AberdeenScottish, English Habitational name denoting someone from the Scottish city Aberdeen, derived from Scottish Gaelic aber "river mouth" and the name of the river Don.
AbingtonEnglish Habitational name for someone from any of the places named Abington in England, derived from Old English given name Abba and tun "enclosure, town".
AbshireEnglish (American), German (Americanized) Probably an altered form of Upsher. In some cases, it could instead be an Americanized form of German Ibscher, a nickname for someone living on unallotted land derived from Middle High German überscher "surplus"... [more]
AbstonEnglish Possibly an altered form of Osbiston, or another, uncertain English toponym containing the element tun "yard, town, settlement".
AccringtonEnglish Habitational name for a person from the town of Accrington in Lancashire, from Old English æcern "acorn" and tun "enclosure, town".
AceEnglish, Norman, Medieval French The surname Ace's origin is from a Norman and Old French personal name, Ace, Asse, from Germanic Frankish origin Azzo, Atso, a pet form of personal names containing adal ‘noble’ as a first element.
AckaryEnglish Possibly derived from the Middle English given name Achary or Acharias, a variant of Zacharias.
AcklamEnglish (British) This surname originates from the village name Acklam in Yorkshire, of which there are two; a neighbourhood in Middlesbrough, and a village by Malton. The etymology of the name is derived from Old English āc “oak” and lēah “clearing”.
AdamthwaiteEnglish Habitational name for a person from a place in Ravenstonedale, derived from the personal name Adam and Old Norse þveit "clearing, pasture".
AdderleyEnglish Habitational name from places called Adderley. (Mostly dominant in the Bahamas)
AddingtonEnglish Habitational name from any of various places named in Old English as Eaddingtun 'settlement associated with Eadda' or Æddingtun 'settlement associated with Æddi'.
AdlingtonEnglish Habitational name from any of the two places called Adlington in Cheshire and Lancashire, both derived from Old English given name Eadwulf and tun "enclosure, town".
AdneyEnglish Habitational name from Adeney in Shropshire, named in Old English as Eadwynna ey "island of a woman called Eadwynn". English: from a Middle English pet form of Adam... [more]
AglerEnglish From one or more Middle English personal names variously written Alger, Algar, Alcher, Aucher, etc. These represent a falling together of at least three different Continental Germanic and Old English names: Adalgar "noble spear" (Old English Æ{dh}elgār), Albgar "elf spear" (Old English Ælfgār), and Aldgar "old spear" (Old English (E)aldgār)... [more]
AikmanEnglish, Scottish Either a modified form of Akerman or Agemund (see Agmundr), or derived from a coven name composed of Old English ac "oak" and man "person, man".
AinscoughEnglish Habitational name for a person from Aiskew, a village in the civil parish of Aiskew and Leeming Bar, in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England.
AiyukAfrican American (Rare), English (American, Rare) Aiyuk is not a common surname.Most Commonly known as the Surname of the NFL's San Francisco 49ers WR,Brandon Aiyuk.There is not much information of ethnicity or background to the name but we know at least a little.
AizlewoodEnglish (Rare) Believed to be a South Yorkshire variant of the popular Hazelwood, of which there are several villages in the region. Also known as a development of Olde English 'Ashlac' found in the Yorkshire village of Aislaby, which translates as The farm (bi) of Ashlac... [more]
AkridgeEnglish Possibly English, a habitational name from a place with a name meaning ‘oak ridge’, as for example Aikrigg in Cumbria (from Old Norse eik ‘oak’ + hryggr ‘ridge’), or any of the many places called Oakridge (from Old English āc + hrycg)... [more]
AlabasterEnglish From the name of a whitish kind of gypsum used for vases, ornaments and busts, ultimately deriving from Greek alabastros, itself perhaps from Egyptian 'a-labaste "vessel of the goddess Bast"... [more]
AlbanyScottish, English (American) From the title of the Dukes of Albany (House of Stuart), hence a name borne by their retainers. It is an infrequent surname in England and Scotland. The city of Albany, NY (formerly the Dutch settlement of Beverwijck or Fort Orange) was named for James Stuart, Duke of York and Albany; he was the brother of King Charles II and later king in his own right as James II... [more]
AlcottEnglish From the name of any of the various places in England so-called, all derived from Old English eald "old" and cot "cottage, small house"... [more]
AldaneEnglish (Rare) Possibly derived from the place name Aldham, composed of either Okd English eald "old" or the Anglo-Saxon personal name Ealda combined with ham "farmstead, settlement".
AlderEnglish Originally denoted for someone who lived by alder trees, from Old English alor.
AldermanEnglish Occupational name for a person who is a member of the governing body of a city or borough, from Middle English alderman, a compound of Old English ealdor "elder" and man.
AldridgeEnglish habitational name from a place in the West Midlands called Aldridge; it is recorded in Domesday Book as Alrewic, from Old English alor ‘alder’ + wīc ‘dwelling’, ‘farmstead’.
AldworthEnglish From the name of a village in Berkshire so-called, derived from the Old English byname Ealda (derived from eald "old") and worþ "enclosure".
AlerEnglish (Rare), German From the alder tree, a tree found in the Americas, Europe and parts of Asia. The much less common given name Aler is possibly derived from it.
AllinghamEnglish Habitational name from places called Allingham.
AllisEnglish From the Middle English and Old French female personal name Alis (Alice), which, together with its diminutive Alison, was extremely popular in England in the Middle Ages. The personal name is of Germanic origin, brought to England from France by the Normans; it is a contracted form of Germanic Adalhaid(is), which is composed of the elements adal "noble" and haid "brilliance, beauty".
AllmanEnglish From Norman aleman "German, relating to Germany", ultimately from Late Latin Alemannus "member of the Alemanni tribe". Cognate to French Allemand and Spanish Alemán.
AllowayEnglish Means (i) "person from Alloway, Alloa or Alva", the name of various places in Scotland ("rocky plain"); or (ii) from the medieval male personal name Ailwi (from Old English Æthelwīg, literally "noble battle").
AllredEnglish From the Middle English personal name Alured, a form of Alfred, which was sometimes written Alvred, especially in Old French texts.
AllsebrookEnglish Habitational name from a lost or unidentified place in England, possibly from Old English given name Ælfsige and broc "brook, stream".
AlmondEnglish From the Middle English personal name Almund, from Old English Æthelmund, "noble protection" and variant of Allman, assimilated by folk etymology to the vocabulary word denoting the tree.
AlsopEnglish Habitational name, now chiefly found in the Midlands, for a person from Alsop-en-le-Dale, a chapelry in the parish of Ashborne, Derbyshire. The place name itself meant "Ælle's valley" from the genitive of the Old English personal name Ælle and Old English hōp meaning "enclosed valley" (compare Hope).
AlstonEnglish A locational surname, derived from the many townships in England of the same name, meaning 'of the old manor or of the hillside'
AmesEnglish Derived from the Old French and Middle English personal name Amys, Amice, which is either directly from Latin amicus ‘friend’, used as a personal name, or via a Late Latin derivative of this, Amicius.
AmherstEnglish It comes from when the family lived in the locality of Amherst, in the parish of Pembury in Kent.
AmisEnglish (British) Kingsley and Martin Amis, father and son novelists from England.
AmmerGerman, English (Rare) This surname may be derived from Middle High German amer which means "bunting (as in the bird)." As such, it is used as a nickname for someone with a fine voice or someone who is a flamboyant dresser.... [more]
AmoryEnglish, Norman English from a Germanic personal name, Aimeri, composed of the elements haim ‘home’ + ric ‘power’... [more]
AmsdonEnglish (Modern) Unknown. Possibly a spelling variant of Amsden. Ancestry.com suggests probably a habitational name, from a reduced form of the Oxfordshire place name Ambrosden, which is composed of an Old English personal name Ambre + Old English dun ‘hill’... [more]
AndertonEnglish Habitational name for a person from the villages called Anderton in Cheshire, Lancashire and Devon, of different origins. the one in Cheshire is derived from Old English given name Eanred while the one in Lancashire is derived from Old Norse given name Eindriði, both of them have the second element of tun "enclosure, town"... [more]
AneyEnglish English surname of uncertain origin, though it has been suggested that this is an anglicized form of French Ané. Ané itself is said to be taken from a personal name, possibly a gallicized form of Asnar or Aznar, which may be derived from Latin asinarius meaning "keeper of asses, ass-driver", from asinus "ass".
AngelSpanish, Catalan, Occitan, English, Slovene From the Latin personal name Angelus meaning "Angel", derived from the Greek word ἄγγελος (angelos) meaning "messenger" (see the given name Angel).
AngilleyEnglish (Australian, Modern) Supposedly from a long history of Tin and Terracotta miners in Wales under the name Gilley in the 15-60's. the 'An' is theorised to be a result of the Anglo-Saxon faith being a prominent belief within the area, and has become a prominent name ever since with few more variations.... [more]
AnnEnglish Habitational name from Abbots Ann in Hampshire, named for the stream that runs through it, which is most probably named with an ancient Welsh word meaning ‘water’.
AnslowEnglish Habitational name from Anslow in Staffordshire.
AnsteadEnglish Possibly derived from places named with Old English ham-stede meaning "homestead".
AnstedEnglish Variant of Anstead, possibly derived from places named with Old English ham-stede meaning "homestead".
AnsteyEnglish From various places derived from Old English an "one, a" and stig "path", denoting a narrow path. A famous bearer of the name was English suffragist Rhoda Anstey (1865-1936).
AntrobusEnglish This very unusual name is of Old Norse origin and is a locational surname from the place in Cheshire called "Antrobus". The placename is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Entrebus", and in the Pipe Rolls of Cheshire of 1282 as "Anterbus"... [more]
ApeltiaEnglish (Rare) Comes from the word "appellation" referring to the Appellation Mountains.
AplinEnglish Probably a patronymic of the popular medieval English given name Abel, or from the pet form Abelin... [more]
ApplegarthEnglish, Scottish Topographic or habitational name from Middle English applegarth meaning "apple orchard", from Old Norse apaldr "apple tree" and garðr "enclosure, yard".
ApplewhiteEnglish Habitational name from a place named Applethwaite, from Old Norse apaldr ‘apple tree’ and þveit ‘meadow’. There are two or three such places in Cumbria; Applethwaite is also recorded as a surname from the 13th century in Suffolk, England, pointing to a possible lost place name there... [more]
ArborneEnglish (British) A surname found in England as well as in America. This surname has been attached to Americans of English ancestry.
ArbuckleEnglish, Scottish Habitational name for a person from the minor place of Arbuckle in North Lanarkshire, derived from Scottish Gaelic earrann "part, section" and buachaill "herdsman".