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Pages in category "English-language occupational surnames" The following 198 pages are in this category, out of 198 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
English-language occupational surnames (198 P) G. ... Pages in category "Occupational surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately ...
Pages in category "English-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 3,354 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The findings have been published in the Oxford English Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, with project leader Richard Coates calling the study "more detailed and accurate" than those before. [18] He elaborated on the origins: "Some surnames have origins that are occupational – obvious examples are Smith and Baker.
Recorded as both Tucker and Tooker, the derivation of the English occupational surname comes from the Old English, pre-7th century verb tucian, meaning "to torment".It would have been for a fuller, also known as a "walker", one who softened freshly woven cloth by beating and tramping on it in water.
Simple English; Slovenčina ... Articles in this category are concerned with surnames (last names in Western cultures, ... Occupational surnames (4 C, 1,459 P)
Webber is an occupational surname referring to, "a maker of cloth". [2] The ending "er" generally denotes some employment, examples include Miller and Salter. The ending "er" is the masculine form whilst "ster", as in Webster, is the feminine form.
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. Later it became any occupational worker [2] [3] (for example, a shipwright is a person who builds ships), and is used as a British family name.