Browse Submitted Surnames

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the person who added the name is peth.
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Almond English
From the Middle English personal name Almund, from Old English Æ{dh}elmund, "noble protection" and variant of Allman, assimilated by folk etymology to the vocabulary word denoting the tree.
Asquith English
Habitational name from a village in North Yorkshire named Askwith, from Old Norse askr ‘ash tree’ + vi{dh}r ‘wood’
Flett Scottish, English (Canadian)
Probably originating in Orkney and Shetland, from a place in the parish of Delting, Shetland, named with an Old Norse term 'flotr' denoting a strip of arable land or pasture. Also possibly derived from the Old Norse byname Fljótr ‘swift’, ‘speedy’... [more]
Harcus Scottish
Orcadian form of Harcase, a habitational name originating from Berwickshire, Scotland.
Linklater Scottish
Scottish (Orkney) habitational name from either of two places named Linklater (in South Ronaldsay and North Sandwick).
Shakeshaft English (British)
Similar in origin to surnames such as Shakesheave, Shakespeare and Wagstaffe.