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NAGEL, NAGLE 
NAIRN(S) 
NAPER, NAPIER, NAPPER 
NASH 
NATHAN 
NATION 
NAYLOR 
NEAME 
NEBIT(T), NESBETT 
NEEDLER 
NEIL, NEILL, NEILD 
NELSON 
NETHERBY 
NETHERFIELD 
NETHERSALL, NETHERSOLE 
NETTER 
NEVE 
NEVILE, NEVILLE 
NEW 
NEWBOLD, NEWBOLT 
NEWCOME(N) 
NEWMAN 
NEWNES 
NICHOLL
NIELSEN 
NIGHTINGALE 
NIXON 
NOBLE, NOBLET 
NORCOTT, NORCUTT 
NORDEN 
NORMAN 
NORMANTON 
NORREYS, NORRIS, NORTH 
NORTHFIELD 
NORTHOLT 
NORTON 
NOTT 
NOVAK 
NOWELL 
NUGENT 
NUSSEY 
NUTHALL, NUTTALL 

- a nail; spike
- dweller at the joining of the rivers
- keeper of the napery (table linen)
- dweller at the ash tree
- given by God
- born at the festival of the Incarnation
- a nail-maker
- an uncle
- dweller at the small marshy plot
- a needle-maker
- champion
- Neil's or Neil's son
- dweller at the lower farm
- dweller at the lower field
- dweller at the lower hall
- net maker
- a nephew
- dweller at the new town
- a newcomer
- dweller at the new house or hall
- newcomer, stranger
- newcomer
- dweller at the new inn
- victorious army
- from Irish name Neal which means 'champion'
- a sweet singer
- Nick's (Nicholas's) son
- noble, well-known
- dweller at the north cottage
- dweller at the north valley
- native of Normandy, a northman
- dweller at the northerner's estate
- a Northerner
- dweller at the north field
- dweller by the north wood
- dweller at the north farm
- bald, close-cropped
- descendant of the stranger or enemy
- born at Christmas
- dweller at the marshy meadow
- dweller at the nut grove
- dweller at the nut tree nook

- O -

OAK(E) 
OAKEY 
OAT(E) 
OATES 
OCKENDEN 
OGILVIE, OGILVY 
OLDCASTLE 
OLDERSHAW 
OLIVER, OLLIVER 
OLLIFFE 
OLSEN, OLSON 
ONIONS 
OPENSHAW 
ORAM 
ORCHARD 
ORD(E) 
ORGANER, 
ORM(E)
ORMEROD, ORMROYD 
ORPEN, ORPIN 
ORTIZ 
OSBORN(E), OSBURNE 
OSCROFT 
OSMOND, OSMUND 
OTWAY 
OULD 
OVERBURY 
OWEN 
OXENHAM 

- dweller by the oak tree
- dweller at the oak island
- wealth, happiness
- a dealer in oats
- dweller at the oak valley
- dweller at the high peak
- dweller at the old stronghold
- dweller at the alder-wood
- kind, affectionate
- ancestral relic
- descendant of Olaf, 'ancestor'
- the onion-seller's son
- dweller at the open wood
- dweller at the river-bank enclosure
- dweller at a fruit-garden
- dweller at a headland
- an organ-maker or player
- a ship or serpent
- dweller at a clearing in a wood
- swarthy friend
- descendant of Ordono, 'fortunate one'
- divine bear
- dweller at the ox-croft
- divine protector
- prosperous war
- old
- dweller at the shore fort
- well-born young
- dweller at the ox-pasture

- P -

PACK(E) 
PACKILAN 
PADFIELD 
PAGE 
PAGET(T), PAIN(E) 
PALGRAVE 
PALISSER 
PALMER 
PANNIER 
PANTIN(G) 
PARDOE, PARDOW 
PARFETT, PARFITT 
PARGETER, PARGITER
PARK(E) 
PARKER 
PARKINS(ON) 
PARMENTER, PARMINTER, PARMITER 
PARRISH 
PARRY 
PARSON 
PATCH, PATCHETT 
PATON, PATEN 
PATTERSON 
PAUL, PAULET, PAWLE 
PAWSON 
PAYNE 
PAYNTER 
PEABODY 
PEACHE, PEACHEY 
PEASEY 
PECKOVER 
PEDLER, PEGLER 
PEGRAM 
PELISSIER 
PENDERGAST, PENDERGRASS 
PENN, PENNY 
PEPPER 
PERCIVAL 
PEREZ 
PERKINS, PERKISS 
PERRIN(G) 
PERRY, PERRYN 
PETERS 
PETIFER 
PETTIGREW 
PEW 
PHELP, PHILLIPS, PHILIP 
PHILLIPSON 
PICK 
PICKFORD 
PICKLE 
PICWICK 
PIERS, PIERCE 
PIGGOT(T) 
PIKE 
PILCHER 
PINCH, PINCHES, PINCHIN 
PINERO 
PINK(E) 
PINNER 
PIPER 
PIRIE, PIRRIE 
PITMAN, PITT 
PLACE 
PLANT(E)
PLAYFAIR 
PLOWMAN 
PLUCK 
PLUMER, PLUMMER 
PLUNKET(T) 
POINTER, POYNTER 
POLE 
POLSON 
POMEROY, POMROY 
POND, 
POPE 
PORCHER, PORTER 
PORTMAN 
POTTER, POTTS 
POTTINGER 
POULTER
POUND(E) 
POVEY 
POWELL 
PRATT 
PRENTICE, PRENTISS 
PRESCOTT 
PRESTON 
PRETTY, PRETTYMAN 
PRIESTILAN 
PRIESTLEY 
PRINCE
PRINGLE 
PRIOR 
PRITCHARD 
PROBERT 
PROCTER, PROCTOR 
PROTHERO(E) 
PROUSE, PROWSE 
PROVOST 
PUDDEFOOT 
PULLAR 
PULLEN, PULLIN 
PURDON 
PURKIS 
PURSER 
PYBUS 
PYECROFT 

- born at Easter
- a pedlar
- dweller at the path-field
- a page boy attendant
- heathen
- dweller at the pale (stake) grove
- a fence-maker
- a pilgrim from Palestine
- a maker of bread baskets
- a puppet
- a leopard
- perfect, honourable
- a wall plasterer
- dweller in an enclosed ground
- a parkkeeper
- little Peter's son. gamekeeper
- clothier
- Parry's son
- Harry's son
- person of rank or a parson
- a clown, jester
- little Patrick
- Patrick's son
- little
- Paul's son
- a heathen
- a house painter, dealer in paint
- a dandy
- dweller at a peak
- dweller at the pea-field
- dweller at the peak edge
- a basket
- a pilgrim
- a furrier
- chief guest
- dweller in the (sheep) pen or fold
- a dealer in pepper
- stalwart, keen hunter
- descendant of Pedro or Peter
- little Peter's son
- little father
- dweller by a pear tree
- Peter's son
- iron foot
- crane-foot
- Hugh's son
- horse-lover
- Philip's son
- dweller at a peak
- dweller at the ford near the peak
- dweller at the pointed hill
- dweller at the peak place or farm
- Peter's son
- pitted (with smallpox) spotty-faced, freckled
- dweller at the pointed hill
- maker of pilches (coat or upper garment)
- born at Whitsuntide
- a pine tree
- like a chaffinch
- a pin-maker or pin dealer
- a piper
- dweller by a pear-tree
- dweller at a pit
- dweller at a hall or mansion
- dweller at a plantation
- a playmate
- a ploughman
- hairy or shaggy
- plume maker or feather-dresser
- dweller by the plank bridge
- a maker of points (fastening doublets)
- dweller at a pool
- Paul's son
- dweller at the apple orchard
- dweller at the pound
- father
- a porter or carrier
- a gateman
- a pot-maker or seller
- a pottage-maker
- a poulterer
- dweller at strays animal pound
- wise, owl-like
- Howell's son
- dweller at a meadow
- an apprentice
- dweller at the priest's cottage
- dweller at the priest's place
- crafty, sly
- a priest
- dweller at the priest's field
- a prince's servant
- silver penny
- head of a priory
- Richard's son
- Robert's son
- a proctor or manager
- son of the reddish-brown man
- gallant, valiant
- a commander
- club footed
- dweller at the pool bank
- a poulterer
- dweller at pear tree hill
- Peter's son
- cashier, paymaster
- dweller at the prickly bush
- dweller at the magpie field

- Q -

QUANT, QUAINT 
QUARRIER 
QUARTERMAIN(E) 
QUEEN 
QUICK(E) 
QUIGLEY 
QUILLER 
QUILTER 
QUINTON 

- skilful & neat
- quarryman
- four-handed
- a wife
- lively & quick
- grandson of Coigleach
- a fledgling or beginner
- a quilt-maker
- dweller at the Queen's manor