- I -

IDDON 
IDE 
IIALUA 
ILE(S) 
ILLINGWORTH 
INC 
ING(S) 
INGERSOLL 
INGLE 
INMAN 
INTRAM 
IPIELD 
IRELAND 
IREMONGER, IRONS 
IRONSIDE 
IRVIN(E, or, G) 
ISMAY 
IVEMEY 
IVEN 
IWWATERS 

- capable
- happiness
- dweller at the sign of the cock
- dweller at the island
- from Illingworth (Yorkshire)
- dweller at the big house
- dweller at the meadow
- dweller at Ingar's hail
- darling, favourite
- an innkeeper
- Ing's raven
- dweller at the yew-field
- person from Ireland
- an ironmonger
- brave soldier
- dweller by the white river
- a girl
- ivy-girl
- well-born
- dweller by the rivers

- J -

JACK(E) 
JACKSON 
JACOBY 
JAGGAR, JAGGER 
JAMESON, JAMIESON 
JARDINE 
JARROLD, JERROLD 
JARVIS. 
JEAFYRESON, JEFFERSON 
JEKYLL 
JELLICOS 
JENNINGS 
JENSEN 
JERNINGHAM 
JEROME 
JESSOP 
JEVAN, JEVON 
JOHNSON 
JONES 
JORDAN 
JURY 

- little John
- Jack's son
- a supplanter
- a pedlar, carter
- James's son
- dweller at a garden
- firm spear
- Saint Gervase
- Geoffrey's son
- generous judge
- handsome, pleasing
- little John's son or Jenny's son
- descendant of Jen or John
- eager warrior
- holy name
- increase
- young
- John's son
- John's or Joan's son
- descender, go down
- dweller at Jewry (Jews' quarters)

- K -

KAHN 
KAISER, KAYSER 
KAPLAN 
KATZ 
KAUFMAN 
KAY 
KEARNEY 
KEARTON 
KEATING 
KEBLE 
KEELER 
KEEN(S) 
KEIR 
KEITH 
KELLAWAY 
KELLER 
KELLY 
KELVIN
KEMP(E) 
KENDALL 
KENNEDY 
KENT 
KER(R) 
KERSLAKE 
KIBBLE 
KILNER 
KINGLEY 
KINGSTON 
KINNAIRD 
KINOHAM 
KIPLIN(G) 
KIRK(S) 
KIRSCHBAUM 
KITCHENER, KITCHINER 
KITSON 
KLEIN, KLINE 
KNOLL, KNOLLYS 
KNOTT 
KOCH 
KRAMER 
KRAUSE 
KRUGER 
KYNASTON(E)

- a priest
- an emperor
- a chaplain
- descendant of a priest
- descendant of a merchant or tradesman
- fire, ardour. See McKAY
- a soldier
- dweller at the marsh enclosure
- sagacious
- famously bold
- worker on a keel (or ship)
- sharp, bold, comely
- dark-skinned
- dweller at a wood
- dweller at the marshy way
- worker in wine cellar
- warrior
- dweller by the narrow river
- champion soldier
- dweller in the bright dale
- ugly chief
- white, bright
- dweller at a fort
- dweller at the cress stream
- famously bold
- a kiln worker
- dweller at the king's field
- dweller at the king's house
- dweller at the high hill
- dweller on the king's estate
- dweller at the waterfall's edge
- dweller by the church
- cherry tree
- kitchen officer
- Christopher's son
- descendant of the small roan
- dweller at a round hillock
- dweller at a rocky hill-top
- descendant of a cook
- descendant of an itinerant tradesman
- descendant of the curly headed man
- descendant of inn keeper
- dweller at the king's stone

- L -

LACY 
LADD 
LAIDLAW 
LAKR: 
LAMBERT 
LAMBORN, LAMBOURNE, LAMBURN 
LANE 
LANG 
LARCHER 
LARSEN, LARSON 
LASCELL(ES), LASSELL 
LATCHFORD 
LATIMER 
LAUDERDALE 
LAURENCE, LAURANCE, LAWRENCE 
LAW(E) 
LAYCOCK 
LEA
LEACH, LEECH 
LEADER 
LEADMAN, LEAPER 
LEAF(E) 
LEE, LEIGH, LEA 
LENNOX 
LESLEY, LESLIE 
LEVER 
LEVERTON 
LEVI, LEVY 
LEVINE 
LEVY 
LEWIS 
LIDDELL 
LILIEN 
LILIENPELD 
LILLIE, LILLEY 
LILYWHITE 
LINDBERG 
LINE 
LINK(E) 
LINTON 
LISLE 
LISTER 
LITTELL, LITTLE 
LIVESEY 
LLOYD 
LOCK(E) 
LOCKER 
LODER 
LOGAN 
LONG
LONGBOTHAM, LONGBOTTOM 
LONGFELLOW 
LOPEZ 
LORD 
LOVE 
LOVELACE 
LOWRIE, LOWRY 
LUARD 
LUMB 
LUNN 
LUTTERELL, LUTTRELL 
LYALL, LYEL 
LYLE 
LYNCH 
LYTE 

- one from Lassy (France)
- lad, servant
- dweller at the tumulus (burial mound)
- dweller by the water
- land-bright
- dweller by the lamb stream
- dweller in a lane
- descendant of tall man
- the archer
- son of Lars or Laurence
- dweller by the hermit's cell
- dweller by the pool ford
- a worker in latten (an alloy) or Latin interpreter
- dweller in the valley of the deep river
- laurel tree
- dweller at the hill or mound
- dweller at the water by the oak
- dweller at the field
- a physician
- a carrier
- basket-maker
- beloved, dear
- dweller at the field
- dweller at the elm trees
- dweller at the grey fort
- dweller near the rushes
- dweller at the farm by the rushes
- joined
- descendant of the wine dealer
- descendant of Levi 'united'
- famous battle
- dweller by the wide river
- lilies
- field of lilies
- lily or flower lover, gardener
- white-skinned
- lime tree mountain
- dweller by a lime tree
- dweller at a bank or ridge
- dweller at the flax enclosure
- man from the isle
- a dyer
- small
- dweller at-the beloved farm
- grey
- dweller at a lock-up (sheepfold)
- a locksmith
- a loader, stevedore
- dweller at the little hollow
- tall
- dweller in the long valley
- tall man
- descendant of Lope or Lupe 'wolf man'
- lord & master
- darling
- loveless, unloved
- laurel tree
- little wolf
- dweller by a deep pool
- strong, fierce
- lute maker or player
- little lion
- man from the isle
- sailor, pilot
- little

- M -

MAB 
MABON 
MACCONNACHIE 
MACKAY, MACKIE 
MACREARY 
MADDISON 
MAGNUS 
MAINI 
MAITLAND 
MAKEPEACE 
MAKIN 
MALDONADO 
MALKIN 
MALLETT 
MANFIELD 
MANGER 
MANN 
MANNERS 
MARCH 
MARCHANT 
MARGETSON 
MARKHAM 
MARKS 
MARNER, MARRINER 
MARSH 
MARSHAL(L) 
MARTIN 
MARTINEZ 
MASON 
MASSEY, MASSIE 
MASSINGER 
MATHISON 
MAWER 
MAY(E) 
MAYALL 
MAYER 
MAYER, MEYER, MYERS 
MAYNARD 
Mc, &, Mac,
MEAD(E), MEADOWS 
MEAR 
MEDINA 
MEEK(E) 
MELBUISH 
MELDRUM 
MELLOR 
MELVILLE 
MERCER 
MEREDITH 
MERRYWEATHER 
MERTON 
METHUEN, METHVEN 
MEW(S) 
MIALL 
MICKLEJOEN 
MIDDLEMASS 
MIGGLES, MIGHILL 
MILDMAY 
MILES 
MILLMAN 
MILNE 
MILNER 
MILTON 
MINN 
MINTER 
MITCHELL 
MITPORD 
MOBERLY 
MOLESWORTH 
MOLLISON 
MOLLOY 
MONACHAN, MONAGHAN 
MONTAGU(E) 
MONYPENNY 
MOODIE, MOODY 
MOORE, MORE 
MORALE 
MORDANT MORDAUNT 
MORELL 
MORENO 
MORGAN 
MORISSEY 
MORTIXER 
MOSELEY, MOSLEY, MOZLEY 
MOSS 
MOTE, MOTT 
MUCH 
MUDFORD 
MUELLER 
MULHOLLAND 
MULLEN 
MULLIGAN 
MUNGO 
MURDOCH, MURDOCK 
MURPHY 
MURTHWAITE 
MUSGRAVE, MUSGROVE 
MYALL, MYHILL 
MYER

- lovable
- youthful hero
- son of Duncan (Mac names=son of)
- Keith's son
- Rory's son
- Maud's son
- great
- descendant of a servant
- dweller at the meadow-land
- peacemaker
- man warrior
- descendant of Donald
- untidy, scarecrow
- naughty
- dweller at the common land
- a merchant, trader
- a servant, vassal
- dweller at the manors
- dweller at a border, boundary or frontier
- a merchant
- Margaret's son
- dweller at the boundary land
- dweller mark or boundary (French)
- a sailor, mariner
- dweller on a marsh
- groom, farrier
- after saint
- descendant of Martin
- a mason, stone worker
- from Massy (Normandy)
- a messenger
- Matthew's son
- a mower
- a man, warrior, kinsman
- trial, old English rhyme from Archangel Michael
- a mayor
- descendant of the head servant or farmer
- power-brave
- names sons of the clan
- dweller at a meadow
- dweller at the mere (pool)
- dweller near tile market
- humble, mild
- dweller on a family plot by the mill
- dweller by the bare ridge
- a miller
- dweller at the poor estate
- dealer in textiles
- mortal day
- cheerful person
- dweller at the mere (pool) farm
- dweller by the smooth river
- dweller at the falcon's place
- trial, old English rhyme from Archangel Michael
- Big John
- born at Michaelmas (29th September)
- trial, old English rhyme from Archangel Michael
- gentle maid
- trial, old English rhyme from Archangel Michael
- a miller
- dweller at a corn-mill
- a corn-miller
- dweller at the mill village
- love
- a coiner, money-maker
- trial, old English rhyme from Archangel Michael
- dweller at the ford where rivers meet
- strong courage
- dweller at the moles' ground
- Molly's son
- a servant of the great
- a monk
- dweller at the peaked hill
- wealthy
- spirited, brave
- dweller on the moor
- Mulberry Tree - descended from Spanish village
- sarcastic, biting
- dark, swarthy
- descendant of the dark complexioned man
- white sea
- sea-charm
- dweller at the stagnant water
- dweller at the moss field
- dweller at the marsh
- dweller at a moat
- big, great
- dweller at the muddy ford
- descendant of a miller
- clamorous servant
- descendant of Maolan 'bald man'
- bald man, little monk
- gentle, much loved
- sea-happy
- sea-warrior
- dweller at the bog clearing
- dweller at the moss (marsh) grove
- trial, old English rhyme from Archangel Michael
- dweller at the mire (bog)