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Abraham Jewish, English, German, French, Spanish, Dutch
Derived from the given name Abraham.

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

Abramson English
Means "son of Abraham".

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

Addison English
Means "son of Addy 2".

Albertson English
Means "son of Albert".

Albinson English
Means "son of Albin".

Alfredson English
Means "son of Alfred".

Allison English
Means "son of Alan" or "son of Alexander" (as well as other given names beginning with Al).

Anderson English
Means "son of Andrew".

Andrewson English
Variant of Anderson.

Atkinson English
Means "son of Atkin", a medieval diminutive of Adam.

Atwater English
From Middle English meaning "dweller at the water".

Augustine English
From the given name Augustine 1.

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

Banister English
Variant of Bannister.

Bannerman English
Variant of Banner.

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

Beverley English
From the name of an English city, derived from Old English beofor "beaver" and (possibly) licc "stream".

Beverly English
Variant of Beverley.

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

Chamberlain English
Occupational name for one who looked after the inner rooms of a mansion, from Norman French chambrelain.

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

Christianson English
Means "son of Christian".

Christopher English
Derived from the given name Christopher.

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

Danielson English
Means "son of Daniel".

Davidson English
Means "son of David".

Davison English
Means "son of David".

Delaney 1 English
Derived from Norman French de l'aunaie meaning "from the alder grove".

Derrickson English
Means "son of Derrick".

Devereux English
Indicated a person from Evreux in France, itself named after the Gaulish tribe of the Eburovices, which was probably derived from a Celtic word meaning "yew".

Dickenson English
Variant of Dickinson.

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.

Edison English
Means "son of Eda 2" or "son of Adam". The surname was borne by American inventor Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931).

Edwardson English
Means "son of Edward".

Eliot English
Variant of Elliott.

Eliott English
Variant of Elliott.

Ellery English
From the medieval masculine name Hilary.

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".

Elliot English
Variant of Elliott.

Elliott English
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Elias.

Ellison English
Patronymic form of the English name Ellis, from the medieval given name Elis, a vernacular form of Elijah.

Elliston English
Variant of Ellison.

Emerson English
Means "son of Emery". The surname was borne by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), an American writer and philosopher who wrote about transcendentalism.

Erickson English
Means "son of Eric".

Ericson English, Swedish
Means "son of Eric".

Evanson English
Means "son of Evan".

Evelyn English
Derived from the given name Aveline.

Everett English
From the given name Everard.

Everly English
From place names meaning derived from Old English eofor "boar" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Fabian German, English, Polish
Derived from the given name Fabian.

Falconer English, Scottish
Variant of Faulkner.

Forester English
Denoted a keeper or one in charge of a forest, or one who has charge of growing timber in a forest (see Forest).

Gabriels English
Derived from the given name Gabriel.

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

Gardiner English
Variant of Gardener.

Gregory English
From the given name Gregory.

Hamilton English, Scottish
From an English place name, derived from Old English hamel "crooked, mutilated" and dun "hill". This was the name of a town in Leicestershire, England (which no longer exists).

Harrison English
Means "son of Harry".

Hathaway English
Habitational name for someone who lived near a path across a heath, from Old English hæþ "heath" and weg "way".

Hatheway English
Variant of Hathaway.

Hathway English
Variant of Hathaway.

Henderson Scottish, English
Means "son of Hendry".

Herbertson English
Means "son of Herbert".

Hermanson English
Means "son of Herman".

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

Jacobson English
Means "son of Jacob".

Jameson English
Means "son of James".

Jamison English
Means "son of James".

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".

Kimberly English
Variant of Kimberley.

Maddison English
Variant of Madison.

Madison English
Means "son of Maud". A famous bearer of this surname was the fourth American president James Madison (1751-1836).

Mallory English
From Old French maloret meaning "unfortunate, unlucky", a term introduced to England by the Normans.

Martinson English
Means "son of Martin".

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

Michaelson English
Means "son of Michael".

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

Morison English
Variant of Morrison.

Morrison English
Means "son of Morris".

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

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

Nicolson English
Variant of Nicholson.

Oliver English, Catalan, German, French
Derived from the given name Oliver.

Overton English
Denoted a person who hailed from one of the various places in England called Overton, meaning "upper settlement" or "riverbank settlement" in Old English.

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

Paterson English, Scottish
Means "son of Patrick".

Patterson English, Scottish
Means "son of Patrick".

Peterson English
Means "son of Peter".

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".

Richardson English
Means "son of Richard".

Robertson English
Means "son of Robert".

Robinson English
Means "son of Robin".

Roderick English
Derived from the given name Roderick.

Rogerson English
Means "son of Roger".

Samuel English, Welsh, French, Jewish
Derived from the given name Samuel.

Samuelson English
Means "son of Samuel".

Sanderson English
Means "son of Alexander".

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

Solomon English, Romanian, Jewish
Derived from the given name Solomon.

Stevenson English
Variant of Stephenson.

Tennison English
Means "son of Denis".

Tennyson English
Means "son of Denis".

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

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

Washington English
From a place name meaning "settlement belonging to Wassa's people", from the given name Wassa and Old English tun meaning "enclosure, yard, town". A famous bearer was George Washington (1732-1799), the first president of the United States. This surname was sometimes adopted by freed slaves, resulting in a high proportion of African-American bearers.

Waterman 1 English
Means "servant of Walter".

Waterman 2 English, Dutch
Occupational name for a boatman or a water carrier. It could also describe a person who lived by water.

Wilkinson English
Means "son of Wilkin".

Williamson English
Means "son of William".

Winchester English
From an English place name, derived from Venta, of Celtic origin, and Latin castrum meaning "camp, fortress".

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