honeyberry04's Personal Name List

From the name of a whitish kind of gypsum used for vases, ornaments and busts, ultimately deriving from Greek alabastros, itself perhaps from Egyptian 'a-labaste "vessel of the goddess Bast". The English word alabaster is used figuratively for whiteness and smoothness.
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Meant "crossbowman" (from Anglo-Norman arblaster, from Old French arbalestre "crossbow").

Cf. Armbruster ("crossbowman" or "maker of crossbows", from a derivative of Middle High German armbrust "crossbow", from Old French arbalestre), Ballaster ("person who makes or is armed with a crossbow", from a derivative of Middle English baleste "crossbow", from Old French).

From Middle English appel meaning "apple" (Old English æppel). An occupational name for a grower or seller of apples.

Extremely common variant of Applegarth, in which the less familiar final element has been assimilated to the northern Middle English word gate meaning "road" or to modern English gate.

Given to someone who made arrows from the Old English elements arwe "arrow" and smiþ "smith".

Habitational name from any of various places in France named Beauregard for their fine view or fine aspect, for example in Ain, Dordogne, Drôme, Lot, and Puy-de-Dôme, from beau "fair, lovely" and regard "aspect, outlook".

French form of Bowser.

From Middle English be meaning "bee", Old English beo, hence a nickname for an energetic or active person or a metonymic occupational name for a beekeeper.

Means "beautiful rose" in French.

A name for someone who worked as a servant at the manor house.

Means "little white one"

Occupational name for a person who raised or hunted birds.

From the English words bird and song. Possibly an English translation of the German surname Vogelsang.

From an English place name meaning "black wood".

Derived from the Old English words blaec, which means black, and wudu, which means wood, and indicates that the original bearer lived near a dark, wooded area.

Originally a nickname for a cheerful person, derived from the Old English blisse, meaning "gladness" or "joy." Another origin of the surname is habitional, coming from from the village of Blay in Calvados (modern-day Normandy), spelled as Bleis in 1077, or from the village of Stoke Bliss in Worcestershire, first known as Stoke de Blez, named after the Norman family de Blez.

Via SurnameDB.com and blissfhs.co.uk.

Metonymic occupational name for an iron worker, from Middle English blome ‘ingot (of iron)’.

From a nickname for a person with blue eyes or blue clothing.

From Old English meaning "happy, joyous, blithe".

This surname is taken from the word which refers to a common blackberry (British) or any of several closely related thorny plants in the Rubus genus (US). It also refers to any thorny shrub. The word is derived from Old English bræmbel with a euphonic -b- inserted from the earlier bræmel or brémel, which is then derived from Proto-Germanic *bræmaz meaning "thorny bush."

From a Middle English nickname or personal name, meaning "bright, fair, pretty", from Old English beorht "bright, shining".

Means 'house by the brook'.

From Middle English castel meaning "castle", from Late Latin castellum, originally indicating a person who lived near a castle.

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

From Middle English chirie, cherye "cherry", hence a metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of cherries, or possibly a nickname for someone with rosy cheeks.
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The surname Cherry was brought to England by a great wave of migration following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The name Cherry is derived from the Anglo Norman French word, 'cherise', which means cherry, and was probably used to indicate someone who lived by a cherry tree.

86,045 people have this surname, and is most prevalent in the United States.

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

The ancestors of the Crabtree surname lived in the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture. It comes from when they lived in the county of Yorkshire. Their name, however, indicates that the original bearer lived near a prominent crabtree.

This interesting surname has two possible derivations. Firstly, it may derive from the Olde English pre-7th Century personal name "Deora", Middle English "Dere", which is in part a short form of various compound names with the first element "deor", dear, and in part a byname meaning "Beloved". However, in some instances, it may have originated from the Olde English "deor", Middle English "dere", a wild animal, deer, which was perhaps used as a nickname for someone who bore a fancied resemblance to a wild animal, or one who was swift or timid.

English and Scottish: from Middle English derling, Old English deorling ‘darling’, ‘beloved one’, a derivative of deor ‘dear’, ‘beloved’ (see Dear). This was quite a common Old English byname, which remained current as a personal name into the 14th century. The surname probably derives at least in part from this use, probably in part also from a Middle English nickname.

From a diminutive form of David.

Possibly from a nickname meaning "dear".

Means "from the forest" in French.

Means "of the Rose" in Spanish.

Means "from the gardens", from French jardin "garden".

Means "from the rose bushes", from French rosier "rose bush". It probably referred to a person who lived close to, or cared for a rose garden.

Possibly from the nickname or byname do(u)bel meaning "the twin", or a combination of the given name Dobbel (a pet form of Robert) and Middle English day(e) meaning "servant".

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".

From the noble title, which was originally from Latin dux "leader". It was a nickname for a person who behaved like a duke, or who worked in a duke's household.

Nickname for a lordly, impressive, or sharp-eyed man, from Middle English egle "eagle" (from Old French aigle, from Latin aquila).

Topographic name for someone who lived by a brook to the east of a main settlement, from Middle English easter meaning "eastern" + brook meaning "stream".

Means "beautiful child" in Middle English.

Nickname for a person with a sunny temperament.

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.

From the name of the bird, from Old English finc. It was used by Harper Lee for the surname of lawyer Atticus Finch and his children in her novel To Kill a Mockingbird (1960).

Means "son of William" in Anglo-Norman French.

Variant of Flower.

Variant of Forest.

From the name of the animal. It was originally a nickname for a person with red hair or a crafty person.

Nickname for a companionable person, from Middle English frend "friend" (Old English freond). In the Middle Ages the term was also used to denote a relative or kinsman, and the surname may also have been acquired by someone who belonged to the family of someone who was a more important figure in the community

From Old English and Old High German meaning "frost", a nickname for a person who had a cold personality or a white beard.

Variant of Gardener.

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

From the given name Grace

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

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

Originally a nickname for a person who had a hawk-like appearance or who acted in a fierce manner, derived from Old English hafoc "hawk".

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.

Habitational name from any of various places, for example in Devon, Derbyshire, Suffolk, Surrey, and West Yorkshire, so called from Old English hæsel (or Old Norse hesli) ‘hazel (tree)’ + wudu ‘wood’; or a topographic name from this term.

Variant of Hart.

Topographic name, a variant of Heath with the addition of the habitational suffix -er. This surname is widespread in southern England, and also well established in Ireland.

English and Scottish variant spelling of Holme.

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

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".

Derived from Middle English hop meaning "small valley".

From the name of the variety of shrubs (genus Vaccinium) or the berries that grow on them. This is also the anglicized form of the German surname Hackelberg.

Habitational name from Ivry-la-Bataille in Eure, northern France.

The surname Ivy comes from the baptismal name Ive and it is of Anglo-Saxon origin.

Variant of Joly and Jolly.

Either derived directly from the word, indicating a nickname for a joyous person, or a variant of Joyce.

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).

From Old English cniht meaning "knight", a tenant serving as a mounted soldier.

Derived from Lassy, the name of a town in Normandy. The name of the town was Gaulish in origin, perhaps deriving from a personal name that was Latinized as Lascius.

Topographic name for someone who lived at a place where wild roses grew; or a habitational name from a town house bearing the sign of a rose. It may also have been a nickname for a man with a ‘rosy’ complexion, as well as a nickname of a soldier. In Canada it is a frequent secondary surname, which has also been used independently since 1704, and often translated as Rose in English.

Occupational name for a washerman or launderer, Old French, Middle Dutch lavendier (Late Latin lavandarius, an agent derivative of lavanda ‘washing’, ‘things to be washed’). The term was applied especially to a worker in the wool industry who washed the raw wool or rinsed the cloth after fulling. There is no evidence for any direct connection with the word for the plant (Middle English, Old French lavendre). However, the etymology of the plant name is obscure; it may have been named in ancient times with reference to the use of lavender oil for cleaning or of the dried heads of lavender in perfuming freshly washed clothes.

Nickname for a handsome person, from French le "the" and beau "beautiful, handsome".

Derived from Lilly, a pet name for Elizabeth. It was also used as a nickname for someone with fair skin or hair, and is derived from Old English lilie meaning "lily (the flower)". It could also serve as a habitual surname for someone from Lilley in Hertfordshire (from lin "flax" and leah "clearing") and Berkshire (from Lillingleah meaning "wood associated with Lilla").

A modern English surname possibly derived from a lost village called Laefer-leah which would give it the meaning "the farm by the lake".

It is also known for it's meaning "full of life" or "energetic".

Derived from the Welsh given name Llywelyn.

Scottish: of uncertain origin, probably from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements loc ‘lock’, ‘bolt’ + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’. English: occupational name for a herdsman in charge of a sheep or cattlefold, from Old English loc ‘enclosure’, ‘fold’ + hierde ‘herd(er)’.

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

A surname derived from someone of a lordly manner, or perhaps one who had earned the title in some contest of skill or had played the part of the ‘Lord of Misrule’ in the Yuletide festivities.

Also it is an occupational name for a servant in the household of the lord of the manor, or possibly a status name for a landlord or the lord of the manor himself.

The word itself derives from Old English hlāford, earlier hlāf-weard, literally ‘loaf-keeper’, since the lord or chief of a clan was responsible for providing food.

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

Means either (i) "person particularly associated with a 'loveday'" (a day when, by custom, old differences were settled and reconciliations were made); or (ii) from the medieval female personal name Loveday, a descendant of Old English Leofdæg, literally "beloved day". 'Mr Loveday's Little Outing' (1936) is a short story by Evelyn Waugh that culminates in the brief but calamitous release of a homicidal maniac from his asylum.

Combination of Middle English love(n), luve(n) "to love" and joie "joy".

From a medieval nickname for a woman-chaser or lothario (from Old English lufulēas, literally "without love", hence "fancy-free"). The English poet Richard Lovelace (1618-1657) was a famous bearer.

From various places in Spain meaning "moon".

Scottish Gaelic form of McAlister.

From a medieval nickname for a skilled conciliator. It was borne by English cricketer Harry Makepeace (1881-1952).

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

From the English word meaning, "to walk stiffly and proudly" or possibly from the month.

Variant of Marlow.

Variant of Meriwether.

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

Derived from Italian monte meaning "mountain" and verdi meaning "green"; literally means "green mountain".

From a place name in Calvados, France meaning "Gumarich's mountain". A notable bearer was Bernard Montgomery (1887-1976), a British army commander during World War II.

Originally indicated a person from the town of Moyon in Normandy.

English transcription of Morgenstern.

From Middle English mos meaning "bog, moss".

From the name of the fruit.

Americanization of Nachtigall.

Nickname from Middle English, Old French noble "high-born, distinguished, illustrious" (Latin nobilis), denoting someone of lofty birth or character, or perhaps also ironically someone of low station. The surname has been established in Ireland since the 13th century, but was re-introduced in the 17th century and is now found mainly in Ulster.

Variant of Parish 1.

Metonymic occupational name for a trader in pearls, which in the Middle Ages were fashionable among the rich for the ornamentation of clothes, from Middle English, Old French perle (Late Latin perla).

Nickname meaning "penny, coin" from Old English penning.

Originally denoted a person who lived near a pine forest or who sold pine firs for a living.

Nickname, possibly for a small person, from Middle English pink penkg ‘minnow’ (Old English pinc).English (southeastern): variant of Pinch .Variant spelling of German Pinck, an indirect occupational name for a blacksmith, an onomatopoeic word imitating the sound of hammering which was perceived as pink(e)pank. German (of Slavic origin): from a diminutive of Sorbian pien ‘log’, ‘tree stump’, hence probably a nickname for a solid or stubby person.

From an English surname meaning "dweller by the apple orchard".

Originally referred to one who lived near a pond.

Means "spring (the season)" in Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.

From the name of Primrose in Fife, Scotland, a place originally named Prenrhos, literally "tree-moor" in Welsh. This is the family name of the Earls of Rosebery.

Nickname from Middle English, Old French prince (Latin princeps), presumably denoting someone who behaved in a regal manner or who had won the title in some contest of skill.

From a given name that was derived from Old English cwen meaning "queen, woman". In some occurrences it may have been a nickname.

Americanized form of the German family name Reinwasser, possibly a topographic name for someone who lived by a source of fresh water, from Middle High German reine ‘pure’ + wazzer ‘water’.

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

Topographic name derived from Old English rod meaning "cleared land", or a locational name from any of the locations named with this word.

From the given name Robin.

Means "rose" from Middle English, Old French and Middle High German rose, all from Latin rosa. All denote a person of a rosy complexion or a person who lived in an area abundant with roses. As a Jewish surname it is ornamental, from Yiddish רויז (roiz).

Denoting someone who came from a rose wood or grove.

Nickname for a particularly pious individual, from Middle English, Old French saint, seint "holy" (Latin sanctus "blameless, holy"). The vocabulary word was occasionally used in the Middle Ages as a personal name, especially on the Continent, and this may have given rise to some instances of the surname.

Habitational name from Scarborough on the coast of North Yorkshire, so named from the Old Norse byname Skarði + Old Norse borg "fortress", "fortified town".

Derives from the Old English name Sæbeorht from sæ meaning "sea" and beorht meaning "bright". Related to Seabert.

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".

Means "pretty, lovely" in Hebrew, from Aramaic.

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

Silverthorne, Silverthorn comes from the Old English seolfor "silver" and þorn "thorn bush" and means the family that lived by the "silver or white thorn tree".

Derived from a Norman French town called "Saint Clair".

Nickname denoting someone with very white hair or an exceptionally pale complexion, from Old English snaw "snow".
Americanized and shortened form of any of the Jewish ornamental names composed with German Schnee, Schnei, Schneu ‘snow’ as the first element.

English: nickname from Middle English sparewe ‘sparrow’, perhaps for a small, chirpy person, or else for someone bearing some fancied physical resemblance to a sparrow.

From a medieval nickname for someone who spread their amorous affections around freely. A different form of the surname was borne by Dora Spenlow, the eponymous hero's "child-wife" in Charles Dickens's 'David Copperfield' (1849-50).

(Source: 'Encyclopedia of Surnames' (2007) by John Ayto)

Surname comes from the occupation of a Squire. A young man who tends to a knight.

From a medieval nickname for someone thought to resemble a starling, especially in constantly chattering.

Occupational name for an owner of a sugar-house, a factory where raw sugar was made or refined, derived from Middle English sugre, suker meaning "sugar" and bakere meaning "baker".

Variant of Sumner.

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.

From a nickname meaning "sweet, pleasant", from Old English swete.

Nickname for a quick person, from Old English swift.

The surname Teagarden was first found in Bavaria, where the name Tiegarten was anciently associated with the tribal conflicts of the area. The name appeared in Solingen as Thegarden as early as 1374 and was recorded as Tegarden in 1488. Theegarten is a district in Solingen today. The root is the Low German te garden meaning ""at the garden"".

A surname found in Lancashire in north west England, taken from the name of a minor place in the parish of Lancaster which meant "meadow overgrown with thistles" from Middle English thistle and thwaite "meadow" (cf. Thwaites).

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

From an English place name, derived from Old English timber "timber, wood" and lacu "lake, pool, stream".

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

See Truslove.

Means "dweller at the foot of a hill", from Old English under and hyll.

From the French phrase va de bon cœur meaning "go with a good (merry) heart". This was a secondary surname, common among soldiers in colonial French Canada, which has been adopted as a principal surname.

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

Derived from the given name Violet

From the Old Norse byname Vakr meaning "wakeful", "vigilant" (from vaka meaning "to remain awake"), or perhaps from a cognate Old English Waca (attested in place names such as Wakeford, Wakeham, and Wakeley).

Old German and Dutch locational name meaning “a house by water.”

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

Variant of Wild.

From the name of various English towns, derived from Old English welig "willow" and Old Norse býr "farm, settlement".

topographic name from Middle English wilwe wilghe willowe "willow" (Old English wilig welig) for a person who lived at or near a willow tree or in an area where willow trees grew. Variant of Willows.

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

From Old English winter or Old High German wintar meaning "winter". This was a nickname for a person with a cold personality.

Variant spelling of Winterbourne.

Meaning "winter field".

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

From the English word "woodbine" that means "honeysuckle(plant)"in English.It seems uncommon in the English-speak culture for a surname.Also some American place names,too.