SunnyShade's Personal Name List

From the given name Abele.

Derived from the Norman name Achard, a form of Ekkehard.

From a place name: either Annesley in Nottinghamshire or Ansley in Warwickshire. The place names themselves derive from Old English anne "alone, solitary" or ansetl "hermitage" and leah "woodland, clearing".

From a Scottish place name, itself derived from alla "wild" and mhagh "field".

From Middle English belle meaning "bell". It originated as a nickname for a person who lived near the town bell, or who had a job as a bell-ringer.

Derived from Old French bon meaning "good".

From the given name Bonitus.

Derived from Middle English burgh meaning "fortress, fortification, castle". It was brought to Ireland in the 12th century by the Norman invader William de Burgh.

Originally indicated a person from the county of Cheshire in England. Cheshire is named for its city Chester.

From Irish Mac Fhlannchaidh meaning "descendant of Flannchadh". The given name Flannchadh means "red warrior".

Derived from the given name Clement.

Means "barrel maker", from Middle English couper.

Means "son of David".

Means "from Orsay", referring to the town of Orsay near Paris, its name deriving from the Latin personal name Orcius.

From the noble title, which was originally from Latin dux "leader". It was a nickname for a person who behaved like a duke, or who worked in a duke's household.

Latin form of Greek Ἠλύσιον (Elysion), which is of unknown origin, perhaps pre-Greek. According to Greek — and later Roman — mythology, Elysium (or the Elysian Fields) was an idyllic afterlife where only the souls of distinguished mortals were admitted.

English form of Fiedler.

Cognate of Fischer.

Means "son of Gib".

Variant of Haley.

From the name of the animal, perhaps a nickname for a shy person.

Anglicized form of Mac Giolla Bhrighde.

Simplified variant of Nguyễn.

From Spanish ribera meaning "bank, shore", from Latin riparius.

Derived from Russian волк (volk) meaning "wolf".

From Chinese 吴 (wú) referring to the ancient state of Wu, which was located in present-day Jiangsu province.

From Chinese 赵 (zhào), which refers to an ancient city-state in what is now Shanxi province. According to legend, King Mu rewarded his chariot driver Zaofu with the city, at which time Zaofu adopted this surname. The later historic state of Zhao, which existed from the 5th to 3rd centuries BC, was named after this city.

This was the surname of Chinese emperors of the Song dynasty.