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Newman is a surname of Germanic Anglo-Saxon origins. Newman is the modern English form of the name used in Great Britain and among people of British ancestry around the world, while Neumann is used in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, and to some degree in Netherlands and Belgium. Both have their its origins in the pre-7th-century word neowe meaning "new", with mann, meaning man. Its first recorded uses were Godwin Nieweman in Oxfordshire, England, in 1169, and in Germany, Herman Nyeman of Barth in 1325. It was mostly likely originally used as a nickname for a recent arrival or settler. Related surnames include Neuman, Naumann(s), Numan, Nauman, and Neiman.
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:
Axelrod or Akselrod is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Goff is a surname of Celtic origin. It is the 946th most common family name in the United States. When the surname originates from England it is derived from an occupational name from Welsh, Cornish or Breton. The Welsh gof and the Breton goff means "smith". The English-originating surname is common in East Anglia, where it is of Breton origin. The Welsh name is a variant of the surname Gough, and is derived from a nickname for someone with red hair. The native Irish name is derived from a patronymic form of the Gaelic personal name Eochaidh/Eachaidh, which means "horseman".
Shulman is an Ashkenazi Jewish surname that literally means "shul-man". A shul is another name for a synagogue, a Jewish house of worship, and the name was usually given to the head of the synagogue or the synagogue's rabbi. It can also appear as a result of double transliteration, to and from the Cyrillic alphabet, of the German surname "Schulmann".
Farquhar is a surname of Scottish origin, derived from the Scottish Gaelic fearchar, from fear ("man") and car ("beloved"). Farquharson is a further derivation of the name, meaning "son of Farquhar". The name originated as a given name, but had become established as a surname by the 14th century.
Chesney is an English surname or given name and a French surname It is derived from Old French chesnaie. The name first reached England following its conquest by the Normans in 1066, the modern French spelling of the common name is chênaie "oak grove". Notable persons with the name include:
Rappaport is an Ashkenazi surname, with the individuals bearing it being descendants of the Rabbinic Kohenic Rappaport family. Variants of the name include Rapaport, Rapa Porto, Rappeport, Rappoport and Rapoport.
Levinson is an Ashkenazi Jewish surname meaning "son of Levi". Notable people with the surname include:
Cliff is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Thorne is a surname of English origin, originally referring to a thorn bush. Thorne is the 1,721st most common surname name in the United States.[1]
Moffat or Moffatt is a surname of Scottish origin. It may refer to:
Brandon is a surname of British and Irish origin. Notable persons with that surname include:
Hogg is a Scottish, English or Irish surname.
Levin is a surname with several word origins. It is a common Ashkenazi Jewish surname (Levine/Levin/Levi).
Barr is an English, Scottish, and Irish surname, and may refer to:
Frank is a German surname. Notable persons with the surname include:
Pink is an English surname.
Linden is a surname commonly of Dutch, English and German origin. For the Swedish surname, see Lindén.
Wight is a surname. It is an older English spelling of either Wright (surname) or White (surname), or perhaps denoted an inhabitant of the Isle of Wight.
