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STRIBLING EnglishFrom a medieval nickname for a youthful or inexperienced person (from Middle English
stripling "youth").
STRINGFELLOW EnglishNickname for a powerful man, Middle English streng ‘mighty’, ‘strong’ + felaw ‘fellow’ (see Fellows).
STROH English, GermanMeans "straw" when translated from German, indicating a thin man, a person with straw-colored hair, or a dealer of straw.
STUCKEY EnglishStuckey was first found in Devonshire where they held family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence diminished after the battle of Hastings in 1066. For the next three centuries the Norman ambience prevailed...
[more] STUKELEY EnglishFrom a surname meaning "woodland clearing with tree stumps" in Old English.
STYLINSON English (British)Juxtaposed names Styles and Tomlinson, used to represent (relation)ship between Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles (Larry Stylinson).
SUCKLING EnglishFrom a medieval nickname for someone of childlike appearance or childish character (from Middle English
suckling "infant still feeding on its mother's milk"). Sir John Suckling (1609-1642) was an English poet and dramatist.
SUGG English (British)Surname of internet personalities Zoe and Joe Sugg. Zoe is known as Zoella on the website YouTube and has a book on sale called "Girl Online". Joe is also a YouTuber.
SUMMER English, GermanFrom Middle English
sum(m)er, Middle High German
sumer "summer", hence a nickname for someone of a warm or sunny disposition, or for someone associated with the season of summer in some other way.
SUMMERHAYS EnglishProbably means "person living by a summer enclosure (where animals were grazed on upland pastures in the summer)" (from Middle English
sumer "summer" +
hay "enclosure").
SUMMERLEE English (Rare)This surname is originated from Old English
sumer meaning "summer" and
leah meaning "clearing, meadow."
SUMMERSET EnglishRegional surname for someone from
Somerset, an area in England. The name is derived from Old English
sumer(tun)saete meaning "dwellers at the summer settlement".
SUMTER EnglishThis surname is derived from an official title. 'the sumpter.' Old French sommetier, a packhorseman, one who carried baggage on horseback
SUNDERLAND EnglishHabitational name from any of the locations with the name 'Sunderland', most notably the port city County Durham. This, along with other examples in Lancashire, Cumbria and Northumberland derives from either Old English
sundor 'seperate' and
land 'land' or Old Norse
suðr 'southern' and
land 'land' (see
SUTHERLAND)...
[more] SURREY EnglishRegional name for someone from the county of Surrey.
SURRIDGE EnglishFrom the medieval personal name
Seric, a descendant of both Old English
Sǣrīc, literally "sea power", and
Sigerīc, literally "victory power".
SURRIDGE EnglishOriginally meant "person from Surridge", Devon ("south ridge").
SURRIDGE EnglishMeant "person from the south" (from Old French
surreis "southerner").
SUSSEX EnglishDerived from an English county name meaning "region of the Saxons from the south" in Old English.
SUTTER German, EnglishEnglish and South German occupational name for a shoemaker or cobbler (rarely a tailor), from Middle English
suter,
souter, Middle High German
suter,
sutære (from Latin
sutor, an agent derivative of
suere ‘to sew’).
SUTTERFIELD EnglishPossibly derives from the Old English word ''sutere'', and the Latin word ''sutor'', meaning a shoemaker.
SWAILE EnglishRecorded in the spellings of Swaile, Swale and Swales, this is an English surname. It is locational, and according to the famous Victorian etymologist Canon Charles Bardsley, originates from either a hamlet called Swallow Hill, near Barnsley in Yorkshire, with Swale being the local dialectal pronunciation and spelling...
[more] SWAIN Scottish, Irish, EnglishNorthern 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] SWAN English, ScottishOriginally given as a nickname to a person who was noted for purity or excellence, which were taken to be attributes of the swan, or who resembled a swan in some other way. In some cases it may have been given to a person who lived at a house with the sign of a swan...
[more] SWANWICK EnglishHabitational name from Swanwick in Derbyshire, possibly also Swanwick in Hampshire. Both are named from Old English
swan, "herdsman," and
wic, "outlying dairy farm."
SWARTZLANDER English (American)Americanized form of German Schwarzländer, a habitational name for someone from an area of Bavaria known as Schwarzland ‘the black land’, from Middle High German swarz ‘black’ + land ‘land’.
SWASEY EnglishUnexplained. Possibly an Anglicized form of Dutch
Swijse(n), variant of
Wijs "wise" (see
WISE).
SWETT EnglishDerived from the old English words
"swete" and
"swot".
SWING EnglishProbably an Americanized spelling of German
SCHWING or from Middle High German zwinc meaning "legal district", hence possibly a metonymic occupational name for a district administrator.
SWINTON English, ScottishFrom various place names composed of Old English
swin "pig, wild boar" and
tun "settlement, enclosure".
SWITSER EnglishEither (i) from the medieval nickname
Swetesire (literally "sweet sir, amiable master"), applied sarcastically either to someone who used the expression liberally as a form of address or to someone with a
de-haut-en-bas manner; or (ii) an anglicization of
Schweitzer (from Middle High German
swīzer "Swiss person").
SYKES EnglishEnglish Surname (mainly Yorkshire): topographic name for someone who lived by a stream in a marsh or in a hollow, from Middle English syke ‘marshy stream’, ‘damp gully’, or a habitational name from one of the places named with this word, in Lancashire and West Yorkshire.
SYMERE English (American, Rare)Name of unknown origin, typically used in the United States. It is best known as the real first name of American rapper Lil Uzi Vert.
SYNGE English (British)First found in Shropshire where they had been anciently seated as Lords of the Manor of Bridgenorth, from the time of the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 A.D.
SYRETT EnglishEither (i) from the medieval male personal name
Syred (from Old English
Sigerǣd, literally "victory-counsel"); or (ii) from the medieval female personal name
Sigerith (from Old Norse
Sigfrithr, literally "victory-lovely").
TALBERT English, FrenchFrom a continental Germanic personal name composed of the elements
tal "valley" and
berth "bright".
TALBOT English, NormanDisputed origin, but likely from a Germanic given name composed of the elements
tal "to destroy" and
bod "message". In this form the name is also found in France, taken there apparently by English immigrants; the usual French form is
TALBERT.
TALLANT English (British, ?), Norman, IrishEnglish (of Norman origin) occupational name for a tailor or nickname for a good swordsman, from
taillant ‘cutting’, present participle of Old French
tailler ‘to cut’ (Late Latin
taliare, from
talea ‘(plant) cutting’)...
[more] TALLENT EnglishHabitational name from Talland in Cornwall, which is thought to be named as ‘hill-brow church site’, from Cornish
tal +
lann.
TALLON English, Irish, Norman, FrenchEnglish and Irish (of Norman origin), and French from a Germanic personal name derived from
tal ‘destroy’, either as a short form of a compound name with this first element (compare
TALBOT) or as an independent byname...
[more] TANCOCK EnglishFrom a shortened variant of the male personal name
ANDREW, with the suffix -
cock (literally "cockerel", hence "jaunty or bumptious young man"), that was often added to create pet-forms of personal names in the Middle Ages.
TANGUAY French, EnglishFrom a personal name, a contraction of
Tanneguy, from Breton
tan meaning 'fire', and
ki meaning 'dog', which was the name of a 6-th century Christian saint associated with Paul Aurelian.
TARBELL EnglishTarbell is an alteration of the English placename Turville in Buckinghamshire in England.
TATLOCK EnglishProbably a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place in Lancashire or Cheshire, where the surname occurs most frequently.
TAUNTON EnglishHabitational name from Taunton in Somerset, Taunton Farm in Coulsdon, Surrey, or Tanton in North Yorkshire. The Somerset place name was originally a combination of a Celtic river name (now the Tone, possibly meaning ‘roaring stream’) + Old English
tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’...
[more] TEACH EnglishThis surname is derived from the Middle English phrase "at asche," meaning at,or near the ash tree.
TEFFT EnglishVariant of English
TAFT. This surname was already well established in Connecticut and Rhode Island by 1715.
TELFER Scottish, English, ItalianFrom a personal name based on a byname for a strong man or ferocious warrior, from Old French
taille or
tailler "to cut" +
fer "iron" Latin:
ferrum "iron" (see
TAGLIAFERRO).
TEMPEST English (British)English (Yorkshire): nickname for someone with a blustery temperament, from Middle English, Old French tempest(e) ‘storm’ (Latin tempestas ‘weather’, ‘season’, a derivative of tempus ‘time’).
TEMPLE English, FrenchOccupational name or habitational name for someone who was employed at or lived near one of the houses ("temples") maintained by the Knights Templar, a crusading order so named because they claimed to occupy in Jerusalem the site of the old temple (Middle English, Old French temple, Latin templum)...
[more] TEMPLETON EnglishDerived from
Templeton, from the English words 'temple' and 'town'.
TERSE EnglishThis name means literally curt, short or stiff. Similar to Stiff (surname) (see
STIFF under user submitted names) Not very commonly used. If you're looking for a name for a fictional character who is either an antagonist or just likes to stir things up, you could probably use this.
TERWILLIGER EnglishAn anglicized version of the Dutch surname,
Der Willikeur, meaning "a by-law; a statute". Also,
Der willige-waar, means "serviceable ware", or "ware that sells well" and could be related as well.
TEWKSBURY EnglishDerived from
Tewkesbury, a market town and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. It is named in Old English with the (otherwise unattested) given name
Teodec, and
byrig meaning "fortified place".
THACKERY EnglishEnglish (Yorkshire) habitational name from Thackray in the parish of Great Timble, West Yorkshire, now submerged in Fewston reservoir. It was named with Old Norse
þak ‘thatching’, ‘reeds’ +
(v)rá ‘nook’, ‘corner’.
THAIN Scots, EnglishOccupational surname meaning a nobleman who served as an attendant to royals or who was awarded land by a king.
THANE Scots, EnglishOccupational surname meaning a nobleman who served as an attendant to royals or who was awarded land by a king. Variant of
THAIN.
THEALL EnglishTheall is a rare English surname. It originates from the British town of Theale.
THISTLETHWAITE EnglishA surname found in Lancashire in north west England, taken from the name of a minor place in the parish of Lancaster which meant "meadow overgrown with thistles" from Middle English
thistle and
thwaite "meadow" (cf...
[more] THOREAU EnglishLast name of famous American author, naturalist, transcendentalist, tax resister, development critic, sage writer and philosopher, Henry David Thoreau.
THORNBURG EnglishThe name Thornburg comes from the Old English
thorn broc, because the original bearers lived near a "stream by the thorns" in Buckinghamshire and North Yorkshire.
THORNHILL EnglishHabitational name from any of various places named Thornhill, for example in Derbyshire, West Yorkshire, Dorset, and Wiltshire, from Old English
þorn "thorn bush" +
hyll "hill".
THORNLEY EnglishDerived from
Thornley, which is the name of three villages in England (two are located in the county of Durham, the third in Lancashire). All three villages derive their name from Old English
þorn "thorn" and Old English
leah "clearing (in a wood), glade", which gives their name the meaning of "the thorny glade"...
[more] THRALL EnglishEnglish status name from Old English
þr?l ‘thrall’, ‘serf’ (from Old Norse
þræll).
THREEPWOOD EnglishThe last name of the main pirate character in Lucaart's Monkey Island.
THUNDERCLOUD EnglishThis was the last name of a person I saw on YouTube. It was actually their last name. I am not joking at all. According to this site, it ranks 128,249 out of 162,253. It's a pretty badass last name...
[more] TIDD EnglishThis Old English Surname was derived from a hill named after its resemblance to a
teat or
tead (mammary gland) of which Tidd is a variant. That name became a name for the locale and further by extension for its people...
[more] TIFFANY EnglishFrom the medieval female personal name
Tiffania (Old French
Tiphaine, from Greek
Theophania, a compound of
theos "God" and
phainein "to appear"). This name was often given to girls born around the feast of Epiphany.
TILNEY EnglishUsed in farming familys back in the 18th century but its still living true! but this very rare and uniqe name is only used in three family in australia.
TIM Englishhttps://www.houseofnames.com/tim-family-crest
TIMBERLEY American, English (Rare)Means "timber clearing" in English. From the Middle English words tymber, meaning wood trees, and leah, meaning clearing. The name's origin be related to tree farming....
[more] TIMM German, Dutch, EnglishEnglish: probably from an otherwise unrecorded Old English personal name, cognate with the attested Continental Germanic form
Timmo. This is of uncertain origin, perhaps a short form of
DIETMAR...
[more] TINSLEY EnglishFrom a place name in England composed of the unattested name
Tynni and Old English
hlaw "hill, mound, barrow".
TIPPETTS English (American)Tippetts Recorded as Tipp, Tippe, diminutives Tippell, Tippets, Tipping, patronymics Tippett, Tipples, Tippins, and possibly others, this is a medieval English surname. ...
[more] TOLIVAR Asturian (Modern, Rare), English (Rare)Variant of
TOLLIVER. Apparently, this name may have originated in Candamo, Asturias, in the 18th (or earlier) century. The "var" last syllable may be related to "fer," and the meaning may be related to iron, e.g. iron miner, iron refiner, etc...
[more] TOLL EnglishA surname given to a person who lived near a clump of trees.
TONE EnglishWas first found in Leicestershire where Ralph de Toni received lands of the Lordship of Belvoir for his services as Standard bearer at Hastings in 1066 A.D.
TOOKE English (Rare)This unusual English surname is of pre 7th century Old Scandinavian origin.
TOON EnglishFrom the Old English word
tun meaning "enclosure, yard, town"
TORKINGTON EnglishFrom the name of a place in Greater Manchester, originally meaning "Tork's settlement" (Tork being a name or nickname combined with Old English
tun meaning "enclosure, yard, town").
TOVEY EnglishFrom the Old Norse male personal name
TÓFI, a shortened form of various compound names beginning with
Thorf- or
Thorv- (e.g.
Thorvaldr), based on the name of the thunder god
Thórr...
[more] TOWNLEY EnglishHabitational name for a person from Towneley near Burnley in Lancashire, itself from the Old English elements
tun "enclosure, settlement" and
leah "wood, clearing"...
[more] TRAIN EnglishEnglish (Devon): 1. metonymic occupational name for a trapper or hunter, from Middle English trayne, Old French traine ‘guile’, ‘snare’, ‘trap’. ...
[more] TRAYNOR EnglishDerives from old English word 'trayne' which means to trap or to snare. Also an occupational name given to horse trainers. First found in Yorkshire, England in the 1300s.
TREACHER EnglishFrom a medieval nickname for a tricky or deceptive person (from Old French
tricheor "trickster, cheat").
TREADWELL EnglishOccupational name for a fuller, a person who cleaned and shrunk newly woven cloth by treading it. It is derived from Middle English
tred(en) "to tread" and
well "well".
TRIPPIER EnglishThis surname is derived from an occupation. 'a tripherd,' a goatherd, Yorkshire and Lancashire. 'Trip, a flock of sheep, a herd of swine or goats' (Halliwell).
TROLLOPE EnglishLocational surname derived from
Trolhop, the original name of Troughburn, a place in Northumberland, England. The place name means "troll valley" from Old Norse
troll "troll, supernatural being" and
hop "enclosed valley, enclosed land"...
[more] TROTT English"Trott" is an early recorded surname of the 17th century in America. It is five hundred years older when linked to Medieval Britain.
TROTTER English, Scottish, GermanNorthern English and Scottish: occupational name for a messenger, from an agent derivative of Middle English
trot(en) 'to walk fast' (Old French
troter, of Germanic origin). ...
[more] TROW EnglishNickname for a trustworthy person, from Middle English trow(e), trew(e) 'faithful', 'steadfast'.
TRUE EnglishThis surname is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and has three distinct possible sources, each with its own history and derivation. ...
[more] TRUETT EnglishEnglish habitational name from Trewhitt in Northumbria, named from Old Norse
tyri ‘dry resinous wood’ + possibly an Old English
wiht ‘river bend’.
TRUMP EnglishMetonymic occupational name for a trumpeter, from Middle English
trumpe "trumpet".
TRUSTY EnglishThis is a late medieval occupation descriptive name given to a professional witness, in effect an early Solicitor, the name deriving from the Olde French "Attester" - one who testifies or vouches for a contract or agreement.
TUCKERTON EnglishDerived from Old English tucian meaning "offend, torment", and
tun "enclosure, yard".
TUMBER EnglishEnglish: habitational name from any of the various places so called from their situation on a stream with this name. Humber is a common prehistoric river name, of uncertain origin and meaning.
TUNSTALL EnglishHabitational name for someone from any of the various locations in England named Tunstall, derived from Old English
tun meaning "enclosure, garden, farm" and
steall meaning "position, place, site".
TUPPEN EnglishIt comes from people who shepherds. The word tup refers to a male sheep, and pen comes from where the sheep were kept. Tupping is a word used to refer to the mating of sheep and may also be related.
TURNEY English, NormanHabitational name from places in France called Tournai, Tournay, or Tourny. All named with the pre-Roman personal name
TURNUS and the locative suffix
-acum.
TUTTLE English, English (American), IrishDerived from the Old Norse given name
Þorkell, derived from the elements
þórr (see
THOR) and
ketill "cauldron". The name evolved into
Thurkill and
Thirkill in England and came into use as a given name in the Middle Ages...
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