Fancy last names

Means “solitary” or “hermitage” + “woodland clearing”, via Annesley or Ansley

Means “ash tree” + “enclosed field”

Means perhaps “ash tree” + “hill”, from a lost place in Berkshire

Means “east meadow” or “east clearing”

Means likely “hawk”, from Occitan

Means the personal name Ealdgȳþ + “woodland clearing”

Means “noble guard” or “elf guard”

Means “beautiful fort”

Means “birch” + “meadow”

Means “good” + “part, share”

Means “briar”

Means from Ó Proinntigh: “descendant of Proinnteach (‘Generous’)”

Means possibly “fort at the gap”

Means “Cāfna’s enclosure”

Means from curtus, “short”

Means believed to be “Cofa’s tree”

Means “enclosure” + “farmstead”

Means “of the sea”

Means “the pond”

Means “from Évreux”, a city in Normandy

Means “from Évreux”, a city in Normandy

Means “beautiful tresses”: a nickname for long fair hair

Means “son of the king”

Means “son of William”

Means “to protect” + “army”

Means the personal name Hucc + “woodland clearing”

Means “north cottage”

Means “land’s end”

Means from Latin Quintus, “fifth-born”

Means the name Hræfn (“raven”) + “enclosed field”

Means “counsel” + “hard, strong”

Means from the German place name Rockenfeld

Means from the word “saint”

Means from Silvanus, or “hall” + “friend”

Means “the people living at Somerton”

Means “stone” + “valley”

Means “road” + “ford”

Means “farmstead” + “stone”

Means “from De Bilt”, a town in the Netherlands

Means from the German town Walldorf

Means “the woodland by the springs”

Means “friend’s village”

Means “stick, rod” + “woodland clearing”

Means “ash tree” + “farm, town”

Means “ford by the ash trees”

Means “ash tree” + “enclosure”

Means the personal name Æþelhere + “settlement”

Means from Alberich: “elf” + “ruler”

Means “bean” + “enclosed field”

Means the personal name Beorn + “belonging to” + “settlement”

Means “son of Talmai”

Means “beautiful field”

Means “beautiful mountain”

Means “fair friend”

Means “beautiful mountain”

Means “blessed”

Means “black stone”

Means “black wood”

Means “merry”

Means “cattle enclosure”

Means “stream”

Means the personal name Bucca + “belonging to” + “home”

Means “at the byre or cattleshed”

Means “fort” + the personal name Michael

Means a personal name + “belonging to” + “settlement”

Means the name Chad + Old Norse vík

Means from Old French “chestnut”

Means “wood” + “home”

Means “church” + “hill”

Means “coal” + “settlement”

Means “crooked spring”

Means someone who came from Denmark

Means “deer” + “settlement”

Means from Bois-d’Arcy in northern France

Means from the nickname “darling”

Means “from Lannoy”, from “the alderwood”

Means “a man from South Munster”

Means “from Évreux”, a city in Normandy

Means “east settlement”

Means “east wood”

Means the name Ella, or “eel” + “belonging to” + “settlement”

Means “fair bank”

Means “descendant of Fallamhan”, a name related to “ruler”

Means “fen, marsh” + “dwelling”

Means “man of peace”

Means “feller, hewer” or “mighty warrior”

Means a granger, a farm bailiff

Means “rock” or “army” + “hill”

Means “a spring visited by deer”

Means possibly someone who lived by a path across a heath

Means possibly “hawk”, for a hawker

Means someone who lived near a hawthorn hedge

Means probably “fresh river”

Means “the king’s wood or clearing”

Means “the king’s town or manor”

Means “the cross”

Means “the little beech tree”

Means “the pool”

Means “translator, interpreter”

Means “the vine, the vineyard”

Means “smith”

Means “leek” + “settlement”: a herb garden

Means “inhabitant of Lennox”

Means “enclosure” + “wood”

Means “loveless”

Means “little wolf”

Means the river Hlūde + “hill, mound”

Means “unhappy, unlucky”

Means “dead pond”

Means “a clearing in an oak forest”

Means “oak valley”

Means “head, summit” + “barley” + “village”

Means “the settlement beside Pendle”

Means “head” + “moor, heathland”

Means from Perceval, a knight of Arthurian romance

Means “roe deer” + “woodland clearing”

Means “settlement by the boundary stream”

Means “Hrofi’s fortified camp”

Means “red shield”

Means a nickname for someone with red hair

Means from the given name Rose

Means “stronghold”, from an older Celtic name

Means “sea, lake” + “settlement”

Means likely “dweller of the willow place”

Means “clearing on a bank”

Means “log, stump” or “dwelling” + “settlement”

Means “bandit”

Means a thatcher

Means “of the hill”

Means “place of alder trees”

Means “foreigner, Briton” + “cottage”

Means “dwelling by the weir”

Means “west cottage”

Means partly “white lock (of hair)”

Means “white moor”

Means “Venta of the Belgae” + “camp”

Means “Wigmund’s home”

Means “riverbank with a windlass”

Means “Wine’s mound”

Means the personal name Weorþ + “belonging to” + “settlement”

Means a nickname from the bird, “wren”

Means someone employed by an abbot

Means “alder” + “farmstead”

Means from Ælfræd: “elf” + “counsel”

Means a nickname for a short person

Means “bent-grass” + “meadow”

Means from the word “bishop”

Means “dark” + “stream”

Means “broad ford”

Means “town-dweller”

Means “crooked nose”

Means “crooked mouth”

Means “fort” + a Celtic personal name

Means “carver, wood-cutter, sculptor”

Means from the word “castle”: someone who lived or worked in one

Means “merchant, trader”

Means “merciful”

Means “the ford by the cliff”

Means “cool, calm” + “bright”

Means “charcoal burner”

Means a nickname from “crow”

Means from curtus, “short”

Means from the bird’s name, “crane”

Means “crow” + “ford”

Means “king” or “rabbit” + “home, estate”

Means “polite, courteous”

Means “valley” + “settlement”

Means named after the River Dane + “port”

Means “from the alder grove”

Means from Dutch “de Witt”

Means “of Orsay”, a town in France

Means “dragon”

Means a draper, a cloth merchant

Means “fort” + “hill-crest, summit”

Means from the personal name Æþelmær

Means “son of Emery”

Means from Everaert

Means “son of Gerald”

Means “son of the devotee of Saint Patrick”

Means originally a name for a Fleming

Means “arrow-maker”

Means from the animal, the fox

Means from the word “frost”

Means “descendants of Gallchobair”

Means “among the foreign Gaels”

Means “son of Garrett”

Means “pledge” + “bright, famous”

Means from the word “glass”

Means “good friend”

Means “large”

Means a nickname for someone with grey hair or beard

Means probably “green wood”

Means “heath” + “woodland clearing”

Means “flat-topped hill”

Means “stag” + “woodland clearing”

Means “Hæsta’s people”

Means from Hawkin, a pet form of Hal (Henry)

Means “son of Hendrick”

Means “hollow way”

Means “islet”

Means “high guard”

Means the god Ingwaz + “raven”

Means a mounted soldier, from Old English “youth; servant”

Means “land” + “bright”

Means the River Lune + “town”, after its Roman fort

Means “long woodland clearing”

Means “little wolf”

Means usually “son of Matthew”

Means “Mack’s well or spring”

Means “middle settlement”

Means “foot of a hill”

Means “Gomeric’s hill”

Means possibly “great chief” or “sea chief”

Means from the word “noble”

Means “north wood”

Means “god” + “bear”

Means “page”, a young servant

Means “priests’ settlement”

Means from Reims, the French town

Means someone who lived near woodland clearings

Means from the word “rose”

Means a nickname for someone with red hair

Means “cattle” + “ford”

Means “one who saws”

Means from Saint-Maur, a place in Normandy

Means from Saint Clare, to whom the clan’s churches were dedicated

Means a steward or butler

Means “landing place” + “ford”

Means “steel”: a metalworker, or someone as hard as steel

Means someone who lived near, or worked with, stone

Means “south land”

Means a nickname from the swan

Means “thorn” + “settlement”

Means “town’s end”: someone at the edge of a village

Means someone who lived near a wood

Means from vālens, “strong, healthy”

Means “marsh, bog”

Means “little”

Means “small”

Means “conquering”

Means “foreign”: a byname for a Welshman or Breton

Means someone living near a well or a spring

Means “west brook”

Means “west settlement”

Means “white acre”

Means “white field”

Means “white island”

Means from the occupation “woodward”

Means “war” + “hard, brave”

Means from Eborācum, ultimately “yew”

Means perhaps “the hill associated with Clare”

Means someone with Cornish ancestry

Means from the word “rosewood”

Means “farmstead” + the personal name Elyan