English Surnames: Meaning, Origin & Coat of Arms (page 3 of 4)

Tenant, landholder

From Holland in Lincolnshire or Lancashire

Clearing in a hollow

Dweller by a sunken road

Dweller in a hollow

Islet, river meadow; holly

"clearing in a hollow"

Dweller by a wood

Hood maker, or one who wore a hood

Hoop maker for barrels

From a place near Bolton, Lancashire

From Horton, "muddy farmstead"

Of the house

Heart-brave; high guardian; hayward

From Haworth or a similar Pennine place

Dweller by a mound

From the personal name Hubert ("bright mind")

Son of Hudde (Richard or Hugh)

Dweller on a hill

Peaceful warrior

Hunter

Wooded hill

Son of Hutchin (little Hugh)

A hide of land

"son of Ibbot", from Isabel

From Illingworth, near Halifax

From the Norman personal name Ingelram

Son of Jack (John)

Son of Jacob

Son of James (from Jacob)

From Gervase

Son of Jenin, little John

Son of John

From the river Jordan (a baptismal name)

Joiner, woodworker

Judge

Champion, warrior

Valley of the River Kent

From Kent

"church wood"

Key maker, or quay

King (nickname or royal servant)

Church settlement

"village with a church"

Hilltop, or young servant

Servant; mounted soldier

Stream dweller

Lamb, a gentle person, or from Lambert

Fort on the River Lune

Dweller by the lane

From Laurentius, "man of Laurentum"

Physician

Woodland clearing, meadow

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

From Leicester

Attached

From Lindsey in Lincolnshire

Tall man

Dweller by a hill or burial mound

"pool"

Man, servant

Son of Manna

"boundary valley"

Dweller by a marsh

"marsh land"

Stonemason

From Macey in Normandy

Young man, or from Matthew

Mayweed field

Dweller by the meadows

Gentle, humble

"bare hill"

Middle settlement

From Muriel

Boundary gate

Middle settlement

From the personal name Milo

Grain miller

Dweller by the mills

Miner, or younger

From Michael, "who is like God?"

Clearing by a meeting place

Bold, brave

Dweller by a moor; in Ireland, "majestic"

Settlement on the moor

Dweller by a bog, or from Moses

Marsh dweller; physician

At the ash tree

"nail maker"

From the personal name Niall

Son of Neil or Nell

Newcomer

From Newton, "new farmstead"

"son of Nicholas"

Son of Nichol (Nicholas)

Son of Nick (Nicholas)

Noble, generous

Northman, Norseman

Northerner, or nurse

From Norton, "north farmstead"

"nook of land with nut trees"

Woad hill

Son-in-law

From Oldham, in Lancashire

From the personal name Oliver

"Orm's clearing"

God bear

Page, young servant

Pilgrim to the Holy Land

Park keeper, gamekeeper

Park keeper, or dweller by a park

Son or servant of the parson

Little Patrick, or head

From the personal name Pain ("villager")

Son of Piers (Peter)

Hill-dweller, or peck measure

Penny farmstead

Son of Perkin (little Peter)

Pear tree; son of Harry

Son of Peter

Small

From Pickering, in North Yorkshire

Little pike, or from Picot

"small field"

From Piers (Peter)

From Pilling, in Lancashire

Dweller by a pit or hollow

Dweller by a pit or hollow

Cropped head

Dweller by a pool

Pope, a nickname

Gatekeeper; carrier

Potter, maker of pots

Cunning, astute