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Martin Name Meaning
English Scottish Irish French Walloon Breton Dutch Flemish German Czech Slovak Croatian Italian (Veneto); Spanish (Martín): from a personal name derived from Latin Martinus itself a derivative of Mars genitive Martis the Roman god of fertility and war whose name may derive ultimately from a root mar ‘gleam’. This was borne by a famous 4th-century Christian saint Martin of Tours and consequently became extremely popular throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. In North America the surname Martin has absorbed cognates and derivatives from other languages e.g. Slovak and Rusyn (from Slovakia) Marcin Albanian Martini Polish surnames beginning with Marcin- and Slovenian patronymics like Martinčič (see Martincic ). Martin is the most frequent surname in France and one of the most frequent surnames in Wallonia. English: variant of Marton . Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Mártain ‘descendant of Martin’ (compare 1 above). Otherwise a shortened form of Gilmartin or McMartin ; sometimes also spelled Martyn.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Marton, Marin, Marvin, Martins, Marti, Marcin, Martina, Martie, Main

McAleese Name Meaning
Scottish and northern Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gille Íosa (Scottish) Mac Giolla Íosa (Irish) a patronymic from a personal name meaning ‘servant (i.e. devotee) of Jesus’. See McLeish .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Mcaleer, Mcalpine, Mccleese, Mcleese, Mcleish, Mcallen, Mcneese
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Metcalfe Name Meaning
English: variant of Metcalf .
Metcalf Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): apparently a nickname from Middle English mete ‘meat food’ + calf ‘calf’ i.e. ‘calf to be fattened up for eating’.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Medcalf, Metcalf, Veale, Cale, Mescall, Neale, Segale, Mehalko
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Morris Name Meaning
English and Scottish: from Maurice an Old French personal name introduced to Britain by the Normans. It is derived from Latin Mauritius a derivative of Maurus (see Moore ). This was the name of several early Christian saints. In some cases it may be a nickname of the same derivation for someone with a swarthy complexion. Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Muirghis a variant of Ó Muirgheasa (see Morrissey ). Welsh: Anglicized form of the personal name Meurig (from Latin Mauritius) which was gradually superseded in Wales by Morus Morys a derivative of the Anglo-Norman French form of the name (see 1 above). German: variant of Moritz and in North America (also) an altered form of this. Americanized form of French Maurice a cognate of 1 above. Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames (see Morse ).
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Moris, Harris, Norris, Corris, Borris, Orris, Ferris, Boris, Moers
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

O’ Donnell 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.
The original Gaelic form of O'Donnell was O'Domhnaill, which means descendant of Domhnall or descendant of Donal. The name is derived from the Irish words "domhan" (the world) and "all" (mighty): son of Colga, a quo O'Domhnaill. The surname claims descendancy from the Heremon Kings of Ireland.
Source:
https://www.houseofnames.com/o-donnell-family-crest
Similar surnames:
Mcconnell, O'connell, O'donnell, Mcdonnell, Bonnell, Connell
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Peel Name Meaning
English (mainly northern): topographic name for someone who lived or worked at a small castle a wooden fort or a house defended by a palisade (Middle English and Old French pel piel ‘stake pallisade’) or a habitational name from a place so named. English (mainly northern): variant of Pell . English (mainly northern): nickname from Middle English and Old French pel ‘stake’ perhaps for a tall thin person. Dutch: habitational name from any of the places so called in North Brabant (where there is also a district called De Peel) and Dutch Limburg from De Peel in Ravels Antwerp province or from Pedele in Kaggevinne and in Adorp Brabant. German: possibly a habitational name from a lost or unidentified placename. Perhaps an altered form of German Piel or Piehl .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Peil, Pell, Peek, Pehl, Perl, Speer, Keel, Seel, Poel, Peet
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Richardson Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Richard + -son. This surname is also very common among African Americans. Compare Ritson . Americanized form (and a Swedish variant) of Swedish Richardsson or Rikardsson: patronymic from the personal name Richard Rikard. Americanized form of Norwegian and Danish Richardsen or Norwegian Rikardsen cognates of 2 above.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Richards, Michaelson, Richard, Ricardo, Riccardo, Cardon, Richarson
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Robinson Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): patronymic from the Middle English personal name Robin a pet form of Robert + -son. This surname is also very common among African Americans. French: from a pet form of the personal name Robin . West Indian (including Haiti) and Guyanese: most likely not (only) of English or French origin as in 1 above and 2 above but also if not mostly from the related name of the famous Daniel Defoe's literary character Robinson Crusoe (from a novel first published in 1719).
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Robison, Rubinson, Robson, Robins, Rolison, Robertson, Adkinson
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Rusby Name Meaning
Perhaps a variant of Risby (from the Suffolk or ER Yorks place-names). Compare Thomas Rusby 1562 Thome Risby 1588 in IGI (Glemsford Suffolk); Rachel Rusby 1790 Susannah Risby 1799 in IGI (Thorne WR Yorks).
Risby Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Risby in Walesby (Lincolnshire) Risby in Roxby cum Risby (Lincolnshire) Risby (Suffolk) or Risby in Rowley (East Yorkshire). The Lincolnshire placenames probably derive from Old Norse hrís ‘brushwood’ + bý ‘farmstead village’. The East Yorkshire placename probably derives from Old Norse ryth (genitive rytz) ‘clearing’ + bý. The Suffolk placename may derive from Old Norse hrís or ryth + bý.
Source:
The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Busby, Lusby, Risby, Husby, Ruby, Rusak, Rush, Russ, Pusey, Hubby
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Swale Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire):: topographic name from the Swale river in North Yorkshire the name of which probably derives from Old English swalwe ‘whirlpool or rushing water’. alternatively perhaps from the Middle English female personal name Swale Old Norse Svala from svala ‘swallow’ (the bird).
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Sale, Wale, Swales, Swalve, Seale, Smale, Gale, Hale, Wall, Sala
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts