Browse Surnames

Tailor English
Variant of Taylor.

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

Ellery English
From the medieval masculine name Hilary.

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

Stephenson English
Means "son of Stephen".

House English
Referred to a person who lived or worked in a house, as opposed to a smaller hut.

Sempers English
From the name of various towns named Saint Pierre in Normandy, all of which commemorate Saint Peter.

Best 1 English
Derived from Middle English beste meaning "beast", an occupational name for a keeper of animals or a nickname for someone who acted like a beast. A famous bearer of this surname was soccer legend George Best (1946-2005).

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".

Bunker English
Derived from Old French bon cuer meaning "good heart".

Horton English
From the names of various places in England, which are derived from Old English horh "dirt, mud" and tun "enclosure, yard, town".

Ackerman English
Means "ploughman", derived from Middle English aker "field" and man.

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

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

Beake English
Variant of Beck 3.

Doctor English
Originally denoted someone who was a doctor, ultimately from Latin doctor meaning "teacher".

Durand French, English
From Old French durant meaning "enduring", ultimately from Latin durans. This was a nickname for a stubborn person.

Mills English
Originally given to one who lived near a mill or who worked in a mill, from Middle English mille.

Mutton English
Referred to a shepherd or else someone who in some way resembled a sheep, derived from Norman French mouton "sheep".

Rains English
Variant of Raines.

Tate English
Derived from the Old English given name Tata.

Dennell English
Variant of Daniel.

Hyland 1 English
Topographic name meaning "high land", from Old English heah and land.

Seward 1 English
Derived from the given name Sigeweard.

Granville English
Derived from a Norman place name Grainville.

Rimmer English
Occupational name meaning "poet", from Middle English rime meaning "rhyme".

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.

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

Alan English, Scottish
Derived from the given name Alan.

Stevens English
Variant of Stephens.

Clarkson English
Patronymic form of Clark.

Hanley English
From various English place names meaning "high meadow" in Old English.

Nicholls English
Derived from the given name Nichol.

Willey English
Variant of Wiley.

Merritt English
From an English place name meaning "boundary gate".

Neal English
Derived from the given name Neil.

Garland English
Means "triangle land" from Old English gara and land. It originally belonged to a person who owned a triangle-shaped piece of land.

Sims English
Variant of Simms.

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".

Stringer English
Occupational name for a maker of string or bow strings, from Old English streng "string".

Nixon English
Means "son of Nick". A famous bearer was the American president Richard Nixon (1913-1994).

Nicolson English
Variant of Nicholson.

Pilgrim English, German
Nickname for a person who was a pilgrim, ultimately from Latin peregrinus.

Dexter English
Occupational name meaning "dyer" in Old English (originally this was a feminine word, but it was later applied to men as well).

Walters English
Derived from the given name Walter.

Deacon English
Means "deacon", ultimately from Greek διάκονος (diakonos) meaning "servant".

Griffith Welsh, English
Derived from the Welsh given name Gruffudd.

Gill English
Originally indicated someone who lived near a ravine, from Middle English gil (of Old Norse origin).

York English
From the name of the English city of York, which was originally called Eburacon (Latinized as Eboracum), meaning "yew" in Brythonic. In the Anglo-Saxon period it was corrupted to Eoforwic, based on Old English eofor "boar" and wic "village". This was rendered as Jórvík by the Vikings and eventually reduced to York.

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".

Goffe English
Derived from Breton or Cornish goff meaning "smith", referring to a metalworker.

Griffin 2 English
Nickname from the mythological beast with body of a lion with head and wings of an eagle. It is ultimately from Greek γρύψ (gryps).

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

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.

Irvine 2 English
Variant of Irwin.

Gilbert English, French
Derived from the given name Gilbert.

Atwood English
From Middle English meaning "dweller at the wood".

Fay 2 English
From a nickname for a person who was thought to have magical qualities, from Middle English faie meaning "magical, enchanted".

Kitchens English
Variant of Kitchen.

Paterson English, Scottish
Means "son of Patrick".

Elwin English
Variant of Elwyn.

Christopherson English
Means "son of Christopher".

Beringer German, English
From the given name Berengar.

Hedley English
Variant of Headley.

Putnam English
From Puttenham, the name of towns in Hertfordshire and Surrey in England, which mean "Putta's homestead".

Blackman English
From a nickname, a variant of Black.

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

Verity English
From a nickname meaning "truth", perhaps given originally to a truthful person.

Danniel English
Variant of Daniel.

Darwin English
From the given name Deorwine. A famous bearer was the British naturalist Charles Darwin (1809-1882).

Brice English
From the given name Brice.

Martel 1 English, French
Derived from the given name Martel, a medieval diminutive of Martin.

Comstock English
Possibly from the name of the River Culm in Devon, England. This name is seen in the Domesday book as Culmstoke or Colmstoke.

Auteberry English
Variant of Atteberry.

Coke English
Variant of Cook.

Cheshire English
Originally indicated a person from the county of Cheshire in England. Cheshire is named for its city Chester.

Dickman English
From Old English dic "ditch" combined with man "person, man". It was originally a name for a ditch digger or someone who lived near a ditch.

Danielson English
Means "son of Daniel".

Hobbes English
Derived from the medieval given name Hob. A famous bearer of this name was British political philosopher Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), the author of Leviathan.

Terrell English
Probably derived from the Norman French nickname tirel meaning "to pull", referring to a stubborn person.

Cantrell English
Originally a name for someone from Cantrell in Devon, from an unknown first element and Old English hyll meaning "hill".

Rodney English
From a place name meaning "Hroda's island" in Old English (where Hroda is an Old English given name meaning "fame").

Northrop English
Originally denoted one who came from a town of this name England, meaning "north farm".

Traylor English
Meaning unknown.

Garnett 1 English
Occupational name referring to a person who made hinges, from Old French carne "hinge".

Good English
From a nickname meaning "good", referring to a kindly person.

Evanson English
Means "son of Evan".

Savage English
English nickname meaning "wild, uncouth", derived from Old French salvage or sauvage meaning "untamed", ultimately from Latin silvaticus meaning "wild, from the woods".

Burns 1 English, Scottish
Derived from Old English burna "stream, spring". A famous bearer was the Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759-1796).

Love English
From the Old English given name Lufu meaning "love".

Sherburn English
Denoted a person hailing from any of the various places called Sherborne or Sherburn in England, derived from Old English scir "bright" and burna "spring, fountain, stream".

Rye English
Topographic name. It could be a misdivision of the Middle English phrases atter ye meaning "at the island" or atter eye meaning "at the river". In some cases it merely indicated a person who lived where rye was grown or worked with rye (from Old English ryge).

Pain English
Variant of Payne.

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

Joyner English
Variant of Joiner.

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

Philips English, Dutch
Means "son of Philip". Famous bearers of this surname were Frederick Philips (1830-1900) and his son Gerard (1858-1942), the Dutch founders of the company Philips.

Hale English
Derived from Old English halh meaning "nook, recess, hollow".

Blakeslee English
Variant of Blakesley.

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

Tyson 2 English
Variant of Dyson.

Chadwick English
From the name of English towns meaning "settlement belonging to Chad" in Old English.

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

Short English
From a nickname for a short person, from Middle English schort.

Marley English
Originally denoted a person who hailed from one of the various places in Britain called Marley, ultimately meaning either "pleasant wood", "boundary wood" or "marten wood" in Old English. One of the main characters in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (1843) bears this surname. It was also borne by the Jamaican reggae musician Bob Marley (1945-1981).

Dawson English
Means "son of Daw".

Sharrow English
Originally a name for someone from Sharrow, England, derived from Old English scearu "boundary" and hoh "point of land, heel".

Ripley English
From the name of various English towns, from Old English rippel "grove, thicket" and leah "woodland, clearing". A notable fictional bearer is the character Ellen Ripley from the movie Alien (1979) and its sequels.

Akers English
Variant of Acker.

Reeves English
Variant of Reeve.

Aston 2 English
From the Old English given name Æðelstan.

Hartell English
From various place names derived from Old English heorot "hart, male deer" and hyll "hill".

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

Martel 2 French, English
Nickname for a smith, derived from Old French martel "hammer", ultimately from Late Latin martellus.

Boothman English
Variant of Booth.

Taft English
Variant of Toft.

Drake English
Derived from the Old Norse byname Draki or the Old English byname Draca both meaning "dragon", both via Latin from Greek δράκων (drakon) meaning "dragon, serpent".

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".

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

Swift English
Nickname for a quick person, from Old English swift.

Peck 2 English
Occupational name for a maker of pecks (vessels used as peck measures), derived from Middle English pekke.

Banks English
Originally indicated someone who lived near a hillside or a bank of land.

Johns English
Derived from the given name John.

Walterson English
Means "son of Walter".

Bennington English
From the English town name Benington, which can mean either "settlement belonging to Beonna's people" or "settlement by the River Beane".

Poole English
From Old English pol meaning "pool", referring to a person who lived by a small body of water.

Abrahams Jewish, English, Dutch
Means "son of Abraham".

Parris English, French
Variant of Parish 1.

Carlisle English
From the name of a city in northern England. The city was originally called by the Romans Luguvalium meaning "stronghold of Lugus". Later the Brythonic element ker "fort" was appended to the name of the city.

Hurst English
Originally a name for a person who lived near a thicket of trees, from Old English hyrst "thicket".

Frye English
Variant of Fry.

Holme English, Scottish
Referred either to someone living by a small island (northern Middle English holm, from Old Norse holmr) or near a holly tree (Middle English holm, from Old English holegn).

Barnet English
Variant of Barnett.

Leigh English
Variant of Lee 1.

Tennison English
Means "son of Denis".

Paris English, French
Variant of Parish 1.

Denman English
From Middle English dene "valley" combined with man.

Franklin English
Derived from Middle English frankelin meaning "freeman". It denoted a landowner of free but not noble birth, from Old French franc meaning "free". Famous bearers include American statesman Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) and American singer Aretha Franklin (1942-2018).

Seaver English
From the unattested Old English given name Sæfaru, derived from the Old English elements sæ "sea, ocean" and faru "journey".

Johnson English
Means "son of John". Famous bearers include American presidents Andrew Johnson (1808-1875) and Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973).

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

Woodward English
Occupational name for a forester, meaning "ward of the wood" in Old English.

Trent English
Denoted one who lived near the River Trent in England.

Leighton English
Variant of Layton.

Saunders English, Scottish
Variant of Sanders.

Derricks English
Derived from the given name Derrick.

Bowers English
Variant of Bower.

Bryce English
From the given name Brice.

Fishman English
Occupational name for a fisherman.

Berry English
Derived from a place name, which was derived from Old English burh "fortification".

Varnham English
Variant of Farnham.

Huddleston English
From the name of a town in the Yorkshire region of England, which means "Hudel's town" in Old English.

Thompkins English
From a diminutive of the given name Thomas.

Westley English
From the name of various English towns, derived from Old English west "west" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Nichols English
Derived from the given name Nichol.

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

Mortimer English
From the name of a town in Normandy meaning "dead water, still water" in Old French.

Hackett English
From a diminutive of the medieval byname Hake, which was of Old Norse origin and meant "hook".

Bass English
English cognate of Basso.

Barber English, Scottish
Indicated a barber, one who cut hair for a living.

Triggs English
From a byname derived from Old Norse tryggr meaning "true, loyal".

Dobson English
Means "son of Dobbe", a medieval diminutive of Robert.

William English
Derived from the given name William.

Horne English
Variant of Horn.

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

Ashworth English
From an English place name meaning "ash enclosure" in Old English.

Aitken Scottish, English
Derived from the medieval given name Atkin, a diminutive of Adam.

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

Christians English
Derived from the given name Christian.

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

Bonham English
English form of Bonhomme.

Garnett 2 English
From a diminutive of the given name Guarin.

Harmon English
From the given name Herman.

Stidolph English
From the Old English given name Stithulf.

Chapman English
Occupational name derived from Old English ceapmann meaning "merchant, trader".

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

Homewood English
From various place names derived from Old English ham meaning "home" and wudu meaning "wood".

Irvin Scottish, English
Variant of Irvine 1 or Irwin.

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

Combs English
Variant of Coombs.

Hutchinson English
Means "son of Huchin", a medieval diminutive of Hugh.

Lewin English
Derived from the given name Leofwine.

Paul English, French, German, Dutch
From the given name Paul.

Harrington English
From the name of towns in England, meaning either "Hæfer's town" or "stony town" in Old English.

Myles English
From the given name Miles.

Polley English
From Old French poli meaning "polite, courteous".

Tatum English
Variant of Tatham.

Tobias English, German, Jewish
From the given name Tobias.

Walker English
Occupational name for a person who walked on damp raw cloth in order to thicken it. It is derived from Middle English walkere, Old English wealcan meaning "to move".

Morrish English
Variant of Morriss.

Snyder English
Means "tailor", derived from Middle English snithen "to cut", an occupational name for a person who stitched coats and clothing.

Bray English
From a place name derived from Cornish bre "hill".

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

Daniell English
Derived from the given name Daniel.

Martins English, Portuguese
Derived from the given name Martin.

Mayer 3 English
Occupational name for a mayor, from Middle English mair, derived via Old French from Latin maior.

Jackson English
Means "son of Jack". Famous bearers of this name include the American president Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) and the singer Michael Jackson (1958-2009).

Eason English
Variant of Eads.

Dallas 1 English
From Old English dæl meaning "valley" and hus meaning "house".

Kendal English
Variant of Kendall.

Sidney English
Originally derived from various place names in England meaning "wide island", from Old English sid "wide" and eg "island". Another theory holds that it comes from the name of a town in Normandy called "Saint Denis", though evidence for this is lacking.

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

Sandford English
Indicated a person from Sandford, England, which means simply "sand ford".

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.

Hollands English
Variant of Holland 1.

Bloodworth English
Originally indicated someone from the town of Blidworth in Nottinghamshire, which was derived from the Old English byname Blīþa (meaning "happy, blithe") combined with worð "enclosure".

Blackbourne English
Variant of Blackburn.

Davis English, Scottish
Means "son of David". This was the surname of the revolutionary jazz trumpet player Miles Davis (1926-1991).

Dane 1 English
Variant of Dean 1 or Dean 2.

Winslow English
Derived from an Old English place name meaning "hill belonging to Wine".

Cash English
Variant of Case.

Durant English, French
Variation of Durand.

Averill English
From Middle English aueril, Old French avrill meaning "April", perhaps indicating a person who was baptized in that month.

Haggard English
From a nickname meaning "wild, untamed, worn", from Old French, ultimately from a Germanic root.

Sherman 1 English
Means "shear man", referring to someone who used shears in his line of work, such as a sheep-shearer.

Masters English
Variant of Masterson.

Frank 1 English
Derived from the given name Frank.

Jones English, Welsh
Derived from the given name Jon, a medieval variant of John.

Moss 2 English
From the given name Moses.

Clifford English
Derived from various place names that meant "ford by a cliff" in Old English.

Parsons English
Originally denoted a son of a parson, a derivative of Latin persona "person".

Glazier English
Means "glass worker, glazier", from Old English glæs meaning "glass".

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

Merrill 1 English
Derived from the given name Muriel.

Bailey English
From Middle English baili meaning "bailiff", which comes via Old French from Latin baiulus "porter".

Bancroft English
From any of the various places of this name, derived from Old English bean meaning "bean" and croft meaning "small enclosed field".

Arterbury English
Variant of Atteberry.

Glass English, German
From Old English glæs or Old High German glas meaning "glass". This was an occupational name for a glass blower or glazier.

Thomson English
Variant of Thompson.

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".

Deighton English
From English towns by this name, from Old English dic "ditch" and tun "enclosure, yard, town".

Ayers 3 English
Indicated a person from the town of Ayr in Scotland. The town was named for the river that flows through it, itself derived from an Indo-European root meaning "water".

Arnold English, German
Derived from the given name Arnold.

Miles English
From the given name Miles.

Jerome English
Derived from the given name Jerome. A famous bearer of this surname was the American-born Jennie Jerome (1854-1921), Lady Randolph Churchill, mother of Winston Churchill.

Bain English
Variant of Baines 2.

Rake English
Originally a name for a dweller on a narrow pass or hillside, from Old English hrace meaning "throat, gorge".

Law English
Derived from Old English hlaw "hill".

Hogarth English
Variant of Hoggard.

Fairclough English
From a place name meaning "fair ravine, fair cliff" in Old English.

Graves English
Occupational name for a steward, derived from Middle English greyve, related to the German title Graf.

Sherburne English
Variant of Sherburn.

Foster 3 English
Occupational name for a maker of saddle trees, derived from Old French fustier.

Breckinridge Scottish, English
Variant of Breckenridge.

Buckley 1 English
From an English place name derived from bucc "buck, male deer" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Wolf German, English
From Middle High German or Middle English wolf meaning "wolf", or else from an Old German given name beginning with this element.

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".

Walmsley English
Originally denoted a person from the English town of Walmersley.

Judson English
Means "son of Judd".

Rowntree English
Originally given to a person who lived near a rowan tree or mountain ash.

Marshall English
Derived from Middle English mareschal "marshal", from Latin mariscalcus, ultimately from Germanic roots akin to Old High German marah "horse" and scalc "servant". It originally referred to someone who took care of horses.

Monday 1 English
Derived from the Old Norse given name Mundi.

Perkins English
Means "son of Perkin", a medieval diminutive of Peter.

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

Richards English
Derived from the given name Richard.

Norman English
Referred to a person who was originally from Scandinavia or Normandy. Even before the Norman Conquest, Scandinavians were settling the north and east of England. The Normans who participated in the Conquest were originally from Scandinavia, but had been living in Normandy, France for over a century and spoke French.

Elton English
From an English place name meaning "Ella's town".

Huff English
Means "spur of a hill", from Old English hoh.

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

Carman 1 English
Occupational name for a carter, from Middle English carre "cart" (of Latin origin) and man "man".

Benn English
From a short form of Benedict.

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

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

Hughes 1 English
Patronymic of the given name Hugh.

Leonardson English
Means "son of Leonard".

Danell English
Derived from the given name Daniel.

Elmer English
Derived from the Old English name Æðelmær.

Garner 2 English
Variant of Gardener.

Eliott English
Variant of Elliott.

Ball English
From Middle English bal, Old English beall meaning "ball". This was either a nickname for a rotund or bald person, or a topographic name for someone who lived near a ball-shaped feature.

Whitaker English
From a place name composed of Old English hwit "white" and æcer "field".

Royce English
Originally derived from the medieval given name Royse, a variant of Rose.

Ford English
Name given to someone who lived by a ford, possibly the official who maintained it. A famous bearer was the American industrialist Henry Ford (1863-1947).

Day English
From a diminutive form of David.

Ansel English
Derived from the given name Anselm.

Carlyle English
Variant of Carlisle.

Georgeson English
Means "son of George".

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

Perry 1 English
From Old English pirige meaning "pear tree", a derivative of peru meaning "pear", itself from Latin pirum. A famous bearer was Matthew Perry (1794-1858), the American naval officer who opened Japan to the West.

Easom English
Variant of Eads.

Boyce English
From Old French bois meaning "wood", originally given to someone who lived by or in a wood.

Bryson English
Means "son of Brice".

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

Forrest English
Variant of Forest.

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

Hepburn English, Scottish
From northern English place names meaning "high burial mound" in Old English. It was borne by Mary Queen of Scot's infamous third husband, James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwall. Other famous bearers include the actresses Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003) and Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993).

Erickson English
Means "son of Eric".

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

Rayne English, French
Variant of Raine 1 or Raine 2.

Lowe 2 English
Variant of Law.

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

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.

Wade 1 English
Derived from the Old English place name wæd meaning "a ford".

Raines English
Originally denoted a person from Rayne, Essex, England (possibly from an Old English word meaning "shelter") or from Rennes, Brittany, France (from the name of the Gaulish tribe of the Redones).

Ryley English
Variant of Riley 1.

Deadman English
Variant of Debenham.

Dunn English, Scottish, Irish
Derived from Old English dunn "dark" or Gaelic donn "brown", referring to hair colour or complexion.

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

Hollins English
Referred to someone living by a group of holly trees, from Old English holegn.

Shirley English
From an English place name, derived from Old English scir "bright" and leah "woodland, clearing".