English Surnames
Explore 548 English surnames with meanings and origins.
Longbottom
Long valley bottom
Lowe
Dweller by a burial mound or hill
Lyndhurst
Lime tree wooded hill
Maddox
Son of Madoc (fortunate)
Makepeace
Peacemaker or mediator
Mallory
Unlucky, ill-fated
Manning
Son of the valiant one
Mansfield
Open land by the River Maun
Marsh
Dweller by a marsh
Marshall
One who tends horses
Martindale
Valley of Martin
Mason
Worker in stone
Maxwell
Magnus's spring or great stream
Maynard
Strong and brave
Melton
Settlement with a mill
Mercer
Dealer in textiles
Middleton
Middle settlement
Miller
One who grinds grain
Mills
Dweller by a mill
Milner
One who works at a mill
Mitchell
Big or great (from Michael)
Montague
Pointed hill from Normandy
Montgomery
From a place in Normandy
Moore
Dweller on a moor or marshland
Morgan
Sea circle or sea chief
Morley
Clearing on a moor
Morris
Dark-skinned (from Maurice)
Mortimer
Dead sea (from Normandy)
Moss
Dweller by a peat bog
Nash
Dweller by an ash tree
Nelson
Son of Neil or Nell
Nethercott
Lower cottage
Neville
From Neuville in Normandy
Newcomb
New valley or newcomer
Newton
New settlement
Nicholson
Son of Nicholas
Noble
A person of high birth
Norris
Northerner or nurse
Northcott
North cottage
Norton
North settlement
Oakley
Clearing with oak trees
Ogden
Oak valley
Oliver
Olive tree planter or elf warrior
Osborne
Divine bear or god-warrior
Osgood
Divine goodness
Owen
Young warrior or well-born
Page
A young servant or attendant