Surnames Starting with C: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins (page 3 of 4)

Church hill

Little Luciano

Little Cicco / Francesco

"quiet one"

From Ciechanów

Carpenter

Carpenter's son

"carpenter's son"

From Cyprus

Cyprian

Lordly (from Kyrillos)

From Cisneros in Palencia

Son of Flannchadh ("red warrior")

Clerk, scholar or scribe

Descendant of the cleric

Dweller on clay soil

From Clayton, "clay farmstead"

Descendant of the clerk

From Clegg, near Rochdale in Lancashire

Merciful

Mild, merciful

Son of Clement

Hilly land

Ford by a cliff

Farm by a cliff

From Glympton or Glinton

"ravine, steep valley"

Son of Caochlaoch

Dweller at the cottages

From the Old Norse name Kobbi, or "lump"

Famous and bold

Cobba's homestead

Darling, favourite child

From the lands of Cochrane

Stream of the wild birds

Son of Odo

Jackdaw

"rabbit"

Descendant of Cobhthach ("victorious")

Priest

From Coimbra

From Coker, crooked stream

Bright helmet

Coal-black; pet form of Nicholas

From Colella, a pet form of Nicola

Charcoal burner; descendant of Colmán ("dove")

Son of Col / charcoal burner

Pet form of Nicolas

Dweller by a hill pass

Charcoal burner

Disputed wood

Descendant of Coileán, "young hound"

Dove

Dove

Column; from Colonna

From Colquhoun in Dunbartonshire

Little Nicola

Small valleys

Dweller in a valley

Valley farmstead

Conception

"count"

Anglo-Norman family

Descendant of Conallán

Descendant of Conall

Descendant of Conghalach, "valorous"

Anglicized form of several Gaelic names

Little Consolo

Officer

Count

Count (noble title)

Little count

"from Contreras"

Anglicized form of several Gaelic names

Cook

Son of the devotee of St Mochuille

Gaelic family name

Barrel maker

Cloak

From Copeland in Cumbria, "bought land"

Hill clearing

Cap, capmaker

Little raven

Little raven

Descendant of Corcrán ("purple" or "ruddy")

Rope

"lamb"

"lamb"

Rope maker

From Córdoba

Dogwood

From Cornwall or Cornhill

Horn player / little corner