MarcusBennevall/EtymologyTaggerDataset huggingface dataset:
Parrott
From a Middle English diminutive form of Peter, from Old French Perrot.
Perrin
From a Middle English pet-form of Peter, from an Old French diminutive of Pierre.
Arik
Transcription of a modern Hebrew diminutive of the Hebrew equivalent of Ariel.
cail
Unknown. Perhaps from or related to Middle English kayl (“a blow, stroke”). Compare Middle English quale (“death, destruction”), from Old English cwalu (“a quelling with weapons, torment, a violent death, slaughter, destruction”).
adpress
An adaptation of adpress-, the perfect passive participial stem of the Latin adprimō, variant spelling of apprimō.
korban
Ultimately from Arabic قُرْبَان (qurbān), probably through Malay korban. Doublet of corban and Qurbana.
From Ancient Greek κορβᾶν (korbân), from Hebrew קָרְבָּן (qorbān, “offering, sacrifice”). Found in the Bible at Mark 7.11. Doublet of Qurbana.
tokay gecko
Borrowed from Malay tokek. First attested in 1753, ultimately of onomatopoeic origin and imitative of its mating call.
Kievite
From Kiev + -ite, from Russian Ки́ев (Kíjev).
Niflheim
From Old Norse Niflheimr (literally “world of mist”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *nibilaz (“dark, misty”), from *nebulaz (“fog, mist, darkness”) + *haimaz (“home, house, village”).
inbear
From Middle English inberen, from Old English inberan (“to carry in, bring in”); equivalent to in- + bear. Doublet of infer.
real socialism
A calque of German Realsozialismus, from real (“real-world, practical, non-idealistic”) + Sozialismus (“socialism”), q.v., with influence from English real (“actual, nonimaginary”).
Republic of Kazakhstan
Calque of Kazakh Қазақстан Республикасы (Qazaqstan Respublikasy).
spiritus mundi
Unadapted borrowing from Latin spīritus mundī (literally “spirit of the world”).
huajillo
From Spanish guajillo, from Michoacán Nahuatl huāxin plus -illo. Cognate with English guajillo.
dawah
From Arabic دَعْوَة (daʕwa, “call to action; invitation”).
shand
From Middle English shande, schande, schonde, from Old English sċeand, sċand (“shame, disgrace, infamy”), from Proto-West Germanic *skandu, from Proto-Germanic *skandō (“shame, disgrace”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱem- (“to cover, hide, conceal”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Skounde (“shame, disgrace”), West Frisian skande (“disgrace, shame, humiliation”), Dutch schande (“shame, disgrace, reproach, dishonour, scandal”), German Schande (“shame, disgrace, ignominity, dishonour”), Luxembourgish Schan (“shame”), Yiddish שאַנד (shand, “shame”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰 (skanda, “shame, disgrace”). Related to shame, shend. Doublet of shanda and shonda.
Compare typologically the opposite direction meaning shift Proto-Slavic *pozorъ < *zьrěti (“to observe”).
From the Scottish Gaelic and Irish surname, shortened from McShane.
Phillpots
From Middle English Philipot, a diminutive of Philip + genitive (mainly patronymic) suffix -s.
Phillpotts
From Middle English Philipot, a diminutive of Philip + genitive (mainly patronymic) suffix -s.
Philpots
From Middle English Philipot, a diminutive of Philip + genitive (mainly patronymic) suffix -s.
Philpotts
From Middle English Philipot, a diminutive of Philip + genitive (mainly patronymic) suffix -s.
Phips
From Middle English Phipp, a diminutive of Philip + genitive (mainly patronymic) suffix -s.
Phippen
From a Middle English diminutive of Phipp, a pet form of Philip.
Philbin
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Philbín, a patronymic from a Gaelic pet form of the personal name Philip.
Philcox
Phil (“short form of Philip”) + Middle English cock (“a male diminutive suffix”) + -s (“genitive (mainly patronymic) suffix”).
Luckett
From Middle English [Term?], a diminutive of the given name Luke.
Lockett
From Middle English [Term?], a diminutive of the given name Luke.
Lockitt
From Middle English [Term?], a diminutive of the given name Luke.
shishito
Borrowed from Japanese 獅子唐 (shishitō).
Kaguya
Borrowed from Japanese 赫映, かぐや (Kaguya).
Amun
From Coptic ⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ (amoun), from Egyptian jmn (“the god Amun”). The variant forms Ammon and Amon are from Ancient Greek Ἄμμων (Ámmōn), from the same Egyptian source. The variant Amen is from Ȧmen, Lepsius’s obsolete 19th century transcription of the original Egyptian word.
choana
Borrowing from New Latin choana, from Ancient Greek χοᾰ́νη (khoắnē, “funnel”), from χέω (khéō, “to pour”) + -ᾰ́νη (-ắnē, suffix for utensil names).
piepowder
From the following:
* Late Middle English pe-poudre, pipouder (“(noun) itinerant; travelling merchant, peddler; court of piepowders; (adverb) summarily”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman pepoudrous, pié poudrous (“having dusty feet; an itinerant”) [and other forms] (compare Middle French pyé pouldreux (“travelling merchant”) (Poitou) (modern French pied poudreux (“one who cannot pay”) (obsolete))), from pé, pié (“foot”) + poudrous, poudrus (“dusty”); pié is derived from Old French pié (“foot”) (modern French pied), from Latin pedem, the accusative singular of pēs (“foot”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to step; to walk; to stumble; to fall”); while poudrous, poudrus (modern French poudreux (“dusty”)) is from Old French poudre (“dust; powder”) (from Latin pulverem, the accusative singular of pulvis (“dust; powder”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“dust; flour”)) + -ous (a variant of -us (suffix forming adjectives)); and
* Late Middle English pe-poudrus, pypoudrus (“for itinerants or travelling merchants”, adjective), from pe-poudre (see above).
Cognates
Late Latin pede pulvericatus, pede-pulverosus, pes pulverizatus (“itinerant; travelling merchant”)
Boko Haram
From Hausa boko (“fake, often said of Western education”) + haram (“forbidden”), from Arabic حَرَام (ḥarām). Literally, “Western education is forbidden”.
Gelasian
From Italian Gelasiano, the adjectival form of Gela, a town in Sicily near the reference stratotype.
Zanclean
From Ancient Greek Ζάγκλη (Zánklē), the name originally given to the city of Messina, Sicily, by its ancient Greek founders. (Compare Messinian, the preceding age.)
Callovian
From French callovien, coined by Alcide d’Orbigny from Latin Calloviensis, from the Latinized name of the Kellaways area near Chippenham in Wiltshire, England.
Hettangian
From French Hettange, now Hettange-Grande, a commune in northeastern France, (German Hettingen, Luxembourgish (Lorraine Franconian) Hetténgen).
Changhsingian
From Mandarin 長興 /长兴 (Chángxīng), Wade-Giles romanization: Chʻang²-hsing¹; named after Changxing County in China.
Wuchiapingian
From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 吳家坪 /吴家坪 (Wújiāpíng, literally “Wu Family Flatland”) in Shaanxi Province in China: Wu²-chia¹-pʻing².
foldstool
Borrowed from Medieval Latin faldistōlium, from Proto-West Germanic *faldistōl. By surface analysis, fold + stool. Doublet of faldistory, faldstool, and fauteuil.
kype
From Scots kip, kipp (“something beaked or hooked”); perhaps related to Middle Low German kippe (“point, tip”), German Kippe (“stub”), both from Latin cippus (“stake, post, boundary marker”).
thesaurosis
From Ancient Greek θησαυρός (thēsaurós, “storehouse”) + -osis.
stercoroma
From Latin stercus (“dung”) + -oma, from Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma, “tumor, mass”). See fecaloma.
wrongdom
From Middle English wrongdom, wrangdome (“harm”), equivalent to wrong + -dom.
righthood
From Middle English *righthod, righthed, equivalent to right + -hood.
Holley
* As an English surname, spelling variant of Holly.
* Also as an English surname, from Old English hol (“hollow”) leah (“wood, clearing, meadow”) or Old English hol ēage (“eye”), perhaps a nickname for someone with a missing eye.
* Also as an English surname, singular variant of Hollis.
daughterfucker
Compound of daughter + fucker, by analogy with motherfucker.
Calque of Hindustani بیٹی چود (beṭī cod) / बेटीचोद (beṭīcod).
Chee
Borrowed from Navajo Chee, Hokkien 徐 (Chhî), Cantonese 朱 (zyu1), etc.
echard
From Ancient Greek ἔχω (ékhō, “to hold”) + ἄρδω (árdō, “to water, to irrigate”).
let a thousand flowers bloom
A calque of Chinese 百花齊放，百家爭鳴 /百花齐放，百家争鸣 (bǎihuā-qífàng, bǎijiā-zhēngmíng) ("let a hundred flowers bloom; let a hundred schools of thought contend"), from various speeches made by Mao Zedong during the 1950s.
catstail
From Middle English cattestail, equivalent to cat + -s- + tail.
kitfo
Borrowed from Amharic ክትፎ (kətfo).
kotleta
From Russian котле́та (kotléta), from French côtelette (“cutlet; chop”), whence the English doublet cutlet; also a doublet of kotlet via Polish.
kolovrat
Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kolovortъ. In historical records, similar symbols were recorded as ладинец (ladinec) in Russian or słoneczko in Polish.
This spelling was influenced by Russian коловра́т (kolovrát), the more well-known form of the symbol invented by the neo-pagan leader Alexey Dobrovolsky in the 1990s.
From Slavic, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kolovortъ.
Porte
From Middle French porte (“gate”), ultimately after Ottoman Turkish باب عالی (Bâb-ı Âli, “Exalted Gate”), from Arabic بَاب (bāb, “gate”) and عَالِيّ (ʕāliyy, “high, exalted”), a synecdoche for the Ottoman government originally referring to the outer gate of the sultan's Topkapı palace at which justice was administered, and later to the gate of the palace of the grand vizier.
Cocytus
Learned borrowing from Latin Cōcȳtus, from Ancient Greek Κωκυτός (Kōkutós, literally “lamentation”).
Cocytos
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Κωκῡτός (Kōkūtós).
Kokytos
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Κωκῡτός (Kōkūtós).
dhuhr
From Arabic ظُهْر (ẓuhr, “noon”), in صَلَاة اَلظُّهْر (ṣalāt aẓ-ẓuhr, “noon prayer”).
hightide
From Middle English hegtide, from Old English hēahtīd (“a holy day”), equivalent to high + tide. Cognate with Dutch hoogtijd, German Hochzeit, Danish højtid, Swedish högtid, Icelandic hátíð, Norwegian Bokmål høytid, Norwegian Nynorsk høgtid. Compare also highday, hockday.
highgate
From Middle English hiȝe gate, heiȝe gate, heie gate, equivalent to high + gate (“a way, a road, a path”).
From Old English hēah (“high”) + ġeat (“gate”).
highday
From Middle English heh dæi, from Old English hēah dæġ, equivalent to high + day. Compare Dutch hoog dag, German hoher Tag.
Fafnir
Old Norse Fáfnir, Icelandic Frænir.
Gullinbursti
Borrowed from Old Norse Gullinbursti (“Golden-bristled”); sometimes known as Slíðrugtanni.
crare
From Old French craier, creer, croyer (“ship of war”), Late Latin craiera, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Germanic (compare German Krieger (“warrior”), or Dutch krijger).
houndly
From Middle English houndly, houndely, from Old English hundlīċ (“of or like dogs, canine”), equivalent to hound + -ly. Cognate with Middle Dutch hondelike (“doglike”), Middle High German huntlich (“doglike”).
houndish
From Middle English houndisch, equivalent to hound + -ish. Compare Dutch honds (“doglike”), German hündisch (“houndish; doglike”).
Hungarland
From Middle English *Hungerland, from Old English Hungerland, Ungerland (“Hungary”), equivalent to Hungar + land. Compare German Hungarland, Ungarland (“Hungary”), Icelandic Ungverjaland (“Hungary”).
bejan
From French béjaune (“freshman”), from bec jaune (“yellow beak”), in allusion to young birds.
flehmen
From German flehmen, from Upper Saxon German flemmen (“to look spiteful”).
Muninn
From Old Norse Muninn (“memory, mind”), from munr, from Proto-Germanic *muniz, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“mind”).
sequanium
Learned borrowing from Latin Sequana (“the river Seine”) + -ium. Horia Hulubei, who thought he had discovered element 93, worked near the river at that time.
canzon
From Italian canzone, from Latin cantiō, cantiōnem. Doublet of cantion, canzone, and chanson.
Damietta
From Medieval Latin Damietta, from the medieval pronunciation /dɑmˈjɑdi/ of Coptic ⲧⲁⲙⲓⲁϯ (Tamiati) with influence from Latin -etta (“-ette: forming diminutives”), the former sometimes hypothesized to be from Egyptian dmjt (“town, harbor”), from Egyptian d-mi-i-N21:Z1 (dmj, “mooring, port; town”) + t (-t, feminine ending).
Deianira
From Latin Dēianīra, from Ancient Greek Δῃάνειρα (Dēiáneira, literally “hostile to her husband”).
Deidamia
From Ancient Greek Δηϊδάμεια (Dēïdámeia).
Phlegyas
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φλεγύας (Phlegúas).
Ashdown
Perhaps a habitational surname from a lost place in Berkshire, from Old English æsċ (“ash tree”) + dūn (“mountain, hill”); compare Ashdon, which shares the same etymology. The Battle of Ashdown refers to it.
Attenborough
From Middle English Addyngborough, with the d changed to t by dissimilation, from earlier Adinburks, Adigburc, Hadinbur, meaning “The burh of the Eādings” or possibly “the burh of Eadda”.
Baines
* Habitational, of Norman origin, after Bains (places in France in either Ille-et-Vilaine or Maine-et-Loire), from Old French baine (“bath”).
* Variant of Bain or Bane with excrescent -s.
Beaton
Several origins:
* Habitational surname of Norman origin, from the town of Béthune in northern France
* Patronymic surname and pet name from a short form of Bartholomew or Beatrice
* Variant of McBeth
Begley
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Beaglaoich (“descendant of Beaglaoch”), a personal name composed of the elements beag (“small”) + laoch (“warrior, hero”).
Beresford
Habitational surname from a minor place in Staffordshire, from Old English befer (“beaver”) + ford (“ford”).
The town in New Brunswick is named after military officer and politician William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford (1768 - 1854).
Bethune
From the Norman habitational surname, from the city of Béthune, in Artois.
Bingham
Uncertain. Perhaps from Old English Bynna (given name) + -ing + hām (“home, property”), or from Old Norse bingr (“stall, bed”) + hām.
Bingley
From the Old English personal name Bynna + -ing (“belonging to”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).
Braithwaite
From Old Norse breiðr (“broad”) + þveit (“clearing”).
Brinkley
"Brynca's wood or clearing", from Old English personal name *Brynca + lēah (“wood, clearing”).
Broomfield
From Old English brōm (“broom, gorse”) + feld (“field”).
Broughton
From Old English beorg (“mountain, hill”) or brōc (“brook, stream, torrent”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Burnham
From Old English burna (“stream”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“water meadow”).
Cagney
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Caingnigh (“descendant of Caingneach”), a byname from caingneach (“troublesome”).
Cantrell
Various origins:
* Habitational surname from a minor place in Devon, from an unexplained first element + Old English hyll (“hill”).
* From Old French chanterelle (“small bell, treble”), a metonymic occupational surname for a bellmaker or ringer.
* A diminutive of Canter.
Carrington
Two main origins:
* The village in Greater Manchester is named with the unattested Old English personal name *Cāra + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
* The village in Scotland is named with the unattested Old English personal name *Cērihere + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Clapton
From Middle English Clopton, from Old English *clopp (“rock, hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Cleverly
Perhaps a variant of Cleveley, through an irregular development, or a possibly a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in Hampshire, from Old English clǣfre (“clover”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) and thus equivalent to clover + -ley (“lea”).
Clopton
From Middle English Clopton, from Old English *clopp (“rock, hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Cockfield
From the Old English personal name Cocca or Cohha + feld (“field”).
Cowell
* As an Irish and Manx surname, shortened from McCawell, Anglicized from Mac Cathmhaoil (“son of Cathmhaol”), meaning "battle chief," see Caulfield.
* Also as an Irish surname, shortened from Mac (Giolla) Comhghaill (“son of (the devotee of) Saint Comhghal”), see Cool.
* Also as an Irish surname, shortened from McCool.
* As an English surname, from several places named Cowhill, analyzable as cow + hill, or from Cowleigh in Worcestershire, equivalent to cow + Leigh.
* Also as an English surname, variant of Cole.
* As a Polish, Carpathian Rusyn and Jewish surname, Americanized from Kowal.
Cowley
Various origins:
* The village in Gloucestershire is from Old English cū (“cow”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”); equivalent to cow + -ley (“lea”).
* The hamlet in Derbyshire is from Old English col (“coal”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”); equivalent to coal + -ley (“lea”).
* The other places in England are from the Old English personal name Cufa + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).
Dallinger
'A dweller of Dalling", from Old English *Dalla (“a personal name”) + -ing (“belonging to”), denoting "Dalla's tribe" + -er (“agentive suffix”).
Dunham
Habitational surname from any of various places in England, from Old English dūn (“hill”) + hām (“homestead”).
Eagleman
* Native American surname translated from names like Lakota waŋblí (“eagle”) Wičaša (“man”).
* Also Americanized from the Jewish surname Egelman, Igelmann, from German Igel (“hedgehog”) + Mann. Compare Igel.
Eaton
From Old English ea (“river”) + tun (“homestead”). As a surname, it is given to someone living near a river or on an island, or any of the various places in England called "Eaton". See also Eton, which is a doublet.
Entwistle
From either Old English henn (“hen”) or ened (“duck”) + twisel (“fork; bifurcation”).
Farlow
From Old English fearn (“fern”) + hlǣw (“hill, mountain”).
Farnworth
From Old English fearn (“fern”) + worþ (“enclosure”).
Fitzroy
From Middle English [Term?], from Anglo-Norman fitz (du) roy (“son [of the] king”). Equivalent to Fitz- + roy.
From Middle English [Term?], from Anglo-Norman fitz (du) roy (“son [of the] king”). Equivalent to Fitz- + roy. The sea area is named after English navy officer Robert FitzRoy (1805–1865).
Frampton
From the name of the River Frome + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Gant
* As a French and English surname, from gant (“glove”).
* As a German and Swiss/Alemannic German surname, possibly related to Gand (“scree”); compare Gander. Or, related to Gans (“goose”).
Goring
From Old English Garingas (“people of Gara”), a short form of the various compound names with the first element gār (“spear, arrow, dart”).
Hackett
Several etymologies:
* A variant of the Scottish surname Halkett.
* English surname, from a pet form of the medieval personal name Hack.
* From Middle English haket (“kind of fish”), hence perhaps a nickname for someone supposed to resemble such a fish, or a metonymic occupational surname for a fisherman or fish seller.
* It could also be a reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Eachaidh, from which also the surnames Caughey and McGaffey.
Hadley
From Old English hǣþ (“heath”) + Old English leah (“woodland clearing”). Equivalent to heath (compare Heath) + -ley.
Harman
* As an English surname, from Proto-West Germanic *hari (“army”) + *mann (“man”), similar to Hermann.
* As an Irish surname, variant of Hargadon.
* As a Jewish surname, variant of Haar, from the German noun Haar (“hair”).
* As a German surname, Americanized from Harmann, Hermann, Herrmann. Compare Harmon.
Haywood
From Old English ġehæg (“fence, enclosure”) + wudu (“wood”).
Headley
From Old English hǣþ (“heath”) + lēah (“clearing”).
Hennessey
Anglicized from Irish Ó hAonghusa (“descendant of Angus”).
Heston
From Old English hǣs (“brushwood”) + tūn (“settlement”).
Hyland
Two main origins:
* A Scottish and English topographic surname, from Old English hēah (“high”) or hīeġ (“hay”) + land (“land”).
* A reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAoileáin, a variant of Ó Faoláin, from which Whelan.
Kington
From Old English cyning (“king”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Knott
From Middle English Knut, a male given name from Old Norse Knútr.
Laughton
From Old English lēac (“leek”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Lawton
From Middle English [Term?], from Old English [Term?], from hlāw (“hill, ound”) + tūn (“homestead”) (-ton).
Lindon
Habitational surname from many places in England, from Old English lind (“lime”) or lin (“flax”) + dun (“hill”).
Linwood
From Old English lind (“linden tree”) + Old English wudu (“woods, forest”).
Lovejoy
From Old English lufu (“love”) + Old French ioie (“joy”).
Lovett
A nickname from Anglo-Norman louet (“wolf-cub”), a diminutive of lou (“wolf”); this nickname may have also been used as a personal name.
Lucey
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Luasaigh, an altered form of Mac Cluasaigh (“son of Cluasach”), a nickname derived from cluas (“ear”).
Lynnwood
From Old English hlynn (“roaring stream, waterfall”) + Old English wudu (“woods, forest”).
Lynwood
From Old English hlynn (“roaring stream, waterfall”) + Old English wudu (“woods, forest”).
McCann
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Cana (“son of Cana”), a nickname from cana (“wolf cub”).
Makara
Borrowed from Polish Makara and Ukrainian Макара (Makara).
Marsden
From Old English mearc (“mark, sign; boundary”) + -s- + denu (“valley”).
McCauley
Two main origins:
* Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Amhalghaidh (“son of Amhalghadh”), a personal name of uncertain origin.
* Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Amhlaoibh (“son of Amhlaoibh”), a Gaelicized form of Old Norse Óláfr (“Olaf”).
McCloud
Anglicized variant of Scottish Gaelic MacLeòid, itself meaning "son of Leòd", derived from Old Norse Ljótr (“ugly”).
McDowell
Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic MacDubhghaill (“son of the dark stranger”), equivalent to mac + Dubhghall.
McSorley
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Somhairle.
Melton
From Old English middel (“middle”) + tūn (“enclosure”). Compare Middleton and Milton.
Norrington
Topographic surname for someone who lived to the north of a settlement, from Old English norþ (“north”) + in + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Compare Northington, which shares the same etymology.
Oxley
From Old English oxa (“ox”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”). Equivalent to ox + -ley (“lea”).
Paddington
From the Old English personal name Padda + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Pemberton
From Old Welsh pen (“head, summit”) + Old English bere (“barley”) + Old English tūn (“village, town”). Or else, the second element may be Old Welsh byr (“short”).
Quealy
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Caollaidhe (“son of Caollaidhe”), an ancient Irish personal name. Compare Keeley.
Ravenscroft
Habitational surname from a minor place in Cheshire, from the Old English personal name Hræfn, a byname from hræfn (“raven”), + -s- + croft (“enclosed field”).
Rawdon
From Old Norse rauðr (“red”) + Old English dūn (“hill”).
Runte
From the German surname, from a name based on the obsolete noun runn (“mud”).
Scruton
From the Old Norse personal name Skurfa + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Sharrock
Habitational surname from a place in Lancashire, from Old English sċora (“bank; shore”) + āc (“oak”).
Sorley
From Scottish Gaelic Somhairle, from Old Norse Sumarliði.
Staunton
From Old English stān (“stone”) + tūn (“enclosure; town, settlement”). Compare Stanton, which shares the same etymology.
Stetson
A variant of Stitson, a habitational name from Stidston (“site in the Parish of South Brent”), from Middle English Stidewardesdoune, Stidewardeston, Stitewardeston, Styddeston, from Old English *Stīthweardes (genitive of *Stīthweard (personal name)) + tūn (“farmstead estate”).
* (hat): From Stetson, an American brand of hat named after its manufacturer, John B. Stetson Company, itself named after John B. Stetson, who founded it in 1865. The hats were widely known in the 1870s and 1880s. Sol Steinmetz stated in 2010 that Stetson hat was first attested in 1900, but this is clearly mistaken, being several decades too late; it may be that what Steinmetz had meant to write is that Stetson alone as a common noun meaning a Stetson hat was first attested in 1900.
Stoughton
From Old English stoc (“house, dwelling”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Doublet of Stockton.
Sweeney
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Suibhne. Compare McSweeney.
Swinton
From Old English swīn (“pig, swine, wild boar”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Wadsworth
From the Old English personal name Wæddi + -s- + worþ (“enclosure”).
Warton
From Old English weard (“guard, lookout”) + tūn (“enclosure, settlement”).
Watling
From Old English Wæcelinga, from Old English wæcla, possibly related to Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz (“Celt; later Roman”).