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Petty Name Meaning
English: variant of Petit . The name is also found in Ireland the main branch there having been established in County Kerry in the 17th century by Sir William Petty.
Petit Name Meaning
French Walloon Catalan English Jewish (from southern France) West Indian (mainly Haiti) and Mauritian: from (Old) French Catalan and Middle English petit ‘small’ hence a nickname for a small man (or an ironic nickname for a big man) or a distinguishing name for the younger of two bearers of the same personal name. Compare Little Petee and Petite .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Pettey, Perry, Pett, Pettys, Pettay, Betty, Setty, Petts, Patty
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Bone Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): nickname meaning ‘good’ from Middle English bon(e) boun Old French bon ‘good’. English: possibly a nickname from Middle English bone ‘bone leg’ (Old English bān; compare Bain ) used of someone with a bad leg or long legs. English: variant of Boone Slovenian: from a short form of the personal name Bonifac(ij) (from Latin Bonifatius; see Boniface ) or from a pet form of the personal name Bon 7. Hungarian (Bóné): from bóné denoting a particular kind of fishing net hence a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or perhaps for a maker of such nets.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Boone, Bond, Bon, Hone, Bono, Boye, Bane, Borne, Bove, Boner
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

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
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

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
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

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
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

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
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

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
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts