Neil is a masculine name of Irish origin. The name is an anglicisation of the Irish Niall which is of disputed derivation. The Irish name may be derived from words meaning "cloud", "passionate", "victory", "honour" or "champion". As a surname, Neil is traced back to Niall of the Nine Hostages who was an Irish king and eponymous ancestor of the Uí Néill and MacNeil kindred. Most authorities cite the meaning of Neil in the context of a surname as meaning "champion".
Rattigan is a surname. Notable people with this surname include:
Noonan is an Irish surname.
Nugent is an Anglo-Irish surname, of Norman French origin.
Pickett is an English surname. It is a variant form of Pigott. Notable people with the surname include:
Courtney is an English surname originating from England, France and Ireland, where it was of Norman origin.
Broderick is a surname of early medieval English origin, and subsequently the Anglicised versions of names of Irish and Welsh origin.
Cody is a surname primarily of Irish origin, "an Anglicized form of Gaelic O'Cuidighthigh meaning 'descendant of Cuidightheach', or of Mac Óda 'son of Óda' ". A Kilkenny family, formerly known as Archdeacon, assumed this name.
Rowbotham is a surname. Etymologically it is roe–bottom, meaning a depression in the ground inhabited by deer (roe). The name originates from such a geographic feature near Ashton-under-Lyne, England. Notable people with the surname include:
Purser is an occupational surname, denoting a maker of purses, or a treasurer or bursar.
Cassidy is a common Irish surname and is sometimes used as a given name. The surname translates to "descendant of Caiside". Variations include: Cassady, Cassiday, Cassedy, Casadei and Cassedey. The family was originally a Munster sept called Uí Chaisín but in the 12th century a branch moved to Devenish Island in County Fermanagh, where they became a medical and poetic family, hereditary physicians to the Maguires.
Judge is an occupational surname of British origin. The first recorded instance of the surname is in 1309 in the Middle, English Occupation Register, Worcester, England.
Curley is a surname, given name, nickname or stage name. It may refer to:
Coyne is a surname of Irish origin anglicised from the Gaelic Ó Cadhain meaning "descendant of Cadhan".
Boden is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Frampton is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Langan is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Skelly is a surname which is an Anglicised version of the Old Gaelic names O Scolaidhe" or O Scolaire.
Ducker or Dücker is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Lawler is an Irish surname. It is an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Leathlobhair. Notable people with the surname include:
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