Oppenheimer is a toponymic surname, derived from the German town Oppenheim, common among Germans and Ashkenazi Jews.
Schmitt is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Nagel is a German and Dutch surname. Meaning "nail" in both languages, the surname is metonymic referring to the occupation of a nail maker. Notable people with the surname include:
Crowther is a surname, derived from the old Welsh musical instrument the crwth. Notable people with the surname include:
Paterson is a Scottish and Irish surname meaning "Father's son" or "son of Patrick". In Connacht, and Ulster, the name is considered to be an Anglicised form of the Irish language surname Ó Casáin. Paterson is rarely used as a given name. There are other spellings, including Patterson. Notable people with the surname include:
Dick is used as a surname in English, German and other languages. In English, the surname is patronymic based on the use of Dick as a first name, meaning 'son of Dick' or 'son of Richard', just like Dickson. The name can also be based on the use of the Middle English words dich, diche, dik, dike 'ditch' as a place name description. In German, surnames with the form Dick has arisen through different sources: the adjective dick 'plump', the noun Dickicht 'thicket' used about someone living in such a location, as a patronymic surname based on Dick used as a first name or nick name, or as a variant of Dieck.
Leeuw is Dutch for lion. It occurs as a surname, most commonly in the form of De Leeuw. "De Leeuw", “Leeuw” and Van der Leeuw are thought to mostly be toponymic surnames, with the first bearers named "(from) the Lion" after a house, windmill or farm with that name. The more common surname Van Leeuwen has a distinct origin in the small town of Leeuwen and perhaps in the city of Leuven.
Hynes is a surname, many examples of which originate as the anglicisation the Irish name Ó hEidhin.
Gregg and Greg are surnames of English or Scottish origin. In England, they are variant forms of the surname Gregory. The surnames are first recorded as Gregge in 1234, within the Liber feodorum, a document compiled in the reign of Henry II of England. Another early instance of the name is Gregge, recorded in 1306, within the Feet of Fines ; and as Greggez in 1504, within the Register of the Freemen of the City of York.
Franklin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Smit is a Dutch occupational surname. It represents an archaic spelling of the Dutch word "smid" for "smith" and is the Dutch equivalent of the English and Scottish surname Smith.
Žilinskas is the masculine form of a Lithuanian family name. Its feminine forms are: Žilinskienė and Žilinskaitė. It is a Lithuanized form of the Polish-language surname Żyliński. Another Lithuanization is Žilinskis. "Žilinskaitė" may be transliterated via Russian language as Zhilinskayte.
Ruud and Rud are surnames of Norwegian origin. Both are also Norwegian place names of numerous farmsteads named Rud or Ruud from Old Norse ruð meaning clearing. Ruud is also a Dutch masculine given name meaning "famous wolf" although it is also often short for Rudolf.
Peacock is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Maynard is a Norman/Germanic/English surname meaning "strength, hardy".
Grady is a surname of Irish origin. It is derived from the Gaelic Ó Grádaigh meaning ‘descendant of Gráda’ (‘noble’). The O’Gradys of Kilballyowen were a prominent Munster clan and sept of the Dal gCaís.
Pettitt is an English surname of Hiberno-Norman origin. Variant spellings include Pettit and Petitt. People with the surname include:
Rath is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Butts is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Kemp is a surname of English origin which means "soldier". Notable people with the surname include:
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