English Submitted Surnames

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WILDRICK English
From German Wildreich, a medieval personal name, from Old High German wildi "wild".
WILDSMITH English
Probably means "maker of wheels, wheelwright".
WILES English
Occupational name for a trapper or hunter, from Middle English wile "trap, snare". It could also be a nickname for a devious person.
WILK Polish, Scottish, English
Polish: from Polish wilk ‘wolf’, probably from an Old Slavic personal name containing this element, but perhaps also applied as a nickname for someone thought to resemble a wolf or connected with wolves.... [more]
WILKES English, Frisian
English: patronymic from WILK.... [more]
WILL Scottish, English, German
Scottish and northern English from the medieval personal name WILL, a short form of WILLIAM, or from some other medieval personal names with this first element, for example WILBERT or WILLARD... [more]
WILLETT English
From a pet form of WILL, or an Americanized form of French OUELLETTE.
WILLING English
Patronymic from the Old English personal name Willa.
WILLINGHAM English
Habitational name from a place named Willingham, notably one in Cambridgeshire and one in Suffolk. The first is recorded in Domesday Book as Wivelingham "homestead (Old English hām) of the people of a man called Wifel".
WILLMAN English
Occupational name for someone who was the servant of a man called WILL.
WILLOCK English
From the medieval male personal name Willoc, a pet-form based on the first syllable of any of a range of Old English compound names beginning with willa "will, desire".
WILLOWS English (British)
This is an English residential or perhaps occupational surname. It may originate from one of the various places in England called 'The Willows', or even a place such as Newton le Willows in Lancashire, or it may describe a supplier of willow.
WILLS English
Patronymic from WILL.
WIMP English
The surname has at least two origins. The first is occupational and describes a maker of 'wimplels', an Old English veil later much associated with nuns. Second, it may also be locational from the village of Whimple in Devonshire, or Wimpole in Cambridge.
WIMPEY English
Perhaps a deliberate alteration of IMPEY. It is borne by George Wimpey, a British construction company, founded in Hammersmith, London in 1880 by George Wimpey (1855-1913)... [more]
WIN Dutch, English
Dutch: variant of WINNE. ... [more]
WINCHEL English
from Old English wencel ‘child’, perhaps used to distinguish a son from his father with the same forename or perhaps a nickname for a person with a baby face or childlike manner
WIND English, German, Danish
Nickname for a swift runner, from Middle English wind "wind", Middle High German wint "wind", also "greyhound".
WIND English
Topographic name for someone who lived near a pathway, alleyway, or road, Old English (ge)wind (from windan "to go").
WINDHAM English, Irish (Anglicized)
English habitational name from Wyndham in West Sussex, near West Grinstead, probably named from an unattested Old English personal name WINDA + Old English hamm ‘water meadow’; or from Wymondham in Leicestershire and Norfolk, named from the Old English personal name WIGMUND (see WYMAN) + Old English ham ‘homestead’... [more]
WINEGARDNER English (American)
Anglicized form of the German occupational surname WEINGARTNER. A known bearer of this surname is the American writer Mark Winegardner (b. 1961).
WINFORD English
English location name meaning "from a white ford or water crossing" or "from a meadow ford".
WINFREY English
From the Old English personal name WINFRITH, literally "friend-peace". A famous bearer of this surname is Oprah Winfrey (1954-), a US television talk-show presenter.
WINKLE English
it's said to originate from the village of Wincle, near the town of Macclesfield in the county of Cheshire.
WINKS English
Variant of Winch
WINNE Dutch, English
Dutch: occupational name for an agricultural worker, Middle Low German winne ‘peasant’. ... [more]
WINNEY English
Derived from an unattested Old English given name, *Wyngeofu, composed of the elements wyn "joy" and geofu "battle".... [more]
WINNICK English (Rare)
Habitational name for someone from a place called Winwick, for example in Northamptonshire or Cambridgeshire, both of which are named from the Old English personal name Wina + wic 'outlying dairy farm or settlement'.
WINSETT English
From an English surname of unexplained origin, perhaps related to WINSLOW, WINSTON or WINDSOR.
WINSTANLEY English
Means "person from Winstanley", Lancashire ("Wynnstān's glade", Wynnstān being an Old English male personal name, literally "joy-stone"; cf. WINSTON)... [more]
WINTERBOURN English
A variant spelling of the surname WINTERBOURNE, means "winter stream", a stream or river that is dry through the summer months.
WINTERBOURNE English (British)
Probably meaning "winter stream". A large village in Gloucestershire, From the Thomas Hardy novel "The Woodlanders".
WINTERFIELD English
From the English words "Winter" and "Field".
WINTERS English, German
Patronymic form of WINTER.
WINTERSON English
Patronymic form of WINTER.
WISE English
Nickname for a wise or learned person, or in some cases a nickname for someone suspected of being acquainted with the occult arts, from Middle English wise "wise" (Old English wis). This name has also absorbed Dutch Wijs, a nickname meaning "wise", and possibly cognates in other languages.
WISH English
Topographic name for someone who lived by a water meadow or marsh, Middle English wyshe (Old English wisc). Americanized spelling of Wisch.
WITEK Polish, English (Rare)
from the personal name WIT, a short form of WITOLD, a derivative of Lithuanian Vytautas, a compound of vyti 'to guide' + tauta 'the people'... [more]
WITHALL English
"Withall" comes from the village of "Cornwall" called "Withiel." There is also a connection to an aristocratic level, in the 15th at Henry VII court a noble man and knight went under the family name "Wit-hall"... [more]
WITHYCOMBE English
Willow Valley. ... [more]
WOLFHARD English (Rare)
This name derives from the Old High German name “Wolfhard”, composed of two elements: the “*-wulfaz” (wolf) plus “*harduz / *hardu-” (hard, strong, brave, valiant, powerful one). In turn the name means “the one who is strong like a wolf”.
WOLFIT English
From the medieval male personal name Wolfet or Wolfat (from Old English Wulfgēat, literally "wolf-Geat" (the name of a Germanic people)). This surname was borne by Sir Donald Wolfit (1902-1968), a British actor and manager.
WOLFRAM English, German
From the given name WOLFRAM.
WOLFSON English
Means "son of WOLF" in English.
WOLSEY English
From the medieval male personal name Wulsi (from Old English Wulfsige, literally "wolf-victory"). A famous bearer of the surname was English churchman and statesman Thomas Wolsey (Cardinal Wolsey), ?1475-1530.
WOLSTENHOLME English (British, Rare)
A famous bearer is Chris Wolstenholme, bassist and sometimes vocalist of British alternative rock band Muse.
WOLSTON English
From the Middle English personal name WOLFSTAN or WOLSTAN, Old English WULFSTAN, composed of the elements wulf ‘wolf’ + stan stone or a habitational name from any of a large number of places called Woolston(e) or Wollston, all of which are named with Old English personal names containing the first element Wulf (Wulfheah, Wulfhelm, Wulfric, Wulfsige, and Wulfweard) + Old English tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
WOLVERIDGE English (British)
Derived from the personal name WULFRIC.
WOODBINE English (Rare)
From the English word "woodbine" that means "honeysuckle(plant)"in English.It seems uncommon in the English-speak culture for a surname.Also some American place names,too.
WOODBRIDGE English
Originated in old England and likely linked to the town of Woodbridge in Suffolk, East Anglia, United Kingdom. Well known Woodbridge's include the Australian Tennis player Todd Woodbridge. There was a famous lineage of six English John Woodbridge's in the fourteenth to seventeenth centuries, all Church ministers... [more]
WOODFALL English
English surname used as a first name. The name means "dweller by a fold in the woods" - in this case, "fold" means "sheep-pen".... [more]
WOODFORK English
"fork in the road in woodland"
WOODGER English (British)
Woodger comes from the occupation of wood cutter in old english
WOODLEY English (American)
"From the wooded meadow". The actress Shailene Woodley's last surname
WOODLOCK Irish, French, English
From an Old English personal name, WUDLAC, composed of the elements wudu ‘wood’ + lac ‘play’, ‘sport’.
WOODMAN English
Occupational name for a woodcutter or a forester (compare WOODWARD), or topographic name for someone who lived in the woods. ... [more]
WOODNUT English
From a rare Anglo-Saxon personal name meaning "bold as Wade" and meant to honor the legendary Germanic sea-giant named WADE.
WOODRUFF English
Topographic name for someone who lived on a patch of land where woodruff grew, Anglo-Saxon wudurofe composed of wudu "wood" with a second element of unknown origin.
WOODSON English
From a location in Yorkshire, England earlier spelled Woodsome and meaning "from the houses in the wood" or possibly a patronymic meaning "descendant of a wood cutter or forester."
WOODWIN English (British)
Mix of words "Wood" and "Win".
WOOLDRIDGE English
From the medieval personal name Wolrich (from Old English Wulfrīc, literally "wolf-power").
WOOLGAR English
From the medieval male personal name Wolgar (from Old English Wulfgār, literally "wolf-spear").
WOOLLEY English
A habitational name from any of various places so-called. Most, including those in Berkshire, Cambridgeshire, and West Yorkshire in England, are derived from the Old English wulf, meaning "wolf", and leah, meaning "wood" or "clearing"... [more]
WOOLNOUGH English
From the medieval male personal name Wolnoth or Wolnaugh (from Old English Wulfnōth, literally "wolf-daring").
WOOTEN English
Habitational name from any of the extremely numerous places named with Old English wudu "wood" + tun "enclosure", "settlement",
WORDEN English
Guardian
WORKMAN English
Ostensibly an occupational name for a laborer, derived from Middle English work and man. According to a gloss, the term was used in the Middle Ages to denote an ambidextrous person, and the surname may also be a nickname in this sense.
WORLEY English
mostly found in Lancashire and Sussex. very old english surname. something to do with a hill near a stream.
WORSHIP English (British)
Registered with the Guild of One Name Studies... [more]
WORSLEY English
Anglo-Saxon origin, and is a locational surname from either of the places called Worsley in Lancashire and in Worcestershire. The place in Lancashire was recorded as "Werkesleia" in 1196, and means Weorchaeth's wood or glade, derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century personal name "Weorchaeth", from weorc, work, fortification, and leah, a wood, or clearing in a wood... [more]
WORTH English
From the Old English WORÞ, meaning "enclosure".
WORTHINGTON English
Habitational name from places in Lancashire and Leicestershire named Worthington; both may have originally been named in Old English as WURÐINGTUN "settlement (Old English tun) associated with Wurð", but it is also possible that the first element was Old English worðign, a derivative of worð ‘enclosure’.
WOULFE English, Irish
English: variant spelling of WOLF. ... [more]
WRANGLER English
Given to a person who worked as a wrangler.
WREN English
Nickname from the bird, Middle English wrenne, probably in reference to its small size.
WRENN English
Derived from the surname Wren... [more]
WRIGHTSON English
Means "son of Wright".
WURÐINGTUN English
Habitational name from places in Lancashire and Leicestershire named Worthington; both may have originally been named in Old English as Wurðingtun "settlement (Old English tun) associated with Wurð", but it is also possible that the first element was Old English worðign, a derivative of worð ‘enclosure’.
WYCHERLEY English
Derived from a place name apparently meaning "elm-wood clearing" from Old English wice and leah. A famous bearer was the dramatist William Wycherley (1640-1715).
WYLDE English (British)
It is a nickname for a person who was of wild or undisciplined character. Looking back even further, the name was originally derived from the Old English word "wilde," meaning "untamed" or "uncivilized."... [more]
WYLDEN English
Variant of Wilden.
WYLER English
English: variant of WHEELER or a respelling of Jewish WEILER.
WYMER English
Either (i) from the medieval male personal name Wymer (from Old English Wīgmǣr, literally "war-famous"); or (ii) from the Old Breton male personal name Wiumarch, literally "worthy-horse".
WYNN Welsh, English
The surname Wynn ,(also spelled Winn, and Gwynn), is derived from the Welsh element, Gwynn, which can loosely be translated as "white" or "fair". It features in the name of the North Welsh kingdom of Gwynedd, (meaning "white head" or "white land")... [more]
WYNTER English
Variant of WINTER.
WYOMING English (American)
From the name of the US state.
XAVIER English, French
Derived from the Basque place name Etxaberri meaning "the new house". This was the surname of the Jesuit priest Saint Francis Xavier (1506-1552). He was a missionary to India, Japan, China, and other areas in East Asia, and he is the patron saint of the Orient and missionaries.
XAVIERSON English (Rare)
Means “son of Xavier”.
YABSLEY English
It is believed to be a derived spelling of Abboldesi, a place now more commonly known as Abbotsley or Abbotsleigh. However, the original surname had nothing to do with "Abbots" in any spelling, and derives from to the Olde English pre 7th Century personal name "Eadbeald" meaning "Prosperity-bold".
YARDLEY English
Habitational name for someone from any of the various locations in England named Yardley, derived from Old English gierd meaning "branch, twig, pole, stick" and leah meaning "wood, clearing".
YARDY English
The most likely origin of this surname is that it was used to denote someone who held a piece of land known as a "yarde", from the Middle English word "yerd".
YAW Irish, English, Chinese
Irish: reduced and altered Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Eochadha Chinese : Cantonese variant of Qiu.
YAXLEY English
Meant "person from Yaxley", Cambridgeshire and Suffolk ("glade where cuckoos are heard").
YEAGER English, Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of German JÄGER.
YEATS English
Scottish and northern English variant spelling of YATES.
YELLEY English (British)
The surname Yelley was first found in Oxfordshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed... [more]
YELLMAN English
Yellman comes from the English words yell and man creating Yellman. The last name Yellman was also given to a person who consistently yelled a lot.
YELLOW English
Nickname for someone who has yellow hair; wore yellow clothing or has a yellow complexion
YETTS English
Variant of YATES
YEWDALE English
Derived from Yewdale, which is the name of a village near the town of Skelmersdale in Lancashire. Its name means "valley of yew trees", as it is derived from Middle English ew meaning "yew tree" combined with Middle English dale meaning "dale, valley".... [more]
YOAKUM English (American)
Americanized version of Jochim
YOCUM German (Anglicized), English
Americanized form of Jochum, a Low German form of the given name Joachim.
YONOVER English (British)
The surname Yonover was first found in Somerset where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor.
YORE English (Rare)
Not available.
YORKE English
Variant of YORK.
YORKEY English
Variant spelling of YORK.
YORKMAN English
Variant form of YORK.
YORKS English
Variant of YORK.
YOUNGBLOOD English
Americanisation of the German surname Jungbluth.
YOUNGER English, American
English (mainly Borders) from Middle English yonger ‘younger’, hence a distinguishing name for, for example, the younger of two bearers of the same personal name. In one case, at least, however, the name is known to have been borne by an immigrant Fleming, and was probably an Americanized form of Middle Dutch jongheer ‘young nobleman’ (see JONKER)... [more]
YOUNGSON English
Means "son of YOUNG".
YVENSON English
Meaning, "son of EVAN" or "son of IVAN."
ZACHARY English
A reference to Sacheverell, a location in Normandy. May also refer to the given name Zacharias, meaning "to remember God," or "the Lord recalled."
ZACHER English
A reference to Sacheverell, a location in Normandy. May also refer to the given name Zacharias, meaning "to remember God," or "the Lord recalled."
ZACHRY English
A reference to Sacheverell, a location in Normandy. May also refer to the given name Zacharias, meaning "to remember God," or "the Lord recalled."
ZACKERT English, German
An Americanization of the German surnames Zacher and Zachert. It comes from a vernacular form of the personal name Zacharias.
ZACKOWSKI English (American)
Americanized version of the surname ZAKOWSKI
ZALICK English
Comes from the Greek surname Tsalikis.
ZANE English
Meaning unknown. It could be a Americanization of the German surname ZAHN. Zane is also used as a given name.
ZEAGLER English (American)
Americanized spelling of German ZIEGLER.
ZECHES English
The surname Zeches was first found in Silesia, where the name was closely identified in early mediaeval times with the feudal society which would become prominent throughout European history. The name would later be associated with noble family with great influence, having many distinguished branches, and become noted for its involvement in social, economic and political affairs.
ZELLER German, Dutch, English, Jewish
Originally denoted someone from Celle, Germany or someone living near a hermit's cell from German zelle "cell". It is also occupational for someone employed at a zelle, for example a small workshop.
ZESCOI English
derived from the word zesty when used to describe someone
ZIMMON English (American)
Variant of Zinon
ZUEENA English (American, Modern)
The Name Zueena Means Black Feathers & it originated with The Analuka Family of America.
ZUILL English, Scottish
From the town of Zuill, Scotland. The "Z" pronounced as "Y" comes from ancient yogh representing a variety of sounds. The name itself is of unknown origin.
ZYLSTRA Dutch, Frisian, English
Derived from Dutch zijl "canal" or "sluice". Originally indicated someone who lives near a canal or sluice.
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