English Surnames: Meaning, Origin & Coat of Arms (page 9 of 16)

A hide of land

Someone who worked as a domestic servant

Someone who worked as a domestic servant

Someone who worked as a domestic servant

"son of Ibbot", from Isabel

From Illingworth, near Halifax

Someone from Inkersall in Derbyshire

Inga's homestead

From the Norman personal name Ingelram

Innkeeper

Farm of the Irish

From Ireland

Son of Isaac

A descendant of a woman called Isabel

Wood of a man named Isa

Son of Iver

Ivy, or son of Ivo

A servant of a man called Jack

Son of Jack (John)

Son of Jacob

Son of James (from Jacob)

A descendant of Jan or John, or of Jane

A descendant of Jarrold, a form of Gerald

From Gervase

A descendant of Jasper (master of the treasure)

Son of Jeffrey

Son of Jeffrey

Son of Jenin, little John

Jernegan / Gernagon

From Judicaël

A descendant of Juet, a pet form of Julian

Son of John

Carpenter / joiner

From the river Jordan (a baptismal name)

He will add

Joy, cheerful

Joiner, woodworker

From Jordan

The son of little Jud

The fair-dealing or righteous person

Judge

The warrior or soldier

The warrior or soldier

The warrior or soldier

The warrior or soldier

Jackdaw

Someone from Ketton or a similar place

Kite

Boatman

Bold, brave

Kill hog

Cenel's island

Champion, warrior

Valley of the River Kent

From Kent

Mound of Einion

Someone from Kersey in Suffolk

"church wood"

Someone from a homestead associated with a man named Caecca

Key maker, or quay

Keys / quay

A dealer in goods, or someone tending hawks

Bold kinsman

A name from an Old English female personal name

King (nickname or royal servant)

Someone from Kingsbury, a royal fort or manor

King's clearing

Someone from one of many places called Kingston

Royal victory

Place name

Church settlement

"village with a church"

Someone who made and sold leg armor

Kitchen worker

Kitchen servant

Hilltop, or young servant

Servant; mounted soldier

Hillock or stout

Dweller by a knoll

Farm by a knoll

From Lassy, Normandy

Servant, young man

Stream dweller

Lamb, a gentle person, or from Lambert

Lamb farm

The son of Lam, a pet form of Lambert (land, bright)

Fort on the River Lune

From the personal name Lanzo

Dweller by a glade

Someone from Langdon, or a descendant of Lando

Someone who came from Lanreath (court of justice), in Cornwall

Uncertain

Dweller by the lane

Long hill

Long ford

Long wood or clearing

Long stone

Someone who came from Langton (long homestead, or hill)

Wool worker

From Lacelle in Normandy

At the barns

Someone from Lowthorpe in Yorkshire

Latin speaker, translator

A washer or launderer

A historical nickname

From Laurentius, "man of Laurentum"

Farm by a mound

Clearing, meadow

Leek farm

Physician

Someone from Leake or living by a stream

Sloping hill

Several origins: Livet, wolf cub, or a personal name

Lead beater

Woodland clearing, meadow

Legate, envoy

Herb garden

The monk

Lenz / Lorenz

A descendant of Leo (lion)

From the personal name Leonard ("lion-hardy")

From Leicester

The son of Leofwin (dear, friend)

The son of Leofwin (dear, friend)

Someone who came from Livet (wolf cub) in Normandy

Attached

Someone who came from Liddel (loud river valley)

Bright, nimble

Swift runner

Lily-fair, or from Lilley

Settlement by the pool

Lime-tree clearing

From Lindsey in Lincolnshire

Lime-tree or flax farm

A dweller in the cottage at the edge

Leap valley

Dyer

Someone from one of several places called Littleton

Dweller by an enclosure

Little Lock

Locklear / Lumbee line

Enclosed wood