Surname |
Origin |
Meaning |
Radcliff
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Locality
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A place in Lancashire, England
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Radford
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Cornish-British
|
The fern way
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Radland
|
Cornish-British
|
The fern land
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Radnor
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Cornish-British
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The enclosure of ferns
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Raffles
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From Raefel, long-lubber, lath-back, inactive, sluggish
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Rainsford
|
Locality
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Ravensford
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Raleigh
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Rhawlaw, in the Welsh, signifies a lieutenant, a vicar
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Ralph
|
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Saxon From Rad, counsel, and ulph, help
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Ralston
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Ralphstown in Renfrewshire
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Ramage
|
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Branches of trees
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Ramirez
|
Spanish
|
patronymic from the personal name Ramiro
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Ramos
|
Spanish
|
someone who lived in a thickly wooded area
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Ramsden
|
Saxon Locality
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The winding valley, or the extremity of the valley
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Ramsey
|
Locality
|
Ram's Isle, a place in Huntingdonshire, England
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Ran
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Saxon
|
Pure, clear.
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Randal
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Saxon
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Fair-help, from Ran, fair, and ulph, help
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Rander
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Gaelic-Welsh
|
A tract of land on a point or promontory
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Randolph
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Saxon
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Fair-help, from Ran, fair, and ulph, help
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Randulph
|
Saxon
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Fair-help, from Ran, fair, and ulph, help
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Rankin
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Danish Rank, right, upright, erect
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Ranney
|
Locality
|
Renaix, Reinow, or Renais, a town of Switzerland
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Ransom
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The price paid for redemption from captivity or punishment
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Ransome
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The price paid for redemption from captivity or punishment
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Rapp
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Rap, in Danish, is swift, nimble
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Rawdon
|
Locality
|
Royden, near Leeds, in Yorkshire, England
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Rawley
|
Welsh
|
Rhawlaw, a vicar
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Rawlings
|
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Ralphs son
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Rawlinson
|
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son of Rawlings
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Rawson
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Ravenson
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Ray
|
Dutch
|
Roemur, one who extols, praises, boasts
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Raymer
|
Dutch
|
Roemur, one who extols, praises, boasts
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Raymond
|
Teutonic
|
From Rein, pure, and mund, mouth; pure mouth, one who abstains from wanton discourses
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Rayner
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Danish
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Raner, a leader of the Danes
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Read
|
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Rede, advice, counsel, help, or from the fenny plant, a reed
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Record
|
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Rikerd, or Richard
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Redden
|
Cornish-British
|
A place of ferns
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Reddenhurst
|
Locality
|
Reddon, Cornish British, fern, and hurst, Saxon, a wood or grove
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Reed
|
Saxon
|
From Rede, advice, counsel, help, or from the fenny plant, a reed
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Reese
|
Cornish-British
|
Pushing, violent; a strong or powerful man
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Reeves
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From Reeve, a bailiff, provost, or steward
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Reid
|
Scottish
|
person with red hair or a ruddy complexion
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Reilly
|
Irish
|
descendant of Raghailleach
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Reinard
|
Teutonic-Saxon
|
From Rein, pure, and ard, nature, disposition
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Reinhart
|
Dutch
|
A pure heart
|
Renard
|
French
|
A fox, cunning
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Retz
|
Locality
|
A town in Moravia
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Reyes
|
French
|
king from Latin rex
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Reynard
|
Teutonic-Saxon
|
From Rein, pure, and ard, nature, disposition
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Reynolds
|
Saxon
|
Sincere or pure love from, Rhein, pure, and hold, the old English for love
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Reynoldson
|
Saxon
|
son of Reynolds
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Rheese
|
Cornish-British
|
Pushing, violent; a strong or powerful man
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Rhefeldt
|
Dutch
|
deer-field
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Rhodes
|
Locality
|
island of Rhodes, in the Mediterranean Sea
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Rian
|
Gaelic
|
manner, order, arrangement, sobriety, good disposition
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Ricard
|
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Of a powerful, rich, or generous disposition
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Rice
|
Welsh
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Rys
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Rich
|
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Wealthy, opulent; anciently, great, noble, powerful
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Richard
|
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Of a powerful, rich, or generous disposition
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Richardson
|
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son of Richard
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Richmond
|
Saxon
|
rich-mouth; figuratively, eloquent
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Ricketts
|
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Ricards
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Riddell
|
Locality
|
From lands in the county of Yorkshire, formerly called the Ryedales
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Ridder
|
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Ruyter
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Riggs
|
Danish
|
wealthy, rich
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Ring
|
Dutch
|
A Canton; a district of an ecclesiastical congregation
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Ringe
|
Danish
|
Mean, low, small, little
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Ringgold
|
Welsh
|
Rhingol, a cleft, cliff, or steep bank
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Rios
|
Spanish
|
habitational name from any of the places called Ríos, predominantly in Galicia
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Ripley
|
Locality
|
A market-town in west Yorkshire, England
|
Ritchie
|
Scottish
|
Richard
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Ritter
|
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Ruyter, a knight, a chevalier
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Rivera
|
Spanish
|
any of the places named Rivera
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Roberts
|
Saxon
|
From Rod, counsel, and bert or bericht, bright or famous
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Robertson
|
Scottish
|
son of Robert
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Robinson
|
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Son of Robbin
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Roby
|
Danish
|
From Ro, rest, repose, and by, a town--the peaceful town
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Rochester
|
Locality
|
city in Kent, England
|
Rochfort
|
Locality
|
town of France
|
Rodden
|
Cornish-British
|
A place of ferns
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Rodland
|
Saxon
|
Counsel for the land
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Rodriguez
|
Spanish
|
son of Rodrigo
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Roe
|
Gaelic
|
Red-haired
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Roemer
|
Dutch
|
From Roem, glory, renown; a praiser, a boaster
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Roger
|
Teutonic
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Rhu, rest, quiet, peace, and gard, a keeper
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Roland
|
Saxon
|
Counsel for the land
|
Rollin
|
Saxon
|
Counsel for the land
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Romaine
|
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Roman
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Romanno
|
Locality
|
lands in the county of Peebles, Scotland
|
Romero
|
Spanish
|
pilgrim to Rome
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Roof
|
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Reeve
|
Roorback
|
Dutch
|
A town in Bavaria, Germany
|
Root
|
Locality
|
A place lying low
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Roschild
|
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a town in Denmark
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Rose
|
Scottish
|
a place with wild roses
|
Rosencrans
|
Danish
|
Rosenkrands, a garland of roses
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Roseveldt
|
Dutch
|
field of roses
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Ross
|
Scottish
|
A shire of Scotland
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Roswell
|
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Rosveldt, the rose-field
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Roth
|
German
|
Red color
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Rothschild
|
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a town in Denmark
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Rouse
|
French
|
red-haired
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Rousseau
|
French
|
reddish hair
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Roux
|
French
|
someone with red hair
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Rowe
|
Locality
|
A river that overflows its banks
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Rowel
|
Locality
|
the river Rouel, in the Netherlands
|
Rowen
|
Locality
|
a tree, the mountain-ash
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Rowle
|
Cornish-British
|
Rule, order, law
|
Rowley
|
Saxon
|
From Row, sweet or pleasant, and ley, a field
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Rowntree
|
|
mountain-ash
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Roy
|
Gaelic
|
red-haired
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Rue
|
Locality
|
Reaux, in Hainault, Netherlands
|
Rufus
|
French
|
Red
|
Ruggles
|
Locality
|
A town of France
|
Ruiz
|
Spanish
|
son of Ruy
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Rundell
|
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Arundle
|
Runnion
|
Gaelic
|
A small hill
|
Runon
|
Gaelic
|
A small hill.
|
Rusbridge
|
Locality
|
town of Rousbrugge, in Germany
|
Russ
|
|
Russian
|
Russell
|
Scottish
|
Red-haired
|
Russey
|
Locality
|
A town in Doubs, France
|
Rutgers
|
Dutch
|
one desirous of rest, a keeper of rest
|
Rutherford
|
Locality
|
the lands of Rutherford on the river Tweed, in the parish of Maxton, Roxburgshire, Scotland
|
Ruthven
|
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the lands and barony of Ruthven, in Perthshire, Scotland
|
Ruyter
|
|
A knight or chevalier
|
Ryan
|
Irish
|
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Riagháin
|
Ryder
|
|
A forest officer, being mounted
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Rye
|
French
|
From Rive, a coast, a shore, a bank, border
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Rynders
|
Locality
|
A town in North Jutland
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