Donaldson is a Scottish patronymic surname meaning "son of Donald". It is a simpler Anglicized variant for the name MacDonald. Notable people with the surname include:
Cooke is a surname, derived from the occupation of cook. Notable people with the surname include:
Gardiner is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Goss is a Saxon surname meaning "goose". Notable people with the surname include:
Best is a surname. In England the surname is of Anglo-Norman origin meaning the beast (beste). People with this surname:
Dale is a surname. Notable people with this name include:
Pearce is a surname, from knights of the Norman lord Mansfield prior to the invasion of England. It derives etymologically from the Germanic word to pierce, and was a name commonly given to warrior caste in Saxon/Jute, p-celtic and oil languages. Another etymology is from Piers, the medieval vernacular form of Peter, and may refer to:
Burrows is an English surname, and may refer to:
Cross is an English topographic surname for someone who lived on a road near a stone cross.
Foss is a common surname of Scandinavian origin. Foss may refer to:
Richmond is an English surname, and may refer to any one of the following:
Thomson is a Scottish patronymic surname meaning "son of Thom, Thomp, Thompkin, or other diminutive of Thomas", itself derived from the Aramaic תום or Tôm, meaning "twin". The Welsh surname is documented in Cheshire records before and after the 1066 Norman Conquest. Variations include Thomason, Thomasson, Thomerson, Thomoson, and others. The French surname Thomson is first documented in Burgundy and is the shortened form for Thom[as]son, Thom[es]son. Variations include Thomassin, Thomason, Thomsson, Thomesson, Thomeson, and others. Thomson is uncommon as a given name.
Baker is a common surname of Old English (Anglo-Saxon) origin and Scotland where Gaelic was anglicized. From England the surname has spread to neighbouring countries such as Wales, Scotland and Ireland, and also to the English speaking areas of the Americas and Oceania where it is also common. The gaelic form of Baker in Scotland and Ireland is Mac a' Bhacstair. Some people with the surname have used DNA to trace their origins to Celtic countries and specifically to the Baxter sept of the Clan MacMillan in Scotland. It is an occupational name, which originated before the 8th century CE, from the name of the trade, baker. From the Middle English bakere and Old English bæcere, a derivation of bacan, meaning "to dry by heat". The bearer of this name may not only have been a baker of bread. The name was also used for others involved with baking in some way, including the owner of a communal oven in humbler communities. The female form of the name is Baxter, which is seen more in Scotland. The German form of the name is Bäcker.
Page is an occupational surname derived from page. It may refer to:
The surname Bowers is of Saxon origin, derived from the word 'bur' meaning 'a chamber; a cottage; a shady recess'. Adding 'er' to the end of topographical terms was common in south east England. An alternative origin is "a maker of bows".
Stein is a surname with different origins. It is a common German-Jewish name. The name derived from German means "stone" or "rock”. Additionally, the Scottish name is a form of the name Steven.
Waller is a surname mainly of Anglo-Saxon origin, with several possible etymologies. Notable people with this name include:
Webb is an English and Scottish surname meaning weaver of cloth. Notable people with the surname include:
Sumner is a surname. It originates from the English-language word that is spelled, in modern English, summoner, denoting a person who serves a summons. In Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, one of the characters is a summoner ; a Middle English spelling is Somonour. Other spellings include Sumpner, Somner, and Summoner. Among the notable people with this surname are the following:
Thoms is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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