Occupational Names

Occupational surname meaning 'harp player', from Old English hearpere.

English patronymic surname meaning 'son of Jack,' derived from John meaning 'God is gracious.'

Occupational surname meaning 'one who drives a cart', from Anglo-Norman French caretier.

From an English surname meaning an independent or nonconforming person, originally tied to an unbranded calf.

From the Old French occupational surname meaning 'stoneworker' or 'bricklayer.'

English surname meaning 'son of the steward (greyve)'; now popular as a modern given name.

From Old French 'parquier' meaning keeper of the park; an occupational surname turned given name.

From Old French escarlate, an occupational surname for a seller of scarlet cloth; literary via 'Gone with the Wind.'

Occupational surname for a maker or repairer of wooden barrels and casks.

Occupational surname from Middle English for a cloth-worker who fulled fabric.

Occupational name meaning one who saws wood; popularized by Mark Twain.

From Latin 'miles' meaning soldier; also an Irish form linked to the Gaelic name Maolmhuire.

Occupational name from Old English 'hunta' meaning one who hunts.

Occupational name from Old French 'archier' meaning bowman or one who uses a bow.

From Greek 'georgos' meaning 'farmer, earth-worker'; long associated with royalty and Saint George.

Ryder comes from an English occupational surname for a mounted messenger or horseman.

From Old English 'denu' meaning valley, or from the ecclesiastical title for a church official.

Feminine form of George, from Greek 'georgos' meaning 'farmer' or 'earth-worker.'

English surname meaning 'son of Stephen.' Associated with the iconic American hat brand.

An English surname-style name from Schuyler, ultimately meaning scholar, now widely used as a given name.

Beckett is an English surname and place name meaning "bee cottage" or "brook cottage."

From Old English 'col' meaning charcoal or dark, also used as a short form of Nicholas.

From Old French 'chacier' meaning to hunt; an occupational name for a huntsman.

English occupational surname meaning 'maker of tiles' or 'tiler', from Old English.

Emersyn is a modern spelling of Emerson, originally an English surname meaning son of Emery.

Piper is an English occupational name for a flute or pipe player.

From Old French 'bailli' meaning bailiff or steward. Originally an occupational surname.

English occupational surname for a cloth fuller, one who softens freshly woven cloth.

Remington is an English surname and place name meaning settlement by the riverbank or raven settlement.

A modern spelling of Carter, an occupational surname meaning "one who transports goods by cart."

An English occupational surname referring to a maker or user of plow blades.

From Hebrew 'kohen' meaning 'priest'; a hereditary title for descendants of the priestly caste.

From an Old English surname meaning 'priest's meadow'.

Occupational surname for a pilgrim who carried a palm branch from the Holy Land.

Occupational surname-derived name meaning 'one who sails,' related to the Middle English word for sailor.

From Old French 'warrene' meaning game park or enclosure; also a Norman surname.

Occupational surname from Old French 'tailleur' meaning 'cutter of cloth.'

English surname meaning one who delivers goods, used as a given name.

Spanish and Portuguese form of George, from Greek 'georgos' meaning farmer or earth-worker.

Occupational surname turned given name, denoting one who bakes bread.

From Irish surname Ó Brádaigh, meaning spirited or broad-chested.

Occupational name from Old English 'scēaphyrde' meaning one who tends sheep.

A variant of Cohen, from Hebrew, meaning priest.

From Old French 'casse' meaning box or case, originally an occupational surname for a box maker.

Occupational surname meaning one who grinds grain; from Latin 'molinarius' via Old English.

English surname from Norse 'bryggja' meaning bridge, denoting one who lived near a bridge.

Patronymic surname meaning 'son of Andrew,' from Greek 'andreios' meaning 'manly.'

Occupational surname from Middle English 'spenser,' a steward who dispensed provisions.

Modern name possibly from Dutch 'Cuyler' meaning 'archer,' or a blend of Kyle and Tyler.

Callahan is an Irish surname-style name from Ceallachain, traditionally linked to bright-headed or strife.