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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.

Darling English
From a nickname or byname derived from Middle English dereling, Old English deorling, meaning "darling, beloved one".

Deering English
From the Old English given name Deora meaning "dear, beloved".

Fleming English
Given to a person who was a Fleming, that is a person who was from Flanders in the Netherlands.

Haig English, Scottish
From Old English haga or Old Norse hagi meaning "enclosure, pasture".

Harding English
Derived from the given name Heard. A famous bearer was American president Warren G. Harding (1865-1923).

Hawking English
From a diminutive of Hawk. A famous bearer was the British physicist Stephen Hawking (1942-2018).

Irving Scottish, English
Variant of Irvine 1 or Irwin.

Kellogg English
Occupational name for a pig butcher, from Middle English killen "to kill" and hog "pig, swine, hog".

King English
From Old English cyning "king", originally a nickname for someone who either acted in a kingly manner or who worked for or was otherwise associated with a king. A famous bearer was the American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968).

Kipling English
From the name of a town in Yorkshire, of Old English origin meaning "Cyppel's people", from a given name Cyppel of unknown meaning. A famous bearer of this name was the author Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936).

Long English
Originally a nickname for a person who had long limbs or who was tall.

Manning 1 English
Patronymic form of Mann.

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

Snelling English
Variant of Snell.

Spalding English
From the name of the town of Spalding in Lincolnshire, derived from the Anglo-Saxon tribe of the Spaldingas.

Spearing English
Patronymic form of Spear.

Spurling English
From Middle English sparewe "sparrow" and the diminutive suffix -ling.

Strong English
Nickname derived from Middle English strong or strang meaning "strong".

Yong English
Variant of Young.

Young English
Derived from Old English geong meaning "young". This was a descriptive name to distinguish father from son.

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