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C. Canner (surname) Carder (surname) Carpender; Carpenter (surname) Carter (name) Cartwright (surname) Chalmers (surname) Chamberlain (surname) Chamberlayne (surname)
There are also more complicated names based on occupational titles. In England it was common for servants to take a modified version of their employer's occupation or first name as their last name, [citation needed] adding the letter s to the word, although this formation could also be a patronymic.
C. Caballero (surname) Cabrera (surname) Calderón; Calderone; Calvert (name) Camerarius; Canner (surname) Cârciumaru; Carder (surname) Çarkçı; Carnera; Carnicero
-strom, -strøm, -ström (Danish, Swedish) from 'current', probably an arbitrarily adopted ornamental name but possibly a topographic name for someone who lived by a river. [ citation needed ] - tæ (Ossetian) "belong to" [ citation needed ]
In the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, new names were most often formed by adding the name of the former or current place of living (e.g. Puumalainen < Puumala). In the East Finnish tradition, the women carried the family name of their fathers in female form (e.g. Puumalatar < Puumalainen). By the 19th century, this practice fell into disuse ...
Wright is an occupational surname originating in England and Scotland. [1] The term 'Wright' comes from the circa 700 AD Old English word 'wryhta' or 'wyrhta', meaning worker or shaper of wood.
Grainger is a surname of English origin. [1] It is a variant of the surname Granger which is an occupational name for a farm bailiff. [2] The farm bailiff oversaw the collection of rent and taxes from the barns and storehouses of the lord of the manor. [2]
Napier (/ ˈ n eɪ p i ər / NAY-pee-ər) is a surname with an English, Scottish, French or Polish origin.. The British surname Napier is derived from an occupational name for someone who sold or produced table linen; or for a naperer which was a servant who was responsible for the washing and storage of linen in a medieval household.