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Scott Name Meaning
English Scottish and Irish (Down): habitational and ethnic name from Middle English Scot ‘man from Scotland’. There is no evidence that the surname denoted either of the earlier senses of Scot as ‘(Gaelic-speaking) Irishman’ or ‘man from Alba’ the Gaelic-speaking region of Scotland north of the river Forth. This surname is also very common among African Americans. English and Scottish: from the rare Middle English personal name Scot (Old English Scott possibly also Old Norse Skotr) only certainly attested in northern England. English: variant of Scutt .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Slott, Escott, Shott, Schott, Cott, Scotto, Scutt, Scotch, Pott
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Stroughair Name Meaning
Unexplained.
The Stroughair family name was found in the UK in 1891. In 1891 there were 10 Stroughair families living in Yorkshire. This was about 63% of all the recorded Stroughairs in the United Kingdom. Yorkshire had the highest population of Stroughair families in 1891
Source
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain, 2021
Similar surnames:
Straughan, Straughter, Strough, Strother, Traughber, Troughton
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Sutcliffe Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from Sutcliff Wood in Brighouse (Yorkshire) from Old English sūth ‘south southern’ + cliff ‘cliff bank’.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Ratcliff, Antcliff, Cliff, Stancliff, Cunliffe, Wickliffe, Gatliff
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Thornton Name Meaning
English and Scottish: habitational name from any of numerous places throughout England and Scotland so called from Old English thorn ‘thorn tree’ + tūn ‘farmstead estate’. The placename is most frequent in northern England especially Yorkshire where there are at least 16 possible sources for the surname. Irish: Anglicized (translated) form of Gaelic Mac Sceacháin ‘son of Sceachán’ (see Skehan ). Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Draighneáin ‘descendant of Draighneán’ (see Drennan ). Irish: possibly a translated form of Gaelic Ó Muineacháin (see Monahan ).
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Horton, Thorton, Houston, Thorington, Thurston, Charlton, Harton
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Tinto Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from Tinto near Symington (Lanarkshire) recorded as Tintou in 1315. The first element of the placename is Gaelic teinteach ‘place of fire’ from teine ‘fire’ probably denoting a beacon site.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Pinto, Tino, Tito, Minto, Tinti, Tineo, Linton, Vito, Hinton, Ito
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Young Name Meaning
English Scottish and northern Irish: nickname from Middle English yong ‘young’ (Old English geong) used to distinguish a younger man from an older man bearing the same personal name (typically father and son). In Middle English this name is often found with the Anglo-Norman French definite article for example Robert le Yunge. In Gaelic-speaking areas of Scotland this was widely used as an English equivalent of the Gaelic nickname Og ‘young’; see Ogg . This surname is also very common among African Americans. Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘young’ or similar notably German Jung Dutch Jong and De Jong and French Lejeune and Lajeunesse . Americanized form of Swedish Ljung: topographic or an ornamental name from ljung ‘(field of) heather’ or a habitational name from a placename containing this word e.g. Ljungby. Americanized form of French Guyon reflecting the specific former French Canadian pronunciation of the initial G- followed by a vowel or of one of its altered forms such as Yon Native American: translation into English and shortening of a personal name composed of a word meaning ‘young’ or ‘little’ such as Lakota Sioux Mato Čikala ‘Little Bear’ or ‘Young Bear’ (see Youngbear ). Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 楊 and 陽 see Yang 1 and 7: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 容 see Rong 8: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 翁 see Weng
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Younger, Jung, Tong, Yong, Yount, Yung, Long, Ying, Mount, Yon
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Couchman Name Meaning
English (Kent): occupational name from a compound of Middle English couche ‘bed couch’ + Middle English man denoting a maker of couchwork bed hangings or bedding.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Doughman, Churchman, Leachman, Cockman, Buckman, Kochman, Corfman
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Dinsdale Name Meaning
English (northern): habitational name from Over Dinsdale (North Yorkshire) or Low Dinsdale (Durham) which stand on opposite sides of the Tees river. The name arises from Old English Dīctūneshalh ‘nook recess (Old English halh) belonging to Deighton ’.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Dimsdale, Hinsdale, Lonsdale, Drysdale, Teesdale, Hindle, Dugdale
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Fenwick Name Meaning
English (northern) and Scottish: habitational name from either of two places in Northumberland or from one in Yorkshire all of which are so named from Old English fenn ‘marsh fen’ + wīc ‘outlying dairy farm’. There is also a place in Ayrshire Scotland which has the same name and origin. This last is the source of at least some early examples of the surname: Nicholaus Fynwyk was provost of Ayr in 1313 and Reginald de Fynwyk or Fynvyk appears as bailie and alderman of the same burgh in 1387 and 140 The name is usually pronounced ‘Fennick’.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Renwick, Beswick, Bewick, Barwick, Harwick, Senick, Goswick, Herwick
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Mason Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English masoun ‘mason stone worker builder in stone’ (Old Central French maçon masson). A Middle English form machun (derived from Old French machun) gives rise to Machin and its variants. See also Mayson . Stonemasonry was a hugely important craft in the Middle Ages. Italian (Veneto): variant of Masone . Altered form of French Masson . French: topographic name from a regional variant of maison ‘house’.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Masson, Maison, Malon, Maron, Cason, Macon, Manson, Bason, Masin
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts