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AdamthwaiteEnglish Habitational name for a person from a place in Ravenstonedale, derived from Middle English personal name Adam and Old Norse þveit "clearing, pasture"... [more]
AlduateBasque (Rare) From the name of a location in Urraulbeiti valley, Navarre, possibly derived from Basque altu "tall, high" combined with either una "pasture" or une "place" and -eta "place of, abundance of"... [more]
AllendeBasque, Spanish Means "beyond, yonder; on the other side" in Spanish, though it possibly derives from Basque aihen "vine, shoot" or ale "grain" combined with the collective suffix -di, meaning "pasture, cereal field".
AltnurmeEstonian Altnurme is an Estonian surname meaning "(from) below pasture/meadow".
AritzalaBasque (Rare) From the name of a municipality in Navarre, Spain, probably derived from Basque haritz "oak tree" and ala "pasture, meadow".
BedoyaSpanish Castilianized form of Bedoia. Name for someone from Bedoña, in the Spanish province Gipuzkoa. Bedoña likely comes from Basque bedi "pasture grazing" and -oña, suffix for a place name.
BłońskiPolish Habitational name for someone from any of various places named Błonie, derived from Polish błonie meaning "pasture, meadow".
BrissendenEnglish Derived from either of two places in Kent, England called Brissenden (one near Frittenden and the other near Tenterden), both named with the Old English given name Breosa (a byname derived from bresa meaning "gadfly") and Old English denn meaning "woodland pasture (for swine)".
BustamanteSpanish Habitational name for someone originally from the town of Bustamante in Cantabria, Spain, derived from Latin bustum Amantii meaning "pasture of Amantius".
ChigusaJapanese This surname is used as 千種, 千草 or 千艸 with 千 (sen, chi) meaning "thousand", 種 (shu, -gusa, tane) meaning "class, kind, seed, species, variety", 草 (sou, kusa, kusa-, -gusa) meaning "draft, grass, herbs, pasture, weeds, write" and 艸 (sou, kusa) meaning "grass, plants."... [more]
ClowneyEnglish The surname Clowney is likely of Gaelic origin, specifically from Scotland or Ireland, where it may have evolved from the Gaelic personal name Cluain, meaning "meadow" or "pasture." It is also possible that the surname could have been a patronymic, meaning "son of Cluain," or an adaptation of a place name such as a town or farm associated with the word Cluain... [more]
CoudercOccitan From Occitan codèrc meaning "pasture, meadow, enclosure".
EccbeerEnglish (Rare) From Middle English aker "field" and Old English bǣre "swine pasture," denoting someone who lived near one.... [more]
EkvallSwedish Composed of Swedish ek "oak" and vall "field, pasture".
EtxalarBasque From the name of a town and municipality in Navarre, Spain, derived from Basque etxe "house, home, building" and larre "pasture, meadow, prairie".
FeltonEnglish A habitation name composed of the elements feld-, meaning "field or pasture" and -tun, meaning "settlement."
GosdenEnglish From the name of a lost place in the village and civil parish of Slaugham in West Sussex, England, derived from Old English gos meaning "goose" and denn meaning "woodland pasture".
GrassEnglish, German Topographic name for someone who owned or lived by a meadow, or a metonymic occupational name for someone who made or sold hay, from Middle English gras, Middle High German gras "grass, pasture, grazing".
HagmanSwedish Combination of Swedish hage "enclosure, pasture" and man "man", thus making it a cognate of German Hagemann.
HorsleyEnglish Old English hors ‘horse’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’... [more]
IdenEnglish Habitational name from a place called Iden Green in Benenden, Kent, or Iden Manor in Staplehurst, Kent, or from Iden in East Sussex. All these places are named in Old English as meaning "pasture by the yew trees", from ig meaning "yew" + denn meaning "pasture".
IdnurmEstonian Idnurm is an Estonian surname derived from "ida" meaning "east" and "nurm" meaning "pasture".
KarjahärmEstonian Karjahärm is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from "pasture (karjamaa) frost (härmatis)".
LarragaBasque From the name of a town and municipality in Navarre, Spain, derived from Basque larre "pasture, meadow, prairie" and the locative suffix -aga "place of, group of".
LarraldeBasque Derived from Basque larre "pasture, meadow, prairie" and -alde "near, by; side".
LarramendiBasque Means "pastureland, mountain grassland", derived from Basque larre "pasture, meadow, prairie" and mendi "mountain".
LarregiBasque (Archaic) Derived from Basque larre "pasture, meadow, prairie" and -(t)egi "place of".
LarrionBasque From the name of a village in Navarre, Spain, derived from Basque larre "field, pasture, meadowland" and on "good".
LindhagenSwedish Combination of Swedish lind "lime tree" and hage "enclosed pasture". Carl Lindhagen was the Chief Magistrate of Stockholm in the early 1900s.
LindvallSwedish Combination of Swedish lind "lime tree" and vall "pasture, grassy field".
LundvallSwedish Combination of Swedish lund "groove" and vall "pasture".
MicklethwaiteEnglish Habitational name for a person from several places inside West Yorkshire, all derived from Old Norse mikill "great, large" and þveit "clearing, pasture".
MonteithScottish From the name of the district of Menteith in south Perthshire, Scotland, derived from Gaelic monadh meaning "hill pasture" combined with the Scottish river name Teith. A famous bearer was the Canadian actor and musician Cory Monteith (1982-2013), who played Finn Hudson on the American television series Glee (2009-2015).
MortlockEnglish Habitational name denoting someone from Mortlake, Surrey, or from Mortlach, Banff. Mortlake could mean either "Morta’s meadow", from the byname Morta and Old English lag "wet pasture, marshy field", or "salmon stream", from mort "young salmon" and lacu "stream, pool"... [more]
MyrvallSwedish (Rare) From Swedish myr "bog, moor, wetland" and vall "pasture, field of grass".
NurmEstonian Nurm is an Estonian surname meaning "lea" and "meadow" and "pasture".
NurmsaluEstonian Nurmsalu is an Estonian surname meaning "pasture/meadow grove".
OjanurmEstonian Ojanurm is an Estonian surname meaning "stream pasture/meadow".
ÖvallSwedish (Rare) Combination of Swedish ö "island" and vall "wall, pasture, field of grass".
RudeNorwegian, German German: From a pet form of a personal name formed with Old High German hrōd "fame", for example Rudolf or Rüdiger... [more]
SandvallSwedish Combination of Swedish sand "sand" and vall "wall, pasture, field of grass".
SatterthwaiteEnglish From a place in England named with Old English sætr "shielding" and Old Norse þveit "pasture".
StandenEnglish Habitational name predominantly from Standen in Pendleton (Lancashire) and Standean in Ditchling (Sussex) but also from other places similarly named including Standen in East Grinstead (Sussex) Standen in Biddenden (Kent) Standen in Benenden (Kent) Upper and Lower Standen in Hawkinge (Kent) Standen (Berkshire Wiltshire Isle of Wight) and Standon (Devon Hampshire Hertfordshire Staffordshire)... [more]
StansfieldEnglish (British) Habitational name from a place in West Yorkshire, probably named with the genitive case of the Old English personal name Stan 1 "stone" and Old English feld "pasture, open country"... [more]
SteinhagenGerman Derived from Old High German stein "stone" and hag "enclosure, hedge, pasture".
SternhagenGerman topographic name from Middle High German ster "ram" (and -n- either the plural ending or a folk etymological insert by association with Middle High German stern "star") and hagen "enclosed field or pasture".
StudleyEnglish From any number of places called Studley in Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, and North Yorkshire. The name comes from Old English stod "stud farm" + leah "pasture".
UlvaeusSwedish (Rare) Allegedly a latinization of Ulfsäter, a combination of Swedish ulv "wolf" and säter "mountain pasture". Björn Ulvaeus (b. 1945) is a Swedish songwriter, composer and former member of ABBA.
VallinSwedish Derived from either Latin vallis "valley" or Swedish vall "wall, pasture, field of grass".
Van der WeideDutch Means "from the pasture" in Dutch, either a topographic name for someone who lived by a meadow, or a metonymic occupational name for a butcher.
Van TuijlDutch Means "from Tuil", the name of two different settlements, both derived from Old Dutch tiole or tiuli "agricultural land, pasture".
WallSwedish Derived from Swedish vall "pasture, field of grass". It may be either ornamental or habitational.
WallgrenSwedish Composed of the Swedish elements vall "grassy bank, pasture" and gren "branch".
WallmanSwedish Combination of Swedish vall "pasture, field of grass" and man "man".
WorsleyEnglish Anglo-Saxon origin, and is a locational surname from either of the places called Worsley in Lancashire and in Worcestershire. The place in Lancashire was recorded as "Werkesleia" in 1196, and means Weorchaeth's wood or glade, derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century personal name "Weorchaeth", from weorc, work, fortification, and leah, a wood, or clearing in a wood... [more]
YaylaTurkish Means "mountain pasture, highland, plateau" in Turkish.
ZiegenhagenGerman Derived from Middle High German zige "goat" and hag "enclosure, hedge, pasture". Could be an occupational name for someone who kept goats, or be derived from any of several places with the name.