Driggers is a surname most often originating in the Southeastern United States. Although the origins are unclear, one proposed explanation comes from a transformation of a branch of the "Rodriguez" surname originating in the Southeastern United States.
Notable people with the surname include:
Cronin is derived from the Irish surname Ó Cróinín which originated in County Cork, and the Old Irish word crón, meaning saffron-colored. The Cronin family have been prominent in politics and the arts in Ireland, the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom since the nineteenth century.
Goff is a surname of Celtic origin. It is the 946th most common family name in the United States. When the surname originates from England it is derived from an occupational name from Welsh, Cornish or Breton. The Welsh gof and the Breton goff means "smith". The English-originating surname is common in East Anglia, where it is of Breton origin. The Welsh name is a variant of the surname Gough, and is derived from a nickname for someone with red hair. The native Irish name is derived from a patronymic form of the Gaelic personal name Eochaidh/Eachaidh, which means "horseman".
Fichtner, Fiechtner, or any variant thereof is a surname originating from areas where German is spoken.
DeSutter is derived from the Latin word sutor (shoemaker) and is widely used in Flanders. One could translate DeSutter as 'The Shoemaker'. The first record of the name is from the 13th century in Flanders. DeSutters originated in the northernwestern parts of Belgium in the Ghent area near the English Channel, as well as in Northwestern France. Variants include De Sutter, DeSoto, DeZuter, DeZutter and De Zutter.
Dykstra is a Frisian surname describes a person who lived by a dyke. The suffix "-stra" is derived from old Germanic -sater, meaning sitter or dweller.
Hochstetler is a surname originating in Switzerland, particularly in Bern-Mittelland.
Leahy is an Irish surname, originating in Munster, and now found in Cork, Kerry, Limerick, and Tipperary.
Christenson is a Scandinavian patronymic surname, and an anglicized form of the Danish Christensen. It is believed to originate from the personal name "Christen". Notable people with the surname include:
The surname Dove has several origins. In some cases the surname is derived from the Middle English dove ("dove"), which is in turn derived from the Old English dūfe ("dove"), or possibly sometimes the Old Norse dúfa ("dove"). In this way, this surname originated as a nickname for a gentle person, or an occupational name for a person who worked with doves. In some cases, the surname Dove originated from the fact that the Middle English word was also used as a masculine and feminine personal name.
Comerford, Commerford, Comberford or Quemerford is an Irish surname, of English origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Obregón or Obregon is a Spanish surname. It originates from the village of Obregón in modern-day Cantabria, Spain.
Simone is an Italian surname. The surname was first recorded in the year 1346, and is believed to be the Italian equivalent of Simon
Heintzelman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Gattis is a surname and it may refer to:
McAdam or MacAdam is a Scottish Gaelic clan which originated as a branch of Clan Gregor. As a surname it is most prominent in the Galloway and Ayrshire regions of Scotland. Some of their descendants are also to be found in Ireland, the United States, Australia and Canada.
The family name Reagan, and its cognates Regan, O'Regan, O Regan, O'Reagan, is an Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Riagáin or Ó Ríogáin, from Ua Riagáin. The meaning is likely to originate in ancient Gaelic from ri "sovereign, king" and the diminutive -in, "the king's child", transliterating as "little king"
Looney is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
The surname Sample is most likely a version of the name Semple/Sempill, the Clan Sempill being a lowland Scottish clan originating near Glasgow, Scotland. Some members of the clan emigrated to northern Ireland and America.
Kersey is an English surname. It originated as a habitational surname from Kersey, Suffolk. Other spellings of the surname include Kearsey, Keresey, and Kiersey. The variant spelling Carsey may also be found in the United States. The 2011 United Kingdom census found 911 people with this surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Hembree is an English surname almost exclusively found in the (southeastern) United States, where it represents an altered spelling of the English family name Hembr(e)y, which may be traced to one of at least three Germanic compound personal names. Notable people with this name include: