This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is masculine; and the usage is English; and the description contains the keyword surname.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Abbott m EnglishFrom the English surname
Abbott, from Old English
abbot, ultimately from Latin
abbas "priest".
Acre m EnglishPotentially transferred use of the surname
Acre or from Old English
æcer (denoting the amount of land a yoke of oxen could plow in a day), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch
akker and German
Acker ‘field’, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit
ajra ‘field’, Latin
ager, and Greek
agros.
Afton f & m English (Rare)Transferred use of the surname
Afton. It is also the name of a river in Scotland, and it coincides with the Swedish noun
afton meaning "evening".... [
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Altham m EnglishTransferred use of the surname
Altham. A locational name from the parish and village of Altham on the river Henburn in North East Lancashire.
Ardell m & f EnglishMeaning uncertain. In some cases it could be a transferred use of the Swedish surname
Ardell. It could also possibly be variant of
Ardal, or of
Odell or
Iredell (perhaps influenced by the initial syllable in names such as
Arthur and
Ardis 3).... [
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Arlington m English (Rare)Transferred use of the surname
Arlington. Notable bearer the American poet Edwin Arlington Robinson received the name rather unusually when a man from Arlington, Massachusetts was selected to pull a name out of a hat to bestow his first name, Edwin.
Ashford m English (Rare)Transferred use of the surname
Ashford, which itself is derived from the name of one of several places called Ashford in England... [
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Astin m English (Modern)Transferred use of the surname
Astin, which was itself derived from a contraction of the Anglo-Norman French given name
Asketin, a diminutive of Old Norse
Ásketill.
Axton m EnglishTransferred use of the surname
Axton, meaning "Acca's stone", from the Old English given name
Acca plus
stān 'stone'.
Banastre m English (Archaic)Transferred use of the surname
Banastre. This was borne by the British officer and politician Banastre Tarleton (1754-1833), known for fighting in the American War of Independence.
Banjo m English (Rare)Transferred use of the surname
Banjo. Occasionally used in homage to various persons using the byname, such as Australian poet Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson or American race car driver Edwin “Banjo” Matthews.
Becket m EnglishFrom a surname which was a variant of the surname
Beckett. In some cases it might be given in honour of the English saint Thomas Becket (1118-1170).
Berrick m English (Rare)Transferred use of the surname
Berrick which was originally taken from various locational names in Kent, Shropshire, Oxfordshire, Yorkshire and Norfolk.... [
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Bing m English (Rare)Either transferred use of the surname
Bing or from a nickname, as was the case for American singer and actor Bing Crosby (1903-1977), who was originally called
Bingo.
Blackbird f & m English (Rare)From the name of the animal, introduced into popular culture by the 1968 song of the same name performed by The Beatles.... [
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Blade m English, Popular CultureTransferred use of the surname
Blade or from the Old English
blæd ‘leaf of a plant,' of Germanic origin; related to Dutch
blad and German
Blatt.... [
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Bonamy m & f EnglishTransferred use of the surname. This name was borne by British literary scholar Bonamy Dobrée (1891-1974), who was given the name because it was a family surname.
Booth m English (Rare)Transferred use of the surname
Booth, which is derived from Middle English
bothe meaning "booth, bothy, hut", which itself is ultimately derived from Old Norse
búð meaning "booth, dwelling, shelter"... [
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Bower m English (Rare)Transferred use of the surname
Bower. It was the middle name of
John Bower "
Bouse"
Hutton (1877-1962), a Canadian ice hockey goaltender and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Boyer m EnglishVariant of the English occupational surname
Bowyer meaning "bow maker" transferred into use as a given name.
Brass m English (Rare)Transferred use of the surname
Brass. Alternately, could be taken directly from the English word
brass, a metal alloy of copper and zinc, possibly derived from Proto-Germanic
brasō "fire, pyre"... [
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Brawley m EnglishTransferred use of the surname
Brawley. A known bearer of this name is American actor Brawley Nolte (b. 1986), the son of American actor Nick Nolte (b... [
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Brayton m English (Modern, Rare)Likely a variant of
Braden, or else a transferred use of the English habitational surname
Brayton (which is derived from Old Norse
breithr "broad", or from the Old Norse personal name
Breithi, combined with Old English
tun "town, farmstead").
Bushrod m English (American)Given name from surname of Medieval English origin—locational from a so called 'lost' village, likely to have been situated in Dorset, England. Surname Bushrod derives from the Old English 'bysc', a bushy thicket, with 'rod', a clearing in a forest.
Cady f & m English (Modern, Rare)While nowadays generally considered a phonetic spelling of
Katie or a diminutive of
Cadence,
Cady was originally derived from a surname which was either a variant of
Cade or an Anglicized form of Ó Ceadaigh ("descendant of
Céadach"), with Ceadach being a byname derived from Irish
ceadach "talkative".... [
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Calam m Irish, EnglishMeaning uncertain. Among anglophone bearers from outside Ireland, there might possibly be cases where the name is derived from the surname
Calam, which is ultimately of Scottish origin.... [
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Caley f & m EnglishFrom the English surname,
Caley, meaning "jackdaw clearing" or from an Irish surname which is an altered form of
Macauley... [
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Campion m English (Rare), LiteratureThis rare given name can be derived from the surname of
Campion as well as from the name of the plant, both of which likely derive their name from Old French
campion meaning "champion"... [
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Carlin f & m English (Rare)Transferred use of the surname
Carlin or a variant of
Carline. A notable masculine bearer was an American rugby union and rugby sevens player: Carliln Isles... [
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Carpenter m EnglishTransferred use of the surname
Carpenter or in reference to the word
carpenter, from Middle English from Anglo-Norman French, from Old French
carpentier, charpentier, from late Latin
carpentarius (artifex) ‘carriage (maker)’, from
carpentum ‘wagon’, of Gaulish origin.
Catesby m English (Rare)From an English surname what is derived from a geographical location; 'of Catesby' a parish in Northamptonshire. Most famous bearers are Robert Catesby, the leader of the Gunpowder Plot and William Catesby one of the councillors of Richard III of England on whom Shakespeare based his character in Richard III.
Challis f & m English (Rare)Transferred use of the surname
Challis. This is also a word (possibly derived from the surname) for a type of fine fabric. Alternatively, this could be a variant of
Chalice.
Chalon f & m EnglishThe name may derive from the Chalon people, one of eight divisions of the Ohlone (Costanoan) people of Native Americans who lived in Northern California. It may also derive from the French surname Chalon, of unknown meaning, possibly derived from the French town Châlons-sur-Marne... [
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Chantry m & f EnglishFrom an English surname, meaning "singer in a chantry chapel" or "one who lives by a chantry chapel", derived from Old French chanterie, which derives from French chanter "to sing". This name was used for the main character in the movie What if?, starring Daniel Radcliffe and Zoe Kazan, released in 2013.
Chapel f & m EnglishTransferred use of the surname
Chapel and a "subordinate place of worship added to or forming part of a large church or cathedral, separately dedicated and devoted to special services," from Old French
chapele (12c., Modern French
chapelle), from Medieval Latin
capella, cappella "chapel, sanctuary for relics," literally "little cape," diminutive of Late Latin
cappa "cape."
Chappell f & m English (American, Rare)Transferred use of the surname
Chappell. A notable bearer is singer Chappell Roan (1998- ), born Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, who chose her stage name from her grandfather's surname.
Cherwin m English, Dutch, Dutch (Surinamese)This name is either a half-invented first name (or a combination of two existing names), with the second element being derived from Old High German
wini "friend" - or derived from the surname
Cherwin, which is of uncertain meaning... [
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Chesney m & f EnglishFrom the traditionally English and French topographic surname for someone who lived by or in an oak wood, from the Old French
chesnai "oak grove", from
chesne 'oak tree'.
Chidiock m English (Rare)From an English surname derived from the name of the village
Chideock in Dorset (recorded in the Domesday Book as
Cidihoc), which is of unknown meaning. (It has been suggested that the suffix
hoc referred to
Hock, a festival held on the second Tuesday after Easter to commemorate the massacre of the Danes at the time of King
Æthelred the Unready.) Chidiock Tichborne (1558-1586) was an English poet who was executed for his participation in the failed Babington Plot.
Childe m English (Rare)Transferred use of the surname
Childe. This name was borne by American painter Childe Hassam (1859-1935) who helped introduce impressionism to North America... [
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Cleave m EnglishFrom an English origin meaning "cliff". Diminutive of
Cleavon or a variant of
Cleve. As an independent name can be transferred use of the surname
Cleave... [
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Clopton m English (British, Rare)Transferred use of the surname
Clopton. A notable bearer was Clopton Havers (1657-1702), who became a Physician in England (via the Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians) in 1687 and wrote several books related to the study and structure of bones.