Merriweather is a surname deriving from the Middle English merie, meaning 'merry pleasant' and wether, meaning weather. [1]
Marjorie Merriweather Post was an American businesswoman, socialite, and philanthropist. She was also the owner of General Foods Corporation.
Bradley is an English surname derived from a place name meaning "broad wood" or "broad meadow" in Old English.
Carr is a common surname in northern England, deriving from the Old Norse kjarr, meaning a brushwood, thicket or copse. It may also come from the ancient Norse Kjarr translation meaning Kaiser from Caesar Kerr is a Scottish variant, often from the Norse and from the Gaelic ciar, meaning "dusky". Carr is also a common surname in Ireland, where it often derives from the nickname, gearr, meaning "short of height". In some cases it is thought to come from the Welsh word cawr, meaning giant. Alternatively, in Ireland and Scotland, it may derive from the Irish and Scottish Gaelic cearr meaning pointed spear.
Acker is a surname from German or Old English, meaning "field". It is related to the word "acre" and is the root of the surname Ackerman.
Karcher or Kärcher is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Witte are Dutch and Low German surnames meaning "(the) white one". Witte can also be a patronymic surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Bowyer is an English surname, taken from the traditional craftsman name bowyer, a maker of bows. Click here to hear how to pronounce the name. Notable people with the surname include:
Pullen is an uncommon English surname with a purported Norman origin.
Tkachenko is a common Ukrainian surname. Tkachenko is the central and eastern Ukrainian version of the western Ukrainian surname Tkachuk, meaning "weaver". Like other Ukrainian names ending in -ko or -chenko, their heritage is rooted in the Polyans tribe that lived near modern-day Kyiv.
Abrams is a surname related to Abrahams, Abram, Abrahm and Abraham. It developed independently in the Jewish diaspora, England, Germany and the Netherlands. The name and its variants have been found in England since the medieval era in the Domesday Book and Hundred Rolls. As of 2014, it is most commonly found in the United States. Notable people with the surname include:
Post is a surname of Low German and Dutch origin. It can be either toponymic or occupational. People with the name Post include:
Jacobsen is a Danish, Norwegian and Dutch patronymic surname meaning "son of Jacob". The prefix derives from the biblical given name Yaakov. The cognate Jakobsen is less common. The English language patronymic surname Jacobson is a parallel form, of which the earliest records are found in Huntingdon in 1244. Scandinavian immigrants to English-speaking countries often changed the spelling to Jacobson in order to accommodate English orthographic rules. Notable people with the surname include:
Krejčí is a Czech surname meaning tailor. Notable people include:
Kellogg is an English surname which may refer to:
Dickey is a Scottish surname, nickname, and given name. It may refer to:
Van Rijn is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from (the) Rhine river". Common spelling variations are Van Rhijn and the anglicized version Van Ryn. People with this surname include:
Meriweather is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Paye is a surname and may refer to:
Owens is a surname representing two separate Celtic ethnicities: the Welsh from ab Owain meaning "son of Owen" with English patronymic-s, and the Irish by the Gaelic surname Mac Eoghain.
Meriwether has been used as both a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: