BoycottEnglish It indicates familial origin from any location called Boycott, ultimately derived from either from an Old English name, or from an occupation, both derived from the Old English word boia meaning "boy, servant" and cot meaning "cottage, small house".
BradstreetEnglish Topographic name for someone who lived by a Roman road, derived from Old English brad "broad" and strǣt "paved highway, street" (ultimately derived from Latin strata)... [more]
BrightEnglish Derived from a short form of Old English names starting with the element beorht "bright".
BrinkerGerman, Dutch Derived from brink "edge, slope" or "village green", indicating that the bearer of the surname lived near a prominent slope of land or next to the centre of a village.
BromleyEnglish Habitational name from any of the many places so called in England. Most of them derived from Old English brom "common broom" and leah "woodland, clearing".
BurridgeEnglish Derived from an English place name, derived from Old English burg "fortress, fortification, castle" and Old English hrycg, Old Norse hryggr "ridge" or from the name Burgric.
ChaichanaThai From Thai ไชย (chai) meaning "victory" and ชนะ (chana) meaning "win, conquer, defeat".
ChaikhamThai From Thai ไชย (chai) meaning "victory" and คำ (kham) meaning "gold" or "word, speech".
ChaiwongThai From Thai ใจ (chai) meaning "heart, mind, spirit" or ไชย (chai) meaning "victory" and วงศ์ (wong) meaning "lineage, family, dynasty".
ChaiyasingThai From Thai ไชย (chai) meaning "victory" and สิงห์ (sing) meaning "lion".
ChakravartiMarathi, Hindi Derived from Sanskrit चक्रवर्तिन् (chakravartin) meaning "world-ruler, emperor, monarch" (literally "wheel-turner" or "one who's wheels are turning"), from चक्र (chakra) meaning "wheel, circle" and वर्तिन् (vartin) meaning "abiding, moving, turning"... [more]
ComberbachEnglish Habitational name for a person from the village of Comberbach in Cheshire, from the Old English byname or given name Cumbra "Cumbrian" and bæc "stream, brook".
CrowderEnglish Occupational name for someone who played the crwth, a kind of Welsh bowed lyre widely used during Medieval Europe, derived from Middle English crowdere.
CuervoSpanish Means "raven, crow" in Spanish, ultimately from Latin corvus. From a nickname for a man with strikingly glossy black hair or with a raucous voice. Alternatively, a habitational name from places containing this word (e.g. El Cuervo, Teruel).
DüsterwaldGerman Derived from Middle Low German düster "dark" combined with Old High German wald "forest".
DuttonEnglish Habitational name for a person from the villages called Dutton in Cheshire or Lancashire, of different first elements. The one in Cheshire comes from Old English dun "hill, mountain", while the one in Lancashire comes from the Old English byname Dudda, both of them have the second element of tun "enclosure, town"... [more]
EichenbergGerman Derived from Middle High German eih "oak" and berg "mountain hill" meaning "oak hill, oak mountain"; a topographic name for someone who lived on an oak-covered hillside or a habitational name from any of the places so named... [more]
EmotoJapanese From 柄 (e) meaning "pattern, hilt, stalk", 恵 (e) meaning "blessing", or 江 (e) meaning "inlet bay" combined with 本 (moto) meaning "origin, root".... [more]