Surnames Starting with B: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins (page 2 of 3)

Bean farmstead

Welcome

Cap maker

Dweller on a hill

Hill dweller

Little shepherd

Mountain dweller; miner

"son of Bermudo"

Brave as a bear

Son of Bernardo ("brave as a bear")

Son of little Bernardo

From the name Bernhard

Amber

Dweller by the fortified manor

Little Bertolo (Bartholomew)

Bright raven

Beast, or herdsman

From Béthencourt

"drink water"

Bavarian

"heifer"

Fair- or white-haired (plural of Bianco)

Little fair one

White, fair

"from Bielec"

"from Bielsk"

Big, strong man

From Billing

"cooper, barrel maker"

From Bingham, Nottinghamshire

From the nickname biondo, "fair-haired"

"dweller by the birch tree"

"birch headland"

Bishop, a nickname or servant name

Dark-haired, swarthy

Dark stream

Dark spring

From Blair, "plain, field"

Pale, or dark

"dark clearing"

White, fair

Fair, white-haired

White, fair

From Bland in Yorkshire

From Blenkinsopp

"son of Błażej"

"son of Blasco"

Son of Bleddyn (wolf cub)

Flower

Billy goat (nickname)

"messenger"

Dweller by a bog

Bohemian

Descendant of Beolán

Dwelling settlement

Good year

Farmer, tenant

Little Bono (good)

Little good one

Good child

From Bonilla

Gentle, courteous

Good little one; capmaker

Good man

From Bohon in Normandy, or good

Herdsman, dweller in a hut

From borgo, "village"

From Borek (small pine wood)

"pine forest"

From Borrello, a medieval personal name

Little Bortolo, Bartholomew

From Beuzeville

Cooper, barrel maker

Butcher

Townsman, burgher

Hill place

Son of Owain

Bow maker, or dweller by a cottage

Bowl maker

From Bowling (the hollow)

Archer