Aseretisacoolname's Personal Name List

Derived from Dutch zijl "canal" or "sluice". Originally indicated someone who lives near a canal or sluice.

Variant of Zoller.

From a prepositional phrase from Middle High German ze hērren, an occupational name for someone was in service of a lord.

Americanized version of the surname Zakowski

A reference to Sacheverell, a location in Normandy. May also refer to the given name Zacharias, meaning "to remember God," or "the Lord recalled."

Means "from Grimmelshausen", a town in Germany. It is itself derived from Grimmel, of uncertain meaning, and hausen meaning "houses". A famous bearer was the German author Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1621-1676).

Variant form of Bischoffshausen.

Originally denoted a person from one of the various Spanish towns by this name, derived from villa "town" and verde "green".

Habitational name denoting someone from Maarschalkerweerd, a place near Utrecht in the Netherlands.

Means "from the dry marsh" in Dutch. The city of Brussels was built on dry marshes.

English and Scottish: from a medieval personal name, Latin Valentinus, a derivative of Valens (see also Valente), which was never common in England, but is occasionally found from the end of the 12th century, probably as the result of French influence. The name was borne by a 3rd-century saint and martyr, whose chief claim to fame is that his feast falls on February 14, the date of a traditional celebration of spring going back to the Roman fertility festival of Juno Februata. A 5th-century missionary bishop of Rhaetia of this name was venerated especially in southern Germany, being invoked as a patron against gout and epilepsy.

Probably of German origin, a habitational name from Tecklenburg in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Means "son of Denis".

Originally given as a nickname to a person who was noted for purity or excellence, which were taken to be attributes of the swan, or who resembled a swan in some other way. In some cases it may have been given to a person who lived at a house with the sign of a swan. It is also possible that the surname is from the Old Norse and Old English given name Swan.

Alternatively, it may be a variant of Swain or an Americanized form of German Schwan, Norwegian Sveen or Swedish Svan.

Variant of Smit.

A polish surname which is mostly used in Poland and polish area.

Occupational name derived from Middle High German smit "smith, metalworker", a cognate of Smith.

German and Dutch: from schade ‘damage’, a derivative of schaden ‘to do damage’, generally a nickname for a thug or clumsy person, or, more particularly, a robber knight, who raided others’ lands.
Scottish and English: variant spelling of Shade.

Habitational name from places named with salas, plural form of sala, meaning "room, hall" in Spanish and Asturian. Also an anglicized form of the Hungarian name SZÁLAS "tall".

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

Of unknown origin, but might denote a person with short legs. From Olde English rhath, meaning "short, and bon, "legs".

Means "energetic, quick, healthy" in Danish and Swedish.

English habitation name in Devon meaning "red woodland clearing".

Variant of Quirke.

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cuinn meaning "descendant of Conn".

From Irish Ó Caoindealbháin, which means "descendant of Caoindealbhán", a given name meaning "handsome form" (using a diminutive suffix).

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Coigligh meaning "descendant of Coigleach", a given name meaning "untidy".

A variant of Quayle, derived from various patronymics meaning "son of Paul". Alternately, an English nickname derived from the bird, perhaps given to a person who was timid, or known for being promiscuous.

From Irish Ó Proinntigh meaning "descendant of Proinnteach", a given name probably derived from Irish bronntach meaning "generous".

From Old English prætt meaning "trick, prank". This was a nickname for a trickster.

Ethnic name for a Pole.

Feminine form of Paraskevopoulos.

Means "son of Paraskevas".

Means "descendant of the priest and servant of Christ" in Greek.

Variant of Paley.

Means "descendant of Maolsheachlann" in Irish.

Irish Gaelic form of Desmond.

Irish Gaelic form of Quinlan.

Northern Irish (Ulster) and Scottish Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gille Íosa, patronymic from a personal name meaning ‘servant of Jesus’.

It literally means "Muircheartach’s son".

Means "son of the red-haired servant" in Irish.

Means "son of the servant of Mernoch".

Proper, non-Anglicized form of Mcfeely, meaning "son of Fithcheallach".

Patronymic from the personal name Flannchadh, which is derived from flann "red".

Means "son of Duibhshíth" in Irish. The given name Duibhshíth means "black peace".

Meaning, ‘son (or descendant) of Coingheallach’, a personal name meaning ‘faithful to pledges’.

From a nickname derived from Old French and Middle English lion meaning "lion".

Form of Lucius, meaning "light". A notable bearer of this surname is French singer-songwriter Renan Luce (1980-).

derived from the Old English elements leah "wood, clearing, meadow" or læge "fallow" and land "land, area". The name was indicative of one who lived near a clearing or piece of fallow land.

Means "love" in Czech and Slovak.

Possibly denoting someone from Alà dei Sardi, or derived from the given name Nicola 1. Alternately, it may derive from lai, a type of lyrical poem.

Given to someone from Constantinople.

Derived from Knopf (German for "button"), this surname was originally given to button makers or button sellers. A famous bearer of this surname is English musician Mark Knopfler (1949-).

From the occupation of a servant and a journeyman from Middle High German kneht Middle Low German and Middle Dutch knecht "knight's assistant" also "lad, servant". cognate of Knight.

Means "pine tree" in German.

Kenyon is a surname from Wales meaning "a person from Ennion's Mound"

This surname is derived from the name of a town and river in Cornwall, England (called Keynwynn in Cornish). It is said that the name is derived from Cornish keyn meaning "back, keel, ridge" and gwynn meaning "white, fair, blessed."

From the settlement of Kenwood in the parish of Kenton, county of Devon, England.

The surname was first found in Gloucestershire long before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.

Derived from Hebrew כֹּהֵן צֶדֶק (kohen tzedek) meaning "priest of justice", indicating a descendant of Aaron.

Derived from the given name James.

Means son of the "Master-Hunter". Originally given to the son of the master-hunter in hunting camps.

"From a hedged estate", from Old English haga ("hedge, haw") and worð ("farm, estate"). Likely originating from the Yorkshire village of the same name. Common in Lancashire and recorded from at least 1518, as Howorthe, with an earlier version of Hauewrth in Gouerton dated 1317 recorded in the Neubotle charters.

Derived from the Old English word haguthorn, which means "hawthorn". Originated in the township of Hawthorn, parish of Easington, County Durham circa 1155.

Means "male deer". It was originally acquired by a person who lived in a place frequented by harts, or bore some resemblance to a hart.

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

Means "son of Hann".

Topographic name for someone who lived in a valley, from Welsh glyn and Cornish glin, or a habitational name from a place named with this word.

This surname has two possible origins. The more accepted explanation is that it comes from the Gaelic given name Fearsithe, which means "man of peace" from the elements fear "man" and sithe "peace". The less accepted explanation is that it originated as a habitational name for a person from some minor or lost place called Fersith or Forsith, which is suggested by some early forms with prepositions (for example, de Fersith, recorded in 1365). The hypothetical place name perhaps meant "fairy pastures" or "fairy mound" from the Gaelic elements fer "grass" or for "hill, mound" and sithe "fairies"; however, no place name of suitable form is known.

This spelling is associated chiefly with northern Ireland.

Means "From the town of Fleetwood, in Lancaster".

Nickname for a lively or cheerful person, Jewish ornamental name derived from the Germanic word for "finch", and German translation of Slovene Šinkovec which is from šcinkovec or šcinkavec meaning "finch".

Anglisized version of the Gaelic Ó Faoláin meaning "descendent of Faolán", a given name meaning "wolf".

From a medieval nickname meaning literally "fine love" (from Old French fin amour).

Indicates a person lived in or near Featherstonhaugh in Northumberland, England. From Old English feðere "feather", stān "stone", and healh "corner."

Variant of Featherstonhaugh.

It's either from a place name in Gloucestershire, England called Ellwood that is derived from Old English ellern "elder tree" and wudu "wood", or a form of the Old English personal name Ælfweald, composed of the elements ælf "elf" and weald "rule".

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".

Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAodhagáin (see Hagan).

Means "son of Dick 1".

From the name of a town near Sheffield, derived from Old English derne "hidden" and halh "nook".

Derived from Old English carleas "free from anxiety; unconcerned", cognate to Old Norse kærulauss. This was a nickname given to a carefree person.

Means "descendant of John and Christ" in Greek. A notable bearer of this surname is Alexandre Christoyannopoulos.

Anglicized form of the Irish Ó Caoimháin meaning "descendant of Caomhán".

Combination of the given name Karl, which is also a common place name prefix, and the common surname suffix -in (originally from Latin -inus "descendant of").

From a pet form of Charles.

This name mean Leather (Tanned) Knight, or a fighter of leather armor, or in Dutch, Leather writer, one who branded print on leather

Means "brown" in German.

From a pet form of the personal name Bonifác, Czech form of Bonifacio.

Derives from bon, "good" in Old French.

From a medieval nickname for a courteous or good-looking person (from Middle English boner "gentle, courteous, handsome"). A notable bearer of the surname was Canadian-born British Conservative politician Andrew Bonar Law (1858-1923), prime minister 1922-23.

English surname of unexplained origin, probably from the name of a lost or unidentified place.

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

From Old High German bur meaning "peasant, farmer".

From various place names that were derived from Gaelic baile "village" and pòr "pasture, crop, cropland".

From German Aue, Old High German ouwa, meaning "meadow by a river, wetland".

From the name of a town in Cambridgeshire, originally meaning "Earna's settlement" in Old English (Earna being a person's nickname meaning "eagle").

Means "son of Alexandros."

Means "eagle" in German.