cs121990's Personal Name List

Derived from Old Dutch ekster "magpie".

Indicated a person who lived near an abbey or worked in an abbey, from Middle English abbeye.

From the given name Bonaccorso.

From a place name: either Annesley in Nottinghamshire or Ansley in Warwickshire. The place names themselves derive from Old English anne "alone, solitary" or ansetl "hermitage" and leah "woodland, clearing".

From Basque aitz meaning "rock, stone".

From Spanish alamillo meaning "poplar, aspen".

Means "son of Ale 2", the suffix -ma indicating that it is of Frisian origin.

Designated a person who had originally lived in the town of Almeida in Portugal. The place name is from Arabic ال مائدة (al ma'idah) meaning "the plateau, the table".

Derived from the given name Altimaro, an alteration of Adelmar.

Denoted a person from the village of Anjum in the Netherlands. It possibly means "corner" in Dutch.

Derived from Aust, an archaic diminutive of August.

Derived from the Old English name Æðelmær.

Possibly from Basque azeri meaning "fox".

Matronymic surname derived from Serbo-Croatian baba "grandmother, old woman".

Variant of Babin.

From Old French bel ami meaning "beautiful friend".

Means "beautiful rose" in French.

Derived from German Blumen "flowers" and Thal "valley".

From the name of the town of Caivano near Naples, derived from Latin Calvianum, derived from the Roman cognomen Calvus.

Catalan form of Kappel.

From the Welsh given name Seisyll, which was derived from the Roman name Sextilius, a derivative of Sextus.

Derived from a diminutive form of French charbon "charcoal", a nickname for a person with black hair or a dark complexion.

Original Norman form of Darrell.

From the given name Amore.

Means "from the hillside", from French coteau "hillside".

Variant of Eccleston.

Means "acorn" in German, indicating a person who lived near an oak tree.

Derived from the given names Ælfwine, Æðelwine or Ealdwine.

English: nickname meaning ‘handsome’, ‘beautiful’, ‘fair’, from Middle English fair, fayr, Old English fæger. The word was also occasionally used as a personal name in Middle English, applied to both men and women.
Irish: translation of Gaelic fionn ‘fair’, which Woulfe describes as ‘a descriptive epithet that supplanted the real surname’, or a reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Finn, a variant of Mag Fhinn (see McGinn).

Means "beautiful child" in Middle English and Scots.

Means "beautiful child" in Middle English.

Referred to a person who came from various places named Fay or Faye in northern France, derived from Old French fau "beech tree", from Latin fagus.

From the given name Feliciano.

Means "violet" in Czech, referring to the flower. It may have originally referred to a person who lived near a sign bearing violets, or it may have been given to a person who lived in a place where violets grew.

Derived from the given name Fiore.

Denoted a keeper or one in charge of a forest, or one who has charge of growing timber in a forest (see Forest).

From Middle English, ultimately from Latin fortuna meaning "fortune, luck, chance". This was possibly a nickname for a gambler.

From the name of the animal. It was originally a nickname for a person with red hair or a crafty person.

Variant of Whelan.

Variant of Garnett 1 or Garnett 2.

Habitational name for someone who lived in Gebara, a village in the province of Álava in Spain.

Denoted a person from the Italian city of Genoa (Genova in Italian).

Means "son of Georgios".

From a diminutive of the medieval byname Hake, which was of Old Norse origin and meant "hook".

German variant of Hall.

Habitational name for someone who lived near a path across a heath, from Old English hæþ "heath" and weg "way".

Variant of Janson.

Means "son of Ibán".

Means "servant of Jack".

Means "son of Jan 1".

Derived from the given name Jan, a medieval English form of John.

From Old French joli meaning "happy, jolly, pretty".

From Japanese 神 (kami) meaning "god" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Alternate transcription of Armenian Ղասաբյան (see Ghasabyan).

Means "birch" in Estonian.

Derived from an English place name meaning "clearing belonging to Cyhha". The Old English given name Cyhha is of unknown meaning.

Nickname meaning "small" in Hungarian.

Means "son of Krste".

Means "sour" in Czech. It was most likely used to denote a person known for having a bad mood.

Means "chance, luck" in French, a nickname for a lucky person.

Means "the chapel" in French, most likely used to denote a person who lived by a church or a chapel.

Means "the cross" in French. It denoted one who lived near a cross symbol or near a crossroads.

Occupational name for a greengrocer, meaning "vegetables" in southern Italian dialects, ultimately from Greek λάχανον (lachanon).

Means "the point (of a lance)" in French, possibly a nickname for a soldier.

Derived from the Gaelic given name Mac Beatha meaning "son of life", which denoted a man of religious devotion. This was the name of an 11th-century Scottish king, and the name of a play based on his life by William Shakespeare.

Derived from the given name Marco.

Derived from the given name Marinos.

Means "son of Marin".

Venetian variant of Masi.

From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

From a nickname meaning "mouse", from Old High German mus.

From Gaelic Mac Giolla Fhaoláin meaning "son of the servant of Faolán".

Anglicized form of Mac Eachairn.

Anglicized form of Gaelic MacIomhair meaning "son of Íomhar".

From various Portuguese place names that were derived from Portuguese medeiro meaning "haystack", ultimately from Latin meta meaning "cone, pyramid".

Means "bear" in several languages, from the Old Slavic root medvědĭ.

Variant of Meyer 2.

From an English place name meaning "boundary gate".

Alternate transcription of Russian/Bulgarian Наумов (see Naumov).

Originally indicated a person from Naples in Italy.

Occupational name for a clerk, derived from Latin notarius.

From Swedish ny (Old Norse nýr) meaning "new" and qvist (Old Norse kvistr) meaning "twig, branch".

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Broin meaning "descendant of Bran 1".

Derived from the Italian given name Pace meaning "peace".

From various Italian places, named from Italian palazzo, Latin palatium meaning "palace, noble mansion".

Means "son of Palle".

Portuguese form of Palmer.

From the name of a town near Manchester, derived from Celtic penn meaning "hill" combined with Old English bere meaning "barley" and tun meaning "enclosure, yard, town".

From Portuguese and Galician pereira meaning "pear tree", ultimately from Latin pirum meaning "pear".

Means "pine tree" in Portuguese.

From the name of the town of Piovene Rocchette in Veneto, Italy.

French form of Plank.

Means "pear tree" in French, originally a nickname for someone who lived close to such a tree.

From Old French poli meaning "polite, courteous".

Derived from the given name Boris.

From a place name meaning "priest clearing", from Old English preost and leah.

From a nickname meaning "dark" in Spanish, referring to a person with dark hair or skin.

Means "prince", used as an ornamental name by Jews or as a nickname for someone who acted in a princely manner.

From Italian profeta meaning "prophet". It probably came from a nickname indicating a person who wanted to predict the future. It is typical of southern Italy.

From Puttenham, the name of towns in Hertfordshire and Surrey in England, which mean "Putta's homestead".

Variant of Quigley.

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Coigligh meaning "descendant of Coigleach", a given name meaning "untidy".

From various place names in England that mean "red cliff" in Old English.

From a Scottish place name meaning "fortress town", from Gaelic ráth meaning "fortress" and a Pictish word meaning "town".

Variant of Raine 1 or Raine 2.

Nickname for a wealthy or powerful person, from Old High German rihhi "rich, powerful".

Topographic name derived from Old English rod meaning "cleared land", or a locational name from any of the locations named with this word.

Anglicized form of Ó Rinn.

French cognate of Rivers.

Means "rose bushes" in Spanish.

Originally given to a person who lived near a rowan tree or mountain ash.

From Spanish sala meaning "hall" and Basque zahar meaning "old". It can also refer to the town of Salazar in Burgos, Spain, which is of the same origin.

Variant of Sas.

From German schlimm "bad, crooked, awry".

Derived from the given name Séverin.

Means "beautiful, attractive" from Old English sciene.

Means "forests" in Portuguese.

From the given name Szymon.

Derived from Finnish tähti meaning "star".

Alternate transcription of Armenian Դարբինյան (see Darbinyan).

Means "at the edge, eave" indicating a person who lived at the edge of a forest or under a covered shelter.

Occupational name meaning "weaver", ultimately from Latin texarius.

From Tindale, the name of a town in Cumbria, derived from the name of the river Tyne combined with Old English dæl "dale, valley".

Originally given to one who came from the town of Tipton, derived from the Old English given name Tippa combined with tun "enclosure, yard, town".

Diminutive of Ungaro.

Derived from Basque ur "water" and bi "two", indicating a place where two waterways met.

Derived from the given name Valentin.

Means "from the valley", from Old Dutch dal meaning "valley".

Variant of Van Andel.

Means "from the swamp", from Dutch veen meaning "fen, swamp, peat". It originally indicated a person who resided in a peat district or fen colony.

From Finnish vanha meaning "old".

Variant of Van Laar.

Variant of Van Rompaey.

From Spanish vega meaning "meadow, plain", of Basque origin.

Dialectical variant of Vörös.

From a nickname meaning "truth", perhaps given originally to a truthful person.

From the name of the city of Verona, one of the most important historical cities of northern Italy. The meaning of the city's name is uncertain.

Occupational name derived from Dutch verver meaning "dyer, painter".

From the given name Veit.

Possibly from Latin virgo "virgin, maiden". It may have been a nickname for an actor who played the Virgin Mary in mystery plays, or for a shy man or a lecher.

Meaning uncertain, possibly from a Basque place name.

Means "from Ingersleben", a town in Germany, which means "Inge's village".

From any of the several English towns by this name, derived from Old English meaning "west cottage".

From various English place names derived from Old English hwit "white" and mor "moor, heath, bog".

From the nickname Wildbor meaning "wild boar" in Middle English.

From a diminutive of the given name William.

Variant of Wolf.

Derived from the given name Wine.

From Greek ξύλον (xylon) meaning "wood, timber" and ἀνδρός (andros) meaning "man". This surname was a Greek translation of German surnames of the same meaning.

Originally indicated a person from the town of Yoxall in Staffordshire, itself derived from Old English geoc "oxen yoke" and halh "nook, recess".

Derived from the given name Ceel.

Ornamental name meaning "silver stone", from Yiddish זילבער (zilber) and שטיין (shtein), both of Old High German origin.

Derived from the given name Giovanni.

Ukrainian form of Zima.