Celtic Submitted Surnames

These names are used by Celtic peoples.
ADAIR Celtic
Mostly Scottish surname meaning "at the oak ford".
AHEARNA Irish (Anglicized, Rare)
Either from an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Eachthighearna meaning "descendant of Eachthighearna", or else an anglicized form of Eachthighearna.
ALAN CROM Scottish Gaelic
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous village.
AM MAGH FADA Scottish Gaelic
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous former burgh.
ANDERSON Scottish, Irish
Anglicized form of the Gaelic Mac Ghille Andrais meaning 'Son of the devotee of St. Andrew'. ... [more]
ANNA English, Irish, Italian, Hungarian
Probably derived from the female first name ANNA.
ÀNSRUTHAIR Scottish Gaelic
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous town.
ARAN Irish
From the given name ARAN (1).
Irish Isle Of Ards
ARGYLE Scottish, Scottish Gaelic
From the regional name Argyll, a county of southwestern Scotland, named in Gaelic as Earre Ghàidheal ‘coast of the Gaels’. Argyll was the earliest part of Scotland to be settled by Gaelic speakers from Ireland from the 6th century onwards... [more]
ARGYLL Scottish, Scottish Gaelic
ARZUR Breton
Derived from the Breton given name of Arzhur.
BACLAN Celtic (Rare)
Form of the surname BACKLUND
BAILE PHÙIR Scottish Gaelic
Proper, non-Anglicized form of BALFOUR.
BAINEBRIDGE English, Irish
Bridge over the Bain, An English town named for its place on the river Bain, now used as a surname. Lives near the bridge over the white water... [more]
Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Bearáin (see BARNES).
BARRINGTON English, Irish
English: habitational name from any of several places called Barrington. The one in Gloucestershire is named with the Old English personal name BEORN + -ing- denoting association + tun ‘settlement’... [more]
Northern Irish variant of BEAUCHAMP.
Variant of BEDDOW.
From the personal name Bedo, a pet form of Meredydd (see MEREDITH).
BETHEL English, Welsh (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Welsh ab Ithel "son of ITHEL".
BIDDLE English, Irish
Variant of English BEADLE or German BITTEL. The name is now popular in the north east region of America, where it was brought by English and Irish immigrants.
BIHAN Breton
Bihan means small in Breton.
BLACKERBY English, Irish, Scottish
English surname of unexplained origin, probably from the name of a lost or unidentified place.
BLACKSMITH English, Welsh, Scottish
This last name is an occupation last name. A "blacksmith" means a person who makes and repairs things in iron by hand.
BLAIN Scottish (Anglicized), Scottish Gaelic, English
Anglicized form of the Gaelic name BLÁÁN, a shortened form of MACBLAIN, or a variant of BLIN. It could also be a nickname for a person suffering from boils, from Middle English blain "blister"
Topographic name from Welsh blaenau, plural of blaen "point, tip, end", i.e. uplands, or remote region, or upper reaches of a river.
"like a wolf"
Derived from the feminine given name Bleuzenn.
BLIN Welsh
Anglicized form of Welsh ap Llwyd ‘son of Llwyd’.
BODEN Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó BUADÁIN.
BOHANNON Irish (Anglicized)
Irish anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Buadhachanáin, a double diminutive of buadhach ‘victorious’
BOITEUX French, Breton
From a Breton nickname meaning "lame".
BOLLARD English, Irish
According to MacLysaght, this surname of Dutch origin which was taken to Ireland early in the 18th century.
Bolloré derives from bod which means bush and lore which means laurel in Breton
A "translation" of Irish Gaelic Ó Cnáimhsighe "descendant of Cnáimhseach", a nickname meaning literally "midwife" and ostensibly a derivative of Gaelic cnámh "bone".
BONNAR Irish, Gaelic
Translation of the Gaelic "O'Cnaimhsighe", descendant of Cnaimhseach, a byname meaning "Midwife
Bosser means butcher in Breton.
BOWDEN Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó BUADÁIN.
BOWE Medieval English, English, Irish (Anglicized)
There are three possible sources of this surname, the first being that it is a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of bows, a vital trade in medieval times before the invention of gunpowder, and a derivative of the Old English pre 7th Century 'boga', bow, from 'bugan' to bend... [more]
BOWIE Scottish Gaelic
Scots Gaelic Bhuidhe or Buidhe meaning "golden yellow". Name was originally Mac Gille Bhuid, meaning "son of the yellow-haired lad". It was shortened to MacilBuie and MacilBowie in the 1600's, and further shortened in the 1700's to Buie and anglicised to Bowie by English speaking census takers and record keepers on the Scottish mainland.
From Irish Ó Breacáin meaning "descendant of Breacán", a personal name from a diminutive of breac 'speckled', 'spotted', which was borne by a 6th-century saint who lived at Ballyconnel, County Cavan, and was famous as a healer; St... [more]
BRAGG English, Welsh
BRAIN Scottish Gaelic (Anglicized), Irish
Variant of BRENNAN.
Originally taken from the Welsh place name Brecknock. Medieval settlers brought this name to Ireland.
BRAZIL English (Rare), Irish (Anglicized, Rare)
Variant of BREEN or BRAIN.
Derived from the surname BREESE, which came from the surname REES.
Irish (Sligo and Donegal): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Breisláin ‘descendant of Breisleán’, a diminutive of the personal name Breasal (see BRAZIL).
BRIAN Irish, English, French
1) Variant spelling of BRYAN. ... [more]
BRICK Irish (Anglicized), English, German, Jewish
Irish Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Bruic ‘descendant of BROC’, i.e. ‘Badger’ (sometimes so translated) or Ó Bric ‘descendant of Breac’, a personal name meaning ‘freckled’... [more]
BRIDE Irish, Scottish, English
Further Anglicized from Scottish/Irish MACBRIDE, from the root for BRIGID.
BRODERICK Irish, Welsh, English
Surname which comes from two distinct sources. As a Welsh surname it is derived from ap Rhydderch meaning "son of RHYDDERCH". As an Irish surname it is an Anglicized form of Ó Bruadair meaning "descendent of Bruadar"... [more]
BROPHY Irish (Anglicized)
BROWNLEE Scottish, Scottish Gaelic, Northern Irish, English
"Brown field" in Old English.
BURK English, Irish
Variant of BURKE
BURNEY English, Irish
Form of the French place name of 'Bernay' or adapted from the personal name BJORN, ultimately meaning "bear".
BWYE Welsh (Rare)
Proper, unanglicized form of VAUGHAN.
This is the surname of American actress Amanda Bynes (born April 3, 1986).
From the Welsh male personal name Cadog, a pet-form of CADFAEL (a derivative of Welsh cad "battle").
CAHILL Irish (Anglicized)
Irish Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cathail ‘descendant of CATHAL’, a personal name meaning ‘powerful in battle’.
CALE Welsh
Variant of CULKIN.
CALLIGAN Irish (Rare)
Before Irish names were translated into English, Calligan had a Gaelic form of O Ceallachain, possibly from "ceallach", which means "strife".... [more]
Variation of McKelvey. Meaning rich in possessions or Irish from the French word bald
CAMMON Scottish, Irish
Reduced form of MCCAMMON.
CANAVAN Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ceanndubháin "descendant of Ceanndubhán", a byname meaning "little black-headed one", from ceann "head" combined with dubh "black" and the diminutive suffix -án.
CANDLISH Scottish, Irish
Short form of McCandlish.
Manx cognate of MCCONNELL or O'CONNELL.
CANNING English, Irish (Anglicized), Scottish
Habitational name from a place so named in England. From the Old English byname CANA and -ingas meaning "people of".... [more]
CANTWELL Irish, English
A surname used in the South of England.... [more]
CARLIN Irish (Anglicized), Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cairealláin (sometimes also anglicized as Carlton), meaning "descendant of Caireallán". Caireallán is a diminutive of the given name CAIREALL".
From the Irish Cearnaghan, meaning "victorious"
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Catharnaigh "descendant of Catharnach", a byname meaning "warlike".
Variant spelling of Carey. A famous bearer is Canadian-American actor Jim Carrey (1962-).
CARVILLE French, Irish
Anglicized and reduced form of Manx Gaelic Mac Asmuint meaning "son of ÁSMUNDR". A notable bearer was Sir Roger Casement (1864-1916), an Irish-born British consular official and rebel.
Anglicized form of either Mac Caisin or Ó Caisin meaning "descendant of Caisín" (see CASSIDY).
CASSEY Scottish, Irish
Originates from a Manx nutcase.
CHALLONER French, Welsh
CINNAMOND Scottish, Irish, English
Possibly originates from Scottish place name Kininmonth. Probably introduced to Northern Ireland by Scottish settlers where it remains in Ulster. Another origin is the French place name Saint Amand originated from French Huguenots settling in Ireland.
Anglicized form of Ó CLÉIRIGH and variant of O'CLERY and CLEARY.
Variant of CLEARY
CLELAND Belgian, Scottish, Irish
Scottish and Irish reduced form of MCCLELLAND. ... [more]
CLELLAND Scots, Irish
Scottish and Irish topographical name meaning "clay land".
CLOONEY English, Irish
From Gaelic Ó Cluanaigh meaning "descendant of Cluanach". Cluanach was a given name derived from Irish clauna "deceitful, flattering, rogue".
CLOYD Welsh (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of CLWYD.
This indicates familial origin near the River Clwyd.
Origin uncertain. Most probably a reduced form of Irish McCoach, which is of uncertain derivation, perhaps a variant of MCCAIG.
From Irish Gaelic Mac Caochlaoich "son of Caochlaoch", a personal name meaning literally "blind warrior".
COCHRANE Scottish, Scottish Gaelic, Irish
Derived from the 'Lowlands of Cochrane' near Paisley, in Renfrewshire, Scotland. Origin is uncertain, the theory it may have derived from the Welsh coch meaning "red" is dismissed because of the historical spelling of the name Coueran.... [more]
Based off of the given name Cody
Variant of COFFEY.
Ireland County Cork
Meaning, "hazel tree."
English: from a Middle English pet form of NICHOLAS.... [more]
COLTRANE Irish (Anglicized)
Northern Irish Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Coltaráin.
CONAHAN Irish (Anglicized)
Irish reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó CONNACHAÍN (see CUNNINGHAM).
CONDON Irish (Anglicized, Modern)
Anglicized form of Gaelic Condún, itself a Gaelicized form of the Anglo-Norman habitational name de Caunteton. This seems to have been imported from Wales, but probably derives ultimately from Caunton in Nottinghamshire, which is named with the Old English personal name Caluno{dh} (composed of the elements calu "bald" + no{dh} "daring") + Old English tun "enclosure", "settlement".
CONE Irish
Reduced form of McCone. Americanized spelling of North German Kohn or Köhn, or Kuhn.
CONKLIN Irish, Dutch
Origin unidentified. Most likely of Dutch origin (the name is found in the 18th century in the Hudson Valley), or possibly a variant of Irish COUGHLIN.
Variant of CONNOLLY.
Variant of Conlon.
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Conalláin or Ó Caoindealbháin.
from MAC CONGHAILE or Ó Conghaile, which comes from Ó CONGHALAIGH. Ó CONGHALAIGH derives from the forename CONGHAL, meaning "fierce as a wolf". Frequent examples of the name can be found in the West of Ireland, particularly in the Connemara area of County Galway... [more]
meaning, "hound of prosperity"
CONWAY Welsh, Scottish, Irish
Anglicized form of the Gaelic name "MacCogadhain"; composed of the Gaelic prefix "mac," which means "son of," and the Gaelic personal name "Cuchogaidh", which means "Hound of War". The name is also found in Ireland as Cogan, Coggan, Coggen, Cogin, Coggon, Coogan and Goggin(s).
Irish surname of unknown meaning. May be a variant of COGHLAN.
CORBETT English, Scottish, Welsh
CORKERY Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Corcra "descendant of Corcra", a personal name derived from corcair "purple" (ultimately cognate with Latin purpur).
From Manx Gaelic Mac Thorliot "son of Thorliot", a male personal name derived from Old Norse Thórrljótr, literally "Thor-bright".
CORR Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Corra "descendant of CORRA".
CORRIN Manx, Scottish
First documented in 1290, sources suggest prototypes to be of Norse and/or Irish origins.
From the Gaelic name Ó Coscraigh "descendant of COSCRACH."
Variant of CUSACK
COSTELLO Irish, Italian
COULLSON Scottish Gaelic (Anglicized, Rare), English
All origins of the name are patronymic. Meanings include an Anglicized version of the Gaelic MacCumhaill, meaning "son of Cumhall", which means "champion" and "stranger and an Anglicized patronymic of the Gaelic MacDhubhghaill, meaning "son of Dubhgall." The personal name comes from the Gaelic words dubh, meaning "black" and gall, meaning "stranger."... [more]
COURT English, French, Irish
COVEY Irish, English
Irish: reduced form of MacCovey, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cobhthaigh (see COFFEY).... [more]
COY Irish
Reduced form of MCCOY.
Irish reduced variant of MCCOOL.
CRAGG Scottish, Irish, English
Variant of CRAIG, from Middle English Crag.
The surname Cranley was first found in Ulster (Irish: Ulaidh), where they held a family seat but were also to be found in County Offaly and Galway. The sept is styled the Princes of Crich Cualgne and are descended from Cu-Ulladh, a Prince in 576.
CRAVEN Irish, English
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Crabháin (County Galway) or Mac Crabháin (Louth, Monaghan) ‘descendant (or ‘son’) of Crabhán’... [more]
CRAWLEY English, Irish (Anglicized)
English: habitational name from any of the many places called Crawley, named with Old English crawe ‘crow’ + leah ‘woodland clearing’. Compare CROWLEY. ... [more]
CREEL Scottish Gaelic (Anglicized, Modern)
Fish Basket. The word Creel relates to Crille in Gaelic meaning weave.
Variant of CROGHAN.
CROGHAN Irish (Anglicized)
Irish Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Conchruacháin ‘son of Cú Cruacháin’, a personal name meaning ‘hound of Croghan’. Croghan in county Roscommon was the ancient royal site of the province of Connacht.
Irish reduced form of McCrossen, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Chrosáin ‘son of the satirist’. Sometimes translated as 'bard' or 'storyteller.'
CROWLEY Irish (Anglicized), English
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cruadhlaoich ‘descendant of Cruadhlaoch’, a personal name composed of the elements cruadh ‘hardy’ + laoch ‘hero’. ... [more]
CROY Irish (Anglicized)
A shortened form of the surname McRoy, from Irish Gaelic Mac Rúaidh "son of Rúadh", literally "the red one".
CUADRO Celtic (Latinized, Modern)
It refers to a work of art or a painting (picture, frame). It's very common in Portugal.
CUDDIHY Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cuidighthigh meaning "descendant of CUIDIGHTHEACH".
CULBERT Anglo-Saxon, Irish, English, Scottish
Meaning and origin are uncertain. Edward MacLysaght (The Surnames of Ireland, 1999, 6th Ed., Irish Academic Press, Dublin, Ireland and Portland, Oregon, USA) states that this surname is of Huguenot (French Protestant) origin, and found mainly in Ireland's northern province of Ulster... [more]
CULVÉRT French, English, Irish
CUMMING Irish, Scottish, English
Perhaps from a Celtic given name derived from the element cam "bent", "crooked"
From Irish Gaelic Mac Conduibh "son of Condubh", a personal name meaning literally "black dog".
Surname adopted from Scottish by bearers of Gaelic Ó Cuinneagáin "descendant of Cuinneagán", a personal name from a double diminutive of the Old Irish personal name Conn meaning "leader, chief".
Sea warror from the Viking
The surname of Current, is of Irish/Scottish with several different families, and meanings of this name. There are many spelling variations of this name.
CURRIE Scottish, Irish
Irish: Habitational name from Currie in Midlothian, first recorded in this form in 1230. It is derived from Gaelic curraigh, dative case of currach ‘wet plain’, ‘marsh’. It is also a habitational name from Corrie in Dumfriesshire (see CORRIE).... [more]
CURTIN Irish (Anglicized), Scottish (Anglicized), English
Irish and Scottish reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cruitín ‘son of Cruitín’, a byname for a hunchback (see MCCURTAIN). ... [more]
DADE Irish
Anglicized form of MacDaibheid, meaning "son of David".
DADY Irish
Variant of DEADY.
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dálaigh meaning "descendant of DÁLACH".
Anglicized form of Ó Dálaigh, meaning "descendent of DÁLACH". The name has strong roots in the county Cork.
DALAIS Scottish Gaelic
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous village.
DALE Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Gaelic DALL.
DALL Irish
Derived from Old Irish dall, a byname meaning "blind".
DANVERS Irish, English
For someone from Anvers, which is the French name of a port called Antwerp, located in what is now Belgium.
Anglicized form of Gaelic Dhubhdarach, a personal name meaning "black one of the oak tree".
Variant of DARRAGH.
DAVEY English, Welsh
Derived from the given name DAVID. Alternately, it may be a variant spelling of Welsh DAVIES or DAVIS, which could be patronymic forms of DAVID, or corrupted forms of Dyfed, an older Welsh surname and the name of a county in Wales.
DAVINE Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Duibhín meaning "descendant of Duibhín" (Duibhín meaning "little black one") or Ó Daimhín meaning "descendant of Daimhín" (Daimhín: "fawn").
DAW Irish (Anglicized)
Irish anglicized form of Gaelic Ó DEAGHAIDH, ‘descendant of DEAGHADH’, a personal name of uncertain origin. It may be composed of the elements deagh- ‘good’ + ádh ‘luck’, ‘fate’; some such association seems to lie behind its Anglicization as Goodwin.
The surname Dawes means ‘Irish Guard’
DAWLEY English, French, Irish
"From the hedged glade" Originally, D'Awley (probably from D'Awleigh).... [more]
DAYE Irish, Scottish
Comes from Irish Ó Déa (m) or Ní Dhéa (f) ... [more]
DAYS Welsh
DEA Irish
Irish: reduced form of O’Dea.
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Déadaigh ‘descendant of Déadach’, a personal name apparently meaning ‘toothy’.
Surname found in Ireland, it is the name of one of the Tribes of Galway.
DE BRÚN Irish, French
Derived from Brun, meaning brown in French
DEE Welsh, Irish, English, Scottish, Chinese (Latinized)
DEERY Irish (Anglicized)
Irish Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Daighre ‘descendant of Daighre’, a byname meaning ‘fiery’.
DEES Irish
The surname Dees refers to the grandson of Deaghadh (good luck); dweller near the Dee River; one with a dark or swarthy complexion. Also considered of Welsh origin.
DEMPSTER Manx, English, Scottish
The name for a judge or arbiter of minor disputes, from Old English dem(e)stre, a derivative of the verb demian ‘to judge or pronounce judgement’. Although this was originally a feminine form of the masculine demere, by the Middle English period the suffix -stre had lost its feminine force, and the term was used of both sexes... [more]
Variant of Irish DINEEN.
Means Ireland and someone who likes Chinese food
Variant of DINEEN.
DERRY Irish, English
English variant of DEARY, or alternatively a nickname for a merchant or tradesman, from Anglo-French darree ‘pennyworth’, from Old French denree. ... [more]
DEVANEY Irish (Anglicized)
Irish: variant of DEVANEY.
DEVILLY Irish (Anglicized, Rare)
One of the anglicized versions of Ó Duibhghiolla, and Ancient Irish name meaning "Of the Black Attendant"
Comes from MCDEVITT, means "son of DAVID."
Variant of DEVIN.
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Diamáin "descendant of Diamán", earlier Díomá or Déamán, a diminutive of Díoma, itself a pet form of DIARMAID.
DILLION Irish, English
Possibly a variant of DILLON.
DIMOND English, Irish
English and Irish variant of DIAMOND.
DINEEN Irish (Anglicized)
Reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duinnín which meant "descendant of Duinnín". The byname Duinnín was derived from a diminutive of Gaelic donn meaning "brown" (i.e. "brown-haired man") or "chieftain".
DISKIN Irish (Anglicized)
Reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Díscín "descendant of Díscín", which may be derived from díosc "barren". The place name Ballyeeskeen, now Ballydiscin, in County Sligo, is derived from the surname.
Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó DUBHÁIN ‘descendant of Dubhán’, meaning ‘the little black one’, a common name in the 16th century in southern Ireland, or Ó DAMHÁIN ‘descendant of Damhán’ meaning ‘fawn’, ‘little stag’, a rare Ulster name... [more]
DOLE English, Irish (Anglicized)
English: from Middle English dole ‘portion of land’ (Old English dal ‘share’, ‘portion’). The term could denote land within the common field, a boundary mark, or a unit of area; so the name may be of topographic origin or a status name... [more]
DOLPHIN English, Irish
Derived from the Old Norse personal name DÓLGFINNR.
Irish: variant of DONAHUE.
Meaning unknown. Possibly transferred use or Irish word for DON or Donald.
Anglicized form of the Gaelic surname Ó Donnagáin. Diminutive of "donn" which means "brown," referring to hair color.
From the Gaelic Domhnallain, a diminutive of Donnell/Domhnall meaning "world mighty" (Irish form of the Scottish Donald).
Irish origin derived from Donn. ... [more]
From the Gaelic Ó Donnchadha meaning "the descendent of DONNCHADH" (cf. DONOGHUE).
DOW Scottish, Irish, English, Dutch (Anglicized), German (Anglicized)
Of English origin
Anglicization of Irish name Dounaigh, which is, in turn, an Gaelicization of a Norman name. Dates from the 11th c.
DRENNAN Irish (Anglicized), Scottish
From Gaelic Ó Draighneáin meaning "descendant of Draighneán", a byname meaning "blackthorn".
DRUIMEANACH Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of DRUMMOND.
DRURY English, French, Irish
Originally a Norman French nickname, derived from druerie "love, friendship" (itself a derivative of dru "lover, favourite, friend" - originally an adjective, apparently from a Gaulish word meaning "strong, vigourous, lively", but influenced by the sense of the Old High German element trut, drut "dear, beloved").... [more]
Derived from the given name Dubhagáin.
DUCK English, Irish
English from Middle English doke, hence a nickname for someone with some fancied resemblance to a duck or a metonymic occupational name for someone who kept ducks or for a wild fowler. ... [more]
DUGGAN Scottish, Irish, English
Scottish and Irish variant spelling of DUGAN. ... [more]
Variant of Delaney.
DUNNE Irish, English, Scottish
This surname means dark and was likely given to those with a dark complexion or with dark hair.
DURKIN Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicised form of Mac Duarcáin meaning "son of Duarcán".
Anglicized form (with English genitive -s) of Gaelic Ó Dubhagáin (see Dugan) or, more likely, of Ó Duibhginn (see Deegan).Possibly a variant (by misdivision) of English WIGGINS.
DYE English, Welsh
English: from a pet form of the personal name DENNIS. In Britain the surname is most common in Norfolk, but frequent also in Yorkshire. Welsh is also suggested, but 1881 and UK both show this as an East Anglian name - very few in Wales.
Scottish Gaelic form of Abercrombie.
EARLY Irish, English, American, German
Irish: translation of Gaelic Ó MOCHÁIN (see MOHAN; Gaelic moch means ‘early’ or ‘timely’), or of some other similar surname, for example Ó Mochóir, a shortened form of Ó Mochéirghe, Ó Maoil-Mhochéirghe, from a personal name meaning ‘early rising’.... [more]
EDEVANE Welsh, Cornish
EDMUNDS English, Welsh
Patronymic from the personal name Edmund (see Edmond).
EGAN Irish
Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAodhagáin (see HAGAN).
ELIAS Greek, Catalan, Portuguese, English, Welsh, German, Dutch, Jewish
Derived from the medieval given name ELIAS. Compare ELLIS.
EMORY English, Irish
English variant spelling of EMERY.
ENIS Irish
Variant of ENNIS
ENRIGHT Irish (Anglicized)
From Irish Gaelic Indreachtach, literally "attacker". The surname was borne by British poet D.J. Enright (1920-2002).
ESAU Welsh, German
ESTES Welsh, Spanish, English
From a surname, "The name Fagan in Ireland is usually of Norman origin, especially in Counties Dublin and Meath. In the County Louth area the name is derived from the native Gaelic O'Faodhagain Sept of which there are a number of variants including Feighan, Fegan and Feehan." (from irishsurnames.com)
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fathaidh or Ó Fathaigh meaning "descendant of Fathadh", a given name derived from the Gaelic word fothadh "base, foundation".... [more]
FAHY Irish
Variant of FAHEY.
FAIR English, Irish
English: nickname meaning ‘handsome’, ‘beautiful’, ‘fair’, from Middle English fair, fayr, Old English fæger. The word was also occasionally used as a personal name in Middle English, applied to both men and women.... [more]
Anglicized form of the surname Ó Fallamhain meaning "descendant of Fallamhan", the name being a byname meaning "leader" (derived from follamhnas meaning "supremacy").
Such As Dales, Danes Of Ireland, From A House And Line Of What Would Be Called, Mythical.... [more]
The roots of the name are unclear. It seems the name is Native Irish Gaelic. It is thought to be derived from the Gaelic name Ó Fionnáin which means "fair".
From Irish Gaelic Ó Fearadaigh "descendant of Fearadach", a personal name probably based on fear "man", perhaps meaning literally "man of the wood". A famous bearer was British chemist and physicist Michael Faraday (1791-1867).
anglicized form of the Gaelic surname O'Faircheallaigh.
Perhaps a variant of Scottish and northern Irish Farland.
Anglicized (part translated) form of Gaelic Mac an Scolóige "son of the husbandman", a rare surname of northern and western Ireland.
FARNAN Irish (Anglicized)
Irish shortened Anglicization of Gaelic Ó Farannáin ‘descendant of Forannán’, a personal name possibly based on forrán ‘attack’. The family bearing this name was connected with the church of Ardstraw in Ulster.
FARRAGUT Breton, French, Catalan, American
A Breton-French surname of unknown origin. A notable bearer was American naval flag officer David Farragut (1801-1870), who is known for serving during the American Civil War. His father was of Catalan ancestry... [more]
FEE Irish
Variant of O'FEE.
An ancient Irish name. Presumed to come from the name Fionnghusa, or sometimes O'Fionnghusa.... [more]
It means smith. In the Gaelic languaje is gofaint or ngfaint.
FERREIRI Celtic (Latinized, Archaic)
Ferreiri or Ferreiro is a Galician surname in the north of Spain. It's a last name belonging to ancient Celtic tribes.
Irish variant of FARRELL.
FIELD English, Scottish, Irish, Jewish (Anglicized)
English: topographic name for someone who lived on land which had been cleared of forest, but not brought into cultivation, from Old English feld ‘pasture’, ‘open country’, as opposed on the one hand to æcer ‘cultivated soil’, ‘enclosed land’ (see ACKER) and on the other to weald ‘wooded land’, ‘forest’ (see WALD)... [more]
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