English (American) Submitted Surnames

These names are a subset of English names used more often in America. See also about American names.
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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Aanenson English (American, Anglicized)
Anglicized form of rare Norwegian surname Ånundson meaning "son of Ånund".
Ackert English (American), German
Ultimately derived from the Germanic personal name Ekkehard.
Acuff English (American)
Acuff Name Meaning. English: of uncertain origin, perhaps a variant of northern English Aculf, from an Old Norse personal name Agúlfr 'terror wolf'... [more]
Ahrenaldi English (Rare), English (American, Rare)
Possibly an Americanized version of Italian Arenaldi
Aiyuk African 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.
Albany Scottish, 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]
Albaugh English (American)
Americanized spelling of German Albach.
Amundson English (American, Anglicized), Swedish (Rare)
Anglicized from or rare Swedish variant of Amundsen.
Andros English (American)
American shortened form of Greek Andronikos.
Arabia English (American)
Americanized form of French Arabie.
Aretz English (American)
The Aretz family name was found in the USA, and Canada between 1880 and 1920. The most Aretz families were found in USA in 1920. In 1880 there were 14 Aretz families living in Minnesota. This was 100% of all the recorded Aretz's in USA.
Ariq English (American)
This name means a men with many gifts. The first person with the name spelled as this was an gangbanger from Covington, Kentucky. He died in 1998.
Arneson English (American), Swedish (Rare)
Anglicized form of the Scandinavian names Arnesen and Arnesson, as well as a (rare) Swedish variant of Arnesson.
Arola Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, English (American)
From Latin areola, diminutive of area (area).
Aronson English (American)
English form of Swedish surname Aronsson.
Artell English (American)
Artell is a name that was brought to England by the ancestors of the Artell family when they emigrated following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The name Artell comes from the Dutch surname Van Arkel. The name Van Arkel may spring from the Anglo-Saxon form of Hercules, which is Ercol.
Aycock English (American)
Medieval English diminutive of personal names beginning with A-.
Babbit English (American)
Variant spelling of Babbitt.
Baltimore English (American)
From the name of the American city of Baltimore, and an anglicisation of Irish Gaelic Baile an Tí Mhóir meaning "town of the big house".
Bandy English (American)
Americanized form of Bandi.
Baygents English (American)
Possibly derived from Old French bezant, a kind of silver or gold coin minted in Byzantium, ultimately derived from Latin byzantius "of Byzantium"... [more]
Beaber English (American)
Americanized spelling of German Bieber or Biber, from Middle High German biber ‘beaver’, hence a nickname for someone thought to resemble the animal in some way, a topographic name for someone who lived in a place frequented by beavers or by a field named with this word, or a habitational name from any of various place names in Hesse containing this element.
Beachum English (American)
Variant of Beauchamp, reflecting the traditional English pronunciation.
Bearcub English (American, Rare)
Surname meaning a bear cub.
Beard English (American)
Nickname for a bearded man (Middle English, Old English beard). To be clean-shaven was the norm in non-Jewish communities in northwestern Europe from the 12th to the 16th century, the crucial period for surname formation... [more]
Becraft English (American)
English, variant of Beecroft. topographic name for someone who lived at a place where bees were kept, from Middle English bee ‘bee’ + croft ‘paddock’, ‘smallholding’.
Beery English (American)
Americanized form of Swiss German Bieri.
Bjorklund English (American)
Anglicized form of Swedish Björklund or Norwegian Bjørklund.
Blankenbaker English (American)
From German blanken meaning "bare, blank" with English "baker".
Bloodgood English (American), Dutch (Americanized)
Anglicized form of Dutch Bloetgoet, an altered form of Goetbloet.
Boebert English (American)
A notable bearer of this surname is Lauren Opal Boebert (Born on December 15, 1986) who is an American (U.S.A.) politician, businesswoman, and gun rights activist, serving as the U.S. Representative for Colorado’s 3rd congressional district since 2021... [more]
Boise English (American), Scottish
Variant of Boyce. In some cases, it is possibly also a variant of Boyes.
Bomengen English (American), Norwegian (Rare)
Name created from during immigration from Norway to the United States in either the late 19th or early 20th century meaning, "The farm with the big gate."
Bookwalter English (American)
German: variant of Buchwalder, a habitational name for someone from any of various places called Buchwald or Buchwalde in Saxony and Pomerania, meaning 'beech forest'. The surname Buchwalter is very rare in Germany.... [more]
Bowerman English, English (American)
1. English: occupational name for a house servant who attended his master in his private quarters (see Bower). ... [more]
Boykins English (American)
Americanized form of Dutch Boeijkens: patronymic from the personal name Boye with the diminutive element -ken and genitive -s. Compare the English cognate Boykin and North German Boyken.... [more]
Braley English (American)
A New England variant spelling of Brailey. French: from a diminutive of Brael, from Old French braiel, a belt knotted at the waist to hold up breeches; presumably an occupational name for a maker of such belts... [more]
Brazos Filipino, English (American)
Means "arms" in Spanish.
Breon English (American)
Americanized form of French Brion.
Breyette English (American)
Of uncertain origin and meaning. First found in the United States around 1880. Self-taught artist Michael Breyette is a bearer of this surname
Brigance English (American)
Americanized form of Alsatian Bergantz: unexplained.
Brower English (American)
English variant of Brewer. Respelling of Brauer or Brouwer.
Buckwalter English (American)
Americanized spelling of German Buchwalder.
Burtram English (American)
American form of the German surname Bertram.
Burtsell English (American)
Habitational name from Burshill in East Yorkshire, so named with Old English bryst ‘landslip’, ‘rough ground’ + hyll ‘hill’.
Buttram English (American, Rare), English (British, Rare)
Possibly derived from the German cognate Bertram, from the Germanic elements beraht (meaning "bright"), and hrabn (meaning "raven")... [more]
Bycraft English (American, Rare, ?)
Found mostly in the American Great Lakes region and Canada, likely a singular extended family. Likely of 6th century English descent, though there are very few English natives who bear the name. Name either refers to the occupation running some sort of mill machine, the original holder living near a croft (enclosed pasture or tillage) or implies "craftiness" of its original holder.
Calfee English (American)
Possibly an altered form of Irish Calvey or English Caulfield.
Cambre English (American)
Americanization of Kamper.
Carling English (American)
Americanized form of German Garling or Gerling.
Caroso English (American)
Surname of Panther Caroso from the Star Fox 64 series.
Carrender English (American)
Probably from Scottish kerr meaning "rough, wet ground" combined with ender (possibly related to the end of something). It probably denoted someone who lived between rough, wet ground and normal ground.
Catching English (American)
Americanized variant of German Göttgen.
Cena English (American), English
Cena is a prominently used English name. It is derived from the word "see", however it rather than referring to the ability to see it, what it actually refers to is the inability to see as the other half of the name ("-na") means "naw" a synonym for "no"... [more]
Cestare English (American, Modern)
There is a similar name, Sastre, which is the Spanish form of the surname Sarto, meaning "tailor." The name CESTARE is phonetically similar to Sastre and could be a derivative of that name.... [more]
Chedder English (American)
this name comes from the name cheddar cheese
Chivton English (American)
Portmanteau of Chiovaro and Cranston. First known use in 2023.
Clason English (American)
Americanized spelling of Dutch Claasen.
Clester English (American)
Probably an Americanized form of Dutch Klooster .
Clinger English (American)
Americanized spelling of German Klinger.Possibly a variant of Clinker. an English occupational name for a maker or fixer of bolts and rivets.
Clore English (American)
Americanized spelling of German Klor (from a short form of the medieval personal name Hilarius (see Hillary) or Klar).
Coles English, Scottish, Irish, German (Anglicized), English (American)
English: from a Middle English pet form of Nicholas.... [more]
Corder French (Anglicized, Archaic), English (American)
Linked to both English, French and Spanish origin. Cordier, Cordero, Corder- one who makes cord. Can refer to both the act of making cords (rope), cores of fire wood, or actual location names.... [more]
Core English (American), German (Anglicized)
Core is the anglicized form of the German surname Kohr, also spelled Kürr. Alternately, it is an English name of Flemish origin.
Corso Italian, English (American), Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Either derived from the given name Bonaccorso or taken from Italian and Spanish corso, denoting someone who lived in Corsica.
Costic English (American)
Americanized form of Polish, Ukrainian and Rusyn Kostyk, Slovak and Czech Kostik and in some cases possibly also of Serbian Kostić or Croatian and Serbian Koštić.
Craft English (American)
Variant of Croft and Americanized spelling of Kraft.
Croom English (American)
Americanized spelling of Krumm.
Crumbaugh English (American)
Americanised form of German Krumbach or Swiss German Grumbach.
Cunnington English (American)
Scottish linked to {Marshall}
Daisy English (American)
Taken from the given name Daisy
Darter English (American)
variant of Daughter
Debaun English (American), Dutch
Americanized form of De Boon.
Degitz English (American)
An Americanized form of the Dutch surname DeGitz.
Delaney English (American)
It Oragionally Came From The Norman Surname Dulaney And The Irish... [more]
Deutschlander English (American), German
Name given to a person from Germany.
Dickensheets English (American)
Americanized spelling of German Dickenscheid, a habitational name from a place named Dickenschied in the Hunsrück region. The place name is from Middle High German dicke ‘thicket’, ‘woods’ + -scheid (often schied) ‘border area’ (i.e. ridge, watershed), ‘settler’s piece of cleared (wood)land’.
Dickson English (American)
This surname means son of Dick and son of Richard.
Dills English (American)
1 Variant spelling of Dutch Dils .... [more]
Dollar Scottish, English (American)
Scottish: habitational name from Dollar in Clackmannanshire.... [more]
Eagleburger English (American)
Americanized form of German Adelberger, a habitational name for someone from a place called Adelberg near Stuttgart.
Earhart English (American)
Americanized spelling of German Ehrhardt.
Eastvold English (American)
Anglicized form of the Norwegian surname Østvold.
Eberly Upper German, German (Swiss), English (American)
Variant of Eberle, which is a diminutive of Eberhard.
Echelbarger English (American)
Americanized spelling of German Eichelberger.
Eigo English (American), Estonian, Irish, Filipino
Likely is a variant of "necessary" in Irish and derived from the given name Eigo.
Eilish f Irish, English (American)
From the given name Eilish.
Eisenhower English (American)
American form of German Eisenhauer. A notable bearer was Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), president of the United States between 1953 and 1961. His ancestors immigrated to Pennsylvania from Germany in the 1740s and at some point the spelling changed from Eisenhauer to Eisenhower.
Ervin English (American)
meaning : little hare
Escue American (South), English (American)
Likely a variant form of English Askew; also compare Eskew. This surname is concentrated in Tennessee.
Failor English (American)
Americanized spelling of German Failer or Fehler, variants of Feiler.
Falaas English (American, Rare)
Maybe an americanized form of Falås.
Fazbear English (American)
The last name of the fictional character "Freddy Fazbear".