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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
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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

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

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

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