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Tinto Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from Tinto near Symington (Lanarkshire) recorded as Tintou in 1315. The first element of the placename is Gaelic teinteach ‘place of fire’ from teine ‘fire’ probably denoting a beacon site.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Pinto, Tino, Tito, Minto, Tinti, Tineo, Linton, Vito, Hinton, Ito
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Young Name Meaning
English Scottish and northern Irish: nickname from Middle English yong ‘young’ (Old English geong) used to distinguish a younger man from an older man bearing the same personal name (typically father and son). In Middle English this name is often found with the Anglo-Norman French definite article for example Robert le Yunge. In Gaelic-speaking areas of Scotland this was widely used as an English equivalent of the Gaelic nickname Og ‘young’; see Ogg . This surname is also very common among African Americans. Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘young’ or similar notably German Jung Dutch Jong and De Jong and French Lejeune and Lajeunesse . Americanized form of Swedish Ljung: topographic or an ornamental name from ljung ‘(field of) heather’ or a habitational name from a placename containing this word e.g. Ljungby. Americanized form of French Guyon reflecting the specific former French Canadian pronunciation of the initial G- followed by a vowel or of one of its altered forms such as Yon Native American: translation into English and shortening of a personal name composed of a word meaning ‘young’ or ‘little’ such as Lakota Sioux Mato Čikala ‘Little Bear’ or ‘Young Bear’ (see Youngbear ). Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 楊 and 陽 see Yang 1 and 7: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 容 see Rong 8: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 翁 see Weng
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Younger, Jung, Tong, Yong, Yount, Yung, Long, Ying, Mount, Yon
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Couchman Name Meaning
English (Kent): occupational name from a compound of Middle English couche ‘bed couch’ + Middle English man denoting a maker of couchwork bed hangings or bedding.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Doughman, Churchman, Leachman, Cockman, Buckman, Kochman, Corfman
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Dinsdale Name Meaning
English (northern): habitational name from Over Dinsdale (North Yorkshire) or Low Dinsdale (Durham) which stand on opposite sides of the Tees river. The name arises from Old English Dīctūneshalh ‘nook recess (Old English halh) belonging to Deighton ’.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Dimsdale, Hinsdale, Lonsdale, Drysdale, Teesdale, Hindle, Dugdale
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Fenwick Name Meaning
English (northern) and Scottish: habitational name from either of two places in Northumberland or from one in Yorkshire all of which are so named from Old English fenn ‘marsh fen’ + wīc ‘outlying dairy farm’. There is also a place in Ayrshire Scotland which has the same name and origin. This last is the source of at least some early examples of the surname: Nicholaus Fynwyk was provost of Ayr in 1313 and Reginald de Fynwyk or Fynvyk appears as bailie and alderman of the same burgh in 1387 and 140 The name is usually pronounced ‘Fennick’.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Renwick, Beswick, Bewick, Barwick, Harwick, Senick, Goswick, Herwick
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Mason Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English masoun ‘mason stone worker builder in stone’ (Old Central French maçon masson). A Middle English form machun (derived from Old French machun) gives rise to Machin and its variants. See also Mayson . Stonemasonry was a hugely important craft in the Middle Ages. Italian (Veneto): variant of Masone . Altered form of French Masson . French: topographic name from a regional variant of maison ‘house’.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Masson, Maison, Malon, Maron, Cason, Macon, Manson, Bason, Masin
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Meadley Name Meaning
Variant of Methley .
Methley Name Meaning
From Methley (WR Yorks) which is recorded as Medelei Metheley and Meydlay in medieval documents. The place-name may derive from Old English middel ‘middle’ replaced by the Old Scandinavian cognate meðal + Old English lēah ‘wood woodland clearing’ or ēg ‘island’ or from Old English mǣð ‘mowing the cutting of grass or corn’ + lēah. Topography suggests that Old English middel + ēg is the most likely origin.
Source:
The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
Similar surnames:
Mehle, Medley, Methven, Tetley, Mettler, Mechler, Matley, Metzler
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Medley Name Meaning
English: variant of Methley a habitational name from Methley (Yorkshire). The placename may derive from Old English middel ‘middle’ replaced by the Old Norse cognate methal + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’ or ēg ‘island’ or from Old English mǣth ‘mowing the cutting of grass or corn’ + lēah. Topography suggests that Old English middel + ēg is the most likely origin.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Pedley, Hedley, Manley, Madeley, Smedley, Medler, Godley, Tenley
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Pumphrey Name Meaning
Welsh and English (Sussex): Anglicized form of Welsh ap Humphrey ‘son of Humphrey ’.
Humphrey Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English and Norman French personal name Humfrey from ancient Germanic Hunfrid Humfrid composed of the elements hūn- ‘bear cub’ + frithu ‘peace’. The name was borne by a 9th-century Christian saint bishop of Therouanne who had a certain following in England among Norman settlers.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Mumphrey, Umphrey, Humphries, Furey, Humphreys, Humphry, Prey, Pompey
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Spence Name Meaning
English and Scottish: nickname for a servant employed in the pantry of a great house or monastery from Middle English spense spence ‘pantry larder storeroom’ (Old French despense from a Late Latin derivative of dispendere past participle dispensus ‘to weigh out or dispense’). Compare Spencer .
Spencer Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): occupational name for someone who dispensed provisions or money from Middle English spenser(e) spencer(e) ‘household steward butler almoner’ (Anglo-Norman French espenser Old French despensier). Compare Spence and Spender . There is some dispute about the origins of the Spencer family whose most famous member in recent times was the late Princess of Wales born Lady Diana Spencer (1961–97). Some sources say that they are descended from William the Conqueror's steward Robert Despencer. What is clear is that by the 15th century they had become prosperous from sheep farming in Northamptonshire. Robert Spencer (died 1627) was said to be the wealthiest man in England. Their titles have included Earls of Sunderland and Earls Spencer; and through the female line the 5th Earl of Sunderland also became Duke of Marlborough in 173 This connection was the result of the marriage in 1700 of the 3rd Duke of Sunderland to the daughter of John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough. The youngest son of this union John Spencer (1708–46) was the father of the 1st Earl Spencer (1734–83).
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Spencer, Speake, Bence, Sconce, Spruce, Dence, Speck, Ponce, Pesce
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts