Surnames Starting with P: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins (page 4 of 4)

Cropped head

From Pollok, little pool

From the name Hipólito or Pablo

Someone from La Pommeraye in Normandy

From the name Ponce

Pond

Bridge

Dweller by a pool

A poverty-stricken person

A poverty-stricken person

Pope, a nickname

From Popławy

From the old personal name Poppo

Pig, a nickname or name for a swineherd

Club

A dweller near the entrance or gate

A dweller near the entrance or gate

Mountain pass

Gatekeeper; carrier

Small gate, pass

Gatekeeper

Harbour

Clearing of the apostle

A nickname from potępić, to condemn

From Potok

Potter, maker of pots

Colt, foal

Someone who kept the village pound

Son of Hywel ("eminent")

Poor (nickname); Anglo-Norman family

"well"

Dweller by a well

Meadow

Someone from Prague

Prater / ap Rhydderch

Cunning, astute

A dweller at, or near, the grassy land or meadow

Someone who came from Prevelles, in France

Someone who came from Prevelles, in France

Valued

An apprentice learning a craft

Priest's cottage

Priest's clearing

Service to a priest or a quickness nickname

Priest's farm

Dark / dusky

"a Prussian"

Provost

Son of Rhys ("ardour")

A pageant role, or someone from Priddy

Priest

A dweller in, or near, the priest's meadow or wood

Dark-complexioned

The slender or small man

The slender or small man

The priest or official who read at prime

Lordly, or a pageant prince

Someone who came from Frendeville or Fermainville, in France

A dweller in a small field or on a small farm

Pilgrim's nook

A servant of a prior, or a nickname

Son of Richard

The son of Robert (fame, bright)

Provost

Steward, agent

Foundling

From the personal name Prokop

The son of Rosser, a Welsh form of Roger

From Provence

Little valiant one

Prussian

Prior of a priory

"newcomer"

Newcomer

Pet form of Jacopo

From Puchały

Little Puck

Bridge

From Apulia

Polished, elegant

Son of William

An Italian nickname or personal name

Piglet, swineherd

By God

A red-haired or ruddy man

Purveyor of provisions

An innkeeper

Putta's homestead

Someone who came from Putz, in Germany

A dweller at the sign of the magpie

Stake, pile

A dweller in a small field or enclosure