, from Middle High German
messer "knife".
METZ (1) GermanOccupational name for maker of knives, from Middle High German
metze "knife".
Ó CORRA IrishMeans
"descendant of Corra" in Irish. The given name
Corra means "spear".
PORRAS Spanish, CatalanFrom a nickname meaning
"club" in Spanish and Catalan, ultimately from Latin
porrum meaning "leek".
PUSKÁS HungarianOccupational name for a gunsmith or cannon maker, from Hungarian
puska meaning
"gun" (from German, itself from Latin
buxis "box").
SACHS GermanOriginally indicated a person from Saxony (German
Sachsen). The region was named for the Germanic tribe of the Saxons, ultimately derived from the Germanic word
sahs meaning "knife".
SPADA ItalianOccupational name for an armourer or swordsman, from Italian
spada "sword", Latin
spatha.
SPEAR EnglishFrom Old English
spere "spear", an occupational name for a hunter or a maker of spears, or a nickname for a thin person.
TRAPANI ItalianFrom the name of the Sicilian city of Trapani, derived from Greek
δρεπάνη (drepane) meaning "sickle".