English Surnames: Meaning, Origin & Coat of Arms (page 13 of 16)

A dweller at the sign of the rook

Rope maker

Rose; from the woman's name Rose

A dweller at a promontory or peninsula

Someone who came from Rothwell (spring or stream by a clearing)

Rough valley

Dweller by a hedgerow, or from Rolf

From Rowell / Rothwell

Rough clearing

Rowan tree

Royal / kingly

Someone who came from Roubaix, in France

Someone who came from Roubaix, in France

Back / stretch

Red

A descendant of little Rud

Ruff / Rudolf

Red-haired

Someone who came from Rugley (woodcock glade), in Northumberland

A descendant of Rumbeald (fame, bold)

Someone who came from Romsey (Rum's island), in Hampshire

A name of uncertain origin, possibly Huguenot

A descendant of Rupert (fame, bright)

A descendant of Rupert (fame, bright)

Dweller among rushes

A dweller at the river crossing where rushes grew

Someone who came from Rushford (homestead overgrown with rushes)

Someone who came from Rushton (homestead with rushes)

Uncertain

Red-haired; also other origins

Little red one

Red hair

Rider, horseman

A descendant of Sabin

From Sauqueville in Normandy

Saddle maker

A wise or learned person

A descendant of Sagar (sea, spear)

Place name

Son of Solomon

Salt maker or psaltery player

Of the sun

Son of Sam

Son of Samuel

Son of Sander (Alexander)

One who lived on sandy ground

Sandy ground

Sandy ford

Servant, officer

Clearing by the shieling

Son of Sander (Alexander)

From Sainville in France

Sawer of timber

From Saxton in Yorkshire

A descendant of Saer, or an assayer or serge seller

Sailor / rope maker

Huts

Skarthi's stronghold

Hut field

A scribe who copied books and documents

Crab (nickname)

Lean / stunted

Someone who fought with bow and arrow, an archer

Seal / from Seal

Sailor

A farmstead by the sea

Someone with a grave and austere demeanor

Someone with a grave and austere demeanor

A descendant of Sigeweard (victory, protection)

From Sai

From Sebaste / venerable

Sigg's farm

Residence near water

Happy or fortunate

Willow farm

A dweller in a valley where willow trees grew

Sea wolf

An animal shelter or hut

Saddler, or dealer

Someone who came from St. Leger, in France

Someone who came from St. Paul (small)

A descendant of little Serle (armor)

Someone from Soissons in France

Someone with a grave and austere demeanor

Victory power

From Saint-Maur

Ford with a tether post

From Shackleton, near Heptonstall

Long legs

Quick, keen

Someone who came from Sharples (steep place), in Lancashire

A dweller at the sign of the little shad (fish)

Small wood, thicket

Open land by the River Sheaf

Hill with a ledge

From Shell

Clearing on a ledge

From Shelton, "farm on a ledge"

Sheep herder

Someone who had white hair

Shearer of cloth

Bright spring

Shire wood

Sheep clearing

Sailor

Shire clearing

From Shocklach in Cheshire

Someone who made horseshoes

Schuck / Schug

Short, small of stature

A dweller at the small nook or corner

A sheriff or shire reeve

A dweller near the short cliff

From the personal name Sibyl

Uncertain origin

Silversmith or silver hair

A descendant of Silvester (forest dweller)

A descendant of little Sim

Son of Simon

Son of Sim / Simon

Son of Sim (Simon)

Son of Sim (Simon)

Singer, cantor

From Singleton in Lancashire

Farm on a ledge

A dweller at a wasteland associated with a man named Skyti

Skinner of hides and furs

Hollow

Valley

Slate roofer

Dweller by a muddy place

Someone who was dexterous or skilled

Sleng's farm

Slender, small

A narrow woodland clearing

Narrow wood

Quick, brisk

A dweller at the smooth or flat meadow

"smooth wooded hill"

Metalworker (Old English smið)

The son of a smith

Someone who made or sold smocks, formerly a woman's undergarment