Whimsy2's Personal Name List

Anders

Usage: German, Scottish, Czech

Derived from the given name Anders.

Herschel

Usage: German, Jewish

Other Scripts: הירשל(Yiddish)

Diminutive form of Hirsch 1 or Hirsch 2. A famous bearer was the British-German astronomer William Herschel (1738-1822), as well as his sister Caroline Herschel (1750-1848) and son John Herschel (1792-1871), also noted scientists.

Hirsch 1

Usage: German

Means "deer, hart" in German. This was a nickname for a person who resembled a deer in some way, or who raised or hunted deer.

Howell

Usage: Welsh

From the Welsh given name Hywel.

Murray 1

Usage: Scottish

Pronounced: MUR-ee

Derived from the region in Scotland called Moray (Gaelic Moireabh), possibly of Pictish origin, meaning "seashore, coast". A notable bearer of this surname was General James Murray (1721-1794), who was the first British Governor-General of Canada.

Murray 2

Usage: Irish

Pronounced: MUR-ee(English)

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Muireadhaigh meaning "descendant of Muireadhach".

Paterson

Usage: English, Scottish

Pronounced: PAT-ər-sən(English)

Means "son of Patrick".

Wellesley

Usage: English

Wellington

Usage: English

Habitational name from any of the three places named Wellington, in Herefordshire, Shropshire, and Somerset. All are most probably named with an unattested Old English personal name Weola + -ing- (implying association with) + tun ‘settlement’.

Wells

Usage: English

Pronounced: WELZ

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