English Surnames: Meaning, Origin & Coat of Arms (page 5 of 16)

Quiet / reserved

Dweller by a crab-apple tree

Chalk pit

Long-legged, like a crane

Open land of the cranes

From Craven

Crow clearing

From Creech / hill

Wood of the cranes

Curly-haired

A descendant of Crist

A descendant of Crist

Someone from Cresswell, a stream where cress grew

Someone from a place in Kent

Potter, maker of crocks

The little crooked or deformed person

Curly-haired

Small enclosed field

Someone who came from Croft (enclosure)

Winding stream

Bend

Village with a cross

Someone who lived at the glade

Dweller by a cross

"clearing with a cross"

Dweller by a cross

A dweller near a cross

Crow

Crows' spring

"fiddler, player of the crwth"

Someone who bears a cross

The crooked, maimed or deformed person

Crooked

Dove

A leather dresser

Courteous, refined

A diminutive of Custance or Constance

A maker of thigh armour, or of cushions

Knife maker

Someone who cut cloth

The son, or family, of Cutha (famous)

The son of Dabb, a pet form of Robert (fame, bright)

Someone who came from the south

Trickling stream

Someone who came from the south

"farm in the valley"

Valley

A dweller in the valley

Village of the Danes

Someone who came from Denford (ford in a valley)

Son of Daniel ("God is my judge")

A reduced familiar form associated with Daniel

From Anvers

Deer farm

A descendant of Deor (brave, or bold)

A descendant of Deor (brave, or bold)

Beloved one

Darnel weed, or hidden nook

Dear friend

Someone who plastered buildings or whitewashed walls

Someone who plastered buildings or whitewashed walls

Market on the River Dane

The son of David (beloved)

Son of David

Son of Daw (David)

Son of little David

Son of Daw (David)

From the medieval name Day (David), or a dairy worker

Dweller in a valley, or servant of a dean

"valley of the wild animals"

Valley farm

Homestead on the Deben

A dweller at the deep hollow or vale

Someone who came from Migny or Migne, in France

Someone from Denham, a homestead in a valley

From Denis, or the Dane

Son of Dennis

Son of Denis

Hill

Someone who came

Valley farm

Someone who came from Dewsbury (David's fort), in Yorkshire

Dewy wooded hill

Dyer

Son of Dickin (Richard)

Farm by the ditch

Son of Digg (Richard)

Uncertain, perhaps dill

Someone who came from Dilworth (homestead where dill was grown)

A dweller in the deep dell or narrow valley

From Dinsdale

Son of Dick

Son of Dick (Richard)

Someone living by a hill slope, or of Irish origin

Little Dobb (Robert)

A descendant of little Dob

Someone from Dockray in Cumberland

From Dodde

Son of Dodd

A nickname from the female deer

The beloved, or dear, man

The beloved, or dear, man

A nickname for an idle person

Several English and German origins

The beloved, or dear, man

A descendant of little Dob

Brave or valiant

Waters

Son of Dunn (dark)

Of the downs

Osier / willow

Dragon, or male duck

Cloth merchant

Place where boats were dragged

Drink water

Driver of animals

Sweetheart

Dry valley

A diminutive of Duke, or a pet form of Marmaduke

"enclosure with ducks"

Dudda's clearing

Leader

Hill homestead

Dark stone

Someone who came from Dunton (village on a hill)

Of the meadow

Little deer

Hill island

Someone who came from Duston (dusty homestead), in Northamptonshire

Dudda's farm

From Dionisia

Dyer of cloth

Dweller by a ditch

Son of Dye

The son of the uncle

Nobleman / warrior

Earl

A descendant of an earl

Manly / from Earley

East clearing

East

Easter / sheepfold