English Last Names
- Abbott
Origin:
Aramaic, HebrewMeaning:
"father"
- Abbott
Origin:
Hebrew, AramaicMeaning:
"father"
- Adams
- Addison
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Adam"
- Adley
Origin:
Variation of Hadley
- Ainsworth
Origin:
Place name and surname, EnglishMeaning:
"Ægen's estate; owner of the estate"
- Alder
Origin:
English tree name or surnameMeaning:
"old"
- Allard
Origin:
French and English surnameMeaning:
"noble and brave"
- Allen
Origin:
English and ScottishMeaning:
"handsome, cheerful"
- Alston
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"dweller at the old town"
- Ames
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"friend"
- Anderson
Origin:
English from ScandinavianMeaning:
"son of Anders"
- Andrews
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Andrew"
- Anson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Anne"
- Archer
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"bowman"
- Arden
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"valley of the eagle; high"
- Armstrong
Origin:
English and Scottish surnameMeaning:
"strong arms"
- Ashby
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"ash tree farm"
- Ashford
Origin:
English Surname
- Ashton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"ash trees place"
- Aston
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"eastern settlement"
- Atkinson
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"son of Atkin"
- Auden
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"old friend"
- Austen
Origin:
Literary surname and shortened form of Augustine, LatinMeaning:
"great, magnificent"
- Austin
Origin:
English, shortened form of Augustine, LatinMeaning:
"great, magnificent"
- Averil
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"boar battle"
- Avery
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"ruler of the elves"
- Bailey
Origin:
Occupational nameMeaning:
"law enforcer, bailiff"
- Baird
Origin:
Scottish occupational nameMeaning:
"minstrel, poet"
- Baker
Origin:
English occupational surname
- Banks
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"one who lives on the hillside or riverbank"
- Banner
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"flag bearer"
- Barker
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"tanner"
- Barlow
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"bare hillside"
- Barnes
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"someone who lives or works near the barn"
- Barnett
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"place cleared by burning"
- Barton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"from the barley settlement"
- Bates
Origin:
English diminutive of Bartholomew
- Batten
Origin:
Old EnglishMeaning:
"powerfully built"
- Baxter
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"baker"
- Beaman
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"beekeeper"
- Beck
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"small stream"
- Beckett
Origin:
English and IrishMeaning:
"bee hive, little brook or bee cottage"
- Beckham
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"homestead by the stream"
- Beech
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"beech tree"
- Belden
Origin:
English from FrenchMeaning:
"pretty valley"
- Bell
Origin:
English and Scottish occupational nameMeaning:
"ringer of the bell"
- Bellamy
Origin:
English and Irish from FrenchMeaning:
"fine friend"
- Belles
Origin:
English, Scottish, French, SpanishMeaning:
"bell ringer; handsome, beautiful; beauties"
- Bellow
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"bellows maker"
- Bennett
Origin:
English medieval form of Benedict, LatinMeaning:
"blessed"
- Bennis
Origin:
Dutch, EnglishMeaning:
"son of Benne; from the grassy plain; blessed"
- Benson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Ben"
- Bentley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"meadow with coarse grass"
- Benton
Origin:
English surname and place nameMeaning:
"bent grass enclosure"
- Berkeley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"where birches grow"
- Berry
Origin:
Nature name
- Bettany
Origin:
English surname and herb name
- Bevan
- Beverly
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"dweller near the beaver stream"
- Bevis
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"from Beauvais"
- Bexley
Origin:
English place-name
- Bingham
Origin:
British surnameMeaning:
"homestead at a hollow"
- Birch
Origin:
Tree name
- Bird
Origin:
Nature name
- Bishop
Origin:
English occupational name
- Black
Origin:
Color name
- Blackburn
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"black brook"
- Blake
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"fair-haired, dark"
- Blake
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"fair-haired, dark"
- Blakely
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"dark wood or clearing"
- Blythe
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"happy, carefree"
- Boden
Origin:
English or German surname, variation of Beauden, FrenchMeaning:
"hill shaped like a bow; floor; beautiful"
- Bolton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"dwelling in an enclosure"
- Bond
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"peasant farmer"
- Booker
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"scribe"
- Bowie
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"blond, yellow"
- Boyer
Origin:
English and FrenchMeaning:
"bow-maker, cattle herder"
- Braden
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"wide valley"
- Bradford
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"wide river crossing"
- Bradley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"wide meadow"
- Bradshaw
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"broad forest"
- Brady
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"broad meadow or large-chested"
- Bramble
Origin:
Nature nameMeaning:
"blackberry shrub"
- Branson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of the raven"
- Brantley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"sword, fiery torch"
- Braxton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"Brock's settlement"
- Brayton
- Brett
Origin:
CelticMeaning:
"from Brittany"
- Brewster
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"female brewer"
- Bridge
Origin:
Word nameMeaning:
"bridge"
- Bridger
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"lives near the bridge"
- Briggs
Origin:
English variation of Bridges
- Brinkley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"woodland clearing"
- Brinley
Origin:
English, combination of Brynn + Lee "burnt clearing; hill + meadow"Meaning:
"burnt clearing; hill + meadow"
- Brinsley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"from Brinsley"
- Britton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"from Britain"
- Brock
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"badger"
- Bronson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of brown-haired one"
- Brooks
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"of the brook"
- Brown
Origin:
Color and surname
- Bryant
Origin:
Variation of Brian, IrishMeaning:
"strong, virtuous, and honorable"
- Bryson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Brice"
- Buckingham
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"the water meadow of Bucca's people"
- Buckley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"meadow of the deer"
- Burke
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"from the fortress"
- Burrell
- Burton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"fortified enclosure"
- Butler
Origin:
English occupational name
- Byrne
- Calbert
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"calf-herder"
- Calder
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"rocky water"
- Caldwell
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"cold stream"
- Calloway
Origin:
English from LatinMeaning:
"pebbly place"
- Calvert
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"calf herder"
- Camden
Origin:
American and British place-name, ScottishMeaning:
"winding valley"
- Cannon
Origin:
Word name
- Carden
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"wool carder"
- Carey
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"dark, black"
- Carleton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"settlement of free men"
- Carlisle
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"from the walled city"
- Carrington
Origin:
English, Scottish surnameMeaning:
"from Carrington"
- Carter
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"transporter of goods by cart"
- Carver
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"wood carver"
- Catesby
Origin:
English surname, meaning unknown
- Chamberlain
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"royal official"
- Chandler
Origin:
English from French occupational nameMeaning:
"candle maker"
- Channing
Origin:
English or IrishMeaning:
"people of Cana or wolf cub"
- Chaplin
Origin:
English and French surnameMeaning:
"clergyman of a chapel"
- Chapman
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"merchant"
- Charlton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"Charles' town"
- Chaucer
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"maker of breeches"
- Chesney
Origin:
English from FrenchMeaning:
"oak grove"
- Clark
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"scribe, secretary, cleric, scholar, clerk"
- Clarke
Origin:
Variation of Clark
- Clayton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"place with good clay"
- Cleaver
Origin:
English occupational name
- Cole
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"swarthy, coal black"
- Coleman
Origin:
English and IrishMeaning:
"little dove"
- Collier
Origin:
English occupational surnameMeaning:
"coal miner"
- Collins
Origin:
Surname derived from Nicholas or ColinMeaning:
"people of victory or pup"
- Colson
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"son of Nicholas"
- Colter
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"colt herder"
- Colton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"from the coal or dark town"
- Colvin
Origin:
English surname name
- Cook
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"cook"
- Cooke
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"cook"
- Cooper
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"barrel maker"
- Copeland
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"bought land"
- Corbett
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"little raven"
- Corbin
Origin:
English and French surnameMeaning:
"crow, raven"
- Cordell
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"maker or seller of rope or cord"
- Corliss
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"carefree person"
- Cox
Origin:
English surname, variation of Cook or CockeMeaning:
"baker; rooster"
- Crane
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"crane"
- Crawford
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"ford where crows gather"
- Cully
Origin:
Irish, English, ScottishMeaning:
"descendent of the wolf warrior; holly; colony; from Cully; dove"
- Cully
Origin:
Irish, English, ScottishMeaning:
"descendent of the wolf warrior; holly; colony; from Cully; dove"
- Cutler
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"knife maker"
- Dale
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"valley"
- Dalton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"the settlement in the valley"
- Daly
Origin:
Irish surnameMeaning:
"assembly; gathering"
- Damon
Origin:
English variation of Damian
- Dane
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"from Denmark"
- Daniels
- Darcy
Origin:
Irish or FrenchMeaning:
"dark one, or from Arcy, or from the fortress"
- Darling
Origin:
English surname, English word nameMeaning:
"dear"
- Darrow
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"spear"
- Darwin
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"dear friend"
- Davidson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"David's son"
- Davies
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"son of David"
- Davis
Origin:
Surname derived from David, HebrewMeaning:
"beloved"
- Dawson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of David"
- Day
Origin:
Word name
- Dayton
Origin:
English, variation of DeightonMeaning:
"place with a dike"
- Dean
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"church official"
- Denham
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"village in a valley"
- Denver
Origin:
English or French place-name and surnameMeaning:
"green valley or from Anvers"
- Dixon
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"son of Dick"
- Doran
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"stranger, exile"
- Dover
Origin:
British place-name
- Drake
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"dragon; or, male duck"
- Draper
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"cloth merchant"
- Drayton
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"portage settlement"
- Driver
Origin:
Word or occupational name
- Drover
Origin:
English occupational surnameMeaning:
"driver of sheep or cattle"
- Dudley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"Dudda's meadow"
- Durward
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"doorkeeper"
- Dutton
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"hill settlement; Dodd's town"
- Easton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"eastern town"
- Edison
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Edith or Adam"
- Edley
Origin:
English Surname
- Edwards
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"son of Edward"
- Ellerbe
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"Aelfweard's land or farmstead; settlement of the elf guardian"
- Ellerbe
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"Aelfweard's land or farmstead; settlement of the elf guardian"
- Ellery
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"island with elder trees; descendant of Hilary; cheerful, happy"
- Ellington
Origin:
English place-name and surnameMeaning:
"Ellis' town"
- Elliott
Origin:
Variation of ElliotMeaning:
"Jehovah is God"
- Ellis
Origin:
English surname derived from Elijah or Elias or WelshMeaning:
"benevolent"
- Ellison
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Ellis"
- Ellsworth
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"nobleman's estate"
- Embry
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"flat-topped hill"
- Emerson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Emery"
- Emery
Origin:
English from GermanMeaning:
"industrious"
- Emmons
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Emonie"
- Endicott
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"beyond the cottage"
- English
Origin:
Surname name
- Ensley
Origin:
English surname, variation of AinsleyMeaning:
"one's own meadow"
- Epes
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"aspen tree; red; shriek"
- Essex
Origin:
English place-name and surname
- Estes
Origin:
English, Welsh, and Spanish surnameMeaning:
"of the East"
- Everett
Origin:
English variation of the German EberhardMeaning:
"brave as a wild boar"
- Everly
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"wild boar in woodland clearing"
- Ewing
Origin:
English from GreekMeaning:
"noble, well-born"
- Exton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"town on the River Exe"
- Falconer
Origin:
Occupational nameMeaning:
"falcon trainer"
- Farrar
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"blacksmith, metalworker"
- Farrow
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"smith, iron worker, to shoe horses"
- Fawkes
Origin:
English, NormanMeaning:
"falcon"
- Ferguson
Origin:
Scottish surnameMeaning:
"son of Fergus"
- Ferris
Origin:
Irish, EnglishMeaning:
"strong man or ironworker"
- Field
Origin:
Nature name
- Fielding
Origin:
English topographical surnameMeaning:
"dweller in the open country"
- Finch
Origin:
English word and nature nameMeaning:
"to swindle"
- Fisher
Origin:
Occupational nameMeaning:
"fisherman"
- Fitzroy
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of the king"
- Fleming
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"man from Flanders"
- Fletcher
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"arrow-maker"
- Ford
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"dweller at the ford"
- Fordham
Origin:
English surname and place-nameMeaning:
"meadow by a stream"
- Forrest
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"dweller near the woods"
- Foster
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"forester"
- Fox
Origin:
Animal name
- Franklin
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"free landholder"
- Freeman
Origin:
Word name or surname name, EnglishMeaning:
"free man"
- Fuller
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"cloth cleanser"
- Gable
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"triangular feature in architecture"
- Gaines
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"trickery"
- Gardener
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"keeper of the garden"
- Gardner
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"keeper of the garden"
- Garner
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"granary"
- Garrison
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Garret"
- Gates
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"person living near town gates"
- Gibson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"Gilbert's son"
- Gilson
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"son of Giles"
- Glover
- Goodwin
Origin:
English surname, variation of GodwineMeaning:
"friend of God"
- Gordon
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"great hill"
- Granger
Origin:
English and French surnameMeaning:
"worker of the granary; farmer"
- Gray
Origin:
Color name, also diminutive of Grayson
- Grayson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"the son of the bailiff"
- Greeley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"pock-marked, scarred"
- Green
Origin:
Color name
- Griswold
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"gravel woodland; grey forest"
- Groves
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"one who lives near a grove"
- Hadley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"heather field"
- Hale
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"someone who lives in a hollow"
- Hall
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"worker at the hall"
- Halston
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"hallowed stone"
- Hamilton
Origin:
English and ScottishMeaning:
"treeless hill"
- Hammett
Origin:
English surname
- Hampton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"home settlement"
- Hanson
Origin:
ScandinavianMeaning:
"son of Hans"
- Harding
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of the courageous one"
- Hardy
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"bold, brave"
- Harlow
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"rock hill or army hill"
- Harper
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"harp player"
- Harris
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Harry"
- Harris
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Harry"
- Harrison
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Harry"
- Hart
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"stag"
- Hartland
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"stag land, deer land"
- Hartley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"stag meadow"
- Harvey
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"battle worthy"
- Hassler
Origin:
German surnameMeaning:
"from where the hazel trees grow"
- Hastings
Origin:
English
- Hatchell
Origin:
English surname, meaning unknown
- Hathaway
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"one who lives near the heath"
- Hatton
Origin:
English, French and Gaelic surnameMeaning:
"heather enclosure; battle; servant of Saint Catan"
- Haviland
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"goat estate"
- Hawkins
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"hawk"
- Hayden
Origin:
English place nameMeaning:
"hay hill; hay valley"
- Hayes
Origin:
English surname and nature nameMeaning:
"hedged area"
- Hayward
Origin:
English occupational surnameMeaning:
"guardian of the hedged enclosure"
- Hearst
- Hedges
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"one who lives near the hedge"
- Hedley
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"heather clearing"
- Henderson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Henry"
- Henley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"high meadow"
- Henson
Origin:
English; "Son of Henry"Meaning:
"Son of Henry"
- Hewitt
Origin:
English, Scottish, and Irish surnameMeaning:
"descendant of Hugh; one who lives near the wood clearing"
- Higgins
Origin:
Irish, EnglishMeaning:
"descendant of vikings; descendent of Hugh; descendent of Hicke"
- Hill
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"someone who lives by a hill"
- Hobson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Robert"
- Holder
Origin:
Word name, surname name "person who holds something"Meaning:
"person who holds something"
- Holliday
- Hollis
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"dweller at the holly trees"
- Hollister
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"dweller by the holly tree"
- Holloway
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"hollow way, sunken path"
- Holmes
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"from the island in the river"
- Holt
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of the unspoiled forests"
- Hooker
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"shepherd's hook"
- Hopper
Origin:
English or DutchMeaning:
"leaper, dancer; hop grower"
- Horton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"gray settlement"
- Houston
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"Hugh's town"
- Howard
Origin:
German, EnglishMeaning:
"high guardian; brave heart"
- Howell
Origin:
English variation of Hywel, an eminent Welsh king
- Huckley
Origin:
Variation of Huckleberry, Huxley, Hookley, or HughMeaning:
"small, dark-blue berry; inhospitable place; bend in the meadow; Hugh's meadow"
- Hudson
Origin:
English place-name and surnameMeaning:
"Hugh's son"
- Hughes
Origin:
English, Scottish, Irish surnameMeaning:
"mind, intellect; son of Aodh"
- Hunt
Origin:
Word name
- Hunter
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"one who hunts"
- Huntley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"meadow of the hunter"
- Hutton
Origin:
English, Scottish surnameMeaning:
"ridge enclosure"
- Hutton
Origin:
English, Scottish surnameMeaning:
"ridge enclosure"
- Huxley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"inhospitable place"
- Hyde
Origin:
Medieval measure of land, or English surnameMeaning:
"hide"
- Innes
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"from the river island"
- Isley
Origin:
English variation of Eisele, GermanMeaning:
"iron"
- Ivey
Origin:
Surname name, variation of IvyMeaning:
"son of Ive; person from Ivoy; ivy plant"
- Jackson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Jack"
- Jacobs
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"son of Jacob"
- Jacobson
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"son of Jacob"
- Jagger
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"carter"
- James
Origin:
English variation of Jacob, HebrewMeaning:
"supplanter"
- Jameson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of James"
- Jarvis
Origin:
English variation of Gervase, meaning unknown
- Jefferson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Jeffrey"
- Jenkins
- Jenner
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"engineer"
- Jennings
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"son of John"
- Jessel
Origin:
German, French, or English surnameMeaning:
"gift; Jehovah increases"
- Johnson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of John"
- Jones
Origin:
English surname derived from JohnMeaning:
"God is gracious"
- Joplin
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"son of Job"
- Jordan
Origin:
English from HebrewMeaning:
"flowing down"
- Judson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Jordan"
- Keaton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"shed town"
- Kelly
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"war"
- Kendall
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"valley of the river Kent"
- Kenelm
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"brave, bold helmet, keen protection"
- Kent
Origin:
English surname and place-nameMeaning:
"edge"
- Kenyon
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"white haired or blond"
- Keyes
Origin:
English, IrishMeaning:
"keeper of keys; son of Aodh"
- King
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"monarch"
- Kingston
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"king's town"
- Kinsley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"king's meadow"
- Kirk
Origin:
NorseMeaning:
"church"
- Knight
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
" a mounted man-at-arms serving a feudal superior"
- Knowles
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"one who lives by the knoll"
- Koe
Origin:
Various of Coe, English "jackdaw"Meaning:
"jackdaw"
- Lambert
Origin:
French and GermanMeaning:
"land brilliant"
- Lander
Origin:
English from GermanMeaning:
"territory"
- Landon
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"long hill"
- Landry
Origin:
French and EnglishMeaning:
"ruler"
- Lane
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"a small roadway or path"
- Lanford
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"narrow way"
- Langdon
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"long hill"
- Langley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"long meadow"
- Langston
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"tall man's town; long stone"
- Lardner
Origin:
Occupational nameMeaning:
"servant in charge of a larder"
- Larimer
Origin:
English and Scottish surnameMeaning:
"maker and seller of spurs"
- Larimer
Origin:
English and Scottish surnameMeaning:
"maker and seller of spurs"
- Latham
Origin:
English from ScandinavianMeaning:
"the barn"
- Latimer
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"Latin translator"
- Lawrence
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"from Laurentium or bay laurel"
- Lawson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Lawrence"
- Layton
Origin:
Old EnglishMeaning:
"settlement with a leek garden"
- Ledger
Origin:
English surname
- Lee
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"pasture, meadow"
- Leighton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"meadow town"
- Levitt
Origin:
English or German Jewish surnameMeaning:
"place where yew trees grow; Levite"
- Lewis
Origin:
English variation of LouisMeaning:
"renowned warrior"
- Lincoln
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"town by the pool"
- Linden
Origin:
English tree nameMeaning:
"tree of the genus Tilla"
- Lindley
Origin:
English and German surnameMeaning:
"from Lindley"
- Lindsay
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"marshlands of Lincolnshire"
- Lively
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"full of life, energy"
- Livingston
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"dear friend's place"
- Lodge
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"shelter"
- Long
Origin:
Chinese and VietnameseMeaning:
"dragon"
- Lovejoy
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"love joy"
- Lowe
Origin:
Variation of Loew or Lowell
- Lowry
Origin:
English and Scottish surnameMeaning:
"from Laurentum"
- Ludlow
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"ruler's hill"
- Lyndall
Origin:
English, South AfricanMeaning:
"linden or lime tree valley; lake in the valley"
- Lyndon
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"linden tree hill"
- Mabry
Origin:
Variation of Mayberry, English and IrishMeaning:
"mud hill"
- Macy
Origin:
English surname, variation of MasseyMeaning:
"hill"
- Madison
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Matthew"
- Mailer
Origin:
Occupational name, English or FrenchMeaning:
"enameler"
- Manning
Origin:
Irish surnameMeaning:
"monk"
- Mariott
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"descendant of Mary"
- Marks
Origin:
English, Dutch, or German surnameMeaning:
"son of Mark"
- Marley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"pleasant seaside meadow"
- Marlowe
Origin:
Variation of Marlow, EnglishMeaning:
"driftwood"
- Marsden
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"boundary valley"
- Marshall
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"one who looks after horses"
- Martin
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"warlike"
- Mason
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"worker in stone"
- Matthews
- May
Origin:
Diminutive of Margaret and Mary; month name
- Mayfair
Origin:
English surname
- Maynard
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"hardy, brave, strong"
- Mellon
Origin:
English and Irish surnameMeaning:
"from Meulan; descendant of Meallán"
- Mellon
Origin:
English and Irish surnameMeaning:
"from Meulan; descendant of Meallán"
- Melville
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"settlement on infertile land"
- Merrick
Origin:
Anglo-WelshMeaning:
"fame, power"
- Merritt
Origin:
English surname nameMeaning:
"boundary gate"
- Miller
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"grinder of grain"
- Mills
- Milton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"settlement with a mill"
- Mitchell
Origin:
English variation of MichaelMeaning:
"who is like God"
- Moody
Origin:
Surname name
- Moore
Origin:
English place-nameMeaning:
"the moors"
- Morley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"moor, meadow clearing"
- Morris
Origin:
English variation of MauriceMeaning:
"dark-skinned"
- Morrison
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Morris"
- Mosley
Origin:
English place name and surnameMeaning:
"peat bog, mouse clearing"
- Moss
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"descendant of Moses"
- Nash
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"by the ash tree"
- Naylor
Origin:
English occupational name, carpenter or "nailer"Meaning:
"nailer"
- Nelson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Neil"
- Newcomb
Origin:
English SurnameMeaning:
"newly come"
- Newman
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"newcomer"
- Nichols
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"son of Nichol"
- Nixon
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Nicholas"
- Norris
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"northerner"
- Norton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"northern town"
- Oliver
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"olive tree or elf army"
- Orme
Origin:
English surname from NorseMeaning:
"serpent"
- Orwell
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"the branch of the river"
- Osborne
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"Divine bear; divine warrior"
- Packer
- Page
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"page, attendant"
- Paget
- Painter
Origin:
Occupational name
- Palin
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"wine bearer"
- Palmer
Origin:
English surname and occupationalMeaning:
"he who holds the palm; pilgrim"
- Park
Origin:
Word name
- Parker
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"park keeper"
- Parnell
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"little Peter"
- Parrish
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"from Paris"
- Parsons
- Paterson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Peter"
- Paxton
Origin:
Latin and EnglishMeaning:
"peace town"
- Payson
Origin:
English, meaning unknown
- Payton
Origin:
Variation of Patton or Peyton, EnglishMeaning:
"fighting man's estate"
- Peabody
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"having the body of a gnat"
- Pearson
- Pell
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"dealer in furs"
- Pendleton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"overhanging settlement"
- Pennington
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"penny town"
- Perry
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"dweller near a pear tree"
- Peters
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"son of Peter"
- Peyton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"fighting-man's estate"
- Phillips
- Pierce
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Piers"
- Piers
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"rock"
- Plummer
Origin:
English occupational name
- Poe
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"peacock"
- Pomeroy
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"dweller by the apple orchard"
- Poole
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"person who lives by a pool"
- Porter
Origin:
English from French occupational nameMeaning:
"doorkeeper or carrier"
- Portwood
Origin:
English Surname
- Potter
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"maker of drinking and storage vessels"
- Powell
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Howell"
- Pratt
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"trick, craft"
- Prentice
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"apprentice"
- Presley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"priest's meadow"
- Preston
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"priest's estate"
- Pryor
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"head of the monastery, prior"
- Quimby
Origin:
Variation of Quenby, EnglishMeaning:
"queen's settlement"
- Radburn
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"reedy stream"
- Radford
- Raines
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"from Rayne or Rennes"
- Raleigh
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"meadow of deer"
- Randolph
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"shield-wolf"
- Rawlings
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"son of Raul"
- Redell
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"counsel, advice; red valley"
- Redell
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"counsel, advice; red valley"
- Reed
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"red-haired"
- Reed
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"red-haired"
- Reeve
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"bailiff"
- Reeves
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"bailiff"
- Reid
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"red-haired"
- Remington
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"place on a riverbank"
- Renwick
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"raven's settlement"
- Richards
- Richardson
- Rider
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"horseman"
- Ridley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"cleared wood; reed clearing; channel clearing"
- Rigby
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"ridge farm"
- Riggs
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"one who lives on the ridge"
- Riley
Origin:
English, IrishMeaning:
"rye clearing; courageous"
- Ripley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"strip of clearing in the woods"
- Roberts
- Robertson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Robert"
- Robinson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Robin"
- Rockwell
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"rock spring"
- Roe
Origin:
English, Scottish, Irish, Norwegian, or Korean surnameMeaning:
"roe deer; wise protector; son of Ruadh; red; clearing; ability"
- Rogers
- Romney
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"winding river"
- Rooney
Origin:
English or Gaelic surnameMeaning:
"descendent of the champion"
- Roper
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"rope maker"
- Ross
Origin:
English and ScottishMeaning:
"upland, peninsula"
- Rowe
Origin:
Variation of Rowan or RowenaMeaning:
"rowan tree, little redhead; white spear, famous friend"
- Royce
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of the king"
- Rudell
Origin:
English, SwedishMeaning:
"rye valley; fame wolf"
- Rutherford
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"cattle ford"
- Ryder
Origin:
British surnameMeaning:
"cavalryman, messenger"
- Rylan
Origin:
English and IrishMeaning:
"rye land"
- Ryland
Origin:
Old EnglishMeaning:
"place where Rye is grown"
- Sadler
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"saddle-maker"
- Salter
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"salt seller or extractor"
- Salton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"place in the willows"
- Sampson
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"sun"
- Sanders
Origin:
Scottish diminutive of AlexanderMeaning:
"defending men"
- Sanderson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"Alexander's son"
- Sanford
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"sandy ford"
- Sargent
Origin:
Spelling variation of Sergeant, LatinMeaning:
"to serve"
- Saunders
Origin:
English, Scottish surname, variation of SandersMeaning:
"defending men"
- Sawyer
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"woodcutter"
- Saxon
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"people of the dagger"
- Sayer
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"woodcutter or reciter"
- Scott
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"from Scotland"
- Seeger
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"seaman"
- Seeley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"blessed, happy"
- Selby
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"from the willow farm"
- Sender
Origin:
YiddishMeaning:
"defender of men"
- Shaw
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"dweller by the wood"
- Sheldon
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"steep-sided valley"
- Shepherd
Origin:
Occupational nameMeaning:
"sheep hearder"
- Sherman
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"shearer of woolen cloth"
- Shields
Origin:
English or Irish surnameMeaning:
"hut; son of Siadhal"
- Sibley
Origin:
Variation of Sybil, GreekMeaning:
"seer, oracle"
- Simmons
Origin:
Hebrew or Norse, variation of Simon or Simund
- Simpson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Simon"
- Sims
Origin:
English surname derived from SimonMeaning:
"the listener"
- Skeat
Origin:
English from NorseMeaning:
"swift"
- Slater
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"maker of slates"
- Smith
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"blacksmith"
- Sommer
Origin:
German and Danish variant of Summer
- Spalding
Origin:
English and ScottishMeaning:
"divided field"
- Sparks
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"lively; fiery; one who lives near the shrub"
- Spence
Origin:
Short form of Spencer
- Spencer
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"house steward, dispenser of provisions"
- Springer
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"jumper, leaper"
- Stanley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"near the stony clearing"
- Stanton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"stony town"
- Stark
Origin:
Word name, surname, and literary name
- Stephens
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"son of Stephen"
- Sterling
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"of the highest quality"
- Stetson
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"cattle dealer"
- Stevens
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"son of Steven"
- Stiles
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"steep hill, steps"
- Stokes
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"person from Stoke"
- Stone
Origin:
Word name
- Stover
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"crop residue, leaves and stalks left in the field"
- Styles
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"steep hill, steps"
- Sumner
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"summoner"
- Sutter
Origin:
English surname and occupational nameMeaning:
"shoemaker"
- Sutton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"from the southern homestead"
- Swayze
Origin:
English from GermanMeaning:
"Swiss"
- Sweeney
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"the little hero"
- Swift
Origin:
English, IrishMeaning:
"quick, windblown"
- Talbot
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"command of the valley"
- Talcott
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"cottage near the lake"
- Tallis
Origin:
English, Old FrenchMeaning:
"clearing of woodland"
- Tallis
Origin:
English, Old FrenchMeaning:
"clearing of woodland"
- Tanner
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"leather tanner"
- Tate
Origin:
English from NorseMeaning:
"cheerful"
- Tatum
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"Tate's homestead"
- Taylor
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"tailor"
- Templer
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"church attendant"
- Tench
Origin:
English, Old FrenchMeaning:
"freshwater fish; freshwater angler"
- Terry
Origin:
English, diminutive of TheresaMeaning:
"to harvest"
- Thatcher
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"roof thatcher"
- Thompson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Tom"
- Thomson
- Thorne
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"thorn thicket"
- Thornton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"place in the thorns"
- Tinsley
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"Tynni's meadow"
- Tobin
Origin:
English surname derived from TobiasMeaning:
"God is good"
- Todd
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"fox"
- Tomlin
- Townes
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"one who lived in a village"
- Townes
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"one who lived in a town"
- Truett
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"dry wood + river bend"
- Tucker
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"fabric pleater"
- Turner
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"works with a lathe"
- Tyler
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"maker of tiles"
- Tyson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"firebrand"
- Unwin
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"bear friend"
- Upton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"upper town"
- Vale
Origin:
Geographical name
- Vernon
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"place of alders"
- Wade
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"at the river crossing"
- Wainwright
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"wagon maker"
- Walden
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"valley of the Welsh"
- Walker
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"cloth-walker"
- Walsh
- Walters
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"son of Walter"
- Walton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"fortified town"
- Ward
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"guard, watchman"
- Warne
Origin:
German, EnglishMeaning:
"one who watches over, defends and protects; one who cautions; army; park-keeper; alder-tree"
- Warner
Origin:
English from GermanMeaning:
"army"
- Warren
Origin:
English from FrenchMeaning:
"park-keeper"
- Washington
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"home of the Wassa people"
- Watson
Origin:
English and Scottish surname related to WalterMeaning:
"son of Wat"
- Waverly
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"meadow of quivering aspens"
- Weaver
Origin:
Occupational name
- Webb
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"weaver"
- Weber
Origin:
German surnameMeaning:
"weaver"
- Webster
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"weaver"
- Wellington
Origin:
English surname from place nameMeaning:
"people living in the hamlet in the cleared area near the temple"
- Wells
Origin:
Surname from place nameMeaning:
"spring"
- Wesson
Origin:
Variation of Weston, EnglishMeaning:
"from the western town"
- West
Origin:
Word name
- Westcott
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"from the western cottage"
- Weston
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"western town"
- Westwood
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"dweller by the west wood"
- Westwood
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"dweller by the west wood"
- Wharton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"farm near the river"
- Wheeler
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"wheel maker"
- Wheelock
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"winding river"
- Whitley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"white meadow"
- Whitney
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"white island"
- Wild
Origin:
Word name
- Wilder
Origin:
Surname or word nameMeaning:
"wild, untamed, uncontrolled"
- Wilkie
Origin:
Scottish surname from a diminutive of WilliamMeaning:
"resolute protection"
- Wilkinson
- Willard
Origin:
English from GermanMeaning:
"resolutely brave"
- Williams
- Willis
Origin:
Diminutive of William, GermanMeaning:
"resolute protection"
- Wilson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Will"
- Windsor
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"riverbank with a winch"
- Winfield
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"meadow, field"
- Winslet
Origin:
English surname and place-nameMeaning:
"Wynn's channel or stream"
- Winslow
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"friend's hill or burial mound"
- Winthrop
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"friend's village"
- Wolfe
Origin:
Anglo-Irish surname and variation of animal nameMeaning:
"wolf"
- Wood
Origin:
English word name
- Woodrow
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"row of houses by a wood"
- Woods
Origin:
Nature nameMeaning:
"one who lives by the woods; area covered in trees"
- Woolf
Origin:
Variation of Wolf, animal name
- Wright
- Wrigley
Origin:
Surname name
- Yardley
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"wood clearing"
- Yates
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"gate"
- Young