Origin: Germanic Montgomery is an English surname derived from a place in Normandy, France, meaning "Gumarich's mountain", Gumarich being a Germanic given name meaning "man ruler" or "ruler of man" from Germanic elements guma (man) and ric (power, ruler). Variants: De Montgomery Montgomerie
Tag: Place names
Taveras
Origin: Spanish, Portuguese Taveras is a Spanish and Portuguese surname, the plural form of Tavera, a variant spelling of Tabera which is the name of a town in Spain, or a variant of Tabeira, a town in Galicia. Variants: Tavera Tabera Tabeira Taverez Tabarez
Restarick
Origin: Cornish Restarick comes from a place, a farm in St. Dennis, Cornwall, made up from Cornish elements ros (hill, spur, heath) and dowrak (watery), meaning "watery heath" or "heath by the water" referring to the geographical location of the farm. Variants: Restowrack Rostourec Resdourek
Lancaster
Origin: Latin, Celtic Lancaster seems to come from the name of a river called Lune located in Cumbria and Lancashire in England, which seems to come from a Celtic word meaning "clean" or "pure", with Latin castra meaning "fort, castle" .