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

Sawer of timber

Sea wolf

Saddler, or dealer

Victory power

From Saint-Maur

From Shackleton, near Heptonstall

Quick, keen

Small wood, thicket

From Shelton, "farm on a ledge"

Sheep herder

Shearer of cloth

Shire clearing

Short, small of stature

Son of Simon

Son of Sim (Simon)

Son of Sim (Simon)

Singer, cantor

From Singleton in Lancashire

Skinner of hides and furs

Slate roofer

Dweller by a muddy place

Slender, small

Quick, brisk

"smooth wooded hill"

Metalworker (Old English smið)

White-haired or pale

Peace

"farm on sour ground"

Lively, bright person

Steward, dispenser of provisions

"maker of spoons or shingles"

Lively, nimble

Ford by a landing place

From Stanley, "stony clearing"

"stony field"

Stone farmstead

Star

Son of Stephen ("crown")

Son of Stephen ("crown")

From Stoke, "outlying settlement"

Dweller by the stone

Bold, brave

Farm on a Roman road

Pasture of the young bullocks

Strong

Marshy brushwood

Summer, or packhorse driver

"south cliff"

From Sutton, "south farmstead"

Young man, servant

Pleasant, agreeable

Quick, fast

Dweller by a small stream

Tanner of hides

Cheerful, or from an old personal name

From Tattershall, in Lincolnshire

From Tatham

Tailor

Of the Templars' land

From Thierry (Theodoric)

Son of Thom (Thomas)

From Thornton, "thorn-bush farm"

"thrall's clearing"

Thor's protection

Tibba's farm

Fox

From Bartholomew, or a toll collector

Son of little Tom

Dweller at the end of the village

From Tracy in Normandy

Toll collector at a crossing

Cloth fuller

Lathe worker

Lookout hill

From Tyldesley, near Wigan

Tiler, roof maker

Firebrand, or son of Dye

Dweller at the edge of a wood

Vicar's son or servant

Dweller by a ford

"maker of wagons"

Valley of the Britons

Cloth fuller (walker of cloth)

Wall builder

From Walton, "farmstead of the Britons"

Watchman, guardian

Guard of the army, or keeper of a warren

From La Varenne; game preserve

From Washington ("settlement of Wassa's people")

Son of Walter, or one who lived by the water

Son of Wat (Walter)

Son of Wat (Walter)

Weaver of cloth, or dweller by the Weaver river

Weaver

Weaver

Of the dairy farm

Welshman

Dweller by the springs

From the west

West farmstead

Road clearing

Maker of wheels

White field

Fair-haired or pale-complexioned

White-haired

White clearing

White island

Son of Wiggin (worthy)

Son of little Will

"wild, untamed"

Willow, or from the River Wylye

Son of Will (William)

Son of Will (William)

"pasture field"

Wise, learned

Wolf, a nickname or personal name

Dweller by the wood

A nickname from the woodcock bird

Dweller where woodruff grew

Dweller by the woods

Forest keeper

Settlement by a wood

Labourer, craftsman

Craftsman, woodworker

From Wrigley Head, near Oldham

Little Guy

Earth fort

Gatekeeper, or dweller by a gate

From the city of York

Young (younger son or junior)