Waters is a surname, derived from "Wat", or "Wa'ter", an old pronunciation of Gaultier or Walter, and similarly derived from the surname Watson. The name is common from an early date in Wales and Yorkshire.
Molloy or O'Molloy is an Irish surname, anglicised from Ó Maolmhuaidh, maolmhuadh meaning 'Proud Chieftain'. They were part of the southern Uí Néill, the southern branch of the large tribal grouping claiming descent from Niall of the Nine Hostages, the fifth-century king who supposedly kidnapped St Patrick to Ireland. They held power over a large part of what is now Co Offaly, where the surname is still very common. A second family were the O Maoil Aodha, 'descendant of the devotee of (St) Aodh', from maol, literally 'bald', a reference to the distinctive tonsure sported by early Irish monks. As well as Molloy, this surname has also been anglicised as Mulloy, Malloy, Maloy, 'Miley' and 'Millea'. The name arose in east Connacht, in the Roscommon/east Galway region, and remains numerous there today.
Pearse is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Denny or Dennie is a surname, and may refer to:
O'Kelly is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Highmore is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
McManus is an Irish surname. It is derived from the Irish Gaelic "Mac Mághnais", in modern Irish "McMaghnuis" which means "Son of Magnus". Its earlier origin is from the Latin "magnus", meaning "great". The Normans used it to honour Charlemange (742–814), as Carolus Magnus. Variant spellings of the name include MacManus, Manus and MacManners. The English form, Moyne, is also found in Ulster. In Scotland it is a sept of Clan Colquhoun.
Gill may be a surname or given name, derived from a number of unrelated sources:
Nash is a surname of Irish, English, Welsh or Jewish origin. The surname went from 'Ash' to 'Nash' by colloquialism, and was established from an early date in Ireland and Wales. A second origin is the Americanization of similar sounding Jewish surnames.
Joseph Farington was an 18th-century English landscape painter and diarist.
Cotterill is a surname, and may refer to:
Ormerod is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Ardizzone is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Beer is an English and German surname. Notable people with this surname include the following:
The surname Sartorius may refer to:
Grossmith is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Cotman is the surname of the following people:
Julian is a surname. Notable people with that surname include
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