Chips Hatman Temples Raynott Woodbead Nithercott Rummage Southwark Harred Jarsdel Hundreds of other English surnames are "endangered" so rare that fewer than 50 people in England and Wales have them and many more may be extinct within a couple more generations. The Origin of German Last Names . #504 CASEY Irish surname from the Gaelic OCathasaigh, meaning son of Cathasach Hear ye! #774 ORR Lives near a slope or shore. #516 ANDRADE Habitational name for people who lived in the small parish of San Martio de Andrade in the town of Pontedeume, Galicia in Spain. #848 CONRAD Brave counsel. #257 JACOBS Family of Jacobs #645 ABBOTT Occupational surname for someone employed by or who served as an abbott. #594 MORROW From the row of cottages on the moor. #707 SAWYER Occupational surname for a woodsman or someone who worked with a saw. The hardships that America faced and the hope for the future can be seen in the most popular baby names of the 1930s. #828 BRAVO Brave, proven in battle. #596 WHITAKER From the white field or from the wheat field. #379 ZIMMERMAN Occupational surname for a master carpenter. #898 FARLEY Habitational surname for one who is from any of the many English towns called Farley or Farleigh. #146 KENNEDY Irish surname, from Cinnidigh, meaning Misshapen or ugly head might be derived from someone who wore a helmet so much their head was misshapen. #128 BRYANT Family of Brian. Go short, powerful and cute. Means valor, courage. #118 ALEXANDER Defending Men possibly an occupational surname for a soldier. #928 MULLEN Lives at or near a mill. #10 MARTINEZ Son of Martin. #677 GARRISON Son of Gerard or Gerald. #434 MANNING Strong, valiant. Another common source of surnames are nicknames or descriptive names. #409 DENNIS Family of Dennis. #116 JORDAN From the area of the River Jordan. #679 BOND Landowner who is bound by loyalty to the local lord. #748 ENGLISH Person from England. 2. #111 GONZALES Son/Family of Gonzalo. #557 SHEPHERD Occupational surname for a herder of sheep. #827 STARK Unwielding, steady, firm. #909 FRY Born free. Unknown meaning. #447 BLAKE White complected or white haired. #577 LOZANO Italian-Swiss surname for people from the city of Locarno, Switzerland. #433 CHRISTENSEN Son of Christian. Williams. #178 STONE Occupational surname for someone who worked with stone, or a family who lived near a stony area. #630 GALVAN Nickname for someone who had a receding hairline or was going bald. #234 GUERRERO Soldier, warrior. #457 POTTER Occupational surname for someone who made pottery. #785 BERGER Either Swedish surname for someone who lived near a hill or mountain, or French for a shepherd (Bergere). These are the most popular Finnish last names: Korhonen (22,637) Virtanen (21,964) Mkinen (20,241) Nieminen (20,064) Mkel (19,111) #982 MADDEN From the Irish surname OMadain, meaning descendant of the son of the hound. #640 ROY Royal, Kingly. Traditional Irish names; naming conventions; Irish last names; most popular names in Ireland. Ford, the automobile manufacturer, used to vacation at the Wayside Inn in Massachusetts, where he enjoyed the dance programme run by a man named Benjamin Lovett. #238 ESTRADA Literally means street or way #481 HAMMOND From the Norse Viking name Hamundr, meaning high protection. #180 FOX Cunning like a fox, or a person with red hair. Literally means little shield. 3. #439 McGEE Gaelic surname meaning Son of Aodh, meaning fire. From the Gaelic buth, meaning house, and Chanain meaning of the canon. 100 Most Common Surnames You can find the latest information on the Most Common Surnames in Birth, Marriage and Death registers pages. #65 COOK Occupational surname for a cook/chef. 3. #161 GORDON Scottish surname meaning spacious fort or home. Robert and Mary were the most popular names from the 1930s. SMS. #361 TERRY Power of the Theudo people. For example, in the transliterations they use the sz instead of sh, w instead of v, j instead of y, and c for the (which in English would usually be Tz, Ts, or simply Z). #291 LITTLE Surname from a nick name meaning little man. Ivan This name would ring a bell for those who have watched Sylvester Stallone's award-winning movie series 'Rocky'. #117 PATTERSON Son of Patrick. #647 TAPIA Lives in or behind a mud wall. #746 GUEVARA From Guevara, Spain. #270 SIMS Family of Simon. #262 BISHOP Occupational surname for a bishop. #624 COMBS LIves near a small valley (cumb). #524 HARTMAN Dutch surname used for a hardy/strong man. #525 FRENCH Person from France. #92 ALVAREZ Family of Alvaro. From Ceallaigh. Weston. #920 BLANCHARD With white hair or pale complexion. #988 CANTRELL Occupational surname for a bell ringer (someone who rang the Chanterelles) or who sang in a choir. #635 BRIDGES Lives near a bridge or a bridge builder. Four states, Kentucky, Maryland, Tennessee, and Virginia share the top surnames of Smith, Johnson, and Jones. 1. #914 PORTILLO Spanish/Castilian surname meaning small port. #566 OLSEN Son of Olaf. #6 GARCIA Of unknown meaning. #542 STOKES From the Old English stoc meaning trunk of a tree. Some of those old-fashioned names, including Archie, are traditionally nicknames and that's . #583 MORA Blackberry. Much like today, dozens of surname names made the American popularity charts 100 years ago. January 23, 2020 POSSIBLE REASONS BEHIND STUDENT VISA REJECTION. #791 BARTLETT Son or family of Bartholomew. Literally means foreign help. #762 CORDOVA Habitational surname for a family from the ancient city of Crdoba, Spain. #855 MAHONEY From the Gaelic surname OMathghamhana meaning son of Mathghamhain, literally meaning bear. Raslo. #488 BARTON From the barley town. Most probably used for someone who was brave and formidable in battle. . #864 PECK Occupational surname for someone who dealt in pekkesa medieval measure of dry goods equal to 28 pounds. Williams Meaning: An English name meaning son of William. #674 HUFFMAN Man/Steward of a farm. #67 GUTIERREZ Son of Gutierre. #769 KNOX Near a round-topped hill (cnoc) #894 HERRING Occupational surname for a fisher or seller of herring (fish). #741 BLACKWELL Lives near the black stream. #461 WU Chinese surname meaning gateway to heaven. #751 CORTES Courteous, refined. #487 CLARKE Occupational surname for a clerk. #569 NASH From the place near the ash tree. There's something about Irish names - both first and last names - that people the world over find compelling. #873 BERNAL Spanish surname meaning son of Baruch. #794 McCALL From Gaelic surname Mac Cathmhaoil, literally meaning son of the battle chief. #903 TRUONG Vietnamese surname meaning drawing a bow or archer. #239 ORTEGA From Ortega, Spain. #374 WOLFE Wolf or Wolf-like. #808 DUARTE A prosperous guardian. #736 PRESTON From the village with the priest. #544 BALLARD Nickname for a person who had a bald head. #657 PHELPS Family of Phillip. #866 BOYLE From the Gaelic surname OBaoighill, meaning family of the rash or angry person. #104 RUSSELL Little Red one. Garcia leapfrogged from number 18 to number eight, while Rodriguez went up from 22 to nine. Ivan was a famous king of Russia. #455 FISCHER Fisherman. #724 MATA Habitational name derived from a number of towns in Spain and Portugal. (This includes names derived at an older stage of the language.) #175 ROBERTSON Son of Robert. #880 MAYER Occupational surname for a mayor of a village or town. #551 CAIN Hebrew name meaning acquired. #663 MATHEWS Family of Matthew. 1 5 10 15 20 25 30 #643 HODGE Pet form of the name Roger. #305 HOLLAND From the Netherlands/Holland. This was the name of a 9th-century ruler of Bulgaria. They were followed by Richard, Charles, and Donald. #514 COBB Nickname meaning lump or a short form of the name Jacob. #127 HAYES Lives in or near an enclosure. Hardened meaning battled in war. #260 SINGH Lion-like. #578 RANGEL Spanish/Portuguese surname, meaning unknown. #491 WATERS From the place near the water, or family of Walter. #155 BURNS Lives by the stream. #151 FREEMAN A person who was not owned or ruled by another. Most Common Italian Last Names. #304 MAY Family of Matthew. #545 LANG Nickname for a person who was tall. #183 MEYER Mayor. #807 HULL Either a habitational surname for someone who lived on or near a hill, or from the given name Hulle, which was a nickname for Hugh. #561 LAMB Occupational surname for a herder of sheep. #882 SHEPARD Occupational surname for a shepherd. #865 LUCERO Light or evening star. #784 MARIN Family of Marino or lives near the sea. #471 HODGES Family of Roger. #61 STEWART Occupational surname for someone who was a steward. #598 YODER Swiss surname meaning son or family of Theodore. Northerner. 2020s 2010s 2000s 1990s 1980s. #764 ROACH From the French surname Roches, meaning lives near a rocky crag. #802 HENDRICKS Family of Hendrick/Heinrich. #210 ELLIOTT Family of Elias. #549 DRAKE Dragon. What were some popular American names in colonial times? #145 WASHINGTON From the area belonging to Wassas people. #896 ESPINOSA Lives by the thorn bushes or a person with a prickly character. Kathleen. #332 CRAIG Lives near the outcropping of rocks. #45 HALL Occupational or place surname for a person who lived or worked in a hall. #469 SHERMAN Literally translates to shear man, an occupational surname for someone who trimmed pills off the surface of fine cloth. #983 TERRELL Stubborn one. #451 GOODMAN Man of god, or landowner. #186 GARZA The heron bird. #912 BENTON From the town with the bent grass. #886 SAMPSON The sun. #285 ROJAS Red-headed or ruddy complexion. [Sources: Frequently Occurring Surnames in the 2010 Census; and Ancestry: What's the Most Common Surname in Your State? #556 SANTANA Follower of St. Anna. ItaliaNames. Among the Top 1930-1939 baby girl names in the U.S., Shelby 1749, Deanna 1744, Claudette 1703, Sondra 1604, Saundra 1445, Sonja 1420, Sharron 1403, Darla 1387, Kathy 1385 and Sharlene 1359 soared the most in popularity in contrast to 10 years ago in 1920-1929. Charles Free man. #644 VILLA Homestead. #258 OBRIEN Of the Family of Brien #758 MOON Either from the French word moun meaning a monk or someone who lives a monastic lifestyle, or from the Cornish word mon, meaning thin applied to a person who was skinny. Smirnov is a popular surname in Russia's North. Jennifer entered the tech arena in the 80s as a software developer and database architect, and became a pioneer in the Internet industry. #837 ENRIQUEZ Son of Enrique. : Polish surnames. Literally means high rock. #737 VANCE From a low marshland. #809 ELLISON Son of Ellis/Elias/Elijah. #141 HARRISON Son of harry. #492 LOGAN From the Irish surname OLeoghain, meaning descendant of the warrior. #16 THOMAS Son of Thomas. #660 HEATH Lives in or near a heath (open, unculivated land) or from a town named Heath. #215 CARROLL Irish surname from the Gaelic O Cearbhaill meaning fierce in battle. #721 BEARD Descriptive surname for a man with a very distinct beard. #462 HINES Occupational surname for a deer keeper or tender. #114 SIMMONS Family of Simon. This leads to transcriptions such as Awigail for Avigail (Abigail), Basja for Batia, Eliszewa for Elisheva, Rywka for Rivka (Rebecca), and Szelomit for Shlomit. #489 SCHROEDER German occupational surname for a tailor. #965 McPHERSON From the Gaelic surname Mac an Phearsain, meaning son of the parson. #804 SEXTON Occupational surname for someone who worked as a sexton, a warden of a church. #587 WEISS German surname element meaning fair hair or pale complected. #710 HUTCHINSON Son of hugh, or son of the close, beloved relative. #899 BERNARD Bold as a bear. Warren. #283 WEBER German occupational surname for a weaver. #870 HURLEY From the village on cleared land. #595 CLAYTON From the village of clay (on clay ground). Pascal. Literally means yew tree. #412 RAMSEY Locational surname from the town of Ramsey, UK. #287 MARQUEZ Son of Marco. #468 MACK Son of #123 WALLACE Welsh or Foreigner. #243 WHEELER Occupational surname for a person who made wagon wheels. #84 WOOD Lives in or near the woods. #782 DAVID Beloved. #604 POOLE Lives near a small lake or stream. #414 GRIFFITH Leader with a strong Grip. #431 ROSALES From the place of roses. With thousands of award-winning articles and community groups, you can track your pregnancy and baby's growth, get answers to your toughest questions, and connect with . Generate (surnames) last names or family names for characters in stories, books, plays, movies, etc with our random last name generator Gender Neutral How many? #413 FRANCIS Person from France or free man. #773 MEADOWS Lives in or near the meadow. #294 DAY From the family of David. #790 CUEVAS Habitational surname for someone who lived in or near caves. #113 VASQUEZ Son of Vasco. #23 THOMPSON Son of Thomas. The 200 most popular names were taken from a universe that includes 1,467,410 male births and 3,106,292 female births #948 BRANDT Family of Brando, literally meaning hot-tempered. #891 GOULD Descriptional surname for someone with golden hair or occupational for someone who worked with gold, like a jewelry maker or gilder. These names are people who self-identified as "Black" in the Decennial Census survey. 1970s 1960s 1950s 1940s 1930s. #698 KOCH German occupational surname for a cook or kitchen manager. #276 HANSON Son of Hans. #877 VENTURA Foundling or deserted child used for someone who was innocent or gullible. #465 MALONE From the Gaelic surname OMaoileoin meaning follower of St. John. #816 ESPARZA Occupational surname for a professional swordsman/soldier. #817 HARDIN Habitational surname for families from any number of towns in England named Harden/Hardin. Baldwin This name is derived from the German name Baldavin, meaning "bold or brave friend.' It was also a personal name for several brave crusaders during the 12th century. Girl names from the 20s cover a wider range of names than most people believe. #955 COFFEY From the Gaelic surname O Cobhthaigh meaning descendant of the victorious. #496 PERSON Son of Per/Peter. Smith Number in Great Britain: 546,960 An English and Scottish occupational name. #852 FITZPATRICK Son of Patrick #987 REYNA From the French surname Rainer meaning army counsel. Jones Meaning: An English or Welsh name meaning son of John. #157 OLSON Son of Olaf. #952 FAULKNER Occupational surname for a falconer or someone who trained hawks/falcons. #799 LOWERY Family of Lawrence. #815 LEBLANC French surname for someone who was pale or had very blond hair. #228 RICHARDS Family of Richard. #404 CHANDLER Occupational surname for a candle-maker. The most common Polish names Nowak, Nowakowski, Nowacki, and Nowicki are all variants meaning new, and Przybyszewski and Przybylski mean he who has arrived. #772 LEACH Either an occupational surname for someone who worked with leaches (like a doctor) o from the word loecc/loch meaning water or lake for someone who lived near one. baer/berman/beerman/berkowitz/beronson bear; adler eagle (may derive from reference to an eagle in psalm 103:5); einhorn unicorn; falk/sokol/sokolovksy falcon; fink finch; fuchs/liss . #321 STANLEY Lives near the stone clearing. #925 ESQUIVEL Behind the lime tree. #43 NELSON Son of Neil. #156 CRAWFORD By the river/ford crossing #547 VILLARREAL From the royal estate/village. Click to visit 16 Jewish Baby Names That Were Popular in the 1930s - Kveller #153 TUCKER Occupational surname for someone for a cloth thickener. #668 HENSLEY Habitational surname for someone who lived in or near Hensley, UK. #4 BROWN Surname from a nickname for someone with a dark complexion or hair. #674 CHOI Korean surname meaning one who oversees the land and the mountain. But by and large, these once-stylish surnames are currently neglected. #411 LIU Chinese surnmae meaning to kill, destroy. ' Silva' is also a widespread surname in regions of the former Portuguese Empire in Asia, such as India and Sri Lanka. #739 JOHNS Family of John. #176 BOYD Scottish surname, from the Celtic term boidhe meaning fair or yellow. #300 MEJIA Unknown meaning, might be a religious surname referring to the Messiah. According to the above table, from the 2000 . #98 ROSS Scottish surname indicating someone who lived on or near a point of high land that juts out into a large body of water. #53 EVANS Family of Evan. Literally means battlefield. #5 JONES - From the family of Jon/John. #829 NOBLE From nobility. #166 MASON Occupational surname for a bricklayer. Any totals for last names are the number of people with the last name as of the last US census. #110 BARNES Someone who lived or worked in or near a barn. #591 SUMMERS Occupational surname for a sumpter a person who drove pack mules or horses. #467 TATE Cheerful person. Among those 1930s baby names with the greatest drop in popularity are Wanda and Phyllis for girls, and Fred and Earl for boys. I watched The Addams Family (1991) and Addams Family Values (1993) 150. #442 GARNER Contraction of Gardener or occupational surname for someone who was in charge of the storehouse (granary). #391 CHANG Chinese surname with many meanings. #897 RIVERS Lives by the river. #916 CRANE Nickname surname given to a man who was tall and thin like a crane (bird). #567 COCHRAN Scottish surname for a family who lived near the lowlands of Cochrane. #926 BEAN Either from the word bene meaning friend, good person or occupational for someone who literally grew or sold beans. #744 MACDONALD Son of Donald. #179 SALAZAR From Salazar, Spain. #399 HARDY Bold, Courageous. #869 RUSH From the place with reeds or occupational surname for someone who worked with reeds. #437 McLAUGHLIN Son of Lochlann, meaning lake land. Dmitriy #795 ODONNELL Family of Donnell/Donald. Read Dr. Amos' full bio, the book about him "Lessons in Survival: All About Amos," and a fictionalized account of his father's life in the novel, "Through Walter's Lens." In addition to his current work, Dr. Amos is using his vast experience to launch . Basque term meaning Cold Mountain. #288 FIELDS Lived in or near the fields. #79 WARD Guardian #182 MILLS Occupational surname for one who lived near or worked in a mill. #37 TORRES Family who lived near a tower. #137 FORD Lives by a shallow place in the river. Parker. For each rank and sex, the table shows the name and the number of occurrences of that name. #687 ARELLANO Habitational surname for a family from Arellano, spain. #777 PRUITT From the Old French proux meaning valiant or brave one. #26 SANCHEZ Son of Sancho. 14/08/2014. Catherine DelahayeGetty Images. #629 RICHARD Brave ruler. Literally means Good little one. #342 FLEMING Flemish (Belgian/Dutch) person or from Flanders, Belgium. # Last Name . #4 BROWN - Surname from a nickname for someone with a dark complexion or hair. It means 'God is my judge'. #871 HARDING Son of the hardened one. #203 VAZQUEZ Son of Vasco. #401 AGUIRRE From a prominent place. #380 DAWSON Son of David. #947 RASMUSSEN Danish/Norwegian surname, meaning son of Rasmus. #902 POTTS Family of Philpott, an early form of the name Phillip. #339 GREGORY Possibly from Gregorian monks, literally means watchful, awake. Derived from the Latin word Pascha, Pascal is a patronymic or a hereditary surname. #625 MATHIS Family of Matthew. #938 SHEPPARD Occupational surname for a shepherd. The latest year's crop of Kiwi babies have more names of non-European origin than ever before. 4. #168 MUOZ Son of Muo, a personal name that means hill. Literally means From the rich hill or mount. #346 NORRIS From the North. #17 TAYLOR From the family of the tailor. #195 PAYNE Originally meaning pagan. #812 BUCK Either descriptive or occupational surname for someone who resembled a male deer, or someone who traded in them. #318 VILA From the city of Avila, Spain. #535 YATES Occupational or habitational surname for someone who was a gate-keeper, or lived near a prominent gate. #470 HUBBARD Variation of the name Hubert, meaning bright heart. cauldrons). #440 GROSS Big, large. #91 PRICE Family of Rhys. #712 BERG From the mountain. #632 BOONE Good person or from Bohon, France. #949 PERALTA Habitational surname for someone from any number of places named Peralta in Spain. Some popular boy names are Michael and John. Watson. #430 FITZGERALD Son of Gerald. #196 GRANT Large, great. #290 YANG Chinese surname meaning willow tree or aspen. #550 BARRERA Family that lived near muddy area or ground of clay. Joan, Margaret, Nancy and Helen round out the top ten. #306 JUAREZ Son of Suero. #918 PHAN Vietnamese surname of unknown meaning. #887 MOSES Born of a god. #750 WOODARD Contraction of Woodward meaning ward or caretaker of the woods. #980 NOVAK The newcomer/new one. #749 HURST Someone who lives by a wooded hill. #895 McKAY From the Gaelic surname MacAodh, literally meaning son of fire. #701 BRENNAN From the Irish surname O Braonin, meaning descendant of Braonn. Literally means raindrop or drop of moisture. #520 ESCOBAR Habitational surname for someone who lived in or near a place overgrown with broom (a shrub with long, thin green stems). #703 MARKS Family of Mark or Marcus. #240 WATKINS Family of Walter/Watt Given to a person who was a champion of a competition such as jousting. #227 PEA Lives near the rock or cliff. The names are the same as the top surnames in the United States: Smith, Johnson, Williams, Brown, and Jones. . #279 GARRETT Family of Gerald. #970 CHERRY Occupational surname for someone who grew or sold cherries. #922 FINLEY From the Gaelic surname Fionlagh, meaning fair hero. #890 DUNLAP From the fort by the muddy place. #207 HART Irish surname, from the Gaelic hAirt meaning descendant of Art. To search, press CTRL-F on a PC, or -F on a Mac, then enter your last name. #939 McCARTY From the Gaelic surname Mac Carthaigh meaning son of the loving one. In the 1930s boy names stayed in the traditional realm when it came to the top 10. 27. #109 HENDERSON Son of Hendrick/Hendry. #601 CAREY Welsh surname meaning from the fort on the hill. #86 BENNETT Family of Benedict (Blessed). Boys Girls Albert Aristocratic and bright Alfred Advice from elves Alice Noble, graceful Anna Gracious, merciful Annie Gracious, merciful Anthony Worthy of admiration or praise Arthur As strong as a bear Barbara Stranger, foreigner