Hopkins is an English, Welsh and Irish patronymic surname. The English name means "son of Hob". Hob was a diminutive of Robert, itself deriving from the Germanic warrior name Hrod-berht, translated as "renowned-fame". The Robert spelling was introduced to England and Scotland after the Norman conquest of England.
Donaldson is a Scottish and Irish patronymic surname meaning "son of Donald". It is a simpler Anglicized variant for the name MacDonald. Notable people with the surname include:
Black is a surname which can be of either English, Scottish, Irish or French origin. In the cases of non-English origin, the surname is likely to be an Anglicisation. Notable persons with that surname include:
Knowles is an English surname of Old English origin. This is a locality name meaning 'at the knoll,' a hill or summit, derived from Old English word cnolle or Middle English knol, meaning hilltop and thus describes a person who lived at such a place. It can also be an Anglicized version of the Irish name Ó Tnúthghail. It may refer to many people. Variants of this surname include Knollys, Knolles, Knoll, Knowle, Noll, Noel, and Nowell.
Fahey is a surname derived from the Irish surname Ó Fathaigh. Alternative spellings include Fahie, Fahy and Fay. Notable people with the surname include:
Glover, which means a maker or seller of gloves, is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Bird is an English surname, probably deriving from the vertebrates of the same name. Another common variant of this surname is "Byrd."
Horn is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Moffat or Moffatt is a surname, of Scottish origin. It may refer to:
Hogan is an Irish surname, mostly from County Tipperary. It is the anglicised form of Gaelic ÓhÓgáin ‘descendant of Ógán', a name meaning 'young warrior'. It may also be an anglicised form of Ó hEochagáin (Houghegan). Notable people with the surname include:
Adamson is an English patronymic surname meaning "son of Adam". It is rare as a given name, although there has been a tradition in some families for the first-born son to be called Adam. People with the surname Adamson include:
Hicks, also spelled Hickes, is a surname.
See also Hix.
Forsyth is a Scottish surname. It may refer to:
Gross or Groß in German is the correct spelling of the surname under German orthographic rules. In Switzerland, the name is spelled Gross. Some Germans and Austrians also use the spelling with "ss" instead of "ß".
Middleton is a locational Anglo-Saxon surname originating from dozens of different settlements in England going by one of the pre-7th-century Old English variations of "middle" and "town". The earliest recorded examples of such hamlets date to 1086 and include Middeltone, Mideltuna, and Middeltune in such Derbyshire, Shropshire, Sussex, and Yorkshire. The surname "Mideltone" is recorded in Oxfordshire (1166), "Midilton" is noted in Arbroath, Scotland (1221) and "Middelton" is found in Yorkshire (1273).
Bennett is an English, Irish, and Scottish surname and, less commonly, a given name. Alternative spellings include Bennet, Benett and Benet.
Leslie is a surname and given name, derived from the name of Clan Leslie. The name derives from a placename in Aberdeenshire, perhaps an anglicisation of an originally Gaelic leas celyn "holly-garden". Leslie is also frequently used as an anglicization of the male name Ladislaus, or its variants László and Lászly. In this context, the name is derived from Slavic elements, with 'vladeti' meaning 'rule' and 'slava' meaning 'glory'. In the United Kingdom, the name is spelled Leslie when given to boys, while for girls it is usually rendered as Lesley.
Michael is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Hopper is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Salter is an English occupational surname, meaning a seller of salt. Its other meaning is connected to psalter.
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