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Britton Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): variant of Breton and ethnic name for a Breton from Old French Breton the oblique case form of Old French Bret; compare Brittain and Brett .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Brittin, Brittan, Bratton, Britten, Britain, Brewton, Bristol
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Loveday Name Meaning
English:: from the Middle English female personal name Loveday Old English Lēofdæg composed of the elements lēof ‘dear beloved’ + dæg ‘day’. nickname for someone who had some particular association with a ‘loveday’. According to medieval custom this was a day set aside for the reconciliation of enemies and amicable settlement of disputes.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Livesay, Lovern, Lovely, Love, Loveman, Lovejoy, Lovelady, Coveney
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Pullan Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): variant of Pullen.
Pullen Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English polein Old French poulain Anglo-Norman French pulein ‘foal colt’. English: variant of Pullum . Dutch and German: patronymic from Pul a variant of Pol
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Fullen, Mullen, Cullen, Puller, Bullen, Pollen, Pulley, Gulley
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Chappell Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a chapel from Middle English chapel(l)e ‘chapel’ via Old French from Late Latin capella originally a diminutive of capa ‘hood cloak’ but later transferred to the sense ‘chapel sanctuary’ with reference to the shrine at Tours where the cloak of Saint Martin was preserved as a relic.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Schappell, Chapel, Chappelle, Channell, Kappel, Chapelle, Capelle
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Skirrow Name Meaning
From Skirwith in Ingleton (WR Yorks) which is recorded as Skyrhouth in 1306 Skerith in 1615 and Skirrith in 172 The place-name derives from Old Scandinavian skírr ‘bright’ + hofuð ‘head headland’.
Source:
The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
Similar surnames:
Sharrow, Sparrow, Sherrow, Sorrow, Scarrow, Barrow, Carrow, Arrow
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Stack Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English stak(ke) stack(e) ‘haystack’ (Old Norse stakkr) perhaps used either for someone who built haystacks or for a hefty well-built person. The surname is now less common in England than in Ireland (especially County Kerry) where it was first taken in the 13th century and has been Gaelicized as Stac. German: variant of Staack . Americanized form of Polish or Czech Stach .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Stock, Slack, Tack, Sack, Steck, Stark, Smack, Stach, Spack, Stacks
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Steel Name Meaning
English: variant of Steele . Americanized form (translation into English) of German Stahl and Swedish Ståhl or Stål all meaning ‘steel’.
Steele Name Meaning
English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English stel(e) ‘steel’ perhaps used for someone considered as hard and durable as steel or for a foundry worker. English: variant of Stile . Scottish: habitational name from one or more of the places called Steel(e) or Steill in Ayrshire Berwickshire and Dumfriesshire from Scots steel ‘steep bank spur of a ridge’. Americanized form (translation into English) of German Stahl or Stahle and Swedish Ståhl Stål or Ståhle all meaning ‘steel’.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Seele, Sterle, Staple, Stoebe, Skeel, Steel, Selle, Steil, Sweere
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Darnbrook Name Meaning
From Darnbrook on Malham Moor in WR Yorks.
Source:
The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 201
Similar surnames:
Hornbrook, Benbrook, Lashbrook, Ashbrook, Hardenbrook, Stainbrook
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Day Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English day(e) dey(e) ‘dairyman or dairymaid’. Originally used only of women it was later used of men with the sense ‘man in charge of the dairy cattle’. This is probably the most common source of the surname. English: from the Middle English personal name Day(e) or Dey. In western England this is probably a pet form of David but in northern England and perhaps elsewhere also it is a late Middle English variant of Daw a pet form of Ralph (see Daw Dakin ). Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Deaghaidh (see O'Dea ). Scottish: from an Anglicized form of the Gaelic personal name Daìdh a colloquial form of David . Welsh: from the personal name Dai a pet form of the personal name Dafydd Welsh form of David . French: habitational name from a place call Day in the Ardennes.7: French: possibly also a habitatonal name with fused preposition d(e) ‘of from’ denoting someone from Ay in Marne.8: German: variant of Dey and in North America (also) an altered form of this.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Hay, Kay, May, Bay, Pay, Ray, Daw, Gay, Dey, Fay
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Elsworth Name Meaning
English: variant of Ellsworth .
Ellsworth Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): habitational name from Elsworth a lost place in Norwood near Fewston (Yorkshire) from the Old English personal name El(l)i (see Ellington ) + Old English worth ‘enclosure’ (see Worth ). English: habitational name from Elworth in Abbotsbury (Dorset) with instrusive -s- from the Old English personal name Ella + Old English worth. English: rare variant of Elsworthy a habitational name from Elworthy (Somerset) with the same origin as the placename in 2 above (with Old English worth later replaced by worthig) ‘enclosure’. English: habitational name from Elsworth in Cambridgeshire with the same origin as the placename in 1 above.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Molesworth, Aylesworth, Dodsworth, Ainsworth, Unsworth, Dilworth
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts