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

From Spalding, Lincolnshire

Steward, dispenser of provisions

Spice merchant

"maker of spoons or shingles"

Lively, nimble

From Eustace, 'fruitful'

Ford by a landing place

Clearing where staves were cut

Stony ford

From Stanley, "stony clearing"

"stony field"

Stone farmstead

Farm by the post

Star

Son of Stephen ("crown")

Son of Stephen ("crown")

Dweller by a stile

From Stoke, "outlying settlement"

Dweller by the stone

Big, tall

Bold, brave

Farm on a Roman road

One who lived by a Roman road

Pasture of the young bullocks

Maker of bowstrings

Strong

Marshy brushwood

One who lived by tree stumps

Summer, or packhorse driver

Summoner to court

"south cliff"

From Sutton, "south farmstead"

Young man, servant

Pleasant, agreeable

Quick, fast

Dweller by a small stream

Of the woods

Tanner of hides

Cheerful, or from an old personal name

From Tattershall, in Lincolnshire

From Tatham

Tailor

Of the Templars' land

From Thierry (Theodoric)

Thatcher

Son of Thom (Thomas)

One who lived by a thorn bush

From Thornton, "thorn-bush farm"

Outlying farm

"thrall's clearing"

Thor's protection

Tīdi's spring

Son of Tim (Timothy)

Tibba's farm

Fox

From Bartholomew, or a toll collector

Son of little Tom

Dweller at the end of the village

From Tracy in Normandy

Toll collector at a crossing

From the River Trent, 'flooder'

Nimble dancer, light-footed

Messenger, runner

Cloth fuller

Lathe worker

Lookout hill

From Tyldesley, near Wigan

Tiler, roof maker

Firebrand, or son of Dye

Dweller at the edge of a wood

Place of alders

Vicar's son or servant

Dweller by a ford

"maker of wagons"

Watchman

Valley of the Britons

House in the forest

Cloth fuller (walker of cloth)

Wall builder

From Walton, "farmstead of the Britons"

Watchman, guardian

Guard of the army, or keeper of a warren

From La Varenne; game preserve

From the Washburn stream

From Washington ("settlement of Wassa's people")

Son of Walter, or one who lived by the water

Son of Wat (Walter)

Son of Wat (Walter)

Weaver of cloth, or dweller by the Weaver river

Weaver

Weaver

Of the dairy farm

Welshman

Dweller by the springs

From the west

West brook

West farmstead

Road clearing

Maker of wheels

White field

Fair-haired or pale-complexioned

White-haired

White clearing

White island

Farm of Hwita's people

Son of Wiggin (worthy)

Son of little Will

"wild, untamed"

Willow, or from the River Wylye

Resolute will

Son of Will (William)

Son of Will (William)

"pasture field"

Wise, learned

Wolf, a nickname or personal name

Dweller by the wood

A nickname from the woodcock bird

Dweller where woodruff grew

Dweller by the woods

Forest keeper

Settlement by a wood

Labourer, craftsman

Craftsman, woodworker

From Wrigley Head, near Oldham

Little Guy

Earth fort

Gatekeeper, or dweller by a gate

From the city of York

Young (younger son or junior)