English Surnames
Explore 548 English surnames with meanings and origins.
Sutton
South settlement
Swift
A fast or nimble person
Swindlehurst
Pig clearing on a hill
Sykes
Dweller by a stream or ditch
Talbot
Messenger of destruction
Tanner
One who tans leather
Taylor
One who cuts cloth
Thatcher
One who thatches roofs
Thistlethwaite
Clearing with thistles
Thompson
Son of Thomas
Thornton
Settlement with thorn bushes
Thorp
Outlying settlement or farmstead
Throckmorton
Settlement by the pool with a plank bridge
Todd
Fox or fox-like person
Townsend
Dweller at the edge of town
Trent
Dweller by the River Trent
Tucker
One who fulls cloth
Tunnicliffe
Enclosed cliff
Turner
One who works a lathe
Underwood
Dweller beneath the trees
Unwin
Not a friend or young bear
Uttoxeter
Settlement of Wuttuc's people
Vance
Dweller by a fen or marsh
Vernon
From Vernon in Normandy (alder grove)
Vickers
Son of the vicar
Villiers
From Villiers in Normandy
Waddington
Settlement of Wada's people
Wainwright
Maker of wagons
Walker
A fuller of cloth
Wallace
Foreigner or Welshman
Waller
Builder of walls or salt maker
Ward
Guard or watchman
Warren
Dweller near a game preserve
Warwick
Dwelling by the weir
Waters
Dweller by the water
Watson
Son of Walter
Watts
Son of Walter
Weatherall
Corner of the wether sheep
Weatherby
Ram farm or wether farm
Webb
A weaver
Webster
A weaver
Weldon
Hill with a spring
Wellington
Settlement of the wealthy
Wells
Dweller by a spring or well
Wesley
West meadow or clearing