Clinton is an English toponymic surname, indicating one's ancestors came from English places called Glympton or Glinton. Clinton has also been used as a given name since the late 19th century.
Niven is a surname. It is derived from the Scottish Gaelic Mac Cnaimhin.
McPherson is a Scottish surname. It is an Anglicised form of the Gaelic Mac a' Phearsain and Mac a Phearsoin, meaning "son of the parson". Notable people with the surname include:
Symonds is a surname with English origins, derived from Simon. Notable people with the surname include:
Dunning is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Davidson is a patronymic surname, meaning "son/descendant of David". In the Highlands of Scotland, where the surname is an anglicised version of the Gaelic "mac Daibhidh", Clan Davidson was traditionally a sept of the Clan Chattan Confederation. There are alternate spellings, including those common in the British Isles and Scandinavia: Davidsen, Davisson, Davison, Daveson, Davidsson. While the given name comes from the Hebrew "David", meaning beloved, Davidson is rarely used as a masculine given name or nickname.
Read is a surname of English origins.
Hays is an English and Irish surname, a variant to the name Hayes. Notable people with the surname include:
Hobson is an English patronymic surname. Originating in Scandinavian Denmark, the surname found its way to England and Iceland during the Anglo-Saxon (450–1066) and Viking (793–1066) eras, evolving from Son of Hrod (Hróður) to Hobson. The name reaches its highest concentrations in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire.
Chilton is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Deas is a Scottish surname. People with this surname include:
Hartley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Cowan is a surname of both Scottish-Irish and English origins.
Garnett is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
M'Intosh, McIntosh, MacIntosh, Macintosh, or Mackintosh is a Scottish surname, originating from the Clan Mackintosh. Mac an Tòisich means leader/chief.
Buckingham is an Anglo-Saxon locational surname. It is a habitational name from the former county seat of the county of Buckinghamshire Old English Buccingahamm ‘Water Meadow of the people of (-Inga-) Bucc(A)’. This family originated in England, United Kingdom as a prominent and wealthy British family. The Buckingham family is also a Boston Brahmin family from the U.S. state of Massachusetts, also known as the "first families of Boston". Some members of the family went to New England and arrived in Boston, Massachusetts, coming from England to the region. The Buckingham family had many members who were jurists, politicians, businessmen, military leaders, educators, clergy and authors in both England and United States. Notable people with the surname include:
Rumsey is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Boon is a surname that can be of Dutch, Old French or Chinese origin. The rather common Dutch name Boon often represents a patronymic, where the given name Boon was a short form of Boudewijn, Bonifacius or Bonaventure. Alternatively, boon meaning "bean" in Dutch, it can have a metonymic or metaphorical origin, referring to someone growing or selling beans, or one of small stature, respectively. The English surname can be from an attested variant form of Bohon/Bohun, a family descending from a Norman knight.
Haskell is a surname with several origins. The English surname derives from the Norman personal name Aschetil, ás meaning god and ketill meaning helmet. The Ashkenazic surname derives from the personal name Khaskl; the Yiddish form is Yechezkel. Related surnames include Askelson, Askin, Axtell, Hascall, Haskett, Haskin, Hasty, and MacAskill.
Ogilvie is a variant of the Scottish surname Ogilvy.
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