English Surnames: Meaning, Origin & Coat of Arms (page 8 of 10)

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Son or servant of the parson

Partridge

Little Patrick, or head

From the personal name Pain ("villager")

From Peyton, Pæga's farm

Vain, showy man

Son of Piers (Peter)

Pea

Hill-dweller, or peck measure

Farmstead by the barley hill

Farm by Pendle Hill

Hill or sheep pen

From Payne, 'countryman'

Penny farmstead

Head of the heath

Uncertain, perhaps from Peebles

Pepper seller

From Pepin

Pierce the valley

From Percy-en-Auge, Normandy

By God

Son of Perkin (little Peter)

Pear tree; son of Harry

Son of Peter

Small

Son of Philip

From Picardy

From Pickering, in North Yorkshire

Ravine of the diggers

Little pike, or from Picot

Ford by a peak

"small field"

From Piers (Peter)

Pointed hill, or the fish

Farmstead of Pileca

From Pilling, in Lancashire

Dweller by a pit or hollow

Dweller by a pit or hollow

Flat ground or plank bridge

Ploughman

Plough maker

Lead worker

Peacock

Cropped head

Pond

Dweller by a pool

Pope, a nickname

Gatekeeper; carrier

Clearing of the apostle

Potter, maker of pots

Prater / ap Rhydderch

Cunning, astute

Priest's cottage

Priest's clearing

Priest's farm

Priest

Lordly, or a pageant prince

Steward, agent

Little valiant one

Prior of a priory

Little Puck

By God

Purveyor of provisions

Putta's homestead

Stake, pile

Mill farm

Queen

Lively, alive

"red cliff"

Wheel / wheelwright

Red ford

Valley with a ravine

From Rayne or Rennes

Raven's ford

Ram's valley

"valley of wild garlic"

From Ramsey, "wild garlic island"

Edge

From Randolf (wolf)

Son of Rand

Red cliff

Red cliff

Red cliff

Son of little Raoul

"son of Rawlin"

Roe deer, or king (nickname)

Reeve / bailiff

Clearing

Red ferns

Red-haired man / adviser

Red-haired

Reed thatcher

Steward, reeve

Hraefn's farm

Son of Reynold ("counsel ruler")

Dweller by a clearing

Son of Richard, "brave power"

Splendid hill

Son of Rick

Horseman

Cleared woodland or reed clearing

Ridge farm

Of the ridge

From Riley in Lancashire ("rye clearing")

Strip clearing

One who lived by a river

Son of Robin

Son of Robin (Robert)

One who lived by a rock

Rook spring

Son of Roger, "famous spear"

Fame of the land

Rope maker

Rose; from the woman's name Rose

Rough valley

Dweller by a hedgerow, or from Rolf

From Rowell / Rothwell

Rough clearing

Rowan tree

Royal / kingly

Back / stretch

Red

Ruff / Rudolf

Red-haired

Dweller among rushes

Uncertain

Little red one

Red hair

From Sauqueville in Normandy

Saddle maker

Place name

Son of Solomon

Salt maker or psaltery player

Of the sun

Son of Samuel

Son of Sander (Alexander)

One who lived on sandy ground

Sandy ground

Sandy ford

Servant, officer

Clearing by the shieling

Son of Sander (Alexander)