wolvin's Personal Name List

Ambrose
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AM-broz
From the Late Latin name Ambrosius, which was derived from the Greek name Ἀμβρόσιος (Ambrosios) meaning "immortal". Saint Ambrose was a 4th-century theologian and bishop of Milan, who is considered a Doctor of the Church. Due to the saint, the name came into general use in Christian Europe, though it was never particularly common in England.
Archer
Usage: English
Pronounced: AHR-chər
Occupational name for one who practiced archery, from Latin arcus "bow" (via Old French).
Attwood
Usage: English
Pronounced: AT-wuwd
Variant of Atwood.
Beck 1
Usage: English, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian
Pronounced: BEHK(English)
From Middle English bekke (from Old Norse), Low German beke or Old Norse bekkr all meaning "stream".
Bellerose
Usage: French
Means "beautiful rose" in French.
Blackwood
Usage: English, Scottish
Pronounced: BLAK-wuwd(English)
From an English place name meaning "black wood".
Burns 1
Usage: English, Scottish
Pronounced: BURNZ(English)
Derived from Old English burna "stream, spring". A famous bearer was the Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759-1796).
Campbell
Usage: Scottish
Pronounced: KAM-bəl
From a Gaelic nickname cam beul meaning "wry or crooked mouth". The surname was later represented in Latin documents as de bello campo meaning "of the fair field".
Corbin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAWR-bin
From a French surname that was derived from corbeau "raven", originally denoting a person who had dark hair. The name was probably popularized in America by actor Corbin Bernsen (1954-) [1].
Easton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: EES-tən
From an English surname that was derived from place names meaning "east town" in Old English.
Fan
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: (Chinese)
Pronounced: FAN
From Chinese (fàn) meaning "bee".
Fang
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: (Chinese)
Pronounced: FANG
From Chinese 方 (fāng) referring to Fang Shu, a minister and adviser to King Xuan of the Western Zhou dynasty. Alternately it may have come from a place called Fang Shan (方山), which existed in what is now Henan province.
Finch
Usage: English, Literature
Pronounced: FINCH(English)
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).
Fisher
Usage: English, Jewish
Pronounced: FISH-ər(English)
Cognate of Fischer.
Foster 1
Usage: English
Pronounced: FAWS-tər
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Variant of Forester.
Fox
Usage: English
Pronounced: FAHKS
From the name of the animal. It was originally a nickname for a person with red hair or a crafty person.
Foxx
Usage: English
Pronounced: FAHKS
Variant of Fox.
Gore
Usage: English
Pronounced: GAWR
From the Old English word gara meaning "triangular plot of land".
Graves
Usage: English
Pronounced: GRAYVZ
Occupational name for a steward, derived from Middle English greyve, related to the German title Graf.
Griffin 1
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: GRIF-in(English)
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Derived from the given name Gruffudd.
Hirsch 1
Usage: German
Means "deer, hart" in German. This was a nickname for a person who resembled a deer in some way, or who raised or hunted deer.
King
Usage: English
Pronounced: KING
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).
Kiss
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: KEESH
Nickname meaning "small" in Hungarian.
Labelle
Usage: French
Means "fair, beautiful" in French.
Lawless
Usage: English
Without reign of law.
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Law ""derived from Old Norse word Lög meaning to lie/lay""
less ""derived from proto-germanic root Lausaz meaning lacking""
London
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: LUN-dən
From the name of the capital city of the United Kingdom, the meaning of which is uncertain. As a surname it was borne by the American author Jack London (1876-1916).
Lovelace
Usage: English
Pronounced: LUV-lays
From a nickname for a lothario, derived from Middle English lufeles, Old English lufuleas meaning "loveless".
Loveless
Usage: English, American
Variant of Lovelace.
Marshall
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAHR-shəl
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.
Moon 1
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: (Korean Hangul) (Korean Hanja)
Korean form of Wen, from Sino-Korean (mun).
Moth
Usage: English
From a nickname derived from Middle English mothe meaning "moth". Known bearers include New Zealand photojournalist Margaret Moth (1951-2010), British artist Charlotte Moth (1978-), and British Roman Catholic bishop Richard Moth (1958-).
Nightingale
Usage: English (American)
Americanization of Nachtigall.
North
Usage: English
Pronounced: NAWRTH
Name for a person who lived to the north.
Nyx
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Νύξ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: NUYKS(Classical Greek) NIKS(English)
Means "night" in Greek. This was the name of the Greek goddess of the night, the daughter of Khaos and the wife of Erebos.
Olmo
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: OL-mo
Means "elm tree" in Spanish, ultimately from Latin ulmus. The name originally indicated a person who lived near such a tree.
Pierce
Usage: English
Pronounced: PEERS
From the given name Piers.
Prescott
Usage: English
Pronounced: PREHS-kət, PREHS-kaht
From the name of various English places meaning "priest's cottage" in Old English.
Ray
Usage: English
Pronounced: RAY
Variant of Rey 1, Rey 2, Rye or Wray.
Rios
Usage: Portuguese
Originally denoted a person who lived near a river, from Portuguese rios "river", ultimately from Latin rivus.
Rojas
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: RO-khas
Variant of Rojo.
Rose 1
Usage: English, French, German, Jewish
Pronounced: ROZ(English, French) RO-zə(German)
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).
Sharpe
Usage: English
Pronounced: SHAHRP
Variant of Sharp.
Snyder
Usage: English
Pronounced: SNIE-dər
Means "tailor", derived from Middle English snithen "to cut", an occupational name for a person who stitched coats and clothing.
Swanson
Usage: English
Pronounced: SWAHN-sən
Patronymic form of Middle English swein meaning "servant" (of Old Norse origin). This word was also used as a byname, and this surname could be a patronymic form of that.
Tailor
Usage: English
Pronounced: TAY-lər
Variant of Taylor.
Teague 2
Usage: Cornish
From Cornish tek meaning "fair, beautiful".
Vespa
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: VEH-spa
From an Italian nickname meaning "wasp".
Walker
Usage: English
Pronounced: WAWK-ər
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".
Weaver 1
Usage: English
Pronounced: WEE-vər
Occupational name for a weaver, derived from Old English wefan "to weave".
Wilson
Usage: English
Pronounced: WIL-sən
Means "son of Will". A famous bearer was the American president Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924).
Wood
Usage: English, Scottish
Pronounced: WUWD(English)
Originally denoted one who lived in or worked in a forest, derived from Old English wudu "wood".
Zähne
Usage: German
Pronounced: zighn, zigh-nëh
The German surname Zähne is derived from the Middle High German word "zan," which means "tooth." It is believed that the surname takes its origin from a nickname, most likely bestowed on the original bearer due to either a prominent tooth or a missing tooth.
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