Morgan1599's Personal Name List
Abney
Usage: English
Pronounced: AB-nee
From the name of a town in Derbyshire, derived from Old English meaning "Abba's island".
Adler
Usage: German, Jewish
Pronounced: AD-lu(German) AD-lər(English)
Means "eagle" in German.
Alden
Usage: English
Pronounced: AWL-dən
Derived from the Old English given name
Ealdwine.
Allard
Usage: French, English
Pronounced: AL-ərd(English)
Alvey
Derived from the given name
Ælfwig.
Appleby
From the name of various English towns, derived from Old English
æppel "apple" and Old Norse
býr "farm, settlement".
Appleton
From the name of several English towns, meaning "orchard" in Old English (a compound of
æppel "apple" and
tun "enclosure, yard").
Arrington
From the name of a town in Cambridgeshire, originally meaning "Earna's settlement" in Old English (Earna being a person's nickname meaning "eagle").
Azarola
Possibly from Basque azeri meaning "fox".
Bailey
Usage: English
Pronounced: BAY-lee
From Middle English baili meaning "bailiff", which comes via Old French from Latin baiulus "porter".
Bellerose
Means "beautiful rose" in French.
Belmonte
From various place names in Italy and Spain meaning "beautiful mountain".
Bentley
Usage: English
Pronounced: BENT-lee
From a place name derived from Old English
beonet "bent grass" and
leah "woodland, clearing". Various towns in England bear this name.
Blackwood
Usage: English, Scottish
Pronounced: BLAK-wuwd(English)
From an English place name meaning "black wood".
Blair
From any one of several places of this name in Scotland, which derive from Gaelic blàr meaning "plain, field, battlefield".
Blakesley
From the name of a town in Northamptonshire, itself meaning "Blæcwulf's meadow" in Old English. Blæcwulf is a byname meaning "black wolf".
Bolívar
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: bo-LEE-bar
From Bolibar, the name of a small Basque village, derived from Basque bolu "mill" and ibar "meadow". This name was borne by the revolutionary Simón Bolívar (1783-1830).
Bowen
From Welsh
ap Owain meaning
"son of Owain".
Bowman
Usage: English
Pronounced: BO-mən
Occupational name for an archer, derived from Middle English bowe, Old English boga meaning "bow".
Brassington
From a place name, which is derived from Old English meaning "settlement by a steep path".
Buckley 1
Usage: English
Pronounced: BUK-lee
From an English place name derived from
bucc "buck, male deer" and
leah "woodland, clearing".
Caldwell
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAWLD-wehl
From various English place names derived from Old English ceald "cold" and wille "spring, stream, well".
Carpenter
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAHR-pən-tər
From the occupation, derived from Middle English carpentier (ultimately from Latin carpentarius meaning "carriage maker").
Chastain
From Old French castan "chestnut tree" (Latin castanea), a name for someone who lived near a particular chestnut tree, or possibly a nickname for someone with chestnut-coloured hair.
Clay
Usage: English
Pronounced: KLAY
Means simply "clay", originally referring to a person who lived near or worked with of clay.
Dabney
Usage: English
Pronounced: DAB-nee
Delaney 2
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: di-LAYN-ee(English)
Anglicized form of Irish
Ó Dubhshláine meaning
"descendant of Dubhshláine".
Dempsey
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Díomasaigh meaning "descendant of Díomasach", a given name meaning "proud".
Devlin
Anglicized form of the Irish Ó Doibhilin meaning "descendant of Doibhilin", a given name that may be derived from the Gaelic term dobhail meaning "unlucky".
Eccleston
Denoted a person from any of the various places named Eccleston in England, derived from Latin ecclesia "church" (via Briton) and Old English tun "enclosure, yard, town".
Ellis
Usage: English, Welsh
Pronounced: EHL-is(English)
Ellison
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHL-i-sən
Patronymic form of the English name
Ellis, from the medieval given name
Elis, a vernacular form of
Elijah.
Finnegan
Anglicized form of Irish
Ó Fionnagáin meaning
"descendant of Fionnagán". The given name
Fionnagán is a
diminutive of
Fionn.
Fitzgerald
Means
"son of Gerald" in Anglo-Norman French. It was brought to Ireland with William the Conqueror. A famous bearer was Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996), an American jazz singer.
Franklin
Usage: English
Pronounced: FRANGK-lin
Derived from Middle English frankelin meaning "freeman". It denoted a landowner of free but not noble birth, from Old French franc meaning "free". Famous bearers include American statesman Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) and American singer Aretha Franklin (1942-2018).
Gallagher
Anglicized form of the Irish
Ó Gallchobhair meaning
"descendant of Gallchobhar".
Gismondi
From the Old German given name
Gismund.
Glover
Usage: English
Pronounced: GLUV-ər
Occupational name for a person who made or sold gloves, from Middle English glovere.
Greene
Usage: English
Pronounced: GREEN
Grimaldi
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: gree-MAL-dee
From the given name
Grimaldo. It is the surname of the royal family of Monaco, which came from Genoa.
Hampton
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAMP-tən
From the name of multiple towns in England, derived from Old English
ham "home" or
ham "water meadow, enclosure" and
tun "enclosure, yard, town".
Harding
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAHR-ding
Derived from the given name
Heard. A famous bearer was American president Warren G. Harding (1865-1923).
Harper
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAHR-pər
Originally belonged to a person who played the harp or who made harps.
Kelly 2
Usage: Scottish
Pronounced: KEHL-ee(English)
From a Scottish place name derived from coille meaning "grove".
Lockwood
From an English place name meaning "enclosed wood".
Marley
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAHR-lee
Originally denoted a person who hailed from one of the various places in Britain called Marley, ultimately meaning either "pleasant wood", "boundary wood" or "marten wood" in Old English. One of the main characters in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (1843) bears this surname. It was also borne by the Jamaican reggae musician Bob Marley (1945-1981).
McFarlane
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic
MacPhàrlain or Irish Gaelic
Mac Pharlain meaning
"son of Parthalán".
McLain
Usage: Scottish
Pronounced: mə-KLAYN
Meadows
Usage: English
Pronounced: MEHD-oz
Referred to one who lived in a meadow, from Old English mædwe.
Merlo
Usage: Italian, Spanish
Pronounced: MEHR-lo
Means "blackbird", ultimately from Latin merula. The blackbird is a symbol of a naive person.
Morgenstern
Ornamental name meaning "morning star" in German.
Palomo
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: pa-LO-mo
Means "pigeon, dove", from Latin palumbes.
Parker
Usage: English
Pronounced: PAHR-kər
Means "keeper of the park" in Middle English. It is an occupational name for a person who was a gamekeeper at a medieval park.
Passerini
From Italian passero meaning "sparrow".
Pemberton
From the name of a town near Manchester, derived from Celtic penn meaning "hill" combined with Old English bere meaning "barley" and tun meaning "enclosure, yard, town".
Quinn
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: KWIN(English)
Anglicized form of Irish
Ó Cuinn meaning
"descendant of Conn".
Ramsey
Usage: English, Scottish
Pronounced: RAM-zee(English)
Means "garlic island", derived from Old English hramsa "garlic" and eg "island". The surname was brought to Scotland by the Norman baron Simundus de Ramsay.
Rivers
Usage: English
Pronounced: RIV-ərz
Denoted a person who lived near a river, from Middle English, from Old French riviere meaning "river", from Latin riparius meaning "riverbank".
Roscoe
Usage: English
Pronounced: RAHS-ko
From the name of a town in Lancashire, derived from Old Norse rá "roebuck" and skógr "wood, forest".
Sangster
Usage: English, Scottish
Pronounced: SANG-stər(English)
Occupational name or nickname for a singer, from Old English singan "to sing, to chant".
Seabrook
Denoted a person from a town by this name in Buckinghamshire, England. It is derived from that of a river combined with Old English broc "stream".
Seaver
From the unattested Old English given name
Sæfaru, derived from the Old English elements
sæ "sea, ocean" and
faru "journey"
[1].
Shepherd
Usage: English
Pronounced: SHEHP-ərd
Occupational name meaning "shepherd, sheep herder", from Old English sceaphyrde.
Silva
Usage: Portuguese, Spanish
Pronounced: SEEL-vu(European Portuguese) SEEW-vu(Brazilian Portuguese) SEEL-ba(Spanish)
From Spanish or Portuguese silva meaning "forest". This is the most common surname in Portugal and Brazil.
Stanton
Usage: English
Pronounced: STAN-tən
From one of the many places named Stanton or Staunton in England, derived from Old English
stan meaning "stone" and
tun meaning "enclosure, town".
Sullivan
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: SUL-i-vən(English)
Anglicized form of the Irish name Ó Súileabháin meaning "descendant of Súileabhán". The name Súileabhán means "dark eye".
Thorley
Usage: English
Pronounced: THAWR-lee
From any of the various places in England called Thornley or Thorley, meaning "thorn clearing" in Old English.
Thornton
Usage: English
Pronounced: THAWRN-tən
From any of the various places in England by this name, meaning "thorn town" in Old English.
Tipton
Usage: English
Pronounced: TIP-tən
Originally given to one who came from the town of Tipton, derived from the Old English given name Tippa combined with tun "enclosure, yard, town".
Todd
Usage: English
Pronounced: TAHD(American English) TAWD(British English)
Means "fox", derived from Middle English todde.
Turner
Usage: English
Pronounced: TUR-nər
Occupational name for one who worked with a lathe, derived from Old English turnian "to turn", of Latin origin. A famous bearer is the American musician Tina Turner (1939-2023), born Anna Mae Bullock.
Varley
Originally denoted a person from Verly, France, itself derived from the Roman name Virilius.
Vega
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: BEH-gha
From Spanish vega meaning "meadow, plain", of Basque origin.
Weaver 2
Usage: English
Pronounced: WEE-vər
From the name of the River Weaver, derived from Old English wefer meaning "winding stream".
Whitaker
From a place name composed of Old English
hwit "white" and
æcer "field".
Whitney
Usage: English
Pronounced: WIT-nee
Originally from the name of an English town, meaning "white island" in Old English.
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