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Hellawell Name Meaning
See Helliwell .
Helliwell Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): variant of Hellewell .
Hellewell Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from Holywell Green in Stainland (Yorkshire) a compound of northern Middle English heli ‘holy’ + welle ‘well’. Compare Halliwell and Hollowell .
Source:
The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
Similar surnames:
Helliwell, Hollowell, Halliwell, Hallowell, Hellweg, Elwell, Hellwege
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Hough Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Cheshire): from Middle English hoʒ Old English hōh ‘heel spur of land ridge’. The surname may be topographic for someone who lived by such a feature or habitational from a place so named such as Hough in Cheshire. This name has the same origin as Howe : Hough is from the nominative case (Old English hōh) while Howe from the dative singular. See also Howes . Irish: variant of Haugh .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Haugh, Hugh, Hougham, Bough, Lough, Tough, Hodge, Houge, Pough
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Milnthorpe Name Meaning
From Milnthorpe in Sandal Magna (WR Yorks) named with Old English myln ‘mill’ + Old Scandinavian þorp ‘secondary settlement outlying farmstead’. As the place-name is of a recurring type there are numerous other possible sources of the surname such as Milnthorpe (Westm) Milnethorpe in Norton (Notts) Millthorpe in Aslackby and Millthorpe in Quarrington (both Lincs) and a lost Milnthorpe in Thurnscoe (WR Yorks) and of these at least Millthorpe in Aslackby can be shown to have given rise to a medieval byname. However the available evidence points firmly to Milnthorpe in Sandal Magna as the origin of the surviving surname and all its variant forms.
Source:
The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
Similar surnames:
Ellithorpe, Millhouse, Thorpe, Sculthorpe, Milhorn, Henthorne
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Morley Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Morley (for example in Derbyshire County Durham Norfolk and Yorkshire) or Moreleigh in Devon all of which are named from Old English mōr ‘moor’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. Irish (Mayo): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Murghaile ‘descendant of Murghal’ a personal name based on muir ‘sea’ + gal ‘valour’. Irish (Mayo): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Murthuile ‘descendant of Murthuile’ a personal name derived from muir ‘sea’ + tuile ‘tide’.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Marley, Worley, Mosley, Corley, Murley, Manley, Coley, Godley, Moxley
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Ness Name Meaning
Norwegian Scottish and English (East Yorkshire): topographic name for someone who lived on a headland or promontory Old Norse nes Old English næss Middle English nes(se) nas(s)e noss or a habitational name from any of numerous places called with this word; there are over a hundred farms in Norway and many settlements in Scotland and northern England so named. Scottish: from the Gaelic personal name Ness itself possibly from Old Irish ness ‘weasel’. German: habitational name from any of the places called Nesse in Oldenburg and Friesland.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Noss, Hess, Hees, Nass, Bess, Ress, Neis, Gess, Weiss, Nese
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Patrick Name Meaning
Irish Scottish and English (of Norman origin): from the Anglo-Norman French Middle English and Older Scots personal name Patrick (Old Irish Patraicc) derived from Latin Patricius ‘son of a noble father member of the patrician class’. This was the name of a Christian saint a 5th-century Romano-Briton who became the apostle 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, 2022and patron saint of Ireland and it was largely as a result of his fame that the personal name was so popular from the Middle Ages onward. In Ireland the surname is usually Scottish in origin from Scottish settlers in Ulster in the 17th century. See also Peden and McPadden derived from pet forms of Old Irish Patraicc. Scottish and Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Scottish and Irish Gaelic Mac Phádraig ‘son of Patrick’. English: variant of Partridge . Irish: shortened form of Fitzpatrick and the now extinct Mulpatrick. Americanized form of Slovak or Rusyn (from Slovakia) Petrík (see Petrik ) and of Ukrainian or Rusyn Petryk . Americanized form of Polish Patrzyk: unexplained.7: American shortened and altered form of Russian Patrikeev: patronymic from the personal name Patrikey derived from Greek Patrikios a cognate of 1 above.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Saul, Paule, Kaul, Palm, Pal, Pauli, Pahl, Pauls, Paulo, Faul
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Scott Name Meaning
English Scottish and Irish (Down): habitational and ethnic name from Middle English Scot ‘man from Scotland’. There is no evidence that the surname denoted either of the earlier senses of Scot as ‘(Gaelic-speaking) Irishman’ or ‘man from Alba’ the Gaelic-speaking region of Scotland north of the river Forth. This surname is also very common among African Americans. English and Scottish: from the rare Middle English personal name Scot (Old English Scott possibly also Old Norse Skotr) only certainly attested in northern England. English: variant of Scutt .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Slott, Escott, Shott, Schott, Cott, Scotto, Scutt, Scotch, Pott
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Stroughair Name Meaning
Unexplained.
The Stroughair family name was found in the UK in 1891. In 1891 there were 10 Stroughair families living in Yorkshire. This was about 63% of all the recorded Stroughairs in the United Kingdom. Yorkshire had the highest population of Stroughair families in 1891
Source
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain, 2021
Similar surnames:
Straughan, Straughter, Strough, Strother, Traughber, Troughton
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Sutcliffe Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from Sutcliff Wood in Brighouse (Yorkshire) from Old English sūth ‘south southern’ + cliff ‘cliff bank’.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Ratcliff, Antcliff, Cliff, Stancliff, Cunliffe, Wickliffe, Gatliff
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Thornton Name Meaning
English and Scottish: habitational name from any of numerous places throughout England and Scotland so called from Old English thorn ‘thorn tree’ + tūn ‘farmstead estate’. The placename is most frequent in northern England especially Yorkshire where there are at least 16 possible sources for the surname. Irish: Anglicized (translated) form of Gaelic Mac Sceacháin ‘son of Sceachán’ (see Skehan ). Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Draighneáin ‘descendant of Draighneán’ (see Drennan ). Irish: possibly a translated form of Gaelic Ó Muineacháin (see Monahan ).
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Horton, Thorton, Houston, Thorington, Thurston, Charlton, Harton
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts