Morgan1599's Personal Name List

Originally from the name of an English town, meaning "white island" in Old English.

From a place name composed of Old English hwit "white" and æcer "field".

From the name of the River Weaver, derived from Old English wefer meaning "winding stream".

From Spanish vega meaning "meadow, plain", of Basque origin.

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

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.

Means "fox", derived from Middle English todde.

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".

From any of the various places in England by this name, meaning "thorn town" in Old English.

From any of the various places in England called Thornley or Thorley, meaning "thorn clearing" in Old English.

Anglicized form of the Irish name Ó Súileabháin meaning "descendant of Súileabhán". The name Súileabhán means "dark eye".

Variant of Sterling.

From one of the many places named Stanton or Staunton in England, derived from Old English stan meaning "stone" and tun meaning "enclosure, town".

From Spanish or Portuguese silva meaning "forest". This is the most common surname in Portugal and Brazil.

Occupational name meaning "shepherd, sheep herder", from Old English sceaphyrde.

From the unattested Old English given name Sæfaru, derived from the Old English elements sæ "sea, ocean" and faru "journey" [1].

Denoted a person from a town by this name in Buckinghamshire, England. It is derived from that of a river combined with Old English broc "stream".

Occupational name or nickname for a singer, from Old English singan "to sing, to chant".

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

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

Means "garlic island", derived from Old English hramsa "garlic" and eg "island". The surname was brought to Scotland by the Norman baron Simundus de Ramsay.

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cuinn meaning "descendant of Conn".

From the name of a town near Manchester, derived from Celtic penn meaning "hill" combined with Old English bere meaning "barley" and tun meaning "enclosure, yard, town".

From Italian passero meaning "sparrow".

Means "keeper of the park" in Middle English. It is an occupational name for a person who was a gamekeeper at a medieval park.

Means "pigeon, dove", from Latin palumbes.

Ornamental name meaning "morning star" in German.

Variant of O'Mooney.

Means "blackbird", ultimately from Latin merula. The blackbird is a symbol of a naive person.

Referred to one who lived in a meadow, from Old English mædwe.

Variant of McLean.

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic MacPhàrlain or Irish Gaelic Mac Pharlain meaning "son of Parthalán".

Variant of McRae.

Originally denoted a person who hailed from one of the various places in Britain called Marley, ultimately meaning either "pleasant wood", "boundary wood" or "marten wood" in Old English. One of the main characters in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (1843) bears this surname. It was also borne by the Jamaican reggae musician Bob Marley (1945-1981).

Variant of McIntyre.

Means "son of Luke".

From an English place name meaning "enclosed wood".

From a Scottish place name derived from coille meaning "grove".

Originally belonged to a person who played the harp or who made harps.

Derived from the given name Heard. A famous bearer was American president Warren G. Harding (1865-1923).

From the name of multiple towns in England, derived from Old English ham "home" or ham "water meadow, enclosure" and tun "enclosure, yard, town".

From the given name Grimaldo. It is the surname of the royal family of Monaco, which came from Genoa.

Variant of Green.

Occupational name for a person who made or sold gloves, from Middle English glovere.

From the Old German given name Gismund.

Variant of Geissler 1 or Geissler 2.

Anglicized form of the Irish Ó Gallchobhair meaning "descendant of Gallchobhar".

Derived from Middle English frankelin meaning "freeman". It denoted a landowner of free but not noble birth, from Old French franc meaning "free". Famous bearers include American statesman Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) and American singer Aretha Franklin (1942-2018).

Means "son of Gerald" in Anglo-Norman French. It was brought to Ireland with William the Conqueror. A famous bearer was Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996), an American jazz singer.

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fionnagáin meaning "descendant of Fionnagán". The given name Fionnagán is a diminutive of Fionn.

Patronymic form of the English name Ellis, from the medieval given name Elis, a vernacular form of Elijah.

Derived from the given name Elijah, or sometimes Elisedd.

Denoted a person from any of the various places named Eccleston in England, derived from Latin ecclesia "church" (via Briton) and Old English tun "enclosure, yard, town".

Anglicized form of the Irish Ó Doibhilin meaning "descendant of Doibhilin", a given name that may be derived from the Gaelic term dobhail meaning "unlucky".

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Díomasaigh meaning "descendant of Díomasach", a given name meaning "proud".

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dubhshláine meaning "descendant of Dubhshláine".

Variant of Daubney.

Means simply "clay", originally referring to a person who lived near or worked with of clay.

From Old French castan "chestnut tree" (Latin castanea), a name for someone who lived near a particular chestnut tree, or possibly a nickname for someone with chestnut-coloured hair.

From the occupation, derived from Middle English carpentier (ultimately from Latin carpentarius meaning "carriage maker").

Northern Italian variant of Carnevale.

From various English place names derived from Old English ceald "cold" and wille "spring, stream, well".

From an English place name derived from bucc "buck, male deer" and leah "woodland, clearing".

From a place name, which is derived from Old English meaning "settlement by a steep path".

Occupational name for an archer, derived from Middle English bowe, Old English boga meaning "bow".

From Welsh ap Owain meaning "son of Owain".

From Bolibar, the name of a small Basque village, derived from Basque bolu "mill" and ibar "meadow". This name was borne by the revolutionary Simón Bolívar (1783-1830).

From the name of a town in Northamptonshire, itself meaning "Blæcwulf's meadow" in Old English. Blæcwulf is a byname meaning "black wolf".

From any one of several places of this name in Scotland, which derive from Gaelic blàr meaning "plain, field, battlefield".

From an English place name meaning "black wood".

From the given name Berengar.

From a place name derived from Old English beonet "bent grass" and leah "woodland, clearing". Various towns in England bear this name.

From various place names in Italy and Spain meaning "beautiful mountain".

Means "beautiful rose" in French.

From the given name Berengar.

From Middle English baili meaning "bailiff", which comes via Old French from Latin baiulus "porter".

Possibly from Basque azeri meaning "fox".

From the name of a town in Cambridgeshire, originally meaning "Earna's settlement" in Old English (Earna being a person's nickname meaning "eagle").

From the name of several English towns, meaning "orchard" in Old English (a compound of æppel "apple" and tun "enclosure, yard").

From the name of various English towns, derived from Old English æppel "apple" and Old Norse býr "farm, settlement".

Derived from the given name Ælfwig.

Derived from the given name Adalhard (or the Old English cognate Æðelræd).

Derived from the Old English given name Ealdwine.

Variant of Achthoven.

Means "eagle" in German.

From the name of a town in Derbyshire, derived from Old English meaning "Abba's island".