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Lythe Name Meaning
See Lyth .
Lyth Name Meaning
English (northern):: habitational name from any of various places called with Old English hlid ‘slope’ or its Old Norse cognate hlíth for example Lythe (in North Yorkshire) or Lyth (Cumbria in the former county of Westmorland). nickname from Middle English lithe ‘mild gentle’ (Old English līthe).
Source:
The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Blythe, Wythe, Lytle, Flythe, Luthe, Lathe, Lye, Lyle, Lyde, Loth
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Maloney Name Meaning
Irish (Munster): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maol Dhomhnaigh ‘descendant of the devotee of the Lord’. See Muldowney .
Muldowney Name Meaning
Irish (Kilkenny and Laois): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maol Dhomhnaigh Ó Maol Domhnaigh ‘descendant of Maol Domhnaigh’ a personal name meaning ‘devotee of Sunday’ or ‘of the church’. For the variant Ó Maol Dhomhnaigh see Maloney .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Malone, Mahoney, Moroney, Cloney, Mooney, Maney, Money, Mulroney
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Manton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Manton (Rutland) or Manton (Lincolnshire) or possibly from Manton in Worksop (Nottinghamshire) or Manton in Preshute (Wiltshire). The Rutland and Nottinghamshire placenames probably derive from the Old English personal name Manna + Old English tūn ‘farmstead estate’. The Lincolnshire placename is recorded as Malmetune in the 12th century and derives from Old English malm ‘sand sandy soil’ + tūn. The Wiltshire placename is recorded as Maninton in 1249 and derives from the Old English personal name Manna + Old English connective -ing- + tūn. Irish (Cork): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Manntáin ‘descendant of Manntán’ a personal name derived from a diminutive of manntach ‘toothless’.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Marton, Banton, Panton, Minton, Catton, Maxton, Manson, Danton
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Marston Name Meaning
English: habitational name from one or other of the numerous places called Marston or Merston in counties including Bedfordshire Cheshire Derbyshire Gloucestershire Isle of Wight Kent Northamptonshire Oxfordshire Shropshire Staffordshire Sussex and Worcestershire. Most of the placenames derive from Old English mersc ‘marsh’ + tūn ‘farmstead estate’.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Harston, Marton, Easton, Marson, Muston, Morton, Murton, Martin
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

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