English Surnames: Meaning, Origin & Coat of Arms (page 11 of 16)

At the ash tree

A descendant of Nathan (gift of God)

"nail maker"

From the personal name Niall

Poor homestead

A descendant of Neil (champion)

A descendant of Neil (champion)

Someone living at the elms

Son of Neil or Nell

Nettle farm

New town

A newcomer; also other origins

Someone who lived in, or dwelt near, the new castle

New fort

New farm

Newcomer

Someone living in a newly built house

New land

Newcomer

At the new houses

From Newton, "new farmstead"

"son of Nicholas"

Son of Nichol (Nicholas)

Son of Nicholas

Nightingale

Son of Nick (Nicholas)

Someone who lived atten oak

Someone who lived atten oak

Noble, generous

A dweller at the northern cottage

Northman, Norseman

Northerner, or nurse

One from the north

North cottage

A dweller at the northern cottage

Someone who came from Northorpe (the northern farm), in Lincolnshire

From Norton, "north farmstead"

North wood

A dweller at a homestead on a neck of land

Someone who at tended, or took care of, sick people

Nut tree

Nun, demure person

Nut

"nook of land with nut trees"

A gatherer or seller of nuts, or a scribe

At the island

One who lived by oak trees

Oak clearing

Son of Odo

Woad hill

Son-in-law

Oak valley

Ocga's hill

A dweller near the old field

From Oldham, in Lancashire

From the personal name Oliver

Ondsla's mound

A dweller at the homestead on the river bank

Someone who came from Orange (town on the river Araise)

"Orm's clearing"

Orm's farm

Upper farm

God bear

God Gaut

A descendant of Otes, a form of Odo

A dweller on the bank of a river

Beyond the road

Farm on the ridge

Ford for oxen

Ox pasture

Pack

Wool packer

Someone who came from Paddock (enclosure)

Little page, young servant

Page, young servant

Little page (servant)

Page / attendant

The rustic or countryman, a pagan

The rustic or countryman, a pagan

Painter

Pilgrim to the Holy Land

Wooded hill

The official in charge of bread in a large household

Plasterer

Pear homestead

Of the parish

Park keeper, gamekeeper

Park keeper, or dweller by a park

Someone who came from Parley (glade where pears grew)

A dweller at the meadow belonging to the palmer

Little Peter

Enclosure

Son or servant of the parson

Partridge

A descendant of Pash

Someone living by a path across a moor

A descendant of Pache

Little Patrick, or head

A descendant of little Paul (small)

A descendant of little Paul (small)

From the personal name Pain ("villager")

From Peyton, Pæga's farm

Vain, showy man

Someone living by a pointed hill, or from the Peak District

Son of Piers (Peter)

Pea

A dweller at the field where peas were grown

Someone who came from Pavie, in France

Someone who came from Pech or Peche (peach), in Normandy

Hill-dweller, or peck measure

A form of Peak; other origins

A descendant of Peet

A dweller at, or near, a pool

Farmstead by the barley hill

A dweller at the pen enclosure

A descendant of Pendegast (head stranger)

A descendant of Pendegast (head stranger)

Farm by Pendle Hill

Hill or sheep pen

From Payne, 'countryman'

A dweller at the pen enclosure

Penny farmstead

A nickname or personal name connected with the penny coin

Head of the heath

Uncertain, perhaps from Peebles

Pepper seller

From Pepin

Pierce the valley

From Percy-en-Auge, Normandy

By God

Son of Perkin (little Peter)

Pear tree; son of Harry

Son of Peter

Small

Son of Philip

Someone who came from Felbridge (bridge by a field)

From Picardy

From Pickering, in North Yorkshire

Ravine of the diggers

Little pike, or from Picot

Ford by a peak

"small field"