English Surnames: Meaning, Origin & Coat of Arms (page 15 of 16)

One who lived by a thorn bush

Someone who came from Thornley (thorny glade)

From Thornton, "thorn-bush farm"

Outlying farm

Thresher of grain

"thrall's clearing"

A descendant of Thurgar or Thorgeirr (Thor's spear)

Thor's protection

Thor's stone

A descendant of little Tibb, from Theobald

A descendant of Tibb, a pet form of Theobald

Tīdi's spring

A descendant of Tilla, Tilli or Tila (good, brave)

Tiller of soil, or lime tree

Tile / earth worker

The son of little Till

Place name

Son of Tim (Timothy)

Someone from Tynedale in Northumberland

A dweller at, or near, the meeting place or court

A mender of pots and kettles

Tynni's hill

A descendant of little Tibb

A descendant of little Tibb

A descendant of little Tibb

The son of Tibba, pet forms of Theobald (people bold)

Tibba's farm

Someone who came from Tirril (wooden hut), in Westmorland

Someone who came from Titley (Titta's wood), in Herefordshire

Titus (personal name)

God is good

Fox

Someone who hunted foxes

A dweller at a toft, a yard enclosing a residence

Someone who came from Tolland (land on Tone River)

Bright people

A collector of tolls

A descendant of Toll

From Bartholomew, or a toll collector

The man who collected tolls, the keeper of a tollgate

Son of little Tom

Someone who came from Tooley (lookout hill), in Leicestershire

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

A dweller at the upper, or highest, homestead

A dweller at the upper meadow

Town clearing

Dweller at the end of the village

A dweller at Teoda's homestead

From Tracy in Normandy

Traps; also other origins

Crossing

Toll collector at a crossing

Farm of the stone

Someone who came from Trimley (Yrymma's wood), in Suffolk

From the River Trent, 'flooder'

Farm of Elyan

Nimble dancer, light-footed

Someone who came from Ireland

Troll valley

A descendant of Trott (defiance)

Messenger, runner

A nickname connected with trout

Someone from Trowbridge in Wiltshire

Someone who came from Troyes (from Gaulish tribe, the Tricassii)

Someone who came from Trouts Dale (earlier spelling Trucedale, trout pool)

A descendant of Trum (strong), a pet form of names

Son of Tubb (Theobald)

Cloth fuller

A dweller at a toft, a yard enclosing a residence

Lathe worker

Thor's Finn

Someone with some characteristic of the European wild dove

Lookout hill

A dweller at an alley, or narrow passage, between houses

A dweller near the large common pasture or enclosure

From Tyldesley, near Wigan

Tiler, roof maker

Firebrand, or son of Dye

Under the hill

Dweller at the edge of a wood

Place name

Someone living at an upper thicket or wood

Upper farm

Doorkeeper

Someone from Utley in Yorkshire

Utta's clearing

Valley

A fen or winnowing connection

Vassal of a vassal

Place name

Alder grove

Place of alders

Someone who came from Vessey (estate of Vitius)

Conqueror

Vicar's son or servant

From a name meaning conqueror

From Villiers

Farm of Wada's people

Dweller by a ford

Someone who came from Wadley (Wada's meadow), in Berkshire

Wæddi's enclosure

A dweller near the quaking bog or marsh

Someone who drove a wagon or cart, a carter

"maker of wagons"

Watchman

Open land for a wake or festival

Valley of the Britons

House in the forest

Someone who came from Wales (the Welsh)

Cloth fuller (walker of cloth)

Wall builder

Clearing in Lancashire

Pool by the wall

From Walton, "farmstead of the Britons"

Werburgh's farm

Watchman, guardian

Guardian

Weir, dam

Someone from Warfield in Berkshire

Guard of the army, or keeper of a warren

From La Varenne; game preserve

Dwellings by the weir

Someone who washed

From the Washburn stream

Someone who washed

From Washington ("settlement of Wassa's people")

A dweller in the house by the lake or stream

Boatman

Son of Walter, or one who lived by the water

Son of Wat (Walter)

Son of Wat (Walter)

Someone who came from Vauville, in France

Road

A wagon-related occupation

Wether farm

An uncertain place-name origin

Wether, ram-keeper

Weaver of cloth, or dweller by the Weaver river

Weaver

Weaver

Weaver

Someone who came from Weddington (wet homestead), in Warwickshire