English Surnames: Meaning, Origin & Coat of Arms (page 3 of 6)

Fisherman, fish seller

Fisherman

Iron point, lance

Arrow maker

Arrow maker, or a flower

River crossing

Leader, or swineherd

Forester; foster parent; shear maker

"fodder ravine"

One who lived by a spring

Bird catcher

Nickname for a cunning person

Frenchman

Free landholder

Free man

Frenchman

Friend

Frost, white-haired

Free man

Fuller of cloth

Old

"gardener"

Gardener

Maker of garlands

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)

Chubby-cheeked

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

God's peace

Golden-haired

Good, kind

"good ale" or "good corner"

Good man, or head of a household

From Godric, 'good ruler'

Good friend

Dweller on a triangular plot

Golden, or goldsmith

Keeper of the granary

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

Little Hake, 'hook'

Heath clearing

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

Remarkable hand

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

Path across the heath

Son of Hawkin ("little hawk")

Clearing in a nook

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"

High clearing

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"

One who lived by a high tower

Dweller on or by a hill

From Hildegard, 'battle enclosure'

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)

Brook in a hollow

Deep valley

Deep valley

Tenant, landholder

From Holland in Lincolnshire or Lancashire

Clearing in a hollow

Born on a holy day

Holly enclosure

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

Enclosed valley