Surnames of Length 6

Rivers English
Denoted a person who lived near a river, from Middle English, from Old French riviere meaning "river", from Latin riparius meaning "riverbank".

Robert French, English
From the given name Robert.

Robles Spanish
Originally indicated a person who lived near an oak tree or forest, from Spanish roble "oak", from Latin robur.

Robson English
Means "son of Rob".

Rocchi Italian
Derived from the given name Rocco.

Rodney English
From a place name meaning "Hroda's island" in Old English (where Hroda is an Old English given name meaning "fame").

Rogers English
Derived from the given name Roger.

Roldán Spanish
Derived from the given name Roldán.

Romano 1 Italian
Derived from the given name Romano.

Romano 2 Italian
Denoted a person from the city of Rome, either a resident or someone who visited as a pilgrim. In Calabria it was also used to designate a person from New Rome, a name for Constantinople.

Romero Spanish
Derived from Spanish romero meaning "pilgrim to Rome".

Romijn Dutch
Derived from the given name Romein.

Ronchi Italian
From Italian places named Ronchi, derived from ronco meaning "cleared land, terraced land". It is most common in northern and central Italy.

Roscoe English
From the name of a town in Lancashire, derived from Old Norse rá "roebuck" and skógr "wood, forest".

Rotolo Italian
From the Italian word for a measure of weight, from southern Italian dialects, derived from Greek via Arabic.

Rounds English
Patronymic derived from Middle English rond meaning "round, plump", ultimately from Latin rotundus.

Roydon English
Originally derived from a place name meaning "rye hill", from Old English ryge "rye" and dun "hill".

Ruskin 1 Scottish
From Gaelic rusgaire meaning "tanner".

Ruskin 2 English
From a diminutive of the feminine given name Rose.

Rusnak Polish
Means "Russian" in Polish.

Russel English
Variant of Russell.

Rutten Dutch
Derived from the given name Rutger.

Rybová f Czech
Czech feminine form of Ryba.

Ryland English
From various English place names, derived from Old English ryge "rye" and land "land".

Sadler English
Occupational name for a maker of saddles, from Old English sadol "saddle".

Saidov m Uzbek, Tajik
Means "son of Said".

Saitou Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 斎藤 (see Saitō).

Saller 1 German
Originally denoted a person from the town of Sallern in Bavaria, possibly from a Celtic element meaning "stream".

Saller 2 German
Denoted a person who lived by a prominent sallow tree, from Middle High German salhe "sallow tree".

Salmon English, French
Derived from the given name Solomon.

Samara 1 Arabic
Meaning unknown.

Samara 2 f Greek
Feminine form of Samaras.

Samson English, French
Derived from the given name Samson.

Samuel English, Welsh, French, Jewish
Derived from the given name Samuel.

Sanada Japanese
From Japanese 真 (sana) meaning "real, genuine" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Sancho Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Sancho.

Sander German, Danish
Derived from the given name Alexander.

Sándor Hungarian
Derived from the given name Sándor.

Santos Portuguese, Spanish
Means "saint" in Portuguese and Spanish, ultimately from Latin sanctus. This was a nickname for a pious person.

Saqqaf Arabic
From Arabic سقف (saqaf) meaning "roof".

Sartor Italian
Variant of Sarto.

Sartre French
French cognate of Sarto. A famous bearer was the French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980).

Sasaki Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" (repeated, indicated by the iteration mark 々) and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Sastre Spanish
Spanish cognate of Sarto.

Sauber German
Means "clean, tidy" in German.

Sauter German
Occupational name for a cobbler, from Latin sutor "sewer, cobbler".

Savage English
English nickname meaning "wild, uncouth", derived from Old French salvage or sauvage meaning "untamed", ultimately from Latin silvaticus meaning "wild, from the woods".

Savege English (Rare)
Variant of Savage.

Savona Italian
From the name of the city of Savona in northern Italy, called Savo by the Romans, of uncertain meaning.

Sawyer English
Occupational name meaning "sawer of wood, woodcutter" in Middle English, ultimately from Old English sagu meaning "saw". Mark Twain used it for the main character in his novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876).

Saylor English
Occupational name meaning "acrobat, dancer", derived from Old French sailleor, from Latin sallitor.

Scarpa Italian
Means "shoemaker" from Italian scarpa meaning "shoe".

Scarsi Italian
Nickname for a poor or miserly person, from Italian scarso "scarce, scant".

Scheer German, Dutch
Variant of Scherer.

Schenk German, Dutch
From Middle High German, Middle Dutch schenke meaning "wine server" (from Old High German scenken "to pour out").

Schmid German
Variant of Schmidt.

Schnur German, Jewish
From Old High German snuor meaning "rope, cord", an occupational name for a maker of rope.

Scholz German
Variant of Schulz.

School Dutch
From Dutch school, ultimately from Latin schola meaning "school", indicating a person who worked at or lived near a school.

Schult Low German
Low German variant of Schulz.

Schulz German
Occupational name derived from Middle High German schultheiße meaning "mayor, judge".

Scotti Italian
From the medieval given name Francescotto, a diminutive of Francesco.

Scully Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Scolaidhe.

Seaver English
From the unattested Old English given name Sæfaru, derived from the Old English elements sæ "sea, ocean" and faru "journey".

Sedlák m Czech, Slovak
Means "farmer" in Czech and Slovak. A sedlák had more land than a Zahradník or a Chalupník, but less land than a Dvořák.

Seeger German
From the given name Sieghard.

Seelen Dutch
Variant of Ceelen.

Segers Dutch
Means "son of Sieger".

Seidel German
From a diminutive of the given name Siegfried.

Senior English
Originally a name for the elder of two brothers.

Șerban Romanian
Means "a Serb" in Romanian.

Ševčík m Czech, Slovak
Occupational name derived from Czech and Slovak švec meaning "shoemaker, cobbler".

Seward 1 English
Derived from the given name Sigeweard.

Seward 2 English
Means "swineherd" from Old English su "sow, female pig" and hierde "herdsman, guardian".

Seward 3 Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Suaird.

Sexton English
Occupational name for a sexton (Middle English sexteyn), a caretaker for a church or graveyard.

Shafir Jewish
Ornamental name meaning "sapphire" in Yiddish.

Sharma Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Assamese, Gujarati, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Nepali
Means "joy, shelter, comfort" in Sanskrit.

Sharpe English
Variant of Sharp.

Sheach Scottish
Variant of Shaw 2.

Sheedy Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Síoda.

Sheehy Irish
Variant of McSheehy.

Shelby English
Variant of Selby.

Shirai Japanese
From Japanese 白 (shira) meaning "white" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Shvets Ukrainian
Means "shoemaker" in Ukrainian.

Shwetz Ukrainian (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Shvets.

Sidney English
Originally derived from various place names in England meaning "wide island", from Old English sid "wide" and eg "island". Another theory holds that it comes from the name of a town in Normandy called "Saint Denis", though evidence for this is lacking.

Siegel 1 German
Occupational name for a maker of seals or signet rings, ultimately from Latin sigillum "seal".

Siegel 2 German
Derived from the diminutive of Old German given names beginning with the element sigu meaning "victory".

Siegel 3 Jewish
Variant of Segal 1.

Sieger German
From the given name Sieghard.

Siemon German
Variant of Simon.

Sierra Spanish
Originally indicated a dweller on a hill range or ridge, from Spanish sierra "mountain range", derived from Latin serra "saw".

Sikora Polish
Means "tit (bird)" in Polish.

Siliņa f Latvian
Feminine form of Siliņš.

Siliņš m Latvian
Derived from Latvian sils meaning "pine forest".

Silver English
From a nickname for a person with grey hair, from Old English seolfor "silver".

Simmon German
From the given name Simon 1.

Simões Portuguese
Means "son of Simão" in Portuguese.

Simons English, German
Derived from the given name Simon 1.

Siskin Jewish
Variant of Ziskind.

Śląska f Polish
Feminine form of Śląski.

Śląski m Polish
Polish cognate of Slezák.

Slater English
Occupational name indicating that an early member worked covering roofs with slate, from Old French esclat "shard", of Germanic origin.

Slávik m Slovak
Slovak cognate of Slavík.

Slavík m Czech
Means "nightingale" in Czech.

Ślązak Polish
Polish cognate of Slezák.

Slezák m Czech, Slovak
Originally a name for a person from Silesia, a historical region that is nowadays split between Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic.

Sloane Irish
Variant of Sloan.

Slovák m Slovak, Czech
Originally described one who was from Slovakia.

Smalls English
Variant of Small.

Smeets Dutch
Variant of Smit.

Smolak Polish
Occupational name for a distiller of pitch, derived from the Old Slavic word smola meaning "pitch, resin".

Smythe English
Variant of Smith.

Snider English
Variant of Snyder.

Snyder English
Means "tailor", derived from Middle English snithen "to cut", an occupational name for a person who stitched coats and clothing.

Soares Portuguese
Means "son of Suero".

Sokoll Jewish
Variant of Sokol.

Sólyom Hungarian
Means "hawk, falcon" in Hungarian.

Sommer 1 German, English
Means "summer", from Old High German sumar or Old English sumor. This was a nickname for a cheerful person, someone who lived in a sunny spot, or a farmer who had to pay taxes in the summer.

Sommer 2 German
From Middle High German sumber or sommer meaning "basket, wickerwork, drum".

Sonnen German
Means "sun" from Middle High German sunne. It probably denoted someone of cheerful temperament or a person who lived in a sunny area.

Souček m Czech
From Czech suk meaning "tree knot". This could either be a topographic name or a nickname for a stubborn person.

Soukup m Czech
Means "co-buyer" in Czech, an occupational name for a merchant.

Sovány Hungarian
Means "thin, lean" in Hungarian.

Spanos m Greek
Means "hairless, beardless" in Greek, ultimately from σπάνιος (spanios) meaning "scarce, rare".

Spanou f Greek
Feminine form of Spanos.

Sparks English
From an Old Norse nickname or byname derived from sparkr meaning "sprightly".

Spears English
Patronymic form of Spear.

Specht German
Means "woodpecker" in German.

Spence English
Variant of Spencer.

Spiker Dutch
Americanized form of Spijker 1 or Spijker 2.

Spirou Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Σπύρου (see Spyrou).

Spyrou Greek
Means "son of Spyros".

Stacey English
Variant of Stacy.

Stacks English
Variant of Stack.

Stalin History
Surname adopted by the Russian leader Joseph Stalin (1878-1953) during his revolutionary years. He was an ethnic Georgian, born as Ioseb Jughashvili. He derived it from Russian сталь (stal) meaning "steel".

Staněk m Czech
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Stanislav.

Stanek Polish
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Stanisław.

Stanev m Bulgarian
Means "son of Stane", Stane being a diminutive of Stanislav.

Stárek m Czech
From a nickname derived from Czech starý meaning "old".

Starek Polish
From a nickname derived from Polish stary meaning "old".

Stauss German
Means "buttocks" from Middle High German stuz.

Steele English
Occupational name for a steelworker, from Old English stele meaning "steel".

Steube German
Variant of Steuben.

St John English
From a place named for Saint John.

Stoica Romanian
From Romanian stoic meaning "stoic, impassive".

Stokes English
Variant of Stoke.

Strand Norwegian, Swedish, Danish
From Old Norse strǫnd meaning "beach, sea shore". It was originally given to someone who lived on or near the sea.

Straub German
From Old High German strub meaning "rough, unkempt".

Street English
Habitational name for a person who lived in a place called Street, for example in Somerset. It is derived from Old English stræt meaning "Roman road", from Latin strata.

Strnad m & u Czech, Slovene
Means "bunting (bird)" in Czech and Slovene.

Strong English
Nickname derived from Middle English strong or strang meaning "strong".

Stroud English
From Old English strod meaning "marshy ground overgrown with brushwood".

Struna Slovene
From Slovene struna meaning "string, cord", possibly denoting a maker of rope.

Stuart Scottish
Variant of Stewart.

Stuber German
Occupational name for the owner of an inn, derived from Old High German stuba "room".

Stueck German, Jewish
Variant of Stück.

Stumpf German
Nickname for a short person or a topographic name someone who lived near a prominent stump, from Middle High German stumpf.

Styles English
Locational name for one who lived near a steep hill, from Old English stigol "stile, set of steps".

Suárez Spanish
Means "son of Suero".

Sugita Japanese
From Japanese 杉 (sugi) meaning "cedar" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Sultan Arabic
From a nickname meaning "sultan, ruler" in Arabic.

Sumner English
Occupational name for a summoner, an official who was responsible for ensuring the appearance of witnesses in court, from Middle English sumner, ultimately from Latin submonere "to advise".

Sundén Swedish
From Swedish sund meaning "sound, strait".

Sutton English
From various English place names meaning "south town".

Suzuki Japanese
From Japanese 鈴 (suzu) meaning "bell" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood". This is the second most common surname in Japan. A notable bearer was the artist Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770).

Swango German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Schwangau.

Sydney English
Variant of Sidney.

Sýkora m Czech, Slovak
Means "tit (bird)" in Czech and Slovak.

Symons English
Derived from the given name Simon 1.

Szalai Hungarian
Possibly denoted a person from the region of Zala in western Hungary, itself named for the Zala River.

Szántó Hungarian
Occupational name for a ploughman or tiller, derived from Hungarian szánt meaning "to plow".

Szarka Hungarian
From Hungarian szarka meaning "magpie", often used as a euphemistic term for a thief.

Szwarc Polish
Polish phonetic spelling of German Schwarz.

Szweda Polish
Derived from Polish Szwed meaning "Swede, person from Sweden".

Tafani Italian
From the nickname tafano meaning "gadfly", indicating an annoying person.

Tailor English
Variant of Taylor.

Takács Hungarian
Means "weaver" in Hungarian.

Takala Finnish
Means "(dweller in the) back", probably denoting someone who lived in a remote area, from Finnish taka.

Takeda Japanese
From Japanese 武 (take) meaning "military, martial" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Talbot English
Of Norman origin, possibly derived from an unattested Germanic given name composed of the elements dala "to destroy" and bod "message".

Tamaro Italian
Possibly from the Old German given name Thietmar. It is typical of the area around Trieste in northern Italy.

Tamura Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Tanaka Japanese
Means "dweller in the rice fields", from Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".

Tanner English
Occupational name for a person who tanned animal hides, from Old English tannian "to tan", itself from Late Latin and possibly ultimately of Celtic origin.

Tanzer German
Means "dancer" in German, derived from Middle High German tanzen "to dance".

Tasker English
From Middle English taske meaning "task, assignment". A tasker was a person who had a fixed job to do, particularly a person who threshed grain with a flail.

Tatham English
From the name of the town of Tatham in Lancashire, itself from the Old English given name Tata combined with ham meaning "home, settlement".

Tatton English
Originally indicated a person from a town by this name, derived from the Old English given name Tata combined with tun meaning "enclosure, yard, town".

Tawfiq Arabic
From the given name Tawfiq.

Taylor English
Derived from Old French tailleur meaning "tailor", ultimately from Latin taliare "to cut".

Teagan Irish (Rare)
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Tadhgáin meaning "descendant of Tadhgán".

Teague 1 Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Taidhg meaning "descendant of Tadhg".

Teague 2 Cornish
From Cornish tek meaning "fair, beautiful".

Teahan Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Téacháin meaning "descendant of Téachán". The given name Téachán possibly means "fugitive".

Tenley English
Possibly from the name of an English town derived from Old English tind "point" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Terzić Bosnian
From Bosnian terzija meaning "tailor", ultimately of Persian origin.

Teufel German
From a nickname meaning "devil" in German, given to a mischievous person or one who was devil-like.

Thayer French (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Tailler.

Thomas English, Welsh, French, German
Derived from the given name Thomas.

Thorne English
Variant of Thorn.

Thorpe English
From Old Norse þorp meaning "village".

Tinker English
Occupational name for a mender of kettles, pots and pans. The name could derive from the tinking sound made by light hammering on metal. It is possible that the word comes from the word tin, the material with which the tinker worked.

Tipton English
Originally given to one who came from the town of Tipton, derived from the Old English given name Tippa combined with tun "enclosure, yard, town".

Tivoli Italian
Derived from the resort town of Tivoli, near Rome, originally called Tibur in Latin, of uncertain origin.

Tjäder Swedish
Means "wood grouse" in Swedish.

Tobias English, German, Jewish
From the given name Tobias.

Todaro Italian
From a regional form of a given name Todaro, a variant of Teodoro. It is quite common in Sicily.

Toller English
Occupational name meaning "tax gatherer", derived from Old English toln "toll, fee, tax".

Toloni Italian
Derived from the given name Bartolomeo.

Tolvaj Hungarian
Means "thief" in Hungarian.

Tomčić Serbian, Croatian
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Toma 2.

Tomova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Tomov.

Tordai Hungarian
From Torda, the Hungarian name of the city of Turda in Romania (formerly within the Kingdom of Hungary).

Torres Spanish, Portuguese
Name for a person who lived in or near a tower, ultimately from Latin turris.

Tosell Catalan
Catalan form of Tosi.

Towner English
Variant of Toller.

Toyoda Japanese
From Japanese 豊 (toyo) meaning "bountiful, luxuriant" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy". A famous bearer was Kiichiro Toyoda (1894-1952), founder of Toyota Motor Corporation.

Tracey 1 English
From the village of Tracy-sur-mer on the Normandy coast in France. It was brought to England with William the Conqueror.

Tracey 2 Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Treasaigh meaning "descendant of Treasach".

Traver French
French variant of Travers.

Traves English
English variant of Travers.

Travis English
English variant of Travers.

Treacy Irish
Variant of Tracey 2.

Trevis English
English variant of Travers.

Trevor Welsh
Originally from the name of various Welsh towns meaning "big village", derived from Middle Welsh tref "village" and maur "large".

Triggs English
From a byname derived from Old Norse tryggr meaning "true, loyal".

Trucco Italian
Denoted a person coming from a place of this name in northern Italy.

Truman English
Means "trusty man" in Middle English. A famous bearer of the surname was American president Harry S. Truman (1884-1972).

Tucker English
Occupational name for a fuller of cloth, derived from Old English tucian meaning "offend, torment". A fuller was a person who cleaned and thickened raw cloth by pounding it.

Tupper English
Occupational name for a herdsman, derived from Middle English toupe "ram".

Turati Italian
From the name of the town of Turate near Como in Lombardy.

Turchi Italian
Means "Turkish" in Italian.

Turner English
Occupational name for one who worked with a lathe, derived from Old English turnian "to turn", of Latin origin. A famous bearer is the American musician Tina Turner (1939-2023), born Anna Mae Bullock.

Tyrell English
Variant of Terrell.

Uberti Italian
Derived from the given name Uberto.

Uehara Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Uesugi Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and 杉 (sugi) meaning "cedar".

Uggeri Italian
Derived from the given name Edgardo.

Umarov m Uzbek, Tajik, Kyrgyz
Means "son of Umar".

Ungaro Italian
Means "Hungarian" in Italian.

Urbina Basque
Derived from Basque ur "water" and bi "two", indicating a place where two waterways met.

Utkina f Russian
Feminine form of Utkin.

Văduva Romanian
From Romanian văduvă meaning "widow".

Valdez Spanish
Means "son of Baldo".

Valent m Slovak
Derived from the given name Valentín.

Valero Spanish
From the given name Valero.

Vanaga f Latvian
Feminine form of Vanags.

Vanags m Latvian
Means "hawk" in Latvian.

Van Can Dutch
Variant of Van Kan.

Vaneva f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Vanev.

Van Kan Dutch
Means "from Kanne", a town in the province of Limburg in Belgium. The meaning of the town's name is unknown.

Vankov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Vanko", a diminutive of Ivan.

Van Pey Dutch (Rare)
Means "from Pey", a town in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands.

Varano Italian
Derived from one of the many towns of this name in Italy.

Varela Spanish
Derived from Spanish vara "stick". It may have originally been given to one who used a stick in his line of work, for example an animal herder.

Vargas Spanish, Portuguese
Means "slope, flooded field, pastureland" or "hut", from the Spanish and Portuguese dialectal word varga.

Vargha Hungarian
Variant of Varga.

Varley English
Originally denoted a person from Verly, France, itself derived from the Roman name Virilius.

Vasile Romanian
Derived from the given name Vasile.

Vastag Hungarian
From a nickname meaning "stout, thick" in Hungarian.

Vaughn Welsh
Variant of Vaughan.

Vencel Hungarian
Derived from the given name Vencel.

Venner Dutch
Variant of Van der Veen.

Verity English
From a nickname meaning "truth", perhaps given originally to a truthful person.

Vernon English
Locational name in the Eure region of Normandy, from the Gaulish element vern "alder (tree)" with the genitive case maker onis.

Verona Italian
From the name of the city of Verona, one of the most important historical cities of northern Italy. The meaning of the city's name is uncertain.

Veselá f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Veselý.

Veselý m Czech, Slovak
From a nickname meaning "cheerful" in Czech and Slovak.

Vestri Italian
From the given name Silvestro.

Victor French, English
Derived from the male given name Victor.

Vieira Portuguese
Denoted a person who came from a Portuguese town by this name, derived from vieria meaning "scallop". The scallop was a symbol of Saint James, and was traditionally worn by pilgrims to the shrine of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia.

Vilaró Catalan
Catalan variant of Vilar.

Villar Spanish
Spanish cognate of Vilar.

Vincze Hungarian
From the given name Vince.

Vinter Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Scandinavian variant of Winter.

Vipond English
From Vieux-Pont, the name of various places in Normandy, derived from French vieux "old" and pont "bridge".

Visser Dutch
Occupational name meaning "fisherman" in Dutch.

Vitale Italian
From the given name Vitale.

Vitali Italian
From the given name Vitale.

Viteri Spanish, Basque
Meaning uncertain, possibly from a Basque place name.

Vlahos m Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Βλάχος (see Vlachos).

Vlahou f Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Βλάχου (see Vlachou).

Vlasák m Czech
Derived from Czech vlas "hair", probably referring to a barber or a person who bought and sold hair.

Vlašić Croatian
Patronymic from the nickname Vlah meaning "Romanian, Wallachian".

Vlašič Slovene
Patronymic from the nickname Vlah meaning "Romanian, Wallachian".

Vogels Dutch
Variant of Vogel.

Voigts German
Patronymic variant of Vogt.

Volkov m Russian
Derived from Russian волк (volk) meaning "wolf".

Vollan Norwegian
Variant of Voll 1.

Vossen Dutch
From the given name Vos, which comes from the Frisian name Fos, which is from Old German given names beginning with the element folk meaning "people".

Vrabec u & m Croatian, Slovene, Czech, Slovak
Means "sparrow" in several languages, from Old Slavic vorbĭ.

Vrubel m Czech
From a dialectal variant of Czech vrabec "sparrow".

Vukoja Croatian
Derived from the given name Vuk.

Wägner German
Variant of Wagner.

Wagner German
From Middle High German wagener meaning "wagon maker, cartwright". This name was borne by the German composer Richard Wagner (1813-1883).

Wähner German
Variant of Wagner.

Wahner German
Variant of Wagner.

Walker English
Occupational name for a person who walked on damp raw cloth in order to thicken it. It is derived from Middle English walkere, Old English wealcan meaning "to move".