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Absalom English, Jewish
Derived from the given name Absalom.
Baskerville English
Means "bush town", from Anglo-Norman French boschet (a little bush) and ville (town).
Blackford English
Derived from the words blæc "black" or blac "pale, shining, white" and ford "river crossing"
Blood English
Derived from the Old English byname Blīþa (meaning "happy, blithe").
Coppins English
From a reduced diminutive of Jacob.
Dilke English
Means son of DILK.
Dorjee Tibetan
From the given name Dorji.
Essex English
From the place name Essex.
Evesham English
Derived from the Old English homme or ham and Eof, the name of a swineherd in the service of Egwin, third bishop of Worcester.
Flyte English
Means "stream" from Old English fleot.
Foxwell English
Means "fox stream", from Old English fox and well(a), meaning stream.
Gerahty Irish
Anglicised form of the Gaelic Mag Oireachtaigh, meaning "son of Oireachtach", which in turn means "member of the assembly".
Jagiełło Polish
Originally from Old Lithuanian jotis and gaili, meaning "strong rider". This was the last name of the Polish King Władysław Jagiełło, who, along with his wife, started the Jagiellonian dynasty in the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Japp German
Derived from a diminutive of Jacob.
Keene English
Variant of Keen.
Levinson English, Jewish
Means "son of Levi".
Marple English
Means "boundary stream" from Old English maere (boundary), and pyll (stream).
O'flynn Irish
Means "descendant of Flynn.
Portal Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Occitan
Topographical surname for someone living near the gates of a fortified town.
Pyne English
Means "pine" from the Old French pin. This was originally given as a topographical name for someone who lived by a conspicuous pine tree or in a pine forest.
Tuckerton English
Derived from Old English tucian meaning "offend, torment", and tun "enclosure, yard".