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C. Canner (surname) Carder (surname) Carpender; Carpenter (surname) Carter (name) Cartwright (surname) Chalmers (surname) Chamberlain (surname) Chamberlayne (surname)
Articles in this category are concerned with surnames (last names in Western cultures, but family names in general), especially articles concerned with one surname. Use template {} to populate this category. However, do not use the template on disambiguation pages that contain a list of people by family name.
The development of the surname shows the usual Medieval English change in pronunciation (and thence spelling) from "-er" to "-ar" and "-ow" endings. Due to varying levels of literacy, and regional dialects the name morphs back and forth from Farrar, Pharo, Farra, Ferrar, Farrer, and Farrow, the name itself did not change, but the spelling of it ...
Waters is a surname, derived from "Wat", or "Wa'ter", an old pronunciation of Gaultier or Walter, and similarly derived from the surname Watson ("Wat's son"). [1] The name is common from an early date in Wales and Yorkshire, [2] [3] as well as Shropshire, England.
Mann is a German, Dutch, Jewish (Ashkenazic), English, Irish or Scottish surname, of Germanic origin. It means 'man', 'person', 'husband'. In the runic alphabet, the meaning 'man', 'human', is represented by the single character ᛗ. Mann (or Maan) is also an Indian surname found among the Jats in Punjab. [1] [2]
Thompson is a surname of English, Irish and Scottish origin which is a variant of Thomson, meaning 'son of Thom'. [3] An alternative origin may be geographical, arising from the parish of Thompson in Norfolk. [4] During the Plantation period, settlers carried the name to Ireland.
Tremblay (French pronunciation: [tʁɑ̃blɛ]) is a French toponymic surname, especially common in French-speaking Canada. As of 2006, Tremblay was the most common surname in Quebec, Canada, accounting for 1.076% of the province's population. [1] Notable people with the surname include: Alfred Tremblay (1912–1975), Canadian prospector and ...