Surnames Starting with B: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins (page 2 of 7)

"clay grounds"

Grove or hill

From Barry (Glamorgan)

Son of Bartek

A descendant of little Bart

"son of Bartel"

Bearded, or from Bartholomäus

Son of Talmai (Bartholomew)

A descendant of Bartholomew (son of Talmai, furrow)

Son of Tolmai

Son of Bartek

Birch clearing

Little Bartolo

From Barton, "barley farm"

A familiar form of Bartholomew

A pet form of Bartholomäus or a nickname for a bear

Someone who came from Barwick (barley farm), in Norfolk

Someone who came from Boscombe (box-tree valley), in Wiltshire

Royal (from Basil)

A descendant of little Bass or Bassa (short)

Short, low

From Bassano

Short, of low stature

Short

A nickname for a short man, or someone from low-lying land

"thick woods"

The holder, or tenant, of a small farm

Young knight or apprentice

Son of Bate (Bartholomew)

The son of Bate

From John the Baptist

The son of Bate

Battle (soldier, fighter)

From Battle, Sussex, or a fighter

Bold friend

Farmer

Tree

Farmer, cultivator

"orchard keeper"

"Baptist"

A locality or a named watercourse

"a Bavarian"

The son of the bailiff

The son of the bailiff

Son of the bailiff

A color-related nickname or a locality

Beech tree, or stream

Bee hill

Tree, post

Bean grower, or son of Beathan

Bearded man

Woodland valley

Clearing of Beornheard

Clearing with bent grass

A descendant of little Bate

Little Bartholomew

From Baty (Bartholomew)

Desscendant of little Bate or Baty

Fair field

Beautiful place

Beautiful hill

Beautiful view

A dweller at the sign of the beaver

A descendant of Bebb

Heifer

A descendant of Betto, from names with Bercht, bright

Baker; brook

Baker

Little baker

Little beak / beehive cottage

From Beckham in Norfolk

Someone who came from Beckley (Beocca's meadow)

Dweller by a brook

Wood by the stream

Bēda's ford

Son of the cooper

"little cooper"

A cooper's family or someone from a cooper's place

A cooper

Bee keeper / bee hollow

A dweller at, or near, a beech tree

Beech homestead

By the beech trees

A dweller on, or near, a hill

Someone who kept bees

Farm where bent grass grows

Small

Someone who came from Bohemia (home of the Boii)

A Low German pet form of Bernhard

Someone who lived at the sign of the bear

A dweller at the sign of the bear

Son of Bernd (Bernhard)

Someone who came from Bavaria, in Germany

Axe (axe-maker or user)

From Beira

Berenger / bear spear

A Christian personal-name tradition

Fair face, cheerful

A personal name related to Melchior

Bell; handsome

"fine friend"

Someone who made and sold bells

From the nickname bello, "handsome"

Someone who came from Bellingen

Someone who came from Bellingen

Little handsome one

The son of Elias (Jehovah is my God)

Handsome / fair

Little handsome one