Submitted Surnames on the List of Fictional Characters from Plays and Musicals

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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

Acres English
Variant of Akers.

Albright American
This name was originally Albrecht. It was changed by German imigrants to America in the 1600s.

Bigelow English
Habitational name from a place in England called Big Low meaning "big mound".

Capulet English
This is the last name of Juliet from William Shakepeare's tragedy, Romeo and Juliet.

Carnes Irish, Spanish

Crofton English
Derived from a place name meaning "town with a small enclosed field" in Old English.

Dalrymple Scottish
Habitational name from Dalrymple, a village and civil parish in East Ayrshire, Scotland, said to be named from Gaelic dail chruim puill meaning "field of the crooked stream" or "dale of the crooked pool".

De Ath English
Probably a deliberate respelling of Death (i), intended to distance the name from its original signification.

Death English

De Winter Dutch
Means "the winter" in Dutch, a nickname for a cold or gloomy man, or perhaps for someone born in the winter. It could also be a habitational name referring to a house or tavern named for the season.

Djilas Popular Culture

Doolittle English
From a nickname for a lazy man or an idler, from Middle English don "to do, to perform" and litel "little, small". A famous bearer of the name was American military general Jimmy Doolittle (1896-1993).

Fairfax English
From a nickname for someone with beautiful long hair, from Old English fæger "beautiful, pleasant" and feax "hair".

Higgins English
Patronymic from the medieval personal name Higgin, a pet form of Hick.

Higgins Irish
Variant of Hagan.

Javert Literature
The name of the policeman in Victor Hugo's "Les Misérables." His name was taken from the word Javert, which means "to pursue relentlessly."... [more]

Jordán Spanish, Hungarian
From the given name Jordán.

Kettle English

Kodály Hungarian
Hungarian surname.... [more]

Maclaren Scottish

Maclaren English

Maloney Irish
Variant of Moloney.

Marble English

Marblé French

Melville Irish
Variant of Mulvihill.

Moncrieff Scottish
Variant of Moncrief.

Mulvaney Irish
From Ó Maoilmheana meaning "descendant of Maoilmhaena."

Nowack German
Variant of Nowak.

Potts English, Scottish

Shinn English
Metonymic occupational name for a Skinner, from Old English scinn, Middle English shin ‘hide’, ‘pelt’. In Middle English this word was replaced by the Norse equivalent, skinn.

Snow English, Jewish (Anglicized)
Nickname denoting someone with very white hair or an exceptionally pale complexion, from Old English snaw "snow".... [more]

Spoonapple Popular Culture
Edwina Spoonapple is a fictional character and the titular character from the Off-Broadway musical "Dear Edwina" (2008). She is a 13-year-old girl who wants proof of her accomplishments, just like her siblings... [more]

Venturi Italian
Derived from the given name Venturino.

Washburn English
Northern English topographic name for someone living on the banks of the Washburn river in West Yorkshire, so named from the Old English personal name Walc + Old English burna ‘stream’... [more]

Worthing English

Wykeham English
Variant of Wickham.

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