xmaonx's Personal Name List

A different form of Abernethy, which originally meant "person from Abernethy", Perth and Kinross ("confluence of the (river) Nethy"). This was one of the surnames of the Scots who settled in northern Ireland during the ‘plantation’ in the 17th century, and it was brought to the U.S. as the name of a Southern plantation owner.

Possibly derived from the place name Aldham, composed of either Okd English eald "old" or the Anglo-Saxon personal name Ealda combined with ham "farmstead, settlement".

From the Late Latin name Ambrosius, which was derived from the Greek name Αμβροσιος (Ambrosios) meaning "immortal".

Possibly from the French place name Auvergne. In some cases, might be derived from Middle English at ther vern, meaning "at the fern".

Derived from a Norman French form of the given names Alberich or Alfred.

From French place names derived from beau "beautiful" and chêne "oak".

From French place names derived from beau "beautiful" and mont "mountain".

From French place names derived from "beautiful sight".

From the given name Bérenger.

Means "beautiful rose" in French.

Variant of Bellerose.

From a nickname derived from French chevalier meaning "knight", from Late Latin caballarius "horseman", Latin caballus "horse".

From Old English Dearthington believed to be the settlement of Deornoth's people (unclear root + ing a family group + ton an enclosed farm or homestead).

Means "of the cross" in French. It denoted one who lived near a cross symbol or near a crossroads. A notable bearer was the French painter Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863).

A topographic name for someone living among laurels, a combination of the fused preposition and plural definite article des ‘from the’ + the plural of Old French lorier ‘laurel’.

Means "from the rose bushes", from French rosier "rose bush". It probably referred to a person who lived close to, or cared for a rose garden.

Indicated a person from Evreux in France, itself named after the Gaulish tribe of the Eburovices, which was probably derived from a Celtic word meaning "yew".

A rare Welsh surname, believed to be of Cornish origin. This surname is made up of two elements. ‘Ed’ is not a shortened form of Edward, but derives from the ancient (Old English?) ‘ead’ meaning ‘prosperity’ and/or ‘happiness’. This also gave rise to names like Edmund (‘prosperity protector’), Edward, (meaning ‘prosperity guardian’) and Edwin (‘prosperity friend’). The second element, ‘vean’ or ‘vane’ means ‘little’ or ‘the younger’. The Cornish ‘byghan’ became mutated in the same way as the Welsh ‘bychan’ became ‘fychan’ (i.e. ‘vychan’) when added to a personal name, and performed the same service of distinguishing between father and son where they had the same name. In Wales, this ultimately led to the well-known surname Vaughan. Edevane and variants, therefore, would seem to have the sense ‘the younger happy one’ or ‘the younger prosperous one’.

The name of a prominent Dutch publishing house of the 17th and 18th century, possibly derived from Old Hebrew הל ספר (hal safir) meaning "the book". Another suggested origin is Dutch hellevuur "hellfire" or helsche vier "four from hell", supposedly derived from a sign by the family’s house.

Means "son of Emery". The surname was borne by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), an American writer and philosopher who wrote about transcendentalism.

From the given name Everard.

Means 'strong shield' from French elements fort meaning "strong" and escu meaning "shield#

Means "the vineyard" in French, referring to a person who lived close to a vineyard, or was from the town of Lavigny.

Derived from French évêque, a cognate of Bishop.

French form of Mercer.

From the name of various English places meaning "priest's cottage" in Old English.

Derived from the given name Randolf.

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

Derived from "home of roses".

name for any of numerous places named rosenthal or rosendahl. means " rose valley"

From the given name Sylvester.

Possibly from the Greek "therion" which means a beast of a nondescript nature.

Variant of Tremayne. A famous fictional bearer is Lady Tremaine, the main antagonist of Disney's Cinderella (1950).

From the given name Valentine 1.

Occupational name for a forester. Derived from Old French verdier (from Late Latin viridarius, a derivative of viridis "green"). Also an occupational name for someone working in a garden or orchard, or a topographic name for someone living near one. From Occitan verdier "orchard".

From an English place name, derived from Venta, of Celtic origin, and Latin castrum meaning "camp, fortress".