English Surnames
Explore 548 English surnames with meanings and origins.
Bird
Resembling a bird
Birtwistle
Nesting place by the river fork
Bishop
One who served a bishop
Blackburn
Dark stream
Blackwell
Dark spring or well
Blake
Dark-haired or pale
Bolton
Settlement with a special building
Bond
Peasant farmer or husbandman
Booth
Dweller at a hut or shelter
Boothroyd
Clearing with a shelter
Boswell
Well of the forest
Bourne
Dweller by a stream
Bowman
One who uses a bow
Bradford
Broad ford
Bradley
Broad clearing in the woods
Bradshaw
Broad thicket or copse
Braithwaite
Broad clearing
Brandon
Broom-covered hill, or beacon hill
Brent
Burnt or steep hill
Brett
A Breton
Brewer
One who brews ale or beer
Briggs
Dweller by a bridge
Brindle
Burnt hill
Bristow
From Bristol (bridge place)
Broadbent
Wide grassy area
Bromley
Clearing with broom plants
Brooks
Dweller near a brook or stream
Brotherton
Settlement of the brothers
Brown
Of brown complexion, hair or clothing
Burgess
Citizen of a town
Burnham
Homestead by a stream
Burns
Dweller by a stream
Burton
Settlement by a fortified place
Butcher
One who slaughters and sells meat
Butler
Chief servant in a household
Byrd
Resembling a bird or birdcatcher
Cade
Round or sturdy person
Caldwell
Cold spring or stream
Calverley
Clearing for calves
Calvert
Calf herder
Camden
Enclosed valley
Carlton
Settlement of free men
Carpenter
Worker in wood
Carr
Dweller by the marshland
Carter
One who drives a cart
Cattermole
Cat mouser or cat catcher
Chadwick
Settlement of Chad, or dairy farm