Browse Submitted Surnames

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the person who added the name is AwkwardElephant.
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Aldworth English
From the parish of the same name in Berkshire, England.
Annesley English
Variant of Ainsley, from the name of a town in Nottinghamshire.
Balston English
From the name of a place meaning "Beald's valley" from Old English denu meaning valley.
Barkworth English
Location based surname from Barkwith in Lincolnshire, England.
Bentinck Dutch
Patronymic of the given name Bent 2 with the suffix inck meaning "people".
Blunden English
From Middle English blund "blond".
Bonnell Scottish
From Bonhill, a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
Boothby English
From the name of a parish in Lincolnshire, England.
Boteler English
Variant of Butler, from Old French bouteillier “bottler”.
Boyne English, Irish, Scottish
English: variant of Boon.... [more]
Boynton English
Variant of Boyton, from a place in Lancashire, England.
Brereton English
From the name of locations in Cheshire and Staffordshire, England. The name is derived from Old English brér "briar" + tún "enclosure, farmstead".
Brougham English
From the parish of Brougham in Westmoreland, derived from Old English burg "stronghold" + ham "piece of land".
Bucknell English
From locations in Oxfordshire and Shropshire, England.
Bulkeley English
From the place name of Bulkeley in Cheshire, related to Buckley 1.
Burn English
Variant of Burns 1.
Chesterton English
From the name of a parish in Cambridgeshire.
Chisholm Scottish
The name of a location in Roxburghshire, Scotland, which itself comes from cisil "gravel" and holm "islet".
Cowgill English
From the name of a hamlet in West Riding of Yorkshire.
Croydon English
From the name of a town in England, which comes from Anglo-Saxon croh “crocus” and denu “valley”.
Cunard English
Derived from the Anglo-Saxon given name Cyneheard.
Cust English
Metronymic short form of the given name Custance.
Dunsmuir Scottish
From the lands of Dundemore in Fife, Scotland.
Dymock English
From the parish of Dymock in Gloucestershire, England. The name comes from Old English Dimóc meaning "dim/shady oak".
Edgecombe English
From a location meaning ridge valley, from Old English ecg "edge, ridge" and cumb "valley".
Enders German
Variant of Anders.
Eveleigh English
From an unknown location, possibly from the village of Everleigh in Wiltshire, England (see Everleigh).
Florence English
Either a patronymic or matronymic from Florence, or to denote someone from Florence, Italy.
Force English
From the word "force" meaning waterfall in the North of England.
Fosdick English
From Fosdyke in Lincolnshire, England, meaning "fox dyke".
Furneaux French (Anglicized), English
Locational surname from any of several places in France called Fourneaux, or from fourneau "furnace".
Godolphin Cornish
From Godolphin, in Cornwall; alternatively, a patronymic from the rare given name Dolfin.
Greenidge English
From Greenhedge Farm in Aslockton, Nottinghamshire, itself derived from Old English grene “green” + hecg “hedge”.
Halstead English
Geographic surname from places by the same name in Essex, Kent, and Leicestershire.
Hamnett English
From the given name Hamnet.
Harriman English
Means "Harry's man" or "Harry's servant".
Harrod English
Variant of Harold.
Hartnell English
From a location in Marwood, Devon, derived from Old English heort "stag" + cnoll "hill".
Heygate English
From a location which is either "hay gate" (hay + Old English geat) or "high gate" (heáh + geat).
Hipkins English
Patronymic surname from the nickname "Hib" or "Hibkin" for Hilbert (see Hibbert).
Hoare English
From a nickname meaning "gray-haired", ie. "hoary".
Hore English
Variant of Hoare.
Ismay English
Matronymic surname from the medieval given name Ismay.
Jeffress English
Variant of Jeffries, from the given name Jeffrey.
Jerrold English
From the given name Jerrold.
Jungmann German
Means "young man" from German Jung and Mann.
Ker Scottish
Variant of Kerr.
Knatchbull English
A nickname from Old English knatch "to strike" + bull "bull", indicating strength.
Lambson English
Patronymic of Lambert.
Laver English
Occupational name for a washer, from French laveur (see Lavers). Also the name of a parish in Essex, England.
Leavis English
Possibly from the Gallo-Roman name Laevius meaning "left", related to Levy.
Longley English
Geographic name referring to multiple places by the same name in Yorkshire, England. The name comes from the word "long" plus Old English leáh "meadow".
Loos Dutch, German
Patronymic from a short form of either Dutch Lodewijk or German Nikolaus, or the name of a place in northern France.
Malham English
From a town in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Mannin English, Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Mainnin (see Mainnín).
Manningham English
Means "Manning's estate" from Old English ham "home, estate, settlement".
Morrell English
Anglicization of Morel, related to Morell.
Munden English
From the name of a parish in Hertfordshire, England.
Nourse English
Variant of Norris 2, from norice "nurse".
Nurse English
Variant of Norris 2, from Old French norice "nurse".
Pakenham English
From the parish of Pakenham in Suffolk, meaning "Pacca's settlement" from Old English ham "estate, settlement".
Pare English
Variant of Parr.
Payan English
Variant of Payne.
Pears English
Patronymic from the given name Piers (see Pearson).
Plunket English
Either an occupational name for someone who sold plunket, a "coarse white woollen cloth", or a location in France with the name Planquette or Planquenet.
Pole English
Variant of Poole, from Old English pól.
Pollett English
Patronymic of Paul, with the diminutive suffix -et.
Prett English
Variant of Pratt.
Rashleigh English
From a location in Devon, derived from Old English "roe buck" + léah "clearing".
Rattigan Irish (Anglicized)
Variant of Ó Reachtagáin "descendant of Reachtagán".
Rheims French
From the city of Reims in France, also known as Rheims in English.
Rodd English
Locational name for someone "at the rod" of land, from Middle English rodde. Also could come from the given name Rod, or the parish of Rodd in Herefordshire, England.
Rood English
Designating someone who lived near a cross, rood in Middle English
Rumford English
From the parish of Romford in Essex, England. The name means "the wide ford" from Old English rúm "wide".
Rundle English
Cornish surname of unknown origin, possibly related to Arundel.
Ruthven English, Scottish
From the name of a barony in Perthshire, Scotland, which comes from Scottish Gaelic Ruadhainn "Dun uplands".
Sambourne English
From the name of a hamlet in Warwickshire, England.
Semer English
From the village of Semer in Suffolk.
Settle English
From the town of Settle in Yorkshire, England.
Seymer English
Variant of Seymour, or from the village of Semer in Suffolk.
Sherring English
Patronymic variant of the given name Sherwin.
Skeffington English
From a location name meaning "homestead of Sceaft's people". This is the name of a parish in Leicestershire, England.
Slipper English
Occupational surname for a sword-slipper, or scabbard maker.
Spender English
Occupational name for a paymaster or someone in charge of finances, from Old English spendan "to spend" and Latin expendere "to pay out".
Stonor English
Locational name from a village in Oxfordshire, England. The name comes from Old English stán "stony" and the place was named for a stone circle on the land.
Studley English
From any number of places called Studley in Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, and North Yorkshire. The name comes from Old English stod "stud farm" + leah "pasture".
Syme English
Variant of Symes, from a form of the given name Simon 1 (see Simms).
Thynne English
Either a nickname meaning “thin”, from Old English þynne, or the designation “of th’Inne” for someone who lived at the Inn of Court.
Trefusis English
The name of an estate in Cornwall, England.
Vane English
Possible variant of Fane.
Viner English
Occupational name for a vine-grower.
Vyvyan English
From the name Vyvyan.
Wedderburn Scottish
From the name of a location in Berwickshire, Scotland, which is derived from wedder “wether” and Old English burn “stream”.
Wemyss Scottish
From the lands of Wemyss in Fife, which is derived from Gaelic uaimheis "cave place".