Higham (also Hayem, Heyem, Hyam, Hyams, Hyman, and others) is a surname with two possible origins. The first is the name based on geographical locations in England, see Higham, and was originally for people from those locations. The second is from the Hebrew word "khayim" which means life. [1]
Wheeler is a surname of English origin. It is an occupational name, originally describing one who makes or uses wheels.
Mosley is an English surname and occasional given name. Notable people with the surname:
Hoyle is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Murray is both a Scottish and an Irish surname with two distinct respective etymologies. The Scottish version is a common variation of the word Moray, an anglicisation of the Medieval Gaelic word Muireb ; the b here was pronounced as v, hence the Latinization to Moravia. These names denote the district on the south shore of the Moray Firth, in Scotland. Murray is a direct transliteration of how Scottish people pronounce the word Moray. The Murray spelling is not used for the geographical area, which is Moray, but it became the commonest form of the surname, especially among Scottish emigrants, to the extent that the surname Murray is now much more common than the original surname Moray. See also Clan Murray.
Hyams is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Whittaker is a surname of English origin, meaning 'white acre', and a given name. Variants include Whitaker and Whitacre. People with the name include:
Rogers is an English patronymic surname deriving from the given name of Roger commonly used by the Normans and meaning "son of Roger". Variants include Rodgers.
Garland is a surname.
Bishop is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Arnold is a German and English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Stapleton is an English surname dating back to the times of Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. It is a habitation name; examples of habitations are found in Cumbria, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Leicestershire, Shropshire, Somerset, and Yorkshire, and is from the Old English word stapol meaning post and ton meaning settlement.
The word Hilton or Hylton is a place name of English and Norwegian origin, which is also the source of a toponymic surname. At the time of the British Census of 1881, the frequency of the surname Hilton was highest in Lancashire, followed by Sussex, Lincolnshire, Westmorland, Cheshire, Norfolk and Bedfordshire. Its frequency was below national average in all the other British counties. Sometimes Hilton is found as a given name.
Massey is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Royle is a surname. The surname may derive from Ryal in Northumberland, England.
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:
Ward is a surname of either Old English or Old Gaelic origin, common in English-speaking countries.
Norman is both a surname and a given name. The surname has multiple origins including English, Irish, Scottish, German, French, Norwegian, Ashkenazi Jewish, and Jewish American. The given name Norman is mostly of English origin, though in some cases it can be an Anglicised form of a Scottish Gaelic personal name.
Wall is a surname.
Morse is a surname of Flemish origin from old Frisian, and may refer to:
Heigham is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: