English Surnames: Meaning, Origin & Coat of Arms (page 6 of 16)

A merchant or person from the east, especially the Baltic

From Eastmund, 'grace, protection'

East farm

"dweller by the east wood"

River settlement

A descendant of Eby

Church

A dweller near a church, or someone from Eccles

From Eadwig, 'rich in war'

Prosperity bear cub

Prosperity and spear

Edge of a hill

Son of Edmund

Son of Edmund

Place name

From Elham

From a first name meaning ruler

Elf spear

Son of little Elias

A descendant of Alward or Elward (elf guardian)

A dweller at, or near, the Ellen, a river in Cumberland

Farm of Ella's people

Elli's enclosure

Bank where elms grew

A descendants of Alfwig (elf, war)

Someone who came from Elwell (the wishing well), in Dorset

Eel district

Son of Emery

Vigour and power

Son of Emma

A dweller at the end cottage

An Englishman

"fork of a river where ducks gather"

A descendant of Epp

Aspen tree

Eastern valley

Uncertain, perhaps from Eustace

A dweller at the east island, or the east enclosure

Yew-tree bank

Brave as a boar

Someone who came from Ewart (homestead on a stream)

A descendant of Fabian (bean-grower)

A descendant of Fabian (bean-grower)

Handsome, fair

"fair bank or slope"

Beautiful child

"fair ravine"

Fair hair

Someone who came from Fairfield (beautiful field or hog field)

"fair wooded hill"

Someone from Fairlie, Fairlee or Fairley

Cheerful, sunny-tempered

Someone who kept and trained falcons or hawks to hunt game

A dweller at, or near, the Fal, a river in Cornwall

Uncertain

Fern clearing

Tax farmer, or farmer

Fern homestead

Fern enclosure

"enclosure with ferns"

Bull

A descendant of Ferrand, a contraction of Ferdinand (journey, venture)

Smith, farrier

Place name

A young pig keeper or a nickname

Someone who came from Farewell (beautiful stream), in Staffordshire

Falconer

Multicoloured hillside

Someone who was a companion or friend to another

A dweller at land free from wood, a field

Partner, companion

Farm in open land

A dweller at the marsh, or fen

A dweller at the marsh, or fen

Fennel seller

A dweller at the marsh, or fen

Farm by a fen

"farm in the fen"

From Ferrières, 'iron workings'

Someone who came from France, a Frenchman

A descendant of Fech, or Feche, (fated to die)

"dweller in open country"

Dweller by the open fields

From Fiennes in Picardy

A dweller on the level field or plain

Someone who came from Tilley (branch or bough), in Shropshire

A descendant of Filimar or Filomor (very famous)

Finch

A descriptive nickname

A fisherman or dealer in fish

Fisherman, fish seller

Fisherman

A fisherman or seller of fish

Fish

A fisherman, often a Swedish soldier name

Iron point, lance

A descendant of Fithian, a variant of Vivian (alive)

The son of Maurice or Morris (moorish or dark-skinned)

Someone from Flagg in Derbyshire, or living by turf

Someone who dressed or sold flax

Someone with a disfiguring spot or mark

Wood by the creek

Someone who sold meat, a butcher

Someone who sold meat, a butcher

Someone who sold meat, a butcher

Arrow maker

Hard stone

A descendant of Florence (flourishing)

A descendant of Florian (flowery or blooming)

Arrow maker, or a flower

Foolish leg

A descendant of Fulk (people)

A descendant of Fulk (people)

Foot, fast runner

River crossing

Leader, or swineherd

Several personal-name and nickname origins

Ditch / waterfall

A dweller at the sign of the fox

Forester; foster parent; shear maker

"fodder ravine"

One who lived by a spring

Bird catcher

Nickname for a cunning person

Frenchman

Free landholder

Free land

Free man

Someone who came from Friesland, in Holland

Frenchman

Friend

Someone who came from Frisby (the Frisians' village)

Furbisher of armour

Frost, white-haired

Free man

Fuller of cloth

Someone living by a furlong of land

God's strength

Assayer of measures

Crafty, ingenious

Place name

Merry