McPherson is a Scottish surname. It is an Anglicised form of the Gaelic Mac a' Phearsain and Mac a Phearsoin, meaning "son of the parson". Notable people with the surname include:
McKinnon, MacKinnon or Mackinnon is a Scottish surname.,
Reid is a surname of Scottish origin. It means "red".
Holmes is an English-language surname with several origins.
Schaefer is an alternative spelling and cognate for the German word schäfer, meaning 'shepherd', which itself descends from the Old High German scāphare. Variants "Shaefer", "Schäfer", the additional alternative spelling "Schäffer", and the anglicised forms "Schaeffer", "Schaffer", "Shaffer", "Shafer", and "Schafer" are all common surnames.
Kirkpatrick is an Irish (Ulster) and Scottish surname, and occasionally a given name, possibly a branch of the Cenél nEógain of the Northern Uí Néill. The name traditionally relates to a church ("kirk") dedicated to Saint Patrick.
Bullard is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Dale is a surname. Notable people with this name include:
Parkin is a surname, and may refer to
Mead is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
The surname Wolfe may refer to:
Shepherd is a surname, cognate of the English word "Shepherd". Several common spelling variations exist, including Shepperd, Shephard, Shepard, and Sheppard.
Telfer is a surname, principally of Scottish origin, with the name deriving from Taille-fer, the Old French nickname for a strong man or ferocious warrior. It is sometimes linked with the surname Telford, although the two names have distinct and unrelated origins.
Fawcett is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Barron is a surname of Scottish origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Pirie is a Scottish surname of French origin, meaning "pear tree".
Low is an English and Scottish surname. It is also a common surname found among Overseas Chinese communities around the world. Notable people with the surname include:
The surname "Lyall" is found early in Scotland and was derived from the Old Scandinavian given name "Liulfr", where "ulfr" means literally "wolf". After the Viking settlement in Scotland name sounds would have changed. For example, "Liulfr" is pronounced 'lee-oolv-ur', but after time probably softened in pronunciation to 'lee-ooler' and then 'loo-il' and finally 'lyall' after the Old Norse "R" was dropped off the end. The Lyall Clan is a Sept of Clan Sinclair a Highland Scottish clan of Norman origin a people descended from Norse Vikings who held lands in the north of Scotland, the Orkney Islands, and the Lothians.
Æthelstan was the first King of England, reigning from 924 to 939.
Volk is a surname. It means wolf in several Slavic languages, and it refers to people in German. German Volk is the cognate of English folk and related to Fulk, French Foulques, Italian Fulco and Swedish Folke, along with other variants such as Fulke, Foulkes, Fulko, Folco and Folquet. Notable people with the surname include:
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