protobo998's Personal Name List

Variant of Abbadelli.

English cognate of Abate.

From Swedish å meaning "river, stream" and berg meaning "mountain".

Spanish form of Da Costa (from a misdivision of the surname).

Means "son of Agnar".

Means "son of Åke".

From Japanese 秋 (aki) meaning "autumn" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Means "son of Anders". A noteworthy bearer was the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875).

Means "son of Antonios".

Possibly derived from a medieval given name of Germanic origin.

Means "strong arm" from Middle English. Tradition holds that the family is descended from Siward, an 11th-century Earl of Northumbria. Famous bearers of this name include the Americans Louis Armstrong (1901-1971), a jazz musician, and Neil Armstrong (1930-2012), an astronaut who was the first person to walk on the moon.

Derived from the given name Austin.

From Italian bandone meaning "sheet of iron".

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

Means "son of Bate".

Variant (in origin a feminine form) of Baker.

From French place names derived from beau "beautiful" and mont "mountain".

From various place names in Italy and Spain meaning "beautiful mountain".

Derived from the medieval English given name Bennett.

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

From a place name derived from Old English beonet "bent grass" and leah "woodland, clearing". Various towns in England bear this name.

Ornamental name from Swedish berg meaning "mountain" and lund (Old Norse lundr) meaning "grove".

From Old High German berg meaning "mountain" and man meaning "man", originally denoting someone who lived on a mountain.

From Swedish berg meaning "mountain" and qvist (Old Norse kvistr) meaning "twig, branch".

From Italian bianco meaning "white", originally given to a person who was white-haired or extremely pale.

Means simply "bishop", ultimately from Greek ἐπίσκοπος (episkopos) meaning "overseer". It probably originally referred to a person who served a bishop.

Means either "black" (from Old English blæc) or "pale" (from Old English blac). It could refer to a person with a pale or a dark complexion, or a person who worked with black dye.

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

Derived from the given name Blanchard.

From a diminutive of the name Blanc.

From Swedish blomma (Old Norse blóm) meaning "flower" and qvist (Old Norse kvistr) meaning "twig, branch".

Variant of Boon 1 or Boon 2.

Anglicized form of the Irish name Ó Brádaigh meaning "descendant of Brádach". A famous bearer is the American football quarterback Tom Brady (1977-).

Variant of Brand 1 or Brand 2.

From Irish Ó Braonáin meaning "descendant of Braonán", a byname meaning "rain, moisture, drop" (with a diminutive suffix).

Occupational name for a maker of ale or beer.

Variant of Bridges.

Variant of Brook.

From the given name Brian.

From the name of a region in Stirlingshire, Scotland, which means "house of the canon" in Gaelic.

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

Means "brown" in Middle English, from Old French brunet, a diminutive of brun.

Means "bush" in German, a name for someone who lived close to a thicket.

Occupational name for a person who made, repaired or sold cauldrons or kettles, from Spanish calderón "cauldron", from Late Latin caldaria.

Variant of Colquhoun.

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ceallacháin meaning "descendant of Cellachán".

Meaning unknown, possibly related to the Celtic root *kambos meaning "crooked, twisted".

Means "crooked nose" from Gaelic cam "crooked" and sròn "nose".

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".

From the ecclesiastical usage of canon, referring to a church official or servant who worked in a clergy house.

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

Occupational name for a person who operated a cart to transport goods, from Norman French caretier. A famous bearer is the former American president Jimmy Carter (1924-).

From Norman French casse meaning "box, case", ultimately from Latin capsa. This was an occupational name for a box maker.

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cathasaigh meaning "descendant of Cathassach".

Spanish cognate of Castle.

Possibly from Old Spanish servanto meaning "servant" or ciervo meaning "stag". A famous bearer was the Spanish novelist Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616).

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

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

Occupational name for a hunter, from Middle English chase "hunt".

From a nickname derived from French chevalier meaning "knight", from Late Latin caballarius "horseman", Latin caballus "horse".

Means "son of Christen 1".

Means "son of Christian".

From the English word, derived from Old English cirice, ultimately from Greek κυριακόν (kyriakon) meaning "(house) of the lord". It probably referred to a person who lived close to a church.

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.

Means simply "clay", originally referring to a person who lived near or worked with of clay.

Derived from the given name Clement.

Anglicized spelling of Klein.

From a medieval English byname meaning "lump".

Variant of Cochrane.

Means "priest" from Hebrew כֹּהֵן (kohen). It originally denoted one of the priestly tribe of Levi.

From a medieval short form of Nicholas or from the byname Cola.

Variant of O'Connor.

Variant of Cook.

Means "barrel maker", from Middle English couper.

Means "riverbank, slope, coast" in Portuguese, Italian and Catalan, ultimately from Latin meaning "side, edge".

French form of Curtis.

Locative name meaning "cross", ultimately from Latin crux. It denoted one who lived near a cross symbol or near a crossroads.

From the name of place in the Ayrshire district of Scotland. It possibly comes from Gaelic cuinneag meaning "milk pail".

Means "son of Daniel".

From a diminutive form of David.

Anglicized form of the Irish name Ó Donndubháin meaning "descendant of Donndubán".

Means "from Orsay", referring to the town of Orsay near Paris, its name deriving from the Latin personal name Orcius.

From the name of a town in Lanarkshire, itself named after a tributary of the River Clyde called the Douglas Water, derived from Gaelic dubh "dark" and glais "water, river" (an archaic word related to glas "grey, green"). This was a Scottish Lowland clan, the leaders of which were powerful earls in the medieval period.

Means "from the forest", from French bois "forest".

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.

Means "from the mountain", from French mont "mountain".

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

Means "from the bridge", from French pont "bridge".

Means "from the well", from Old French puts, Latin puteus "well".

Means "from the valley" in French.

Occupational name meaning "cloth dyer", from Old English deah "dye".

Means "son of Elias".

Derived from German given names beginning with Engel, such as Engelbert.

Ornamental name derived from Swedish äng (Old Norse eng) meaning "meadow" and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream".

Means "son of Eric".

Means "son of Erik".

Means "son of Even".

From the given name Everard.

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

Means "wolf" in Hungarian.

Occupational name meaning "keeper of falcons", from Middle English and Scots faulcon, from Late Latin falco, of Germanic origin.

Occupational name for a metalworker or smith, derived from Latin ferrarius, a derivative of ferrum meaning "iron".

Regional variant of Ferrari. It is typical of the area around Turin.

Name for a person who lived on or near a field or pasture, from Old English feld.

Cognate of Fischer.

Given to a person who was a Fleming, that is a person who was from Flanders in the Netherlands.

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Floinn meaning "descendant of Flann".

From Irish Ó Foghladha meaning "descendant of Foghlaidh". The byname Foghlaidh meant "pirate, marauder, plunderer".

Derived from Old French fontane meaning "well, fountain", a derivative of Latin fons.

Occupational name for a baker, from French fourneau meaning "oven".

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

Variant of Fraser.

Means "son of Fredrik".

From Swedish frisk "healthy", which was derived from the Middle Low German word vrisch "fresh, young, frisky".

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

Anglicized form of the Irish Ó Gallchobhair meaning "descendant of Gallchobhar".

Variant of Gardener.

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

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

From a nickname for a person who had grey hair or grey clothes.

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

This ancient Scottish surname is of Norwegian origin derived from the Old Norse personal name Gunnr. This surname, in most cases originated in Caithness, Scotland's most northerly county.

Means "son of Gunnar".

Variant of Hase.

From the name of an English town meaning "hay clearing", from Old English heg "hay" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Derived from the given name Heard. A famous bearer was American president Warren G. Harding (1865-1923).

From Japanese 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest".

From various English place names that were derived from Old English hæg meaning "enclosure, fence". A famous bearer was American President Rutherford B. Hayes (1822-1893).

From Swedish hed (Old Norse heiðr) meaning "heath, moor" and lund (Old Norse lundr) meaning "grove".

From the given name Heikki.

Means "son of Heimir".

From various English places of this name, derived from Old English hoh "point of land, heel" and land "land".

Variant of Holme. A famous fictional bearer was Sherlock Holmes, a detective in Arthur Conan Doyle's mystery stories beginning in 1887.

From Old English, Old Dutch and Old Norse holt meaning "forest".

Americanized form of Huber.

Patronymic formed from a diminutive of Hob.

Variant of Horn.

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

From Croatian and Slovene Hrvat meaning "Croat, person from Croatia".

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

From a place name meaning "Hugh's town". The original Houston is in Scotland near Glasgow.

Derived from the given name Ingram.

Means "son of Isak".

Means "son of Ivar".

Means "son of Iver".

From a diminutive of the given name Jacques.

Means "son of Jan 1".

Derived from Finnish järvi meaning "lake". It is one of the most common surnames in Finland.

Derived from the given name Gervais.

From the given name Jenyn, a diminutive of Jen, itself a Middle English form of John.

Means "son of Jens". This is the most common surname in Denmark.

Derived from the given name Jordan.

Means "son of Jure".

Means "son of Karl".

From Finnish karppi meaning "carp", of Germanic origin.

Means "cellar" in German, an occupational name for one in charge of the food and drink.

From the Irish name Ó Cinnéidigh meaning "descendant of Cennétig". This surname was borne by assassinated American president John F. Kennedy (1917-1963).

Possibly derived from the Finnish dialectal word kinni meaning "animal skin, fur", borrowed from Swedish skinn.

From numerous towns in northern England named Kirby or Kirkby, derived from Old Norse kirkja "church" and býr "farm, settlement".

From northern Middle English kirk meaning "church", from Old Norse kirkja (cognate of Church). A famous fictional bearer is the starship captain James Kirk from the Star Trek television series (1966-1969), and subsequent films.

From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream". A famous bearer was the artist and printmaker Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806).

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

From the name of various places in Scotland and northern England, derived from Scottish Gaelic cnoc "round hill".

Derived from Finnish koski meaning "rapids". This is the second most common surname in Finland.

Means "blacksmith", a derivative of Slavic kovati meaning "to forge".

Patronymic derived from South Slavic kovač meaning "blacksmith".

From Polish kowal meaning "blacksmith". This is the second most common surname in Poland.

Variant of Kraus.

Means "son of Kristian".

Derived from a diminutive of the German given name Konrad.

Derived from Finnish laakso meaning "valley".

Means "the cross" in French. It denoted one who lived near a cross symbol or near a crossroads.

Means "bay, cove" in Finnish.

Means "locksmith" in Hungarian, a word of Romance origin.

Derived from the given name Lambert.

Means "the Englishman" in French.

Americanized spelling of Langlais.

Means "son of Lars".

Americanized form of Larsson or Larsen.

Means "the street" in French.

From a nickname for a person who took big steps, from Finnish laukka meaning "canter, gallop".

From the given name Laurent.

Means "the vineyard" in French, referring to a person who lived close to a vineyard, or was from the town of Lavigny.

Means "the white", from French blanc "white". The name referred to a person who was pale or whose hair was blond.

Means "the clerk" in French.

Anglicized form of the Irish name Ó Leannáin, which means "descendant of Leannán". The byname Leannán means "lover". The name was borne by the musician John Lennon (1940-1980).

Variant of Lyon 1, Lyon 2 or Lyon 3.

Means "the red", from Old French ros "red". This was a nickname for a person with red hair.

Derived from Old Norse lind meaning "linden tree".

From Swedish lind meaning "linden tree" and berg meaning "mountain".

From Swedish lind meaning "linden tree" and holme (Old Norse holmr) meaning "small island".

Ornamental name derived from Swedish lind meaning "linden tree" and qvist (Old Norse kvistr) meaning "twig, branch".

Derived from Swedish lind meaning "linden tree" and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream".

Ornamental name derived from Swedish löv (Old Norse lauf) meaning "leaf" and gren (Old Norse grein) meaning "branch".

From a Scottish place name meaning "little hollow", derived from Gaelic lag "hollow, pit".

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

Derived from the given name Lucas. A famous bearer of this surname is George Lucas (1944-), the creator of the Star Wars movies.

From various places in Spain meaning "moon".

Indicated a person who lived near a grove of trees, from Old Norse lundr meaning "grove". There are towns in Sweden named Lund.

Variant of Lund.

From Swedish lund (Old Norse lundr) meaning "grove" and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream".

Variant of McLeod.

Anglicized form of Ó Madaidhín.

From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Derived from the given name Matthew.

Derived from the Old German given name Meginhard.

Derived from Gaelic MacDhòmhnaill (see MacDonald).

From Gaelic Mac Cormaic meaning "son of Cormac".

Anglicized form of MacAoidh.

Variant of McFarlane.

From Scottish Gaelic Mac an tSaoir meaning "son of the carpenter".

Anglicized form of MacAoidh.

Variant of MacKenzie.

Anglicized form of MacFhionnlaigh. This name was borne by the American president William McKinley (1843-1901), who was assassinated.

Anglicized form of Gaelic MacGillEathain or MacGillEain meaning "son of the servant of Eòin".

Anglicized form of Gaelic MacMhaoilein meaning "son of Maolan", itself meaning "devotee, servant, tonsured one".

Variant of Menéndez.

Occupational name for a trader in textiles, from Old French mercier, derived from Latin merx meaning "merchandise".

French form of Mercer.

Derived from the given name Michel.

Means "son of Mikkel".

From the given name Miles.

Anglicized form of the Irish Ó Maolagáin meaning "descendant of Maolagán", a given name derived from maol meaning "bald" or "tonsured".

From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin". A notable bearer is video game pioneer Shigeru Miyamoto (1952-).

From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Denoted a person for whom this was a significant day, often the day they would pay their feudal fees.

French cognate of Montagna.

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.

Korean form of Wen, from Sino-Korean 文 (mun).

Derived from a diminutive of the given name Maurus.

From a nickname meaning "dark" in Spanish and Portuguese.

Derived from the given name Morgan 1.

From Irish Ó Muircheartach meaning "descendant of Muirchertach". This was the surname given by Arthur Conan Doyle to a master criminal in the Sherlock Holmes series.

Variant of Morriss.

From Middle English mos meaning "bog, moss".

From the Irish Ó Maoláin meaning "descendant of Maolán". The given name Maolán meant "devotee, servant, tonsured one".

Designated a person who had originally lived near the mouth of the Roe River in Derry, Ireland. It is derived from Gaelic bun meaning "root, base" combined with the river's name.

Derived from the given name Murchadh.

Derived from the Middle English phrase atten ash "at the ash tree". A famous bearer was the mathematician John Nash (1928-2015).

Derived from the given name Neil.

Means "son of Neil". This name was borne by the British admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805).

English cognate of Neumann.

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

Means "son of Niels 1".

Means "son of Nils".

Variant of Nordberg.

From Swedish nord (Old Norse norðr) meaning "north" and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream".

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.

Name for a person who lived to the north.

Derived from Slavic novŭ "new", originally a name for someone who was new to a village.

From Swedish ny (Old Norse nýr) meaning "new" and berg meaning "mountain".

From Norwegian ny (Old Norse nýr) meaning "new" and gård (Old Norse garðr) meaning "farm, estate".

Ornamental name derived from Swedish ny (Old Norse nýr) meaning "new" and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream".

From Swedish ö (Old Norse ey) meaning "island" and berg meaning "mountain".

From Irish Ó Conchobhair meaning "descendant of Conchobar".

Means "son of Ole".

Derived from the given name Orbán.

Derived from the given name Osborn.

From Polish ostrów meaning "river island".

Derived from the Italian given name Pace meaning "peace".

From various Spanish place names, derived from Spanish padilla, Latin patella meaning "shallow dish", used to indicate a depression in the landscape.

From a nickname meaning "priest, cleric" in Hungarian.

Occupational name for a firewood gatherer, from Old French pacquet "bundle".

Means "keeper of the park" in Middle English. It is an occupational name for a person who was a gamekeeper at a medieval park.

Variant of Parish 1.

From a medieval given name or nickname derived from Latin paganus meaning "heathen, pagan" (from an earlier sense "rural, rustic"), which was given to children whose baptism had been postponed or adults who were not overly religious.

From the given name Piers.

Variant of Pierson.

Variant of Peak.

Means "son of Peter".

Means "son of Petar".

Indicated a person who lived by a pit or hollow, from Old English pytt. It could also indicate a person from Pitt (Hants) or Pett (East Sussex) in England.

Low German cognate of Poole.

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

From Old French Poier, indicating a person who came from the town of Poix in Picardy, France.

Variant of Power 1 or Power 2.

Derived from Welsh ap Rhys, which means "son of Rhys".

Occupational name from Middle English prok(e)tour "steward" (reduced from Old French procurateour, Latin procurator "agent", from procurare "to manage"). The term was used most commonly of an attorney in a spiritual court, but also of other officials such as collectors of taxes and agents licensed to collect alms on behalf of lepers and enclosed orders of monks.

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

Means "garlic island", derived from Old English hramsa "garlic" and eg "island". The surname was brought to Scotland by the Norman baron Simundus de Ramsay.

Variant of Reeve.

Derived from the given name Renaud.

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

Means "judge" in German, from Middle High German rihtære.

Variant of Rojo.

From a diminutive of the given name Roland.

Derived from Spanish romero meaning "pilgrim to Rome".

From the names of places like Ronco or Ronchi, quite common in northern Italy, derived from ronco meaning "cleared land, terraced land". It was the surname of Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (1881-1963), the pope John XXIII.

From various place names (such as the region of Ross in northern Scotland), which are derived from Scottish Gaelic ros meaning "promontory, headland".

Derived from a nickname for a red-haired person, from Italian rosso, Latin russus meaning "red". This is the most common surname in Italy.

From Middle High German rot meaning "red". It was originally a nickname for a person with red hair.

Diminutive of Roux. A famous bearer was the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) whose ideas influenced the French Revolution.

Means "row" in Middle English, indicating a dweller by a row of hedges or houses.

Indicated a person who lived near rushes, the grasslike plant that grows in a marsh, from Old English rysc.

From any of the numerous places named after Saint Anna. A famous bearer is the Mexican-American musician Carlos Santana (1947-).

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

Occupational name meaning "sawer of wood, woodcutter" in Middle English, ultimately from Old English sagu meaning "saw". Mark Twain used it for the main character in his novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876).

Occupational name for a roof tiler, from Middle High German schindel "shingle". A famous bearer was Oskar Schindler (1908-1974), who saved over a thousand Polish Jews during World War II.

Variant of Schulz.

Means "smith" in Estonian.

Variant of Seppä.

Nickname for a keen person, from Old English scearp "sharp".

Originally given to a person who lived near a prominent thicket, from Old English sceaga meaning "thicket, copse".

Occupational name meaning "shepherd, sheep herder", from Old English sceaphyrde.

Variant of Shepherd.

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

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

From Swedish sjö (Old Norse sær) meaning "lake, sea" and berg meaning "mountain".

Occupational name indicating that an early member worked covering roofs with slate, from Old French esclat "shard", of Germanic origin.

Originally a name for a person from Silesia, a historical region that is nowadays split between Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic.

From Irish Ó Sluaghadháin meaning "descendant of Sluaghadhán".

From a place name, derived from Old Norse sól meaning "sun" and berg meaning "mountain". As a Swedish name it may be ornamental.

From the name various of various villages in Norway, derived from Old Norse sól meaning "sun" and heimr meaning "home".

From the name of a village in Asturias, Spain, derived from Spanish sol "sun".

Means "son of Søren".

From an Old Norse nickname or byname derived from sparkr meaning "sprightly".

Patronymic form of Spear.

From one of the many places named Stanton or Staunton in England, derived from Old English stan meaning "stone" and tun meaning "enclosure, town".

Occupational name for a steelworker, from Old English stele meaning "steel".

From Old High German stein meaning "stone". It might indicate the original bearer lived near a prominent stone or worked as a stonecutter. As a Jewish name it is ornamental.

Variant of Stoke.

Name for a person who lived near a prominent stone or worked with stone, derived from Old English stan.

Means "stream" in Norwegian and Danish.

Nickname derived from Middle English strong or strang meaning "strong".

Anglicized form of the Irish name Ó Súileabháin meaning "descendant of Súileabhán". The name Súileabhán means "dark eye".

Variant of Sumner.

Occupational name for a summoner, an official who was responsible for ensuring the appearance of witnesses in court, from Middle English sumner, ultimately from Latin submonere "to advise".

From various English place names meaning "south town".

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.

Nickname for a quick person, from Old English swift.

Means "tailor" in Hungarian.

Possibly denoted a person from the region of Zala in western Hungary, itself named for the Zala River.

Of Norman origin, possibly derived from an unattested Germanic given name composed of the elements dala "to destroy" and bod "message".

Means "oak" in Estonian. This is among the most common surnames in Estonia.

Derived from the given name Thibault.

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

Means "son of Thor".

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

Occupational name for one who worked with a lathe, derived from Old English turnian "to turn", of Latin origin. A famous bearer is the American musician Tina Turner (1939-2023), born Anna Mae Bullock.

Means "dweller at the edge of the woods", from Old English under and wudu.

Variant of Vallance.

From the name of the Spanish city of Valencia.

Means "from the linden trees", from Dutch linde meaning "linden tree".

Means "from the dike" in Dutch.

Topographic name for someone living near a dyke or levee. Dykes are common structures for keeping lands dry in the low lying Netherlands.

The surname is most famously borne by comedic actor Dick Van Dyke {1925-} and his brother Jerry Van Dyke (1931-2018).

Derived from Hungarian vas meaning "iron", referring to a worker in iron, a miner of iron ore or a vendor of iron goods. Alternatively, from the same root word, it may have been a nickname referring to one with a distinctively strong constitution.

Variant of Vaughan.

From the given name Vincent.

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".

Means "foreigner, stranger, Celt" from Norman French waleis (of Germanic origin). It was often used to denote native Welsh and Bretons. A famous bearer was the 13th-century Scottish hero William Wallace.

Derived from Old French gallier meaning "person with a pleasant temper".

Denoted a person who lived near a warren, from Norman French warrene meaning "animal enclosure" (of Germanic origin).

Originally given to a person who lived near the water.

Patronymic derived from the Middle English given name Wat or Watt, a diminutive of the name Walter.

Patronymic derived from the Middle English given name Wat or Watt, a diminutive of the name Walter.

Occupational name for a weaver, derived from Old English wefan "to weave".

Occupational name meaning "weaver", from Old English webba, a derivative of wefan "to weave".

From Middle High German wiz or Yiddish װייַס (vais) meaning "white". This was originally a nickname for a person with white hair or skin.

Variant of Weiss.

Denoted a person who lived to the west of something, or who came from the west.

From the name of various English towns, derived from Old English west "west" and tun "enclosure, yard, town".

Occupational name for a maker of wagon wheels, derived from Middle English whele "wheel".

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

Originally a nickname for a person who had white hair or a pale complexion, from Old English hwit "white".

Means "son of Wilkin".

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

Variant of Wolf.

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

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

From Greek ξύλον (xylon) meaning "wood, timber" and ἀνδρός (andros) meaning "man". This surname was a Greek translation of German surnames of the same meaning.

From Old English geat meaning "gate", a name for a gatekeeper or someone who lived near a gate.

Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 윤 (see Yun).

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.

Derived from Old English geong meaning "young". This was a descriptive name to distinguish father from son.