English Surnames: Meaning, Origin & Coat of Arms (page 1 of 16)

From Aaron

Abbot, a nickname or servant name

Breath

Father of many

Son of Abram

A Biblical personal name interpreted as father of peace

"oak clearing"

Someone who came from Acland (Acca's lane), in Devonshire

Son of Adam

Little Adam

The son of Adam (red earth)

Someone who came from Addington (the village of Eadda's people)

The servant of Adal or Edel (noble)

The servant of Adal or Edel (noble)

Son of little Adam

From Ainsworth, near Bolton in Lancashire

Dweller by a field

A descendant of Aldwin (old friend)

Dweller by alder trees

Alder clearing

Elder, senior officer

A descendant of Aldred (old, counsel)

Elf ruler

Alder ford, or Ealdgyth's ford

A descendant of Aldgar (old, spear)

A descendant of Aldgar, Æthelgar or Ælfgar

From the given name Alan

Dweller in the alley / Alain

From Ealdred, 'old counsel'

From Alsop en le Dale in Derbyshire

Ælli's valley

Someone who came from Alport (old town), in Derbyshire

Halfdan's farm

Old man

Horse trainer

Immortal

Friend

Love, or work ruler

Carried by God

Andrew / Anders

Son of Andrew ("manly")

A dweller at, or near, the angle or corner

From Antonius

Apple farm

Apple orchard

"farm where apples grow"

Someone who came from Applethwaite (clearing where apples grew)

Bowman

From the Forest of Arden

Maker of chests

"dweller by a hermitage"

Little Arnold

From Arrington

A dweller near the Ashburn (ash-tree brook)

Ash-tree farm

Ash tree field

Ash-tree hill

Happy / ash dweller

Ford by the ash trees

Ash-tree clearing

Ash-tree farm

From Ashworth, near Rochdale in Lancashire

Oak wood

"valley of the aspen trees"

Someone who came from Askwith (ash wood), in Yorkshire

East wood or clearing

From Atherton, near Wigan in Lancashire

Son of Atkin, little Adam

At the fortified place

A dweller at a stream or lake

"at the wood"

A dweller at a stream or lake

At the well

Elf ruler

Venerable

From Augustine

A descendant of Averil (boar, battle)

A dweller at the clearing by the ash trees

Ford by the ash trees

Heir

From Babb, a personal-name form

The holder, or tenant, of a small farm

The holder, or tenant, of a small farm

Bakehouse

Pork butcher

Corn dealer

From the personal name Bagot

A descendant of Baga or Bacga (the fat one)

Badger clearing

Bacga's wood

Someone from Bagnall or a similarly named place

Bailiff; castle outer wall

From Bainbridge, in Wensleydale, Yorkshire

From a place near Halifax, Yorkshire

Bread baker

A dweller at the sign of the balance

Bold friend

From Bale

Dweller by a knoll, or a bald man

Bald-headed man

A descendant of Baldwin (bold, friend)

A dweller at a footbridge

Someone who came from Bamborough or Bamburgh (Bebbe's fort)

"the ford by the tree trunk"

Bean field

Dweller by a slope or bank

Basket maker / crossbowman

Barber, barber-surgeon

A descendant of Bard or Bart

Barley field

Someone from Barham

Tanner, or shepherd

Possibly from Birkdale

Barley hill

Barn; from Barnes

A descendant of little Bernard (bear, hard)

Dweller by land cleared by burning

Little Bernard / from Barney

Someone from Barnhill, a hill associated with a man named Beorn

"ravine of the birch trees"

Place name

Baron, lordly

Grove or hill

A descendant of Bartholomew (son of Talmai, furrow)

Son of Tolmai

Birch clearing

From Barton, "barley farm"

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

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

A descendant of little Bass or Bassa (short)

Short, low

Short, of low stature

The holder, or tenant, of a small farm

Young knight or apprentice

Son of Bate (Bartholomew)

The son of Bate

The son of Bate

From Battle, Sussex, or a fighter

The son of the bailiff

The son of the bailiff

Son of the bailiff

Beech tree, or stream