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Bell Name Meaning
English (northern) and Scottish (Lowlands): from the Middle English personal name Bell. As a man's name this is from Old French beu bel ‘handsome’ which was also used as a nickname. As a female name it represents a short form of Isabel . English (northern) and Scottish (Lowlands): from Middle English belle ‘bell’ (Old English belle) in various applications; most probably a metonymic occupational name for a bell ringer or bell maker or a topographic name for someone living ‘at the bell’ (as attested by 14th-century forms such as John atte Belle). This indicates either residence by an actual bell (e.g. a town's bell in a bell tower centrally placed to summon meetings sound the alarm etc.) or ‘at the sign of the bell’ i.e. a house or inn sign (although surnames derived from house and inn signs are rare in Scots and English). English: from Middle English bel ‘fair fine good’ (Old French bel ‘beautiful fair’). See also Beal German: from Bell in Rhineland or possibly from Belle in Westphalia. Norwegian: habitational name from a farmstead in western Norway named Bell the origin of which is unexplained. Scandinavian: of English or German origin (see above).7: Americanized form of German Böhl or Böll (see Boehle Boll ).8: American shortened and altered form of various Slavic names beginning with Bel- ‘white’ e.g. of Rusyn (from Slovakia) Belejčák a derivative of Belej (see Beley ).9: Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish surnames.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Ball, Beal, Fell, Pell, Bill, Hell, Sell, Ell, Belt, Boll
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Lupton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place in Cumbria (Westmorland). The placename is recorded in Domesday Book as Lupetun and probably derives from an Old English personal name Hluppa (of uncertain origin) + Old English tūn ‘enclosure settlement’.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Luton, Luxton, Lutton, Upton, Lipton, Tipton, Hunton, Ruston, Buxton
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Watson Name Meaning
Scottish English and Irish: patronymic meaning ‘son of Wat’ a pet form of Walter that was particularly common in Scotland and northern England. See Watt .
Watt Name Meaning
Scottish and English: from the common Middle English personal name Wat(t) a short form of Walter . West African (Senegal and Mauritania): Tukulor name of unexplained etymology. Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 屈 possibly based on its Cantonese pronunciation see Qu
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Wayson, Watton, Hasson, Wasson, Latson, Batson, Rayson, Ritson
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Approximate location of Plot at the Felliscliffe Chapel of Ease, Kettlesing, HG3 2LB

Tetley Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire):: habitational name from Tetlow in Manchester. The placename derives from the Old English male personal name Tetta or female Tette + Old English hlāw ‘mound hill’. occasionally a habitational name from Tetley in Crowle (Lincolnshire). The placename derives from the Old English male personal name Tetta or female Tette + Old English lēah ‘wood woodland clearing’.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Tenley, Betley, Titley, Exley, Batley, Tilley, Heatley, Webley
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Smith Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name denoting a worker in metal especially iron such as a blacksmith or farrier from Middle English smith ‘smith’ (Old English smith probably a derivative of smītan ‘to strike hammer’). Early examples are also found in the Latin form Faber . Metal-working was one of the earliest occupations for which specialist skills were required and its importance ensured that this term and its equivalents in other languages were the most widespread of all occupational surnames in Europe. Medieval smiths were important not only in making horseshoes plowshares and other domestic articles but above all for their skill in forging swords other weapons and armor. This is also the most frequent of all surnames in the US. It is very common among African Americans and Native Americans (see also 5 below). This surname (in any of the two possible English senses; see also below) is also found in Haiti. See also Smither . English: from Middle English smithe ‘smithy forge’ (Old English smiththe). The surname may be topographic for someone who lived in or by a blacksmith's shop occupational for someone who worked in one or habitational from a place so named such as Smitha in King's Nympton (Devon). Compare Smithey . Irish and Scottish: sometimes adopted for Gaelic Mac Gobhann Irish Mac Gabhann ‘son of the smith’. See McGowan . Americanized form (translation into English or assimilation) of various European surnames meaning ‘smith’ or ‘blacksmith’ for example German and Jewish Schmidt Dutch Flemish and North German Smit Ukrainian Rusyn or other Slavic Koval Slovak Kováč Slovenian Serbian and Croatian Kovač (see Kovac ) and Jewish Kuznetz (see Kuznetsov ). Native American: from English smith adopted as an occupational name for a smith often as a translation into English of a personal name based on an equivalent occupational name from any of the Native American languages such as Navajo atsidí ‎‘smith’ (see Atcitty ). In most cases however the surname Smith was probably chosen because it is the most common (English) surname in North America (see 1 above). It is also the most common surname among Native Americans. Compare Blacksmith .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Smitha, Stith, Smythe, Nesmith, Smithey, Faith, Mitch, Smet, Smithe
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Sigsworth Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Sigsworth Grange in Fountains Earth (Yorkshire) which is recorded as Sixford and Syxford from 1184 to 152 The placename derives from the Old Norse personal name Síkr + Old English ford ‘ford’.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Ditsworth, Silkworth, Ainsworth, Titsworth, Hainsworth, Dilworth
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts