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Ingram Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the Anglo-Norman personal name Ingeram (Old French Enguerran Engerran; ancient Germanic Engelramnus Ingelramnus Engelrammus Ingelrammus) from the heroic name-element seen in such names as Ingle + hrafn- ‘raven’.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Ingham, Ingrao, Ingman, Ingrum, Inghram, Engram, Ingold, Bingham
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Kendal Name Meaning
English (northwestern): variant of Kendall .
Kendall Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Kendal in Cumbria which takes its name from the river Kent + Old Norse dalr ‘valley’ or from the valley of the river Kent itself. English (of Welsh origin): from an Anglicized form of the Welsh personal name Cynddelw which was borne by a famous 12th-century Welsh poet. It probably derives from a Celtic word meaning ‘exalted high’ + delw ‘image effigy’.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Kendall, Kenkel, Kanda, Rendahl, Konda, Wendel, Kandel, Sandal
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Long Name Meaning
English and French: nickname for a tall person from Old English lang long Old French long ‘long tall’ (equivalent to Latin longus). Compare Dulong and Lelong . Irish (Ulster and Munster): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Longáin (see Langan ). German: variant of Lang ‘long’ and in North America also an altered form (translation into English) of this. Native American (Navajo): translation into English and shortening of a personal name based on (or just composed of) the word nééz ‘tall long’ (see Nez ). Compare Tallman . Chinese: Mandarin or Cantonese form of the surname 龍 meaning ‘dragon’ in Chinese: (i) from Long (龍) the name of an official during the reign of the legendary Emperor Shun (c. 23rd century BC) in charge of communications between the ordinary people and the emperor. (ii) from the surname Huan Long (豢龍 meaning ‘feeding dragons’). Dong Fu is said to have been endowed with this surname by the legendary Emperor Shun (c. 23rd century BC). Liu Lei who is said to have learned to feed dragons from one of Dong's descendants was endowed with the surname Yu Long (御龍 meaning ‘driving dragons’) by one of the kings of the Xia dynasty (2070–1600 BC). (iii) the surname is borne by some families from the Zang Ge ethnic group in ancient China who lived in present-day Yunan and Guizhou provinces. (iv) the surname is also borne by members of the royal families of the ancient states of Qiemi and Yanqi (Karasahr) located in present-day Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. Chinese: Mandarin or Cantonese form of the surname 隆 meaning ‘prosperous thriving’ or ‘grand magnificent’ in Chinese: (i) from the placename Long (隆) the name of a fief (located in present-day Shandong province) in the state of Lu during the Spring and Autumn period (770–476 BC). (ii) the surname is borne by some families from the Huns during the early Western Han dynasty (202 BC - 25 AD).7: Chinese: Cantonese form of the surname 郎 see Lang 8: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 農 see Nong .9: Cambodian: written ឡុង of Chinese origin meaning ‘dragon’ (see 5 above).10: Vietnamese: from the Chinese surname 龍 see 5 above.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Tong, Gong, Rong, Lang, Kong, Song, Hong, Ling, Dong, Leng
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Patrick Name Meaning
Irish Scottish and English (of Norman origin): from the Anglo-Norman French Middle English and Older Scots personal name Patrick (Old Irish Patraicc) derived from Latin Patricius ‘son of a noble father member of the patrician class’. This was the name of a Christian saint a 5th-century Romano-Briton who became the apostle and patron saint of Ireland and it was largely as a result of his fame that the personal name was so popular from the Middle Ages onward. In Ireland the surname is usually Scottish in origin from Scottish settlers in Ulster in the 17th century. See also Peden and McPadden derived from pet forms of Old Irish Patraicc. Scottish and Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Scottish and Irish Gaelic Mac Phádraig ‘son of Patrick’. English: variant of Partridge . Irish: shortened form of Fitzpatrick and the now extinct Mulpatrick. Americanized form of Slovak or Rusyn (from Slovakia) Petrík (see Petrik ) and of Ukrainian or Rusyn Petryk . Americanized form of Polish Patrzyk: unexplained.7: American shortened and altered form of Russian Patrikeev: patronymic from the personal name Patrikey derived from Greek Patrikios a cognate of 1 above.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Snowden Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the many minor places called from hills where the snow lay long (Old English snāw ‘snow’ + dūn ‘hill’). In Yorkshire the name is either from High and Low Snowden in Askwith (Yorkshire) or Snowden Hill in Hunshelf while in Devon the name is probably from Snowdon in Buckfastleigh or Snowdon in Rattery. The precise sources of the name in other counties have not been identified. Snow End in Anstey (Hertfordshire) recorded as Snowdon in 1362 is a possibility but it is not known if it gave rise to a surname. Compare Sneddon .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Snowdon, Bowden, Rowden, Cowden, Howden, Crowden, Plowden, Norden
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Stringer Name Meaning
English:: occupational name from Middle English strenger stringer ‘man who worked at a string-hearth or furnace’ synonymous with Stringfellow . The name occurs frequently in districts where iron was smelted in medieval times. occupational name for someone who made or worked with string from Middle English strenger stringer an agent derivative of Middle English streng(e) string(e) ‘string cord’ (Old English streng). The term was also used of someone who made strings for bows in 1420.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Springer, String, Slinger, Stanger, Strenger, Striker, Stranger
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Taylor Name Meaning
English Scottish and Irish: occupational name for a tailor from Anglo-Norman French Middle English taillour ‘tailor’ (Old French tailleor tailleur; Late Latin taliator from taliare ‘to cut’). The surname is extremely common in Britain and Ireland. In North America it has absorbed equivalents from other languages many of which are also common among Ashkenazic Jews for example German Schneider and Hungarian Szabo . It is also very common among African Americans. In some cases also an Americanized form of French Terrien ‘owner of a farmland’ or of its altered forms such as Therrien and Terrian .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Aylor, Saylor, Naylor, Paylor, Tailor, Tallon, Kaylor, Meylor, Tabor
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Topham Name Meaning
English (mainly northern especially Yorkshire):: nickname from Middle English Toppan of uncertain meaning. The second element is perhaps Middle English pan(ne) ‘(crown of the) head’ while Top- could be derived from several different words. If from Middle English toppen ‘to shave (the head)’ then Toppan might have been a name for a barber who provided tonsures for the clergy. Alternatively Top- might represent Middle English tup top(pe) ‘ram male sheep’ hence ‘ram-head’ or Middle English top(pe) Anglo-Norman French tupe ‘hair on the head tuft of hair forelock’ denoting someone with a distinctive head of hair. variant of Topping . in Lincolnshire a variant of Tupholme a habitational name from a place so named in Lincolnshire. The placename derives from the Old Norse personal name Tupi or a word of obscure origin from which Middle English tup ‘ram’ derives + Old Norse holmr ‘small island water meadow’. in southern England the name is rare and may be from an unidentified placename there. The placename may derive from Old English topp ‘top hill top’ + hām ‘village homestead’ but this cannot be certain.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Popham, Tatham, Lapham, Mepham, Gorham, Upham, Gotham, Hotham, Higham
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Waller Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English waler waliere walour waller ‘builder of walls mason’. English: in Sussex perhaps a topographic name for someone who lived by a prominent wall. English: topographic name for someone who lived by a spring stream or man-made well from Middle English waller a derivative of Middle English walle Old English wælle wælle. It is a West Midlands dialect form of Weller . South German: nickname from Middle High German wallære ‘traveler roamer pilgrim’. Swedish (rarely Wallér): topographic or ornamental name composed of a variant of the element vall ‘grassy bank pasture’ (see Wall ) + the suffix -er (from German) or -ér (a derivative of Latin -erius).
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Weller, Galler, Woller, Kaller, Walker, Walder, Haller, Faller
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Walshaw Name Meaning
English: habitational name from either of two places in northern England called Walshaw in Briercliffe (Lancashire) or in Wadsworth (Yorkshire). The Lancashire placename derives from Old English wælla wella ‘spring stream well’ + sceaga ‘copse’. The first element of the Yorkshire placename is Old English walh ‘Welshman’ (genitive wala).
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Warshaw, Bagshaw, Ramshaw, Walsh, Walstad, Capshaw, Bashaw, Latshaw
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts