susie's Personal Name List

Means "son of Andrew".

Means "son of Agnes".

Derived from the given name Austin.

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".

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.

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).

Derived from the given name Daniel.

Derived from a diminutive of the given name Elias.

Means "son of Evan".

Transferred use of the surname Eyre.

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

Variant of Gray.

Patronymic derived from the Norman name Hagano.

Variant of Langdon.

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

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

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

From the given name Miles.

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

Patronymic form of Myer or Mayer 3.

From the Welsh given name Owain.

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.

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

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.

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

Variant of Walsh.