Woodruff
The surname ‘Woodruff’ is of English origin. It is derived from the topographic name for someone who lived on a patch of land thickly overgrown with woodruff, from the Old English word ‘wudurofe’, (apparently a compound of the word ‘wudu’, meaning wo Read more…
Ramsey
The surname Ramsey is of Scottish origin. It is a habitational name from places in Huntingdonshire and Essex, so called from the Old English ‘hramsa’, wild garlic and ‘eg’, island, low lying land. It may also be a habitational name from a place in th Read more…
McFarland
The name ‘McFarland’ originates from Scotland and Ireland. It is a derivative of the name ‘McFarlane’, and the Anglicized form of Gaelic name ‘Mac Pharthalain’, a patronymic from the name ‘Parthalan’, which was a personal name derived from the Latin Read more…
Hooker
Early records reveal that this surname originated in England. Etymology may be defined as the history of a word, revealed through the analysis of its parts, and by tracing its roots to past times and even to foreign languages. Such a study is of par Read more…
Hoyland
The surname Hoyland can be of English, German, Flemish, Dutch or Jewish in origin. It is a regional name from Holland, a county of the Holy Roman Empire in the Netherlands. The name is derived from the Middle Low German composed of the elements ‘hol’ Read more…
Howland
The surname Howland can be of English, German, Flemish, Dutch or Jewish in origin. It is a regional name from Holland, a county of the Holy Roman Empire in the Netherlands. The name is derived from the Middle Low German composed of the elements ‘hol’ Read more…
Hollands
The surname Hollands be of English, German, Flemish, Dutch or Jewish in origin. It is a regional name from Holland, a county of the Holy Roman Empire in the Netherlands. The name is derived from the Middle Low German composed of the elements ‘hol’, h Read more…