Anderson: very common patronymic from the personal name Anders, a form of Andrew
Batdorf: the town of the baths
Bordner: Bartner, an occupational name for a (battle) axe maker
Brown: Braun, referring to the color of the hair, complexion, or clothing
Bucher: topographic name for someone who lived by beech wood; one who copied books
Culp: Kolb, various meanings, the main sense is ‘mace’ or ‘cudgel’, which was both a weapon and part of an official’s insignia, in some cases the insignia of a jester
Duncan: Dankert, an old personal name composed of dank ‘will’ + hart ‘strong’
Frantz: Franz, from the personal name Franz, a vernacular form of Latin Franciscus
Gaugler: occupational name for a jester or entertainer, goukelære
Gipe: Geib, a surname of uncertain origin from the Palatinate; a topographic name denoting one who dwells near the muddy/dirty place
Goodman: Gutmann, literally ‘good man’, a term for the master of a household (gentleman)
Hensel: Henzel, a pet form of either Heinrich or Johannes; from French la Hentzelle, ‘the small John’
Keefer: Keifer, nickname for someone who was quarrelsome, from kiven ‘to quarrel’
Kelling: from Kelling ‘pain’
Kelly: an ancient Irish personal name, originally a byname meaning ‘bright-headed
Kent: habitational name for someone from Kent, an ancient Celtic name
Layman: Lehmann, status name for a feudal tenant or vassal, lehen ‘to hold land as a feudal tenant’ + man ‘man’
Livezly: Livesay, habitational name from a place in Lancashire, named from hlíf ‘protection’ + eg ‘island’
McCloud: McLeod, form Mac Leòid, a patronymic name Ljótr ‘ugly’
Overlander: topographic or habitational name from Oberland, meaning ‘higher land,’ especially in the Alps, where it refers to a settled plateau above the valley bottom
Penman: occupational name for a scribe; habitational name from a lost place in the Border region, derived from penn ‘hill’ + maen ‘stone’
Peters: patronymic from the personal name Pieter, son of Peter
Raymond: Reimann, shortened form of Rheinmann, a regional name denoting someone from Rhineland; from a pet form of a Germanic personal name formed with a first element from ragin ‘counsel’ or ric ‘power(ful)’
Row: Rau, nickname for a ruffian, from rouch ‘rough’
Servis: Zerbe, habitational name from a place named Zerben near Magdeburg
Shoop: Schuppe, metonymic occupational name for a fish seller or fisherman, from schuope ‘fish-scale’
Swartz: Schwartz, nickname for someone with black hair or a dark complexion, from schwarz ‘dark’, ‘black’
Thompson: Thomson, patronymic from Thomas; the son of Thomas, Thomas meaning twin
Updegrove: Updegraff, topographic name for someone who lived near a tomb
Welker: Variant of English Walker (occupational name for a fuller)
Wert: Wirt, occupational name for an innkeeper; status name for a man who was head of a family and master of his own household, from the same word in the sense ‘provider’
Workman: Wortmann, topographic name for someone who lived on a raised, secure site, wort + man ‘man’
The etymology of our surnames back to Generation 6, care of www.ancestry.com
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