Browse Surnames

This is a list of surnames in which the usage is English; and the length is 7.
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Solomon English, Romanian, Jewish
Derived from the given name Solomon.
Sowards English, Irish
Possibly a variant of Seward 1 or Seward 3.
Speight English
English form of Specht, probably a loanword from German or Dutch.
Spencer English
Occupational name for a person who dispensed provisions to those who worked at a manor, derived from Middle English spense "larder, pantry".
Spooner English
Occupational name for a maker of spoons or a maker of shingles, derived from Middle English spone meaning "chip of wood, spoon".
Stanley English
From various place names meaning "stone clearing" in Old English. A notable bearer was the British-American explorer and journalist Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904).
Stanton English
From one of the many places named Stanton or Staunton in England, derived from Old English stan meaning "stone" and tun meaning "enclosure, town".
Statham English
From the name of a village in the English county of Cheshire, derived from Old English stæð meaning "wharf, landing place" and ham "home, settlement".
Steffen Low German, English
Derived from the given name Stephen.
Stetson English
Possibly from the name of the village of Stidston in Devon, meaning "Stithweard's town".
Strange English
Derived from Middle English strange meaning "foreign", ultimately from Latin extraneus.
Swallow English
From the name of the bird, from Old English swealwe, a nickname for someone who resembled or acted like a swallow.
Swanson English
Patronymic form of Middle English swein meaning "servant" (of Old Norse origin). This word was also used as a byname, and this surname could be a patronymic form of that.
Symonds English
Derived from the given name Simon 1.
Terrell English
Probably derived from the Norman French nickname tirel meaning "to pull", referring to a stubborn person.
Thacker English
Northern Middle English variant of Thatcher.
Thorley English
From any of the various places in England called Thornley or Thorley, meaning "thorn clearing" in Old English.
Thwaite English
Indicated a dweller in a forest clearing or pasture, from Old Norse þveit "clearing, pasture".
Tindall English
From Tindale, the name of a town in Cumbria, derived from the name of the river Tyne combined with Old English dæl "dale, valley".
Tolbert English
Possibly from a Germanic given name of unknown meaning. The second element of the name is derived from beraht meaning "bright, famous".
Travers English, French
From an English and French place name that described a person who lived near a bridge or ford, or occasionally as an occupational name for the collector of tolls at such a location. The place name is derived from Old French traverser (which comes from Late Latin transversare), which means "to cross".
Traviss English
English variant of Travers.
Traylor English
Meaning unknown.
Treloar English
Originally denoted a person from a place of this name in Cornwall, England.
Victors English
Derived from the given name Victor.
Vincent 1 English, French
From the given name Vincent.
Wallace Scottish, English, Irish
Means "foreigner, stranger, Celt" from Norman French waleis (of Germanic origin). It was often used to denote native Welsh and Bretons. A famous bearer was the 13th-century Scottish hero William Wallace.
Walters English
Derived from the given name Walter.
Warwick English
From the name of an English town, itself derived from Old English wer "weir, dam" and wic "village, town".
Watkins English
Derived from the Middle English given name Wat or Watt, which was a diminutive of the name Walter.
Webster English
Occupational name meaning "weaver", from Old English webba, a derivative of wefan "to weave".
Wembley English
From the name of a town, now part of Greater London, meaning "Wemba's clearing" in Old English.
Westley English
From the name of various English towns, derived from Old English west "west" and leah "woodland, clearing".
Wheeler English
Occupational name for a maker of wagon wheels, derived from Middle English whele "wheel".
Whinery English
From Middle English whin "gorse bush" and wray "nook of land".
Whitney English
Originally from the name of an English town, meaning "white island" in Old English.
Whittle English
From various English place names derived from Old English hwit "white" and hyll "hill".
Wickham English
From any of various towns by this name in England, notably in Hampshire. They are derived from Old English wic "village, town" (of Latin origin) and ham "home, settlement".
Wilkins English
Means "son of Wilkin".
Willard English
From the given name Wilheard or Willihard.
William English
Derived from the given name William.
Windsor English
From the name of a few English towns, one notably the site of Windsor Castle. Their names mean "riverbank with a windlass" in Old English, a windlass being a lifting apparatus. In 1917 the British royal family adopted this name (after Windsor Castle), replacing their previous name Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
Winship English
Possibly denoted a person who came from Wincheap Street in Canterbury, England. It is uncertain origin, possibly meaning "wine market" in Old English.
Winslow English
Derived from an Old English place name meaning "hill belonging to Wine".
Winston English
Derived from the given name Wynnstan.
Woodham English
Indicated a person who had a home near a wood, derived from Old English wudu "wood" and ham "home, settlement".
Woodrow English
From a place name meaning "row of houses by a wood" in Old English.
Wootton English
Derived from Old English wudu "wood" and tun "enclosure, town".
Wortham English
Derived from the name of a town in Suffolk, England meaning "enclosed homestead".
Wyndham English
From the name of the town of Wymondham, meaning "home belonging to Wigmund", from the given name Wigmund combined with Old English ham meaning "home, settlement".