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Morrell Name Meaning
English (northern): from the medieval personal name Morel a diminutive of Middle English or Old French More. Compare Moore . Americanized form of French Morel. Compare Moore.
Moore Name Meaning
English: from Middle English more ‘moor marsh fen’ (Old English mōr) hence a topographic name for someone who lived in such a place or a habitational name from any of various places called with this word as for example Moore in Cheshire or More in Shropshire. English (of Norman origin): ethnic name from Old French more ‘Moor’ either someone from North Africa or more often a nickname for someone thought to resemble a Moor. Compare Morrell and Moreau . English (of Norman origin): from the Middle English personal name More (Old French More Maur Latin Maurus) originally denoting either ‘Moor’ or someone with a swarthy complexion (compare Morrell Morrin Morris and sense 2 above). There was a 6th-century Christian saint of this name. Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Mórdha ‘descendant of Mórdha’ a byname meaning ‘great proud’ or ‘stately’. Scottish: variant of Muir . Welsh: nickname from mawr ‘big great’ either describing a man's size or greatness (perhaps applied ironically) or as a means of distinguishing two men with the same name.7: Americanized form of Slovenian Mur .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Morell, Morel, Correll, Orrell, Gorrell, Torell, Morren, Cornell
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Addyman Name Meaning
Historically, surnames evolved as a way to sort people into groups - by occupation, place of origin, clan affiliation, patronage, parentage, adoption, and even physical characteristics (like red hair). Many of the modern surnames in the dictionary can be traced back to Britain and Ireland.
Similar surnames:
Adelman, Aderman, Addleman, Adleman, Dryman, Hardyman, Adrian, Allman
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Pringle Name Meaning
Scottish and English (Northumbria): habitational name from a place near Stow Roxburghshire formerly called Hop(p)ringle from Middle English hop ‘enclosed valley’ + a name of Old Norse origin composed of the byname Prjónn ‘pin peg’ + an unidentified second element.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Ringle, Springle, Brindle, Ingle, Dingle, Grindle, Prigge, Single
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Clarkson Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): patronymic from Clark.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Clarkston, Larson, Clarkin, Clayson, Markson, Gladson, Lampson
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Dixon Name Meaning
English: variant of Dickson a patronymic from the personal name Dick .
Dickson Name Meaning
Scottish and northern English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Dick + son.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Wickson, Dickinson, Rickson, Hickson, Nickson, Jackson, Dicks
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Ellison Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Ellis (Old Testament Elijah) + -son. In the US this surname (in any of the three possible senses; see also 2 and 3 below) is also established among African Americans. English: from the Middle English Old French female personal name Elissent Elisant ancient Germanic Elisind. Scottish: sometimes a post-medieval variant of Allison which is mainly concentrated in northern England and southwestern Scotland. There is a similar Scottish variation between Alison and Elison as female personal names. Americanized form of some original Jewish (Ashkenazic) surname (most likely based on Yiddish form of the Biblical personal name Elijah).
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Allison, Elliston, Elison, Jellison, Ellickson, Kellison, Elkin
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Kay Name Meaning
English: nickname from northern Middle English ka kae kay ‘jackdaw’ from Old Norse ká or Old English cā. See also Daw . English: nickname from Middle English cai kay kei ‘left-handed clumsy’. English: occasionally perhaps an occupational name from Middle English kai(e) kei(e) ‘key’ applied to a maker of keys (compare Kear ) or alluding to the office of keeper or bearer of keys but clear evidence for this is wanting. English: topographic name for someone living or working on or near a quay Middle English kay(e) key(e) keay Old French kay cay. English: from a Middle English personal name which figures in Arthurian legend. It is found in Old Welsh as Cai Middle Welsh Kei and is ultimately from the Latin personal name Gaius. Scottish Irish and Manx: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic McKay .9: Shortened form of any of various names beginning with the letter K-.7: German Danish and Dutch: from the personal name Kay which is of uncertain origin most likely as a variant of Key a pet form of personal names like Gerard Gerhardt and Gerrit (see Gerrits ). This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine). Compare Kai .8: Dutch and North German: topographic name for someone living by a quayside from Dutch kaai ‘quay’ German Kai (which was borrowed from the Dutch).10: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surnames 紀 (see Ji ) and 祁 (see Qi ).1 Chinese: possibly from Cantonese form of some Chinese names 奇 (meaning ‘special’) 琦 (meaning ‘outstanding’) or 基 (meaning ‘base’) which were monosyllabic personal names or part of disyllabic personal names of some early Chinese immigrants in the US.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Newall Name Meaning
Variant of Newhall or Newell .
Newhall Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Newhall in Northwich or Newhall near Nantwich (both in Cheshire) New Hall in Lancashire Newhall in Bradford (Yorkshire) Newhall in Staffordshire or from any of numerous other places in England with the common name Newhall or New Hall. The placenames derive from Middle English neue ‘new’ + halle ‘large residence hall’ (Old English nīwe hall).
Source:
The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Newhall, Newell, Neall, Newill, Sewall, Wall, Ewald, Jewell, Neal
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts