cs121990's Personal Name List

Ukrainian form of Zima.

Derived from the given name Giovanni.

Ornamental name meaning "silver stone", from Yiddish זילבער (zilber) and שטיין (tein), both of Old High German origin.

Derived from the given name Ceel.

Originally indicated a person from the town of Yoxall in Staffordshire, itself derived from Old English geoc "oxen yoke" and halh "nook, recess".

From Greek ξύλον (xylon) meaning "wood, timber" and ἀνδρός (andros) meaning "man". This surname was a Greek translation of German surnames of the same meaning.

Derived from the given name Wine.

Variant of Wolf.

From a diminutive of the given name William.

From the nickname Wildbor meaning "wild boar" in Middle English.

From various English place names derived from Old English hwit "white" and mor "moor, heath, bog".

From any of the several English towns by this name, derived from Old English meaning "west cottage".

Means "from Ingersleben", a town in Germany, which means "Inge's village".

Meaning uncertain, possibly from a Basque place name.

Possibly from Latin virgo "virgin, maiden". It may have been a nickname for an actor who played the Virgin Mary in mystery plays, or for a shy man or a lecher.

From the given name Veit.

Occupational name derived from Dutch verver meaning "dyer, painter".

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.

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

Dialectical variant of Vörös.

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

Variant of Van Rompaey.

Variant of Van Laar.

From Finnish vanha meaning "old".

Means "from the swamp", from Dutch veen meaning "fen, swamp, peat". It originally indicated a person who resided in a peat district or fen colony.

Variant of Van Andel.

Means "from the valley", from Old Dutch dal meaning "valley".

Derived from the given name Valentin.

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

Diminutive of Ungaro.

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 Tindale, the name of a town in Cumbria, derived from the name of the river Tyne combined with Old English dæl "dale, valley".

Occupational name meaning "weaver", ultimately from Latin texarius.

Means "at the edge, eave" indicating a person who lived at the edge of a forest or under a covered shelter.

Alternate transcription of Armenian Դարբինյան (see Darbinyan).

Derived from Finnish tähti meaning "star".

From the given name Szymon.

Means "forests" in Portuguese.

Means "beautiful, attractive" from Old English sciene.

Derived from the given name Séverin.

From German schlimm "bad, crooked, awry".

Variant of Sas.

From Spanish sala meaning "hall" and Basque zahar meaning "old". It can also refer to the town of Salazar in Burgos, Spain, which is of the same origin.

Originally given to a person who lived near a rowan tree or mountain ash.

Means "rose bushes" in Spanish.

French cognate of Rivers.

Anglicized form of Ó Rinn.

Topographic name derived from Old English rod meaning "cleared land", or a locational name from any of the locations named with this word.

Nickname for a wealthy or powerful person, from Old High German rihhi "rich, powerful".

Variant of Raine 1 or Raine 2.

From a Scottish place name meaning "fortress town", from Gaelic ráth meaning "fortress" and a Pictish word meaning "town".

From various place names in England that mean "red cliff" in Old English.

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Coigligh meaning "descendant of Coigleach", a given name meaning "untidy".

Variant of Quigley.

From Puttenham, the name of towns in Hertfordshire and Surrey in England, which mean "Putta's homestead".

From Italian profeta meaning "prophet". It probably came from a nickname indicating a person who wanted to predict the future. It is typical of southern Italy.

Means "prince", used as an ornamental name by Jews or as a nickname for someone who acted in a princely manner.

From a nickname meaning "dark" in Spanish, referring to a person with dark hair or skin.

From a place name meaning "priest clearing", from Old English preost and leah.

Possibly derived from German Bursche meaning "boy, servant" or from the given name Boris.

From Old French poli meaning "polite, courteous".

Means "pear tree" in French, originally a nickname for someone who lived close to such a tree.

French form of Plank.

From the name of the town of Piovene Rocchette in Veneto, Italy.

Means "pine tree" in Portuguese.

From Portuguese and Galician pereira meaning "pear tree", ultimately from Latin pirum meaning "pear".

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".

Portuguese form of Palmer.

Means "son of Palle".

From various Italian places, named from Italian palazzo, Latin palatium meaning "palace, noble mansion".

Derived from the Italian given name Pace meaning "peace".

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Broin meaning "descendant of Bran 1".

From Swedish ny (Old Norse nýr) meaning "new" and qvist (Old Norse kvistr) meaning "twig, branch".

Occupational name for a clerk, derived from Latin notarius.

Originally indicated a person from Naples in Italy.

Alternate transcription of Russian/Bulgarian Наумов (see Naumov).

From an English place name meaning "boundary gate".

Variant of Meyer 2.

Means "bear" in several languages, from the Old Slavic root medvědĭ.

From various Portuguese place names that were derived from Portuguese medeiro meaning "haystack", ultimately from Latin meta meaning "cone, pyramid".

Anglicized form of Gaelic MacIomhair meaning "son of Íomhar".

Anglicized form of Mac Eachairn.

From Gaelic Mac Giolla Fhaoláin meaning "son of the servant of Faolán".

From a nickname meaning "mouse", from Old High German mus.

From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Venetian variant of Masi.

Means "son of Marin".

Derived from the given name Marinos.

Derived from the given name Marco.

Derived from the Gaelic given name Mac Beatha meaning "son of life", which denoted a man of religious devotion. This was the name of an 11th-century Scottish king, and the name of a play based on his life by William Shakespeare.

Means "the point (of a lance)" in French, possibly a nickname for a soldier.

Occupational name for a greengrocer, meaning "vegetables" in southern Italian dialects, ultimately from Greek λάχανον (lachanon).

Means "the cross" in French. It denoted one who lived near a cross symbol or near a crossroads.

Means "the chapel" in French, most likely used to denote a person who lived by a church or a chapel.

Means "chance, luck" in French, a nickname for a lucky person.

Means "sour" in Czech. It was most likely used to denote a person known for having a bad mood.

Means "son of Krste".

Nickname meaning "small" in Hungarian.

Derived from an English place name meaning "clearing belonging to Cyhha". The Old English given name Cyhha is of unknown meaning.

Means "birch" in Estonian.

Alternate transcription of Armenian Ղասաբյան (see Ghasabyan).

From Japanese 神 (kami) meaning "god" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

From Old French joli meaning "happy, jolly, pretty".

Derived from the given name Jan, a medieval English form of John.

Means "son of Jan 1".

Means "servant of Jack".

Means "son of Ibán".

Variant of Janson.

Habitational name for someone who lived near a path across a heath, from Old English hæþ "heath" and weg "way".

German variant of Hall.

From a diminutive of the medieval byname Hake, which was of Old Norse origin and meant "hook".

Means "son of Georgios".

Denoted a person from the Italian city of Genoa (Genova in Italian).

Habitational name for someone who lived in Gebara, a village in the province of Álava in Spain.

Variant of Garnett 1 or Garnett 2.

Variant of Whelan.

From the name of the animal. It was originally a nickname for a person with red hair or a crafty person.

From Middle English, ultimately from Latin fortuna meaning "fortune, luck, chance". This was possibly a nickname for a gambler.

Denoted a keeper or one in charge of a forest, or one who has charge of growing timber in a forest (see Forest).

Derived from the given name Fiore.

Means "violet" in Czech, referring to the flower. It may have originally referred to a person who lived near a sign bearing violets, or it may have been given to a person who lived in a place where violets grew.

From the given name Feliciano.

Referred to a person who came from various places named Fay or Faye in northern France, derived from Old French fau "beech tree", from Latin fagus.

Means "beautiful child" in Middle English.

Means "beautiful child" in Middle English and Scots.

English: nickname meaning ‘handsome’, ‘beautiful’, ‘fair’, from Middle English fair, fayr, Old English fæger. The word was also occasionally used as a personal name in Middle English, applied to both men and women.
Irish: translation of Gaelic fionn ‘fair’, which Woulfe describes as ‘a descriptive epithet that supplanted the real surname’, or a reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Finn, a variant of Mag Fhinn (see McGinn).

Derived from the given names Ælfwine, Æðelwine or Ealdwine.

Means "acorn" in German, indicating a person who lived near an oak tree.

Variant of Eccleston.

Means "from the hillside", from French coteau "hillside".

From the given name Amore.

Original Norman form of Darrell.

Derived from a diminutive form of French charbon "charcoal", a nickname for a person with black hair or a dark complexion.

From the Welsh given name Seisyll, which was derived from the Roman name Sextilius, a derivative of Sextus.

Catalan form of Kappel.

From the name of the town of Caivano near Naples, derived from Latin Calvianum, derived from the Roman cognomen Calvus.

Derived from German Blumen "flowers" and Thal "valley".

Means "beautiful rose" in French.

From Old French bel ami meaning "beautiful friend".

Variant of Babin.

Matronymic surname derived from Serbo-Croatian baba "grandmother, old woman".

Possibly from Basque azeri meaning "fox".

Derived from the Old English name Æðelmær.

Derived from Aust, an archaic diminutive of August.

Denoted a person from the village of Anjum in the Netherlands. It possibly means "corner" in Dutch.

Derived from the given name Altimaro, an alteration of Adelmar.

Designated a person who had originally lived in the town of Almeida in Portugal. The place name is from Arabic ال مائدة (al māʾida) meaning "the plateau, the table".

Means "son of Ale 2", the suffix -ma indicating that it is of Frisian origin.

From Spanish alamillo meaning "poplar, aspen".

From Basque aitz meaning "rock, stone".

From a place name: either Annesley in Nottinghamshire or Ansley in Warwickshire. The place names themselves derive from Old English anne "alone, solitary" or ansetl "hermitage" and leah "woodland, clearing".

From the given name Bonaccorso.

Indicated a person who lived near an abbey or worked in an abbey, from Middle English abbeye.

Derived from Old Dutch ekster "magpie".