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

Descendant of the cleric

Dweller on clay soil

From Clayton, "clay farmstead"

Descendant of the clerk

From Clegg, near Rochdale in Lancashire

Mild, merciful

Hilly land

Ford by a cliff

Farm by a cliff

"ravine, steep valley"

Dweller at the cottages

From the Old Norse name Kobbi, or "lump"

Darling, favourite child

From the lands of Cochrane

"rabbit"

Descendant of Cobhthach ("victorious")

Priest

From Coker, crooked stream

Coal-black; pet form of Nicholas

From Colella, a pet form of Nicola

Charcoal burner; descendant of Colmán ("dove")

Pet form of Nicolas

Dweller by a hill pass

Charcoal burner

Descendant of Coileán, "young hound"

Dove

Column; from Colonna

Dweller in a valley

Valley farmstead

Conception

"count"

Descendant of Conall

Descendant of Conghalach, "valorous"

Anglicized form of several Gaelic names

Count

Count (noble title)

"from Contreras"

Anglicized form of several Gaelic names

Cook

Son of the devotee of St Mochuille

Barrel maker

From Copeland in Cumbria, "bought land"

Cap, capmaker

Little raven

Little raven

Descendant of Corcrán ("purple" or "ruddy")

"lamb"

"lamb"

From Córdoba

From Cornwall or Cornhill

"yard, enclosure"

"leather strap"

Descendant of Corragán ("spear")

From Corsica, or Corso

Courteous

A nickname for a courteous person

Someone from Cosenza in Calabria

Coast or hillside

Son of Costantino (Constantine)

Son of Oisdealb

Son of Oitir (Norse Óttarr)

At the cottages

Red-haired

Descendant of Cochlán ("cloak, hood")

From Coulter

From Courtenay, France

"little enclosure"

Son of Eoghan

Rooster; lively man

Son of the devotee of Saint Comhghall

Dweller by a crab-apple tree

Dweller by the crag

Long-legged, like a crane

From the crow ford

Curly-haired

From the personal name Cristiano, "Christian"

Curly-haired

Descendant of the swarthy one

Village with a cross

Dweller by a cross

"clearing with a cross"

Dweller by a cross

Crow

Descendant of the hard hero

"fiddler, player of the crwth"

Crooked

Cross

From Cuéllar

"slope"

Caves

Descendant of Cuileann ("holly")

From the Norman Comyn family

Descendant of Coimín ("little crooked one")

"wedge" or "from Cunha"

From Cunninghame (Ayrshire)

Probably from a Neapolitan form of the name Cosma

Descendant of Corrán ("spear")

Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Mhuirich or Ó Comhraidhe

Courteous, refined

"onion"

Lapwing

"lapwing"

From a place named for black land

"Czech"

From Czerwin or Czerwińsk (red)