English Surnames: Meaning, Origin & Coat of Arms (page 7 of 9)

"son of Nicholas"

Son of Nichol (Nicholas)

Son of Nicholas

Nightingale

Son of Nick (Nicholas)

Noble, generous

Northman, Norseman

Northerner, or nurse

One from the north

North cottage

From Norton, "north farmstead"

North wood

Nut tree

Nun, demure person

Nut

"nook of land with nut trees"

At the island

One who lived by oak trees

Oak clearing

Woad hill

Son-in-law

Oak valley

Ocga's hill

From Oldham, in Lancashire

From the personal name Oliver

Ondsla's mound

"Orm's clearing"

Orm's farm

Upper farm

God bear

God Gaut

Farm on the ridge

Ford for oxen

Ox pasture

Pack

Wool packer

Little page, young servant

Page, young servant

Little page (servant)

Painter

Pilgrim to the Holy Land

Wooded hill

Plasterer

Pear homestead

Of the parish

Park keeper, gamekeeper

Park keeper, or dweller by a park

Little Peter

Enclosure

Son or servant of the parson

Partridge

Little Patrick, or head

From the personal name Pain ("villager")

From Peyton, Pæga's farm

Vain, showy man

Son of Piers (Peter)

Pea

Hill-dweller, or peck measure

Farmstead by the barley hill

Farm by Pendle Hill

Hill or sheep pen

From Payne, 'countryman'

Penny farmstead

Head of the heath

Uncertain, perhaps from Peebles

Pepper seller

From Pepin

Pierce the valley

From Percy-en-Auge, Normandy

By God

Son of Perkin (little Peter)

Pear tree; son of Harry

Son of Peter

Small

Son of Philip

From Picardy

From Pickering, in North Yorkshire

Ravine of the diggers

Little pike, or from Picot

Ford by a peak

"small field"

From Piers (Peter)

Pointed hill, or the fish

Farmstead of Pileca

From Pilling, in Lancashire

Dweller by a pit or hollow

Dweller by a pit or hollow

Flat ground or plank bridge

Ploughman

Plough maker

Lead worker

Peacock

Cropped head

Pond

Dweller by a pool

Pope, a nickname

Gatekeeper; carrier

Clearing of the apostle

Potter, maker of pots

Cunning, astute

Priest's cottage

Priest's clearing

Priest's farm

Priest

Lordly, or a pageant prince

Steward, agent

Little valiant one

Prior of a priory

Little Puck

By God

Purveyor of provisions

Putta's homestead

Stake, pile

Mill farm

Queen

Lively, alive

"red cliff"

Red ford

From Rayne or Rennes

Raven's ford

Ram's valley

"valley of wild garlic"

From Ramsey, "wild garlic island"

Edge

From Randolf (wolf)

Son of Rand

Red cliff

Red cliff

Red cliff

Son of little Raoul

"son of Rawlin"

Roe deer, or king (nickname)

Clearing

Red ferns

Red-haired

Reed thatcher

Steward, reeve

Hraefn's farm

Son of Reynold ("counsel ruler")

Dweller by a clearing

Son of Richard, "brave power"

Splendid hill

Son of Rick

Horseman

Cleared woodland or reed clearing

Ridge farm

Of the ridge

From Riley in Lancashire ("rye clearing")

Strip clearing

One who lived by a river