English Submitted Surnames

English names are used in English-speaking countries. See also about English names.
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Ibbotson English
Diminutive form ("son of" or little) of Hibbs, itself a patronymic, from a diminutive of Hibbert, which derives from a Norman personal name, "Hil(de)bert", composed of the Germanic elements "hild", battle, and "berht" famous.
Ice English
Americanized form of Eis.
Ickes German, English
In German the meaning is unknown.... [more]
Iddenden English (Rare)
Iden as a village name is to be found in both the counties of Kent and Sussex, and describes a pasture, or strictly speaking an area within a marsh suitable for pasture. The origination is the pre 6th century phrase ig-denn with ig meaning an island... [more]
Iddon English
From the Old Norse female personal name Idunn, literally probably "perform love" (cf. Idony).
Iden English
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".
Ignatius English
From the given name Ignatius
Iles English (British), French
English (mainly Somerset and Gloucestershire): topographic name from Anglo-Norman French isle ‘island’ (Latin insula) or a habitational name from a place in England or northern France named with this element.
Illingworth English
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous village in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Immer German, English
German: habitational name for someone from a place named Immer near Oldenburg in Lower Saxony. ... [more]
Immers English
This unusual surname has two origins. ... [more]
Imore English
This unusual surname has two origins. ... [more]
Impey English
From Impey, the name of various places in England, derived from Old English *imphaga, *imphæg "sapling enclosure". Alternatively it could have indicated a person who lived near an enclosure of young trees.
Inan English, Irish
Possibly a variant of Dunn.
Inchbald English
From the medieval male personal name Ingebald, brought into England by the Normans but ultimately of Germanic origin and meaning literally "brave Ingel" (Ingel was a different form of Engel - a shortened form of various Germanic compound personal names (e.g. Engelbert and Engelhard) that begin with Engel-; the two main sources of that were Angel "Angle" (the name of the Germanic people) and Ingal, an extended form of Ing (the name of a Germanic god)).
Ind English (?)
Meaning deweller at the end of a villiage (Gypsy)
Ingalls English, Scandinavian (Anglicized)
Patronymic from the Anglo-Scandinavian personal name Ingell, Old Norse Ingjaldr.... [more]
Ingle English
Derived from the Old Norse given names Ingialdr or Ingólfr.
Ingleston English (British)
Ingleston is an exceptionally rare surname and seems to be posessed by a single family who much grew larger in the 19th century. ... [more]
Inglis English (British), Scottish
Originates from the Scots word for English as in a person of English origin. Around 1395 after a dual, the family name became connected to the Scottish clan Douglas as a sept, or a follower, of the clan... [more]
Ingold English
Derived from the given names Ingell (see Ingle), Ingjaldr or Ingwald.
Ingoldsby English
Habitational name from Ingoldsby in Lincolnshire, named from the Old Norse personal name Ingjaldr + bý meaning "farmstead", "settlement".
Ingraham English, Scottish
Variant spelling of Ingram, influenced by Graham.
Ings English
This surname of Norse origin referring to water meadows and marshes, including those that were part of the Humber flood plain.
Inman English (British)
Anglo-Saxon in Origin. Occupational surname given to a person who "tended a lodge or an inn". Surname first found in Lancashire, England.
Ioane English (New Zealand), English (Australian), American, Samoan, Polynesian, Romanian
May come from the given name John or variants of this name, such as Ion 1.
Iredell English (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Iredale.
Ireland English, Scottish
Ethnic name for someone from Ireland, Old English Iraland. The country gets its name from the genitive case of Old English Iras "Irishmen" and land "land". The stem Ir- is taken from the Celtic name for Ireland, Èriu, earlier Everiu... [more]
Ireton English
Habitational name from either of two places in Derbyshire called Ireton, or one in North Yorkshire called Irton. All of these are named from the genitive case of Old Norse Íri ‘Irishmen’ (see Ireland) + tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.... [more]
Iribe English
1 Southern English: unexplained.... [more]
Irish English
Derived from Ireland
Ironmonger English
From Middle English ire(n)mongere, er(n)mongere meaning "ironmonger; dealer in household goods".
Irons English
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Airaines in Somme, so named from Latin harenas (accusative case) ‘sands’. The form of the name has been altered as a result of folk etymology, an association of the name with the metal... [more]
Ironside English
Possibly from Middle English irenside (Old English iren ‘iron’ + side ‘side’), a nickname for an iron-clad warrior.
Isaac Jewish, English, Welsh, French
Derived from the given name Isaac.
Isabelle French, English
From the given name Isabelle.
Isaiah English
From the given name Isaiah
Isham English
The name of a village in Northamptonshire, England from the Celtic name of a local river Ise and the Anglo-Saxon term for a small settlement or homestead -ham.
Ishmael English
From the given name Ishmael
Isley English
Of Old English origin, derived from a place named Hesli, meaning "a hazel wood or grove".
Ismay English
Matronymic surname from the medieval given name Ismay.
Isom English
Variant of Isham.
Issac English, Spanish
From the given name Issac.
Ivans English
Meaning "son of Ivan
Iverson English (Rare)
Means "son of Iver".
Ives English
Means "son of Ive", a medieval male personal name, brought into England by the Normans but ultimately of Germanic origin, a shortened form of any of a range of compound names beginning with īv "yew" (cf... [more]
Ivey Anglo-Saxon, English
Anglo-Saxon: Ivey is a variant of the Anglo-Saxon baptismal name Ive. It is the Anglo-Saxon equivalent of "Son of Ive".... [more]
Ivory English
Habitational name from Ivry-la-Bataille in Eure, northern France.
Ivsen English (Rare, ?)
Possibly a variant of Ibsen or Iversen.
Izzard English
Derived from the feminine given name Iseut.
Jace English (Rare)
Derived from the given name Jace
Jackett English
From a pet form of the given name Jack.
Jacks English
Possibly derived as a diminutive of the given name Jack. A famous bearer is Canadian singer-songwriter Terry Jacks, best known for his 1974 single 'Seasons in the Sun.'
Jackso English (Rare)
Rare English variant of Jackson.
Jacoby Jewish, English, German
Variant spelling of Jacobi.
Jacoway English (American)
Altered form of the personal name Jacques.
Jacox English
A variant spelling of Jaycox.
Jade English, French
From the given name Jade. It could also indicate someone with jade green eyes.
Jadwin English
"Jadwin" is said to mean "friend of a stonecutter" (Anglo-Saxon jad "stonecutter" + win or "friend.")
Jaggard English
The name Jaggard is rooted in the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture. It was originally a name for someone who worked as a person who tends draughthorses.
Jakeson English
It means "son of Jake"
Jane English
Derived from the given name Jane.
Janet English
Directly from the given name Janet.
Janeway English
Derived from Middle English Janaways, the name for someone from the city of Genoa, Italy. A notable fictional bearer is Kathryn Janeway, the captain of starship USS Voyager on the TV-series 'Star Trek: Voyager' (1995-2001).
Jankins English (American)
Variant of Jenkins.
Janney English
Derived from a diminutive of the Medieval English given name Jan 3. A famous bearer is American actress Allison Janney (1959-).
Jardin French, English
Derived from Old French jardin meaning "enclosure, garden", hence a topographic name for someone who lived by a garden or a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked as a gardener.
Jared English
English: variant of Garrett .
Jarman Norman, English
English surname of Norman origin, derived from the French given name Germain.
Jason English
Probably a patronymic from James or any of various other personal names beginning with J-.
Jaspers English
Derived from the given name Jasper. A famous bearer is the German existential philosopher Karl Jaspers (1883-1969).
Jasperson English
Means "Son of Jasper".
Jaxton English
Means "Jack's town" in English
Jay English, French
Nickname from Middle English, Old French jay(e), gai "jay (the bird)", probably referring to an idle chatterer or a showy person, although the jay was also noted for its thieving habits.
Jaycox English
A patronymic surname from a pet form of the given name Jack.
Jayden English
Surname of the fictional character Norman Jayden, a character from the video game Heavy Rain.
Jaye English
Variant of Jay.
Jaymes English
Variant of James.
Jaynes English (British)
The Jaynes surname is a patronymic name created from the personal name Jan, which was a Middle English variant of the name John, or as "son of Jan.
Jebson English
Meaning "son of Jeb" of uncertain origin but likely English.
Jefcoat English
Means “Son of Geoffrey”.
Jeff English
From the given name Jeff
Jefferies English
Derived from the given name Jeffrey.
Jeffress English
Variant of Jeffries, from the given name Jeffrey.
Jeffrey English
From a Norman personal name that appears in Middle English as Geffrey and in Old French as Je(u)froi. Some authorities regard this as no more than a palatalized form of Godfrey, but early forms such as Galfridus and Gaufridus point to a first element from Germanic gala "to sing" or gawi "region, territory"... [more]
Jefson English
"Son of Jef".
Jenckes English
"Back-formation" of Jenkin, a medieval diminutive of John.
Jencks English
Variant of Jenks
Jenkin English
From the given name Jenkin
Jenks English, Welsh
English (also found in Wales) patronymic from the Middle English personal name Jenk, a back-formation from Jenkin with the removal of the supposed Anglo-Norman French diminutive suffix -in.
Jenner English
Occupational name for an engineer.
Jenness English
English surname, a patronymic from the Middle English personal name Jan 3.
Jepsen English
Variant of Jepson.
Jeremiah English
From the given name Jeremiah
Jeremy English
From the given name Jeremy.
Jerrick English
Perhaps derrived from the place name Jericho.
Jerrold English
From the given name Jerrold.
Jessel English
From a pet-form of Jessop (a medieval male personal name - a different form of Joseph). A literary bearer is Miss Jessel, the governess who has charge of the two troubled and enigmatic children in Henry James's ghost story 'The Turn of the Screw' (1898).
Jessey English (British, Americanized, Rare)
of Hebrew origin. More commonly anglicized as Jesse, it derives from the Hebrew, of the given name .
Jessie English
Possibly a variant of Jessey, an occupational name for someone making jesses (a short strap fastened around the leg of a bird used in falconry).
Jessop English
Variant of Jessup.
Jessup English
From the given name Joseph.
Jethro English
From the given name Jethro.
Jetson English
A patronymic from the personal name Jutt, a pet form of Jordan... [more]
Jew English
Ethnic name for a Jew, from Middle English jeu meaning "Jew" from Old French giu.
Jewett English
A mainly Northern English surname, derived from a pet form of Julian.
Jewitt English
Variant of Jewett.
Jewson English (British)
A patronymic (also potentially matronymic) surname that means "the son of Jull", coming from the element Jull, a diminutive form of the personal name Julian or Juette from Iovis, the Roman god of thunder and the sky combined with the suffix of son.
Jillson English
Variant of Gilson, meaning of "son of Giles".
Jimeno American (Hispanic), English (American)
Jimeno (pronounced He-me-no in English) is a Hispanic last name varient of Gimeno, Ximeno, or Jiménez... [more]
Jimerson English (British), Scottish
Variant of Scottish and northern English Jameson, based on a pet form of the personal name.
Joans English
Means "Son of Joan."
Job English, French, German, Hungarian
English, French, German, and Hungarian from the personal name Iyov or Job, borne by a Biblical character, the central figure in the Book of Job, who was tormented by God and yet refused to forswear Him... [more]
Jocelyn English
Another of the names brought to England in the eleventh century by the Normans, and mentioned in the Domesday Book. Originally a masculine name only.
Joe English
From the given name Joe
Joel English
Derived from the given name Joel.
Joelson English
Means "son of Joel".
Johnny English
From the given name Johnny, which is diminutive of given name John.
Joines English, Welsh (?)
From a (Midlands English) dialectal variant of Jones.
Joline English
From the given name Joline.
Jolley English
The surname Jolley came from the English word jolly.
Jollie English
Variant of Jolly.
Jolly English
From the English word jolly, which is ultimately from Old French joli# ("merry, happy"). Originally a nickname for someone of a cheerful or attractive disposition.
Jonathan English
Derived form the given name Jonathan.
Jonathans English (Rare)
Derived from the given name Jonathan.
Jonson English
Variant of Johnson and English form of Johnsson
Joplin English
Possibly derived from a Middle English diminutive of Geoffrey, a nickname from Middle English joppe "fool", or from the Biblical name Job... [more]
Jordison English
Possibly meaning son of Jordan. This name is surname of American drummer Joey Jordison.
Jorgenson German, English
Respelling of Jørgensen or Jörgensen (see Jorgensen) or the Swedish cognate Jörgensson.
Josephsen English
Variant of Josephson meaning "Son of Joseph."
Joshson English (Rare)
Means “son of Joshua”.
Josiah English
From the given name Josiah
Josias English
From the given name Josias
Joule English
Variant of Joel.
Jourdine French, English
English and French variant of Jordan 1.
Jowell English
Variant of Joel.
Jowett English
From the medieval male personal name Jowet or the female personal name Jowette, both literally "little Jowe", a pet-form of Julian... [more]
Joy English
Either derived directly from the word, indicating a nickname for a joyous person, or a variant of Joyce.
Joyson English
Metronymic of the name Joy from the female given name Joia, deriving from the Middle English, Old French "joie, joye" meaning "joy". It may also be a nickname for a person of a cheerful disposition.
Judah English
From the given name Judah
Judge English, Irish
occupational name for an officer of justice or a nickname for a solemn and authoritative person thought to behave like a judge from Middle English Old French juge "judge" (from Latin iudex from ius "law" and dicere "to say") which replaced the Old English term dema... [more]
Judkins English
Means "decsendent of Jud".
Jukes English
Either a variant of Duke, or patronymic from a short form of the Medieval Breton given name Iudicael (see Jewell).
Jules English
Patronymic or metronymic from a short form of Julian.
Julianson English
This surname means “son of Julian”.
Julip English
Variant of Julep.
July English (African)
Derived from the given name Julius.
Jump English
Perhaps from the English word jump. A notable namesake was American scientist Annie Jump Cannon (1863-1941).
Juniel English (Rare)
Possibly from German jung meaning "young".
Junkins English
Derived from the Middle English given name Jenkin, which was in turn created from a diminutive of the name John, with the suffix "kin," added to the name.
Jurgens English
From the given name Jurgen
Justice English
Simply form the abstract noun "Justice"
Justin French, English, Slovene
From a medieval personal name, Latin Justinus, a derivative of Justus.
Kaigler English (American)
Americanized spelling of Kegler.
Kaine English
Variant of Caine.
Kapity English
Meaning unknown.
Karkus English
Anyone with information about this last name please edit.
Karlson English
Means "Son of Karl".
Karp English
From the given name Karp.
Karpowicz English
Patronymic from Karp.
Karslake English
Variant spelling of Kerslake.
Kasey English
Variant of Casey.
Kasperson English
Means "Son of Kasper".
Kate English
Derived from the given name Kate.
Katherine English
Derived form the given name Katherine.
Kaye English
From the first name Kaye.
Kayler English
Variant of Kaylor.
Kearsley English
Derived from any of the English settlements called Kearsley
Keate English
Variant of KEAT.