List of English surnames and first names

English names are often heard by people from all over the world. This is because the popularity of various media personalities from English-speaking countries is off scale. Therefore, it is not surprising that English surnames do not seem very strange or especially difficult to pronounce. However, there are exceptions to all the rules. Therefore, some English surnames from this list will still surprise you. First things first.

English surnames and their meaning (origin)

1. Osborne (born of bone).
2. Roger (living in a dream).
3. Harmon (subject to hormones).
4. Goodman (being a good person).
5. Parsons (pastor, priest).
6. Farmer (farmer).
7. Chase (investigator chasing).
8. Jackson (son of Jack).
9. Fisher (fisherman).
10. Longman (long, tall man).
11. Bow (arrow, shooter).
12. Wilson (son of Will).
13. Blair (stain, blot).
14. Peterson (son of Peter).
15. Cleves (splitting, slicing, remaining faithful, faithful).
16. Headdock (main on the marina).
17. Thomson (son of Tom).
18. Adamson (son of Adam).
19. Roberts (owned by Robert, owned by Robert).
20. Dean (senior priest).
21. White (white).
22. Pearl (pearl, pearl).
23. Oliver (related to Oliver by kinship).
24. Rider (rider).
25. Case (related to any case).
26. Vaughn (victorious, victorious).
27. Porter (receptionist, doorman, gatekeeper).
28. Tou (towing, pulling).
29. Gate (in any way connected with gates and fences).
30. Brooks (patient, enduring).
31. Black (black).
32. Brickman (a person working with bricks or making them).
33. Oldman (old, old man).
34. Sander (in any way associated with a hurricane, storm).
35. Harrison (son of Harry).
36. Albertson (son of Albert).
37. Child (child).
38. Little (small, small).
39. Foreman (fourth person).
40. Gastman ("explosive" man).
41. Day (daytime).
42. Michaelson (son of Michael).
43. Baker (baker).
44. Parkinson (son of Parkin).
45. Young (young).
46. Morrison (son of Morris).
47. Tully (narrator, speaker).
48. Harrison (son of Harris).
49. Palmer (having any connection with the palms).
50. Ferguson (son of Ferguss).
51. Page (in any way connected with pages).
52. Benson (Ben's son).
53. Goldman (golden man).
54. Pass (throwing, passing).
55. Paterson (son of Pater).
56. Shorter (short, short person).
57. Johnson (son of John).
58. Hardman (heavy, difficult person).
59. Gardner (gardener).
60. Anderson (son of Anders).
61. Richards (rich man).

Male and female English surnames

Everything is simple here. English surnames have no gender, and therefore they are universal for both men and women.

The most common English names

Unlike surnames, English names are almost always different for men and women.

As you can see, the English language is full of beautiful names and surnames.