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Ainsworth English
Habitational name for a person from the village of Ainsworth near Manchester, itself from the Old English given name Ægen and worþ meaning "enclosure".

Albertson English
Means "son of Albert".

Alexander English
Derived from the given name Alexander.

Alfredson English
Means "son of Alfred".

Andrewson English
Variant of Anderson.

Arkwright English
Occupational name meaning "chest maker", from Middle English arc meaning "chest, coffer" and wyrhta meaning "maker, craftsman".

Armistead English
Means "hermitage", indicating a person who lived near one, from Middle English ermite "hermit" and stede "place".

Armstrong English
Means "strong arm" from Middle English. Tradition holds that the family is descended from Siward, an 11th-century Earl of Northumbria. Famous bearers of this name include the Americans Louis Armstrong (1901-1971), a jazz musician, and Neil Armstrong (1930-2012), an astronaut who was the first person to walk on the moon.

Arrington English
From the name of a town in Cambridgeshire, originally meaning "Earna's settlement" in Old English (Earna being a person's nickname meaning "eagle").

Arterbury English
Variant of Atteberry.

Arthurson English
Means "son of Arthur".

Atteberry English
Means "dweller at the fortified town" from Middle English at and burh "fortified place".

Augustine English
From the given name Augustine 1.

Auteberry English
Variant of Atteberry.

Bannerman English
Variant of Banner.

Bannister English
From Norman French banastre meaning "basket". This was originally a name for a maker of baskets.

Blackburn English
From the name of a city in Lancashire, meaning "black stream" in Old English.

Blackwood English, Scottish
From an English place name meaning "black wood".

Blakeslee English
Variant of Blakesley.

Blakesley English
From the name of a town in Northamptonshire, itself meaning "Blæcwulf's meadow" in Old English. Blæcwulf is a byname meaning "black wolf".

Blanchard French, English
Derived from the given name Blanchard.

Botterill English
Probably indicated someone from the town of Les Bottereaux in Normandy, itself derived from Old French bot "toad".

Botwright English
Variant of Boatwright.

Broadbent English
From a place name derived from Old English brad "broad" and beonet "bent grass".

Burroughs English
Variant of Burrows.

Carpenter English
From the occupation, derived from Middle English carpentier (ultimately from Latin carpentarius meaning "carriage maker").

Caulfield English
From a place name meaning "cold field", from Old English ceald "cold" and feld "pasture, field".

Christian English, French, German
Derived from the given name Christian.

Churchill English
From an English place name meaning "church hill". A famous bearer was Winston Churchill (1874-1965), the British prime minister during World War II.

Cleveland English
Derived from a place name meaning "cliff land" in Old English.

Constable English
From Old French conestable, ultimately from Latin comes stabuli meaning "officer of the stable".

Cotterill English
Derived from Middle English cotter meaning "cottager", referring to a small tenant farmer.

Courtenay 1 English
From the name of towns in France that were originally derivatives of the Gallo-Roman personal name Curtenus, itself derived from Latin curtus "short".

Courtenay 2 English
From the Old French nickname court nes meaning "short nose".

Danielson English
Means "son of Daniel".

Dickenson English
Variant of Dickinson.

Dickerson English
Means "son of Dick 1".

Dickinson English
Means "son of Dicun", Dicun being a medieval diminutive of Dick 1. American poet Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) was a famous bearer.

Donaldson English
Means "son of Donald". A notable bearer is the online personality Jimmy Donaldson (1998-), who goes by the alias MrBeast.

Eccleston English
Denoted a person from any of the various places named Eccleston in England, derived from Latin ecclesia "church" (via Briton) and Old English tun "enclosure, yard, town".

Edwardson English
Means "son of Edward".

Ellington English
From the name of multiple towns in England. The town's name is derived from the masculine given name Ella (a short form of Old English names beginning with the elements ælf meaning "elf" or eald meaning "old") combined with tun meaning "enclosure, town".

Ellsworth English
Habitational name for a person from the town of Elsworth in Cambridgeshire. The town's name is derived from the masculine given name Ella (a short form of Old English names beginning with the elements ælf meaning "elf" or eald meaning "old") combined with worþ meaning "enclosure".

Fairbairn Scottish, English
Means "beautiful child" in Middle English and Scots.

Fairchild English
Means "beautiful child" in Middle English.

Georgeson English
Means "son of George".

Granville English
Derived from a Norman place name Grainville.

Greenwood English
Topographic name for someone who lived in or near a lush forest, from Old English grene "green" and wudu "wood".

Grenville English
Variant of Granville.

Griffiths Welsh, English
Means "son of Gruffudd".

Hambleton English
From various English place names, derived from Old English hamel "crooked, mutilated" and tun "enclosure, yard, town".

Harrelson English
Means "son of Harold". A famous bearer of this surname is the American actor Woody Harrelson (1961-).

Hawthorne English
Denoted a person who lived near a hawthorn bush, a word derived from Old English hagaþorn, from haga meaning "enclosure, yard" and þorn meaning "thorn bush". A famous bearer was the American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), author of The Scarlet Letter.

Henderson Scottish, English
Means "son of Hendry".

Hermanson English
Means "son of Herman".

Hightower English
Possibly a variant of Hayter.

Honeycutt English
Derived from the name of the English town of Hunnacott, derived from Old English hunig "honey" or the given name Huna combined with cot "cottage".

Honeysett English
Possibly a variant of Honeycutt.

Huddleson English
Means "son of Hudel", a diminutive of Hudde.

Humphreys English
Derived from the given name Humphrey.

Hunnicutt English
Variant of Honeycutt.

Hunnisett English
Possibly a variant of Honeycutt.

Jefferson English
Means "son of Jeffrey". A famous bearer was American president Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826). Since his surname was sometimes adopted by freed slaves, it is now more common among the African-American population.

Josephson English
Means "son of Joseph".

Kimberley English
From various English places called Kimberley. They mean either "Cyneburga's field", "Cynebald's field" or "Cynemær's field".

Longstaff English
Occupational name for an official who was equipped with a ceremonial staff, or a nickname for a tall person.

Martinson English
Means "son of Martin".

Masterson English
Patronymic derived from Middle English maister meaning "master", via Old French from Latin magister.

Mathewson English
Means "son of Matthew".

Middleton English
Originally denoted a person who lived in one of the numerous English towns by this name, derived from Old English middel "middle" and tun "enclosure, yard, town".

Millhouse English
Name for someone whose house was in a mill or who worked in a mill.

Nicholson English
Means "son of Nicholas". A famous bearer of this surname is the American actor Jack Nicholson (1937-).

Oliverson English
Means "son of Oliver".

Parkinson English
Means "son of Parkin", a medieval diminutive of Peter.

Patterson English, Scottish
Means "son of Patrick".

Pemberton English
From the name of a town near Manchester, derived from Celtic penn meaning "hill" combined with Old English bere meaning "barley" and tun meaning "enclosure, yard, town".

Pettigrew English
Derived from Norman French petit "small" and cru "growth".

Pickering English
From the name of a town in Yorkshire, derived from Old English Piceringas, the name of a tribe.

Pottinger English
Occupational name, either for an apothecary, from Old French potecaire, or a seller of stew, from Old French potagier.

Priestley English
From a place name meaning "priest clearing", from Old English preost and leah.

Proudfoot English
Nickname for a person with a proud step.

Radclyffe English
Variant of Radcliff.

Remington English
From the name of the town of Rimington in Lancashire, derived from the name of the stream Riming combined with Old English tun meaning "enclosure, town".

Robertson English
Means "son of Robert".

Rowbottom English
Originally indicated a person who lived in an overgrown valley, from Old English ruh "rough, overgrown" and boðm "valley".

Royceston English
Variant of Royston.

Sackville English
From the name of the Norman French town of Saqueneville.

Samuelson English
Means "son of Samuel".

Sanderson English
Means "son of Alexander".

Schofield English
From various northern English place names, which were derived from Old Norse skáli "hut" and Old English feld "field".

Scrivener English
Variant of Scriven.

Scrivenor English
Variant of Scriven.

Seabrooke English
Variant of Seabrook.

Sherburne English
Variant of Sherburn.

Sigourney English
From the name of the commune of Sigournais in western France, called Segurniacum in medieval Latin, itself of unknown meaning.

Southgate English
Name for a person who lived near the southern gate of a town or in a town named Southgate, from Old English suþ and gæt.

Stevenson English
Variant of Stephenson.

Strudwick English
From an English place name derived from Old English strod meaning "marshy ground overgrown with brushwood" and wic meaning "village, town".

Thompkins English
From a diminutive of the given name Thomas.

Thompsett English
From a diminutive of the given name Thomas.

Thrussell English
From Old English þrostle meaning "song thrush", referring to a cheerful person.

Tittensor English
Indicated a person from Tittensor, England, which means "Titten's ridge".

Underhill English
Means "dweller at the foot of a hill", from Old English under and hyll.

Underwood English
Means "dweller at the edge of the woods", from Old English under and wudu.

Valentine English
From the given name Valentine 1.

Wakefield English
Originally indicated a person who came from the English city of Wakefield, derived from Old English wacu "wake, vigil" and feld "field".

Walterson English
Means "son of Walter".

Westbrook English
From the name of places in England, derived from Old English west "west" and broc "brook, stream".

Whitehead English
Nickname for someone with white or light-coloured hair, from Old English hwit "white" and heafod "head".

Whittaker English
Variant of Whitaker.

Wilkerson English
Means "son of Wilkin".

Wilkinson English
Means "son of Wilkin".

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