Clinton is an English toponymic surname, indicating one's ancestors came from English places called Glympton or Glinton. Clinton has frequently been used as a given name since the late 19th century. Baron Clinton is a title of peerage in England, originally created in 1298.
Manning is a family name.
Stephens is a surname. It is a patronymic and is recorded in England from 1086.
Golding is an English surname.
Kenny is a surname, a given name, and a diminutive of several different given names.
Gray is a surname of that can come from a variety of origins but is typically found in Scotland, Ireland and England.
O'Cleary is the surname of a learned Gaelic Irish family whose members appear in historical records dating to the mid-Medieval Period. The O'Clearys were descended from the Connachta's Uí Fiachrach kindred and had been rulers of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne, a kingdom in what is now the south of County Galway. The name of the family means descendant or son of the Scribe. It is the oldest recorded surname in Europe having been first recorded in 916
Gould is a surname that is sourced mainly to Ireland, Scotland and England. It is possibly linked to the Celts, Normans or Vikings, but is more likely Anglo-Saxon in origin. Many families that share the Gould surname today had their names evolve or become "Anglicized" over time as their original names would have been strange or misunderstood due to accents and language barriers, especially in the United States and Canada. Gould is a variant of the surname "Gold" which is a very ancient name found in Scotland and England.
Ball is an English surname that has multiple potential origins, as do quite a few other short surnames:
Ward is a popular Old English origin and Old Gaelic origin surname dating to before the Norman conquest of 1066 and Ireland, common in English-speaking countries.
Kelly is a surname in the English language. The name has numerous origins. In some cases it is derived from toponyms located in Ireland and Great Britain, in other cases it is derived from patronyms in the Irish language.
Harrison is a common patronymic surname of English origin. It may also be spelled Harrisson, Harryson or Harrysson. Harrison means "son of Harry". Early records suggest that the surnames Harrison and Harris were used interchangeably by some families. Harrison is the 42nd most common surname in England and 123rd most common in the United States. The first known recording of the surname had been dated from 1355 in London, England.
Henry is an English male given name and Irish surname derived from Old French Henri/Henry, itself derived from the Old Frankish name Heimeric/Ermerijc, from Common Germanic *Haimarīks, In Old High German, the name was conflated with the name Haginrich to form Heinrich.
Henry is an English and French male given name and an Irish surname, borrowed from Old French, originally of Germanic origin (Haimirich) from the elements haim ("‘home’") and ric ("‘powerful’"). Equivalents in other languages are Anraí (Irish), Eanruig, Enrico (Italian), Enrique (Spanish), Heinrich (German), Henning (Swedish), Henri, Henrik, Henrique (Portuguese), and Henryk (Polish), (H)enric.
Maxwell is a Scottish surname and is a habitational name derived from a location near Melrose, in Roxburghshire, Scotland. This name was first recorded in 1144, as Mackeswell, meaning "Mack's spring ". The surname Maxwell is also common in Ulster; where it has, in some cases, been adopted as alternate form of the surname Miskell. The surname Maxwell is also used as a Jewish surname, either as an adoption of the Scottish name, or as an Americanization of one of several like-sounding Jewish surnames. The surname Maxwell is represented in Scottish Gaelic as MacSual.
Donnelly is an Irish surname. It is the Anglicized form of the Gaelic "Ó Donnghaile", "Ó" meaning male descendant of, and Donnghaile, a personal name composed of the elements "donn" (brown), plus "gal" (valour). The name O’Donnelly is derived from the descendants of Donnghaile (Donnghal) who was the great grandson of Domhnall, King of Aileach. Early ancestors of this surname were a part of Cenél nEoghain and the Uí Néill as descendants from the line of Eógan mac Néill one of the seven sons of Niall Noígíallach.
Clarke is an Anglo-Irish surname which means "clerk". The surname is of English and Irish origin but the original word comes from Latin for clericus. There are some surname variants, including the Clerk and Clark which predates Clarke by over 700 years. Clarke is also uncommonly chosen as a given name.
Angus is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Starbuck is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Callaway is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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