Goff is a surname with several distinct origins, mainly Germanic, Celtic, Jewish, and French. 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 German, Welsh, Cornish and Breton. The German Goff means a godly person, a strong warrior, or a priest. 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".
Pearse is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Gow is a Scottish surname. The name is derived from the Gaelic gobha, meaning 'smith'. The name is represented in Scottish Gaelic as Gobha.
Ahearn or Ahearne is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Alf is a given name, nickname and surname.
Richer, or Richers, is a surname, and may refer to:
The surname Palin is a name of British origin, either English or Welsh. Possible derivations include an anglicization of the Welsh patronymic ap Heilyn or a reference to the English placenames Poling, West Sussex or Sea Palling, Norfolk. Independently of this, Palin also is a Swedish language surname that occurs in Sweden and Finland.
Baral is a surname found in people from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, as well as a small number of Jews from Poland and Austria.
Smithers is a surname of English origin. It derives from the Middle English term "smyther", referring to a metalsmith, and is thus related to the common occupational surname Smith. The name Smither is related.
Mullally or Mulally or Mullaly or Mulaly is a surname of Irish origin thought to have originated from County Galway where it has since been shortened to the form of Lally.
Pavlidis is a Greek patronymic surname, equivalent to English Paulson. Notable people with the surname include:
Vadera or Vadra is an Indian (Khatri) surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Gujral is a Hindu Khatri last name. Notable people with the surname include:
The surname O'Loughlin is an Anglicised form of the Irish Ó Lochlainn meaning "descendant of Lochlann".
Solanki is a surname. Notable people with the name include::
Dhami is an Indian surname. Some famous people with the surname "Dhami":
Woolfe is the surname of:
Seth is a surname. It is derived from the given name Seth. Notable people with the surname include:
Tighe is an Irish surname, derived from the Old Gaelic O Taidhg. Notable persons with that name include:
Karney is an Irish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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