English Surnames: Meaning, Origin & Coat of Arms (page 2 of 4)

Village with a cross

Dweller by a cross

"clearing with a cross"

Crow

"fiddler, player of the crwth"

Courteous, refined

"farm in the valley"

Valley

Son of Daniel ("God is my judge")

Market on the River Dane

Son of Daw (David)

From the medieval name Day (David), or a dairy worker

Dweller in a valley, or servant of a dean

"valley of the wild animals"

Uncertain, perhaps dill

Son of Dick (Richard)

From Dodde

Son of Dodd

Son of Dunn (dark)

Of the downs

Dragon, or male duck

"enclosure with ducks"

Dudda's clearing

Leader

Hill island

Dyer of cloth

"dweller by the east wood"

River settlement

Son of Emery

An Englishman

"fork of a river where ducks gather"

Uncertain, perhaps from Eustace

Brave as a boar

"fair bank or slope"

"fair ravine"

"fair wooded hill"

Fern clearing

Tax farmer, or farmer

"enclosure with ferns"

A young pig keeper or a nickname

Falconer

"farm in the fen"

"dweller in open country"

Dweller by the open fields

Finch

Fisherman

Arrow maker

Arrow maker, or a flower

River crossing

Forester; foster parent; shear maker

"fodder ravine"

Bird catcher

Nickname for a cunning person

Frenchman

Free landholder

Free man

Frenchman

Frost, white-haired

Free man

Fuller of cloth

Old

"gardener"

Gardener

Granary keeper, or from the personal name Warner

Spear-hard or spear-rule (from Gerard or Gerald)

"dweller by the spear-shaped hillside"

Dweller by the gates

Cheerful

Noble birth, courtesy

Son of Gib (Gilbert)

From the Norman name Gilbert ("bright pledge")

From Aegidius (young goat)

Dweller by a ravine, or from Gilbert

From Guillaume (William)

Glove maker

"God hard", a Germanic personal name

Golden-haired

Good, kind

"good ale" or "good corner"

Good man, or head of a household

Good friend

Golden, or goldsmith

Steward, or dweller by a grove

Grey-haired

Dweller by the village green

"green hollow"

From Greek Grēgorios, "watchful"

Son of Grim (masked one)

"dark wood" or "Grim's wood"

Dweller in a nook or hollow

Worker or dweller at the hall

"holy well"

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")

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 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