Farrow is a hypercorrected form of Ferror (Farrar), an occupational surname for a blacksmith or an ironworker, an old name of early Medieval English and French origin. The name derives from the Middle English and Old French terms "ferrer, ferreor, ferrur, ferour", derivatives of "fer", from the Latin "ferrum". The development of the surname shows the usual Medieval English change in pronunciation from "-er" to "-ar" and "-ow" endings.
Stephens is a surname. It is a patronymic and is recorded in England from 1086.
Niven is a surname. It is derived from the Scottish Gaelic Mac Cnaimhin.
Cottrell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Powell is a surname. It is a patronymic form of the Welsh name Hywel, with the prefix ap meaning "son of", together forming ap Hywel, or "son of Hywel". It is an uncommon name among those of Welsh ancestry. It originates in a dynasty of kings in Wales and Brittany in the 9th and 10th century, and three Welsh royal houses of that time onwards. The House of Tudor, one of the Royal houses of England, also descended from them.
Pilkington is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Hynes is a surname, many examples of which originate as the anglicisation the Irish name Ó hEidhin.
Goodwin is a surname.
Pott is a surname of Old English origin, which is a variant of Potts. The surname Pott may refer to:
The English family name Payne originates in France as a variation of the name Payen. The name was brought to the British Isles as a result of the Norman Conquest of England, and is now common in English-speaking countries. Hugues de Payens from the town of Payns near Troyes moved to London in 1128 to set up a house for the Knights Templar in England.
Humphreys is a common surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Sheridan is an Irish surname. It is derived from the Irish Gaelic Ó Sirideáin 'descendant of Sirideáin', a given name meaning 'to seek'. Originating in County Longford, the Sheridans were erenaghs of Granard, but in the County Cavan served the O'Reillys.
Potts is a surname of English origin. The word potts refers to circular hollows in the ground.
Painter is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Street is an English surname, deriving from the Old English word stræt via the ancient Latin strata, referring to a Roman road.
Buchan is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Carney is an Irish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Volk is a surname. It means "wolf" in several Slavic languages, and "people" in German. German Volk is the cognate of English folk and related to Fulk, French Foulques, Italian Fulco and Swedish Folke, along with other variants such as Fulke, Foulkes, Fulko, Folco and Folquet. Notable people with the surname include:
Warner is an English surname which was brought from the Norman French Warnier, and derived from the Old Norse Verner or Wærn. The name ultimately derived from the Germanic name Warinheri which composes of the elements warin meaning 'guard' and heri meaning 'army'. Notable people with this surname include the following:
Scofield is a surname of English origin. Notable people with this surname include:
