English Surnames: Meaning, Origin & Coat of Arms (page 4 of 6)

Dancer, leaper

From a place near Bolton, Lancashire

From Horton, "muddy farmstead"

Son of Hoskin

Of the house

Heart-brave; high guardian; hayward

From Haworth or a similar Pennine place

Dweller by a mound

Tall thin man

From the personal name Hubert ("bright mind")

Hudel's farm

Son of Hudde (Richard or Hugh)

Dweller on a hill

Peaceful warrior

Hunter

Wooded hill

Son of Hutchin (little Hugh)

Farm on the ridge

High gate

A hide of land

"son of Ibbot", from Isabel

From Illingworth, near Halifax

From the Norman personal name Ingelram

Innkeeper

Ivy, or son of Ivo

Son of Jack (John)

Son of Jacob

Son of James (from Jacob)

From Gervase

Son of Jeffrey

Son of Jenin, little John

From Judicaël

Son of John

From the river Jordan (a baptismal name)

Joiner, woodworker

From Jordan

Judge

Jackdaw

Bold, brave

Champion, warrior

Valley of the River Kent

From Kent

"church wood"

Key maker, or quay

Bold kinsman

King (nickname or royal servant)

Church settlement

"village with a church"

Hilltop, or young servant

Servant; mounted soldier

Dweller by a knoll

From Lassy, Normandy

Stream dweller

Lamb, a gentle person, or from Lambert

Fort on the River Lune

Dweller by a glade

Dweller by the lane

Long ford

Long wood or clearing

Long stone

Wool worker

At the barns

From Laurentius, "man of Laurentum"

Leek farm

Physician

Lead beater

Woodland clearing, meadow

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

From Leicester

Attached

Lily-fair, or from Lilley

From Lindsey in Lincolnshire

Dweller by an enclosure

Enclosed wood

Tall man

Lordly man, lord's servant

Wolf cub

Wolf cub

Dweller by a hill or burial mound

"pool"

Son of Maddy (Matthew or Maud)

Council spear

Unfortunate

Shared clearing

Man, servant

Son of Manna

Open land by the Mam hill

"boundary valley"

Dweller by a marsh

"marsh land"

Stonemason

From Macey in Normandy

Son of the master

Young man, or from Matthew

Mayweed field

Dweller by a meadow

Dweller by the meadows

Gentle, humble

"bare hill"

Middle settlement

From Muriel

Boundary gate

Fattened calf

Middle settlement

From the personal name Milo

Grain miller

Dweller by the mills

Miner, or younger

From Michael, "who is like God?"

Clearing by a meeting place

Bold, brave

Dweller by a moor; in Ireland, "majestic"

Moorland

Settlement on the moor

Dweller by a bog, or from Moses

Marsh dweller; physician

Valley

At the ash tree

"nail maker"

From the personal name Niall

Son of Neil or Nell

Newcomer

At the new houses

From Newton, "new farmstead"

"son of Nicholas"

Son of Nichol (Nicholas)

Son of Nick (Nicholas)

Noble, generous

Northman, Norseman