English Surnames
Explore 548 English surnames with meanings and origins.
Chamberlain
Attendant in a private chamber
Chambers
Attendant in private rooms
Chandler
Maker or seller of candles
Chapman
Merchant or trader
Charnock
Rocky hill with cairns
Chester
From Chester (Roman fort)
Churchill
Church on a hill
Clark
Clerk or clergyman
Clay
Dweller on clay land
Clayton
Settlement on clay ground
Clifford
Ford near a cliff or slope
Clifton
Settlement by a cliff
Coates
Dweller at the cottages
Cobham
Settlement at the rounded hilltop
Cockburn
Stream of the red grouse
Colby
Coal settlement, or dark farm
Cole
Dark-complexioned or charcoal burner
Collier
Charcoal seller or burner
Collins
Son of Colin (little Nicholas)
Compton
Settlement in a valley, or by a bend
Constable
Officer of the law
Conway
Holy river or hound of the plain
Cook
One who cooks
Cooper
Maker of barrels
Copeland
Bought land
Corbett
Little raven
Cornish
From Cornwall
Cornwall
From the county of Cornwall
Cotton
Settlement by the cottages
Courtney
From Courtenay in Normandy
Crathorne
Crow thorn bush
Crawford
Ford of the crows
Cresswell
Spring where watercress grows
Cromwell
Winding stream
Cross
Dweller near a cross or crossroads
Crouch
Dweller by a cross
Curtis
Courteous or well-educated
Dacre
Trickling stream
Dale
Dweller in a valley
Dalton
Settlement in a valley
Dane
From Denmark or dweller in a valley
Daniels
Son of Daniel
Darcy
From Arcy in Normandy
Darling
Dear one or beloved