ZizzyIsTheBest's Personal Name List

From the name of the English city of York, which was originally called Eburacon (Latinized as Eboracum), meaning "yew" in Brythonic. In the Anglo-Saxon period it was corrupted to Eoforwic, based on Old English eofor "boar" and wic "village". This was rendered as Jórvík by the Vikings and eventually reduced to York.

Variant of Wood.

Patronymic form of Winter.

Means "son of Will". A famous bearer was the American president Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924).

Derived from the given name Walter.

From a nickname for a person with grey hair, from Old English seolfor "silver".

From the given name Salim.

Scots variant of Read 1.

From the given name Piers.

Patronymic from Petro, the Ukrainian form of Peter.

Means "son of Pavel".

From an unidentified place called Oatridge apparently named with Old English hrycg ‘ridge’ as the final element.

Means "son of Neil". This name was borne by the British admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805).

Derived from the given name Michael.

McAllen or MacAllen is a Scottish and Irish surname, originating from Scottish Gaelic. Historically, the name has migrated to Ireland, where the prefix of the name has been commonly transposed with "Mc".

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

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 Isay".

Derived from Middle English hop meaning "small valley".

Occupational name meaning "pig herder", from Old English hogg "hog" and hierde "herdsman, guardian".

Occupational name for a person who protected an enclosed forest, from Old English hæg "enclosure, fence" and weard "guard".

Originally belonged to a person who played the harp or who made harps.

From Old French germain meaning "German". This sometimes denoted an actual immigrant from Germany, but was also used to refer to a person who had trade or other connections with German-speaking lands. The Latin word Germanus is of obscure and disputed origin; the most plausible of the etymologies that have been proposed is that the people were originally known as the "spear-men", with Germanic ger, gar "spear" as the first element. From the Old French personal name Germain (see Germain). Americanised spelling of Spanish Germán or Hungarian Germán, cognates of 2. From the saint’s name Germanus. See also Germann. Russianized variant of Hermann. Reduced form of Germanos, a Greek personal name, bestowed in honor of saints of the Eastern Church distinct from St. Germain: in particular, St. Germanos in the 8th century, liturgical poet and patriarch of Constantinople. The Greek surname can also denote someone associated with Germany or someone with blond hair.

From the name of the animal. It was originally a nickname for a person with red hair or a crafty person.

Denoted a keeper or one in charge of a forest, or one who has charge of growing timber in a forest (see Forest).

English from Middle English doke "duck", hence a nickname for someone with some fancied resemblance to a duck, or an occupational name for someone who kept or hunted ducks. Alternatively, a variant form of Duke.

Sometimes used as an English equivalent of Lohan (an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Leocháin "descendant of Leochán") by mistranslation, as if from lacha "duck".

From the Old English given name Deora meaning "dear, beloved".

Variant of Daniel.

Probably an altered form of German Krumpel or Krümpel a nickname from Middle High German krum(p) 'deformed crooked'; skeletal deformities were common in the Middle Ages often as a result of childhood illnesses such as rickets.

From Middle English crow, Old English crawa, applied as a nickname for someone with dark hair or a dark complexion or for someone thought to resemble the bird in some other way.

From a medieval short form of Nicholas or from the byname Cola.

From Chinese 程 (chéng) meaning "rule, order, regulations", also referring to the territory of Cheng (in present-day Henan province) that existed during the Zhou dynasty.

From a diminutive of the name Blanc.

From an English place name derived from Old English blæc meaning "black" and wille meaning "well, spring, water hole".

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

Derived from the medieval name Bab, possibly a diminutive of Bartholomew or Barbara.

Means "son of Angel".

Means "son of Andrew".

English cognate of Abate.