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Mudd Name Meaning
English:: from Middle English Modde a pet form of the Latin female name Modesta (Old French Modeste). This was an exceptionally rare personal name in medieval England and was hardly less so in medieval France where the male use of Old French Modeste (from Latin Modestus) is better evidenced but quite uncommon. from Middle English Mod(de) Mud(de) pet forms of Old English or ancient Germanic male personal names beginning with Mōd- ‘courage’ though these were also rare.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Mund, Budd, Kidd, Codd, Mould, Cudd, Rudd, Mula, Budde, Rudi
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Murrell Name Meaning
English: variant of Merrill .
Merrill Name Meaning
Welsh and English: from a female personal name of Celtic origin found in Welsh as Meriel and Meryl and in Irish as Muirgheal earlier Muirgel (‘sea-bright’). English: habitational name from one or more of the many places whose names derive from Middle English mirie merie murie ‘merry pleasant’ (Old English myrge) + hill hell hull ‘hill’ (Old English hyll) including two places called Merry Hill in Staffordshire and a third in Hertfordshire.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Merrick, Merritt, Grill, Cerrillo, Perrell, Merriam, Parrill, Perrin
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Newby Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places in northern England named with Old English nīwe ‘new’ (Middle English newe) + Old Norse bȳ ‘village settlement’.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Newey, Nerby, Nesby, Welby, Denby, Selby, Beeby, New, Nasby, Melby
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Noble Name Meaning
English Scottish and French: status name or nickname from Middle English Old French noble ‘high-born distinguished illustrious’ (from Latin nobilis) denoting someone of lofty birth or character or someone who poses as a nobleman or perhaps also ironically someone of low station. The surname has been established in Ireland since the 13th century but was re-introduced in the 17th century and is now found mainly in Ulster. Compare French Lenoble . Americanized form of Jewish (Ashkenazic) and German Knöbel Knobel and Nobel. Spanish: nickname from noble ‘noble’ or ‘courteous kind’ (see 1 above).
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Doble, Coble, Nolle, Noblet, Nobbe, Noe, Molle, Roble, Sole, Hole
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Pawson Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): patronymic from the Middle English personal name Paw a variant of Paul .
Paul Name Meaning
English French German Dutch Swedish West Indian (mainly Haiti also e.g. Saint Lucia) and African (mainly Nigeria and Tanzania): from the personal name Paul (from Latin Paulus ‘small’) which has always been popular in Christendom. It was the name adopted by the Pharisee Saul of Tarsus after his conversion to Christianity on the road to Damascus in about AD 3 He was a most energetic missionary to the Gentiles in the Roman Empire and played a very significant role in establishing Christianity as a major world religion. The name was borne also by numerous other early Christian saints. It is also occasionally borne by Jews; the reasons for this are not clear. In North America the English form of the surname has absorbed many cognates from other languages and their patronymics and other derivatives e.g. Greek Pavlis Slovenian Pavel and Pavlič (see Pavlic ) Polish Paweł (see Pawel ) and Pawlicki Assyrian/Chaldean Polous and Polus . In France this surname is most common in Brittany (see 2 below). Breton (mainly Finistère): from a Frenchified form of the personal name Paol Breton form of Paul . Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Phóil ‘son of Paul’. Compare McFall . Catalan (Paül): habitational name from any of several places called Paül. Spanish (Paúl): topographic name from paúl ‘marsh lagoon’. Basque: Castilianized form (Paúl) of a habitational name from Padul a place in Araba/Álava province Basque Country (Spain).
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Payson, Paxson, Rawson, Ranson, Anson, Polson, Papson, Dawson, Lawson
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Phillips Name Meaning
English Dutch North German and Jewish (western Ashkenazic): patronymic from the personal name Philip . In North America this surname has also absorbed cognates from other languages (see Philips ).
Philips Name Meaning
English Scottish North German Dutch and Jewish (Ashkenazic): patronymic from the personal name Philip . In North America this surname has also absorbed cognates from other languages for example Italian Filippi Polish Filipowicz and Slovenian Filipič (see Filip ). Compare Phillips .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Philip, Philips, Philipp, Phillipp, Philipson, Phillipps, Millis
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Pinkney Name Meaning
English: variant of Pinckney .
Pinckney Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Picquigny in Somme named with an ancient Germanic personal name Pincino (of obscure derivation) + the Latin locative suffix -acum.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Pickney, Pinney, Binkley, Penney, Pinckley, Hinkley, Pinkley
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Price Name Meaning
Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Rhys ‘son of Rhys’ (see Reece ). This is one of the commonest of Welsh surnames. It has also been established in Ireland since the 14th century. English: nickname from Middle English Old French pris ‘excellent noble highly valued (person)’. Americanized form of Jewish Preuss or Preis . In some cases also an American shortened and altered form of Ukrainian Prishchipenko: from a nickname based on pryshchepa ‘grafted stalk’ with the diminutive suffix -enko having in this case a patronymic function.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Brice, Prime, Grice, Pryce, Trice, Prince, Pride, Place, Pipe, Rice
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Reuter Name Meaning
German:: derivative of Middle High German (ge)riute ‘clearing’ hence a topographic name for someone who lived in a clearing or an occupational name for a clearer of woodland. Reut(e) and Reit are frequent elements of placenames indicating location in a forest or former forest. unflattering nickname from Middle High German riutære ‘footpad highwayman’; later possibly an occupational name for a mounted soldier (see Reiter ).
Reiter Name Meaning
German:: occupational name for a mounted soldier or knight from Middle Low German rider Middle High German rīter ‘rider’. It is also found in some central European countries e.g. in Czechia and Slovenia. Compare Raiter . variant of Reuter habitational name for someone from any of various places in Germany and Austria called Reit or Reith (see Reith ).
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Reiter, Kreuter, Rester, Nester, Reiser, Reder, Reusser, Tretter
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Salisbury Name Meaning
English (Lancashire): habitational name primarily from Salesbury in Blackburn (Lancashire) but also occasionally from Salisbury (Wiltshire). The Lancashire placename derives from Old English salh ‘willow sallow’ + burg ‘fortress’ while the Wiltshire placename arises from a shortened form of the Celtic placename Sorviodunum (from an unknown initial element + Celtic dūno- ‘fort’). In the Old English period the second element was dropped and Sorvio- (of unexplained etymology) became Searo- in Old English as the result of folk etymological association the Old English word searu ‘trick’; to this an explanatory burh ‘fortress manor town’ was added. The city is recorded in the Domesday Book as Sarisberie; the change of -r- to -l- is the result of later dissimilation.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Sainsbury, Malsbury, Alsbury, Amesbury, Marksbury, Pillsbury, Asbury
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts