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Appleby Name Meaning
English (northern): habitational name from any of various places for example in Leicestershire Lincolnshire and Cumbria named from Old English æppel or Old Norse epli ‘apple’ + Old Norse bȳ ‘farm’.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Umpleby, Apley, Apple, Appleton, Ansley, Ripley, Ashley, Paley
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Arand Name Meaning
English (Lincolnshire): nickname from Middle English erraunt ‘arrant notorious’ or from Middle English errende ‘straying’ (the present participle of the verb erren ‘to go astray’). Compare Arrand .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Ashman Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Asman Ashman (Old English Æscmann probably originally a byname from æscman ‘shipman sailor’). Americanized form of German Aschmann . Americanized form of German and Swiss German Eschmann .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Cashman, Allman, Asman, Osman, Ashmun, Aikman, Hashman, Ashland
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Bailey Name Meaning
English: status name for a steward or official from Middle English bailli ‘manager administrator’ (Old French baillis from Late Latin baiulivus an adjectival derivative of baiulus ‘attendant carrier porter’). English: habitational name from Bailey in Little Mitton Lancashire named with Old English beg ‘berry’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. English: occasionally a topographic name for someone who lived by the outer wall of a castle from Middle English (Old French) bailli ‘outer courtyard of a castle’ (Old French bail(le) ‘enclosure’ a derivative of bailer ‘to enclose’). This term became a placename in its own right denoting a district beside a fortification or wall as in the case of the Old Bailey in London which formed part of the early medieval outer wall of the city. Altered form of French Bailly .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Barley, Bailes, Bagley, Batley, Baile, Gailey, Badley, Brailey, Paley
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Barrow Name Meaning
English:: habitational name from any of numerous places called with Old English bearo bearu ‘grove’ (dative bear(o)we bearuwe) or Old English beorg dative beorge (Middle English berwe barwe) ‘mound tumulus’ for example in Cheshire Derbyshire Gloucestershire Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire Shropshire Suffolk and Somerset or a topographic name with the same meaning. habitational name from Barrow in Furness Lancashire which is named with an unattested Celtic word barr here meaning ‘promontory’ + Old Norse ey ‘island’.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Barlow, Carrow, Yarrow, Harrow, Barre, Barrows, Arrow, Harlow, Harrop
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Bass Name Meaning
English: from Middle English bas(e) bass Old French bas(se) ‘low short’ (from Latin bassus ‘thickset’ i.e. wide as opposed to tall) either a descriptive nickname for a short person or a status name meaning ‘of humble origin’ not necessarily with derogatory connotations. English: from the Middle English personal name Bas(s)e. This could be an Old French form of ancient Germanic Baso (perhaps meaning ‘purple’) or more commonly a pet form of Middle English and Old French Basile or Basily used of men and women alike. Compare Basley and Basil . English: in some instances from Middle English bærs bas ‘freshwater perch bass or any of various related or similar fish such as the sea bass’ hence a nickname for a person supposedly resembling this fish or a metonymic occupational name for a fish seller or fisherman. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): variant of Bas . German: variant of Basse . French (mainly Alsace): variant of Bas ‘short of low stature’ or a surname of German origin (see 5 above).
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Vass, Biss, Pass, Buss, Wass, Fass, Basa, Bast, Lass, Boss
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Beck Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived beside a stream from northern Middle English bekke ‘stream’ (Old Norse bekkr). English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of various places in northern France named Bec for example Bec Hellouin in Eure named with Old Norman French bec ‘stream’ from the same Old Norse root as in 1 above. English: from the Middle English personal name Becke (Old English Becca or Beocca) of uncertain origin. English: probably a nickname for someone with a prominent nose from Middle English bek bekke ‘beak (of a bird)’ (Old French bec). German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a baker a cognate of Becker from (older) South German beck West Yiddish bek ‘baker’. Some Jewish bearers of the name claim that it is an acronym of Hebrew ben-kedoshim ‘son of martyrs’ i.e. a name taken by one whose parents had been martyred for being Jews. The German surname is also found in France (mainly Alsace and Lorraine) Hungary Czechia Slovakia and Croatia. Compare Bek North German and Dutch: topographic name for someone who lived by a stream from Low German beke Dutch beck ‘stream’. Compare the High German form Bach 1 and Dutch Bek 6.7: Danish and Norwegian: habitational name from a farmstead named Bekk Bæk or Bäck from Old Norse bekkr ‘stream brook’ denoting a farm by a stream.8: Swedish: variant of Bäck (see Back ). This surname may also be of German origin (see above).9: Americanized or Germanized form of Polish Rusyn Czech Croatian or Slovenian Bek in the last two languages a cognate of the German name in 5 above.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Heck, Buck, Back, Bick, Peck, Berk, Eck, Rock, Boeck, Reck
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Berry Name Meaning
Irish and Manx: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Béara ‘descendant of Béara’ a personal name of unexplained etymology; or in some cases perhaps an Anglicized form of Irish and Manx Ó Beargha. Compare Barry Scottish and northern Irish: variant of Barrie . English: habitational name from any of several places called in Devon named with Old English byrig dative case of burh ‘fortified manor house stronghold’ such as Berry Pomeroy and Berrynarbor. English: from Middle English (atte) beri ‘(at the) manor house’ denoting someone who lived and worked at such a place from Middle English beri biri buri (from the Old English dative case byrig of Old English burg ‘fort fortified manor house’). See also Atterbury . French: habitational name from Berry a former province of central France so named with Latin Biturica the land of the Bituriges a Gaulish tribe. Swiss German: from a pet form of an ancient Germanic personal name formed with Old High German bero ‘bear’ (see Baer ).7: Altered form of French Baril . Compare Barry 7.8: Altered form (loose translation into English) of French Canadian Laframboise ‘the raspberry’.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Merry, Terry, Ferry, Barry, Barr, Burry, Perry, Derry, Beery, Werry
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Binns Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): habitational name from a locality in the Morley Wapentake of Yorkshire perhaps Binns in South Owram or more likely High Binns in Oxenhope which is close to Haworth where the earliest evidence of the surname occurs. The placename is probably the plural form of Middle English binn ‘stall manger’ (compare Bines ). Altered form of German or Swiss German Bins or Binz or of some other similar (like-sounding) German surname.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Benns, Biss, Benn, Minns, Kinne, Ginn, Finn, Zins, Berns, Bivens
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Birch Name Meaning
English German Danish and Swedish: topographic name for someone who lived by a birch tree or in a birch wood from an ancient Germanic word meaning ‘birch’ (Old English birce byrce ‘birch’ Middle High German birche Old Danish birk). In some cases the German and English name may be derived from any of the places called with this word such as Birch in Aargau (see Birke ) or Birch in Essex. In Swedish the name is in many instances ornamental.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Kirch, Bick, Beach, Kirsch, Burch, Winch, Busch, Hirsch, Horch, Barch
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts