Browse Surnames

Alexander English
Derived from the given name Alexander.

Jack English, Scottish
From the given name Jack.

Beck 4 English
From Old English becca meaning "pickaxe", an occupational surname.

Wescott English
Variant of Westcott.

Briley English
Possibly a variant of Brierley.

Ibbot English
Variant of Ibbott.

Henson English
Means "son of Henne", a medieval diminutive of Henry.

Brewster English
Variant of Brewer, originally a feminine form of the occupational term.

Gates English
Originally denoted a person who lived near the town gates.

Rogers English
Derived from the given name Roger.

Summers 2 English
Variant of Sommer 1.

Paxton English
From an English place name meaning "Pœcc's town". Pœcc is an Old English name of unknown meaning.

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

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".

Matthews English
Derived from the given name Matthew.

Shelton English
From the name of various English towns, meaning "shelf town" in Old English.

Linton English
Originally from place names meaning either "flax town" or "linden tree town" in Old English.

Hendry Scottish, English
Derived from the given name Henry.

Sudworth English
From an English place name composed of Old English suþ "south" and worþ "enclosure".

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.

Hadaway English
Variant of Hathaway.

Jeffery English
Derived from the given name Jeffrey.

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

Pain English
Variant of Payne.

Coombs English
From Old English cumb meaning "valley", the name of several places in England.

Miller English
Occupational surname meaning "miller", referring to a person who owned or worked in a grain mill, derived from Middle English mille "mill".

Ayers 1 English
From Middle English eir meaning "heir".

Tennison English
Means "son of Denis".

Fields English
Name for a person who lived on or near a field or pasture, from Old English feld.

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

Adamson English
Means "son of Adam".

Woodcock English
Nickname referring to the woodcock bird.

Beaumont French, English
From French place names derived from beau "beautiful" and mont "mountain".

Elwin English
Variant of Elwyn.

Gardener English
Occupational surname for one who was a gardener, from Old French jardin meaning "garden" (of Frankish origin).

Rush English
Indicated a person who lived near rushes, the grasslike plant that grows in a marsh, from Old English rysc.

Combs English
Variant of Coombs.

Ross English, Scottish
From various place names (such as the region of Ross in northern Scotland), which are derived from Scottish Gaelic ros meaning "promontory, headland".

Sharman English
Variant of Sherman 1.

Foster 2 English
Occupational name for a scissor maker, derived from Old French forcetier.

Truman English
Means "trusty man" in Middle English. A famous bearer of the surname was American president Harry S. Truman (1884-1972).

Park 2 English
From Middle English park, from Latin parricus, of Frankish origin. This was a name for someone who worked in or lived in a park.

Milford English
Originally derived from various place names all meaning "ford by a mill" in Old English.

Nicolson English
Variant of Nicholson.

Kerry English
Variant of Kendrick 1.

Sharp English
Nickname for a keen person, from Old English scearp "sharp".

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

Falkner English, German
English variant and German cognate of Faulkner.

Scrivener English
Variant of Scriven.

Snell English
From Old English snel meaning "fast, quick, nimble".

Kemp English
Derived from Middle English kempe meaning "champion, warrior".

Cookson English
Patronymic form of Cook.

Lyle English
Derived from Norman French l'isle meaning "island".

Goode English
Variant of Good.

Robertson English
Means "son of Robert".

Bloxam English
Variant of Bloxham.

Meyers German, English
Patronymic form of Meyer 1, Mayer 3 or Myer.

Harris English
Means "son of Harry".

Butler English, Irish
Occupational name derived from Norman French butiller "wine steward", ultimately from Late Latin butticula "bottle". A famous bearer of this surname is the fictional character Rhett Butler, created by Margaret Mitchell for her novel Gone with the Wind (1936).

Farnham English
Indicated a person from any of the various towns named Farnham in England, notably in Surrey. Their names are from Old English fearn "fern" and ham "home, settlement" or ham "water meadow, enclosure".

Savidge English
Variant of Savage.

Rome French, English
English and French form of Romano 2.

Marlowe English
Variant of Marlow.

Hodges English
Patronymic of Hodge, a medieval diminutive of Roger.

Gardiner English
Variant of Gardener.

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

Readdie English
Variant of Ready 1.

Dyson English
Means "son of Dye".

Peyton English
Variant of Payton.

Joyner English
Variant of Joiner.

Forest English, French
Originally belonged to a person who lived near or in a forest. It was probably originally derived, via Old French forest, from Latin forestam (silva) meaning "outer (wood)".

Garnet English
Variant of Garnett 1 or Garnett 2.

Abramson English
Means "son of Abraham".

Wood English, Scottish
Originally denoted one who lived in or worked in a forest, derived from Old English wudu "wood".

Symonds English
Derived from the given name Simon 1.

Backus English
Means "bakery", an occupational name for a baker, from Old English bæchus literally "bake house".

Thacker English
Northern Middle English variant of Thatcher.

Beasley English
From the name of a place in Lancashire, from Old English beos "bent grass" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Lamar French, English
Originally from a place name in Normandy, derived from Old French la mare meaning "the pool".

Honeysett English
Possibly a variant of Honeycutt.

Fishman English
Occupational name for a fisherman.

Thwaite English
Indicated a dweller in a forest clearing or pasture, from Old Norse þveit "clearing, pasture".

Siddall English
From the name of various English towns, derived from Old English sid "wide" and halh "nook, recess".

Chandler English
Occupational name meaning "candle seller" or "candle maker" in Middle English, ultimately derived from Latin candela via Old French.

Rey 1 English, Spanish, French, Catalan
Means "king" in Old French, Spanish and Catalan, ultimately from Latin rex (genitive regis), perhaps originally denoting someone who acted like a king.

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

Varnham English
Variant of Farnham.

Morris English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Derived from the given name Maurice.

Simen English (Rare)
From the given name Simon 1.

Blackbourne English
Variant of Blackburn.

Thornton English
From any of the various places in England by this name, meaning "thorn town" in Old English.

Denzil English
From the place name Denzell, a manor in Cornwall, which is of unknown meaning.

English English
Denoted a person who was of English heritage. It was used to distinguish people who lived in border areas (for example, near Wales or Scotland). It was also used to distinguish an Anglo-Saxon from a Norman.

Varley English
Originally denoted a person from Verly, France, itself derived from the Roman name Virilius.

Goodwin English
Derived from the given name Godwine.

Braxton English
From an English place name place name meaning "Bracca's town" in Old English.

Winton English
Derived from the name of several English villages. Their names derive from Old English meaning "enclosure belonging to Wine".

Phelps English
Means "son of Philip".

Smythe English
Variant of Smith.

Newman English
English cognate of Neumann.

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

Welch English
Variant of Walsh.

Bradford English
Derived from the name of the city of Bradford in West Yorkshire, which meant "broad ford" in Old English. This is also the name of other smaller towns in England.

Kerr Scottish, English
From Scots and northern Middle English kerr meaning "thicket, marsh", ultimately from Old Norse kjarr.

Cartwright English
Occupational name indicating one who made carts.

Faulkner English, Scottish
Occupational name meaning "keeper of falcons", from Middle English and Scots faulcon, from Late Latin falco, of Germanic origin.

Watkins English
Derived from the Middle English given name Wat or Watt, which was a diminutive of the name Walter.

Bourke English
Variant of Burke.

Peters English, German, Dutch
Means "son of Peter".

Trevis English
English variant of Travers.

Sadler English
Occupational name for a maker of saddles, from Old English sadol "saddle".

Woodrow English
From a place name meaning "row of houses by a wood" in Old English.

Mark English
Derived from the given name Mark.

Taft English
Variant of Toft.

Osbourne English
Derived from the given name Osborn.

Quickley 1 English
Variant of Quick.

Gladwin English
Derived from the Old English given name Glædwine.

Plaskett English
Originally denoted a dweller by a swampy meadow, from Old French plascq meaning "wet meadow".

Aiken English
From the medieval given name Atkin, a diminutive of Adam.

Judd English
Derived from the medieval name Judd.

Lovell English
Variant of Lowell.

Firmin English, French
From the given name Firmin.

Fuller English
Occupational name for a fuller, a person who thickened and cleaned coarse cloth by pounding it. It is derived via Middle English from Latin fullo.

Haden English
From a place name derived from Old English hæþ "heath" and dun "hill".

Hope English
Derived from Middle English hop meaning "small valley".

Waters 2 English
Derived from the given name Walter.

Boon 2 English
Originally indicated a person from the town of Bohon, in Manche in France. The town's name is of unknown origin.

Jarrett English
Variant of Garrett.

Burnham English
From the name of various towns in England, typically derived from Old English burna "stream, spring" and ham "home, settlement".

Baxter English
Variant (in origin a feminine form) of Baker.

Jepson English
Means "son of Jep".

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".

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

Bullock English
From a nickname meaning "young bull".

Carter English
Occupational name for a person who operated a cart to transport goods, from Norman French caretier. A famous bearer is the former American president Jimmy Carter (1924-).

Wash English
Derived from the Norman name Wazo.

Paget English, French
Diminutive of Page.

Sutton English
From various English place names meaning "south town".

Ledford English
From the name of English places called Lydford, derived from hlud meaning "loud, noisy" and ford meaning "ford, river crossing".

Seward 1 English
Derived from the given name Sigeweard.

Shakespeare English
From a nickname for a warlike person, from Old English scacan "to shake" and spere "spear". A famous bearer was the English dramatist and poet William Shakespeare (1564-1616).

Tucker English
Occupational name for a fuller of cloth, derived from Old English tucian meaning "offend, torment". A fuller was a person who cleaned and thickened raw cloth by pounding it.

Jacobs English, Dutch
Derived from the given name Jacob.

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

Anson English
Means "son of Agnes".

Senior English
Originally a name for the elder of two brothers.

Rennold English
Variant of Reynolds.

Field English
Variant of Fields.

Bourne English
Derived from Old English burna "stream, spring".

Dean 2 English
Occupational surname meaning "dean", referring to a person who either was a dean or worked for one. It is from Middle English deen (ultimately from Latin decanus meaning "chief of ten").

Nowell English
Variant of Noel.

Brett English
Originally a name given to someone who was a Breton or a person from Brittany.

Evelyn English
Derived from the given name Aveline.

Henry English
Derived from the given name Henry.

Styles English
Locational name for one who lived near a steep hill, from Old English stigol "stile, set of steps".

Lee 1 English
Originally given to a person who lived on or near a leah, Old English meaning "woodland, clearing".

Stoddard English
Occupational name for a horse keeper, from Old English stod "stallion, stud" and hierde "herder".

Upton English
Denoted a person hailing from one of the many towns in England bearing this name. The place name itself is derived from Old English upp "up" and tun "enclosure, yard, town".

Harvey English
From the Breton given name Haerviu (see Harvey).

Disney English
Means "from Isigny", referring to the town of Isigny in Normandy. This surname was borne by the American animator and filmmaker Walt Disney (1901-1966).

Street English
Habitational name for a person who lived in a place called Street, for example in Somerset. It is derived from Old English stræt meaning "Roman road", from Latin strata.

Flower English
From Middle English flour meaning "flower, blossom", derived from Old French flur, Latin flos. This was a nickname given to a sweet person. In other cases it could be a metonymic occupational name for a maker of flour (a word derived from the same source).

Waldo English
From the Anglo-Scandinavian given name Waltheof.

Foster 4 English
Nickname given to a person who was a foster child or foster parent.

Bullard English
Possibly a nickname derived from Middle English bole "fraud, deceit".

Payton English
From the name of the town of Peyton in Sussex. It means "Pæga's town".

Lindsay English, Scottish
From the region of Lindsey in Lincolnshire, which means "Lincoln island" in Old English.

Danniell English
Variant of Daniel.

Cooke English
Variant of Cook.

Seabrook English
Denoted a person from a town by this name in Buckinghamshire, England. It is derived from that of a river combined with Old English broc "stream".

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

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).

West English, German
Denoted a person who lived to the west of something, or who came from the west.

Huxley English
From the name of a town in Cheshire. The final element is Old English leah "woodland, clearing", while the first element might be hux "insult, scorn". A famous bearer was the British author Aldous Huxley (1894-1963).

Blackman English
From a nickname, a variant of Black.

Blanchard French, English
Derived from the given name Blanchard.

Norris 2 English
Means "wet nurse, foster mother" from Old French norrice, from Latin nutricius.

Davidson English
Means "son of David".

Tolbert English
Possibly from a Germanic given name of unknown meaning. The second element of the name is derived from beraht meaning "bright, famous".

Hughes 1 English
Patronymic of the given name Hugh.

Peter English, German, Dutch
Derived from the given name Peter.

Avery English
Derived from a Norman French form of the given names Alberich or Alfred.

Marston English
From a place name derived from Old English mersc "marsh" and tun "enclosure".

Montague English
From a Norman place name meaning "sharp mountain" in Old French.

Watts English
Patronymic derived from the Middle English given name Wat or Watt, a diminutive of the name Walter.

Kersey English
From an English place name meaning derived from Old English cærse "watercress" and ieg "island".

Cason English
From the English place name Cawston, derived from the Old Norse given name Kálfr combined with Old English tun meaning "enclosure, yard, town".

Shine 1 English
Means "beautiful, attractive" from Old English sciene.

Sherburne English
Variant of Sherburn.

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

Spence English
Variant of Spencer.

Peacock English
From Middle English pecok meaning "peacock". It was originally a nickname for a proud or haughty person.

Allsopp English
From the name of the village of Alsop en la Dale in Derbyshire, England. It means "Ælli's valley" in Old English.

Albinson English
Means "son of Albin".

Clark English
Means "cleric" or "scribe", from Old English clerec meaning "priest", ultimately from Latin clericus. A famous bearer was William Clark (1770-1838), an explorer of the west of North America.

Fay 1 French, English
Referred to a person who came from various places named Fay or Faye in northern France, derived from Old French fau "beech tree", from Latin fagus.

Penn 2 English
Occupational name for a person who kept penned animals, from Old English penn.

Alan English, Scottish
Derived from the given name Alan.

Godfrey English
From the Norman given name Godfrey.

Lovel English
Variant of Lowell.

Fulton English
From the name of the English town of Foulden, Norfolk, meaning "bird hill" in Old English.

Wade 2 English
From the Old English given name Wada, a derivative of the word wadan "to go".

Dwerryhouse English
Indicated a person who worked or lived at a dyehouse, which is a place where dyeing was done.

Dodge English
From Dogge, a medieval diminutive of Roger.

Roscoe English
From the name of a town in Lancashire, derived from Old Norse rá "roebuck" and skógr "wood, forest".

Hext English
From a nickname meaning "tallest" in Middle English. It is most common in the southwest of England in the county of Devon.

Lowell English
From a nickname derived from a Norman French lou meaning "wolf" and a diminutive suffix.

London English
From the name of the capital city of the United Kingdom, the meaning of which is uncertain.

Pierson English
Means "son of Piers".

Weaver 1 English
Occupational name for a weaver, derived from Old English wefan "to weave".

Adams English, Jewish
Derived from the given name Adam.

Sowards English, Irish
Possibly a variant of Seward 1 or Seward 3.

Badcock English
From a diminutive of the medieval given name Bada.

Rivers English
Denoted a person who lived near a river, from Middle English, from Old French riviere meaning "river", from Latin riparius meaning "riverbank".

Hammond English
From the Norman given name Hamo or the Old Norse given name Hámundr.

Wembley English
From the name of a town, now part of Greater London, meaning "Wemba's clearing" in Old English.

Rakes English
Variant of Rake.

Stack English
From a nickname for a big person, derived from Middle English stack "haystack", of Old Norse origin.

Beck 1 English, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian
From Middle English bekke (from Old Norse), Low German beke or Old Norse bekkr all meaning "stream".

Davies English, Scottish
Variant of Davis.

Christopherson English
Means "son of Christopher".

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

Padmore English
Originally indicated a person from Padmore in England, derived from Old English padde "toad" and mor "moor, marsh".

Ridge English
Denoted a person who lived near a ridge, from Old English hrycg.

Woodham English
Indicated a person who had a home near a wood, derived from Old English wudu "wood" and ham "home, settlement".

Snelling English
Variant of Snell.

Hewitt English
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Hugh.

Summers 1 English
Variant of Sumner.

Tailor English
Variant of Taylor.

Parent English, French
Derived from Old French parent meaning either "notable" (from Latin pārēre meaning "to be apparent") or "parent" (from Latin parere meaning "to produce, to give birth").

Mathewson English
Means "son of Matthew".

Abbey English
Indicated a person who lived near an abbey or worked in an abbey, from Middle English abbeye.

Wortham English
Derived from the name of a town in Suffolk, England meaning "enclosed homestead".

Bowers English
Variant of Bower.

Hunt English
Variant of Hunter.

Wilbur English
From the nickname Wildbor meaning "wild boar" in Middle English.

Sergeant English, French
Occupational name derived from Old French sergent meaning "servant", ultimately from Latin servire "to serve".

Williamson English
Means "son of William".

Lowry English, Scottish
From a diminutive of the given name Laurence 1.

Vincent 1 English, French
From the given name Vincent.

Bryce English
From the given name Brice.

Barret English
Variant of Barrett.

Easton English
From the name of various places meaning "east town" in Old English.

Norris 1 English, Scottish
Means "from the north" from Old French norreis. It either denoted someone who originated in the north or someone who lived in the northern part of a settlement.

Hood English
Metonymic occupational name for a maker of hoods or a nickname for someone who wore a distinctive hood, from Old English hod.

Penner English
Variant of Penn 2.

Bennet English
Derived from the medieval English given name Bennett.

May English
Derived from the given name Matthew.

I'Anson English
Variant of Janson.

Aylmer English
Derived from the Old English name Æðelmær.

Tate English
Derived from the Old English given name Tata.

Tyson 1 English
Derived from a nickname for a quarrelsome person, from Old French tison meaning "firebrand".

Ware 1 English
From Old English wer meaning "dam, weir", indicating someone who lived near such a structure.

Chancellor English
Occupational name for an administrator, a chancellor, from Norman French chancelier.

Shaw 1 English
Originally given to a person who lived near a prominent thicket, from Old English sceaga meaning "thicket, copse".

Christinsen English
Means "son of Christian".

Park 3 English
From the medieval name Perkin, a diminutive of Peter.

Raine 1 English
From a nickname derived from Old French reine meaning "queen".

Weston English
From the name of various English towns, derived from Old English west "west" and tun "enclosure, yard, town".

Bannerman English
Variant of Banner.

Bradley English
From a common English place name, derived from brad "broad" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Shepherd English
Occupational name meaning "shepherd, sheep herder", from Old English sceaphyrde.

Bristol English
From the name of a city in England meaning "the site of the bridge".

Appleton English
From the name of several English towns, meaning "orchard" in Old English (a compound of æppel "apple" and tun "enclosure, yard").

Wheelock English
Originally indicated a person from the town of Wheelock, England. It was named for the nearby River Wheelock, which is derived from Welsh chwylog meaning "winding".

Potter English
Occupational name for a potter, one who makes earthen vessels. This surname was used by J. K. Rowling for the hero in her Harry Potter series of books, first released in 1997.

Stroud English
From Old English strod meaning "marshy ground overgrown with brushwood".

Beckham English
From an English place name meaning "Becca's homestead" in Old English (with Becca being a masculine byname meaning "pickaxe"). A famous bearer is retired English soccer player David Beckham (1975-).

Langdon English
Derived from the name of various places, of Old English origin meaning "long hill" (effectively "ridge").

Gregory English
From the given name Gregory.

Townsend English
Indicated a person who lived at the town's edge, from Old English tun "enclosure, yard, town" and ende "end, limit".

Reeve English
Occupational name derived from Middle English reeve, Old English (ge)refa meaning "sheriff, prefect, local official".

Cooper English
Means "barrel maker", from Middle English couper.

Lane 1 English
Originally designated one who lived by a lane, a narrow way between fences or hedges, later used of any narrow pathway, including one between houses in a town.

Waters 1 English
Originally given to a person who lived near the water.

Garret English
Variant of Garrett.

Mann German, English
From a nickname meaning "man". This may have originally been given in order to distinguish the bearer from a younger person with the same name.

Barrett English
Probably derived from the Middle English word barat meaning "trouble, deception", originally given to a quarrelsome person.

Morce English
Variant of Morriss.

Green English
Descriptive name for someone who often wore the colour green or someone who lived near the village green.

Audley English
From a place name meaning "Ealdgyð's clearing" in Old English.

Carr 1 Scottish, English
Variant of Kerr.

Cockburn Scottish, English
Originally indicated someone who came from Cockburn, a place in Berwickshire. The place name is derived from Old English cocc "rooster" and burna "stream".

Peterson English
Means "son of Peter".

Lawson English
Means "son of Laurence 1".

Simonson English
Means "son of Simon 1".

Granville English
Derived from a Norman place name Grainville.

Farmer English
Occupational name for a tax collector, from Middle English ferme "rent, revenue, provision", from medieval Latin firma, ultimately from Old English feorm. This word did not acquire its modern meaning until the 17th century.

Corwin English
Derived from Old French cordoan "leather", ultimately from the name of the Spanish city of Cordova.

Victors English
Derived from the given name Victor.

Ilbert English
Derived from a Norman form of the Old German given name Hildiberht.

Elliot English
Variant of Elliott.

Traylor English
Meaning unknown.

Payne English
From a medieval given name or nickname derived from Latin paganus meaning "heathen, pagan" (from an earlier sense "rural, rustic"), which was given to children whose baptism had been postponed or adults who were not overly religious.

Small English
From a nickname for a small person, from Middle English smal.

Martell English
Variant of Martel 1 or Martel 2.

Thorpe English
From Old Norse þorp meaning "village".

Selby English
From the name of a village that meant "willow farm" in Old English.

Low English
Variant of Law.

Bellamy French, English
From Old French bel ami meaning "beautiful friend".