English Surnames

Explore English last names — their meanings, origins, and famous bearers.

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Derived from a Germanic personal name meaning shield-wolf.

Derived from a medieval personal name or a boundary/place element.

Variant spelling of Green, topographic surname for village green.

Derived from the personal name Denis or Dennis.

Locational surname meaning fortified settlement or enclosure.

Occupational surname for a baker of bread.

Occupational surname for a judicial officer or nickname for a fair person.

Surname with Norse and English personal-name roots.

Topographic surname for someone living near a bush or thicket.

Topographic surname for someone living near a village green or grassy place.

Topographic surname for someone who lived on or near a hill.

Occupational surname for a transporter of goods by cart.

Topographic or occupational surname linked to a hall, manor, or someone who w...

Patronymic surname meaning son of Neil.

Patronymic surname meaning son of Adam.

Nickname or personal-name-derived surname with several roots.

Locational surname meaning middle settlement.

Derived from the personal name Michael.

Derived from the personal name Miles or Milo.

Occupational surname for a lathe worker or turner of wood or metal.

Patronymic surname meaning son of Philip.

Patronymic surname meaning son of Edward.

Occupational surname for a keeper of a park or estate enclosure.

Locational surname meaning mill settlement.

Nickname surname from dragon or drake, sometimes linked to fierce character.

Occupational surname for a bowman or skilled archer.

Occupational surname for a barrel maker.

Derived from an Old Norse personal name meaning divine bear.

Topographic surname for someone living in a nook or remote valley.

Patronymic surname derived from Roger.

Occupational surname for a cook.

Derived from Maurice or sometimes linked to Moorish associations in medieval ...

Surname with several origins including a personal name and place-name roots.

Derived from an old Germanic personal name.

Occupational surname for a bailiff or official, sometimes tied to outer castl...

Patronymic surname meaning son of Peter.

Status surname for a freeman of a borough.

Patronymic surname from Bartholomew or Bate.

Surname from a Breton personal name meaning battle worthy.

Surname from a Germanic personal name meaning eagle power.

Patronymic surname meaning son of Peter.

Topographic surname linked to an animal park or preserve.

Occupational surname meaning merchant or trader.

Nickname surname for someone cunning or fox-like.

Nickname surname from paganus, later a personal name.

Occupational surname meaning steward or dispenser.

Topographic surname for someone living near a stone or rock.

Patronymic surname meaning son of Wat or Walter.

Patronymic surname meaning son of Richard.

Old noble and locational surname with Germanic and Anglo-Norman associations.

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