sweetkit's Personal Name List

From Old English wyrhta meaning "wright, maker", an occupational name for someone who was a craftsman. Famous bearers were Orville and Wilbur Wright, the inventors of the first successful airplane.

Denoted a person who lived to the west of something, or who came from the west.

Occupational name for a watchman or guard, from Old French wardein meaning "protector, guard". It was also used as a habbitational name for someone from any of the various locations in England named Warden. Alternately, it may be from Old English weard meaning "guard, watch" and dun meaning "hill, mountain".

Scottish and northern Irish habitational name from either of two places called Torrance (one near East Kilbride, the other north of Glasgow under the Campsie Fells), named with Gaelic torran ‘hillock’, ‘mound’, with the later addition of the English plural -s.
Irish reduced Anglicized form of Ó Toráin (see Toran).

Originally applied to a person who lived in or near a thorn bush.

Locational name that originally designated a person who came from Taranto, a city in southeastern Italy, which was originally called Τάρας (Taras) by Greek colonists. A famous bearer of this name is the American director Quentin Tarantino (1963-).

Means "trumpeter", from Scottish Gaelic and Irish stoc "trumpet, bugle, horn".

Habitational name from any of the three places called Shelley (Essex Suffolk Yorkshire) or from Shelley Plain in Crawley (Sussex). The placenames all derive from Old English scelf "rock ledge, shelf" and leah "woodland clearing". Shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Sealbhaigh "descendant of Sealbhach" a byname from the adjective sealbhach "having possessions wealthy".

Derived from Spanish romero meaning "pilgrim to Rome".

Patronymic form of Myer or Mayer 3.

Derived from the given name Morgan 1.

From Irish Ó Loingsigh meaning "descendant of Loingseach", a given name meaning "mariner".

An English surname coming from the Old English lufu, meaning "love, desire", and cæft, meaning "strength, skill".

A well-known bearer of this surname is author H. P. Lovecraft.

Derived from Polish kubryk "ship's forecastle". Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999) was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and photographer, widely considered as the greatest filmmaker of all time.

From Old English cyning "king", originally a nickname for someone who either acted in a kingly manner or who worked for or was otherwise associated with a king. A famous bearer was the American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968).

Means "son of Jack". Famous bearers of this name include the American president Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) and the singer Michael Jackson (1958-2009).

From Japanese 伊 (i) meaning "this" and 藤 (tō) meaning "wisteria". The final character may indicate a connection to the Fujiwara clan.

Variant of Irvine 1 or Irwin.

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

From a nickname for a stern person, derived from Old High German grim "stern, severe, angry". Famous bearers include Jacob (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859), known for compiling German folktales.

From the name of a place in Berwickshire, Scotland, derived from Brythonic words meaning "spacious fort".

Means "from the palm tree" in Italian.

Means "cleric" or "scribe", from Old English clerec meaning "priest", ultimately from Latin clericus. A famous bearer was William Clark (1770-1838), an explorer of the west of North America.

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

Means "crooked nose" from Gaelic cam "crooked" and sròn "nose".

From a common English place name, derived from Old English meaning "fortified town".

From Irish Ó Baoighill meaning "descendant of Baoigheall". The meaning of the given name Baoigheall is uncertain, but it is thought to be connected to Irish geall meaning "pledge".

English variant and Welsh form of Pierce. A famous bearer was the American author, journalist and poet Ambrose Bierce (1842-c. 1914), who wrote The Devil's Dictionary and other works. He was also an American Civil War veteran.

Means "son of Bate".

From Middle English bark meaning "to tan". This was an occupational name for a leather tanner.

Means "silver" in Italian, originally used as an occupational name for a silversmith or a nickname for a person with gray hair.