susie's Personal Name List

Variant of Walsh.

From Old English wælisc meaning "foreigner, stranger, Celt".

From an English and Scottish surname that referred to a person from Scotland or a person who spoke Scottish Gaelic. It is derived from Latin Scoti meaning "Gael, Gaelic speaker", with the ultimate origin uncertain.

Occupational name meaning "doorkeeper", ultimately from Old French porte "door", from Latin porta.

From Old English pirige meaning "pear tree", a derivative of peru meaning "pear", itself from Latin pirum. A famous bearer was Matthew Perry (1794-1858), the American naval officer who opened Japan to the West.

From the Welsh given name Owain.

Patronymic form of Myer or Mayer 3.

From Old French mire meaning "doctor", derived from Latin medicus.

From the given name Miles.

Originally from a place name meaning "linden tree hill" in Old English.

Derived from Norman French l'isle meaning "island".

Derived from the name of English towns, meaning "town with a leek garden" in Old English.

Variant of Langdon.

Patronymic derived from the Norman name Hagano.

Variant of Gray.

From a Scottish surname, originally Norman French de Fresel, possibly from a lost place name in France.

Transferred use of the surname Eyre.

Means "son of Evan".

Derived from a diminutive of the given name Elias.

Derived from the given name Daniel.

Derived from a place name meaning "valley town" in Old English. A notable bearer of the surname was the English chemist and physicist John Dalton (1766-1844).

Medieval form of Benedict. This was the more common spelling in England until the 18th century. Modern use of the name is probably also influenced by the common surname Bennett, itself a derivative of the medieval name.

Indicated a person from the town of Ayr in Scotland. The town was named for the river that flows through it, itself derived from an Indo-European root meaning "water".

Derived from the given name Austin.

Means "son of Agnes".

Means "son of Andrew".