Wright
The surname can be of English,Scottish or Irish in origin.Wright is one of the occupational names;it derives from the Old English wyrhta or wryhta,which means a “worker ,chiefly in wood,a carpenter or joiner”.The name was often Latinized in medieval Read more…
Stokes
Early records reveal that this surname originated in England. Stokes is a variation of the name Stoke. 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 Read more…
Stoke
Early records reveal that this surname originated in England. Stokes is a variation of the name Stoke. 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 Read more…
Sawyer
The surname Sawyer is of English origin. It was an occupational name for someone who earned his living from sawing wood, derived from the Middle English ‘saghier’, an agent derivative of ‘sagh(en)’, to saw ( from the Old English ‘sagu’, a saw ). The Read more…
Sawer
The surname Sawer is of English origin. It was an occupational name for someone who earned his living from sawing wood, derived from the Middle English ‘saghier’, an agent derivative of ‘sagh(en)’, to saw ( from the Old English ‘sagu’, a saw ). The M Read more…
Polk
The surname Polk first appeared in Germany. It a shortened form of a Slavonic personal name, and its ethnic form is Pole. There are several variants of this surname : Polke, Polka and Pulke. The ravages of time are the worst enemies of written doc Read more…
Lee
The surname Lee is of English origin.The name Lee is derived from the Old English leah which has many meanings,of which the most common are “a wood and a clearing in a wood”.Other exact interpretations of the word are “meadow,clearing,open land,woodl Read more…