Sharley's Personal Name List

Winslow
Usage: English
Pronounced: WINZ-lo
Derived from an Old English place name meaning "hill belonging to Wine".
Vlahović
Usage: Serbian, Croatian
Other Scripts: Влаховић(Serbian)
Patronymic from Serbo-Croatian Vlah meaning "Romanian, Wallachian".
Vitali
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: vee-TA-lee
From the given name Vitale.
Van Laren
Usage: Dutch
Variant of Van Laar.
Valerio
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: va-LEH-ryo
From the given name Valerio.
Valdez
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: bal-DETH(European Spanish) bal-DEHS(Latin American Spanish)
Means "son of Baldo".
Southgate
Usage: English
Name for a person who lived near the southern gate of a town or in a town named Southgate, from Old English suþ and gæt.
Seabrooke
Usage: English
Variant of Seabrook.
Rigby
Usage: English
Pronounced: RIG-bee
Originally derived from the name of a town in Lancashire, itself from Old Norse hryggr "ridge" and býr "farm, settlement".
Pelletier
Usage: French
Pronounced: PEHL-TYEH
Derived from Old French pelletier "fur trader".
Outterridge
Usage: English
Derived from the Old English given name Uhtric.
Northrop
Usage: English
Originally denoted one who came from a town of this name England, meaning "north farm".
Merrill 1
Usage: English
Pronounced: MEHR-əl
Derived from the given name Muriel.
Merlo
Usage: Italian, Spanish
Pronounced: MEHR-lo
Means "blackbird", ultimately from Latin merula. The blackbird is a symbol of a naive person.
Mercer
Usage: English
Pronounced: MUR-sər(American English) MU-sə(British English)
Occupational name for a trader in textiles, from Old French mercier, derived from Latin merx meaning "merchandise".
Marlow
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAHR-lo(American English) MAH-lo(British English)
Originally a name for a person from Marlow in Buckinghamshire, England. The place name means "remnants of a lake" from Old English mere "lake" and lafe "remnants, remains". A notable bearer was the English playwright and poet Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593).
Kozłow
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: KAWZ-wawf
Variant of Kozłowski.
Kozlov
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Козлов(Russian)
Pronounced: kuz-LOF
Derived from Russian козёл (kozyol) meaning "male goat", probably used to denote a goatherd.
Kelley
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: KEHL-ee(English)
Variant of Kelly 1.
Harlow
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAHR-lo(American English) HAH-lo(British English)
Habitational name derived from a number of locations named Harlow, from Old English hær "rock, heap of stones" or here "army", combined with hlaw "hill".
Fairclough
Usage: English
From a place name meaning "fair ravine, fair cliff" in Old English.
Endicott
Usage: English
Topographic name derived from Old English meaning "from the end cottage".
Ellsworth
Usage: English
Habitational name for a person from the town of Elsworth in Cambridgeshire. The town's name is derived from the masculine given name Ella (a short form of Old English names beginning with the elements ælf meaning "elf" or eald meaning "old") combined with worþ meaning "enclosure".
De Luca
Usage: Italian
Means "son of Luca 1".
De la Fuente
Usage: Spanish
Means "of the fountain" in Spanish.
Deering
Usage: English
From the Old English given name Deora meaning "dear, beloved".
Cloutier
Usage: French
Pronounced: KLOO-TYEH
Derived from French clou meaning "nail", referring to someone who made or sold nails.
Causey
Usage: English
Indicated a person who lived near a causeway, from Old French caucie.
Beckett
Usage: English
Pronounced: BEHK-it
Originally a diminutive of Beck 1 or Beck 3.
Ashworth
Usage: English
From an English place name meaning "ash enclosure" in Old English.
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