Grantham is an English surname which has been spread to North America and Australasia. Notable people with the surname include:
Douglas, occasionally spelt Douglass, is a Scottish surname. It is thought to derive from the Scottish Gaelic dubh glas, meaning "black stream". There are numerous places in Scotland from which the surname is derived. The surname has developed into the given name Douglas. Douglas is a habitational name, which could be derived from any of the many places so-named. While there are numerous places with this name in Scotland, it is thought, in most cases, to refer to Douglas, South Lanarkshire, the location of Douglas Castle, the chief stronghold of the Lords of Douglas. The Scottish Gaelic form of the given name is Dùbhghlas ; the Irish-language forms are Dúghlas and Dubhghlas, which are pronounced. According to George Fraser Black, in southern Argyllshire the surname is an Anglicised form of the surnames MacLucas, MacLugash.
Stephens is a surname. It is a patronymic and is recorded in England from 1086.
Gooch is a surname. Gooch or the Gooch is also a nickname. It may refer to:
Lucas is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Fuller is a surname. It originally referred to someone who treats woolen cloth with the process called fulling. Notable people with the surname include:
Hussey is a surname. The surname is common in the British Isles, as well as locations associated with settlement by the people of these regions. The name has two main sources of origin. The first is of Norman origin, coming from the region of La Houssaye in Northern France. In Old French, the name relates to holly. Hussey also has an Irish origin, stemming from the Ó hEodhasa family.
Graham is a surname of Scottish and English origin. It is typically an Anglo-French form of the name of the town of Grantham, in Lincolnshire, England. The settlement is recorded in the 11th century Domesday Book variously as Grantham, Grandham, Granham and Graham. This place name is thought to be derived from the Old English elements grand, possibly meaning "gravel", and ham, meaning "hamlet" the English word given to small settlements of smaller size than villages.
Bird is an English surname, probably deriving from the vertebrates of the same name. Another common variant of this surname is "Byrd."
Savile is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Kent is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Dyer is an English surname with early medieval origins, deriving from the trade of cloth dying. Dyer is also found in Ireland as an Anglicization of the Gaelic surname in Ireland O Duibhir and Mac Duibhir. These are both derived from the words dubh, which means black, and odhar or uidhir, which mean uncolored.
Forster is a north English surname meaning "forester". It can also be an anglicization of Förster or Foerster, a German surname meaning the same. Some indigenous south Germans independently carry the name Forster, while East Prussian Forsters are descendants of an 18th century English Forster family. Notable people with this surname include:
Thomas Hussey may refer to:
Bowen is a Celtic surname representing two separate Celtic ethnicities, the Welsh ab Owain meaning "son of Owen" and the Irish Ó Buadhacháin meaning "descendant of Bohan". The Bowen lineage can be traced back to Llwyngwair in the 11th century, near Nevern in Pembrokeshire. The Bowen surname was adopted in 1424. There are seven Bowen crests and the Bowen/Owen family group share a tartan. The Bowen/Bowens surnames are more commonly found in southern Wales, while the Owen/Owens surnames are more commonly found in northern Wales.
Robertson is a patronymic surname, meaning "son of Robert". It originated in Scotland and northern England. Notable people and companies with the surname include:
Wise is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Mallet is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Lockhart is a surname of Scottish origin.
Proctor is an English occupational surname, originally meaning 'steward', derived from Latin procurare.