Occupational Names
- Abbott
Origin:
Aramaic, HebrewMeaning:
"father"
- Archer
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"bowman"
- Artist
Origin:
Word name
- Author
Origin:
Word and occupational name
- Bader
Origin:
German, ArabicMeaning:
"bath-house attendant; full moon"
- Bailey
Origin:
Occupational nameMeaning:
"law enforcer, bailiff"
- Baird
Origin:
Scottish occupational nameMeaning:
"minstrel, poet"
- Baker
Origin:
English occupational surname
- Bandit
Origin:
Word or occupational name
- Banner
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"flag bearer"
- Barbeau
Origin:
French occupational nameMeaning:
"fisherman"
- Barber
Origin:
French occupational nameMeaning:
"beard"
- Barker
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"tanner"
- Bauer
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"farmer, tiller of the soil"
- Baxter
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"baker"
- Bayless
Origin:
French occupational nameMeaning:
"bailiff"
- Baylor
Origin:
English occupational surnameMeaning:
"one who delivers goods"
- Beaman
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"beekeeper"
- Beamer
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"trumpet player"
- Becker
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"baker"
- Bell
Origin:
English and Scottish occupational nameMeaning:
"ringer of the bell"
- Bellow
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"bellows maker"
- Berger
Origin:
German, Dutch, and SwedishMeaning:
"lives on a hill"
- Bishop
Origin:
English occupational name
- Bond
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"peasant farmer"
- Booker
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"scribe"
- Bouvier
Origin:
French occupational nameMeaning:
"herdsman"
- Boyer
Origin:
English and FrenchMeaning:
"bow-maker, cattle herder"
- Brander
- Brazier
Origin:
Occupational nameMeaning:
"worker with brass"
- Brenner
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"to burn"
- Brewer
Origin:
English, occupational surname
- Brewster
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"female brewer"
- Brogan
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"small shoe"
- Burrell
- Butcher
Origin:
English occupational name
- Butler
Origin:
English occupational name
- Cannon
Origin:
Word name
- Carbry
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"charioteer"
- Carden
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"wool carder"
- Carter
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"transporter of goods by cart"
- Carver
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"wood carver"
- Casper
Origin:
Dutch form of Jasper, PersianMeaning:
"bringer of treasure"
- Chandler
Origin:
English from French occupational nameMeaning:
"candle maker"
- Chaplin
Origin:
English and French surnameMeaning:
"clergyman of a chapel"
- Chaucer
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"maker of breeches"
- Chevalier
- Clark
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"scribe, secretary, cleric, scholar, clerk"
- Cleary
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"cleric"
- Cleaver
Origin:
English occupational name
- Cohen
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"priest"
- Collier
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"coal miner"
- Colter
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"colt herder"
- Conner
Origin:
Spelling variation of Connor.
- Cooper
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"barrel maker"
- Cordell
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"maker or seller of rope or cord"
- Cormac
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"charioteer"
- Currier
Origin:
English occupational surnameMeaning:
"person who dressed leather after it was tanned"
- Cutler
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"knife maker"
- Dancer
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"someone who dances"
- Deacon
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"messenger, servant"
- Dean
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"church official"
- Decker
Origin:
German occupational nameMeaning:
"roofer"
- Devin
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"poet"
- Dexter
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"dyer, right-handed"
- Doctor
Origin:
Word name
- Dozier
Origin:
French surnameMeaning:
"from willow"
- Draper
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"cloth merchant"
- Driver
Origin:
Word or occupational name
- Drover
Origin:
English occupational surnameMeaning:
"driver of sheep or cattle"
- Drummer
Origin:
Occupational word name
- Duke
Origin:
English rank of nobility
- Durward
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"doorkeeper"
- Earl
Origin:
English aristocratic title
- Explorer
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"one who explores"
- Factor
Origin:
German and Dutch occupational nameMeaning:
"agent"
- Falkner
Origin:
Occupational nameMeaning:
"falcon trainer"
- Farmer
Origin:
Occupational nameMeaning:
"farmer"
- Farrar
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"blacksmith, metalworker"
- Farrier
- Favre
Origin:
French occupational nameMeaning:
"ironworker"
- Fielder
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"dweller in open country"
- Fifer
Origin:
Scottish occupational nameMeaning:
"piper"
- Fisher
Origin:
Occupational nameMeaning:
"fisherman"
- Fisk
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"fisherman"
- Fletcher
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"arrow-maker"
- Forest
Origin:
French occupational nameMeaning:
"woodsman or woods"
- Forester
- Foster
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"forester"
- Fowler
- Fuller
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"cloth cleanser"
- Gardener
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"keeper of the garden"
- Glover
- Governor
Origin:
English, occupational name
- Granger
Origin:
English and French surnameMeaning:
"worker of the granary"
- Hackett
Origin:
German occupational nameMeaning:
"little hewer"
- Hall
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"worker at the hall"
- Harper
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"harp player"
- Hayward
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"guardian of the hedged enclosure"
- Hooker
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"shepherd's hook"
- Hooper
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"hoop-maker"
- Hoover
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"owner of a patch of farmland"
- Hopper
Origin:
English or DutchMeaning:
"leaper, dancer; hop grower"
- Hunter
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"one who hunts"
- Jagger
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"carter"
- Jeter
Origin:
French or German surname
- Judge
Origin:
Word name
- Kaiser
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"Emperor"
- Keller
Origin:
German occupational nameMeaning:
"cellar master"
- Kiefer
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"barrel maker; pine"
- Knight
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
" a mounted man-at-arms serving a feudal superior"
- Kyler
Origin:
DutchMeaning:
"bowman, archer"
- Lander
Origin:
English from GermanMeaning:
"territory"
- Lanier
Origin:
French occupational nameMeaning:
"wool worker"
- Lardner
Origin:
Occupational nameMeaning:
"servant in charge of a larder"
- Latimer
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"Latin translator"
- Lawyer
Origin:
Occupational name
- Luther
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"army people"
- Lynch
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"mariner"
- Mailer
Origin:
Occupational name, English or FrenchMeaning:
"enameler"
- Marshall
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"one who looks after horses"
- Mason
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"stoneworker"
- Mercer
Origin:
French occupational nameMeaning:
"a merchant"
- Meyer
Origin:
German surname or HebrewMeaning:
"landlord, farmer; bringer of light"
- Miller
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"grinder of grain"
- Miner
- Nagel
Origin:
German occupational nameMeaning:
"maker of nails"
- Napier
Origin:
Scottish occupational nameMeaning:
"producer or seller of table linens"
- Navigator
Origin:
Occupational name
- Naylor
Origin:
English occupational name, carpenter or "nailer"Meaning:
"nailer"
- Packer
- Paige
Origin:
English, occupational nameMeaning:
"page to a lord"
- Painter
Origin:
Occupational name
- Palmer
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"one who holds a palm"
- Parker
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"park-keeper"
- Parson
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"clergyman"
- Peale
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"bell ringer"
- Pell
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"dealer in furs"
- Pilot
Origin:
Occupational name
- Piper
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"pipe or flute player"
- Plummer
Origin:
English occupational name
- Poet
Origin:
English word name
- Porter
Origin:
English from French occupational nameMeaning:
"doorkeeper or carrier"
- Potter
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"maker of drinking and storage vessels"
- Priest
Origin:
Occupational name
- Proctor
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"official, administrator"
- Quiller
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"scribe"
- Racer
Origin:
Word name
- Rancher
Origin:
Occupational name
- Ranger
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"forest guardian"
- Reeve
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"bailiff"
- Rex
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"king"
- Rider
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"horseman"
- Ritter
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"knight, mounted warrior"
- Roper
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"rope maker"
- Sadler
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"saddle-maker"
- Sailor
Origin:
Occupational name
- Sawyer
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"woodcutter"
- Sayer
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"woodcutter or reciter"
- Schuyler
Origin:
DutchMeaning:
"scholar"
- Seeger
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"seaman"
- Sender
Origin:
YiddishMeaning:
"defender of men"
- Sergeant
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"to serve"
- Shepherd
Origin:
Occupational nameMeaning:
"sheep hearder"
- Sherman
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"shearer of woolen cloth"
- Shooter
Origin:
Word name
- Skipper
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"captain"
- Slater
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"maker of slates"
- Smith
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"blacksmith"
- Spencer
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"house steward, dispenser of provisions"
- Squire
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"esquire"
- Steele
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"steel"
- Stewart
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"steward"
- Sumner
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"summoner"
- Sutter
Origin:
English surname and occupational nameMeaning:
"shoemaker"
- Tanner
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"leather tanner"
- Taylor
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"tailor"
- Thatcher
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"roof thatcher"
- Thayer
Origin:
French variation of TaylorMeaning:
"tailor"
- Tinker
Origin:
English occupational name
- Todd
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"fox"
- Tolliver
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"metalworker"
- Traveler
Origin:
Occupational name
- Travis
Origin:
French occupational nameMeaning:
"tollgate-keeper"
- Tucker
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"fabric pleater"
- Turner
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"works with a lathe"
- Tyler
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"maker of tiles"
- Usher
Origin:
Yiddish variation of Asher or English surname from FrenchMeaning:
"blessed; doorkeeper"
- Vandal
Origin:
American word or occupational name
- Vischer
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"fisherman"
- Wagner
Origin:
German occupational nameMeaning:
"wagon maker"
- Wainwright
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"wagon maker"
- Walker
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"cloth-walker"
- Ward
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"guard, watchman"
- Warden
- Wayne
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"maker of wagons"
- Weaver
Origin:
Occupational name
- Webster
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"weaver"
- Wheeler
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"wheel maker"
- Whistler
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"one who whistles"
- Wizard
Origin:
Occupational name
- Wright