BeckinghamEnglish From the name of two villages in England, one in Lincolnshire and one in Nottinghamshire.
BlacksmithEnglish Occupational name for a blacksmith, a smith who work with iron. The name is rare in England and mostly found in North America, suggesting that it's a translation of a non-English name meaning "blacksmith" (see Kowalski, Raudsepp and Lefèvre for example).
BoisvertFrench Means "green wood" in French, from bois "wood" and vert "green".
BrzezińskiPolish Derived from any of the various places named with Polish brzezina "birch forest".
CardilloItalian Cardillo is a surname of Sicilian origin, derived from the word cardilla, meaning ''goldfinch''.
ClooneyEnglish, Irish From Gaelic Ó Cluanaigh meaning "descendant of Cluanach". Cluanach was a given name derived from Irish clauna "deceitful, flattering, rogue".
KrzyżewskiPolish Derived from the name of any of the villages called Krzyżewo in Poland. A notable bearer is American basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski (b. 1947).
ZwingliSwiss Possibly derived from a place name in Toggenburg, Switzerland. A notable bearer was Huldrych Zwingli (1484 – 1531), leader of the protestant reformation in Switzerland, who was born in Wildhaus, Toggenburg... [more]