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Ryder Name Meaning
English and Irish: variant of Rider . Americanized and Flemish form of Dutch Rijder: occupational name for a mounted warrior or messenger Middle Dutch rider ‘horseman rider’.
Rider Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English ridere ‘horseman’ perhaps with a specific application such as ‘forest ranger’ ‘horseman who guards crops’ or ‘mounted warrior knight’. Compare Knight . English: habitational name from Ryther near Selby (Yorkshire) probably from Old English ryther ‘clearing’. English: topographic name from Middle English ridere ‘dweller at a clearing’ (see Reeder ) or ‘dweller by a small stream’ depending on which sense of Middle English ride the surname is derived from. These topographic senses of Rider are limited to the southern counties of England (especially Surrey Sussex and Hampshire) where topographic names in -er and the Middle English words ride ‘clearing’ and rithe ‘small stream’ are mainly found. See also Reed . Irish: adopted for Ó Marcaigh since the etymon marcach means ‘horseman or rider’. The Gaelic name is also Anglicized as Markey . Americanized form of German Reiter .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Rider, Reder, Rymer, Rader, Rayder, Ruder, Gryder, Ryer, Ryser
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Rylah Name Meaning
See Riley .
Riley Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): habitational name chiefly from High Ryley in Accrington (Lancashire) and Riley in Kirkburton which was in the manor of Wakefield (Yorkshire). In some cases the name may derive from Riley Farm in Eyam (Derbyshire) Royley in Royton (Lancashire) or Rylah in Scarcliffe (Derbyshire). The placenames all come from Old English rȳge ‘rye’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. Irish: from Ó Raghailligh ‘descendant of Raghailleach’ Old Irish Roghallach. This is the name of a chieftain family in Cavan related to the O'Rourkes. In Anglicized form it has also been confused with Ó Raithile found in Munster usually Anglicized as O'Rahilly or Rahilly . See O'Reilly .
Source:
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain, 2021
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Ryland, Ryan, Ryba, Ralph, Salah, Ryman, Ullah, Olah, Rybak, Ryll
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Beecroft Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire): habitational name from Beecroft Hall in Horton in Ribblesdale Yorkshire.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Bancroft, Barcroft, Ashcroft, Croft, Rycroft, Haycraft, Cockcroft
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Scruton Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): habitational name from Scruton (North Yorkshire) from the Old Norse personal name Scurfa + Old English tūn ‘farmstead estate’.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames
Scotton, Ruston, Catton, Spanton, Bruton, Marton, Shotton, Murton
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Scurley Name Meaning
Historically, surnames evolved as a way to sort people into groups - by occupation, place of origin, clan affiliation, patronage, parentage, adoption, and even physical characteristics (like red hair). Many of the modern surnames in the dictionary can be traced back to Britain and Ireland.
The Scurley family name was found in the USA between 1880 and 1920. The most Scurley families were found in and USA in 1880.
Source:
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/name-origin?surname=scurley
Similar surnames:
Curley, Shurley, Sculley, Murley, Turley, Gurley, Durley, Hurley
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Spurr Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): nickname for someone who made sold or wore spurs from Middle English spore spure ‘spur’ (Old English spora spura). Compare Spoor and Spurrier .
Spoor Name Meaning
Dutch and English (Durham and Northumberland): metonymic occupational name for a maker of spurs a lorimer from Middle Dutch spore Middle English spore spure ‘spur’.
Spurrier Name Meaning
English: occupational name for someone who made spurs from Middle English sporier(e) spurier(e) ‘spurrier’ (an agent derivative of Middle English spore spure ‘spur’).
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Sparr, Spoor, Sperr, Spear, Parr, Speer, Sporer, Starr, Sours, Sporn
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Stobbart Name Meaning
From the Middle English personal name Stubard Stobard late Old English *Stubheard from stubb *stobb ‘tree-stump’ + heard ‘hard’ recorded only in E Anglia so the surname in post-medieval NE England may be due to migration from there via the east coast trade route. The post-medieval surname may have been confused with Stappard and Stopford and in E Anglia it may have been absorbed into Stibbard .
Source:
The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016

Terry Name Meaning
English and Irish: from the Norman personal name T(h)erry (Old French Thierri) a short form of Theodoric which is composed of the ancient Germanic elements theud ‘people race’ + rīc ‘power(ful) rich’. Theodoric was the name of the Ostrogothic leader (c. 454–526) who invaded Italy in 488 and established his capital at Ravenna in 49 His name was sometimes taken as a derivative of Greek Theodōros (see Theodore ). An Anglo-Norman family of this name has been in County Cork Ireland since the 13th century. Irish: sometimes an Anglicized (‘translated’) form of Gaelic Mac Toirdhealbhaigh (see Turley ).
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Merry, Berry, Ferry, Derry, Troy, Perry, Werry, Terra, Jerry, Torr
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Thackeray Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): habitational name from Thackray in the parish of Great Timble Yorkshire now submerged in Fewston reservoir. It was named with Old Norse thak ‘thatching reeds’ + (v)rá ‘nook corner’.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Thacker, Harker, Hackney, Thackery, Blackerby, Hackman, Haverly
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts