Estes is an English-language surname said to derive from Old English and have the meaning "of the East" (literally, "East's"). As a surname, it has been traced to southern Kent, as early as the mid-15th century, Nicholas Estes (Ewstas, Esteuzi) b. 1475 Deal, Kent, England, d. 1506 Dover, Kent, England. There are multiple interpretations as: The name "Estes" has its roots in ancient Greece. It comes from the Greek "esthesis", which means "sensation" or "perception."
Sources of female form:
Notable people with the surname include:
- Addie Garwood Estes, U.S. temperance activist
- Billie Sol Estes, Texas businessman and politician
- Bob Estes, U.S. professional golf player
- Eleanor Estes, U.S. children's author
- James A. Estes U.S. ecologist
- Jim Estes, U.S. golfer
- John Estes, U.S. football player
- John Adam Estes, also known as "Sleepy John" Estes, U.S. blues musician
- John Curtis Estes, birth name of adult film star John Holmes
- Patrick Estes, U.S. football player
- Richard Estes, U.S. photorealist painter
- Richard Despard Estes, biologist
- Rob Estes, U.S. actor
- Ron Estes, U.S. congressman from Kansas
- Shawn Estes, Major League Baseball player
- Simon Estes, U.S. bass-baritone singer
- Vernon Estes, U.S. businessman
- Wayne Estes, U.S. basketball player
- Will Estes, U.S. actor
- William Kaye Estes, U.S. mathematical psychologist
- W.W. Estes, U.S. businessman and farmer
- Yusuf Estes, U.S. minister
Estes is also less frequently found as a given name, mostly used in US as a male name. But there are occurrences of use as female name too. Therefore it is considered unisex. For example, Czech Republic has accepted this name. There is just one though.
Manning is a family name.
Janes is an English patronymic family name. Its root is believed to be from the possessive of the given name Jan, John or Ian. In England, the name appears to have its densest roots in Bedfordshire and Gloucestershire as well as a few in the East End of London though migration has spread it across the country and the English-speaking world. There are two coats of arms associated with Janeses, one Gloucester-based and the other Kent-based. Janes is an uncommon given name.
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".
Byrd is a surname, a variant spelling of the English word "bird," which is derived from the Old English pre-7th-century word "bridde". Another common variant of this surname is "Bird."
Rogers is an English patronymic surname deriving from the given name of Roger commonly used by the Normans and meaning "son of Roger". Variants include Rodgers.
Hanson is an Anglicized English surname of Scandinavian and German origin, created from the two words Hans and son. Spoken in English by a German or Swedish immigrant to America, for example, the sound of Hans' son comes out sounding like Hansson, shortened to Hanson. In this same example, an immigrant from Norway would have a different accent, resulting in the sound of Hans' sen, or Hanssen, shortened to Hansen.
Daly is an Irish surname, derived from the Gaelic Ó Dálaigh. Notable people with the surname include:
Scott is a surname of Scottish origin. It is first attributed to Uchtredus filius Scoti who is mentioned in the charter recording the foundation of Holyrood Abbey and Selkirk in 1120, the border Riding clans who settled Peeblesshire in the 10th century and the family lineage of the Duke of Buccleuch.
Knight is an English surname.
Randall is a surname of English and Irish origin. It is a cognate of the name Randolph meaning "shield-wolf", composed of rand "shield" plus úlfr "wolf". In Ireland, Randall may be an anglicized form of the Gaelic Mac Raghnaill meaning "son of Raghnall".
Howell is a surname and given name originating from Wales. As a surname, it is not particularly common among those of Welsh ancestry, as it is an anglicized form of the Welsh name Hywel. It originates in a dynasty of kings in Wales and Brittany in the 9th and 10th centuries, most notably king Hywel Dda and three Welsh royal houses of that time onwards. The royal House of Tudor was also descended from them. Today, nearly 200,000 people bear this surname.
Wells is an English surname of Norman origin, but is possibly a Welsh surname, from an old English word for Wales. It normally derives from occupation, location, and topography. The occupational name derives from the person responsible for a village's spring. The locational name derives from the pre-7th century "wælla" ("spring"). The topographical name derives from living near a spring. The oldest public record is found in 1177 in the county of Norfolk. Variations of Wells include Well, Welman, Welles, Wellman and Wellsman. At the time of the British Census of 1881, its relative frequency was highest in Berkshire, followed by Leicestershire, Oxfordshire, Kinross-shire, Huntingdonshire, Kent, Sussex, Lincolnshire, Dumfriesshire and Bedfordshire.
Norman is both a surname and a given name. The surname has multiple origins including English, Irish, Scottish, German, French, Norwegian, Ashkenazi Jewish, and Jewish American. The given name Norman is mostly of English origin, though in some cases it can be an Anglicised form of a Scottish Gaelic personal name.
Lynn is a surname of Irish origin, English, Welsh or Scottish. It has a number of separate derivations:
Horne is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Harrington is an English habitational name from places in Cumbria, Lincolnshire, and Northamptonshire. It is also a common surname in southwest Ireland, where it was adopted as an Anglicized form of the Gaelic surnames Ó hArrachtáin and Ó hIongardail. Notable people with the surname include:
English is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
The surname Kendall, Kendl, or Kendal has two widely accepted origins. The first is from the market town of Kendal in Cumbria. The earliest recorded form of this town's name is in 1095 as Kircabikendala, literally "Church by Kent dale". The second is as an anglicization of Middle Welsh Kyndelw, a given name, as in Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr.
Richard can be a surname. Variations include: Ricard, Riccard(s), Richard(s), Ritchard, Richardson, Richardsson, Ricquart, Rijkaard, Rickaert, Ryckewaert
Melton is a Scottish surname, and is derived from Anglo-Saxon medeltone or meltuna, from the Old English words middel, meaning "middle" or "between two places", and tun, meaning "settlement".
