Bradley is an English surname derived from a placename meaning "broad wood" or "broad meadow" in Old English.
Strickland is an English toponymic surname derived from the manor of Strickland in the historical county of Westmorland, now Cumbria, England, represented geographically by the modern villages of Great Strickland and Little Strickland. The surname dates as far back as the 12th century in Westmorland, and is also found at an early date in the Scottish counties of Ayrshire and Lanarkshire.
Waters is a surname, derived from "Wat", or "Wa'ter", an old pronunciation of Gaultier or Walter, and similarly derived from the surname Watson. The name is common from an early date in Wales and Yorkshire, as well as Shropshire, England. P. H. Reaney, co author of the book A Dictionary of English Surnames, said “water was the normal medieval pronunciation of Walter. Theobald Walter is also called Theobaldus filius Walteri, Theobaldus Walteri and Tebaut Water in the Feet of Fines for Lancashire 1212-1236.”
Chinn is a surname, originating both in England and among overseas Chinese communities.
Bayly is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Hurley is an English and Irish surname. It is most often a habitational name derived from Old English hyrne 'corner' plus leah 'woodland clearing'. In Ireland it may be an Anglicized form of the Gaelic Ó hUrthuile 'descendant of Urthuile.
Melanson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Christie is a surname of Scottish origin.
O'Keefe/O'Keeffe is an Irish surname, from the (Irish:O'Caoimh/Caomh.) It has links to Irish Royalty, with the family descended from Art Caemh who was the son of Finguine.
Lambert is an English and French given name and surname. It is from the Low German form of the anthroponymic name Landberht from the Old High German land "(home) land" and beraht "bright".
Mullally, Mulally, Mullaly or Mulaly are anglicized variants of the Irish language surname Ó Maolalaidh thought to have originated from County Galway where it has since been shortened to the form of Lally.
Strong is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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.
Pirie is a Scottish surname of French origin, meaning "pear tree".
Hatchett is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Bromfield is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Bourgeois is a French surname.
Creswell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Beattie is a Scottish surname, meaning "one who held land on condition of supplying food to those billeted on him by the chief"; "public victualler".
Wilton is the surname of:
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