Submitted Surnames with "boundary" in Meaning

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the meaning contains the keyword boundary.
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Äär Estonian
Äär is an Estonian surname meaning "border" and "boundary".
Äärmaa Estonian
Äärmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "border/boundary land".
Knick German
German: from Knick “hedge”, “boundary”, hence a topographic name for someone living near a hedge or hedged enclosure or a metonymic occupational name for someone who lays hedges. Hedging is a characteristic feature of the pastureland of Holstein, Mecklenburg, Westphalia, and Lower Saxony.
Linde Spanish
From Spanish linde "boundary" or a habitational name from places called La Linde in Spain.
Maia Basque
From the name of a village in Navarre, Spain, called Amaiur in Basque, derived from amai "end, boundary, limit" (compare the given name Amaia).
Mark English, German, Dutch
Topographic name for someone who lived on a boundary between two districts, from Old High German marka "border, boundary, march". The German term also denotes an area of fenced-off land (see Marker) and, like the English word, is embodied in various place names which have given rise to habitational names.
Markell English
Habitational name from various locations in England containing the Old English element mearc (from Old Germanic markō) meaning "border, boundary".
Markl German
From a pet form of given names containing the element markō "boundary, border", such as Markolf and Markward.
Markland English
From Old English mearc meaning "boundary" and lanu meaning "lane", it is a habitational name from a place in the town of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England. It can also be a topographic name for someone who lived by a stretch of border or boundary land, or a status name for someone who held land with an annual value of one mark.
Marple English
Means "boundary stream" from Old English maere (boundary), and pyll (stream).
Merriott English
Either a habitational name from Merriott in Somerset. The placename may derive from Old English mere miere "mare" mere "pool" or gemære "boundary" and gæt "gate gap"... [more]
Raja Estonian
Raja is an Estonian surname meaning "boundary" or "border".
Rajala Estonian
Rajala is an Estonian surname meaning "boundary area/field".
Rajalaane Estonian
Rajalaane is an Estonian surname derived from "raja" ("boundary", "border") and "lääne" ("occidental", "western"): "western border/boundary".
Severn English
From the name of the River Severn, which is of unknown meaning. The Severn is Great Britain's longest river, flowing from Wales through much of western England to the Bristol Channel. It is one of Britain’s most ancient river names, recorded as early as the 2nd century AD in the form Sabrina; its original meaning may have been "slow-moving" or "boundary".
Shade English, Scottish
Topographic name for someone who lived near a boundary, from Old English scead "boundary".
Staaf Swedish
Derived from various place names beginning with stav- or staf-, often meaning "boundary marker" when used in place names. Other meanings are possible. Also found occasionally as a soldier's name pre-20th century... [more]
Van De Mark Dutch
Topographic name for someone who lived by a border or boundary, from Middle Dutch marke meaning "boundary, borderland". Could also derive from the river Mark, likely originating from the same etymology.
Vice English
May come from "devise", an Old French word that means "dweller at the boundary". It may also derive a number of place names in England, or be a variant of Vise.