English Surnames: Meaning, Origin & Coat of Arms (page 3 of 5)

"good ale" or "good corner"

Good man, or head of a household

Good friend

Dweller on a triangular plot

Golden, or goldsmith

Steward, or dweller by a grove

Grey-haired

Dweller by the village green

"green hollow"

Dweller by a green wood

From Greek Grēgorios, "watchful"

Son of Grim (masked one)

"dark wood" or "Grim's wood"

Dweller by a grove

Wood, or wide

Dweller in a nook or hollow

Worker or dweller at the hall

"holy well"

Dweller by a riverside meadow

From the Norman personal name Hamon

From Hampton, "home farm"

Little John

Hardy, brave

Bold, courageous

"grove of the hares" or "boundary grove"

From Hargreave, "hare grove"

From the personal name Herman or Harman

Harp player

Army ruler

From Harrington in Cumbria

Son of Harry (Henry)

Son of Harry (Henry)

Stag (nickname)

Deer clearing

From the Breton personal name Haerveu ("battle worthy")

People of Hæsta

Dweller by a gate

Heathland

Son of Hawkin ("little hawk")

From Haworth, in West Yorkshire

Hay hill

Dweller by an enclosure

"guardian of hedges and fences"

Dweller at the top of a hill or valley

Dweller on a heath

"valley of rose hips"

Hēahmund's clearing

"enclosure with rose hips"

Herring fisherman or seller

Easter, or young beech

Little Hugh

From Heywood, near Rochdale in Lancashire

Son of Hick (Richard)

"valley of the oak trees"

Dweller on or by a hill

Hill farm

"hind valley"

Servant, or descendant of Eidhin

Monastery farm, or high farm

"little Hitch", from Richard

Son of Hob (Robert)

Son of Hodge (Roger)

Deep valley

Deep valley

Tenant, landholder

From Holland in Lincolnshire or Lancashire

Clearing in a hollow

Dweller by a sunken road

Dweller in a hollow

Islet, river meadow; holly

"clearing in a hollow"

Dweller by a wood

Hood maker, or one who wore a hood

Hoop maker for barrels

Dancer, leaper

From a place near Bolton, Lancashire

From Horton, "muddy farmstead"

Of the house

Heart-brave; high guardian; hayward

From Haworth or a similar Pennine place

Dweller by a mound

From the personal name Hubert ("bright mind")

Son of Hudde (Richard or Hugh)

Dweller on a hill

Peaceful warrior

Hunter

Wooded hill

Son of Hutchin (little Hugh)

A hide of land

"son of Ibbot", from Isabel

From Illingworth, near Halifax

From the Norman personal name Ingelram

Son of Jack (John)

Son of Jacob

Son of James (from Jacob)

From Gervase

Son of Jenin, little John

Son of John

From the river Jordan (a baptismal name)

Joiner, woodworker

Judge

Champion, warrior

Valley of the River Kent

From Kent

"church wood"

Key maker, or quay

King (nickname or royal servant)

Church settlement

"village with a church"

Hilltop, or young servant

Servant; mounted soldier

Dweller by a knoll

Stream dweller

Lamb, a gentle person, or from Lambert

Fort on the River Lune

Dweller by the lane

Long wood or clearing

From Laurentius, "man of Laurentum"

Physician

Woodland clearing, meadow

From the personal name Leonard ("lion-hardy")