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BRETT: English surname, derived from an ethnic name meaning, "a Breton."
BREWSTER: English occupational surname, derived from Middle English breowestre, meaning "brewer."
BRIGHAM: English surname, derived from the place name in Cumbria and Yorkshire, composed of the Old English elements brycg "bridge" and ham "homestead," hence "homestead by the bridge."
BRIGHTON: English surname derived from Breighton, the name of a place on the River Derwent, composed of the Old English elements brycg "bridge" and tun "town, settlement," hence "settlement by the bridge."
BRISCOE: English surname, derived from the name of various places, most of which were composed of the Old Norse elements birki "birch" and sk�gr "wood," hence "birch wood."
BRITTON: English surname meaning "from Britain."
BRIUIS: Medieval Gaelic form of the English Norman surname Braose, probably meaning "woods; thicket."
BROCK: English surname, derived from Old English brocc meaning "badger."
BRODERICK: English surname, derived from the Welsh personal name Rhydderch, meaning "reddish-brown."
BRODY: Irish surname meaning "ditch."
BROGAN: Irish Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Brógáin, meaning "descendant of Brógán," hence "little shoe."
BROOK: Variant spelling of the English surname Brooke, meaning "brook, stream."
BROOKE: English surname, derived from Old English broc, meaning "brook, stream." Also spelled Brook.
BROOKS: English surname meaning "of the brook."
BRUCE: Norman Scottish form of the Norman French surname Bruys, probably meaning "woods; thicket."
BRUIS: Scottish form of the Gaelic surname Briuis, probably meaning "woods; thicket."
BRUNSWICK: English surname derived from any of various places in England, so named from German Braunschweig, meaning "Bruno's settlement."
BRUS: Variant spelling of the Norman French surname Bruys, probably meaning "woods; thicket."
BRUYS: Norman French form of the English-Norman surname Braose, probably meaning "woods; thicket."
BRYAN: English surname, derived from Irish Brian, meaning "high hill."
BRYANT: English surname, derived from Irish Brian, meaning "high hill."
BRYCE: Scottish surname, derived from Welsh Brychan, meaning "pied, spotted, speckled."
BRYSON:
1. English surname, meaning "son of Bryce."
2. Irish Anglicized form of the Gaelic surname Ó Briosáin, an altered form of Ó Muirgheasáin "descendant of Muirgheasán," hence "little sea-taboo."
BURGESS: English surname, derived from Old French burgeis, meaning "freeman of a borough."
BURNETT: English surname, derived from a byname denoting someone "dark-haired" or "dark-complexioned."
BURNEY: Irish Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Biorna "son of Biorna," hence "bear."
BURTON: English surname, composed of the Old English elements burh "fortress, protection" and tun "enclosure, settlement," hence "fortified settlement."
BUSH: English surname meaning "bush."
BUTCHER: English occupational surname, meaning "butcher."
BUXTON: English surname, derived from the name of a place in Derbyshire famous for its thermal springs and once known as Buchestanes, meaning "bowing stones."
BYRNE: Irish Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Broin "descendant of Bran," hence "raven."
BYRON: English surname, derived from the Old English phrase æt ðæm byrum ("at the byres or cattle-sheds"). The name was usually given to someone whose job it was to look after cattle.
BYSSHE: Variant form of English Bush, meaning "bush."
CADE: English surname, derived from a byname denoting something (or someone) "round and lumpy."
CADEN: Irish surname, derived from patronymic McCadden, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cadáin "son of Cadán," hence "little battler."
CALANDRA: Italian surname meaning "skylark." This name may have originally been a byname for someone with a good singing voice.
CALDER: English surname, probably derived from the place name Calder in Cumbria, composed of the Welsh elements caled "hard; violent," and dwfr "stream, water," hence "violent water."
CALLAHAN: Irish surname, derived from the personal name Ceallachán, possibly meaning "little bright-headed one."
CALVERT: English occupational surname, derived from Middle English calfhirde, meaning "calf-herder."
CALVIN: Norman form of the French surname Chauvin, meaning "little bald one."
CAMDEN: English surname, composed of the Old English elements camp "enclosure" and denu "valley," hence "enclosed valley."
CAMERON: Scottish surname, derived from an Anglicized form of the Gaelic descriptive term cam sròn, meaning "crooked nose."
CAMPBELL: Scottish Anglicized form of the Gaelic surname Cambeul, meaning "crooked mouth."
CAMBEUL: Gaelic surname derived from cam beul, meaning "crooked mouth."
CAMPION: Norman French surname, derived from the word campion, which was originally a status name for a professional "champion."
CARLISLE: English surname, derived from the name of a city in northwest England which the Romans settled and called Lugovalio "place of Lugovalos." Lugovalio was later shortened to Leol and prefixed with the British word caer "fortress," rendering the name Carleol, "fortress of Lugovalos," from which Carlisle was derived. In Arthurian legend, this was the name of the place where Guinevere's affair with Sir Lancelot was exposed, and where she was sentenced to death.
CARLTON: English surname, derived from the name of various places in England, composed of the Old English elements carl/charl "(free) peasant" and tun "settlement, town," hence "settlement of the free peasants." It is a dialectal variant of Charlton.
CARLYLE: Variant spelling of the English surname Carlisle, meaning "fortress of Luguvalos."
CARSON: Scottish surname, of uncertain etymology, possibly meaning "son of the marsh dweller."
CARTER: English occupational surname meaning "carter," someone who uses a cart.
CARVER: English occupational surname meaning "carver" of wood or stone.
CARY: Irish surname, derived from an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ciardha, "descendant of Ciardha ("black, dark"), hence "dark one."
CASSIDY: Anglicized form of the Gaelic surname � Caiside ("descendant of Caiside"), hence "curly(-headed)."
CAXTON: English surname, derived from the name of a place in Cambridgeshire, composed the Old Norse byname Kakkr and Old English tun "settlement, town," hence "Kakkr's town."
CAYCE: Irish Anglicized form of Gaelic � Cathasaigh "descendant of Cathasach," hence "vigilant, wakeful."
CECIL: English surname, derived from an Anglicized form of the Welsh personal name Seissylt, meaning "sixth."
CERNUUS: Latin surname meaning "the crooked." Abbon Cernuus (also known as Abbo Parisiensis) was a monk of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, and author of a Latin poem about the siege of Paris by the Normans.
CHADWICK: English surname, derived from the name of various places in England, composed of Old English Chad (A.S. Ceadda) "battle," and the word wic "place, settlement," hence "Ceadda's place" or perhaps "battle-settlement." William Arthur derives it from Cyte and wick, signifying a "cottage by a harbor" or "sheltered cottage." It has also often been rendered "Ceadda's dairy farm."
CHANCÉ: French baronial surname, derived from a byname for an obsessive gambler, risk-taker, or daredevil, meaning "chance, fortune."
CHANCE: English form of the French baronial surname Chancé, transferred to forename use, meaning "chance, fortune."
CHANCEY: Norman French surname, derived from the baronial surname Chancé, meaning "chance, fortune."
CHANDLER: Old French occupational surname, derived from Old French chandele ("candle"), meaning "candle maker" or "candle merchant."
CHANEL: French surname, meaning "pipe." This was the name of a Parisian fashion house founded by Coco Chanel.
CHANTAL: French surname, meaning "stony place."
CHAPMAN: English surname, derived from Old English cēapmann, composed of the elements cēapan "to buy, sell, trade" and mann "man," hence "merchant, peddler."
CHARLTON: English surname, derived from the name of various places in England, composed of the Old English elements carl/charl "(free) peasant" and tun "settlement, town," hence "settlement of the free peasants." It is a dialectal variant of Carlton.
CHASE: English surname (of Norman French origin), derived from a byname for a hunter, hence "hunter."
CHAUNCEY: English form of the Norman French surname Chancey, meaning "chance, fortune."
CHAUVIN: French surname, composed of the word chauve and a diminutive suffix, hence "little bald one."
CHERIES: Norman French surname, derived from the word cherise, meaning "cherry."
CHERREY: Anglicized form of the Norman French surname Cheries, meaning "cherry."
CHERRIE: Variant spelling of the English surname Cherrey, meaning "cherry."
CHERRY: Anglicized form of the Norman French surname Cheries, meaning "cherry."
CHERY: Variant spelling of the English surname Cherrey, meaning "cherry."
CHESTER: English surname, derived from the city name Chester, from an Old English form of Latin castra, meaning "legionary camp."
CHRYSTÁLLA: Rare Cypriot (Cyrus) personal name and surname, possibly composed of the Greek elements Christos "Christ" and alla "else, nay, rather," perhaps meant to denote a "non-Christian."
CLANCY: Irish Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fhlannchaidh, "son of Flannchadh," hence "red warrior."
CLARK: English occupational surname, derived from Latin clericus, meaning "clerk; secretary."
CLAIBORNE: Variant spelling of the Old English surname Clayborne, meaning "the brook near a clay-bed."
CLAY: English surname, derived from a byname for someone who "lives on a patch of clay ground," from Old English cl�g ("clay").
CLAYBORNE: Old English surname, meaning "the brook near a clay-bed."
CLAYTON: English habitational surname, composed of the Old English elements cl�g "clay" and tun "enclosure, settlement," hence "clay settlement."
CLEMENTS: English surname, derived from Latin Clemens or Clement, meaning "gentle and merciful."
CLEVELAND: English surname, composed of the Old English elements clif "cliff, bank, slope," and land "land," hence "sloped land."
CLIFFORD: English surname, composed of the Old English elements clif "cliff, bank, slope" and ford "ford," hence "cliff river crossing."
CLIFTON: English surname, composed of the Old English elements clif "cliff, bank, slope" and tun "enclosure, settlement," hence "cliff settlement."
CLINTON: English surname meaning "settlement near the headland."
CLIVE: English surname, derived from the name of various places, derived from Old English clif, meaning "bank, cliff, slope."
CODY: Contracted form of the English surname Cuddy, meaning "helper."
COLBERT: English surname, derived from a French form of German Kolbert, an occupational name for a "maker of wooden clubs" and later an "armor-maker."
COLBY: English surname, composed of the Old Norse elements kolr "black, coal" and býr "settlement," hence "coal settlement."
COLE: English surname, derived from Old English Cola, meaning "black, coal."
COLEMAN:
1. English occupational surname transferred to forename use, meaning "coal-man."
2. English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the Irish Gaelic personal name Colm�n, meaning "dove."
COLL: French surname transferred to forename use, derived from the personal name Col, meaning "victor of the people."
COLTON: English surname, derived from the name of various places in England, composed of the Old English personal name Cola and the word tun "enclosure, settlement," hence "Cola's settlement."
CONWAY: Irish Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Conbhuide "descendant of Cú Bhuidhe," hence "yellow hound."
COOPER: English occupational surname, derived from Dutch kuper, from kup "tub; container," which in English became coop. A cooper was a maker and/or fixer of vessels such as buckets and barrels.
CORDELL: English occupational surname, derived from a diminutive form of Old French corde, "rope," hence "little roper." The occupation consisted of making strings, cords, ropes, etc.
CORLISS: English surname, originally a byname meaning "carefree," from Old English carleas, composed of the elements caru "care; grief" and leas "without."
CORNELL: English surname, derived from a Medieval form of Roman Latin Cornelius, probably meaning "horns of the sun," i.e. "sun-beams."
COTY: English surname, derived from a diminutive form of the French word côte, meaning "little riverbank."
COURTENAY: French baronial name derived from the nickname court nez, meaning "short nose."
COURTNEY: English surname derived from the French baronial name Courtenay, meaning "short nose."
CRAIG: Scottish surname, derived from the name of various places named from Gaelic creag, meaning "rock."
CRAWFORD: English surname derived from a byname for someone with splayed feet, composed of the Old English elements crawe "crow" and fot "foot," hence "crow-foot."
CREIGHTON (pron. krai-ton): Scottish surname transferred to forename use, either a variant of the surname Crichton ("settlement on the border"), or from Gaelic creachton, "place of plunder or ruin."
CRICHTON: Scottish surname transferred to forename use, derived from the place name Crichton in Midlothian, composed of Gaelic crioch "border" and Old English tun "place, settlement," hence "settlement on the border."
CROFTON: English habitational surname, composed of the Old English elements croft "paddock, vegetable garden," and tun "enclosure, settlement," hence "garden settlement."
CUDDIHY: Irish Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cuidighthigh "descendant of Cuidightheach," hence "helper."
CUDDY: Contracted form of the English surname Cuddihy, meaning hence "helper."
CULLEN: Irish Anglicized form o f Gaelic Ó Coileáin, "descendant of Coileán," hence "whelp, young pup."
CURTIS: English surname, derived from a byname for a "courteous" person, from Old French curteis. The name later became associated with Middle English curt "short" and hose "leggings," taking on the meaning "short leggings."
D'ABBADIE: French surname, meaning "of the Abbey." Variant: Abbadie. Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie was a French traveler, accompanied by his brother Arnaud Michel, in Abyssinia and the Galla country.
DACEY: Irish Anglicized form of Gaelic Déiseach which was originally a name for a member of the Déise, "a tenant, a vassal," a word tracing back to Indo-European *dem-s ("house").
DAHL: Swedish surname, meaning "valley."
D'AIRELLE: Norman French baronial name, meaning "from Airelle."
D'ARAINES: Norman French baronial name, meaning "from Araines."
DALE: English surname meaning "dale, valley."
DALEY: Irish Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Dálaigh, "descendant of Dálach," hence "assembly, gathering."
DALLAS: English surname, derived from the Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Dalfhas, the name of a village in Morayshire, composed of the elements dail "meadow" and fhas "stance," hence "meadow stance," i.e. a meadow used by cattle droves as an overnight dwelling.
DALTON: English surname, derived from various place names composed of the Old English elements dæl "valley" and tun "enclosure, settlement," hence "valley settlement."
DANA: English surname, possibly meaning "from Denmark."
DARBY: English surname, possibly derived from a corruption of Derby, a shire of England, so called from doire, meaning "a forest abounding in deer."
DARCY: English and Irish surname, derived from the Norman French baronial name d'Arcy, meaning "from Arcy."
DARDEN: English surname, probably of Norman French origin, meaning "from Ardern."
DAREN: English surname, derived from the Norman French baronial name d'Araines, meaning "from Araines."
DARIN: Variant spelling of the English surname Daren, meaning "from Araines."
DARNELL: English surname, composed of the Old English elements derne "hidden, secret" and halh "nook," hence "hidden in a nook" or "secret nook."
DARRELL: English surname, derived from the Norman French baronial name d'Airelle, meaning "from Airelle."
DARREN: Variant spelling of the English surname Daren, meaning "from Araines."
D'ARTAGNAN (pronounced dar-tan-yun): French habitational surname, meaning "from Artagnan." This was the name of the hero of Alexandre Dumas' novel The Three Musketeers. The French form of the name is d'Artagnan; the English form is D'Artagnan (capital "D").
DARWIN: English surname, probably derived from a Middle English Derwin, from Anglo-Saxon Deorwine, meaning "dear friend."
D'AUBIGNY: French surname, meaning "from Aubigny," a Norman city which got its name from Latin Albinius, meaning "like Albus," i.e. "white."
DAVIDSON: English patronymic surname, meaning "son of David."
DAVIDS: Contracted form of the English patronymic surname Davidson, meaning "son of David."
DAVIES: Variant form of the English patronymic surname Davis, meaning "son of Davy."
DAVIN: Scottish Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duibhín "descendant of Duibhín," hence "little black one."
DAVIS: English patronymic surname, meaning "son of Davy."
DAWSON: English surname meaning "son of Daw (David)."
DAYAN: Hebrew surname, derived from the word dayan, meaning "judge," especially a rabbinic judge.
DAYE: English surname, possibly originally a nickname for Anglo-Saxon names containing the element d�g, meaning "day," such as Dægberht and Dægmund.
DAYTON: English surname, composed of the Old English elements dic "ditch, dike" and tun "enclosure, settlement," hence "dike settlement."
DEACON: English occupational surname, derived from the Greek word diakonos, meaning "servant."
DEAN:
1. English occupational surname, derived from the Latin word decanus, meaning "ecclesiastical supervisor."
2. English habitational surname, derived from Middle English dene ("valley"), hence "lives in a valley."
DECHIEL (De Chiel): French surname, composed of the elements de "of" and chiel "heaven," hence "from heaven."
DEEMER: English surname, derived from Old English demere, meaning "judge."
DEEMING: English surname meaning "act of judging."
DEFOREST: English surname of Norman French origin, meaning "from the forest."
DEFORREST: Variant spelling of the English surname Deforest, meaning "from the forest."