Surnames Starting with N: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins (page 1 of 2)

A nickname from the nightingale

A Christmas-related personal name

Someone who made needles

Nail maker

Big / tall

From Nairn

From Nájera

Valley

Little Giovanni

Keeper of table linen

Pusher (nickname)

Someone who came from Neapolis (new city) in Italy

An older personal name with an uncertain formation

From Naples

Neapolitan

"orange tree"

From Nardo, short for Leonardo or Bernardo

Birth, the Nativity

At the ash tree

A name for a child born at Christmas

A descendant of Nathan (gift of God)

A plural or patronymic form of Nativo

Descendant of Neachtan (bright, pure)

"newcomer"

Upland plain

From Navarrete

From Navarre

From Nawra

"nail maker"

From the personal name Niall

Poor homestead

A patronymic from a shortened personal name

Son of the poet

Nephew, kinsman

Dark one

Dark-haired, dark-complexioned

Dark one

A descendant of Neil (champion)

A descendant of Neil (champion)

Someone living at the elms

Son of Neil or Nell

Short form of Ranieri; dark

Nose-shaped ridge

Two tentative Italian nickname explanations

A smith who made knives or nails

A headland or promontory

Nettle farm

A descendant of Neu (new)

New farmer

Someone living in a new house or from Neuhaus

Newcomer

From Nevárez / snowy

"snows"

New town

Son of Cnáimhín ("little bone")

A newcomer; also other origins

Someone who lived in, or dwelt near, the new castle

New fort

New farm

Newcomer

Someone living in a newly built house

New land