patronymic
101Guyer — This interesting and most unusual surname is of Old French origin, and is a patronymic surname, from Guyer , an occupational name for a guide, from the Old French guyour, guieor , a guide; with the patronymic ending s , son of. The name may… …
102Guyers — This interesting and most unusual surname is of Old French origin, and is a patronymic surname, from Guyer , an occupational name for a guide, from the Old French guyour, guieor , a guide; with the patronymic ending s , son of. The name may… …
103Gyer — This interesting and most unusual surname is of Old French origin, and is a patronymic surname, from Guyer , an occupational name for a guide, from the Old French guyour, guieor , a guide; with the patronymic ending s , son of. The name may… …
104Heeks — This interesting and uncommon name is of early medieval English origin, and is one of the patronymic surnames formed from the name Hick, itself from the medieval given name Hicke , a pet form of the male personal name Richard. This name was… …
105Matthewson — This interesting surname is a patronymic form of the Hebrew male given name Mattathiah , meaning gift of the lord , which was first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 in the Latin form Matthaeus and the French Mathieu . The patronymic form,… …
106Nortunen — This Finnish surname has two possible origins, although the translation in both cases is much the same. The name is habitational and also diminutive or patronymic, and describes the son or kinsman who lives at the farm belonging to Noor , or at… …
107Plews — This interesting surname has two distinct possible sources, each with its own history and derivation. Firstly, Plews may be of early medieval Welsh origin, and a patronymic of the male given name Lewis, itself an Anglo Norman substitute for the… …
108Prichard — This is a Welsh patronymic formed from the fusion of the prefix ap meaning son of with the personal name Richard. Richard itself derives from the Olde German Ricehard , a compound of the elements ric , meaning power , plus hard , strong or brave… …
109Revening — This most interesting and unusual surname is of Anglo Saxon and Old Scandinavian origin, and is a variant of Ravening, a patronymic of the surname Raven. Raven may itself have been a nickname for a dark haired person, from the Olde English pre… …
110Robertson — This distinguished surname, with more than forty entries in the Dictionary of National Biography and having no less than twenty five Coats of Arms, is today regarded as Scottish in origin, but is probably English. It is a patronymic form of the… …
