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Pages in category "Surnames of Old English origin" The following 81 pages are in this category, out of 81 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Examples of Scottish surnames derived from nicknames are: Little; White; and Meikle (which means "big"). One of the most common Scottish surnames is Campbell, which is derived from the Gaelic Caimbeul, meaning "crooked-mouth". [13] Another common Scottish surname is Armstrong, which means the son of a strong man.
This list of Scottish Gaelic surnames shows Scottish Gaelic surnames beside their English language equivalent.. Unlike English surnames (but in the same way as Slavic, Lithuanian and Latvian surnames), all of these have male and female forms depending on the bearer, e.g. all Mac- names become Nic- if the person is female.
English surnames of Norse origin. Much of the north of 9th century England was occupied by Norse invaders, who left behind descendants with Norse surnames. Norse invaders ruled much of northern England, in the 9th and 10th centuries, and left English surnames of Norse origin in the area now called the Danelaw. [1][2]
Pages in category "English-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 3,335 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Cornish surnames. Cornish surnames are surnames used by Cornish people and often derived from the Cornish language such as Jago, Trelawney or Enys. Others have strong roots in the region and many in the UK with names such as Eddy, Stark or Rowe are likely to have Cornish origins. Such surnames for the common people emerged in the Middle Ages ...
Surnames of English origin. This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Surnames of British Isles origin . It includes Surnames of British Isles origin that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
F. Faherty; Fahey; Fahy (surname) Fallon (surname) Fanning (surname) Farnan; Farrell (surname) Farrelly; Fay (surname) Fee (surname) Feehily; Feeley; Feely; Fergus (name)