English Surnames Starting with C

Round or sturdy person

Cold spring or stream

Clearing for calves

Calf herder

Enclosed valley

Settlement of free men

Worker in wood

Dweller by the marshland

One who drives a cart

Cat mouser or cat catcher

Settlement of Chad, or dairy farm

Attendant in a private chamber

Attendant in private rooms

Maker or seller of candles

Merchant or trader

Rocky hill with cairns

From Chester (Roman fort)

Settlement at Ceolmund's clearing

Church on a hill

Clerk or clergyman

Dweller on clay land

Settlement on clay ground

Ford near a cliff or slope

Settlement by a cliff

Dweller at the cottages

Settlement at the rounded hilltop

Stream of the red grouse

Coal settlement, or dark farm

Dark-complexioned or charcoal burner

Charcoal burner or servant of Nicholas

Charcoal seller or burner

Son of Colin (little Nicholas)

Settlement in a valley, or by a bend

Officer of the law

Holy river or hound of the plain

One who cooks

Maker of barrels

Bought land

Topped stone or peaked stone

Little raven

From Cornwall

From the county of Cornwall

Settlement by the cottages

One who rests or sleeps

From Courtenay in Normandy

Crow thorn bush

Ford of the crows

Spring where watercress grows