English Surnames: Meaning, Origin & Coat of Arms (page 14 of 16)

Someone who had a small head

The worker in metals

The worker in metals

Cut-off piece of land

Someone who came from Sevenoaks (seven oaks), in Kent

White-haired or pale

Snow hill

Peace

A maker or seller of soap

Son of Søren

A dweller at, ' or near, a muddy pond

A dweller at a south wood or someone from Southworth

Someone who came from the south

Someone who came from Southworth (southern homestead), in Lancashire

"farm on sour ground"

Someone associated with Spain

Lively, bright person

Someone with some characteristic of a little sparrow

From Spalding, Lincolnshire

A preacher, storyteller or entertainer

Steward, dispenser of provisions

Spice merchant

"maker of spoons or shingles"

Lively, nimble

A descendant of Sprot (twig or small branch)

The lively, alert person

A nickname for a slender person

The lively, alert person

Someone with some characteristic of a sparrow

Squire

From Saint-Jean (Normandy)

Someone living by a cliff or a steep rock

From Eustace, 'fruitful'

Ford by a landing place

Clearing where staves were cut

Stamper, crusher

Someone from Étampes in France

A stony field

Stony ford

Stony valley

From Stanley, "stony clearing"

A descendant of Stanard (stone, firm)

Someone who came from Stanbury (stone fort), in Yorkshire

"stony field"

Stone farmstead

Boundary post

Farm by the post

Little stiff one

Star

Steep rock / cup

Someone who had charge of horses

Someone from Stebbing in Essex

Someone who had charge of horses

Someone who came from Stenson (Stein's homestead), in Derbyshire

Son of Stephen ("crown")

Son of Stephen ("crown")

Someone who came from Stickney (stick island), in Lincolnshire

Dweller by a stile

Quiet or calm

A dweller at the stile

Someone living by a still or quiet spring

Farm built of logs

Someone from Stockwell in Surrey

Horse keeper

From Stoke, "outlying settlement"

Proud foot / Stoltzfus

Dweller by the stone

Stone worker / Steiner

The keeper, or overseer, of the provisions for a large household

Big, tall

A nickname from a young ox or horse

Bold, brave

Stump fold

From Stow or Stowe

Someone from Stowell, a stony stream

Foreigner

Someone who came from Stratford (ford at a Roman road)

Farm on a Roman road

One who lived by a Roman road

Someone who stretched, or smoothed, fabrics

Pasture of the young bullocks

Someone who stretched, or smoothed, fabrics

Maker of bowstrings

Strong

Someone from Strother in Northumberland

Marshy brushwood

A field of stubble

One who lived by tree stumps

From Stockey in Devon

A dweller on a promontory or tongue of land

Little bird

Summer, or packhorse driver

Summoner to court

"south cliff"

From Sutton, "south farmstead"

Young man, servant

Someone who came from Swallow (rushing river), in Lincolnshire

Son of Sveinn

Pleasant, agreeable

Someone who was pleasant and agreeable

Someone who came from Switzerland

Quick, fast

Pig stream

A dweller in the wooded valley where swine were bred

Someone who beat and dressed flax

Someone who beat and dressed flax

Dweller by a small stream

Of the woods

The son of Simon or Simeon (gracious hearing)

The son of Simon or Simeon (gracious hearing)

The son of Simon or Simeon (gracious hearing)

Drummer

Norman personal name

Tanner of hides

Someone who came from Torkington (homestead of Turec's people)

Cheerful, or from an old personal name

From Tattershall, in Lincolnshire

From Tatham

Tailor

A dweller at the sign of the teal (a small duck)

Someone who cut iron

Cut iron

Someone who made or sold linen cloth

Someone who came from Timperleigh (timber wood), in Cheshire

Storm (nickname)

Of the Templars' land

A descendant of Tenney, a pet form of Dennis

Son of Dennis

Someone who furnished articles, particularly arrows, with metal tips

From Thierry (Theodoric)

Thatcher

A dweller at the corner where the thatch was stored

Roof thatcher

Of uncertain origin

A descendant of Theobald (people, bold)

A descendant of Theobald (people, bold)

Ill-mannered

Thistle clearing

A descendant of Thome, a pet form of Thomas (a twin)

The son of little Thom

Son of Thom (Thomas)

Someone who came from Thorley (thorny wood)