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AGATE English (British)
From Middle English gate, meaning a "gate" or "street", denoting a person who lived near a major city gate or street.

ALBEE Scottish
Means either "son of the blond one" or "son of Alpin".

BEEDEN English (British)
Probably means "from Beeden", a village near Newbury in Berkshire. Ultimately coming from either Old English byden, meaning "shallow valley", or from the pre 7th century personal name Bucge with the suffix dun, meaning "hill of Bucge".

BIDEN English (British)
Variant of BEEDEN.

BREINES Yiddish
From the German braun "brown".

EMMERLY English
From the given name AMALRIC.

HOLLIMAN English
Possibly means "holly man"

MAPLETT English

OLMSTEAD English (British)
Comes from the Old French ermite "hermit" and Old English stede "place".... [more]

PANCEK Yiddish
Variant of PENZIG.

PINCKNEY English
The surname Pinckney originally denoted someone from Picquigny, France, which derives from a Germanic personal name, Pincino (of obscure derivation) and the Latin locative suffix -acum... [more]

QUERCIA Italian (Rare)
From the Latin quercus "oak".

SHELDON English
From an Old English place name meaning "valley with steep sides".

SISSELMAN Yiddish
Possibly from German meaning "sweet man"

STUKELEY English
From a surname meaning "woodland clearing with tree stumps" in Old English.

STUKELY English
Possibly meaning "stucco" or "stuck".

TANGERINE English
Possibly means "from Tangier".

TERRACE Scottish
Possibly means "from Tarras", a place in Morayshire, Scotland.

THICK English (British)

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