Neil is a masculine name of Irish origin. The name is an anglicisation of the Irish Niall which is of disputed derivation. The Irish name may be derived from words meaning "cloud", "passionate", "victory", "honour" or "champion". As a surname, Neil is traced back to Niall of the Nine Hostages who was an Irish king and eponymous ancestor of the Uí Néill and MacNeil kindred. Most authorities cite the meaning of Neil in the context of a surname as meaning "champion".
Archer is a surname in the English language.
The First Families of Virginia are a group of early settler families who became a socially and politically dominant group in the British colony of Virginia and later the Commonwealth of Virginia. They descend from European colonists who primarily settled at Jamestown, Williamsburg, the Northern Neck and along the James River and other navigable waters in Virginia during the 17th century. These elite families generally married within their social class for many generations and, as a result, most surnames of First Families date to the colonial period.
Colston is a surname, and also a given name. The name has several origins. It is sometimes from a Middle English given name Colstan, probably from Old Norse kol "charcoal" and steinn "stone". It may also be an English habitation name, from Colston Bassett or Car Colston in Nottinghamshire, or from Coulston in Wiltshire.
Armistead is both a surname and a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
Hynes is a surname, many examples of which originate as the anglicisation the Irish name Ó hEidhin.
Scott is a surname of Scottish origin. It is first attributed to Uchtredus filius Scoti who is mentioned in the charter recording the foundation of Holyrood Abbey and Selkirk in 1120, the border Riding clans who settled Peeblesshire in the 10th century and the family lineage of the Duke of Buccleuch.
Amyas is a surname and male forename thought to be derived either from the Latin verb amare or the French city of Amiens.
Dallin is an English surname that is a variant of Dalling or Dawling. Dallin is also a given name.
Toy is a Chinese, English, and Turkish surname.
Albina (ahl-BEE-nah) is a feminine given name from the Roman cognate Albinus, derived from the Latin albus, meaning "white" or "bright". There are masculine variants including Albin in Albania, Kosovo, Poland, Scandinavia, and Slovenia; and Aubin in France. In Estonia, France, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and Sweden 1 March is Albina’s Name day. Albina is uncommon as a surname. People with the given name Albina include:
Ainsley is both a unisex given name and a surname and place name. It is derived from words meaning hermitage and clearing.
Gordon is a masculine given name in the English language. The name is derived from the Scottish surname Gordon. It is uncertain if this surname originated from a place name in Scotland or in France. The Gordon in Berwickshire, where the family who bore the surname held lands in the 12th century, is of uncertain etymology. It is also possible that this place name was named after settlers from France, who were named after a like-named place in Normandy. The surname is thought to have been taken up as a given name in honour of the Major-General Charles George Gordon, a British army officer who was killed in 1885, in Khartoum.
Ranald is an English and Scots masculine given name. It is an Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic name Raghnall. A short form of Ranald is Ran.
Mervyn is a masculine given name and occasionally a surname which is of Old Welsh origin, with elements mer, probably meaning "marrow", and myn, meaning "eminent".
Ally is a unisex given name, nickname and/or surname. It is a variant of Allie and Ali. It is used as a diminutive nickname for the given names Alison, Alexandra or Alyssa (feminine) or Alexander, Alister, or Alan (masculine). Notable people with the name include:
Ainslie is a surname and given name, as well as a variant of Ainsley. People with the name include:
Allan, a variant spelling of Alan, is both a given name and an English and Scottish surname.
Jaffe and its variant spellings Jaffé and Yaffe are Hebrew-language surnames.
Penrose is a Cornish-language surname. The surname Penrose is derived from one of the places called Penrose in England and Wales: these are found in ten parishes in Cornwall, several times in Wales and once in Herefordshire.
