THERE is perhaps room for a new history of British surnames since Bardsley and Harrison published their works on the subject. Mr. Ewen has given his history a wider scope than Bardsley and has ...

While names from a number of European languages originated from nicknames, below we have broken out only English last names and their likely corresponding meanings, as determined by Hanks and Hodges.

"The gentry often ended up adopting single surnames because they interacted more and more with the English, and standardised or anglicised their names as a result." Pryd newidiodd y defnydd o 'ap ...