Submitted Surnames with "knight" in Meaning

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the meaning contains the keyword knight.
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Alfieri Italian
From Italian alfiere "standard-bearer, ensign", ultimately from Arabic فارس (al-faris) "horseman, rider; knight, cavalier". May alternately derive from the Germanic given name Adalfarus, meaning "noble journey".
Batchelor English, Scottish
Occupational name for an unmarried man, a young knight or a novice, ultimately from medieval Latin baccalarius "unenfeoffed vassal, knight with no retainers".
Cabaleiro Galician
From a nickname derived from Galician cabaleiro meaning "knight", a cognate of Portuguese Cavaleiro.
Cavaleiro Portuguese
From a nickname derived from Portuguese cavaleiro meaning "knight", a cognate of Galician Cabaleiro.
Cavaleri Italian, Sicilian
occupational name from Sicilian cavaleri "rider mounted soldier knight". It was also used as a patrician title. See Cavaliere.
Cavalier French (Southern)
Variant of Chevalier (meaning "knight, rider").
Cavaliere Italian
From a nickname derived from Italian cavaliere meaning "knight".
Cavler m French (Rare)
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Cavler m French (Rare)
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Knecht German, German (Swiss), Dutch
Means "servant, assistant" in German and Dutch, an occupational name for a journeyman or male servant derived from Old Germanic kneht meaning "servant, knight" or "youth, boy"... [more]
Riddarhammar Swedish (Modern, Rare)
From Swedish riddare "knight" and hammare "hammer" which literally translates to "knight's hammer".
Ritterman German
From Middle High German riter meaning "rider, knight" and man literally meaning "man".
Rössel German
Means "knight" in German.
Ruiter Dutch
Derived from the Dutch noun ruiter meaning "rider, horseman, knight".
Rüütel Estonian
Means "knight" in Estonian.
Schellekens Dutch
Patronymic form of Schelleken, a diminutive of given names derived from scalc "servant, knight", such as Schalk or Godschalk... [more]
Swain Scottish, Irish, English
Northern English occupational name for a servant or attendant, from Middle English swein "young man attendant upon a knight", which was derived from Old Norse sveinn "boy, servant, attendant"... [more]