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

Priest's farm

Lordly, or a pageant prince

Steward, agent

Little valiant one

"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

Sawer of timber

Saddler, or dealer

From Shackleton, near Heptonstall

Quick, keen

Small wood, thicket

From Shelton, "farm on a ledge"

Sheep herder

Shearer of cloth

Short, small of stature

Son of Simon

Son of Sim (Simon)

Son of Sim (Simon)

From Singleton in Lancashire

Skinner of hides and furs

Slate roofer

Slender, small

"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"

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

Pasture of the young bullocks

Strong

Summer, or packhorse driver

"south cliff"

From Sutton, "south farmstead"

Pleasant, agreeable

Tanner of hides

Cheerful, or from an old personal name

From Tattershall, in Lincolnshire

Tailor

From Thierry (Theodoric)

Son of Thom (Thomas)

From Thornton, "thorn-bush farm"

"thrall's clearing"

Fox

From Bartholomew, or a toll collector

Dweller at the end of the village

From Tracy in Normandy

Toll collector at a crossing

Cloth fuller

Lathe worker

From Tyldesley, near Wigan

Tiler, roof maker

Firebrand, or son of Dye

Dweller at the edge of a wood

Dweller by a ford

"maker of wagons"

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

Maker of wheels

White field

Fair-haired or pale-complexioned

White-haired

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 by the woods

Forest keeper

Settlement by a wood

Labourer, craftsman

Craftsman, woodworker

From Wrigley Head, near Oldham

Little Guy

Gatekeeper, or dweller by a gate

From the city of York

Young (younger son or junior)