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Haxby Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): habitational name from Haxby (North Yorkshire) from the Old Norse personal name Hákr (genitive Háks) + Old Norse bȳ ‘farmstead village’.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Saxby, Hamby, Hubby, Harty, Maxey, Hay, Carby, Hambly, Nasby, Canby
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Haygarth Name Meaning
From Haygarth in Docker (Westm). The place-name may derive from Old English hēg ‘hay’ + Old Scandinavian garðr ‘enclosure’.
Source:
The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
Similar surnames:
Haggart, Hayworth, Hogarth, Hoggarth, Haggarty, Hagarty, Howarth
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Healey Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Healey (Lancashire North Yorkshire Yorkshire Northumberland) Heeley (Yorkshire) or Healaugh (North Yorkshire Yorkshire). The main origin in Yorkshire was Healey (in Shelley) but the Yorkshire name has also probably been confused with Haley . The placenames derive from Old English hēah ‘high’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. Irish: variant of Healy .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Henley, Headley, Heatley, Haley, Hedley, Heasley, Hesley, Hanley
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Henderson Name Meaning
English and Scottish: usually from Middle English and Older Scots Hener(i)son ‘Henry's son’ occasionally from Middle English Hendeson ‘son of Hen’ a pet form of Henry both with an intrusive -d-. Compare Hendrie . In Scotland Henderson was sometimes substituted for McKendrick .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Enderson, Anderson, Sanderson, Fenderson, Ingerson, Mendelson
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Herring Name Meaning
English (London) Dutch and German: metonymic occupational name for a herring fisher or for a seller of the fish or perhaps for someone who habitually ate herring from Middle English hering (Old English hǣring hēring) Dutch haring Middle High German hærinc. In some cases it may have been a nickname in the sense of a trifle something of little value a meaning which is found in medieval phrases and proverbial expressions such as ‘to like neither herring nor barrel’ i.e. not to like something at all. German: habitational name from Herringen in Westphalia. German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Hering .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Hering, Herling, Harring, Herrin, Herrick, Helling, Heuring, Herrig
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Howard Name Meaning
English: of Norman origin from the Middle English personal names Huward (also Howard) and Heward from Old French Huard (itself from ancient Germanic Hugihard hugi- ‘mind understanding spirit’ + hard- ‘hardy bold’). As Hugh appears in Middle English as both How and Hew this is the definite origin of Heward and a source of Howard. This surname is also very common among African Americans. See Hugh . English: from the Middle English personal name Haward or Howard usually an Anglicized form of Old Danish Hāwarth (Old Norse Hávarthr from há ‘high’ + varthr ‘guard guardian warden’). Alternation between Haward and Howard may have led to later confusion with Hayward . English: occasionally a variant of Ewart Irish: variant of Fogarty from Ó hÓghairt a shortened form of Ó hÓgartaigh a name derived from a lenited form of Ó Fógartaigh. Irish: variant of Ivers from Ó hÍomhair which was also Anglicized as O'Hure and Hever. Compare McIver .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Huard, Seward, Coward, Ward, Bovard, Howarth, Howald, Hoad, Herard
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Howgate Name Meaning
Variant of Holgate ; see Redmonds Dictionary of Yorks Surnames.
Holgate Name Meaning
English: from Middle English hol(e) ‘hollow’ + gat(e) gate ‘path road’. The name may be topographic for someone who lived by a ‘hollow road’ or habitational from any of several places so named such as three places called Holgate in Yorkshire.
Source:
The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
Similar surnames:
Holgate, Hogate, Hungate, Colgate, Hoggatt, Howsare, Tongate, Howatt
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

I'anson Name Meaning
One of the most common classes of Scottish surnames is the patronymic surname, which arose out of the vernacular and religious naming traditions. The vernacular or regional naming tradition is the oldest and most pervasive type of patronymic surname. According to this custom, names were originally composed of vocabulary elements from the local language. Patronymic surnames of this type were usually derived from the personal name of the original bearer's father. The surname I'Anson is derived from the ancient Scottish given name Ian which itself comes from the Hebrew given name Yocjanan, which means Jehovah has favored me with a son.
Source:
https://www.houseofnames.com/I-Anson-family-crest
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Jarratt Name Meaning
English: variant of Garrett .
Garrett Name Meaning
English (southern): from the Middle English personal name Gerad a variant of either Gerald or Gerard
Gerald Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin); French (Gérald): from the ancient Germanic personal name Gerald Girald composed of the elements gēr ‘spear lance’ and wald ‘power authority’. It was introduced to Britain by the Normans and was fairly common but less so than Gerard with which it was early confused. In France the much more common variants of this surname are Géraud and Giraud .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Garratt, Jarrett, Sarratt, Barratt, Jarrard, Jerrett, Surratt
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Jewison Name Meaning
English (East Yorkshire): patronymic from the Middle English personal names Jew(e) Julle or Jouet (all pet forms of the male name Julian or the female name Juliane) + -son; see Jew Jewett and Julian .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Lewison, Jenison, Denison, Jemison, Jennison, Nerison, Pearson
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts