Some common surnames and their meanings

• Archer - A professional Archer
• Armstrong - A strong arm
• Bailey - bailiff
• Brown - A brown haired man
• Carter - A cart maker
• Carver - A sculptor
• Chandler - A candle maker
• Chaplin - A chaplain
• Cooper - A barrel maker
• Crippen - Curly hair
• Day - A dairy worker
• Fletcher - An arrow maker
• Frobisher - Polished armour and swords
• Gardner - A gardener
• Grant - A tall man
• Hooper - Fitted hoops on barrels
• Kellogg - A killer of hogs
• Leach - A doctor
• Machin - A stone worker
• Moore - Dark complexion like a Moor
• Naylor - A nail maker
• Proctor - A steward
• Redman - A thatcher (reed man)
• Russell - A red haired man
• Sawyer - A wood sawer
• Shakespeare - A soldier, who carried, or shook, a spear
• Trinder - A wheel maker
• Turnbull - A strong man
• Ward - A watchman