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From the name of an Italian town near Rome, derived from Latin aqua meaning "water", the home town of the 13th-century saint Thomas Aquinas. In Italy the surname is derived directly from the town's name.
Rivers English. Denoted a person who lived near a river, from Middle English, from Old French riviere meaning "river", from Latin riparius meaning "riverbank". Roach English. From Middle English and Old French roche meaning "rock", from Late Latin rocca, a word that may be of Celtic origin.
From the name of various towns in England, derived from Old Norse kross "cross" (a borrowing from Latin crux) and býr "farm, settlement". Cross English. Locative name meaning "cross", ultimately from Latin crux. It denoted one who lived near a cross symbol or near a crossroads.
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Antúnez Spanish. Means "son of Antonio ". Aquino Italian, Spanish. From the name of an Italian town near Rome, derived from Latin aqua meaning "water", the home town of the 13th-century saint Thomas Aquinas. In Italy the surname is derived directly from the town's name.
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This surname is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is a locational name from any of the various places called Lawford which have as their component elements the Olde English pre 7th Century personal name "Lealla", cognate with the Old High German "Lallo", and the Olde English "ford", a ford...
Jonda Spanish (Latin American, Japanized), American (Hispanic) Jondá means Slingshot and hole in Spanish and is a surname in some Latin American countries and Americans with Hispanic heritage. It is a Japanized form of the surname Honda ...
This is a list of surnames in which the description contains the keyword water. Originally denoted a person from the town of Abano, Latin Aponus, which was derived from the old Celtic root ab meaning "water". Means "water" in Italian, indicating one who dwelt by or transported water.
Derived from Spanish escoba meaning "broom plant", from Latin scopa. It originally indicated a person who lived near a prominent patch of broom. Esparza Spanish. Derived from the Basque place name Espartza, a town in the province of Navarre.