Surnames Starting with B: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins (page 1 of 2)

"one who lived by a stream"

Pork butcher

"bathhouse keeper"

Bavarian

Bailiff; castle outer wall

From Bainbridge, in Wensleydale, Yorkshire

Uncertain, perhaps poet

From a place near Halifax, Yorkshire

Gadfly; bittern

Bread baker

Bold friend

Dweller by a knoll, or a bald man

Bald-headed man

"the ford by the tree trunk"

"son of Banasz"

Dweller by a slope or bank

"baptist"

Ram

"from Baranów"

"cheap" or "cockroach"

Foreigner, or bearded

Barber, barber-surgeon

Barber

Barber

"bearded"

Tanner, or shepherd

Barley hill

Barn; from Barnes

Dweller by land cleared by burning

Baron

Hilltop

"ravine of the birch trees"

"barrier, clay pit"

"cap"

Norman, perhaps from Old French barat ("trouble, deceit")

"from Barrios"

"clay grounds"

From Barry (Glamorgan)

"son of Bartel"

Bearded, or from Bartholomäus

From Barton, "barley farm"

Royal (from Basil)

Short, low

From Bassano

Short

"thick woods"

Son of Bate (Bartholomew)

From John the Baptist

Battle (soldier, fighter)

Farmer

Farmer, cultivator

"orchard keeper"

"Baptist"

"a Bavarian"

Beech tree, or stream

Bean grower, or son of Beathan

Bearded man

Clearing with bent grass

From Baty (Bartholomew)

Baker; brook

Baker

Dweller by a brook

"little cooper"

Son of Bernd (Bernhard)

Axe (axe-maker or user)

Fair face, cheerful

Bell; handsome

"fine friend"

From the nickname bello, "handsome"

Little handsome one

Little Bello (handsome)

From Benavides in León

Cooper, barrel maker

Of Benedetto ("blessed")

Son of Benito ("blessed")

Blessed

Blessed

Son of Ben (Benedict)

From Bentham, in North Yorkshire

Bent-grass clearing

"blessed"

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

"drink water"

Bavarian

"heifer"

Fair- or white-haired (plural of Bianco)

Little fair one

White, fair

"from Bielec"

"from Bielsk"

"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