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:
Travers is an English and Irish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Paterson is a Scottish and Irish surname meaning "Fathers' 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:
Braithwaite, Brathwaite, or Brathwait is an English surname of Old Norse origin. At the time of the British Census of 1881, the relative frequency of the surname Braithwaite was highest in Westmorland, followed by Cumberland, Yorkshire, Linlithgowshire, Lancashire, County Durham, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Anglesey and Flintshire. Notable people with the surname include:
Millar is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Goodfellow is a surname with English, Scottish or Irish origins. Notable people with the surname include:
Haig is a surname of Old English origin. Notable people with the surname include:
McGill, MacGill, Macgill and Magill are surnames of Irish and Scottish origin, an Anglicisation of Gaelic Mac an Ghoill meaning "son of the foreigner". In the 2000 United States Census the surname was ranked the 1,218th most common.
Sharpe is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Cross is an English topographic surname for someone who lived on a road near a stone cross.
Shepherd is a surname, cognate of the English word "Shepherd". Several common spelling variations exist, including Shepperd, Shephard, Shepard, and Sheppard.
Grainger is a surname of English origin. It is a variant of the surname Granger which is an occupational name for a farm bailiff. The farm bailiff oversaw the collection of rent and taxes from the barns and storehouses of the lord of the manor. This officer's Anglo-Norman title was grainger, and Old French grangier, which are both derived from the Late Latin granicarius.
Clegg is a given name and an English surname. Notable people with the name include:
Mallett is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Lockie is a surname and a given name. The surname is a variant of the surname Lucas. The given name is a nickname of the given name Lachlan.
Keeble is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Finch is an English surname. Finch was also the surname of the Earls of Winchilsea and Nottingham and Earls of Aylesford.
Carver is a surname which came to England after the Norman Conquest. The name came from the Norman French Caruier, which either derived from the Gallo-Roman Carrucarius, or from the Gaulish word Carrum meaning 'wagon' or 'cart'. Notable people with the surname include:
Flint is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
In some cases the surname Gunn is derived from the Old Norse masculine personal name Gunnr. In other cases it may be derived from the Old Norse feminine personal name Gunnhildr.
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