Surnames Starting with B: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins (page 1 of 2)

Bavarian

Bailiff; castle outer wall

From Bainbridge, in Wensleydale, Yorkshire

Uncertain, perhaps poet

From a place near Halifax, Yorkshire

Gadfly; bittern

Bread baker

Bold friend

Dweller by a knoll, or a bald man

Bald-headed man

"the ford by the tree trunk"

Dweller by a slope or bank

Ram

Foreigner, or bearded

Barber, barber-surgeon

Barber

Barber

Tanner, or shepherd

Barley hill

Barn; from Barnes

Dweller by land cleared by burning

Baron

Hilltop

"ravine of the birch trees"

Norman, perhaps from Old French barat ("trouble, deceit")

From Barry (Glamorgan)

Bearded, or from Bartholomäus

From Barton, "barley farm"

Royal (from Basil)

Short, low

From Bassano

Short

Son of Bate (Bartholomew)

Battle (soldier, fighter)

Farmer

Farmer, cultivator

Bean grower, or son of Beathan

Bearded man

Clearing with bent grass

Baker; brook

Baker

Dweller by a brook

Son of Bernd (Bernhard)

Axe (axe-maker or user)

Bell; handsome

"fine friend"

Little handsome one

Little Bello (handsome)

Cooper, barrel maker

Of Benedetto ("blessed")

Son of Benito ("blessed")

Blessed

Blessed

Son of Ben (Benedict)

From Bentham, in North Yorkshire

Bent-grass clearing

Bean farmstead

Cap maker

Dweller on a hill

Hill dweller

Mountain dweller; miner

Brave as a bear

Son of Bernardo ("brave as a bear")

Son of little Bernardo

Dweller by the fortified manor

Little Bertolo (Bartholomew)

Bright raven

Beast, or herdsman

Bavarian

Fair- or white-haired (plural of Bianco)

Little fair one

White, fair

"dweller by the birch tree"

"birch headland"

Bishop, a nickname or servant name

Dark-haired, swarthy

Dark stream

Dark spring

From Blair, "plain, field"

Pale, or dark