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Campbell Name Meaning
Scottish: nickname from Gaelic cam ‘crooked bent’ + beul ‘mouth’. As a result of folk etymology the surname was often represented in Latin documents as de bello campo ‘of the fair field’ which led to the name sometimes being ‘translated’ into Anglo-Norman French as Beauchamp . Irish (North Armagh): adopted for Gaelic Mac Cathmhaoil ‘son of Cathmhaol’ (literally ‘battle chief’): see Caulfield and Cowell . English: variant of Camel under the influence of the Scottish name (see 1 above).
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Cambell, Capelle, Castell, Chappell, Cantwell, Carnell, Corbell
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Carr Name Meaning
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Ó Carra ‘descendant of Carra’ a personal name from the adjective corr ‘pointed’ explained as meaning ‘spear’. As an Ulster surname Carr was often confused with Scottish Kerr . Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Mac Giolla Chathair a Donegal name meaning ‘son of Giolla Cathair’ or ‘the servant (i.e. devotee) of Saint Cathar’. Cathar was a priest and bishop otherwise unknown. Irish: in Galway a shortened Anglicized form of Mac Giolla Chéire see Keary . English (northern) and Scottish: variant of Kerr .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Barr, Cart, Corr, Garr, Darr, Carn, Card, Carp, Sarr, Carl
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Clough Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): topographic name for someone who lived near a precipitous slope Middle English clo(u)gh clou clew (Old English clōh) ‘ravine steep-sided valley’ or a habitational name from a place called with this word for example in Lancashire Cumbria or Yorkshire. English: in the East Midlands East Anglia and southeastern England probably more often a variant of Clow .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Slough, Plough, Crouch, Cloud, Couch, Loud, Louth, Bough, Rough
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Conoal 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
Jonas, Donat, Conway, Pool, Konrad, Monday, Knoll, Neal, Bono, Noel

Dawson Name Meaning
English: patronymic meaning ‘son of Dawe’ from the Middle English personal name Daw(e) (see Daw 1 and ) which is sometimes a pet form of David (see 2 below) but more generally of Rauf or Raw (i.e. Ralph ) of which Daw(e) is a rhyming form. Alternatively the patronymic could mean ‘son of Daud(e)’ another Middle English pet form of Ralph evidently used interchangeably with Dawe. Dawson is one of the most numerous patronymics. Scottish: patronymic ‘son of Dawe’. In Scotland Dawe is a diminutive of David (compare 1 above).
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Danson, Dowson, Pawson, Lawson, Rawson, Daws, Watson, Davison, Hanson
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Edinger Name Meaning
German: habitational name for someone from any of several places called Edingen including one northwest of Heidelberg or Edikon in Switzerland. Compare Eddinger .
Eddinger Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Edinger .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Fawcett Name Meaning
English (northern): habitational name from Fawcett in Grayrigg Westmorland or Facit in Lancashire both named from Old English fāg ‘multi-colored’ + sīde ‘slope hillside’. A further possible source Forcett in North Yorkshire is named from Old Norse fors ‘waterfall’ + sætr ‘shieling’ meaning ‘shieling by a waterfall’.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Hazlett, Hassett, Walcott, Faucett, Barrett, Baskett, Flett, Pallett
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Fowkes Name Meaning
English: variant of Foulks .
Foulks Name Meaning
English: from Middle English Anglo-Norman French Folkes Foukes an Old French nominative form of the ancient Germanic personal name Fulco which is derived from a linguistic element meaning ‘folk people’. See also Foulk and Volk Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Faulks, Boulos, Faulds, Poulos, Loucks, Foulk, Voyles, Foiles, Fulk
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Grant Name Meaning
Irish English and especially Scottish (of Norman origin): nickname from Anglo-Norman French graund graunt ‘tall large’ (Old French grand grant from Latin grandis) given either to a person of remarkable size or else in a relative way to distinguish two bearers of the same personal name often representatives of different generations within the same family. English: from the rare Middle English (and Old English) personal name Grante or Grente. Irish: in Ireland this is usually the Norman Scottish name (see 1 above) but it was also adopted for Irish Mag Raighne see Graney . French: variant of Grand 1 ‘tall large’ (see also 1 above). American shortened and altered form of French Lagrandeur: soldier's name from la grandeur ‘(the) size/height; greatness’. Probably also an altered form of German Grandt or Grand .7: African American: adoption of the surname in 1 above in honor of Ulysses S. Grant a general commanding the US Army in winning the American Civil War who later served as the 18th president of the US.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Gant, Grand, Granat, Grass, Gast, Great, Grande, Graft, Grandt, Grist
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Grimshaw Name Meaning
English (Lancashire): habitational name from either of two places in Lancashire named Grimshaw from the Old Norse personal name Grímr (see Grime ) or Old English grīma ‘specter goblin’ + Old English sceaga ‘copse’. English: alternatively a habitational name from Green Shaw Head in Beamsley (Yorkshire) or another place similarly named with Middle English grene ‘green’ + shaghe ‘copse’ (Old English grēne + sceaga).
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Grimstad, Renshaw, Grimley, Henshaw, Crawshaw, Redshaw, Grimsrud
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts