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- KEIR:
Variant spelling of the Scottish surname Kerr, meaning
"from the brushland."
- KEITH
(kēth): Scottish surname, derived from the name of the parish and
lands of Keith in Banffshire, Scotland, the origin of which is much
disputed. I prefer the old derivation from Gaelic gaoth, meaning "wind,"
supported by the name Arkeith which is what the old village and kirk
are called and which William Arthur has suggested may be a corruption of the
Gaelic Ard Gaoth, signifying "high wind."
- KELLEY:
Variant spelling of the English surname Kelly, meaning
"contention, strife."
- KELLIE:
Variant spelling of the English surname Kelly, meaning
"contention, strife."
- KELLY:
From the Irish surname O'Kelly, an Anglicized form of Gaelic
O'Cealaigh, meaning
"descendant of Ceallach,"
a personal name meaning "contention, strife." Also spelled Kelley
and Kellie.
- KELSEY:
English surname, derived from the Old Anglo-Saxon personal name Céolsige,
meaning "ship-victory."
- KEMP:
English occupational surname, derived from the Middle
English word kempe "athlete, wrestler," from Old
English kempa, meaning "champion, warrior."
- KENDALL:
English surname, derived from the Welsh
masculine personal name Cynddelw, meaning
"exalted effigy."
- KENDRICK:
English surname, probably derived from the
Middle English personal name Cenric,
meaning "keen power."
- KENNEDY:
Irish Anglicized form of
Gaelic Cinnéidigh,
meaning "ugly head."
- KENT: English surname
meaning "from Kent."
- KENTON:
English surname, composed of Old English Cena
and tun "settlement," hence
"Cena's settlement."
- KENYON:
Irish Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Coinín "son of Coinín,"
hence "little wolf."
- KERR:
Scottish surname meaning "from the brushland." Also spelled Keir.
- KIEFER:
German surname, derived from the word kiefer, a blend of kien and forhe, both
meaning "pine tree."
- KILLEAN:
Anglicized form of the Irish Gaelic surname Ó Cillín, meaning "little
church."
- KILLEEN:
Variant spelling of the English surname Killean, meaning "little
church."
- KILLEN:
Variant spelling of the English surname Killin,
meaning "little church."
- KILLIN:
Anglicized form of
the Irish Gaelic surname Ó Cillín,
meaning "little
church."
- KIMBALL:
English surname, derived from the Middle English
personal name Kimbel, meaning "royal courage."
- KIMBERLEY:
English surname derived from the name of a South
African town first brought to the public's notice by the Boer War in the
19th century. The town was named for Lord Kimberley whose ancestors derived
their name from a place in England composed of the Old English
elements cyne "king," burg "city" and leah
"meadow, pasture," hence "King's City Meadow."
- KINGSLEY:
English surname derived from the name of various
places called Cyningesleah, composed of the Old English elements cyne
"king," and leah "meadow, pasture," hence "king's meadow."
- KIRBY:
English surname, derived from the name of numerous places
composed of the Old Norse elements kirkja
"church" and býr "settlement," hence
"church settlement."
- KIRK:
English surname, derived from an English
and Scottish byname for someone who "lives near a church," from the Old Norse
word kirkja, meaning "church."
- KNICKERBACKER:
Dutch and German occupational surname composed of the elements knacker
"cracker" and backer "baker," hence "cracker
baker."
- KNOX:
English surname, derived from Old English cnocc
"round-topped hill," hence "lives on a
hilltop."
- KÖLBER:
German occupational surname for a "maker of
wooden clubs" and later an "armor-maker,"
derived from Middle High German kolbe, meaning
"cudgel, club."
- KOLBERT:
Variant form of German Kölber, an occupational
surname for a "maker of
wooden clubs" and later an "armor-maker."
- KONG
(孔): Chinese
surname meaning "hole" or "opening."
- KYLE: Scottish surname
derived from the name of various places named from Gaelic caol "narrow," hence "slender."
- KYLER:
German surname, derived from the
personal name Kilian, meaning
"little warrior."
- KYNASTON:
English surname, derived from the name of various places named in Old English Cynefriþestun, meaning "settlement of
Cynefrið."
- LAMONT:
Scottish surname, derived from the medieval
Swedish personal name Lagman, meaning "lawman."
- LANDON:
Contracted form of the English surname Langdon,
meaning "long
hill."
- LANE:
English topographic surname, derived from Old English lane
"narrow pathway," hence "lives by a lane."
- LANGDON:
English surname, composed of the Old English elements lang
"long" and dun "hill," hence "long
hill."
- LANGFORD:
English habitational surname, composed of the Old English elements lang "long" and ford
"ford," hence "long river crossing."
- LARKIN:
English surname, derived from a medieval pet form of
English Laurence, meaning
"of Laurentum."
- LAVERGNE:
French surname meaning "the
alder (tree)."
- LAWSON:
English surname meaning "son of Law."
- LEE:
English surname, derived from the Old English word leah, meaning "meadow."
- LEIGHTON:
English surname, composed of the Old
English elements leac "leek" and tun
"enclosure, settlement," hence "leek garden."
- LEITH:
Scottish surname, derived from the name of a
river of Celtic origin, meaning "flowing water."
- LELAND:
English surname,
composed of the Middle English elements ley "fallow" and land
"land," hence "fallow land."
- LEMOINE:
French surname, derived from the Old
French word moine, meaning "monk."
- LENNON:
Anglicized form of
Gaelic Ó Leannáin "descendant of Leannán," hence "little
cloak."
- LENNOX:
Scottish surname meaning "place of elms."
- LESLIE:
Scottish surname, derived from the place name Lesslyn in Aberdeenshire which got its name from Gaelic leas cuilinn,
meaning "garden of hollies."
- LESTER:
English surname, derived from the city name Leicester which was recorded in the 10th century as Ligora
caester "Ligora's fort." Ligora is related to Liguria,
a very old place name of obscure origin, dating back to pre-Roman times.
There has been some speculation concerning a possible connection between Ligora/Liguria and Celtic Lug,
meaning "oath."
- LEWIN:
English surname, derived from the Anglo-Saxon personal
name Leofwine, meaning
"beloved friend."
- LEWIS:
English surname derived from the personal name, itself an English form of French
Louis, meaning
"famous warrior."
- LINCOLN:
English surname, derived from the name of the city of Lincoln, which was originally called Lindum colonia, meaning
"lake colony."
- LINFORD:
Old English surname,
composed of the elements hlyn "maple" and ford
"ford," hence "maple tree ford."
- LINDSAY:
Scottish surname, composed of the name Lincoln
and the Old English word ey "wetland," hence "Lincoln's
wetlands."
- LINTON:
English surname, derived from the name of numerous places in England most of which were composed
of the Old English elements lin "cotton, flax" and tun
"enclosure, settlement," hence "cotton/flax settlement."
- LLOYD:
Welsh surname, derived from Celtic Llwyd,
meaning "gray-haired."
- LOGAN:
Scottish surname, derived from the name of a place in Ayrshire, meaning "hollow, lowland."
- LONDON:
English surname denoting someone "from London." But it may have pre-Celtic
roots and have originally meant something like "place at the unfordable river."
- LOREDAN:
Italian surname, meaning "laurel grove."
- LORRAINE:
French surname, derived from the
name of a French province, Lorraine, from Latin Lotharingia,
meaning "land of the people of Lothar."
- LOVELL:
English surname, derived from the English personal name Lovell,
meaning "little wolf."
- LOWELL:
English surname, derived from the Old Norman French
byname Louvel, meaning "little wolf."
- LUBBERT:
German surname, derived from the personal name Liutbert,
meaning "people-bright."
- LYALL:
Scottish surname, derived from the Old
Norse personal name Liulfr, possibly
meaning "shield wolf."
- LYLE:
Scottish surname, derived from the Norman French
phrase de l'isle, meaning "from the island."
- LYNDON:
English surname, derived from a place name composed of the Old English elements lind
"linden, lime tree" and dun "hill," hence
"lime tree hill."
- MAC AIRT:
Gaelic surname meaning "son of the east." In Irish legend, this is
the surname of Cormac, the father
of Gráinne.
- MAC ALASDAIR:
Scottish Gaelic patronymic surname meaning "son of Alasdair,"
a personal name meaning "defender of mankind." Its numerous
variants include Mac Alester, Mac
Alister, Mac Allaster, Mac
Allister, Mac Allyster, Makalester,
Makalestyr.
- MAC ALESTER:
Variant of the Scottish Gaelic surname
Mac Alasdair," meaning "son of Alasdair,"
a personal name meaning "defender of mankind."
- MAC ALISTER:
Variant of the Scottish Gaelic surname
Mac Alasdair," meaning "son of Alasdair,"
a personal name meaning "defender of mankind."
- MAC ALLASTER:
Variant of the Scottish Gaelic surname
Mac Alasdair," meaning "son of Alasdair,"
a personal name meaning "defender of mankind."
- MAC ALLISTER:
Variant of the Scottish Gaelic surname
Mac Alasdair," meaning "son of Alasdair,"
a personal name meaning "defender of mankind."
- MAC ALLYSTER:
Variant of the Scottish Gaelic surname
Mac Alasdair," meaning "son of Alasdair,"
a personal name meaning "defender of mankind."
- MACAMBROIS
(MacAmbrois): Irish surname meaning "son of Ambrois."
- MAC ANDREW:
Modern form of the Scottish surname Macandro,
meaning "son of Andrew."
- MAC AN
BHREITHEAMHNAIGH: Irish Gaelic
patronymic surname meaning "son of the Judge."
- MACANDRO:
Early Scottish surname, meaning "son of Andrew."
Also spelled Makandro.
- MAC AODHAGÁIN: Gaelic
surname meaning "son of Aodhagán,"
a personal name meaning "burning, fiery."
- MAC BREHENY:
Anglicized form of the Irish Gaelic occupational surname Mac
an Bhreitheamhnaigh, meaning "son of the Judge."
- MAC DHUIBHSHÍTHE
(Mac Dhuibhshíthe):
Gaelic surname meaning "son of Duibhshíth," a personal name
meaning "black peace."
- MACDONNCHADH
(MacDonnchadh): Gaelic surname meaning "son of Donnchadh."
- MACEY:
From a variant form of the English surname Massey, meaning "gift of God."
- MACKENZIE: Anglicized form of
the Scottish Gaelic surname Mac Coinnich "son of
Coinneach,"
hence "comely; finely made."
- MACLELLAN: Anglicized form of the Scottish
Gaelic surname Mac Gille Fhaolain and the Irish Gaelic surname
Mac Giolla
Fhaoláin, both meaning "son of the servant of Faolán," a personal
name meaning "little wolf."
- MAC GILLE
FHAOLAIN: Scottish Gaelic
surname meaning "son of the servant of Faolán," a personal
name meaning "little wolf."
- MAC GIOLLA FHAOLÁIN:
Irish Gaelic surname meaning "son of the servant of Faolán," a personal
name meaning "little wolf." Note: giolla in Gaelic means
"lad, youth," but when used in a name connected with a saint, it
is usually translated "servant."
- MAC GIOLLA
RUAIDH: Gaelic surname derived
from an giolla ruadh ("the red-haired lad"), hence
"son of the red-haired lad." Note: giolla in Gaelic means
"lad, youth," but when used in a name connected with a saint, it
is usually translated "servant."
- MACGREGOR
(MacGregor): Scottish Anglicized form of Gaelic MacGriogair,
meaning "son of Gregor."
- MACGRIOGAIR
(MacGriogair): Gaelic patronymic surname, meaning "son of Griogair."
- MAC ÌOMHAIR: Scottish Gaelic surname
meaning "son of Ìomhar
(Ívarr),"
a personal name meaning "bow warrior."
- MCIVER
(McIver): Anglicized form of the Scottish surname Mac Ìomhair,
meaning "son of Ìomhar
( Ívarr),"
a personal name meaning "bow warrior."
- MAC PHIARAIS:
Irish surname meaning "son of Piaras,"
the Gaelic form of Greek Petros/English
Peter, meaning "rock, stone."
- MADDOX:
English surname, derived from the Welsh personal name Madog,
meaning "little fortunate
one" or "little good
one."
- MADISON:
English surname meaning "son of Madde."
- MAITLAND:
English and Scottish surname, derived from a byname for an ungracious person, from
Anglo-Norman French maltalent/mautalent, meaning "bad
tempered."
- MAJOR:
English surname, derived from the Norman French personal
name Mauger, meaning "work-spear."
- MAKANDRO:
Early Scottish surname, meaning "son of Andrew."
Also spelled Macandro.
- MAKANGUS:
Early Scottish surname, meaning "son of Aonghus."
- MAKALESTER:
Variant spelling of the Scottish Gaelic surname Makalestyr,
meaning "son of Alasdair,"
a personal name meaning "defender of mankind."
- MAKALESTYR:
An older form of the Scottish Gaelic
surname Mac Alasdair," meaning "son of
Alasdair," a personal name
meaning "defender of mankind." First recorded in 1455. Also
spelled Makalester.
- MALLORY:
English surname, derived from a Norman French
byname for an unfortunate person, from Old French malheure,
meaning "unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky."
- MALONE:
Irish Anglicized form of Gaelic
Ó Maoil Eoin, meaning "devotee of St. Eoin
(John)."
- MANLEY:
English surname, derived from
the name of various places composed of the Old English elements (ge)mæne
"common, shared" and leah "meadow, pasture,"
hence "common meadow."
- MARCH:
English surname, derived from the Norman French word march, meaning "boundary."
- MARLOWE:
English surname, derived from a place name in
Buckinghamshire, composed of the Old English elements mere
"lake, pool" and lafe "leavings, remnants," hence,
"marshland."
- MARSHALL:
English surname, derived from a Norman French
occupational term denoting someone who was a "keeper of horses,"
composed of the Germanic elements morah "horse" and scalc
"servant." By the time it became a surname it had acquired the
meaning "shoeing smith."
- MASON:
English occupational surname, derived from
French maçon, meaning
"mason, stone-worker."
- MASSEY:
This English surname was originally a pet form of English Matthew, meaning "gift of God."
- MASTERMAN:
English occupational surname, meaning "man of the master,"
i.e. "retainer" or "servant."
- MAVERICK:
English surname, derived from the vocabulary word
maverick, originally meaning "unbranded range animal." This
was the surname of Samuel
Maverick (1803-1870), a Texas cattleman who refused to brand his cattle.
- MAXWELL:
Scottish surname, derived from the place name Maxwell,
meaning "the stream of Mack."
- MAYNARD:
English surname, derived from the Norman personal
name Mainard, meaning "strong and hardy."
- MCCADDEN
(McCadden): Irish Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cadáin,
meaning "son of Cadán."
- MCCAMBRIDGE
(McCambridge): Anglicized form of the Irish surname MacAmbrois,
meaning "son of Ambrois."
- MCCOY
(McCoy): Variant spelling of the Irish surname McKay,
meaning "son of a hound."
- MCKAY
(McKay): Variant spelling of the Irish surname McKie,
meaning "son of a hound."
- MCKENNA:
Irish and Scottish Anglicized
form of Gaelic Mac Cionaodha, meaning "son of Cionaodh,"
hence "born of fire."
- MCKIE
(McKie): Irish Gaelic surname, composed of the elements mac
"son" and kei/ki/cu "wolf-dog," hence "son
of a hound."
- MEAD:
English surname, denoting someone
who "lives by a meadow."
- MELBOURNE:
English surname, composed of the Old English elements mylla "mill" and burne
"stream," hence "mill stream."
- MELVILLE:
Scottish surname of Norman French origin, derived from
the name of various places in Normandy called Malleville, meaning "bad
settlement."
- MÉRAUD: French surname,
derived from
the word emeraude, meaning "emerald."
- MERIWETHER:
English surname, derived from a byname for someone having a sunny disposition,
composed of the Middle English elements merry "cheerful, lively" and wether
"weather," hence "cheerful weather."
- MERRICK:
English surname, derived from an Old Norman French
personal name composed of the Germanic elements mari/meri
"fame" and ric "power," hence "famous
power."
- MERRILL:
English surname, derived from the
personal name Meriel, meaning
"sea-bright."
- MERRITT:
English surname, derived from the Old English term moere gaet,
meaning "boundary gate."
- MERTON:
English surname, derived from the name of
various places composed of the Old English elements mere "lake, pool"
and tun "enclosure, settlement," hence "lake
settlement."
- MILBURN:
English surname, derived from the name of a place in Cumbria, composed of the Old English elements mylen
"mill" and burna "stream," hence
"mill-stream."
- MILFORD:
English surname, derived from the name of numerous places composed of the Old English elements mylen
"mill" and ford "ford," hence "mill
ford."
- MILLARD:
Contracted form of the Middle English occupational surname Millward,
meaning "mill-guard."
- MILLWARD:
Middle English form of the Anglo-Saxon occupational surname Millweard,
meaning "mill-guard."
- MILLWEARD:
Anglo-Saxon occupational surname, composed of the Old English elements mylen
"mill" and weard "guardian," hence
"mill-guard."
- MILTON:
English surname, derived form the name of
various places, most of which were name from the Old English word mylentun,
meaning "mill settlement."
- MITCHELL:
English surname, derived from a medieval form of Michael, meaning "who is
like God?"
- MONROE:
Scottish surname, derived from Irish Munro,
meaning "from the mount on the river Roe," in Ireland, where the
family came from.
- MONTAGUE:
English surname, originally a Norman baronial name composed of the Old French elements
mont "hill, mountain" and aigu "pointed,"
hence "pointed mountain."
- MONTGOMERY:
English surname, originally a Norman baronial name composed of Old French mont
"hill" and the Germanic personal name Gomeric, hence "hill
of Gomeric."
- MONTMORENCY:
English surname, originally a Norman baronial name composed of Old French mont
"hill" and Germanic Morency, hence
"hill of Morency."
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MORIARTY:
Irish Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó
Muircheartaigh "descendant of Muircheartach,"
hence "skilled seaman."
- MORLEY:
English surname, derived from
the name of numerous places composed of the Old English elements mor
"marsh, moor," and leah "meadow, pasture," hence
"marsh meadow."
- MORRISSEY:
Irish Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó
Muirgheasa "descendant of Muirgheas,"
hence "sea-taboo."
- MORTEMER:
Norman baronial surname,
composed of the Old French elements morte "dead" and mer
"sea," hence "dead sea," which may have referred to
either the biblical Dead Sea or a stagnant marsh.
- MORTIMER: English
form of Norman French surname Mortemer, meaning "dead sea," which may have referred to
either the biblical Dead Sea or a stagnant marsh.
- MORTON:
English surname, derived from the name of various places named from Old English mortun, meaning "settlement on
the moor."
- MOSS: English surname, derived from medieval Jewish personal name Moss, meaning "drawn
out."
- MUNRO:
Irish surname, derived from Monadh Roe or Mont Roe, meaning
"from the mount on the river Roe." This is the name from which
Scottish Monroe was derived.
- MUNROE:
Variant spelling of the Irish surname Munro, meaning
"from the mount on the river Roe."
- MURDOCK:
Scottish Anglicized form of Gaelic Muireadhach,
meaning "sea warrior."
- MURGATROYD:
English surname, derived from a place name
meaning "the clearing belonging to Margaret."
- MURPHY:
Irish Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Murchadha "descendant of
Murchadh,"
hence "sea-warrior."
- MURRAY:
Scottish Anglicized form of Gaelic Muireach, meaning "sea
warrior."
- MYLLÄRI: Finnish occupational surname,
composed of the vocabulary word myllä "a mill," and the suffix
-ra (same meaning as -ja), denoting a doer, hence "miller."
Note: the termination -ra in this name is not a Finnish original; it
was borrowed from Swedish -re.
- NASH:
English topographic surname, derived from Middle English atten ash ("at the ash"),
hence "lives by an ash tree."
- NELSON:
English patronymic surname meaning "son of Neil."
- NEVILLE:
English surname, derived from a Norman baronial
name meaning "new town."
- NEVIN:
Irish Anglicized form of either
Gaelic Cnámhín, a
byname for a skinny man meaning "little
bone," or from Gaelic Naomhán, meaning "little saint."
- NEWTON:
English surname, derived from the name of various places composed of the Old English elements neowe
"new" and tun "enclosure, settlement," hence
"new settlement."
- NILES:
English patronymic surname meaning "son of
Neal."
- NÍ MHÁILLE: Gaelic surname meaning
"descendant of Malley."
- NOLAN:
Irish Anglicized form of Ó Nualláin "descendant of
Nuallán,"
hence "little champion" or "little chariot fighter."
- NORRIS:
English surname, derived from the Old Norman
French word norreis, meaning "from the north."
- NORTON:
English surname, derived from the name of numerous places composed of the Old English
elements norð
"north" and tun "enclosure, settlement," hence
"northern settlement."
- NORWOOD:
English surname, derived from
the name of various places composed of the Old English elements
norð
"north" and wudu "wood," hence "north
wood."
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