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This is a list of names in which the relationship is from surname.
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There are 416 names matching your criteria.
AINSLEY f & m Scottish, English (Modern) From a surname which was from a place name: either Annesley in Nottinghamshire or Ansley in Warwickshire... [more] ASHLEY f & m English From an English surname which was originally derived from place names meaning "ash tree clearing", from Old English æsc and leah... [more] AUDLEY m English From a surname which was taken from a place name meaning "EALDGYÐ's clearing" in Old English. AVERILL m & f English (Rare) From a surname which was originally derived from the feminine given name EOFORHILD. AVERY m & f English From a surname which was itself derived from the Norman French form of the given names ALBERICH or ALFRED. BAILEY m & f English From a surname derived from Middle English baili meaning "bailiff", originally denoting one who was a bailiff. BARRETT m English From a surname meaning "dispute" in Middle English, originally given to a quarrelsome person. BENTLEY m English From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "clearing covered with bent grass" in Old English... [more] BENTON m English From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "town near bent grass" in Old English. BEVERLY f & m English From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "beaver stream" in Old English... [more] BISHOP m English Either from the English occupational surname, or else directly from the English word... [more] BLAIR m & f Scottish, English From a Scottish surname which is derived from Gaelic blár meaning "plain, field, battlefield". BLAKE m English From a surname which was derived from Old English blæc "black" or blāc "pale"... [more] BOYD m Scottish, English From a Scottish surname which was possibly derived from the name of the island of Bute. BRADEN m English, Irish From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Bradáin meaning "descendent of BRADÁN". BRADLEY m English From a surname which originally came from a place name that meant "broad clearing" in Old English... [more] BRADY m English, Irish From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Brádaigh meaning "descendent of BRÁDACH". BRANDON m English From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "hill covered with broom" in Old English... [more] BRANNON m English From an Irish surname derived from Mac Branain, which means "descendent of BRAN (1)". BRODY m English From an Irish surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "ditch" in Gaelic. BRUCE m Scottish, English From a Scottish surname, of Norman origin, which probably originally referred to the town of Brix in France... [more] BURTON m English From a surname which was originally taken from an Old English place name meaning "fortified town"... [more] BYRNE m English (Rare) From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Broin meaning "descendent of BRAN (1)". CALLAHAN m English From a surname, the Anglicized form of the Irish Ó Ceallacháin, which means "descendent of CEALLACHÁN". CAMERON m & f Scottish, English From a Scottish surname meaning "crooked nose" from Gaelic cam "crooked" and sròn "nose". CAMPBELL m Scottish From a Scottish surname meaning "crooked mouth" from Gaelic cam "crooked" and béul "mouth". CAREY m & f Irish, English From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Ciardha meaning "descendent of CIARDHA". CARLISLE m English From a surname which was derived from the name of a city in northern England... [more] CARRAN m English (Rare) From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of the Gaelic surname Ó Corraidhín meaning "descendent of CORRAIDHÍN". CASEY m & f English, Irish From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Cathasaigh meaning "descendent of CATHASACH"... [more] CASSIDY f & m English (Modern) From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Caiside meaning "descendent of CAISIDE". CHADWICK m English From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "dairy farm belonging to CHAD" in Old English. CHASE m English From a surname meaning "chase, hunt" in Middle English, originally a nickname for a huntsman. CLARK m English From an English surname meaning "cleric" or "scribe", from Old English clerec which originally meant "priest"... [more] CLAY m English From an English surname that originally referred to a person who lived near or worked with clay... [more] CLAYTON m English From a surname which was originally from an Old English place name meaning "clay settlement". CLIFFORD m English From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "ford by a cliff" in Old English. CLIFTON m English From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "settlement by a cliff" in Old English. CLINTON m English From a surname which was originally from an Old English place name meaning "settlement on the River Glyme"... [more] CODY m English, Irish From the Gaelic surname Ó Cuidighthigh, which means "descendent of CUIDIGHTHEACH"... [more] COHEN m English From a common Jewish surname which was derived from Hebrew כֹּהֵן (kohen) meaning "priest"... [more] COLBERT m English From an English surname which was derived from a Norman form of the Germanic name COLOBERT. COLTON m English (Modern) From an English surname which was originally from a place name meaning "COLA's town". CONNELL m English (Rare) From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Conaill meaning "descendent of CONALL". COREY m English From a surname which was derived from the Old Norse given name Kóri, of unknown meaning... [more] COURTNEY f & m English From an aristocratic English surname which was derived either from the French place name Courtenay (originally a derivative of the personal name Curtenus, itself derived from Latin curtus "short") or else from a Norman nickname meaning "short nose"... [more] CRAIG m Scottish, English From a Scottish surname which was derived from Gaelic creag meaning "crag" or "rocks", originally indicating a person who lived near a crag. CRAWFORD m English From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "crow ford" in Old English. DALEY m Irish, English (Rare) From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Dálaigh meaning "descendent of Dálach"... [more] DALTON m English From an English surname which was originally from a place name meaning "valley town" in Old English... [more] DANE m English From an English surname which was either a variant of the surname DEAN or else an ethnic name referring to a person from Denmark. DARBY m & f English From an English surname, which was derived from the name of the town of Derby, meaning "deer town" in Old Norse. DARRELL m English From an English surname which was derived from Norman French d'Airelle, originally denoting one who came from Airelle in France. DARWIN m English From a surname which was derived from the Old English given name Deorwine which meant "dear friend"... [more] DELANEY f English (Modern) From a surname: either the English surname DELANEY (1) or the Irish surname DELANEY (2). DENZIL m English From a surname which originally denoted a person from the manor of Denzell in Cornwall... [more] DESMOND m English, Irish From an Irish surname which was derived from Deasmhumhain meaning "South Munster", originally indicating a person who came from that region in Ireland. DEVEREUX m English (Rare) From an English surname, of Norman French origin, meaning "from Evreux"... [more] DEVIN m & f English, Irish From a surname, either the Irish surname DEVIN (1) or the English surname DEVIN (2). DONOVAN m Irish, English From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Donndubháin meaning "descendent of DONNDUBHÁN". DOUGLAS m Scottish, English Anglicized form of the Scottish surname Dubhghlas, meaning "dark river" from Gaelic dubh "dark" and glais "water, river"... [more] DOYLE m Irish From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Dubhghaill meaning "descendent of Dubhghall"... [more] DRISCOLL m English (Rare), Irish From an Irish surname which was an Anglicized form of Ó Eidirsceóil meaning "descendent of the messenger". DRUMMOND m English (Rare) From a Scottish surname which was derived from a place name meaning "ridge" in Gaelic. DUANE m English, Irish From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of the Gaelic surname Ó Dubhán meaning "descendent of DUBHÁN". DUDLEY m English From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "Dudda's clearing" in Old English... [more] DUSTIN m English From an English surname which was derived from the Old Norse given name Þórsteinn (see TORSTEN)... [more] DWIGHT m English From an English surname which was derived from the medieval feminine name Diot, a diminutive of Dionysia, the feminine form of DIONYSIUS... [more] EASTON m English (Modern) From an English surname which was derived from place names meaning "east town" in Old English. EDISON m English From an English surname which meant either "son of EDA (2)" or "son of ADAM"... [more] ELLERY m English From an English surname which was originally derived from the medieval masculine name HILARY. ELLIOTT m English From an English surname which was derived from a diminutive of the medieval name ELIAS. EMMETT m English From an English surname which was derived from a diminutive of the feminine given name EMMA. EVELYN f & m English, German From an English surname which was derived from the given name AVELINE... [more] EWART m English From an English and Scottish surname which was either based on a Norman form of EDWARD, or else derived from a place name of unknown meaning. FARRELL m English From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Fearghail meaning "descendent of FEARGHAL". FINNEGAN m Irish, English (Modern) From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Fionnagáin meaning "descendent of Fionnagán"... [more] FLYNN m English (Rare) From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Floinn meaning "descendent of FLANN". FORREST m English From an English surname meaning "forest", originally belonging to a person who lived near a forest... [more] FOSTER m English From an English surname which has several different origins: see FOSTER (1), FOSTER (2), FOSTER (3) and FOSTER (4). FOX m English (Rare) Either from the English word fox or the surname Fox, which originally given as a nickname... [more] FRANKLIN m English From an English surname which was derived from Middle English frankelin "freeman"... [more] GALLAGHER m Irish, English (Rare) From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Gallchobhair meaning "descendent of GALLCHOBHAR". GARNET (2) m & f English From an occupational English surname which referred either to a person who made hinges (Old French carne) or who sold pomegranates (Old French pome grenate). GARRETT m English From an English surname which was derived from the given name GERALD or GERARD... [more] GARY m English From an English surname which was derived from a Norman given name, which was itself originally a short form of names beginning with the Germanic element ger meaning "spear"... [more] GIFFARD m English (Rare) From an English surname which was derived from the Germanic given name GEBHARD. GLENN m Scottish, English From a Scottish surname which was derived from Gaelic gleann "valley"... [more] GORDON m Scottish, English From a Scottish surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "spacious fort"... [more] GORETTI f Various From the surname of Maria Goretti, a 20th-century Italian saint who forgave her murderer on her deathbed... [more] GRAHAM m Scottish, English From a Scottish surname, originally derived from the English place name Grantham, which probably meant "gravelly homestead" in Old English... [more] GRANT m English, Scottish From an English and Scottish surname which was derived from Norman French grand meaning "great, large"... [more] GREER f & m Scottish, English (Rare) From a Scottish surname which was derived from the given name GREGOR. HALE m English From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "nook, retreat" from Old English healh. HALL m English From a surname which was derived from Old English heall "manor, hall", originally belonging to a person who lived or worked in a manor. HAMILTON m English From a surname which was derived from Old English hamel "crooked, mutilated" and dun "hill"... [more] HARLAN m English From a surname which was from a place name meaning "hare land" in Old English... [more] HARLEY m & f English From a surname which was from a place name meaning "hare clearing" from Old English hara "hare" and leah "clearing". HARLOW f & m English From a surname which was from a place name which was derived from Old English hær "rock" or here "army", combined with hlaw "hill". HARPER f & m English From an Old English surname which originally belonged to a person who played the harp or who made harps... [more] HAYDEN m & f English From an English surname which was derived from place names meaning either "hay valley" or "hay hill", derived from Old English heg "hay" and denu "valley" or dun "hill". HAYLEY f English (Modern) From a surname which was originally derived from the name of an English town (meaning "hay clearing" from Old English heg "hay" and leah "clearing")... [more] HEDLEY m English (Rare) From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "heather clearing" in Old English. HOWARD m English From an English surname which can derive from several different sources: the Anglo-Norman given name Huard, which was from the Germanic name HUGHARD; the Anglo-Scandinavian given name Haward, from the Old Norse name HÁVARÐR; or the Middle English term ewehirde meaning "ewe herder"... [more] HUNTER m & f English From an occupational English surname for a hunter, derived from Old English hunta... [more] ILBERT m English (Rare) From an English surname which was derived from the Germanic given name HILDEBERT. INGRAM m English From an English surname which was derived from the Norman French given name ENGUERRAND. IRVING m English, Scottish, Jewish From a Scottish surname which was in turn derived from a Scottish place name meaning "green water"... [more] JEWEL f & m English In part from the English word jewel, a precious stone, derived from Old French jouel, which was possibly related to jeu "game"... [more] KEEFE m Irish, English (Rare) From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Caoimh meaning "descendent of CAOMH". KEEGAN m Irish, English From an Irish surname, the Anglicized form of the Gaelic Mac Aodhagáin, which means "descendent of Aodhagán"... [more] KEIGHLEY f English (Rare) From a surname which was derived from an English place name, ultimately meaning "clearing belonging to Cyhha"... [more] KEITH m English, Scottish From a Scottish surname which was originally derived from a place name, itself probably derived from the Brythonic element cet meaning "wood"... [more] KELLY m & f Irish, English Anglicized form of the Irish given name CEALLACH or the surname derived from it Ó Ceallaigh... [more] KELSEY f & m English From an English surname which is derived from town names in Lincolnshire... [more] KEMP m English (Rare) From a surname derived from Middle English kempe meaning "champion, athlete, warrior". KENDALL m & f English From a surname which comes from the name of the city of Kendale in northwest England meaning "valley on the river Kent". KENNARD m English From a surname which was derived from the Old English given names CYNEWEARD or CYNEHEARD. KENNEDY f & m English, Irish From an irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Cinnéidigh meaning "descendent of CENNÉTIG"... [more] KERMIT m English From a Manx surname, a variant of the Irish surname MacDermott meaning "son of DIARMAID"... [more] KERR m Scottish, English (Rare) From a Scottish surname which was derived from a place name meaning "rough wet ground" in Old Norse. KIMBALL m English From a surname which was derived from either the Welsh given name CYNBEL or the Old English given name CYNEBALD. KINGSLEY m English (Modern) From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "king's wood" in Old English. KINGSTON m English (Modern) From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "king's town" in Old English. KINLEY f English (Modern) From a surname which was an Anglicized form of Mac Fhionnlaigh meaning "son of FIONNLAGH". KYNASTON m English (Rare) From an English surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "CYNEFRIÐ's town" in Old English. LACY f & m English From a surname which was derived from Lassy, the name of a town in Normandy... [more] LAMAR m English, African American From a French and English surname, originally from a place name in Normandy, which was derived from Old French la mare meaning "the pool". LANDON m English From a surname which was derived from an Old English place name meaning "long hill" (effectively meaning "ridge")... [more] LANE m English From a surname meaning "lane, path" which originally belonged to a person who lived near a lane. LAYTON m English From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "settlement with a leek garden" in Old English. LEE m & f English From a surname which was derived from Old English leah meaning "clearing"... [more] LENNOX m Scottish, English (Rare) From a Scottish surname which was derived from the name of a district in Scotland... [more] LESLIE f & m English From a Scottish surname which was derived from a Scottish place name, probably derived from Gaelic leas celyn meaning "garden of holly"... [more] LINCOLN m English From a surname which was originally from the name of a city in England, derived from Brythonic lindo "lake, pool" and Latin colonia "colony"... [more] LINDSAY f & m English, Scottish From an English and Scottish surname which was originally derived from the name of the region Lindsey, which means "LINCOLN island" in Old English... [more] LINTON m English From a surname which was originally from place names meaning either "flax town" or "lime tree town" in Old English. LINWOOD m English From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "stream forest" in Old English. LOGAN m & f Scottish, English From a surname which was originally derived from a Scottish place name meaning "little hollow" in Scottish Gaelic. LOWELL m English From an English surname which was derived from a Norman French nickname, from lou "wolf" and a diminutive suffix... [more] LYNDON m English From an English surname which was derived from a place name meaning "lime tree hill" in Old English... [more] MACKENZIE f & m English From the Gaelic surname Mac Coinnich, which means "son of COINNEACH"... [more] MALONE m English (Rare) From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Maoil Eoin meaning "descendent of a disciple of Saint JOHN". MARVIN m English, German Probably from an English surname which was derived from the given name MERVYN... [more] MASON m English From an English surname meaning "stoneworker", from an Old French word of Germanic origin (akin to Old English macian "to make"). MAXWELL m English From a Scottish surname meaning "Mack's stream", from the name Mack, a short form of the Scandinavian name MAGNUS, combined with Old English wella "stream"... [more] MELVILLE m English From a Scottish surname which was originally from a Norman French place name meaning "bad town"... [more] MERRITT m English From an English surname, originally from a place name, which meant "boundary gate" in Old English. MONTGOMERY m English From an English surname meaning "GUMARICH's mountain" in Norman French... [more] MURPHY m & f Irish, English From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Murchadha meaning "descendent of MURCHADH". MURRAY m Scottish, English From a Scottish surname which was derived from the region in Scotland called Moray, meaning "seaboard settlement". NEWTON m English From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "new town" in Old English... [more] NOLAN m Irish, English From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Nualláin meaning "descendent of NUALLÁN"... [more] ORMOND m English (Rare) From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Ruaidh meaning "descendent of RUADH". OTIS m English From an English surname which was derived from the medieval given name Ode, a cognate of OTTO... [more] PADEN m English (Rare) An invented name, using the popular aden suffix sound found in such names as Braden, Hayden and Aidan... [more] |
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