Browse Surnames

This is a list of surnames in which the meaning contains the keyword wall.
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wall meaning
Coste French
French form of Costa.
Côté French
French form of Costa.
Cuesta Spanish
Spanish form of Costa.
Hayes 1 English
From various English place names that were derived from Old English hæg meaning "enclosure, fence". A famous bearer was American President Rutherford B. Hayes (1822-1893).
Hayward English
Occupational name for a person who protected an enclosed forest, from Old English hæg "enclosure, fence" and weard "guard".
Haywood English
From various place names meaning "fenced wood" in Old English.
Maurer German
Occupational name meaning "wall builder" in German.
Muraro Italian
Occupational name for a wall builder, from Italian murare meaning "to wall up".
Paredes Portuguese, Spanish
Denoted a person who lived near a wall, from Portuguese parede and Spanish pared meaning "wall", both derived from Latin paries.
Tapia Spanish
Means "mud wall" in Spanish.
Wall English
Originally denoted a person who lived near a prominent wall, from Old English weall.
Waller 2 English
Derived from Old English weall meaning "wall", denoting a builder of walls or someone who lived near a prominent wall.
Wallin Swedish
From Swedish vall meaning "wall, bank" (ultimately of Latin origin).
Walton English
From the name of any of several villages in England, derived from Old English wealh "foreigner, Celt", weald "forest", weall "wall", or wille "well, spring, water hole" combined with tun "enclosure, yard, town".
Zingel Jewish
From Middle High German zingel "defensive wall". This name was originally applied to a person who lived near the outermost wall of a castle.