Old English surnames for men. List of beautiful Russian and foreign surnames and names for women. A surname with a masculine character

We often like to imagine what our name would be in English. For example, Elena - Helen, Evgeniy - Eugene, Mikhail - Michael, etc. English names very different from ours. Sometimes it’s even difficult to understand the male or female name in front of you.

If we talk about names in the USA and Great Britain, they consist of personal name(personal name, first name, given name) and surnames(surname, last name, family name). The personal name is given at birth, and the surname is inherited as a common name for the family. The child may also be given a middle or middle name. This is an optional name element. The second name can be given in honor of a saint, relative, family friend, famous person etc. In writing, the middle name is usually omitted or shortened to an initial.

If the son's name is exactly the same as the father's name, the word "Junior" (junior) can be added to the son's name and "Senior" (senior) to the father's name to make it easier to distinguish between them.

Popular English female names

Popular English male names

Popular English surnames

Bearers of the surnames Jones (Jones), Smith (Smith), Williams (Williams), Black (Black), Wilson (Wilson) according to statistics, more than a million. Below is a list of others popular surnames in the UK and USA.

Common features of American surnames.

History of American surnames as rich as the population of the United States, a state of immigrants, is diverse. Essentially, an American surname can reveal its “kinship” with any nation. And yet the core of the American nation is the carriers in English(Scots, Irish, English, Welsh), who mixed with other peoples, which largely determined the characteristics of American surnames. common feature American surnames - they do not differ by gender and are essentially masculine. As for the spelling and pronunciation of American surnames in Russian, they are subject to the laws of Russian spelling. That is, declension of American surnames complies with the rules for declension of Russian surnames.

The dominant role of English-speaking surnames.

Interpretation of American surnames the most varied. According to the value, American surnames can be divided into five main groups. One includes surnames that are derived from the father's names (Peterson, Williams). Others are based on the name of the profession in which the first bearer of the surname was engaged (Smith, “blacksmith”). A large group of American surnames are associated with place names (England, Lancaster). Some surnames reflect the characteristics of the area (Pul, “reservoir, whirlpool”). Quite a few American surnames were born from common nouns - Bush (“bush”), Fish (“fish”). The surnames of non-English-speaking Americans are forced to constantly adapt to the sound familiar in the country in order to correspond to easier spelling and easier pronunciation. Some surnames are simply abbreviated (Pappadakis-Pappas, Vinareski-Vinar). Others are translated into English (Koning-King). Still others are remade in the English style (Cartier-Carter, Belo-Bellows). However, some surnames retained their national meaning and were not influenced American surnames. For example, spanish surnames if they have changed, it is insignificant.

Surnames of Indians and Africans.

Native American surnames were historically formed from personal names and nicknames. But if you look dictionary of American surnames, then you can notice that there are very few of them. Nowadays, most Indians have common American surnames. The same goes for African American surnames. In the course of history, they gradually lost their unique names and subsequently began to take familiar American surnames. True, in Lately Descendants of people from Africa try to give their surnames a national flavor.

An alphabetical list of American surnames shows that certain part Americans come up with fictitious, sonorous surnames that are memorable for their originality and help their bearers stand out.

List of common American surnames will help you find out which surnames are the most popular in America (USA).

The most popular American surnames and their meanings

We present to your attention a list of the most popular American surnames.
Smith– Smith
Johnson– Johnson
Williams– Williams
Jones– Jones
Brown– Brown
Davis– Davis
Miller– Miller
Wilson– Wilson
Moore– Moore
Taylor– Taylor
Anderson– Anderson
Thomas– Thomas
Jackson– Jackson
White– White
Harris– Harris
Martin– Martin
Thompson– Thompson
Garcia– Garcia
Martinez– Martinez
Robinson– Robinson
Clark–Clark
Rodriguez– Rodriguez
Lewis– Lewis
Lee– Lee
Walker– Walker
Hall– Hall
Allen– Allen
Young– Young
Hernandez– Hernandez
King– King
Wright– Wright
Lopez– Lopez
Hill– Hill
Scott– Scott
Green– Green
Adams– Adams
Baker– Baker
Gonzalez– Gonzalez
Nelson– Nelson
Carter– Carter
Mitchell– Mitchell
Perez– Perez
Roberts– Roberts
Turner– Turner
Phillips– Phillips
Campbell– Campbell
Parker– Parker
Evans– Evans
Edwards– Edwards
Collins– Collins

A surname is a family hereditary name. It indicates that a person belongs to the same genus, which originates from some common ancestor. Most people have a generic name foreign languages Of course, the British are no exception. If you try to sort out the popular English surnames in parts, you can learn a lot of interesting things both about the history and culture of Great Britain, and about the English language itself.

Origin of English surnames

Origin of modern British surnames has deep roots and is closely connected with the culture and history of the country in general and the English language in particular. For a long time, foreign, as well as Russian, family names, even the most beautiful ones, came from nicknames that were given to certain people. When exactly did nicknames become family names It is impossible to establish precisely; it is only known that first of all this happened among the feudal lords. Family names can be divided into several classes:

1. Ottoponymic or derived from foreign place names (names of counties, cities, provinces, villages, hills, etc.)


2. Oanthroponymous or derived from personal names.


3. Formed from nicknames - epithets (common nouns). Most often such nicknames were described appearance, behavior, similarity of a person with someone/something, or even hinted at the scope of his activity.

List of English surnames in a table

There are a lot of surnames and we will not try to list them all here. Some generic names are heard more often than others, while others are very rare. We have prepared for you a table with sixty family names, many of which will probably seem familiar to you.

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The most common English surnames

There are common surnames in every country. Just like the Russians Ivanov Smirnov and Kuznetsov, some British family names are more common than others.

The most common American surnames

American surnames have their roots in nicknames that Americans began to come up with for each other when calling people by their names (which many had the same) became difficult. The list of the most common American surnames largely duplicates British family names, but there are also differences. We have prepared for you a list of the 10 most common American surnames.

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Beautiful female names and surnames are undoubtedly a woman’s pride and unique adornment.

Below are collected Russians and foreign lists of various origins. They will be useful to those who are expecting a daughter and choose for her a harmonious combination of first and last names, and to those who plan to change their first or last name, thereby changing their fate.

Names

Ladies' names are very diverse, so it is not surprising that when a girl is born, parents often argue about what to name the baby. Most of the names common in Russia are of non-Slavic origin. There are few original Russian names, but they are distinguished by their beauty and euphony.

Once upon a time, names were very popular in Rus', which over time acquired their own modern form: Nastasya (from Anastasia), Aksinya (Ksenia). Today, on playgrounds you can increasingly hear these names in their original form.

Separately, we can note such original Russian names as Otrada, Dragomila, Efrosinya, Eupraxia, Evdokia, Bogdana, Anisya, Stanimira, Krasimira, Mlada, Radoslava, Lada, Velislava, Gorimira, Dobromira, Zabava, Dobrava, Krasava, Lyubomira, Jaromira.

The names sound as if from Russian fairy tales: Elena, Marya, Daria, Vasilisa, Yaroslavna.

Names such as Nadezhda, Vera, Elizaveta, Ekaterina, Ksenia, Tatyana, Natalya, Yulia, Anna gained a new round of popularity.

Surnames

A beautiful Russian surname should be sonorous and well remembered. Not in vain to the most beautiful options include royal families: Romanovs, Rurikovichs.

Receiving a beautiful Russian surname from birth is a gift of fate. It helps to make new acquaintances and win over others.

Aristocratic surnames are particularly beautiful: Bestuzheva, Rzhevskaya, Golitsyna, Sheremetyeva, Vorontsova.

Surnames formed from geographical names: Smolenskaya, Baltic, Rzhevskaya, Siberian, Yaroslavtseva.

It is worth noting the surnames derived from the names of tree plants: Dubinin, Rozova, Yasenev, Kalinin, Topolev, Tsvetkova, Orekhova.

There are many beautiful Russian surnames that do not necessarily belong to any category: Artemova, Afanasyeva, Bakhmetyeva, Borisoglebskaya, Borovskaya, Vinogradova, Volskaya, Vostokova, Goncharova, Gronskaya, Dal, Dolinina, Donskaya, Zhemchugova, Znamenskaya, Zorina, Ignatieva, Kamenskaya, Lazareva, Lvova, Makarova, Maksimova, Nikitina, Ozerova, Parizhskaya, Rakhmanova, Titova, Umanskaya, Filatova, Tsarevskaya, Shemetova, Yuryeva.

Beautiful English surnames for women

English surnames are different beautiful sound. Most of them are worn not only by residents of Foggy Albion. They are quite popular all over the planet.

Below is a list of the most beautiful English surnames in alphabetical order.

• Anderson, Adamson, Abramson;
• Bakker, Black, Brown, Bradberry, Buckingham;
• Campbell, Carroll, Cook;
• Davidson, Duncan, Daniels;
• Edington, Erickson;
• Fisher, Ford, Fordster;
• Gardner, Gilbert;
• Hayley, Hoggart;
• James, Johnson;
• Kelly, Kennedy;
• Lamberts, Little, Lincoln;
• Mackenzie, MacDonald, Milton, Morrison;
• Neville, Nelson;
• Oliver, Otis;
• Page, Paterson;
• Richards, Roberts;
• Stanley, Simpson;
• Taylor, Turner;
• Warren, Weasley.

Beautiful American (female) surnames

I wonder what most of American surnames are derived from common nicknames, mostly Indian.

Many beautiful surnames appeared from the names of professions: Smith, Taylor, Miller, as well as from geographical locations: Bush, Moore, Lancaster.

It is worth noting such beautiful (female) American surnames that come from the names of animals, phenomena and flowers: Kat, Fish, Winter, White, Young, Rose. In America, singers and actors often take such surnames as pseudonyms.

Beautiful French surnames can be classified in the same way as Russians. Some of them originate from ancient aristocrats, others are popular because they were worn by famous people.

Below is just a small list of beautiful French surnames:

• Azoulay, Arnaud, Harcourt, Andre;
• Boisselier, Benard, Bonnier;
• Viardot, Vienne;
• Grosso, Galliano, Gabin;
• Dubois, Deneuve, Delaunay;
• Jacquard, Julien, Girard;
• Camber, Curie;
• Lambert, Luc, Legrand;
• Martini, Monty, Monsoon, Murail;
• Noire;
• Prejean, Pascal;
• Roussel, Revial, Richard;
• Sorel, Simon;
• Tournier, Trial;
• Ouvrard;
• Freel;
• Chabrol, Cherro.

Doubles sound especially beautiful: Benoit de Saint-Maur, Ducange-Cassan, Catroux-Quelus, Lacour-Delatre, Michel-Sedin; Saint-Evremont, Favre de Paul, Cherezy-Chicot.

German

Almost everything German surnames consist of one word. After all, back in 1993 in Germany it was forbidden to have polysyllabic and trisyllabic surnames.

The most beautiful surnames in Germany are still the most common: Schmidt, Wolf, Müller, Schröder, Werner, König, Krause, Neumann, Schwartz, Graef, Mayer.

Japan always knows how to surprise the world.

Therefore, even the surnames of the inhabitants of this country sound more than interesting, but this does not mean at all that there are not beautiful and harmonious among them, however, for the Russian ear they do not always sound familiar: Tanako, Yamaguchi, Yamasaki, Mori, Ikeda, Ogawa, Goto, Ueno, Kubo, Noguchi, Matsuo, Honda, Iwamoto, Hagiwara.

The Italian language is melodious and can be heard very beautifully and melodiously, which is why female surnames The Italians are distinguished by their melodiousness and beauty: Russia, Russo, Bruno, Ricci, Allegro, Rinaldi, Leone, Martini, Valentino, Monti, Bellini, Milano.

Modern Russian surnames

Despite the variety of beautiful native Russian surnames, new surnames continue to be born in Russia every year.

Here are the most beautiful of them: Avdeeva, Avdonina, Vadeeva, Vadimova, Daineko, Dankova, Kagan, Kasatkina, Nadezhdina, Ukraintseva, Rosomakhina, Yagodkina.

The emergence and development of English surnames is associated with the main periods of socio-economic development of humanity, which until a certain stage of development did not have surnames. In the 11th-12th centuries. the most common male names there were Ralph, William, Robert, Richard. When a name could not individualize a person, they resorted to the help of a nickname sign.

In 1085-1086 As a result of the first English census, many nicknames were documented.

Meanings of English surnames

An analysis of modern English surnames involves research into the etymology of the nicknames that formed their basis. English surnames and their meanings are divided into four groups:

1. Oanthroponymic

2. At your place of residence.

3. Professional officials.

4. Descriptive.

Oanthroponymic surnames

This is, first of all, the use of names as surnames, which do not change in any way: Anthony, Baldwin, Dennis, Henry, Neale, Owen, Thomas, Walter. Many surnames contain the formant -son (Thompson), which means “son of such and such.” Many came from shortened parents' names: David was shortened to Dawe.

Local surnames

This is the largest group, covering approximately half of all English surnames. They can be divided into subgroups:

• Surnames formed from nicknames indicating the origin of their bearers from a particular area.
• Surnames derived from nicknames that reflected topographically significant points in the area: Hill, Cliff, Brook, Dale, Fell, Fields.

Professional and official names

The lexical field of names is very widely represented in English surnames various positions and professions. They make up about 20% of all surnames. Basically, they arose from nicknames that denoted the profession or position of their bearers.

Descriptive English surnames

These are surnames that reflect the biological characteristics of a person. They come from nicknames that characterized their owners by remarkable spiritual or physical qualities: Bigg, Strong, High, Little, Longman, Strongman, Younger, Elder, Small. Also, descriptive surnames can tell about the hair color of the family founder: Black, White. Characteristics of mental abilities and moral qualities people are reflected in their surnames: Bad, Wise, Good, Gay, Joyce.

Aristocratic surnames

On this moment Among the English surnames of aristocrats, the most aristocratic is Windsor, since the name of the English Queen Elizabeth is Alexandra Maria Windsor, and all her descendants are Windsors.

Queen Victoria's name is Alexandrina Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, which is also an aristocratic surname. Royal blood also includes Hanovers, Stuarts, Tudors, Wettins, Yorks, Plantagenets, Lancasters.

Counts - Montgomery and Pembroke. Representatives of this family are considered patrons English literature, they were closely acquainted with the Earl of Oxford and Shakespeare.

Dukes - Argyll, Hamilton, Norfolk, Wellington, Rutland, Marlborough, Leeds, Manchester.

Popular surnames

The list of English surnames is very large, let's look at the most popular ones.

• Adams
• Allen
• Black
• Brown
• Dean
• Ellis
• Ford
• George
• Green
• Hughes
• Jackson
• James
• Johnson
• King
• Little
• Miller
• Scott
• Smith

Men's English surnames are no different from English surnames for girls.

The list of English surnames can go on for quite a long time. These are very beautiful and interesting names.