Surnames

Adversane (A traditional surname from Sussex in England)

Aithsetter (A traditional surname from the Shetland Isles)

Burnet-Saxifrage (A type of plant)

Coffindaffer (A Dutch surname meaning ‘pall-bearer’)

d’Uby (An old French surname, probably relating to a place that no longer exists)

Featherstonehaugh (Pronounced ‘Fanshaw’; an Old English surname meaning ‘feather-stone-corner’) 

Foundling (A Middle English surname meaning ‘abandoned child’)

Gharagozlou (A Turkish surname meaning ‘dark eyes’)

Grimbister (A traditional surname from the Orkney Islands)

Hogskins (A traditional English surname derived from the nickname ‘Hodge,’ an alternative form of ‘Roger’)

Killdeer (An English surname taken from a type of bird)

Lumiar (A surname in Spanish and Portuguese, probably derived from a location in Portugal)

Meattle (A traditional surname from India, probably referring to a master tradesperson)

Pendergast (A traditional Irish surname of disputed meaning)

Salloway (A traditional English surname meaning ‘prosperity of war’)

Scrivener (A traditional English surname meaning ‘writer’ or ‘scribe’)

Starbranch (A Mediæval English surname which meant the same as it does today)

Summerhaze (An Old English surname which meant the same as it does today)

Tanager (An Old French surname referring to a type of bird)

Vierny (A Polish surname meaning ‘faithful’ or ‘loyal’)

Viyowl (A name of unknown origin, possibly made up, given to at least one foundling child in London, 1741)

Whitchy (An Old English surname meaning ‘white’)

Zingiber (The Latin word for ‘ginger’)

Zorigton (A traditional Mongolian surname)