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…
Whitfield
The surname ‘Whitfield’ is of English origin. It is derived from the habitation name from any of the various places so called , for example in Derbyshire, Kent, Northamptonshire, and Northumberland, so called from the Old English word ‘hwit’ meaning Read more…
Tracy
The surname ‘Tracy’ is of English origin. It is an English variant of the Irsiah name ‘Tracey’, derived from the Norman habitation name from ‘Tracy-Bocage’ or ‘Tracy-sur-Mer’ in Calvados, both so called from the Gallo-Roman personal name ‘Thracius’ ( Read more…
Terrell
The surname ‘Terrell’ is of English origin. It a variant of the name ‘Terry’ derived from the common Norman personal name, ‘T(h)erry’ (from the Old Flemish name ‘Thierri’), composed of the Germanic elements ‘peudo’ meaning people, race and ‘ric’ mean Read more…
Tanner
The name ‘Tanner’ originates from England. It is derived from the English occupational name for a tanner of skins, from the Middle English word ‘tanner’ (itself from the Old English word ‘tannere’ from the Late Latin word ‘tannarius’, reinforced by t Read more…
Padgett
The surname ‘Padgett’ is of English origin. It is derived from a diminutive of the name ‘Page’, in itself derived from the occupational name for a young servant, from the Middle English, Old Flemish word ‘page’ (from the Italian word ‘paggio’, appare Read more…
Pace
The name ‘Pace’ originates from England. It is derived from the nickname for a mild mannered and even tempered man, from the Middle English word ‘pace’, ‘pece’, meaning peace, concord, amity (from the Anglo Norman French word pace, from the Latin wor Read more…