Goff is a surname with several distinct origins, mainly Germanic, Celtic, Jewish, and French. 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 German, Welsh, Cornish and Breton. The German Goff means a godly person, a strong warrior, or a priest. 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".
Mulholland or Mullholland is a surname. Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maolchalann ‘descendant of Maolchalann’, a personal name meaning ‘chief of the calends’,
Whalen is a surname. In Ireland, Whalen, Whelan, Phelan and O'Phelan, are anglicized variants of the same Gaelic surname, Faoláin, which itself is a variant of Ó Faoileáin and Ó Haoláin.
Dingell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Malhotra is a Punjabi Khatri surname name belonging to Dhai Ghar family-group in the Indian subcontinent. It is modified usage of Mehrotra,. Mehrotra is a modified form of Mehra in and around present day Uttar Pradesh State of India because here Mehra has a lower caste connotation.
Ferraro is an occupational surname of Italian origin meaning blacksmith in Italian. Notable people with this surname include:
Bolin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Flood is a traditional Irish and Scottish surname and may refer to:
Zou is the 67th most common Chinese surname, which originated from the state of Zou of the Spring and Autumn period in ancient China. Depending on Chinese variety, Zou can be transliterated as Chow, Chau, Tsau, Trau, Tsou or Chew. It is the 35th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.
Tidwell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Tellier is a surname, and may refer to:
Furey is a surname. Notable people with this surname include:
Durkin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Pescatore is a surname that may refer to:
Mark as a surname may refer to:
Connelly is an anglicised form of the Gaelic-Irish surname Ó Conghalaigh. Following is a list of notable people with the surname Connelly:
Cardin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Sheran is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
The family name Reagan, and its cognates Regan, O'Regan, O Regan, O'Reagan, is an Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Riagáin or Ó Ríogáin, from Ua Riagáin. The meaning is likely to originate in ancient Gaelic from ri "sovereign, king" and the diminutive -in, "the king's child", transliterating as "little king"
Stauber is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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