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#998 TRAVIS Occupational surname for someone who collected a tax or toll at a crossing. Male names including Beau, Edward and Frederick have had a recent resurgence. #426 RIVAS From the sea side or river bank. #961 OCONNELL Descendant of Conaill. #697 BOOTH Lives near a stall or hut. 1 smith 2 johnson 3 williams 4 jones 5 brown 6 davis 7 miller 8 wilson 9 moore 10 taylor 11 anderson 12 thomas 13 jackson 14 white 15 harris: 16 martin 17 thompson 18 garcia 19 martinez 20 robinson 21 clark 22 rodriguez 23 lewis 24 lee 25 walker 26 hall 27 #450 BRADY Possibly from the Gaelic surname Mac Bradaigh son of the thief, or from the early English brad-eage meaning broad eye or someone with excellent eyesight. #662 ATKINS Family of Adam. #322 HOPKINS From the family of Hob (nickname for Robert). #525 FRENCH Person from France. #627 SKINNER Occupational surname for someone who made hides or pelts. #399 HARDY Bold, Courageous. #869 RUSH From the place with reeds or occupational surname for someone who worked with reeds. #55 DIAZ Son of Diego #868 PACE The peaceful one. #803 CALHOUN Variant of the Scottish surname, Colquhoun, meaning nook or corner. #22 PEREZ Son of Pedro (Pedrez/Perez). #916 CRANE Nickname surname given to a man who was tall and thin like a crane (bird). Arthur As strong as a bear. #261 VEGA From the plain, meadow. Literally means from the wood grove of Augustus. #828 BRAVO Brave, proven in battle. #6 GARCIA - Of unknown meaning. #218 ANDREWS Family of Andrew. #680 KANE From the town of Caen, in Normandy, France. #246 BURKE From the burg (town) of the castle. Literally means the watering place. #949 PERALTA Habitational surname for someone from any number of places named Peralta in Spain. Print. #555 MERCADO Occupational surname for someone who works in a market. #460 TODD Fox. #361 TERRY Power of the Theudo people. #911 BEST Occupational surname for someone who was a cattle-herder or dealer. #85 JAMES Family of James (Supplanter). 42. #631 WALL Lives near a city wall or enclosure. #143 McDONALD Son/family of Donald #593 CARSON Probably a form of Karsten, or a created name meaning Son of Carr/Kerr. #740 EATON From any number of towns called Eaton in the U.K. #722 McCLAIN Scottish clan name, originally Mac Gille Eathain, meaning son of the servant of Saint John. #241 GREENE Lives in or near a green area. #243 WHEELER Occupational surname for a person who made wagon wheels. #26 SANCHEZ Son of Sancho. Dmitriy #689 ONEILL Son of Neill. #788 GAINES Nickname surname for someone who was very clever. #262 BISHOP Occupational surname for a bishop. 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 . #933 HUBER German surname for the word hide, a unit of farm land. #229 CONTRERAS From the town of Contreras, Spain. #638 VELEZ Visigoth surname meaning vigilant people. #707 SAWYER Occupational surname for a woodsman or someone who worked with a saw. #897 RIVERS Lives by the river. #778 KENT From Kent, England or literally from the coast. #368 MILES Son of Mile. Wison. #226 MATTHEWS Son of Matthew. #476 SAUNDERS Family of Alexander. #621 RANDALL Son of Rand/Rande. #644 VILLA Homestead. 2. The hardships that America faced and the hope for the future can be seen in the most popular baby names of the 1930s. It means 'God is my judge'. Literally means Son of bringer of wisdom. #242 NUEZ Son of Nuo #654 DALTON From the town near the valley, dale. #268 GILBERT Bright Pledge. From the Gaelic buth, meaning house, and Chanain meaning of the canon. Dr. Amos Grunebaum, MD, FACOG is a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and among the world's leading authorities on fertility and pregnancy. In ascending order, the most common Japanese surnames today: 10. Wassa was a feminine Anglo-Saxon given name. Here is a list of the 25 most popular surnames in Britain, and what they say about your family history. #116 JORDAN From the area of the River Jordan. #833 FREDERICK Peace ruler. #755 McCULLOUGH From the Scottish clan name, MacCullaich meaning son of the boar, where the boar represented a brave man. Facebook. #451 GOODMAN Man of god, or landowner. 1 5 10 15 20 25 30 #446 WALTON From the walled town. Spain Garcia In Spain almost 3.5% of the population is called ' Garcia ': that's around 1,378,000 people. #536 HOGAN From the Irish O Hogain meaning descendent of gn. Prigord. #251 FRANKLIN Free man. #663 MATHEWS Family of Matthew. Robert and Mary were the most popular names from the 1930s. In the 1930s boy names stayed in the traditional realm when it came to the top 10. #369 LYONS Son or family of Lyon. #355 STEELE Occupational name for a foundry/steel worker. #528 POPE Occupational surname. Most probably used for someone who was brave and formidable in battle. #196 GRANT Large, great. #99 FOSTER Occupational surname, a contraction of Forester. Other last names derived from the kind of work people did include Archer, Baker, Brewer, Butcher, Cook, Dyer,. #247 LARSON Son of Lars. #402 LIN Chines surname meaning from the forest. #900 ASHLEY From the ash wood or clearing. #248 SANTIAGO Of the Saint Tiago/Diego. Garcia leapfrogged from number 18 to number eight, while Rodriguez went up from 22 to nine. #519 MOODY One of brave spirit. #656 BARRON Occupational surname for someone with the title of Baron, or a nickname for someone who acts higher than his station. #156 CRAWFORD By the river/ford crossing #667 ZAVALA From Zawada or Zawady, literally meaning fortress. #813 MIDDLETON From anyone of the places named Middleton in the UK, literally meaning the middle town. Farley, (English Origin) Victorian-era last names meaning "fern woodland". #930 HAYDEN From the hedge enclosure, down hill. #751 CORTES Courteous, refined. #74 KELLY Irish surname meaning bright headed or red-headed. Vladimir m Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovene, Albanian, Medieval Slavic Derived from the Slavic element vladeti meaning "rule" combined with meru meaning "great, famous". #70 COOPER Occupational surname for a barrel maker. #889 BLACKBURN Lives near the dark colored stream. #541 PRATT From the Old English word praett meaning a trick (like pratfall). Since 1910 there have been 60 times more Aftons per capita born in Utah than in the U.S. That is impressive, but the thing that makes Afton really stand out is just how popular it was in Utah during its day. #742 DYER Occupational surname for someone who dyed either cloth or hair or hide. Clarence From Clare. #467 TATE Cheerful person. #928 MULLEN Lives at or near a mill. #564 HESS Person with hood/helmet. Literally means Good little one. #508 BALL Descriptive surname for a bald man. #603 MELENDEZ Visigoth surname meaning Entire Gift. #219 ALVARADO From the white land. Literally means yew tree. Meaning: Tall or large. Girl names from the 20s cover a wider range of names than most people believe. 55. #441 DOYLE Irish surname from the Gaelic Dhubh-ghall meaning dark stranger. #49 CARTER Occupational surname for a cart driver. george, thomas and joseph round out the list of ten most popular boy names of the 1930s. #364 HAIL From the remote valley. #275 REID Red-headed or had a ruddy complexion. Search Belly Ballot to discover the popularity, meanings, and origins of thousands of names from around the world. #348 WATTS Family of Walter. #335 FRAZIER Scottish clan surname, meaning varies but possibly near the strawberry field. #68 ORTIZ Son of Orti #391 CHANG Chinese surname with many meanings. Daw was a nickname for David. #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. These are the most popular Finnish last names: Korhonen (22,637) Virtanen (21,964) Mkinen (20,241) Nieminen (20,064) Mkel (19,111) #682 CALLAHAN From the Gaelic surname O Ceallachain. These 1930s names may be familiar to you via grandparents or great-grandparents or other older relatives born in the first half of the 20th century. Most probably had nothing to do with the actual moon. #756 MERRITT Habitational surname for a family who came from Merriott in Somerset, UK. #970 CHERRY Occupational surname for someone who grew or sold cherries. . #318 VILA From the city of Avila, Spain. #372 BUSH Lives near the bush or thicket. 3. #896 ESPINOSA Lives by the thorn bushes or a person with a prickly character. Tweet Generate Last Names Here: John Rapsomanikis Last Names Generated: John Rapsomanikis #495 NORMAN From the northern region of France. #530 VELAZQUEZ Son of Velasco. #343 RHODES From a clearing in the woods Saito. 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. #880 MAYER Occupational surname for a mayor of a village or town. #448 TRUJILLO Family from the city of Trujillo, Spain. Smirnov is a popular surname in Russia's North. #122 GRIFFIN Mythological creature with the body, tail, and back legs of a lion. #289 PARK Korean surname, meaning gourd. Watson. #902 POTTS Family of Philpott, an early form of the name Phillip. #231 CARPENTER Occupational surname for a carpenter. #512 OROZCO Habitational name from Orozco, Spain. #73 REED Red person with reddish complexion. Charles Free man. Much like today, dozens of surname names made the American popularity charts 100 years ago. #488 BARTON From the barley town. #588 UNDERWOOD Literally means below the trees of a forest, and could be a habitational surname. The links below will take you to pages with data on the most popular last names based on ancestry: Scottish clan name. #885 CASE Occupational surname for someone who makes boxes, cases, or chests. #575 NICHOLSON Son of Nicholas. From Old English word, burna. Picard #725 ROSARIO Contraction of the Spanish Mara del Rosario, given to a girl who was born on the festival of Our Lady of the Rosary, celebrated on the first Sunday in October. #381 LARA Spanish habitational surname for someone who came from Lara de los Infantes, a small community in the province of Burgos, Spain. Laverne (See more girls names beginning with L) Lena. #705 HUMPHREY From the name elements hun meaning bear cub and fried meaning peace. Interpreted as peaceful warrior. #664 BONILLA Lives in or near Bonilla in the province of Cuenca, Spain. #997 DAUGHERTY From the Gaelic surname ODochartaigh, meaning descendent of the hurtful one. #726 VANG Scandinavian surname, probably habitational from a number of farmsteads and other places. #472 ZHANG Chinese surname meaning archer. #572 BRIGGS Variation of the name Bridges could be habitational for someone who lived near a bridge or occupational for someone who built bridges. Jennifer entered the tech arena in the 80s as a software developer and database architect, and became a pioneer in the Internet industry. #356 VAUGHN From the Welsh fychan meaning small, little #378 MANN Strong, manly. #217 RILEY From the rye clearing. #380 DAWSON Son of David. #925 ESQUIVEL Behind the lime tree. #180 FOX Cunning like a fox, or a person with red hair. #5 JONES From the family of Jon/John. #32 YOUNG Meaning the younger. Surname given to a son of a man, when they had the same name. #392 KLEIN Small. #815 LEBLANC French surname for someone who was pale or had very blond hair. Some popular names wereAnneAbigailElisabethfor boysThomasGabrielJamesJoshua What. #550 BARRERA Family that lived near muddy area or ground of clay. #931 CANO Spanish/Portugal surname referring to a cave, or a French/Italian occupational surname occupational for someone who supplied cane/reeds for thatching. [Sources: Frequently Occurring Surnames in the 2010 Census; and Ancestry: What's the Most Common Surname in Your State? #377 McKINNEY Form of the Gaelic Mac Cionaodha meaning son of Cionaodha (pagan god of fire). #123 WALLACE Welsh or Foreigner. #704 CANTU Occupational surname for a singer or cantor. #191 SOTO Lives in or near the small forest. Probably a habitational surname for a family who lived near tree stumps. #681 HANCOCK Son of John. #65 COOK Occupational surname for a cook/chef. #31 WALKER Occupational surname for a person who walked on damp cloth in order to thicken it. #592 HOUSTON From Hughs town. Variation of Suarez. #257 JACOBS Family of Jacobs #590 GREER From the family of Gregory. #206 SANTOS Saints or Family of Santo. #258 OBRIEN Of the Family of Brien # Last Name . #319 WADE By the ford. During the 19th century in England, this surname became the most popular name in the country owing to the explorer Sir Samuel Baker. This page was last edited on 12 January 2023, at 13:01 (UTC). #503 BUCHANAN Locational surname from the area of Buchanan in Stirlingshire, UK. #861 SMALL Person who is short or small. #862 BENTLEY From the clearing overgrown with bent-grass. #171 HOLMES Lives near a small island or islet. #719 WILKERSON Kin or son of William. #761 KLINE German nickname surname given to someone who was small. The most common Japanese last names, Sato and Suzuki, are all the way down at numbers 195 and 202. #678 ARROYO Habitational surname from any of numerous places named Arroyo, literally meaning water channel or irrigation channel. #921 HORNE Occupational surname for someone who carved objects out of horn, or made musical horns (usually made out of animal horn at the time). #290 YANG Chinese surname meaning willow tree or aspen. Literally means Forest land. #10 MARTINEZ Son of Martin. Hear ye! #557 SHEPHERD Occupational surname for a herder of sheep. #78 COX Occupational surname, a derivative of Cook #782 DAVID Beloved. 1. The clear winner of the "most Utah" Utah girls' name was an old timey name popular in the early 1900s. #795 ODONNELL Family of Donnell/Donald. 236 in 1952. #178 STONE Occupational surname for someone who worked with stone, or a family who lived near a stony area. Unknown meaning. Literally means high rock. #767 JACOBSON Son of Jacob. Courteous. #175 ROBERTSON Son of Robert. Relish, (Old French Origin) Derived from relaisse meaning "flavor or taste". 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. #940 AVALOS Spanish habitational surname for someone from balos, Spain. Currently, the most popular Black last name in America is Williams, with a total count of 774,920 people who have the surname. 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? #407 BOWEN Welsh surname meaning Son of Owain. #636 BRUCE From various place names in Normandy, France. In fact, data from a Census Bureau study reveals that the number of Hispanic surnames in the top 25 doubled between 1990 and 2000. #987 REYNA From the French surname Rainer meaning army counsel. #634 WILKINSON Son of William. The latest year's crop of Kiwi babies have more names of non-European origin than ever before. #394 FUENTES Fountains. #643 HODGE Pet form of the name Roger. Click on the names below to learn more about their meaning, history and origins. #111 GONZALES Son/Family of Gonzalo. #584 VALENZUELA Habitational surname from several places named Valenzuela in Spain. #121 REYNOLDS Family or son of Reginald, or the King (rey). #274 WONG Variation of the Korean surname Huang, which literally means shiny or yellow. #748 ENGLISH Person from England. 1970s 1960s 1950s 1940s 1930s. #2 JOHNSON Son of John. #958 BURCH Lives near the birch tree or grove. #205 PETERS Family o Peter. Marley. #201 ARNOLD Power of the Eagle. #653 WYATT Brave warrior. Hear ye! #307 NEWMAN Stranger, newcomer. Warren. #978 LU Chinese surname of unknown meaning. #234 GUERRERO Soldier, warrior. #506 PATTON Son of Pat. #729 ONEAL Son of Neal. #207 HART Irish surname, from the Gaelic hAirt meaning descendant of Art. Joan, Margaret, Nancy and Helen round out the top ten. #587 WEISS German surname element meaning fair hair or pale complected. #220 RAY Ray of sunshine, or King. #313 JOSEPH He will add. #817 HARDIN Habitational surname for families from any number of towns in England named Harden/Hardin. With machinery, you run the risk of picking up extra . #616 HOOD Scottish occupational surname for a maker of hoods or nickname for someone who wore one. #225 JOHNSTON From Johns town. #658 YU Various meanings. #899 BERNARD Bold as a bear. Kathryn. #45 HALL Occupational or place surname for a person who lived or worked in a hall. #842 WALLS Someone who lived near or behind a big wall. #613 ROCHA Portuguese surname based on the French surname Roche, which means lives by the rocky crag. #671 HARRELL Nickname for someone with a good head of thick hair. #649 CHASE Nickname given to a skilled huntsman. Main category: Polish surnames. #176 BOYD Scottish surname, from the Celtic term boidhe meaning fair or yellow. Devi and Singh, the most common surnames in India, are at numbers 6 and 9, respectively. #684 CLINE From the German klein meaning little, small. #415 PAUL Small. Salazar literally translates to old hall. #824 MORSE Family of Maurice. It would not be hard to guess what someone named Tom Carpenter did for a living. #927 DODSON Son of Dodd. #857 RAYMOND Counsel protection. #66 ROGERS Family of Roger #915 DOUGHERTY From the Gaelic surname ODochartaigh, meaning descendent of the hurtful one. #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. #721 BEARD Descriptive surname for a man with a very distinct beard. #134 AGUILAR From a place name, meaning Eagle. #284 WELCH From the same root as Welsh, meaning foreigner. #797 BROWNING Descriptive surname from the Olde English brun meaning someone with brown hair or skin. #993 ROWLAND From the renowned land. #629 RICHARD Brave ruler. The meanings of German last names are those as defined initially when these names became surnames. further information on, please me!! #777 PRUITT From the Old French proux meaning valiant or brave one. Northerner. #757 MURILLO Lives near a boundary or wall. #507 IBARRA From the valley or hillside. Smith Meaning: An English name referring to a blacksmith. #316 FIGUEROA Lives near the fig tree. #864 PECK Occupational surname for someone who dealt in pekkesa medieval measure of dry goods equal to 28 pounds. #796 STEIN Family of Stephen. #668 HENSLEY Habitational surname for someone who lived in or near Hensley, UK. These were the most common names from the roaring 20's. Classic names for flappers, bootleggers, and more! #734 SNOW Descriptive surname for someone with very pale skin or light blonde hair. #811 GILLESPIE From the Gaelic Mac giolla Easpuig, meaning son of the bishops servant. #883 McMAHON From the Gaelic surname Mac Mathghamha, which means son of the Bear. #718 KEITH Nickname for an offspring or young person. Although it currently means the religious leader of the Catholic church, it was a title used for clergy of any rank. #494 STRICKLAND From the cow pasture. The list includes James, John, William, Richard, Charles, Donald, George, Thomas, and Joseph. #142 FERNANDEZ Son of Fernando 2020s 2010s 2000s 1990s 1980s. #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. #713 WILEY Habitational surname for families who came from a number of towns in the U.K. named Wiley. #401 AGUIRRE From a prominent place. Catherine DelahayeGetty Images. #362 HALE From the remote valley. #490 MAXWELL From Macks stream, pool, or well. For example, for a second last name of Moore, type "-Moore" in the text box to generate names like: Carney-Moore, John Hollenbeck-Moore or Westfall-Moore. George, Thomas and Joseph round out the list of ten most popular boy names of the 1930s. #482 HAMPTON From the town near the water meadow. #204 HANSEN Son of Hans. #959 MADDOX From the ancient Welsh male name Matoc meaning good fortune. #337 NEAL Son of Niall, literally meaning cloud or champion. 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. #936 LIM Chinese surname meaning forest. #913 LUGO Habitational surname for families from the town of Lugo in Galicia, Spain. #417 OCONNOR Son of Connor. For each rank and sex, the table shows the name and the number of occurrences of that name. #213 ARMSTRONG Literally means strong man. #711 KAUR Sikh surname meaning Princess. #410 ROBBINS Family of Robin. #390 REEVES Occupational surname meaning sheriff or local official. #894 HERRING Occupational surname for a fisher or seller of herring (fish). #923 QUINTANA Country house. It originally comes from the similar William, so the surname Williams often means "son of William.". #632 BOONE Good person or from Bohon, France. #184 RICE Welsh surname meaning fiery warrior based on the name Rhys. #937 FRYE Born free. #395 BALDWIN Brave friend. 1. This leads to transcriptions such as Awigail for Avigail (Abigail), Basja for Batia, Eliszewa for Elisheva, Rywka for Rivka (Rebecca), and Szelomit for Shlomit. #523 MUELLER German occupational surname for a miller or one who works in a mill. #657 PHELPS Family of Phillip. Used for families from the region of Hesse, in Germany. 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