Lincoln is an English surname which derives from a place name in England, Lincolnshire. It comes from Brythonic *lindo meaning “pool, lake” combined with Latin colonia “colony” from colōnus (farmer; colonist) derived from PIE *kʷel- (to move; to turn around), essentially referring to a colony by the water. Lincoln has also been used as a given name. Usage: English
Cameron comes from a Scottish surname meaning "crooked nose" made up from Scottish Gaelic cam (crooked, askew) and sròn (nose), like originating as a nickname for someone with a crooked or broken nose. As a locational surname, Cameron could be a variant of Cambrun meaning "crooked hill". Cameron has also been used as a unisex given name. Usage: Scottish,… Continue reading Cameron
Whitaker is an English surname deriving from a place name made of up of Old English elements hwit (white) and æcer (cultivated land, field), meaning "white field" though spelled Whiteacre it means "wheat field", the first part derived from Old English hwǣte (wheat). Origin: Old English Variants: Whittaker Whitacre Whittakers Whiteacre Witacre
Origin: Middle English Witherspoon is a Scottish surname derived from a place name now long lost, perhaps from Old English wether (ram, sheep) and spong referring to a narrow strip of land, so the surname essentially means "a narrow strip of land where sheep dwell". Variants: Witherspoons Wetherspoon Wotherspoon Wetherspong
Origin: Proto-Brythonic Glasgow is the name of a city in Scotland. Though the name is uncertain it could mean "green hollow" or "gray hollow" from Proto-Brythonic elements glas (gray or green) and cau (hollow). It was likely given to someone who came from a place called Glasgow. Variants: Glasgu (Medieval English)
Origin: English Birmingham is the name of a city in England, coming from Beornmundingaham meaning "homestead of the people of Beornmund", Beornmund being a given name meaning "young man, warrior + protection". Variants: Bermingham
Origin: Old English Cranston is a Scottish surname derived from a place name. It's made up from Old English cran (crane) and tun (settlement) meaning "crane's settlement".
Origin: Celtic, Latin Davenport comes from a habitational surname, the name from a place in the town of Cheshire. The first part of the name is derived from the Dane river, apparently the Celtic cognate of Middle Welsh dafnu meaning "to drop, to trickle", while the second element of the name comes from Old English… Continue reading Davenport
Origin: English Matlock is a surname derived from a place name meaning "meeting oak-place" from Old English maethel (meeting, gathering place) and ac (oak) in reference to a place where a council or meeting was being held.
Origin: Greek, Old English, Germanic Sanders was originally a patrynomic surname meaning "son of Sander", originally given to someone who's father was named Sander or Alexander "defender of men" or "defending man". Sanders could also be derived from a place name in English, a village called Sanderstad, meaning "house on a sandy land". It's also… Continue reading Sanders
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