English Surnames: Meaning, Origin & Coat of Arms (page 8 of 9)

Fame of the land

Rope maker

Rose; from the woman's name Rose

Rough valley

Dweller by a hedgerow, or from Rolf

Rough clearing

Rowan tree

Back / stretch

Red

Red-haired

Dweller among rushes

Uncertain

Little red one

Red hair

From Sauqueville in Normandy

Saddle maker

Place name

Son of Solomon

Salt maker or psaltery player

Of the sun

Son of Samuel

Son of Sander (Alexander)

One who lived on sandy ground

Sandy ground

Sandy ford

Servant, officer

Clearing by the shieling

Son of Sander (Alexander)

From Sainville in France

Sawer of timber

Huts

Hut field

Crab (nickname)

Sailor

Sigg's farm

Sea wolf

Saddler, or dealer

Victory power

From Saint-Maur

From Shackleton, near Heptonstall

Quick, keen

Small wood, thicket

Open land by the River Sheaf

Hill with a ledge

Clearing on a ledge

From Shelton, "farm on a ledge"

Sheep herder

Shearer of cloth

Shire wood

Sheep clearing

Sailor

Shire clearing

Short, small of stature

Uncertain origin

Silversmith or silver hair

Son of Simon

Son of Sim (Simon)

Son of Sim (Simon)

Singer, cantor

From Singleton in Lancashire

Farm on a ledge

Skinner of hides and furs

Hollow

Valley

Slate roofer

Dweller by a muddy place

Sleng's farm

Slender, small

Narrow wood

Quick, brisk

"smooth wooded hill"

Metalworker (Old English smið)

Cut-off piece of land

White-haired or pale

Peace

"farm on sour ground"

Lively, bright person

From Spalding, Lincolnshire

Steward, dispenser of provisions

Spice merchant

"maker of spoons or shingles"

Lively, nimble

Squire

From Eustace, 'fruitful'

Ford by a landing place

Clearing where staves were cut

Stony ford

Stony valley

From Stanley, "stony clearing"

"stony field"

Stone farmstead

Boundary post

Farm by the post

Little stiff one

Star

Son of Stephen ("crown")

Son of Stephen ("crown")

Dweller by a stile

Farm built of logs

Horse keeper

From Stoke, "outlying settlement"

Dweller by the stone

Big, tall

Bold, brave

Stump fold

Foreigner

Farm on a Roman road

One who lived by a Roman road

Pasture of the young bullocks

Maker of bowstrings

Strong

Marshy brushwood

One who lived by tree stumps

Summer, or packhorse driver

Summoner to court

"south cliff"

From Sutton, "south farmstead"

Young man, servant

Son of Sveinn

Pleasant, agreeable

Quick, fast

Pig stream

Dweller by a small stream

Of the woods

Drummer

Norman personal name

Tanner of hides

Cheerful, or from an old personal name

From Tattershall, in Lincolnshire

From Tatham

Tailor

Cut iron

Storm (nickname)

Of the Templars' land

Son of Dennis

From Thierry (Theodoric)

Thatcher

Roof thatcher

Of uncertain origin

Ill-mannered

Thistle clearing

Son of Thom (Thomas)

One who lived by a thorn bush

From Thornton, "thorn-bush farm"

Outlying farm

"thrall's clearing"

Thor's protection

Thor's stone

Tīdi's spring

Tiller of soil, or lime tree