English Last Names

Check out our list of English Last Names. Discover the history and meanings behind common surnames. Ideal for genealogy enthusiasts and writers seeking authentic character names. Find unique and traditional English last names that might surprise you. Start exploring now.

Catesby

The name Catesby is both a boy's name and a girl's name.

Horton

The name Horton is a boy's name of English origin, meaning "gray settlement".

Thornton

The name Thornton is a boy's name of English origin, meaning "place in the thorns".

Garrison

The name Garrison is a boy's name of English origin, meaning "son of Garret".

Jacobs

The name Jacobs is a boy's name meaning "son of Jacob".

Kelly

The name Kelly is both a boy's name and a girl's name of Irish origin, meaning "war".

Poe

The name Poe is both a boy's name and a girl's name of English origin, meaning "peacock".

Freeman

The name Freeman is a boy's name meaning "free man".

Stephens

The name Stephens is a boy's name meaning "son of Stephen".

Fleming

The name Fleming is a boy's name of English origin, meaning "man from Flanders".

Ferguson

The name Ferguson is a boy's name meaning "son of Fergus".

Wrigley

The name Wrigley is both a boy's name and a girl's name.

Burke

The name Burke is a boy's name of French origin, meaning "from the fortress".

Bailey

The name Bailey is both a boy's name and a girl's name meaning "law enforcer, bailiff".

Wesson

The name Wesson is a boy's name meaning "from the western town".

Benton

The name Benton is a boy's name of English origin, meaning "bent grass enclosure".

Jenner

The name Jenner is a boy's name meaning "engineer".

Ashby

The name Ashby is both a boy's name and a girl's name of English origin, meaning "ash tree farm".

Channing

The name Channing is both a boy's name and a girl's name of English, Irish origin, meaning "people of Cana or wolf cub".

Mayfair

The name Mayfair is both a boy's name and a girl's name.

Roe

The name Roe is both a boy's name and a girl's name meaning "roe [deer]; wise protector; son of Ruadh; red; clearing; ability".

Charlton

The name Charlton is a boy's name of English origin, meaning "settlement of free men".

Hardy

The name Hardy is a boy's name of German, Aboriginal origin, meaning "bold, brave".

Goodwin

The name Goodwin is a boy's name meaning "friend of God".

Haviland

The name Haviland is a girl's name meaning "goat estate".

Spalding

The name Spalding is a boy's name of English origin, meaning "divided field".

Coleman

The name Coleman is a boy's name of English origin, meaning "little dove".

Stanton

The name Stanton is a boy's name of English origin, meaning "stony town".

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