Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Explore the origins of surnames with roots in Old English on this comprehensive Wikipedia category page.
English surnames of Norse origin. Much of the north of 9th century England was occupied by Norse invaders, who left behind descendants with Norse surnames. Norse invaders ruled much of northern England, in the 9th and 10th centuries, and left English surnames of Norse origin in the area now called the Danelaw. [1][2]
Surnames of English origin. This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Surnames of British Isles origin . It includes Surnames of British Isles origin that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
Surnames of Old English origin (81 P) C. Celtic-language surnames (7 C, 12 P) E. Eliot family (3 C, 1 P) Surnames of English origin (3 C, 718 P) I.
Cornish surnames are surnames used by Cornish people and often derived from the Cornish language such as Jago, Trelawney or Enys. Others have strong roots in the region and many in the UK with names such as Eddy, Stark or Rowe are likely to have Cornish origins. Such surnames for the common people emerged in the Middle Ages, although the ...
Wright is an occupational surname originating in England. [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.
Pages in category "English-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 3,350 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Albanian-language surnames (175 P) Surnames of Old English origin (81 P) Aromanian-language surnames (13 P) Ashkenazi surnames (2 C, 49 P) Surnames of Austrian origin (54 P) Surnames of Azerbaijani origin (9 P)