Surnames Starting with C: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins (page 3 of 5)

From Charnock, near Chorley in Lancashire

Carpenter

From Chartres

Hunter, or dweller by a hunting ground

Castle keeper

Someone who came from Chatham (homestead by a forest)

From Chatterton, near Ramsbottom in Lancashire

Hose maker

Someone who came from Chancey or Chancay, in France

Little bald one

New house

From Chaves

From Chaves

Homestead by the wood

Cheek (nickname)

From Cheetham, near Manchester

A dweller at the sign of the goat

Oak grove

Cherry grower or seller

From Cheshire

Roman fort / from Chester

Winding way

Knight, horseman

Horseman, knight

A diminutive from Giacomo or a word for a small stone

Bright, clear

A pet name of endearment from the chicken

Children's house

Young man, youth

Farm of the young men

Cheese-farm meadow

"hops"

From Chmielewo (hop field)

Cloud

Possibly from Chute in Wiltshire

"from Chojnata"

A descendant of Christ

A descendant of Christ

Son of Christen (Christian)

The son of Christian (follower of Christ)

Follower of Christ

From Christopher or Christian

A descendant of Christmas

Bearer of Christ

A historical nickname involving an insect or worm

Dweller by the church

Church hill

Little Luciano

Little Cicco / Francesco

From Cichock / quiet

"quiet one"

From Ciechanów

Carpenter

Carpenter's son

"carpenter's son"

Possibly a nickname connected with a belt

From Cyprus

Cyprian

Lordly (from Kyrillos)

From Cisneros in Palencia

Someone from Ciszewo or a quiet person

Son of Flannchadh ("red warrior")

A descendant of Clapa, or a person of heavy build

Clerk, scholar or scribe

Descendant of the cleric

Brightness or a personal name

The son of Clas, a pet form of Nicholas (people, victory)

A descendant of Clas, a pet form of Nicholas (people, victory)

From the Roman personal name Claudius

Dweller on clay soil

From Clayton, "clay farmstead"

Descendant of the clerk

A dweller at the cliff or rock or steep descent

From Clegg, near Rochdale in Lancashire

Merciful

Mild, merciful

From a name meaning merciful

Son of Clement

A descendant of Clemens (merciful)

Someone who came from Glendinning (glen of the fair hill)

A grandson of Cleireach (cleric or clerk)

Hilly land

A keeper of keys

A dweller near a steep descent or slope

Ford by a cliff

Farm by a cliff

A Christian personal-name tradition

From Glympton or Glinton

An enclosure or farmyard

Rock, hill

"ravine, steep valley"

Nail maker

A dweller at a hollow or ravine

Someone who came from Clyne (a slope)

A dweller at, or near, a wood

Son of Caochlaoch

A grandson of Comhghan (twin)

Dweller at the cottages

Cottages

From the Old Norse name Kobbi, or "lump"

Famous and bold

Cobba's homestead

Darling, favourite child

From the lands of Cochrane

Stream of the wild birds

Someone who carried

Son of Odo

Jackdaw

"rabbit"

Someone who made coffers, boxes and chests

Descendant of Cobhthach ("victorious")

Someone who came from Cogan (bowl), in South Wales