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Fowler Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a fowler a hunter or trapper of wild birds (a common medieval occupation) from Middle English fogheler fugheler (Old English fugelere a derivative of fugol ‘bird’).
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Fowle, Bowler, Dowler, Filer, Power, Fogler, Cobler, Folley, Soler
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Umpleby Name Meaning
English (North and Yorkshire): perhaps a variant of Uppleby with an intrusive -m-. Uppleby may be from Middle English up in by ‘up in the village’ (i.e. at the top end) a name which is recorded in Haisthorpe (East Yorkshire) in 1297. The development to Uppiby and Uppilby can be seen in villages not far away such as Seamer Old Malton New Malton and Buckton. From East Yorkshire the name migrated to North Lincolnshire on the Humber and apparently to Yorkshire where the presumed variant Umpleby is the only recorded form.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Appleby, Maltby, Milby, Utley, Emley, Smeby, Copley, Moseby, Lumley
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Graham Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from Grantham in Lincolnshire recorded in Domesday Book as Graham (as well as Grantham Grandham and Granham). See also Grantham . Irish (especially Ulster): in Ireland Graham is generally the Scottish name but it has additionally been adopted as an Anglicized form of both Ó Creacháin (see Crehan ) and Ó Gormghaile (see Gormley ).
Grantham Name Meaning
English (Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire): habitational name from Grantham in Lincolnshire of uncertain origin. The final element is Old English hām ‘homestead’; the first may be Old English grand ‘gravel’ or perhaps a personal name Granta which probably originated as a byname meaning ‘snarler’. See also Graham .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Branham, Grant, Tatham, Langham, Grantland, Canham, Graham, Rackham
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Wade Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Wade (Old English Wada or via Norman French from ancient Germanic Wado of unclear origin but possibly related to Old English wadan ‘to go’). English: topographic name from Middle English wade ‘ford’ (Old English (ge)wæd ‘ford especially a tidal crossing’) for someone who lived by a ford or a habitational name from a place so called such as Wade Hall in North Cove (Suffolk). Irish: shortened and altered from Mac Uaid see McQuaid . German: occupational name or nickname from Middle Low German wade ‘garment large net’. West African (mainly Senegal also Mauritania): Wolof name of unexplained etymology.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Cade, Ware, Bade, Lade, Gade, Wale, Kade, Eade, Tade, Wage
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Redfearn Name Meaning
English (West Yorkshire): variant of Redfern .
Redfern Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Redfern near Rochdale (Lancashire) recorded as le Redefern in the 13th century probably from Old English rēad ‘red’ + fearn ‘fern bracken’.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Redfern, Reder, Fearn, Reddan, Redman, Redford, Redifer, Reveal
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Dewar Name Meaning
Scottish:: from Gaelic Mac an Deoraidh ‘son of the pilgrim or sojourner’. Perhaps also an occupational name for a custodian of holy relics (which was normally a hereditary office) from Gaelic deoradh ‘pilgrim stranger’. habitational name from Dewar a place near Dalkeith of uncertain origin.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Demar, Debar, Detar, Dewart, Dean, Deger, Devan, Delay, Deer, Dew
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Moore Name Meaning
English: from Middle English more ‘moor marsh fen’ (Old English mōr) hence a topographic name for someone who lived in such a place or a habitational name from any of various places called with this word as for example Moore in Cheshire or More in Shropshire. English (of Norman origin): ethnic name from Old French more ‘Moor’ either someone from North Africa or more often a nickname for someone thought to resemble a Moor. Compare Morrell and Moreau . English (of Norman origin): from the Middle English personal name More (Old French More Maur Latin Maurus) originally denoting either ‘Moor’ or someone with a swarthy complexion (compare Morrell Morrin Morris and sense 2 above). There was a 6th-century Christian saint of this name. Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Mórdha ‘descendant of Mórdha’ a byname meaning ‘great proud’ or ‘stately’. Scottish: variant of Muir . Welsh: nickname from mawr ‘big great’ either describing a man's size or greatness (perhaps applied ironically) or as a means of distinguishing two men with the same name.7: Americanized form of Slovenian Mur .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
More, Mort, Moors, Motte, Mole, Mohr, Moores, Boone, Morel, Honore
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Wrigglesworth Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Woodlesford in Oulton (Yorkshire). The placename derives from Old English wrīdels ‘thicket’ + ford ‘ford’. There has been much confusion with Wigglesworth .
Wigglesworth Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): habitational name from Wigglesworth in North Yorkshire recorded in Domesday Book as Winchelesuuorde from the genitive case of the Old English byname Wincel meaning ‘child’ + Old English worth ‘enclosure’.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Wigglesworth, Wiglesworth, Middlesworth, Molesworth, Charlesworth
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Turpin Name Meaning
French and English: from the Old French and Middle English personal name Turpin representing the falling together of the Old Norse name Thórfinnr (composed of the elements Thórr the name of the god of thunder in Scandinavian mythology + the ethnic name Finnr ‘Finn’; compare Turvin ) and of the Latin name Turpinus (from Latin turpis ‘ugly base’) one of the self-abasing names adopted as a mark of humility by the early Christians (it was borne by the archbishop of Rheims in the Charlemagne legend) and of the Old French and Middle English form.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Turin, Turbin, Turton, Burgin, Dupin, Train, Burlin, Tarin, Arpin
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Rushforth Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): variant of Rushford . There is often confusion between this name and Rushworth .
Rushford Name Meaning
English and Scottish: habitational name primarily from Ryshworth in Bingley (Yorkshire) but sometimes perhaps also from Rushford (Norfolk) and Rushford Barton in Chagford (Devon). The Yorkshire and Devon placenames derive from Old English risc ‘rush’ + ford ‘ford’. The Norfolk placename derives from Old English risc + worth ‘enclosure’. Americanized form of French Rochefort .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Rushworth, Rushford, Cutsforth, Cudworth, Burnworth, Ruston, Rushmore
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts