English Surnames: Meaning, Origin & Coat of Arms (page 4 of 5)

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

From Leicester

Attached

Lily-fair, or from Lilley

From Lindsey in Lincolnshire

Dweller by an enclosure

Tall man

Lordly man, lord's servant

Dweller by a hill or burial mound

"pool"

Son of Maddy (Matthew or Maud)

Shared clearing

Man, servant

Son of Manna

"boundary valley"

Dweller by a marsh

"marsh land"

Stonemason

From Macey in Normandy

Son of the master

Young man, or from Matthew

Mayweed field

Dweller by a meadow

Dweller by the meadows

Gentle, humble

"bare hill"

Middle settlement

From Muriel

Boundary gate

Fattened calf

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

Valley

At the ash tree

"nail maker"

From the personal name Niall

Son of Neil or Nell

Newcomer

At the new houses

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"

North wood

"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

Little page, young servant

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")

From Peyton, Pæga's farm

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)

Pointed hill, or the fish

From Pilling, in Lancashire

Dweller by a pit or hollow

Dweller by a pit or hollow

Lead worker

Peacock

Cropped head

Dweller by a pool

Pope, a nickname

Gatekeeper; carrier

Potter, maker of pots

Cunning, astute

Priest's farm

Lordly, or a pageant prince

Steward, agent

Little valiant one

Prior of a priory

Little Puck

Lively, alive

"red cliff"

"valley of wild garlic"

From Ramsey, "wild garlic island"

From Randolf (wolf)

Red cliff

"son of Rawlin"

Roe deer, or king (nickname)

Red-haired

Steward, reeve

Son of Reynold ("counsel ruler")

Dweller by a clearing

Son of Richard, "brave power"

Splendid hill

Of the ridge

From Riley in Lancashire ("rye clearing")

Son of Robin

Son of Robin (Robert)

Son of Roger, "famous spear"

Rose; from the woman's name Rose

Dweller by a hedgerow, or from Rolf

Dweller among rushes

Little red one

Of the sun

Son of Sander (Alexander)

Sandy ford

Servant, officer