English Surnames
Explore 548 English surnames with meanings and origins.
Fisher
One who fishes
Fitzalan
Son of Alan
Fitzherbert
Son of Herbert
Fitzhugh
Son of Hugh
Fitzroy
Son of the king
Fitzwalter
Son of Walter
Fitzwilliam
Son of William
Fleming
Person from Flanders
Fletcher
Maker of arrows
Ford
Dweller by a river crossing
Forrest
Dweller near or in a forest
Forster
Keeper of the forest
Fotheringham
People of Fothad's homestead
Fowler
Catcher of wild birds
Fox
Resembling a fox in cunning
Franklin
Free landowner
Freeman
A free man not bound to a lord
Frost
Born in a cold spell, or white-haired
Fry
Free-born person
Fuller
One who fulls or thickens cloth
Gage
Money lender or pledge
Gardener
One who tends a garden
Garrett
Brave with a spear
Gascoigne
Person from Gascony
Gibbons
Son of Gilbert
Gibson
Son of Gilbert
Gilbert
Bright pledge or famous hostage
Giles
Young goat or shield bearer
Gladstone
Clearing with a kite (bird)
Glossop
Valley of the gleaming stream
Glover
Maker or seller of gloves
Goddard
God-hard or divinely brave
Goodman
A good man, or head of household
Goodwin
Good friend
Gordon
Great hill or spacious fort
Gower
From the Gower Peninsula
Graham
Gravel homestead
Grant
Great or large
Graves
Dweller near groves or a steward
Gray
Gray-haired person
Green
Dweller by the village green
Greenwood
Dweller by a verdant wood
Gregory
Watchful or vigilant
Grimsby
Settlement of Grimr
Grindley
Green clearing or grinding clearing
Grosvenor
Chief huntsman
Grove
Dweller by a small wood
Hadley
Heather clearing