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Etxauri BasqueFrom the name of a town in Navarre, Spain, derived from Basque
etxe "house, building" and
uri "town, city".
Etxegarai BasqueMeans "house on top of a hill", derived from Basque
etxe "house, home, building" and
garai "top, highest part".
Etxekopar BasqueIt indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the commune of Berrogaine-Larüntze in the arrondissement of Auloron e Senta Maria.
Etzdorf GermanOrigin and meaning unknown, possibly a given name. Usually has nobiliary particle "Von".
Eubanks EnglishTopographic name for someone who lived by a bank of yew trees, from Old English
iw "yew" and
bank "bank".
Eul GermanA nickname from Middle High German
iule meaning "owl".
Euler German, JewishOccupational name for a potter, most common in the Rhineland and Hesse, from Middle High German
ul(n)ære (an agent derivative of the dialect word
ul,
aul "pot", from Latin
olla).
Eun Korean (Rare)From Sino-Korean 殷 (
eun) meaning "great, many, magnificent; flourishing".
Everingham EnglishMeans "homestead of the followers of Eofor". From Old English
eofor "boar"
inga, meaning "the people of, followers of" and
ham meaning "home, estate, settlement".
Evermore EnglishFrom
ever +
more, meaning "at all times; all the time; forever, eternally;" Replacing
evermo from Old English
æfre ma.
Everton EnglishHabitational name from any of various places, in Bedfordshire, Merseyside, and Nottinghamshire, so named from Old English
eofor ‘wild boar’ +
tun ‘settlement’.
Evesham EnglishDerived from the Old English
homme or
ham and
Eof, the name of a swineherd in the service of Egwin, third bishop of Worcester.
Evjen NorwegianHabitational name from a common farm name derived from Old Norse
efja meaning "eddy backwater, mud, ooze".
Evloev Ingush (Russified)Russified form of an Ingush name, which is derived from
Yovloy, the name of an Ingush teip (clan), which is of unknown meaning. It may be from the name of the Alans, a medieval Iranian nomadic group (the word itself derived from Sanskrit आर्य
(ā́rya) meaning "noble, honourable") or from Adyghe елъы
(ełăə) meaning "to sharpen" combined with елъэ
(ełă) meaning "to jump over".
Evola ItalianPerhaps a topographic name from Italian
ebbio, a type of plant known as danewort in English (genus Sambucus), itself derived from Latin
ebullus; alternatively, it may have been a habitational name for a person from a minor place named with this word... [
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Ewell EnglishHabitation name from the town of Ewell in Surrey or from Temple Ewell or Ewell Manor, both in Kent or Ewell Minnis near Dover. Originally from Old English
Aewill meaning "river source" or "spring".
Eyigün TurkishThe name means "good day". "Eyi" from Turkish "iyi" meaning "good". "Gün" meaning "day" in Turkish.
Eyre EnglishDerived from Middle English
eyer,
eir "heir", originally denoting a man who was designated to inherit or had already inherited the main property in a particular locality. The surname was borne by the heroine of Charlotte Brontë's 'Jane Eyre' (1847).
Eyre EnglishTruelove the "Eyr" or "Heyr" was granted land in Derby as a reward for his services at the 1066 Battle of Hastings, together with a coat of arms featuring "a human leg in armour couped at the thigh quarterly argent and sable spurred", in reference to the sacrifice of his limb... [
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Ezell AmericanOf uncertain origin. The name is found primarily in the southeastern United States, possibly as a variation of Israel or a form of Ezekiel.
Ezer HebrewMeans "helping" or "to help" in Hebrew.
Ezpeleta BasqueIt indicates familial origin within the eponymous commune in the French arrondissement of Baiona.
Ezzo Medieval ItalianDerived from a Germanic name Azzo, based on the element z , which originates debated; between the various hypotheses are: ... [
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Fa ChineseFrom Chinese 花 (huā) meaning "Flower, blossom"
Faaj HmongHmong clan surname, also commonly anglicized as
Fang. It may be a form or cognate of the Chinese surname
Fang.
Faber German, Dutch, French, DanishAn occupational name for a blacksmith or ironworker, ultimately derived from Latin
faber "artisan, creator, craftsman, smith".
Fàbregas CatalanDeriving from any of the places in Barcelona province named Fàbregues, from the plural of
Fàbrega. Famous bearer of this surname is Spanish/Catalan footballer Francesc "Cesc" Fàbregas Soler.
Facente ItalianNickname for an industrious person, from Latin
facere "to make" "to do".
Fadda ItalianPossibly from
fada "fairy, fate", or from Sardinian
fadda "error", itself from Latin
falla "mistake, failure, trick".
Faden ArabicOriginally denoted someone from the city of Padang in Indonesia.
Fafard FrenchPossibly derived from the french 'fard' meaning 'made-up' or 'make-up'. This is in a theatrical sense and does not imply lying. Very possibly a derivation form a theatrical occupation
Fagan Irish'The name Fagan in Ireland is usually of Norman origin, especially in Counties Dublin and Meath. In the County Louth area the name is derived from the native Gaelic O'Faodhagain Sept of which there are a number of variants including Feighan, Fegan and Feehan.' (from irishsurnames.com)
Fager SwedishFrom Swedish
fager, an archaic word meaning ”pretty, fair”.
Fahey IrishAnglicized form of Gaelic
Ó Fathaidh or
Ó Fathaigh meaning "descendant of Fathadh", a given name derived from the Gaelic word
fothadh "base, foundation".... [
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Fahn Low GermanTopographic name for someone who lived by a bog, from a Westphalian field name
van "marsh", or a habitational name from a place named with this word.
Fahr German, German (Swiss)A topographic name for someone who lived near a crossing point on a river, from Middle High German
vare, meaning
ferry.
Fahrenheit GermanDerived from German
fahren, meaning, "to ride", and
Heit, which is the equivalent to the suffix "-ness". A famous bearer was Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686- 1736), a Polish physicist who invented the Fahrenheit temperature measuring system.
Fair English, IrishEnglish: nickname meaning ‘handsome’, ‘beautiful’, ‘fair’, from Middle English
fair,
fayr, Old English
fæger. The word was also occasionally used as a personal name in Middle English, applied to both men and women.... [
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Fairbrother EnglishFrom a medieval nickname probably meaning either "better-looking of two brothers" or "brother of a good-looking person", or perhaps in some cases "father's brother".
Fairey EnglishEither (i) meant "person from Fairy Farm or Fairyhall", both in Essex (
Fairy perhaps "pigsty"); or (ii) from a medieval nickname meaning "beautiful eye". This was borne by Fairey Aviation, a British aircraft company, producer of the biplane fighter-bomber Fairey Swordfish... [
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Fairfax EnglishFrom a medieval nickname for someone with beautiful hair, from Old English
fæger "fair" and
feax "hair". It was borne by the English general Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Baron Fairfax of Cameron (1612-1671), commander of the Parliamentary army during the Civil War... [
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Fairweather English, ScottishFrom Middle English
fayr "fair, beautiful, pleasant" and
weder "weather", a nickname for a person with a sunny temperament, or who only worked in good weather. ... [
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Fajardo GalicianTopographic name for someone who lived by a beech tree or in a beech wood, from Late Latin fagea (arbor) meaning "beech (tree)", a derivative of classical Latin fagus meaning "beech".
Falaguerra ItalianPossibly means "make war" in Italian, from
fare "to make, to provoke" and
guerra "war". Alternately, from a given name of the same origin. ... [
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Falanga ItalianFrom Sicilian
falanga "plank, temporary bridge; fence".
Falasca ItalianPossibly from a dialectical word
falasca meaning "straw", referring to someone's build or hair, or possibly an occupation of making things out of straw.
Falces Spanish (Philippines)Falces is a town and municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain. In Basque the town is called Faltzes. It has a population of around 2500 inhabitants. It is well known for the famous "encierro del pilon", which is a running of the bulls made even more dangerous due to it being run down a narrow road of a steep hill... [
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Falcon JewishPossibly derived from the German
Falke, meaning "falcon."
Faliszek PolishA notable bearer of this name is Chet Faliszek, an American videogame writer who has worked for companies like Valve and Bossa Studios, having been involved in the story writing for series such as Half-Life, Portal, and Left 4 Dead.
Falkenhagen GermanHabitational name from any of several places named from Old High German falke meaning "falcon" + hag meaning "hedge", "fencing". A place so named is documented west of Berlin in the 14th century.
Fallah PersianDerived from Arabic فلاح
(fallah) meaning "farmer, peasant".
Fallahi PersianDerived from Arabic فلاح
(fallah) meaning "farmer, peasant".
Fallon IrishAnglicized form of the surname
Ó Fallamhain meaning "descendant of
Fallamhan", the name being a byname meaning "leader" (derived from
follamhnas meaning "supremacy").
Fallow English, JewishEnglish: topographic name for someone who lived by a patch of fallow land, Middle English
falwe (Old English
f(e)alg). This word was used to denote both land left uncultivated for a time to recover its fertility and land recently brought into cultivation.... [
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Falone ItalianMeaning uncertain, possibly from a dialectical word for a row of grapes or tomatoes.
Falotico ItalianFrom southern Italian falotico ‘eccentric’, ‘strange’, Greek kephalōtikos, a derivative of Greek kephalē ‘head’.
Falso ItalianNot much history is known for Falso however, it was common surrounding Napoli, Lazio, Latin, and Roma. It means False, phony, fake. Because of this, the surname has spread globally especially to United States of America and Brazil... [
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Fältskog SwedishCombination of Swedish
fält "field" and
skog "forest". Agnetha Fältskog (b. 1950) is a Swedish singer and former member of ABBA.
Falzon MalteseDerived from Maltese
falz meaning "false, fraudulent", used as a nickname for someone who was known for lying or being false.
Fanara ItalianA Sicilian occupational name from Greek
φαναράς (
fanarás) "lampmaker", ultimately from
φανός (
fanós) "torch, lamp".
Fanciulacci ItalianProbably means "bad child", from Italian
fanciullo "child" and the pejorative suffix
-accio.
Fancourt EnglishDerived from the English surname
Fancourt, which originated in the county of Bedfordshire in England.
Fane EnglishFrom a medieval nickname for a well-disposed person (from Old English
fægen "glad, willing"), or from a medieval Welsh nickname for a slim person (Welsh
fain). This is the family name of the earls of Westmorland.
Fang ChineseFrom 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.