1. Described in some reference sources as "one of the strong Welsh names". As a surname it means "eminent" and became popular during the early Middle Ages in honour of a great tenth century law giving Welsh king. Howard Honister Henry Howells

2. Probably derived from the name for an early inhabitant of Worcester this surname later featured prominently in English Literature novels throughout the 1930s and 1940s. Wister Wooster Woosnam Waster

3. A surname that has origins in the early medieval crafts. It would have been the occupational name for someone who laid wooden tiles on a roof. Chipman Tyler Shingler Eavesham

4. This surname also became a first or forename but originated from an early nickname for someone with fair hair or more properly "a lock of fair hair". Moorlock Sherlock Dreadlock Fairlock

5. Unfortunately, in very recent times, this surname has become notorious in the UK. It originated, however, as an occupational name for a shepherd. Shipley Shipman Shillitoe Shippam

6. Rather curiously this surname originated as a nickname for a mild mannered and affectionate person. Hen Dove Turtle Pigeon

7. This surname could nowadays be closely linked with a well respected former Soccer Manager in the UK. This manager although employed in England is from another European country. His surname however was originally an English surname derived from an occupational name for a brothel keeper. Souness Eriksson Wengerman Hollier

8. Another occupational name. This surname described a person whose function was to drive a cart to take away and dump animal waste products. Crapper Wastrel Timbrell Carter

9. This surname originated as a nickname for a person of small stature but referring to a bird rather than to an animal. Titmus Titmarsh Titwillo Titley

10. This surname derives from the early nickname for a man of effeminate appearance. Gaylord Matron Maiden Winsome