English Surnames: Meaning, Origin & Coat of Arms (page 4 of 16)

A nickname, perhaps "cut stick"

Wool-working; also other origins

Someone who cards or combs wool

From Carlisle, 'fort of Luguvalos'

The son of Carl (man)

Son of Carl

Settlement of free peasants

Cairn

Carpenter, worker in timber

Dweller by a marsh or fen

Carrier

Cora's farm

Cart driver, carrier

Cart maker

Woodcarver, or ploughman

Box or chest maker

From Cawston in Norfolk

One who lived or worked at a castle

A watercress spring or stream

A debt collector or bailiff's officer

Kati's farm

From Catterall

Cafna's enclosure

A dweller at the hunting ground or woods

Ceadda's farm

Keeper of the chamber

Chamberlain, servant of the private rooms

Fighter

Luck

Candle maker or seller

Oak grove

Merchant, trader

Dweller by a chapel

Someone who came from Charley (rock woods) in Leicestershire

From Charnock, near Chorley in Lancashire

Hunter, or dweller by a hunting ground

Someone who came from Chatham (homestead by a forest)

From Chatterton, near Ramsbottom in Lancashire

Hose maker

Someone who came from Chancey or Chancay, in France

Homestead by the wood

Cheek (nickname)

From Cheetham, near Manchester

A dweller at the sign of the goat

Oak grove

Cherry grower or seller

From Cheshire

Roman fort / from Chester

Winding way

A pet name of endearment from the chicken

Children's house

Young man, youth

Farm of the young men

Possibly from Chute in Wiltshire

A descendant of Christ

A descendant of Christ

A descendant of Christmas

Bearer of Christ

Dweller by the church

Church hill

A descendant of Clapa, or a person of heavy build

Clerk, scholar or scribe

A descendant of Clas, a pet form of Nicholas (people, victory)

Dweller on clay soil

From Clayton, "clay farmstead"

A dweller at the cliff or rock or steep descent

From Clegg, near Rochdale in Lancashire

Merciful

Son of Clement

A descendant of Clemens (merciful)

Hilly land

A keeper of keys

A dweller near a steep descent or slope

Ford by a cliff

Farm by a cliff

From Glympton or Glinton

An enclosure or farmyard

Rock, hill

"ravine, steep valley"

A dweller at a hollow or ravine

A dweller at, or near, a wood

Dweller at the cottages

Cottages

From the Old Norse name Kobbi, or "lump"

Famous and bold

Cobba's homestead

Someone who carried

Jackdaw

Someone who made coffers, boxes and chests

Someone who came from Cogan (bowl), in South Wales

A dweller at a spring frequented by game birds

From Coker, crooked stream

Bright helmet

A place or personal name

Koli's farm

Coal-black; pet form of Nicholas

A dweller at a cool gap in a chain of hills

Charcoal burner; descendant of Colmán ("dove")

Son of Col / charcoal burner

Dark-haired

A pet form of Nicholas, or a nickname for dark colouring

A descendant of little Coll

Charcoal burner

Disputed wood

Son of Cole

Someone from Colton, a homestead

Dweller in a valley

Valley farmstead

A dweller in a deep valley, from a place-name

Officer

A descendant of Constantine (constant)

Someone who has been converted (to the Christian religion)

Cook

Someone from Cooksey in Worcestershire

A dweller near a pool of cold water

A form of Coombe

Barrel maker

The servant or helper of one who made casks

Cloak

From Copeland in Cumbria, "bought land"

Hill clearing

A dweller at the top or summit of a hill

Little raven

Little raven

From Cornwall or Cornhill

A dweller at a nook or angle of land

Horn player / little corner

Someone from Cornwall

Place name

Someone who came from Coursan or Courson

At the cottages

Cottager

Red-haired

From Courtenay, France

A dweller at the sign of the coot

A dweller in a small chamber or cave

A dweller in a small chamber or cave

Farm of Cofa's people

Someone who tended cows

Someone who tended cows

A dweller at the cow island or river pasture

Rooster; lively man