English Surnames
Explore 548 English surnames with meanings and origins.
Davenport
Settlement by a stream
Davidson
Son of David
Davies
Son of David
Dawson
Son of David
Day
Dairy maid or servant
Dean
Dweller in a valley, or a dean
Debenham
Deep river settlement
Dennis
Follower of Dionysius
Denton
Settlement in a valley
Derby
Farm with deer
Devereaux
From Evreux in Normandy
Digby
Settlement with a ditch
Dillon
Loyal or faithful
Dixon
Son of Dick (Richard)
Dodd
Rounded or stumpy person
Dorset
From the county of Dorset
Douglas
Dark water or dark stream
Drake
Dragon or male duck
Drew
Sturdy or manly
Dunn
Dark-skinned or brown-haired
Durham
From the city of Durham
Dutton
Settlement on a hill
Dyer
One who dyes cloth
Dymock
Settlement with pigs
Eardley
Eagle wood or clearing
Easton
East settlement
Edgecombe
Edge of the valley
Edmonds
Son of Edmund (prosperity protector)
Edwards
Son of Edward (wealth guardian)
Ellington
Settlement of Ella's people
Elliott
Son of Elias or little Elijah
Ellis
Son of Elias
Elmore
Moor where elms grow
Emerson
Son of Emery (industrious ruler)
Enfield
Field of a man named Eana
Entwistle
Valley where ducks nest
Evans
Son of Evan
Everett
Strong as a boar
Fairfax
Fair-haired person
Fanshawe
Fan-shaped thicket
Farnsworth
Enclosure with ferns
Farrow
Maker of iron goods or piglets
Faulkner
Falconer or keeper of falcons
Featherstone
Four stones or tetralith
Fenwick
Farm by the marshland
Ferguson
Son of Fergus (man of vigor)
Field
Dweller by open land
Finch
Resembling the bird finch