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Stephen Name Meaning
Scottish and English: from the personal name Stephen a vernacular form of Biblical Latin Stephanus Greek Stephanos (from Greek stephanos ‘crown’). The modern English form is also spelled Steven ; the -ph- spelling is due to medieval clerks' knowledge of the Biblical Latin form.
Stephens Name Meaning
English: variant of Stevens .
Stevens Name Meaning
English (London) Flemish Dutch and North German: patronymic from the personal name Steven . The surname of Flemish origin is also found in the Walloon part of Belgium. In North America the English form of the surname has also absorbed some like-sounding Jewish names and various other European cognates e.g. Greek Stefanidis Serbian Stevanović (see Stevanovic ) Slovenian and Slovak Štefanič (see Stefanic ).
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Thompson Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name T(h)om(me) (see Thom ) + -son ‘son of Tom’. Thomson is usually the Scottish form that with the intrusive -p- being English. Both forms are common in Ireland. The surname Thompson is also very common among African Americans. Americanized form of Danish Norwegian and North German Thomsen and of its Swedish cognate Thomsson. Compare Thomson .
Thomson Name Meaning
Scottish English and northern Irish: variant of Thompson . Scottish: sometimes an Anglicized form of Gaelic McThomas; see McTavish McComish . Americanized form of Danish Norwegian and North German Thomsen . Compare Thompson . Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Thomsson a cognate of 3 above.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Thomason, Tompson, Thomas, Tomson, Thomasson, Thomerson, Hampson
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Turner Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English t(o)urnour turner ‘turner’ (Old French to(u)rn(e)our) mainly denoting someone who fashioned small objects of wood metal or bone on a lathe but also a variety of other occupations including turnspit and translator or interpreter. This surname may have become confused with Toner . In North America it is also very common among African Americans. English: occasionally perhaps a nickname from Middle English turn-hare a compound of Middle English tournen ‘to turn direct steer’ + hare ‘hare’ a name for someone in charge of the greyhounds in hare coursing or an exaggerated compliment for someone who could run fast. See also Turnbull . English: perhaps also from Middle English t(o)urn(e)our ‘jouster one who takes part in a tournament’ (Old French tornoieor tournoieur). South German (rarely Türner): occupational name for a guard in a tower or a topographic name from an agent derivative of Middle High German turn ‘tower’. Compare Thurner . South German (rarely Türner): habitational name for someone from any of various places called Thurn for example in Austria. Compare Thurner . Slovenian and Croatian: regional occupational or topographic name from tur(e)n a loanword from German (see 4 above).7: Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): habitational name from a place called Turno or Turna in Poland and Belarus or from the city of Tarnów (Yiddish Turne) in Poland.8: Americanized form (translation into English) of any of various like-sounding Jewish surnames or names with similar meaning.
Source
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Berner, Tanner, Lerner, Horner, Murner, Turney, Gunner, Turek, Tuller
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Verity Name Meaning
English (West Yorkshire):: nickname from Middle English verite (Old French verité) ‘truth righteousness trustworthiness’. in Yorkshire perhaps an altered form of Verty (see Varty ).
Varty Name Meaning
English (Cumberland and Northumberland): nickname from Middle English and Older Scots (a)verti ‘wise prudent’ (Old French averti ‘shrewd prudent well bred’). The name was sometimes altered to Virtue in which form the Scottish name still survives and perhaps also to Verity . Indian (Karnataka): Brahmin name of unexplained etymology found among Saraswat Brahmins of Goan origin who have migrated to Karnataka.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Verry, Everett, Verley, Merritt, Crite, Avery, Averitte, Tritz
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Vero Name Meaning
Italian: nickname from vero ‘real true’ (from Latin verus). Italian: possibly from a variant of the ancient Germanic personal name Bero related to bera ‘bear’. Italian: possibly a habitational name from a short form of the personal name as Bonavero composed of the elements bon a variant of b(u)ono ‘good’ and avere ‘to have’ Olivero. Hungarian (Verő): from ver ‘hit strike’ hence an occupational name probably for a smith or someone who worked with hammer.
Source
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Mero, Pero, Fero, Bero, Gero, Zero, Veron, Verno, Cerro, Peri
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Waddington Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): habitational name mostly from Waddington in Yorkshire but also from Waddington in Lincolnshire and perhaps occasionally Waddington in Coulsdon (Surrey). The first two placenames derive from the Old English personal name Wada + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead estate’. The Surrey placename derives from Old English hwǣte ‘wheat’ later hwǣten ‘growing with wheat’ + dūn ‘hill’.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Addington, Weddington, Wallington, Warmington, Washington, Warrington
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Wainwright Name Meaning
English (Lancashire Yorkshire and Cheshire): occupational name for a maker of carts or wagons from Middle English wain-wright ‘wagon-builder cart-maker’ (Old English wægn-wyrhta).
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Cartwright, Arkwright, Boatwright, Wheelwright, Wright, Wainright
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Walker Name Meaning
English (mainly North and Midlands) and Scottish: occupational name for a fuller from Middle English walker Old English wealcere (an agent derivative of wealcan ‘to walk tread’) ‘one who trampled cloth in a bath of lye or kneaded it in order to strengthen it’. This was the regular term for the occupation during the Middle Ages in western and northern England. Compare Fuller and Tucker . As a Scottish surname it has also been used as a translation of Gaelic Mac an Fhucadair ‘son of the fuller’. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames
Waller, Walke, Walmer, Wicker, Acker, Galler, Hawker, Walter, Walzer
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Warren Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the Middle English (Old French) personal name Warin Werin a borrowing of ancient Germanic Warino a short form of various compound names based on the element warin ‘protection shelter’ or ‘guard’. Compare Waring . English and Irish (of Norman origin): habitational name from La Varrenne in Seine-Maritime France named with a Gaulish element probably descriptive of alluvial land or sandy soil. This was the name of a major Norman family after the Conquest. In Ireland this name has been Gaelicized as Bharain. Irish: adopted as an English form of Gaelic Ó Murnáin (see Murnane Warner ).
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Farren, Warden, Carden, Garret, Barre, Warner, Waren, Maren, Carrel
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Willcock Name Meaning
See Wilcock .
Wilcock Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): from the Middle English personal name Wilcoc a pet form of William (composed of the elements Will 1 + the hypocoristic suffix -cok; see Cocke ).
Cocke Name Meaning
English:: nickname from Middle English cok (Old English and Old French coc) ‘rooster’. patronymic from the Old French and Middle English personal name Cok of uncertain origin but perhaps derived from the word in 1 above. occupational name from Middle English cok ‘cook’ a variant of Cook . in addition the name may occasionally also have been topographic or habitational referring to a house or inn distinguished by a sign depicting a rooster (see 1 above). Surnames derived from house and inn signs are rare in English.
Source:
The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Willock, Wilcock, Hillock, Willcox, Willick, Billock, Wallock
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts