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Leedham Name Meaning
English:: habitational name from Leadenham (Lincolnshire) which is recorded as Ledenham in 1178. The placename derives from an Old English personal name Lēoda + Old English hām ‘village homestead’. sometimes a variant of Leatham (itself a variant of Latham ). possibly also an altered pronunciation of one of the variants of Leighton or Laughton .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Leatham, Leedom, Needham, Beecham, Beacham, Lanham, Whetham, Latham
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Irish Name Meaning
English and Irish (Kilkenny): ethnic name for someone of Irish origin from Old French Ireis or Middle English Irish ‘Irish’ Latinized as Hiberniens(is). Compare Ireland .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Drish, Rush, Brush, Krich, Fish, Urich, Nish, Neish, Brash, Urish
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Lockwood Name Meaning
English: habitational name from one of three places called Lockwood one in Yorkshire one in North Yorkshire and another in Staffordshire. The Yorkshire and Staffordshire placenames both derive from Old English loc ‘lock enclosure fold’ + wudu ‘wood’. The North Yorkshire placename derives from Old English loc + Old Norse vithr ‘wood’. The surname appears to have migrated to East Anglia.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Packwood, Blackwood, Rockwood, Hopwood, Horwood, Silkwood, Armwood
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Louden Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from Loudoun near Cunningham in Ayrshire named in Celtic as Lugūnon ‘fort of Lugus’ (see Lyon ). Scottish: possibly a variant of Lothian .
Lothian Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from the region so named in southeastern central Scotland. The placename is very ancient and is of unexplained etymology.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Lowden, Couden, Loudin, Bowden, Rowden, Morden, Olden, Linden, Norden
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Lyles Name Meaning
English and Scottish: variant of Lyle
Lyle Name Meaning
Scottish and English (of Norman origin): topographic or habitational name from Anglo-Norman French del isle ‘from the island’ (from Latin de insula) denoting someone who lived on an island or who came from a place in France named Ile Isle or L'Isle. The surname may also in some cases be from Lille (Nord). Compare Lisle and Iles . Scottish: variant of Lyall .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Lyle, Gyles, Byles, Hyles, Myles, Eyles, Pyles, Ryles, Wyles, Lees
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Mountain Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire; of Norman origin): topographic name from Middle English mountaine ‘mountain’ (Old French montagne). See Montagne . Irish: either of Norman origin as 1 above or a variant of Manton . English: variant of Monkton a habitational name from Monkton (Kent Somerset) Moor Monkton and Nun Monkton (Yorkshire) Bishop Monkton (Yorkshire) or any of numerous other places called Monkton named with Old English munuc ‘monk’ + tūn ‘farmstead estate’.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Fountain, Mountjoy, Costain, Mount, Montagne, Boutin, Mccurtain
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Yates Name Meaning
English: from Middle English yates ‘gates’ plural of yate Old English geat ‘gate’ hence a topographic or occupational name for someone who lived by the gates of a town or castle and who probably acted as the gatekeeper or porter. Compare Gates . Alternatively a variant of the singular form Yate with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Gates, Sales, Oates, Tates, Mates, Cates, Hales, Cater, Zales, Tate
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts