- Ayer - AIR
This interesting surname has two origins; firstly, it may be of Old French origin, a patronymic of the name Ayer, a nickname for a man who was well known to be the heir to a title or fortune, deriving from the Middle English "eir, eyr", a development of the Old French "(h)eir" meaning heir.
- Bacon - BAYK-ən
Bacon Name Meaning. English and French: metonymic occupational name for a preparer and seller of cured pork, from Middle English, Old French bacun, bacon 'bacon' (a word of Germanic origin, akin to Back 1). English and French: from the Germanic personal name Bac(c)o, Bahho, from the root bag- 'to fight'.
- Boswell - BOZ-wehl
Boswell Name Meaning. Scottish (of Norman origin): habitational name from Beuzeville in Seine Maritime, France, named with Old French Beuze (a personal name probably of Germanic origin) + ville 'settlement'.
- Boyce - BOIS
Boyce Name Meaning. Scottish, northern Irish, and English: topographic name for someone who lived by a wood, from Old French bois 'wood'. English: patronymic from the Middle English nickname boy 'lad', 'servant', or possibly from an Old English personal name Boia, of uncertain origin.
- Branch - BRANCH
Meanings and history of the name Branch: | Edit. English surname meaning "limb of a tree", derived from the Latin word branca, meaning "foot or paw". Famous real-life people named Branch: | Edit. Branch Rickey, MLB general manager who broke the color barrier in baseball by signing Jackie Robinson to the Brooklyn ...
- Bunyan - BUN-yən
Bunyan Name Meaning. English (Bedfordshire): nickname for someone disfigured by a lump or hump, from a diminutive of Old French bugne 'swelling', 'protuberance'. The term bugnon was also applied to a kind of puffed-up fruit tart, and so the surname may also have been a metonymic occupational name for a baker of these.
- Burrell - bur-EL
English, Scottish, and northern Irish: probably a metonymic occupational name for someone who made or sold coarse woolen cloth, Middle English burel or borel (from Old French burel, a diminutive of b(o)ure); the same word was used adjectively in the sense 'reddish brown' and may have been applied as a nickname ...
- Butch - BOOCH
The name Butch is an American baby name. In American the meaning of the name Butch is: Butcher.
- Butler - BUT-lər
Butler Name Meaning. English and Irish: from a word that originally denoted a wine steward, usually the chief servant of a medieval household, from Norman French butuiller (Old French bouteillier, Latin buticularius, from buticula 'bottle').
- Cardwell - KAHRD-wel
Surname Cardwell is of Irish descent, meaning 'cold waters'.
- Carlisle - KAHR-liel
English Meaning: The name Carlisle is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Carlisle is: From the protected tower; from the walled city. Also a place name in Britain.
- Cassandra - kə-SAN-drə/kə-SAHN-drə
The name Cassandra is a Greek baby name. In Greek the meaning of the name Cassandra is: Unheeded prophetess. Cassandra was a Trojan prophetess, daughter of King Priam. In Homer's 'The Iliad' Cassandra's prediction of the fall of Troy was unheeded.
- Chapelle - shah-PEHL
Chappelle is a surname of French origin, a variant of the word "chapelle" meaning "chapel". Notable people with the name include: Bill Chappelle, American baseball player. Charles W. Chappelle (1872-1941), African-American aviation pioneer.
- Chaucer - CHAW-sər
The surname Chaucer is thought to have one of the following derivations: The name Chaucer frequently occurs in the early Letter Books and in French language of the time it meant "shoemaker", which meaning is also recorded in the "Glossary of Anglo-Norman and Early English Words".
- Dabney - DAB-nee
English (of both Norman and Huguenot origin): altered form of French d'Aubigné, a habitational name for someone from any of the various places in northern France called Aubigny or Aubigné, named with the Romano-Gallic personal name Albinius (a derivative of Latin albus 'white'; compare Alban and Albin) + the locative ...
- Darold - DAR-əld
Darold (/ˈdɛəroʊld/ DAIR-ohld) is a masculine name of American origin. The name is a blend of Daryl and Harold or Gerald. The masculine name Harold is of Scandinavian origin, and its meaning is "army ruler". Herald is also literally "one who proclaims".
- Dash - DASH
Dash Name Meaning. English: topographic name for someone who lived near an ash tree, or a habitational name from a place named with the Old English word æsc (see Ash).
- Disney - DIZ-nee
Disney Name Meaning. English (of Norman origin): habitational name, with the preposition d(e), for someone from Isigny in Calvados, France, named from the Romano-Gallic personal name Isinius (a Latinized form of Gaulish Isina) + the locative suffix -acum.
- Falcon - FAL-kən
English Meaning: The name Falcon is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Falcon is: Surname relating to falconry.
- Falconner - fahl-CAHN-ər
Falconer is a Scottish surname, a sept of Clan Keith, and an Anglicized version of the French surname "Fauconnier". In both cases, the name is derived from the occupational name for a trainer of falcons.
- Falkner - FAWK-nər
Gender: M Meaning of Falkner: "falcon trainer" Origin of Falkner: Occupational name.
- Farrin - FAR-in
The different meanings of the name Farrin are: English meaning: Ox-herd; good-looking servant. Celtic - Gaelic meaning: Descendant of Farachan. Afghan meaning: Glorified.
- Faulkner - FAWK-nər
Faulkner Name Meaning. English: occupational name for someone who kept and trained falcons (a common feudal service). Falconry was a tremendously popular sport among the aristocracy in medieval Europe, and most great houses had their falconers.
- Fitzgerald - FITS-jehr-əld
The surname FitzGerald comes from the Norman tradition of adding Fitz, meaning "son of" before the father's name. "Fitz Gerald" thus means in Old Norman and in Old French "son of Gerald". Gerald itself is a Germanic compound of ger, "spear", and waltan, " rule".
- Flemming - FLEHM-ing
Fleming Name Meaning. English: ethnic name for someone from Flanders. In the Middle Ages there was considerable commercial intercourse between England and the Netherlands, particularly in the wool trade, and many Flemish weavers and dyers settled in England.
- Gable - GAYB-lə
Contribute your knowledge to the name Gable English surname derived from the Old Norse gafl (gable), meaning "a triangular-shaped hill." Also related to the Old English geafol "fork." Famous real-life people named Gable: | Edit. Clark Gable, American actor.
- Gentry - JEHN-tree
Gentry Name Meaning. English: nickname, sometimes perhaps ironic, from Middle English, Old French genterie 'nobility of birth or character'. Compare Gentle.
- Grainger - GRAYN-jər
Grainger is a surname of English origin. It is a variant of the surname Granger which is an occupational name for a farm bailiff. The farm bailiff oversaw the collection of rent and taxes from the barns and storehouses of the lord of the manor.
Meaning: A person who oversees the granaries
Origin: English,
French - Jenner - JEN-ər
Jenner Name Meaning. English (chiefly Kent and Sussex): occupational name for a designer or engineer, from a Middle English reduced form of Old French engineor 'contriver' (a derivative of engaigne 'cunning', 'ingenuity', 'stratagem', 'device').
- Lattimer - LAT-i-mər
Lattimer Family History. Lattimer Name Meaning English: variant spelling of Latimer.
