MaeAlexis's Personal Name List

From a nickname for a clever or cunning person, from Middle English yap meaning "devious, deceitful, shrewd".

Derived from the given name Gwynn, itself from Welsh gwyn meaning "white, fair; blessed".

From Middle High German or Middle English wolf meaning "wolf", or else from an Old German given name beginning with this element.

From any of the various English towns named Willey or from the River Wylye.

From various English place names derived from Old English hwit "white" and hyll "hill".

Occupational name for a maker of wagon wheels, derived from Middle English whele "wheel".

Habitational name from any of numerous places named Westwood, from Old English west "west" and wudu "wood".

Derived from Middle English wille meaning "well, spring, water hole".

Indicated a person who lived at the town's edge, from Old English tun "enclosure, yard, town" and ende "end, limit".

Means "clean, neat, pure" in Turkish.

From Middle English taske meaning "task, assignment". A tasker was a person who had a fixed job to do, particularly a person who threshed grain with a flail.

From Middle English at asche meaning "at the ash tree".

Variant of Taylor.

From the name of the bird, from Old English swealwe, a nickname for someone who resembled or acted like a swallow.

From Old Norse strǫnd meaning "beach, sea shore". It was originally given to someone who lived on or near the sea.

Regional name from the county of this name, so called from Old English sumer(tun)saete meaning "dwellers at the summer settlement".

Occupational name indicating that an early member worked covering roofs with slate, from Old French esclat "shard", of Germanic origin.

From a nickname for a person with grey hair, from Old English seolfor "silver".

From Irish Ó Seanáin meaning "descendant of Seanán".

Variant of Ricci.

Name possibly derived from the colour of the bark of trees or the name of the town Reedworth between Durham and Devon

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

From the given name Piers.

Means "landowner" in Gujarati.

From Italian passero meaning "sparrow".

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Tuathail meaning "descendant of Túathal".

Variant of Connell.

Anglicized form of Ó Cléirigh.

habitational namefrom Northam (Devon) Northam Farm in Brean (Somerset) Northam in Southampton (Hampshire) or a lost Northam in Redbridge Hundred Hampshire. The place names derive from Old English norþ "north northern" and ham "village homestead" or ham "water meadow".

Derived from Spanish moral meaning "mulberry tree", of Latin origin.

Originally indicated a person who lived on a moor, from Middle English mor meaning "open land, bog".

Means "son of Michał".

From Gaelic Mag Raith meaning "son of Rath", a given name meaning "prosperity" or "grace".

From Irish Mac Conmara meaning "son of Conmara". The given name Conmara is composed of cú "hound" and muir "sea".

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Cárthaigh meaning "son of Carthach".

Derived from the given name Marino.

Means "the place of the hill" in Finnish.

Variant of McGuire.

Means "son of Maud". A famous bearer of this surname was the fourth American president James Madison (1751-1836).

Occupational name for a carpenter, from Portuguese madeira "wood".

Anglicized form of Ó Madaidhín.

From the name of a town in Norfolk (King's Lynn), derived from Welsh llyn meaning "lake".

From a nickname derived from a Norman French lou meaning "wolf" and a diminutive suffix.

Variant of Lowell.

Metronymic from Lilly.

Originally designated one who lived by a lane, a narrow way between fences or hedges, later used of any narrow pathway, including one between houses in a town.

Derived from Lassy, the name of a town in Normandy. The name of the town was Gaulish in origin, perhaps deriving from a personal name that was Latinized as Lascius.

From Old English cniht meaning "knight", a tenant serving as a mounted soldier.

From the given name Joyce.

Occupational name for an acrobat or a nickname for someone who was nervous or restless. A famous bearer was the American actor Dennis Hopper (1936-2010).

Derived from Middle English hop meaning "small valley".

Occupational name for someone who put the metal hoops around wooden barrels.

Originally applied to one who lived near a river bend or corner of some natural feature, from Old English hoc "angle, hook".

Metonymic occupational name for a maker of hoods or a nickname for someone who wore a distinctive hood, from Old English hod.

From various English places of this name, derived from Old English hoh "point of land, heel" and land "land".

Originally belonged to a person who was a dweller on the heath or open land.

Means "male deer". It was originally acquired by a person who lived in a place frequented by harts, or bore some resemblance to a hart.

From Old French and Middle English hardi meaning "bold, daring, hardy", from the Germanic root *harduz.

Variant of O'Hannagain.

From Chinese 韩 (hán) referring to the ancient state of Han, which existed from the 5th to 3rd centuries BC in what is now Shanxi and Henan provinces.

Means simply "hall", given to one who either lived in or worked in a hall (the house of a medieval noble).

Derived from the given name Gregor.

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

From the name of the bird, from Old English finc. It was used by Harper Lee for the surname of lawyer Atticus Finch and his children in her novel To Kill a Mockingbird (1960).

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.

Originally denoted a person from Évreux in Normandy, itself named after the Gaulish tribe of the Eburovices. Mount Everest in the Himalayas was named for the British surveyor George Everest (1790-1866).

Means "blacksmith" in Turkish.

Means "of the rose" in Spanish.

Anglicized form of Ó Comhraidhe or Ó Corra.

Means "quiet, shy, coy" from Middle English coi.

From Middle English clos meaning "enclosure", a topographic name for someone who lived near a courtyard or farmyard.

Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 최 (see Choi).

From Chinese 程 (chéng) meaning "rule, order, regulations", also referring to the territory of Cheng (in present-day Henan province) that existed during the Zhou dynasty.

Occupational name for a hunter, from Middle English chase "hunt".

Means "chestnut tree" in Spanish and Galician.

From Irish Ó Caiside meaning "descendant of Caiside". Caiside is a given name meaning "curly haired".

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cathasaigh meaning "descendant of Cathassach".

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

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ceallacháin meaning "descendant of Cellachán".

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

Variant of Black. A famous bearer was the poet and artist William Blake (1757-1827).

From an English place name meaning "black wood".

From the name of a city in Lancashire, meaning "black stream" in Old English.

Occupational name meaning "chest maker", from Middle English arc meaning "chest, coffer" and wyrhta meaning "maker, craftsman".

Occupational name for one who practiced archery, from Latin arcus "bow" (via Old French).

Derived from the given name Alexander.

From Spanish alamillo meaning "poplar, aspen".